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Cait Zellers
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Artist, Cartoonist, Mortician, Elder Millennial just trying to navigate the burnout
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Self Sabotage #twgore
A unicorn spears a wolf as the wolf bites into the unicorn's side, creating a circle; both animals cry tears of blood and look directly at the viewer. In the middle of the circle are written the words 'self sabotage.'
October 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Coyote
A painting of a figure crouched amidst dark trees. The skin of the figure is gray-green in the light and their posture is somewhere between predator and prey. Overlayed on top are layers of neon lines depicting the claws and head of a coyote on top of the figure's own.
October 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Chimera
A chimera- a vaguely humanoid creature with the head of a ram, one yellow eye in the center of its head, and long fingers with too many joints, crouches in a pool of blood. The chimera is being clung to by sallow grey-green hands all over its body.
October 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Literally the most popular thing I have ever posted to tumblr
A cranky artist scribbling on a display mumbling ‘why do you look so off-model’, then shaking the display with the ferocity of a woman at her limit, screaming ‘I DESIGNED YOU’
August 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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SHE IS FOUND
Me holding the sketchbook I have been searching for for days that my wife found in 15 minutes behind the sofa.
May 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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If you see this post a witch! A very fun design for a charity DnD game run by @thejordonbrown.bsky.social with donkey familiar by my incredible wife @ashleyrguillory.bsky.social
An ancient woman with wild, whispy white hair and a massive glass eye in her left socket stands in front od a donkey with the same wild white hair. She’s wrapped in layers of rusty brown robes with a large turquoise tattoo of ancient runes that covers her right thigh. She wears many rings and bracelets but no shoes and clutches a staff with eyes blinking at the viewer from the knots in the wood.
April 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Sapphic Saturday!

Share something sapphic!!
A digital illustration of a lake monster a la the creature from the black lagoon and her human girlfriend swimming in the moonlight.
April 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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#Portfolioday again? No problem.
I’m Cait, I’m a comic artist and mortician who loves to draw little guys and weird things. Currently working on a GN for Ten Speed Press but open for illustration commissions!

💌 thosegirlspress@gmail
A high fantasy wizard, a stunning black woman with long white hair clad in swirling chrome armor flicking with the orange glow of the eyes of spirits trapped in the metal The Bad Kids of Dimension 20’s Fantasy High relaxing on the school bleachers as the sunset gives everything an orange glow A comic from hourly comic day featuring my dumb face making little guys An illustration in the style of 80’s romance novel covers featuring Louis and Lestat from Interview With The Vampire
April 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Sped up process video of a quick #ootd sketch featuring my fish bag, Feesh
March 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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I’ve started taping little paper ephemera into my sketchbook and I cannot tell you how much delight this brings me.
An AMC movie ticket secured to a sketchbook page with washi tape covered in cats A page of brightly colored doodle flowers with a piece of a Lady M napkin taped in the bottom left with floral washi tape. The writing says: “I saved a napkin from our trip to Lady M with Courtney. It was so pretty, it felt like going to a tea party.” A doodle of the artist on the triangular fold of an envelope, torn out and added to a sketchbook page with rainbow washi tape covered the writing says: “02/25/25- New Pens”
March 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Post an old illustration you still like.

A fake cover for a story I wrote in high school- redid the artwork in 2019.
A cinematic style illustration featuring six characters. A weeping woman seemingly made out of glass stretches a hand to the viewer- she is surrounded by four characters, a gentle violinist, a mysterious man holding a bouquet of roses, a bloody tattooed brawler and a pensive alien psychic. In the foreground a young man holding a journal stands in a glowing alchemical circle.
March 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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I took a tiny sketchbook to #ECCC to doodle behind the table
Handwritten text from the page: '03/06/2025- 1st day of ECCC My hands are shaky today. I've been feeling a familiar ache in my right hand. It's not my dominant side, so I'm a little ashamed to admit I've been ignoring it.' Next to this text is an ink drawing of a right hand with shaky, wavering lines radiating out from it. Handwritten text: 'I've been pushing my hands to do more and more- trying to assuage my guilt with Korean hand cream and cuticle oil. But I know that's a patch.' To the left of the text is an ink drawing of the Tony Moly peach hand cream container that is shaped like a peach. I didn't do a great job and it looks like a butt. Handwritten text: "I'm feeling that disconnected feeling again." Below the text is an ink drawing of the male and female ends of an electrical cord that have been pulled apart. Handwritten text: "I'm going to publish a book and no one is going to care. (Internal fear dialogue.) I don't know indie comics anymore, I know- anything about this world anymore." Bottom right of the page is a drawing of me (big glasses, bushy/curly hair) holding a paper coffee cup. My thought bubble reads: "I paid too much for coffee but I know better for tomorrow." Page is labeled 03/06/2025 at the top. Below is a drawing of two rows of teeth grinding against each other. Handwritten text reads: "I can feel myself grinding my teeth." Next to that is an ink drawing of two Salvador Dali-esque melting clocks dripping down the page. Handwritten text reads: "Linear time has slowed to an agonizing crawl." Top right of the page is a drawing of me looking very tired and very muppety. My speech bubble reads: "We have reached headache time." Middle of the page is an ink drawing of a tiny little skeleton beaded phone charm. Handwritten text reads: "This seems like the perfect environment to find a cute phone charm." Beneath that in big bubble letters I have written: "ZONIN' OUT HARD!" Bottom left of the page is an ink drawing of three takoyaki balls on a skewer, covered in takoyaki sauce and bonito flakes. Handwritten text reads: "I just remembered I have takoyaki in the basement freezer." Bottom middle is a puffy thought bubble around the text: "REMEMBER! Bring a 'Be Gay Do Piracy' sticker for that sweet gay person." Bottom right is a drawing of a sassy little creature with giant eyes on a round jelly bean body. They have stubby little horns, a long pointed tail, and two little hands on their hips. Handwritten text reads: "Jam Jar Devils are not (as far as we can tell) actually devils. They are simply horned little gremlins with too many opinions." (I misspelled opinions.)
March 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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He sold out yesterday but he’s BACK- come by J-30 for freshly steamed dwarf buns #ECCC
Senshi, a bearded dwarven chef leans over a cooking pot holding a ladel. He’s wearing a leather skirt and cuffs but no shirt. Behind him an ancient red dragon breathes steam up his skirt, exposing his perfect round ass, much to Senshi’s surprise
March 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Day 2 #ECCC lets go- your goth auntie is so tired but I’m excited to see you!
Selfie on the lightrail on the way to ECCC
March 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Everyone’s favorite Bad Kids as a new print for #ECCC this weekend #fantasyhigh #dimension20
The six characters of Dimension 20’s Fantasy High relaxing and chatting on a set of bleachers as the sun sets and turns everything a warm shade of orange. On the top bleacher Adine reads and levitates Boggy the Froggy while Fabian admires his reflection in the blade of his sword. Beneath them, Kristen and Riz are having a spirited debate, and sitting on the ground Fig and Gorgug talk music as Fig strums on her guitar.
March 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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LAZY
An extremely round and lazy white and gray splotched cat snoozes on a heated blanket and a tufted pillow while blatantly ignoring his mother’s request for help.
February 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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If you see this, post a ghost! I make these little friends all the time!
A sheet ghost perches on a cork base surrounded by moss, mushrooms and small trinkets. This small friend and all of their treasures fit snugly under a glass cloche.
February 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Panel 1: A person with wild curly hair and glasses is split down the middle, the two halves separated by a dark void. Both halves put a hand to their chest. The caption reads: "So, I do two things." The speech bubbles read: "I am an artist. I am a mortician." Panel 2: The two halves of the person are stretched further apart, the strands of the darkness holding them together stretching between the halves like taffy. The caption reads: "In some ways these things are very different." Panel 1: A person with wild curly hair and glasses is split in half, but there is no space between the two halves of their body, only a wiggly line signifying the delineation. The half on the viewer's left is wearing a cardigan and a t-shirt, the half on the viewer's right is wearing a collared jumpsuit. The caption reads: "In other ways they are the same." Panel 2: The person that is split in half hugs themselves tightly, the arm from each distinctive side reaching over to embrace the other. They smile with their eyes closed. The caption reads: "And neither could exist without the other."
February 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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A short comic about my two jobs and what they mean to me.
Panel 1: A curly headed face with glasses is split down the middle, the two halves separated by a moving, liquid emptiness. The caption reads: "My name is Cait and I do two things." Panel 2: A full body shot of the person from the first panel- we see now that their whole body is divided into two halves as they take a step forward. The half on the viewer's left is wearing an oversized cardigan and sweats with no shoes, the half on the viewer's right wears a collared jumpsuit and heavy boots. The caption reads: "I 'spose the easier way to put it is that I have two jobs." Panel 1: Two hands are reaching over each other in opposite directions- the top hand is wearing a surgical latex glove and long sleeves, the bottom hand is bare, a cardigan sleeve pushed up past the wrist. The caption reads: "But people work jobs that aren't a part of themselves. Both things I do are integral to who I am." Panel 2: A person with wild, curly hair and glasses leans over as if explaining something to a friend. Their body is split down the middle, the two halves connected by a dark, liquid void. The half on the viewer's left wears an oversized cardigan and a t-shirt, the half on the viewer's right wears a collared jumpsuit and surgical glove. The caption reads: "And I don't want to say "I am two things" 'cause I'm not. I'm a lot of things- some defined by my work and some not."
February 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Panel 1: A mortician's gloved hands carefully arrange the hands of an autopsied and embalmed body in a traditional position folded over the stomach. The caption reads: 'It's my job to lie' Panel 2: An embalmed body on an embalming table, surrounded by embalming instruments. The body is wrapped tightly in a sheet, with a strip of tape holding the sheet closed at the chest. The caption reads: 'So a family might be able to say goodbye without seeing that trauma and pain' Panel 3: A mirror of the previous panel, only now the embalmed body rests in a casket, wearing a suit and tie and holding a rosary in their posed hands. The caption reads: 'On someone they loved, someone who should still be alive.' Inset panel: A closeup of hands being washed, soapy and clasped together. Main Panel: The mortician is now in street clothes, her PPE hanging up on a hook behind her as she washes her hands thoroughly in the sink. Her eyes are covered and her face looks blank. The caption reads: 'We call it a 'Suitable Memory Picture.' But no matter how well I set and suture, no matter how well I lie- it will never be enough.'
February 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Panel 1: A view from above an embalming table, a mortician in PPE carefully stretches the shoulder and arm of a body on the table, guiding the arm out from the body like a bird's wing. The caption reads: 'It's my job to gently break rigor,' Panel 2: A view of the body on the embalming table from the side, head and elbows propped on robber blocks to help the body stay in position. The mortician's hands hold the body's shoulder steady as they massage bruised tissue at the throat. The caption reads: 'To flush blood out of bruised tissue,' Panel 3: The body on the embalming table has been turned on their side so their back is visible. The mortician, wearing a plastic gown, gloves, and a face shield, uses a needle and surgical suture to close a hole in the body's back. The caption reads: 'To sew up bullet holes and torn skin.' Panel 1: A long s-curved needle used to suture autopsy incisions lays on a white background threaded with surgical suture and speckled with blood. The caption reads: 'It's my job to suture autopsy incisions' Panel 2: A view of a body on an embalming table from the head down- there is a baseball type suture across the crown of the skull, another baseball suture in a 'Y' shape across the chest. The caption reads: 'Sew up chest cavities.' Panel 3: View of a mortician from behind, seated at the head of the embalming table as she works on the body laying on the table. The caption reads: 'I put skulls back together as best I can.' Panel 4: The mortician's gloved hand reaches for a fragment of skull among a small pile of pieces. The caption reads: 'Usually pieces are missing.'
February 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Gonna post some of my death care comics here (for those who don't know, I'm also a mortician). tw death, bodies, and grief #deathcare #comics
A cover image of a adult male body dressed for their funeral in a suit and tie, hands folded over their stomach. The face is obscured by the title: 'Suitable Memory Picture.' Panel One: A person in PPE, a plastic gown and long gloves, approaches an embalming table. On the table is a body covered in a white sheet. The caption reads: 'I'm a mortician.' Panel Two: The gloved hands of the mortician gently close the eyelids of the body on the embalming table. The caption reads: 'It's my job to close eyes,' Panel 3: Those same gloved hands hold the head of the body on the table, gently pressing the jaw up to close the mouth. The caption reads: 'Set jaws,' Panel 4: The mortician carefully scrubs the hands and fingernails of the body with a soft brush. The caption reads: 'It's my job to clean the blood and dirt from underneath fingernails,' Panel 5: We can now see that the hand of the body has been damaged- cuts and abrasions all along the palm and wrist. The mortician rubs a sponge against the wounds in the hand. The caption reads: 'And carefully scrub gravel out of scraped palms.'
February 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Finishing off #hourlycomicday with Hello Kitty, laundry and gratitude.
Top panel reads '6 PM' a cartoon cat with giant eyes and fluffy ears traipses through a swampy setting, a little frog with gigantic eyes watches the cat walk away. Writing above the frog says 'Keroppi buddy, please blink.' The caption reads: 'Causing chaos on my Hello Kitty Island.' Bottom panel reads '7 PM' a person with fluffy hair and glasses contentedly folds the pile of laundry in front of her, holding up a pair of underwear with flowers on them. Her though bubble reads: 'I get to fold my wife's undies for the rest of our lives, and that is a blessing.' The caption reads: 'Folding laundry and thinkin' about life.' Panel reads '8 PM' Two people sit curled up in bed happily watching something on a laptop. The one on the right looks sleepy but happy with big fluffy hair and glasses, the one on the left wears a beanie and a smile, and has a sleepy cat snuggled in her lap. They are wives. The caption reads: 'Goodnight!'
February 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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#hourlycomicday and a birthday party?? What a Saturday!
Top panel reads '2 PM', a platter covered in all sorts of sliced veggies, each labeled- they include broccoli, carrots, bean sprouts, king oyster mushrooms, and green onions. Caption reads: 'Preppin' veggies for hot pot!' Bottom panel reads '3 PM', a table laden with all sorts of supplies for a hot pot meal, stack of bowls, lots of sauces of different types and sizes, sliced veggies, greens in a bowl, fried tofu and rolled meat, all with a steaming electric hot pot in the center. Caption reads 'Ready for hot pot birthday dinner!' Top panel reads '4 PM' a family seated around a table with a hot pot in the center, at the head of the table is a mustachioed man with the words birthday boy! pointed at him. On one side of the table his brunette wife smiles at him, and his fluffy-haired daughter in law laughs. On the other side of the table his daughter and son are busy getting broccoli out of the hot pot with chopsticks. Shroom the cat looks on longingly from the other end of the table. The caption reads: 'Happy Birthday Mr. Jim!' Bottom panel reads '5 PM' A proud dude in sweatpants and fuzzy slippers shows off the fire he has just built in a brick fireplace. The mantel is covered in doo-dads including a skull. The caption reads: 'Daniel built a fire!'
February 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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No YOU erased too hard and tore the paper. #hourlycomicday #hourlies shoutout to my wife @ashleyrguillory.bsky.social fighting for her life with our rug
Top panel reads: '10 AM' a rotund, magnificent cat howls at the top of his lungs- his speech bubbles read 'WOE!' 'TRAGEDY!' 'SORROW!' 'WHY?'. The caption reads: 'Shroom sings us the song of his people.' Bottom panel reads: '11 AM' A square headed person with fluffy hair and glasses leans their chin on a worktable where she is placing a glass dome over a little terrarium with a sheet ghost inside of it. On the table is a hot glue gun and other bits of moss and beads. The caption reads: 'I'm making Little Guys.' Top panel reads: '12 PM', a tired, fluffy headed person holds out a bowl with a fork jammed in it and one beautiful shrimp floating above the bowl. Their speech bubble reads 'SHRAMP.' The caption reads: 'Fried rice lefties lunch.' Bottom panel reads: '1 PM', a frustrated individual in a beanie points accusingly at the zig-zag striped rug below her feet with one hand as the other clutches a vacuum cleaner. A fat cat looks on behind her, nonplussed. Her speech bubbles read: 'This rug . . . is my WORST ENEMY.' The caption reads: 'My wife confronts her Nemesis.'
February 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM