Kori Michele
@korimichele.bsky.social
Cartoonist, zinester, shawol.
website/portfolio: korimichele.com
website/portfolio: korimichele.com
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Watercolor on paper, 11 x 12 inches, Jan 2026.
ICE OUT OF MAINE
ICE OUT OF EXISTENCE
DEFEND YOUR COMMUNITY
FEED YOUR NEIGHBORS
Watercolor on paper, 11 x 12 inches, Jan 2026.
ICE OUT OF MAINE
ICE OUT OF EXISTENCE
DEFEND YOUR COMMUNITY
FEED YOUR NEIGHBORS
World is hell but at least I've unlocked chickadee selfies
February 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
World is hell but at least I've unlocked chickadee selfies
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Pigeon Mail
reposting a piece from my solo show at Nucleus Portland because I'm writing a little love letter for my husband for Valentines day (d'aw)
[ #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache ]
reposting a piece from my solo show at Nucleus Portland because I'm writing a little love letter for my husband for Valentines day (d'aw)
[ #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache ]
February 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Pigeon Mail
reposting a piece from my solo show at Nucleus Portland because I'm writing a little love letter for my husband for Valentines day (d'aw)
[ #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache ]
reposting a piece from my solo show at Nucleus Portland because I'm writing a little love letter for my husband for Valentines day (d'aw)
[ #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache ]
Am I hanging on by a thread? Yes. Please go fuck shit up. We all have our parts to play. Fuck shit up. Being in trouble is a fake idea.
February 14, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Am I hanging on by a thread? Yes. Please go fuck shit up. We all have our parts to play. Fuck shit up. Being in trouble is a fake idea.
She makes me so happy, I just don't understand how there can be so much evil in the world when such gentle beauty exists, I really cannot. Every day I feed her and every day I resolve to protect this miracle of a planet and the people who still understand what it feels like to love.
February 14, 2026 at 2:29 AM
She makes me so happy, I just don't understand how there can be so much evil in the world when such gentle beauty exists, I really cannot. Every day I feed her and every day I resolve to protect this miracle of a planet and the people who still understand what it feels like to love.
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Eyvind Earle, A Winter Scene, 1968
February 14, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Eyvind Earle, A Winter Scene, 1968
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These are concentration camps and its our duty as citizens to ensure these things don't get built.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
These are concentration camps and its our duty as citizens to ensure these things don't get built.
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My newest zine - TrannyToons Presents: Annotated Trans Comics of the Early '00s - collects my very earliest trans comics creations from 2000-2006. You can read more about this zine here:
www.patreon.com/posts/150606...
#zines #TransHistory
www.patreon.com/posts/150606...
#zines #TransHistory
February 12, 2026 at 11:01 PM
My newest zine - TrannyToons Presents: Annotated Trans Comics of the Early '00s - collects my very earliest trans comics creations from 2000-2006. You can read more about this zine here:
www.patreon.com/posts/150606...
#zines #TransHistory
www.patreon.com/posts/150606...
#zines #TransHistory
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Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
shorturl.at
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
Peanut selections
February 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Peanut selections
Fresh snow to navigate
February 11, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Fresh snow to navigate
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I'm running a comics workshop at @fantomcomics.bsky.social in March!! We'll analyze how death can be expressed through comics as an everyday occurrence, a catastrophic event, or anything in between 🌹
If you're in the DMV & interested, grab a ticket here: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...
If you're in the DMV & interested, grab a ticket here: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...
February 10, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I'm running a comics workshop at @fantomcomics.bsky.social in March!! We'll analyze how death can be expressed through comics as an everyday occurrence, a catastrophic event, or anything in between 🌹
If you're in the DMV & interested, grab a ticket here: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...
If you're in the DMV & interested, grab a ticket here: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
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‘The Talking Cloth’ by Frances Featherstone is a masterclass in painting textiles and fabric! I’m just obsessed with how wonderfully cozy this looks!
#art #beautifulbizarre #francesfeatherstone #realism #contemporaryart #figurativeart
#art #beautifulbizarre #francesfeatherstone #realism #contemporaryart #figurativeart
February 10, 2026 at 11:30 PM
‘The Talking Cloth’ by Frances Featherstone is a masterclass in painting textiles and fabric! I’m just obsessed with how wonderfully cozy this looks!
#art #beautifulbizarre #francesfeatherstone #realism #contemporaryart #figurativeart
#art #beautifulbizarre #francesfeatherstone #realism #contemporaryart #figurativeart
"You may not like what you see, but you WILL see me, motherfucker."
February 8, 2026 at 1:51 PM
"You may not like what you see, but you WILL see me, motherfucker."
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Today's birding trip! I took a real camera today and snapped these brants and even saw a sleepy little screech owl! Special, beautiful little creatures. 💕
February 8, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Today's birding trip! I took a real camera today and snapped these brants and even saw a sleepy little screech owl! Special, beautiful little creatures. 💕
If anyone is interested, this is the limited palette/gamut I used (8 colors + white) to make this piece. The green and pink neons mix to make a really warm orange/yellow ochre, which is just such fun color science!!! I love painting!!!
February 7, 2026 at 2:16 PM
If anyone is interested, this is the limited palette/gamut I used (8 colors + white) to make this piece. The green and pink neons mix to make a really warm orange/yellow ochre, which is just such fun color science!!! I love painting!!!
Painting of Key performing "Pleasure Shop" at Uncanny Valley Brooklyn in December 2025.
Acrylic Gouache on paper, February 6, 2026
Based on my own photo.
3 hour study.
Stunned at both how fun this was to paint and how happy I am with the result.
Wish I was back in Keyland. #shinee #shinee_key
Acrylic Gouache on paper, February 6, 2026
Based on my own photo.
3 hour study.
Stunned at both how fun this was to paint and how happy I am with the result.
Wish I was back in Keyland. #shinee #shinee_key
February 7, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Painting of Key performing "Pleasure Shop" at Uncanny Valley Brooklyn in December 2025.
Acrylic Gouache on paper, February 6, 2026
Based on my own photo.
3 hour study.
Stunned at both how fun this was to paint and how happy I am with the result.
Wish I was back in Keyland. #shinee #shinee_key
Acrylic Gouache on paper, February 6, 2026
Based on my own photo.
3 hour study.
Stunned at both how fun this was to paint and how happy I am with the result.
Wish I was back in Keyland. #shinee #shinee_key
Gonna do hourly comics again this weekend, and it will probably be much like last year, with lots of birds. Maybe with more existential anguish.
I've scanned & posted my 2015 HCD (for the birds) on my website here:
studiokori.neocities.org/comics/hourl...
Or you can read the original thread below
I've scanned & posted my 2015 HCD (for the birds) on my website here:
studiokori.neocities.org/comics/hourl...
Or you can read the original thread below
February 5, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Gonna do hourly comics again this weekend, and it will probably be much like last year, with lots of birds. Maybe with more existential anguish.
I've scanned & posted my 2015 HCD (for the birds) on my website here:
studiokori.neocities.org/comics/hourl...
Or you can read the original thread below
I've scanned & posted my 2015 HCD (for the birds) on my website here:
studiokori.neocities.org/comics/hourl...
Or you can read the original thread below
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
Today she got confused when she knocked a peanut off my hand and briefly considered whether she should go after it, even though she already had one in her beak. 🥹 Also the crows are impatient for their own snacks, as you can hear. 🐦⬛
February 5, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Today she got confused when she knocked a peanut off my hand and briefly considered whether she should go after it, even though she already had one in her beak. 🥹 Also the crows are impatient for their own snacks, as you can hear. 🐦⬛
"what is this style called" it's called too many eyeballs, colors that hurt and can't be reproduced with CMYK printing, and the incorporation of reflective 3D elements that make my work impossible to scan. Acrylic and foam tiles on paper, 11.5 x 14.5 in.
February 5, 2026 at 2:28 AM
"what is this style called" it's called too many eyeballs, colors that hurt and can't be reproduced with CMYK printing, and the incorporation of reflective 3D elements that make my work impossible to scan. Acrylic and foam tiles on paper, 11.5 x 14.5 in.