Katherine Thorne
@sparklemarkers.bsky.social
She/her. Picture book writer/illustrator.
Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social
2024 Round Table Mentee, #PBParty Honorable Mention, #50PreciousWords HM.
Keep posting about your books; I want to read them!
sparklemarkers.com
Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social
2024 Round Table Mentee, #PBParty Honorable Mention, #50PreciousWords HM.
Keep posting about your books; I want to read them!
sparklemarkers.com
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You should leave Substack in 2026, because they platform fascists regularly, but even before that I am *begging* you to stop referring to your writing as "my Substack" because why give them that agency. It's your writing, your posts, your words, on their platform.
January 3, 2026 at 3:54 AM
You should leave Substack in 2026, because they platform fascists regularly, but even before that I am *begging* you to stop referring to your writing as "my Substack" because why give them that agency. It's your writing, your posts, your words, on their platform.
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new year means please remember to be like nice and normal about fat people, the fat person you are or could become, the fat person you could fall in love with or friends you could have. fatness is not a corrupting force, fatphobia is. the performance is unhealthy, weight loss is social is political
January 3, 2026 at 1:34 AM
new year means please remember to be like nice and normal about fat people, the fat person you are or could become, the fat person you could fall in love with or friends you could have. fatness is not a corrupting force, fatphobia is. the performance is unhealthy, weight loss is social is political
like anything a tech CEO has wanted us to do in the past decade has been helpful or good for anyone except tech CEOs
January 3, 2026 at 1:07 AM
like anything a tech CEO has wanted us to do in the past decade has been helpful or good for anyone except tech CEOs
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avoid self loathing ✅
your art is special because YOU made it ✅
literally anything you create is better than AI✅
your art is special because YOU made it ✅
literally anything you create is better than AI✅
January 2, 2026 at 10:02 PM
avoid self loathing ✅
your art is special because YOU made it ✅
literally anything you create is better than AI✅
your art is special because YOU made it ✅
literally anything you create is better than AI✅
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For my parents' 50th wedding anniversary, I made 50 tiny doodle frames, showingcasing big and small events from their life together, as well as their hobbies, jobs, pets, places where they lived and traveled to, and more. Assembled on a frame!
January 2, 2026 at 10:49 PM
For my parents' 50th wedding anniversary, I made 50 tiny doodle frames, showingcasing big and small events from their life together, as well as their hobbies, jobs, pets, places where they lived and traveled to, and more. Assembled on a frame!
There should be more paintings of guys telling you to paint another guy
January 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
There should be more paintings of guys telling you to paint another guy
“of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity”
boogie-woogie-woogie!
boogie-woogie-woogie!
January 1, 2026 at 5:39 PM
“of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity”
boogie-woogie-woogie!
boogie-woogie-woogie!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!
January 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!
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hello! do you like supporting independent bookstores? would you like a 20% discount on all books, including preorders? good news: oblong's annual new year's sale is today!
go get your books at a discount and give my staff some work to do: oblongbooks.com
go get your books at a discount and give my staff some work to do: oblongbooks.com
a cartoon of a wizard holding a wand and a purple pot
Alt: Merlin from The Sword in the Stone waves a wand and lowers books into a purple bag.
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:38 PM
hello! do you like supporting independent bookstores? would you like a 20% discount on all books, including preorders? good news: oblong's annual new year's sale is today!
go get your books at a discount and give my staff some work to do: oblongbooks.com
go get your books at a discount and give my staff some work to do: oblongbooks.com
you can wear a Hello Kitty t-shirt without some random guy asking you to name three of her albums or whatever, that’s what I can tell you about Hello Kitty
Hello Kitty, if the data is to be believed, has out-grossed Spider-Man. What can you tell me about Hello Kitty, except that she wears a bow?
January 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
you can wear a Hello Kitty t-shirt without some random guy asking you to name three of her albums or whatever, that’s what I can tell you about Hello Kitty
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January 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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Welcome to 2026
This is 2026
Welcome
This is 2026
Welcome to 2026
You can do anything in 2026
Anything at all
The only limit is yourself
Welcome to 2026
Welcome to 2026
This is 2026
Welcome to 2026
This is 2026, Welcome
Yes, this is 2026
This is 2026 and welcome to you who has come to 2026
This is 2026
Welcome
This is 2026
Welcome to 2026
You can do anything in 2026
Anything at all
The only limit is yourself
Welcome to 2026
Welcome to 2026
This is 2026
Welcome to 2026
This is 2026, Welcome
Yes, this is 2026
This is 2026 and welcome to you who has come to 2026
2026 is going to be the Zombo dot com of years
Remember, anything can happen in 2026.
December 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Welcome to 2026
This is 2026
Welcome
This is 2026
Welcome to 2026
You can do anything in 2026
Anything at all
The only limit is yourself
Welcome to 2026
Welcome to 2026
This is 2026
Welcome to 2026
This is 2026, Welcome
Yes, this is 2026
This is 2026 and welcome to you who has come to 2026
This is 2026
Welcome
This is 2026
Welcome to 2026
You can do anything in 2026
Anything at all
The only limit is yourself
Welcome to 2026
Welcome to 2026
This is 2026
Welcome to 2026
This is 2026, Welcome
Yes, this is 2026
This is 2026 and welcome to you who has come to 2026
This was not, in fact, a dull year, and I suspect I may have jinxed my entire 2026, but once I got the idea in my head I had to draw it
(Happy New Planner Day!)
(Happy New Planner Day!)
December 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This was not, in fact, a dull year, and I suspect I may have jinxed my entire 2026, but once I got the idea in my head I had to draw it
(Happy New Planner Day!)
(Happy New Planner Day!)
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one of the products in this barbershop smells so good and I want to bathe in it
December 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
one of the products in this barbershop smells so good and I want to bathe in it
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2025 was by far the strongest year ever for novels by trans writers from major publishers -- and that's before you get down to smaller presses and self-published stuff, which were also cooking. God, I hope it sustains in 2026 and beyond. A lot of these books sold well! The audience is there!
December 31, 2025 at 7:11 AM
2025 was by far the strongest year ever for novels by trans writers from major publishers -- and that's before you get down to smaller presses and self-published stuff, which were also cooking. God, I hope it sustains in 2026 and beyond. A lot of these books sold well! The audience is there!
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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they should invent a year that's better than the one before it
December 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
they should invent a year that's better than the one before it
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A mistake in three acts
December 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A mistake in three acts
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Two more panels from a new comic I'm working on called Marionette, about the life and times of a child star, from her rise to her fall to her comeback, everyone wants a piece of Marionette. Having a lot of fun drawing this one, using it as an excuse to draw all the ads and magazine pages I want.
December 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Two more panels from a new comic I'm working on called Marionette, about the life and times of a child star, from her rise to her fall to her comeback, everyone wants a piece of Marionette. Having a lot of fun drawing this one, using it as an excuse to draw all the ads and magazine pages I want.
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Here are four of my most popular cartoons on 2025
December 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Here are four of my most popular cartoons on 2025
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Today is my birthday! 🎂
I feel grateful for everyone who supports me, my art and the work I love. It makes even the hardest days brighter and gives me the strength to keep creating🫶
If you could spare a repost, it would mean a lot and help my work reach more people 🤗
I feel grateful for everyone who supports me, my art and the work I love. It makes even the hardest days brighter and gives me the strength to keep creating🫶
If you could spare a repost, it would mean a lot and help my work reach more people 🤗
December 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Today is my birthday! 🎂
I feel grateful for everyone who supports me, my art and the work I love. It makes even the hardest days brighter and gives me the strength to keep creating🫶
If you could spare a repost, it would mean a lot and help my work reach more people 🤗
I feel grateful for everyone who supports me, my art and the work I love. It makes even the hardest days brighter and gives me the strength to keep creating🫶
If you could spare a repost, it would mean a lot and help my work reach more people 🤗
I’m Werner Herzog.
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I’m Werner Herzog.
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Under the sea
December 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Under the sea