Josh Rosen
@joshdraws.com
Professional cartoonist and illustrator. Comic books and Kid Lit. Usually overthinking it. he/him
Co-creator of HISTORY COMICS: WORLD WAR II (First Second) and THE GOOD FIGHT (Scholastic)
https://www.joshdraws.com
Co-creator of HISTORY COMICS: WORLD WAR II (First Second) and THE GOOD FIGHT (Scholastic)
https://www.joshdraws.com
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Josh Rosen
@joshdraws.com
· Jan 28
Intro post! I’m Josh, an illustrator based out of Toronto. I drew the graphic novels THE GOOD FIGHT (Scholastic) and HISTORY COMICS: WORLD WAR II (First Second). I like funny stuff, spooky stuff, and world history
Website: www.joshdraws.com
Insta: @jrosen.illustration
Repped by Hansen Literary
Website: www.joshdraws.com
Insta: @jrosen.illustration
Repped by Hansen Literary
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Shout out to Eddie Kingston for rocking the shirt of The Long & Winding Royal Road podcast, which is heard only on @postwrestling.com.
T-shirt designed by the great @joshdraws.com.
Get the OFFICIAL merch at
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T-shirt designed by the great @joshdraws.com.
Get the OFFICIAL merch at
chopped-tees.com/en-ca/produc...
October 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Shout out to Eddie Kingston for rocking the shirt of The Long & Winding Royal Road podcast, which is heard only on @postwrestling.com.
T-shirt designed by the great @joshdraws.com.
Get the OFFICIAL merch at
chopped-tees.com/en-ca/produc...
T-shirt designed by the great @joshdraws.com.
Get the OFFICIAL merch at
chopped-tees.com/en-ca/produc...
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Really great little comic about some of the politics surrounding wildfires and the current climate crisis over on Science Direct! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Assets and Ashes: Wildfire management and the politics of climate change
This Perspective examines the interplay between natural and political systems. Drawing on first-hand experience and recent studies, it employs various…
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July 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Really great little comic about some of the politics surrounding wildfires and the current climate crisis over on Science Direct! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Some of the goofy characters that came out of this past Wednesday’s Art Social at @thebentway.bsky.social. This workshop was so much fun to run. Drawing is great, and everyone should do it!
July 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Some of the goofy characters that came out of this past Wednesday’s Art Social at @thebentway.bsky.social. This workshop was so much fun to run. Drawing is great, and everyone should do it!
I had a dream last night where I was trying to annoy my friends by claiming that I couldn’t figure out whether snakes evolved from dinosaurs or worms. And in my dream I was doing it as a joke. But now I’m awake and I can’t stop thinking about snake evolution
June 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I had a dream last night where I was trying to annoy my friends by claiming that I couldn’t figure out whether snakes evolved from dinosaurs or worms. And in my dream I was doing it as a joke. But now I’m awake and I can’t stop thinking about snake evolution
I won’t be able to participate, but I think this is an absolutely brilliant idea, and everyone who can should do it!!
Happy #makeaterriblecomicday2025! It’s mandatory that you create some piece of sequential art — what it is and how you make it is up to you! Have fun! You might as well!
June 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I won’t be able to participate, but I think this is an absolutely brilliant idea, and everyone who can should do it!!
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I needed a second axis for this question.
February 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I needed a second axis for this question.
Human artists!
Use one piece of art to convince people to follow you
Use one piece of art to convince people to follow you
June 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Human artists!
Use one piece of art to convince people to follow you
Use one piece of art to convince people to follow you
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I don't want to alarm anyone, but hoopla has a whole dang 2025 eisner nominees section. You can just... read them all. For free. And support your local library at the same time. 😱
June 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I don't want to alarm anyone, but hoopla has a whole dang 2025 eisner nominees section. You can just... read them all. For free. And support your local library at the same time. 😱
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I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
June 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
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The mark of a true warrior is their willingness to giving a major character in their graphic novel a plaid shirt, which they’re going to have to redraw in every panel that character appears in
June 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The mark of a true warrior is their willingness to giving a major character in their graphic novel a plaid shirt, which they’re going to have to redraw in every panel that character appears in
I have courageously chosen to accept Publisher’s Weekly’s nomination to be the new #TCAF poster boy www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
‘TCAF on Ice’ Was a Return to Form
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival mounted its biggest weekend in 2025 since before the pandemic, overcoming logistical and geopolitical uncertainty to draw an estimated 28,000 attendees June 6–8 to the ...
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June 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I have courageously chosen to accept Publisher’s Weekly’s nomination to be the new #TCAF poster boy www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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If you're in Alberta, you can also do this survey about proposed book bans in the provincial school district! Please take a moment to fill it out! www.alberta.ca/school-libra...
June 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If you're in Alberta, you can also do this survey about proposed book bans in the provincial school district! Please take a moment to fill it out! www.alberta.ca/school-libra...
I am absolutely thrilled about this news. This movie is so good and charming, and I’ve wanted to own a physical copy for sooooo long!
GKIDS is proud to announce the acquisition of North American rights to Nobuhiro Yamashita's cult classic LINDA LINDA LINDA. 🎤✨
A new 20th anniversary 4K remaster will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, with a theatrical & home release to follow!
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A new 20th anniversary 4K remaster will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, with a theatrical & home release to follow!
brnw.ch/21wT83U
June 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I am absolutely thrilled about this news. This movie is so good and charming, and I’ve wanted to own a physical copy for sooooo long!
For my Toronto friends! The Bentway is hosting a series of Wednesday night art socials all summer long. And I’ll be running some of the workshops! I did this last year too, and it was a real fun time. Check out Bentway.ca for details and tickets
June 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
For my Toronto friends! The Bentway is hosting a series of Wednesday night art socials all summer long. And I’ll be running some of the workshops! I did this last year too, and it was a real fun time. Check out Bentway.ca for details and tickets
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Hey hey! Took a mini social media break, but now I’m back. Hello! I’m back! For real! I swear! Hello! I’m back! Hello!
May 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Hey hey! Took a mini social media break, but now I’m back. Hello! I’m back! For real! I swear! Hello! I’m back! Hello!
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New self-portrait! Emerging from my drawing cave after wrapping up a big deadline. The Sleeper Has Awoken!!!
April 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
New self-portrait! Emerging from my drawing cave after wrapping up a big deadline. The Sleeper Has Awoken!!!
New self-portrait! Emerging from my drawing cave after wrapping up a big deadline. The Sleeper Has Awoken!!!
April 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
New self-portrait! Emerging from my drawing cave after wrapping up a big deadline. The Sleeper Has Awoken!!!
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GASP. The Polish National Ballet has posted their gorgeous adaptation of Dracula online! It’s currently playing in Warsaw, but for those of us who can’t magically attend before the 19th of April:
DRACULA Wojciech Kilar / Krzysztof Pastor | Polish National Ballet
YouTube video by Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa
youtu.be
April 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
GASP. The Polish National Ballet has posted their gorgeous adaptation of Dracula online! It’s currently playing in Warsaw, but for those of us who can’t magically attend before the 19th of April:
Finishing up the inks on my latest project. Realizing that the last few hours are apparently the “draw while singing David Bowie karaoke” stage of my process
April 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Finishing up the inks on my latest project. Realizing that the last few hours are apparently the “draw while singing David Bowie karaoke” stage of my process
Warm-up drawing, April 1st. Keeping things pretty fast and loose today, because I’m on a deadliiiiiine…
#artshare #sketchpage #warmup
#artshare #sketchpage #warmup
April 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Warm-up drawing, April 1st. Keeping things pretty fast and loose today, because I’m on a deadliiiiiine…
#artshare #sketchpage #warmup
#artshare #sketchpage #warmup
Watch out world, I CHECKED THE CALENDAR TODAY, and I know it’s April Fools! No one’s tricking me today! I am on HIGH TRICKSTER ALERT!
April 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Watch out world, I CHECKED THE CALENDAR TODAY, and I know it’s April Fools! No one’s tricking me today! I am on HIGH TRICKSTER ALERT!