Masha Zhdanova
@mashazart.bsky.social
She/her, cartoonist, writer, editor, picture drawer! Words at publishers weekly, shelfdust, Eisner winners WWAC and the Beat, mozaikmage on dreamwidth. Pictures at mashazart on Twitter and Tumblr and here sometimes.
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I'm so excited to announce the recipients of this year's Comics Criticism Mini Grant. Congrats to Chad Nevett, Steve Baxi, Emmy Waldman, and Samantha Puc for their amazing work in comics criticism this year!
@chadnevett.bsky.social
@stevebaxi.bsky.social
@emmywaldman.bsky.social
@theverbalthing.com
@chadnevett.bsky.social
@stevebaxi.bsky.social
@emmywaldman.bsky.social
@theverbalthing.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I'm so excited to announce the recipients of this year's Comics Criticism Mini Grant. Congrats to Chad Nevett, Steve Baxi, Emmy Waldman, and Samantha Puc for their amazing work in comics criticism this year!
@chadnevett.bsky.social
@stevebaxi.bsky.social
@emmywaldman.bsky.social
@theverbalthing.com
@chadnevett.bsky.social
@stevebaxi.bsky.social
@emmywaldman.bsky.social
@theverbalthing.com
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💐Announcing my next beast of a graphic novel, DIANA— out October 6th from Abrams wherever books are sold! www.abramsbooks.com/product/dian...
DIANA is both a self-contained character-centered story & prequel to FALL THROUGH, weaving them together with COME AGAIN to make an interconnected triptych.
DIANA is both a self-contained character-centered story & prequel to FALL THROUGH, weaving them together with COME AGAIN to make an interconnected triptych.
February 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
💐Announcing my next beast of a graphic novel, DIANA— out October 6th from Abrams wherever books are sold! www.abramsbooks.com/product/dian...
DIANA is both a self-contained character-centered story & prequel to FALL THROUGH, weaving them together with COME AGAIN to make an interconnected triptych.
DIANA is both a self-contained character-centered story & prequel to FALL THROUGH, weaving them together with COME AGAIN to make an interconnected triptych.
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Very excited to finally share my new book is now up for pre-order! It's for ages 6-10. Part comics how-to book, part silly joyful narrative, this book has it all for the young cartoonists in your life! Pre-order today!
I am thrilled to share my new book is available for pre-order! FOX RIVER COMICS CAMP is my dream comic art education book for all-ages, coming Oct 2026. It combines an engaging story with fun activities readers can follow along with! comicarted.com/fox-river-co... www.abramsbooks.com/product/fox-...
February 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Very excited to finally share my new book is now up for pre-order! It's for ages 6-10. Part comics how-to book, part silly joyful narrative, this book has it all for the young cartoonists in your life! Pre-order today!
CAKE, PIE, SLICE... Midwest indie comics expos all want to be food...
February 13, 2026 at 4:23 PM
CAKE, PIE, SLICE... Midwest indie comics expos all want to be food...
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This is just unconscionable man
February 13, 2026 at 1:43 AM
This is just unconscionable man
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Hazel and I gave a presentation for some senior illustration students at Emily Carr today! Unfortunately I didn't get any photos but I do have this slide from our powerpoint to share with everyone.
February 13, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Hazel and I gave a presentation for some senior illustration students at Emily Carr today! Unfortunately I didn't get any photos but I do have this slide from our powerpoint to share with everyone.
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Attention visual journalists: I’m always open to pitches for @sciam.bsky.social’s Graphic Science column. The column tells concise stories on topics in science via graphics (dataviz, illustrated diagrams, comic-style explainers, etc). It appears in both print & online. DM me for a pitch guide.
February 7, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Attention visual journalists: I’m always open to pitches for @sciam.bsky.social’s Graphic Science column. The column tells concise stories on topics in science via graphics (dataviz, illustrated diagrams, comic-style explainers, etc). It appears in both print & online. DM me for a pitch guide.
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Do YOU have what it takes to be a reporter for The Beat? We are looking for both regular reporters and event reporters for shows like ECCC, C2E2 and more. Join the Elite Beat Squad today!
Apply at comicsbeatapply@yahoo.com with clips and resume.
Apply at comicsbeatapply@yahoo.com with clips and resume.
February 11, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Do YOU have what it takes to be a reporter for The Beat? We are looking for both regular reporters and event reporters for shows like ECCC, C2E2 and more. Join the Elite Beat Squad today!
Apply at comicsbeatapply@yahoo.com with clips and resume.
Apply at comicsbeatapply@yahoo.com with clips and resume.
I made a new comic! it's about fencing in space 1/12
February 11, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I made a new comic! it's about fencing in space 1/12
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hello this is the official petition to bring back mass market paperbacks!! mmpbs are good actually and everyone should do them!! i think esp romantasy readers would really love that shit! and you can still spray those edges!!! bring back mass market paperbacks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 10, 2026 at 8:02 PM
hello this is the official petition to bring back mass market paperbacks!! mmpbs are good actually and everyone should do them!! i think esp romantasy readers would really love that shit! and you can still spray those edges!!! bring back mass market paperbacks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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when @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social told me about this manga i could not believe it was real? an early work from the mangaka from prison school about the blues musician robert johnson: aftermath.site/sinners-mang...
Me And The Devil Blues Is A Haunting Manga About A Black Blues Legend
Never in a million years could you guess who drew a historical, psychological horror series about a musician who may not have sold his soul to the devil
aftermath.site
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
when @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social told me about this manga i could not believe it was real? an early work from the mangaka from prison school about the blues musician robert johnson: aftermath.site/sinners-mang...
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I can’t stop laughing about “and from New Jersey”
February 10, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I can’t stop laughing about “and from New Jersey”
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i made a guide on how to write, draw, and print a doujinshi/fanzine/whatever you want to call it.
this is a crash course on literally everything i know about making doujinshi. it's over 40 pages long. i hope you like it.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
this is a crash course on literally everything i know about making doujinshi. it's over 40 pages long. i hope you like it.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 10, 2026 at 1:32 AM
i made a guide on how to write, draw, and print a doujinshi/fanzine/whatever you want to call it.
this is a crash course on literally everything i know about making doujinshi. it's over 40 pages long. i hope you like it.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
this is a crash course on literally everything i know about making doujinshi. it's over 40 pages long. i hope you like it.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
confession: it always takes me two tries to spell "separate" correctly
February 10, 2026 at 8:46 PM
confession: it always takes me two tries to spell "separate" correctly
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My comic ‘EVERYWHERE’ is about a girl who meets a boy in a tulip field 🌷
After losing one of my best friends to s*icide, it was a way of tackling that grief the best way I knew how & how I ultimately approach those who come and go in our lives.
Link to my comic: chainsaw-shan.itch.io/everywhere
After losing one of my best friends to s*icide, it was a way of tackling that grief the best way I knew how & how I ultimately approach those who come and go in our lives.
Link to my comic: chainsaw-shan.itch.io/everywhere
February 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
My comic ‘EVERYWHERE’ is about a girl who meets a boy in a tulip field 🌷
After losing one of my best friends to s*icide, it was a way of tackling that grief the best way I knew how & how I ultimately approach those who come and go in our lives.
Link to my comic: chainsaw-shan.itch.io/everywhere
After losing one of my best friends to s*icide, it was a way of tackling that grief the best way I knew how & how I ultimately approach those who come and go in our lives.
Link to my comic: chainsaw-shan.itch.io/everywhere
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"That Box We Sit On"
A metal box sits embedded in a field. It’s the everyday hangout spot for two kids after school, but why? One of them lets his imagination run. The other mostly jokes about it.
get a physical copy at the link
richiepope.com/that-box-we-...
A metal box sits embedded in a field. It’s the everyday hangout spot for two kids after school, but why? One of them lets his imagination run. The other mostly jokes about it.
get a physical copy at the link
richiepope.com/that-box-we-...
February 7, 2026 at 11:24 PM
"That Box We Sit On"
A metal box sits embedded in a field. It’s the everyday hangout spot for two kids after school, but why? One of them lets his imagination run. The other mostly jokes about it.
get a physical copy at the link
richiepope.com/that-box-we-...
A metal box sits embedded in a field. It’s the everyday hangout spot for two kids after school, but why? One of them lets his imagination run. The other mostly jokes about it.
get a physical copy at the link
richiepope.com/that-box-we-...
My gf and I did a "yuri bowl" where we watched the first episodes of a bunch of yuri anime and then decided which ones we wanted to watch more episodes of and these were our results
February 9, 2026 at 1:20 AM
My gf and I did a "yuri bowl" where we watched the first episodes of a bunch of yuri anime and then decided which ones we wanted to watch more episodes of and these were our results
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ah i can answer this trick question actually. novels are not a race
I'm going to win.
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
ah i can answer this trick question actually. novels are not a race
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BALLAD FOR BLACK CASSANDRA was a new type of personal project for me that I'm still very fond of. You can read it for free in this thread:
bsky.app/profile/oliv...
or pick up the PDF here:
oliveoilcorp.itch.io/ballad-for-b...
bsky.app/profile/oliv...
or pick up the PDF here:
oliveoilcorp.itch.io/ballad-for-b...
February 7, 2026 at 9:58 PM
BALLAD FOR BLACK CASSANDRA was a new type of personal project for me that I'm still very fond of. You can read it for free in this thread:
bsky.app/profile/oliv...
or pick up the PDF here:
oliveoilcorp.itch.io/ballad-for-b...
bsky.app/profile/oliv...
or pick up the PDF here:
oliveoilcorp.itch.io/ballad-for-b...
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you ever want to make a magic zine but maybe you don’t want to sit there individually cutting and folding one at a time? THERES GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY
now introducing the best way to make magic zines. we fold 1000s of these little guys a week this way, i think it’s the fastest way to go!
now introducing the best way to make magic zines. we fold 1000s of these little guys a week this way, i think it’s the fastest way to go!
February 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
you ever want to make a magic zine but maybe you don’t want to sit there individually cutting and folding one at a time? THERES GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY
now introducing the best way to make magic zines. we fold 1000s of these little guys a week this way, i think it’s the fastest way to go!
now introducing the best way to make magic zines. we fold 1000s of these little guys a week this way, i think it’s the fastest way to go!
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This Place is a Prison - an examination of former prisons and jails that have been transformed into something new, how we engage with those spaces and whether it is possible to do so ethically or not. $8 www.radiatorcomics.com/shop/uncateg...
January 20, 2026 at 10:05 PM
This Place is a Prison - an examination of former prisons and jails that have been transformed into something new, how we engage with those spaces and whether it is possible to do so ethically or not. $8 www.radiatorcomics.com/shop/uncateg...
Had a great time at the @yenpress.com yuri café! And I won a copy of love bullet 1 in the raffle lol
February 7, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Had a great time at the @yenpress.com yuri café! And I won a copy of love bullet 1 in the raffle lol