Jonathan Case
@jonathancase.bsky.social
Your friend/cartoonist! Dear Creature, The New Deal, Little Monarchs, Over the Garden Wall(s). + BatSTUFF, The Creep, Green River Killer, etc.. www.jonathancase.net
Occasionally I do family portraits for people in a cartooned way — it’s a fun alternative to photography if you’re thinking of hiring someone for this kind of service. This is a crew from whom I bought our new old Land Cruiser (they happened to be art fans, so we worked a partial trade).
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Occasionally I do family portraits for people in a cartooned way — it’s a fun alternative to photography if you’re thinking of hiring someone for this kind of service. This is a crew from whom I bought our new old Land Cruiser (they happened to be art fans, so we worked a partial trade).
Yesterday I went to the soft opening for @nwmoca.bsky.social — officially opening tomorrow! It’s really something, you guys. Go check it out. Proud to be a small part of this for beautiful downtown Portland!
November 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Yesterday I went to the soft opening for @nwmoca.bsky.social — officially opening tomorrow! It’s really something, you guys. Go check it out. Proud to be a small part of this for beautiful downtown Portland!
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If you enjoy tales of true crime, then our latest list of recommended reads is for you: https://bit.ly/3X3BJMn
Stories by @eric-powell-comics.bsky.social Harold Schecter, @@thekylestarks.bsky.socialJeff Jensen, @j@jonathancase.bsky.socialnd more
Stories by @eric-powell-comics.bsky.social Harold Schecter, @@thekylestarks.bsky.socialJeff Jensen, @j@jonathancase.bsky.socialnd more
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If you enjoy tales of true crime, then our latest list of recommended reads is for you: https://bit.ly/3X3BJMn
Stories by @eric-powell-comics.bsky.social Harold Schecter, @@thekylestarks.bsky.socialJeff Jensen, @j@jonathancase.bsky.socialnd more
Stories by @eric-powell-comics.bsky.social Harold Schecter, @@thekylestarks.bsky.socialJeff Jensen, @j@jonathancase.bsky.socialnd more
It takes a long time to write what’s valuable to me. Sometimes years of mess, like building a kite from potato peels. The peels can speak. They say: “You’re not a writer, my guy. Please stop.” Then comes a week where the wind catches my potato kite, and it’s in the sky, and I just have to hold on.
October 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It takes a long time to write what’s valuable to me. Sometimes years of mess, like building a kite from potato peels. The peels can speak. They say: “You’re not a writer, my guy. Please stop.” Then comes a week where the wind catches my potato kite, and it’s in the sky, and I just have to hold on.
September 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
…And Catwoman watercolored
September 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
…And Catwoman watercolored
Catwoman pre color
September 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Catwoman pre color
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And here's Lucy Bellwood with some INCREDIBLY useful advice for comics writers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXO1... @lubellwoo.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
And here's Lucy Bellwood with some INCREDIBLY useful advice for comics writers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXO1... @lubellwoo.bsky.social
That’s fascinating — and thanks for the plug!
Interesting, and reminds me to re-read LITTLE MONARCHS by @jonathancase.bsky.social www.littlemonarchsbook.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
That’s fascinating — and thanks for the plug!
Thanks for ordering commissions, y’all! I’m not at Rose City this weekend, but doing pieces from home.
Choose just what options you want, here:
jonathancase.net/store?catego...
Choose just what options you want, here:
jonathancase.net/store?catego...
September 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Thanks for ordering commissions, y’all! I’m not at Rose City this weekend, but doing pieces from home.
Choose just what options you want, here:
jonathancase.net/store?catego...
Choose just what options you want, here:
jonathancase.net/store?catego...
More favorite commission examples — Hades 2, Over the Garden Wall, and superheroic people just dancing around:
September 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
More favorite commission examples — Hades 2, Over the Garden Wall, and superheroic people just dancing around:
I won’t be at Rose City this weekend, but I am taking commissions from home! Watercolors are the most popular, and start at $250. You can purchase through my site and select the exact options you want!
jonathancase.net/store?catego...
jonathancase.net/store?catego...
September 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I won’t be at Rose City this weekend, but I am taking commissions from home! Watercolors are the most popular, and start at $250. You can purchase through my site and select the exact options you want!
jonathancase.net/store?catego...
jonathancase.net/store?catego...
Amazing
13, who will be 14 in 2 weeks, last night: I'm reading this book but...
Me: What's wrong?
13: I don't want to talk about it
Me: You don't like it?
13, running up the stairs to his room: NO I LOVE IT
Me, tidying his room today: Omg now I'm crying a lil
@jonathancase.bsky.social
Me: What's wrong?
13: I don't want to talk about it
Me: You don't like it?
13, running up the stairs to his room: NO I LOVE IT
Me, tidying his room today: Omg now I'm crying a lil
@jonathancase.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Amazing
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Try to figure out how a scene could work with no dialogue, and then taking breaks, imagine it a couple more times until you get to the most interesting way to show it play out. Now you're telling the story visually. Reward yourself with the possibility of some dialogue
Following up on my portfolio critique list: Any of you comics writers who teach feel like coming up with a list of 12 Things You Would Probably Tell an Aspiring Writer about their Comic Script?
Great idea! I'm not the guy to do it, but I'm sure it could be done: "The story starts on page three." "The protagonist's efforts would be more compelling if you established what the stakes are if she fails" etc.
August 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Try to figure out how a scene could work with no dialogue, and then taking breaks, imagine it a couple more times until you get to the most interesting way to show it play out. Now you're telling the story visually. Reward yourself with the possibility of some dialogue
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"Honey, I don't have much time. I've been arrested by ICE and they are sending me to a detainment center. I love you and the kids, I will be OK, please call our attorney"
-- John Shin, DACA resident, speaking to his wife last week. She hasn't heard from him since www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
-- John Shin, DACA resident, speaking to his wife last week. She hasn't heard from him since www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
Loved ones shocked, worried after beloved Utah violinist detained by ICE
Friends and family are reacting after Utah violinist John Shin was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday.
www.fox13now.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"Honey, I don't have much time. I've been arrested by ICE and they are sending me to a detainment center. I love you and the kids, I will be OK, please call our attorney"
-- John Shin, DACA resident, speaking to his wife last week. She hasn't heard from him since www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
-- John Shin, DACA resident, speaking to his wife last week. She hasn't heard from him since www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
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Our youtube channel is BACK! Here’s a handsomely-produced and edited video about the making of Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, with @mattfraction.bsky.social & @stevelieberart.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd4u...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd4u...
Fraction & Lieber Talk Jimmy Olsen
YouTube video by Helioscope PDX
www.youtube.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Our youtube channel is BACK! Here’s a handsomely-produced and edited video about the making of Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, with @mattfraction.bsky.social & @stevelieberart.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd4u...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd4u...
Hi friends! I’m have a sale on original art — Batman ‘66, Buffy, Thrilling Adventure Hour, and more is headed OUT. Come snag something at jonathancase.net/store
July 31, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Hi friends! I’m have a sale on original art — Batman ‘66, Buffy, Thrilling Adventure Hour, and more is headed OUT. Come snag something at jonathancase.net/store
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Do or Die July is going OK...
Three more weeks like this and think we can at least make it to September.
But we need three more weeks of it. 😁
Three more weeks like this and think we can at least make it to September.
But we need three more weeks of it. 😁
July 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Do or Die July is going OK...
Three more weeks like this and think we can at least make it to September.
But we need three more weeks of it. 😁
Three more weeks like this and think we can at least make it to September.
But we need three more weeks of it. 😁
Good morning, friends! I explored Mercer Slough in Bellevue, WA in the early hours today. Would recommend. A great blue heron let me pass within 5 feet… He just stood there staring at me like the Gregory Peck Police Officer of birds. Also: bullfrogs, falcons, and curious ducklings.
July 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Good morning, friends! I explored Mercer Slough in Bellevue, WA in the early hours today. Would recommend. A great blue heron let me pass within 5 feet… He just stood there staring at me like the Gregory Peck Police Officer of birds. Also: bullfrogs, falcons, and curious ducklings.
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JAWS really is the quintessential* 4th of July movie that shows you America. Everyone is stressed out about money and jobs while a giant shark keeps picking us off and it's going to take three people from very different backgrounds in a boat to end this
*Quint-Essential, nice
*Quint-Essential, nice
July 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
JAWS really is the quintessential* 4th of July movie that shows you America. Everyone is stressed out about money and jobs while a giant shark keeps picking us off and it's going to take three people from very different backgrounds in a boat to end this
*Quint-Essential, nice
*Quint-Essential, nice
My Hades 2 watercolor art is for sale! 12x16 watercolor, micron, red pencil. $650
jonathancase.net/store/qkwwcb...
jonathancase.net/store/qkwwcb...
June 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
My Hades 2 watercolor art is for sale! 12x16 watercolor, micron, red pencil. $650
jonathancase.net/store/qkwwcb...
jonathancase.net/store/qkwwcb...
Probably RIP to the Little Monarchs tour-mobile.
Just last month (of course) I personally replaced the suspension and diff fluids, which was a big deal for mechanically-disinclined me.
Fortunately nobody was hurt. Even the pine tree on Mt. Bachelor shrugged it off.
Just last month (of course) I personally replaced the suspension and diff fluids, which was a big deal for mechanically-disinclined me.
Fortunately nobody was hurt. Even the pine tree on Mt. Bachelor shrugged it off.
May 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Probably RIP to the Little Monarchs tour-mobile.
Just last month (of course) I personally replaced the suspension and diff fluids, which was a big deal for mechanically-disinclined me.
Fortunately nobody was hurt. Even the pine tree on Mt. Bachelor shrugged it off.
Just last month (of course) I personally replaced the suspension and diff fluids, which was a big deal for mechanically-disinclined me.
Fortunately nobody was hurt. Even the pine tree on Mt. Bachelor shrugged it off.
For the morning crowd!
I love when I can make people happy with commissions. Single figures like this are $200 — watercolors also available.
You can add customization to your order, too: multiple figures, background elements, text, etc..
I love when I can make people happy with commissions. Single figures like this are $200 — watercolors also available.
You can add customization to your order, too: multiple figures, background elements, text, etc..
May 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
For the morning crowd!
I love when I can make people happy with commissions. Single figures like this are $200 — watercolors also available.
You can add customization to your order, too: multiple figures, background elements, text, etc..
I love when I can make people happy with commissions. Single figures like this are $200 — watercolors also available.
You can add customization to your order, too: multiple figures, background elements, text, etc..
Mr. Kent commission
May 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Mr. Kent commission
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It was 4 years ago today that we lost our studiomate Jesse Hamm. Jesse was an artist, an educator, and an essayist. He was smart, serious, and incredibly funny. We miss him every day.
Go read this great post he wrote about Alex Toth, cartooning, and realism. sirspamdalot.livejournal.com/89372.html
Go read this great post he wrote about Alex Toth, cartooning, and realism. sirspamdalot.livejournal.com/89372.html
May 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It was 4 years ago today that we lost our studiomate Jesse Hamm. Jesse was an artist, an educator, and an essayist. He was smart, serious, and incredibly funny. We miss him every day.
Go read this great post he wrote about Alex Toth, cartooning, and realism. sirspamdalot.livejournal.com/89372.html
Go read this great post he wrote about Alex Toth, cartooning, and realism. sirspamdalot.livejournal.com/89372.html