Reimena Yee 🦇
@reimenayee.com
Historical fiction comics skeleton with a whimsigoth vibe. Academic-practitioner & comics taxonomist. Co-founder of the @cartoonist.coop I am just chilling here when I am not making my (web)comics or blogging about craft.
reimenayee.com #art
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Reimena Yee 🦇
@reimenayee.com
· Nov 17
[📚ABOUT ME] I'm a Malaysian illustrator, writer and comics educator/organiser. Author of several award-winning/nominated graphic novels and webcomics. Creator, curator and webmaster of the Comics Devices Library. Co-founder of the Cartoonist Cooperative. Open to work!
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Proud owner of physical copies here: If you've never read The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya, do yourself the great favor of reading it now. Heart-breakingly beautiful both in illustration and in characters/story.
Historical romance and romantasy friends especially, get in on this.
Historical romance and romantasy friends especially, get in on this.
🌹 10 years ago, I launched THE CARPET MERCHANT OF KONSTANTINIYYA, and it changed my life forever.
To celebrate, the 10th Anniversary Edition of my very first completed #webcomic will begin February 18, 2026 - updates every Wednesday + Saturday.
Read the prologue now:
thecarpetmerchant.reimenayee.com
To celebrate, the 10th Anniversary Edition of my very first completed #webcomic will begin February 18, 2026 - updates every Wednesday + Saturday.
Read the prologue now:
thecarpetmerchant.reimenayee.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Proud owner of physical copies here: If you've never read The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya, do yourself the great favor of reading it now. Heart-breakingly beautiful both in illustration and in characters/story.
Historical romance and romantasy friends especially, get in on this.
Historical romance and romantasy friends especially, get in on this.
Going on a socmedia hiatus and then returning to it with the desire to do a minimalist, old-school approach to posting/promoting while two webcomics need to be made…this is gonna be interesting to figure out
February 10, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Going on a socmedia hiatus and then returning to it with the desire to do a minimalist, old-school approach to posting/promoting while two webcomics need to be made…this is gonna be interesting to figure out
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Kinda feels important to know that ReedPOP's parent company has ties to ICE. There's some things we can do in the comics community to make our voices heard. 1/3
Open letter from BookCon authors: reactormag.com/authors-open...
Check the RELX, LexisNexis, and ReedPOP ties yourself: www.relx.com
Open letter from BookCon authors: reactormag.com/authors-open...
Check the RELX, LexisNexis, and ReedPOP ties yourself: www.relx.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Kinda feels important to know that ReedPOP's parent company has ties to ICE. There's some things we can do in the comics community to make our voices heard. 1/3
Open letter from BookCon authors: reactormag.com/authors-open...
Check the RELX, LexisNexis, and ReedPOP ties yourself: www.relx.com
Open letter from BookCon authors: reactormag.com/authors-open...
Check the RELX, LexisNexis, and ReedPOP ties yourself: www.relx.com
New thing of mine! Thanks so much to everyone who reskeeted(?) and shared your words of support! 😭
🌹 10 years ago, I launched THE CARPET MERCHANT OF KONSTANTINIYYA, and it changed my life forever.
To celebrate, the 10th Anniversary Edition of my very first completed #webcomic will begin February 18, 2026 - updates every Wednesday + Saturday.
Read the prologue now:
thecarpetmerchant.reimenayee.com
To celebrate, the 10th Anniversary Edition of my very first completed #webcomic will begin February 18, 2026 - updates every Wednesday + Saturday.
Read the prologue now:
thecarpetmerchant.reimenayee.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:54 AM
New thing of mine! Thanks so much to everyone who reskeeted(?) and shared your words of support! 😭
🌹 10 years ago, I launched THE CARPET MERCHANT OF KONSTANTINIYYA, and it changed my life forever.
To celebrate, the 10th Anniversary Edition of my very first completed #webcomic will begin February 18, 2026 - updates every Wednesday + Saturday.
Read the prologue now:
thecarpetmerchant.reimenayee.com
To celebrate, the 10th Anniversary Edition of my very first completed #webcomic will begin February 18, 2026 - updates every Wednesday + Saturday.
Read the prologue now:
thecarpetmerchant.reimenayee.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
🌹 10 years ago, I launched THE CARPET MERCHANT OF KONSTANTINIYYA, and it changed my life forever.
To celebrate, the 10th Anniversary Edition of my very first completed #webcomic will begin February 18, 2026 - updates every Wednesday + Saturday.
Read the prologue now:
thecarpetmerchant.reimenayee.com
To celebrate, the 10th Anniversary Edition of my very first completed #webcomic will begin February 18, 2026 - updates every Wednesday + Saturday.
Read the prologue now:
thecarpetmerchant.reimenayee.com
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Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
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We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.
January 13, 2026 at 7:49 AM
We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.
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Still super proud of everyone involved in this! One thing not mentioned is that behind the scenes, the co-op was able to help move a lot of creators off HW hosting so their comics are protected in the long term- collective action WORKS.
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
January 13, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Still super proud of everyone involved in this! One thing not mentioned is that behind the scenes, the co-op was able to help move a lot of creators off HW hosting so their comics are protected in the long term- collective action WORKS.
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This is such a small thing in the face of everything else going on...
but the 57th NAACP Image Awards nominations were announced today and they left off the illustrators of four out of the five graphic novel nominees.
I remain dissatisfied with how comic artists are treated.
but the 57th NAACP Image Awards nominations were announced today and they left off the illustrators of four out of the five graphic novel nominees.
I remain dissatisfied with how comic artists are treated.
January 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
This is such a small thing in the face of everything else going on...
but the 57th NAACP Image Awards nominations were announced today and they left off the illustrators of four out of the five graphic novel nominees.
I remain dissatisfied with how comic artists are treated.
but the 57th NAACP Image Awards nominations were announced today and they left off the illustrators of four out of the five graphic novel nominees.
I remain dissatisfied with how comic artists are treated.
I've shown a lot of growth from being a cartoonist who couldn't draw horses to one who gets hype with the idea of drawing horses when given the opportunity, all within 3 years.
January 1, 2026 at 5:33 AM
I've shown a lot of growth from being a cartoonist who couldn't draw horses to one who gets hype with the idea of drawing horses when given the opportunity, all within 3 years.
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Underrated point of discussion with the AI + social media uproar is giving thanks to patrons of the arts, especially non-artists, who are willing to put in the effort to support artists at a time when it has never been easier or more normalized to do the opposite.
December 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Underrated point of discussion with the AI + social media uproar is giving thanks to patrons of the arts, especially non-artists, who are willing to put in the effort to support artists at a time when it has never been easier or more normalized to do the opposite.
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If you have the experience necessary to help guide a non-profit that will independent cartoonists get their comics into libraries, and get readers more diverse stories, check this out.
It is my hope and dream that this website can bring all those indie titles together under one, easy-to-shop, online roof.
If you are interested in being a founding board member to help me make this a reality, please fill out the form. 📚 #comics #comicsky
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you are interested in being a founding board member to help me make this a reality, please fill out the form. 📚 #comics #comicsky
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Board of Directors Application, Comics Librarian Commons
Comics Librarian Commons, a not-for-profit, online source for librarians to explore and acquire independent and small press comics and graphic novels, is seeking founding members for the board of dire...
docs.google.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:48 AM
If you have the experience necessary to help guide a non-profit that will independent cartoonists get their comics into libraries, and get readers more diverse stories, check this out.
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Comics critics! You have just a few more days to apply to the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant
This project will be awarding four mini grants of $250 to comics critics.
To apply, please provide 2 links to comics criticism work of at least 500 words published within the last year (blogs and YouT...
docs.google.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Comics critics! You have just a few more days to apply to the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This is a really much needed service!!!!
I am founding a not-for-profit website where independent comic creators and small publishers can easily sell their works to libraries, plus provide other services. Called (for now) the Comics Librarian Commons, this will be an online hub bringing independent creators and librarians together.
December 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
This is a really much needed service!!!!
Quickly posting to say: hi, new followers! I am still recovering from physical and mental exhaustion, but 2026 will have a few exciting - including the 10th anniversary rerun of my first completed webcomic/graphic novel. Here's a preview of its key art.
December 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Quickly posting to say: hi, new followers! I am still recovering from physical and mental exhaustion, but 2026 will have a few exciting - including the 10th anniversary rerun of my first completed webcomic/graphic novel. Here's a preview of its key art.
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Important article, comics colleagues. Where we stand right now in this Book Ban culture war that shows no signs of abating.
I've said this from the beginning: this began as a classic Comics Witch Hunt. When this started in Texas & Florida in 2021, My Friend Dahmer was one of the targeted books.
I've said this from the beginning: this began as a classic Comics Witch Hunt. When this started in Texas & Florida in 2021, My Friend Dahmer was one of the targeted books.
The Latest Trends in Comics Censorship: Book Censorship News, December 26, 2025
What are the trends in comics censorship over the last year? A look at the data and titles being targeted, with help from a comics scholar.
bookriot.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Important article, comics colleagues. Where we stand right now in this Book Ban culture war that shows no signs of abating.
I've said this from the beginning: this began as a classic Comics Witch Hunt. When this started in Texas & Florida in 2021, My Friend Dahmer was one of the targeted books.
I've said this from the beginning: this began as a classic Comics Witch Hunt. When this started in Texas & Florida in 2021, My Friend Dahmer was one of the targeted books.
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I'm not sure which of you need to hear this, but:
If you push yourself to your limits and burn out for a company, you are trading years of your future productivity for minor gains in the present.
Burning out will _fuck you up_, it's like brain fog or depression, and it takes years to recover
If you push yourself to your limits and burn out for a company, you are trading years of your future productivity for minor gains in the present.
Burning out will _fuck you up_, it's like brain fog or depression, and it takes years to recover
March 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I'm not sure which of you need to hear this, but:
If you push yourself to your limits and burn out for a company, you are trading years of your future productivity for minor gains in the present.
Burning out will _fuck you up_, it's like brain fog or depression, and it takes years to recover
If you push yourself to your limits and burn out for a company, you are trading years of your future productivity for minor gains in the present.
Burning out will _fuck you up_, it's like brain fog or depression, and it takes years to recover
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and whatever else you celebrate. Here's the illustration for the end-of-year postcard I sent to friends and family (those in my address book anyway) #art
December 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and whatever else you celebrate. Here's the illustration for the end-of-year postcard I sent to friends and family (those in my address book anyway) #art
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and whatever else you celebrate. Here's the illustration for the end-of-year postcard I sent to friends and family (those in my address book anyway) #art
December 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and whatever else you celebrate. Here's the illustration for the end-of-year postcard I sent to friends and family (those in my address book anyway) #art
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I'm opening limited slots for portrait commissions during the Christmas/Holiday season until December 20th. Pet portraits and people portraits, great as gifts. :3 reimenayee.com/commissions
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I'm opening limited slots for portrait commissions during the Christmas/Holiday season until December 20th. Pet portraits and people portraits, great as gifts. :3 reimenayee.com/commissions
I'm opening limited slots for portrait commissions during the Christmas/Holiday season until December 20th. Pet portraits and people portraits, great as gifts. :3 reimenayee.com/commissions
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I'm opening limited slots for portrait commissions during the Christmas/Holiday season until December 20th. Pet portraits and people portraits, great as gifts. :3 reimenayee.com/commissions
Fantastic advice thread on how to improve your comics panelling craft
So my first tip for this is just Read a Lot of Comics. have comics in your bookshelf (real or virtual) that you can flip through for inspiration and see how other artists are working and what/how they fit visuals into a panel. I read a lot of manga on my phone, and every time i see a page that--
Do you have any general tips on how to improve comic layouts/paneling? I want to start making proper comics but paneling is something I really struggle with (especially when it comes to making sure my sketch compilations fit the panel size while still being effective/showing everything I want)
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Fantastic advice thread on how to improve your comics panelling craft
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also @reimenayee.com's comics devices library is great if you want to break down how layout makes you think and feel: comicsdevices.com
Comics Devices Library - The Creator's Guide to Comics Devices
An online library and meronomy of visual-narrative devices that are used in the medium of comics and other sequential art.
comicsdevices.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
also @reimenayee.com's comics devices library is great if you want to break down how layout makes you think and feel: comicsdevices.com
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Incredible archaeology and Indigenous art from Huichol territories, showing that the Pecos murals were painted continuously over 4,000 years. "The canyons are like an “ancient library containing hundreds of books authored by 175 generations of painters". www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r... 🏺 🗃️
Researchers Discover the Shocking Age of the Mysterious Pecos River Rock Art
The murals were painted on limestone canyon walls, in the same style, over the span of four millennia
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Incredible archaeology and Indigenous art from Huichol territories, showing that the Pecos murals were painted continuously over 4,000 years. "The canyons are like an “ancient library containing hundreds of books authored by 175 generations of painters". www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r... 🏺 🗃️
Been KO’ed by back-to-back travel, illness and general cursed-2025 shenanigans; in the respites I’ve been making a 3D model of Alexander to use as reference, and even in its half-baked stage it is paying off
December 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Been KO’ed by back-to-back travel, illness and general cursed-2025 shenanigans; in the respites I’ve been making a 3D model of Alexander to use as reference, and even in its half-baked stage it is paying off