Careful Kitty Books
@carefulkittybooks.com
Picopunk publishing offshoot of @thefloatingbookshop.com in OKC
Home of the Pilot Program
THE LOST WIZARD by regularcandy OUT NOW
Home of the Pilot Program
THE LOST WIZARD by regularcandy OUT NOW
Lookie, ma!
We made the paper!
Come see us at the #paperplainszinefest vendor fair today, Sunday Aug 31 from 11-5 at Van Go, 715 New Jersey St., LFK
We made the paper!
Come see us at the #paperplainszinefest vendor fair today, Sunday Aug 31 from 11-5 at Van Go, 715 New Jersey St., LFK
August 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Lookie, ma!
We made the paper!
Come see us at the #paperplainszinefest vendor fair today, Sunday Aug 31 from 11-5 at Van Go, 715 New Jersey St., LFK
We made the paper!
Come see us at the #paperplainszinefest vendor fair today, Sunday Aug 31 from 11-5 at Van Go, 715 New Jersey St., LFK
Careful Kitty will be at the Paper Plains Zine Fest vendor fair this Sunday at Van Go, 715 New Jersey St, in lovely Lawrence, KS.
Come say hi to @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social, & @notarealghost.com and pick up some zines, comics, and more!
See you soon, LFK!
Come say hi to @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social, & @notarealghost.com and pick up some zines, comics, and more!
See you soon, LFK!
August 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Careful Kitty will be at the Paper Plains Zine Fest vendor fair this Sunday at Van Go, 715 New Jersey St, in lovely Lawrence, KS.
Come say hi to @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social, & @notarealghost.com and pick up some zines, comics, and more!
See you soon, LFK!
Come say hi to @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social, & @notarealghost.com and pick up some zines, comics, and more!
See you soon, LFK!
Updated Fall tour schedule
•Sunday, Aug 31, 11-5: Paper Plains in LFK
•Saturday, Sept 18, from 10-6: @okcomicarts.bsky.social in OKC
•Saturday, Oct 18: @slicexpo.bsky.social in St. Louis
Come see us for stuff from @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social, @notarealghost.com & more!
•Sunday, Aug 31, 11-5: Paper Plains in LFK
•Saturday, Sept 18, from 10-6: @okcomicarts.bsky.social in OKC
•Saturday, Oct 18: @slicexpo.bsky.social in St. Louis
Come see us for stuff from @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social, @notarealghost.com & more!
August 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Updated Fall tour schedule
•Sunday, Aug 31, 11-5: Paper Plains in LFK
•Saturday, Sept 18, from 10-6: @okcomicarts.bsky.social in OKC
•Saturday, Oct 18: @slicexpo.bsky.social in St. Louis
Come see us for stuff from @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social, @notarealghost.com & more!
•Sunday, Aug 31, 11-5: Paper Plains in LFK
•Saturday, Sept 18, from 10-6: @okcomicarts.bsky.social in OKC
•Saturday, Oct 18: @slicexpo.bsky.social in St. Louis
Come see us for stuff from @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social, @notarealghost.com & more!
Here’s the parts of the tour I can announce:
•Sunday, Aug 31, 11-5: Paper Plains in LFK
•Saturday, Sept 18, from 10-6: @okcomicarts.bsky.social in OKC
•Saturday, Oct 18: Somewhere in Missouri. We’ll let you know as soon as we can!
Stay tuned for even more Careful Kitty news & appearances!
•Sunday, Aug 31, 11-5: Paper Plains in LFK
•Saturday, Sept 18, from 10-6: @okcomicarts.bsky.social in OKC
•Saturday, Oct 18: Somewhere in Missouri. We’ll let you know as soon as we can!
Stay tuned for even more Careful Kitty news & appearances!
August 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Here’s the parts of the tour I can announce:
•Sunday, Aug 31, 11-5: Paper Plains in LFK
•Saturday, Sept 18, from 10-6: @okcomicarts.bsky.social in OKC
•Saturday, Oct 18: Somewhere in Missouri. We’ll let you know as soon as we can!
Stay tuned for even more Careful Kitty news & appearances!
•Sunday, Aug 31, 11-5: Paper Plains in LFK
•Saturday, Sept 18, from 10-6: @okcomicarts.bsky.social in OKC
•Saturday, Oct 18: Somewhere in Missouri. We’ll let you know as soon as we can!
Stay tuned for even more Careful Kitty news & appearances!
BREAKING NEWS from Careful Kitty HQ:
Crispy (AKA Crispofer, AKA Crispus Cattucks) caught a mouse!
😻😻😻
Thank you, Crispus!
Crispy (AKA Crispofer, AKA Crispus Cattucks) caught a mouse!
😻😻😻
Thank you, Crispus!
August 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
BREAKING NEWS from Careful Kitty HQ:
Crispy (AKA Crispofer, AKA Crispus Cattucks) caught a mouse!
😻😻😻
Thank you, Crispus!
Crispy (AKA Crispofer, AKA Crispus Cattucks) caught a mouse!
😻😻😻
Thank you, Crispus!
Careful Kitty will be at three awesome zine & comic events in the near future, and I started making this for them, but I’m not sure I can talk about one yet, so consider this a teaser 😹
More soon, but see you this fall in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri!
More soon, but see you this fall in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri!
August 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Careful Kitty will be at three awesome zine & comic events in the near future, and I started making this for them, but I’m not sure I can talk about one yet, so consider this a teaser 😹
More soon, but see you this fall in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri!
More soon, but see you this fall in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri!
Assuming I don’t forget the reminder to pay our table fee that I scrawled on my arm, we will be in LFK this Labor Day weekend for Paper Plains Zine Fest!
We’ll be there with zines and comics from @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social , @notarealghost.com, & maybe more!
We’ll be there with zines and comics from @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social , @notarealghost.com, & maybe more!
July 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Assuming I don’t forget the reminder to pay our table fee that I scrawled on my arm, we will be in LFK this Labor Day weekend for Paper Plains Zine Fest!
We’ll be there with zines and comics from @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social , @notarealghost.com, & maybe more!
We’ll be there with zines and comics from @absurdistzines.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social , @notarealghost.com, & maybe more!
This is Crispy, the resident, mostly-feral cat here at HQ. He mostly lives on the roof of the building next to us and under the stairs up to the Careful Kitty office above @thefloatingbookshop.com
He’s a very careful kitty, and doesn’t have much use for people, unless you’ve got some good kibble.
He’s a very careful kitty, and doesn’t have much use for people, unless you’ve got some good kibble.
June 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is Crispy, the resident, mostly-feral cat here at HQ. He mostly lives on the roof of the building next to us and under the stairs up to the Careful Kitty office above @thefloatingbookshop.com
He’s a very careful kitty, and doesn’t have much use for people, unless you’ve got some good kibble.
He’s a very careful kitty, and doesn’t have much use for people, unless you’ve got some good kibble.
The Lost Wizard by @regularcandy.bsky.social has been submitted to the 2025 Ignatz Awards!
May 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The Lost Wizard by @regularcandy.bsky.social has been submitted to the 2025 Ignatz Awards!
FRIDAY, May 16 @ 7pm, our sibling, @thefloatingbookshop.com hosts an amazing, unique experience: the OKC release of @cantocomics.bsky.social’s THE ARDENT from @fieldmousepress.bsky.social
Antonowicz will perform a live reading (w/ sound effects) of his medieval fantasy graphic novel
3 NW 9TH ST OKC
Antonowicz will perform a live reading (w/ sound effects) of his medieval fantasy graphic novel
3 NW 9TH ST OKC
May 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
FRIDAY, May 16 @ 7pm, our sibling, @thefloatingbookshop.com hosts an amazing, unique experience: the OKC release of @cantocomics.bsky.social’s THE ARDENT from @fieldmousepress.bsky.social
Antonowicz will perform a live reading (w/ sound effects) of his medieval fantasy graphic novel
3 NW 9TH ST OKC
Antonowicz will perform a live reading (w/ sound effects) of his medieval fantasy graphic novel
3 NW 9TH ST OKC
Come to the celebration a year in the making
THE LOST WIZARD by @regularcandy.bsky.social is out & we’re having a party on Sat May 17 from 11-4 at @thefloatingbookshop.com!
Dan O’Donoghue, who has a comic in Edible OKC & his own book BASED ON A CONVERSATION, is joining us, along with other surprises
THE LOST WIZARD by @regularcandy.bsky.social is out & we’re having a party on Sat May 17 from 11-4 at @thefloatingbookshop.com!
Dan O’Donoghue, who has a comic in Edible OKC & his own book BASED ON A CONVERSATION, is joining us, along with other surprises
May 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Come to the celebration a year in the making
THE LOST WIZARD by @regularcandy.bsky.social is out & we’re having a party on Sat May 17 from 11-4 at @thefloatingbookshop.com!
Dan O’Donoghue, who has a comic in Edible OKC & his own book BASED ON A CONVERSATION, is joining us, along with other surprises
THE LOST WIZARD by @regularcandy.bsky.social is out & we’re having a party on Sat May 17 from 11-4 at @thefloatingbookshop.com!
Dan O’Donoghue, who has a comic in Edible OKC & his own book BASED ON A CONVERSATION, is joining us, along with other surprises
Do you have a comics column, zine, or vidja thingy? Are you interested in reviewing THE LOST WIZARD?
The print run is limited to ~325, so we can’t send everyone a copy, but we can send you a PDF!
Message us!
The print run is limited to ~325, so we can’t send everyone a copy, but we can send you a PDF!
Message us!
April 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Do you have a comics column, zine, or vidja thingy? Are you interested in reviewing THE LOST WIZARD?
The print run is limited to ~325, so we can’t send everyone a copy, but we can send you a PDF!
Message us!
The print run is limited to ~325, so we can’t send everyone a copy, but we can send you a PDF!
Message us!
It’s #SupermanDay!
(This Supes is by Not a Real Ghost)
(This Supes is by Not a Real Ghost)
April 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It’s #SupermanDay!
(This Supes is by Not a Real Ghost)
(This Supes is by Not a Real Ghost)
Time for Day 2 of @stapleexpo.bsky.social!
Come see @regularcandy.bsky.social and @absurdistzines.bsky.social at Table 36 until 6pm!
Come see @regularcandy.bsky.social and @absurdistzines.bsky.social at Table 36 until 6pm!
April 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Time for Day 2 of @stapleexpo.bsky.social!
Come see @regularcandy.bsky.social and @absurdistzines.bsky.social at Table 36 until 6pm!
Come see @regularcandy.bsky.social and @absurdistzines.bsky.social at Table 36 until 6pm!
Took a little break from the floor at @stapleexpo.bsky.social to read @nicorodriguez.bsky.social’s WEST, NOT SOUTH, and boy howdy is it good.
April 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Took a little break from the floor at @stapleexpo.bsky.social to read @nicorodriguez.bsky.social’s WEST, NOT SOUTH, and boy howdy is it good.
Out today at @stapleexpo.bsky.social and next week everywhere else, we’ve got @regularcandy.bsky.social’s THE LOST WIZARD, which combines risographed pages and digitally printed pages into one rad comic about hunting down a floppy disk copy of one of the best video games ever.
April 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Out today at @stapleexpo.bsky.social and next week everywhere else, we’ve got @regularcandy.bsky.social’s THE LOST WIZARD, which combines risographed pages and digitally printed pages into one rad comic about hunting down a floppy disk copy of one of the best video games ever.
T-minus 15 minutes until @stapleexpo.bsky.social 2025.
If you’re in Austin, come see us (@regularcandy.bsky.social, @absurdistzines.bsky.social and a whole cadre of other indie creators) from 11-6 today and 12-6 Sunday!
If you’re in Austin, come see us (@regularcandy.bsky.social, @absurdistzines.bsky.social and a whole cadre of other indie creators) from 11-6 today and 12-6 Sunday!
April 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
T-minus 15 minutes until @stapleexpo.bsky.social 2025.
If you’re in Austin, come see us (@regularcandy.bsky.social, @absurdistzines.bsky.social and a whole cadre of other indie creators) from 11-6 today and 12-6 Sunday!
If you’re in Austin, come see us (@regularcandy.bsky.social, @absurdistzines.bsky.social and a whole cadre of other indie creators) from 11-6 today and 12-6 Sunday!
After a long drive, we made it to ATX just in time for the @stapleexpo.bsky.social pre-party @austinbooks.bsky.social, talked some comics, bought some comics, & then grabbed food at Magnolia.
Now to get rested up for 2 days full of indie comics!
Find us at table 36 from 11-6 Saturday & 12-6 Sunday!
Now to get rested up for 2 days full of indie comics!
Find us at table 36 from 11-6 Saturday & 12-6 Sunday!
April 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
After a long drive, we made it to ATX just in time for the @stapleexpo.bsky.social pre-party @austinbooks.bsky.social, talked some comics, bought some comics, & then grabbed food at Magnolia.
Now to get rested up for 2 days full of indie comics!
Find us at table 36 from 11-6 Saturday & 12-6 Sunday!
Now to get rested up for 2 days full of indie comics!
Find us at table 36 from 11-6 Saturday & 12-6 Sunday!
About a year ago, @regularcandy.bsky.social agreed to be the guinea pig for our goal of publishing comics & writing from early-career creators in unique, limited editions, & now we’re collating Riso & digital parts of THE LOST WIZARD’s adventure on Mars.
Out this weekend at @stapleexpo.bsky.social
Out this weekend at @stapleexpo.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
About a year ago, @regularcandy.bsky.social agreed to be the guinea pig for our goal of publishing comics & writing from early-career creators in unique, limited editions, & now we’re collating Riso & digital parts of THE LOST WIZARD’s adventure on Mars.
Out this weekend at @stapleexpo.bsky.social
Out this weekend at @stapleexpo.bsky.social
Spent the afternoon driving to Denton to meet Jacob from Play Nice Press and pick up the Risograph pages for THE LOST WIZARD by @regularcandy.bsky.social
They look sublime!
Now to combine them w the rest of the comic & saddlestich it all together!
Grab a copy this weekend at @stapleexpo.bsky.social!
They look sublime!
Now to combine them w the rest of the comic & saddlestich it all together!
Grab a copy this weekend at @stapleexpo.bsky.social!
April 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Spent the afternoon driving to Denton to meet Jacob from Play Nice Press and pick up the Risograph pages for THE LOST WIZARD by @regularcandy.bsky.social
They look sublime!
Now to combine them w the rest of the comic & saddlestich it all together!
Grab a copy this weekend at @stapleexpo.bsky.social!
They look sublime!
Now to combine them w the rest of the comic & saddlestich it all together!
Grab a copy this weekend at @stapleexpo.bsky.social!
We're headed down to ATX for @stapleexpo.bsky.social, and are excited to hit up old haunts like @austinbooks.bsky.social & Monkeywrench, and check out new-to-us spots like Alienated Majesty & Keep Looking.
Where else should we be sure go for zine & comic magic?
(image by @regularcandy.bsky.social)
Where else should we be sure go for zine & comic magic?
(image by @regularcandy.bsky.social)
April 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We're headed down to ATX for @stapleexpo.bsky.social, and are excited to hit up old haunts like @austinbooks.bsky.social & Monkeywrench, and check out new-to-us spots like Alienated Majesty & Keep Looking.
Where else should we be sure go for zine & comic magic?
(image by @regularcandy.bsky.social)
Where else should we be sure go for zine & comic magic?
(image by @regularcandy.bsky.social)
About 17 years ago I picked up Kazimir Strzepek’s The Mourning Star at @thebeguiling.bsky.social. Tonight I read it for the first time in a long time & am once again blown away by it.
It’s epic & sad & funny & the cartooning is top notch.
Gonna have to dig out my copy of the second volume now.
It’s epic & sad & funny & the cartooning is top notch.
Gonna have to dig out my copy of the second volume now.
April 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
About 17 years ago I picked up Kazimir Strzepek’s The Mourning Star at @thebeguiling.bsky.social. Tonight I read it for the first time in a long time & am once again blown away by it.
It’s epic & sad & funny & the cartooning is top notch.
Gonna have to dig out my copy of the second volume now.
It’s epic & sad & funny & the cartooning is top notch.
Gonna have to dig out my copy of the second volume now.
More kitty block prints.
April 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
More kitty block prints.
Careful Kitty ‘business’ cards for @stapleexpo.bsky.social in progress!
Lettering assist by the Prixel Press.
Lettering assist by the Prixel Press.
April 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Careful Kitty ‘business’ cards for @stapleexpo.bsky.social in progress!
Lettering assist by the Prixel Press.
Lettering assist by the Prixel Press.
Hand-printed “business” cards coming your way at @stapleexpo.bsky.social next weekend!
April 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Hand-printed “business” cards coming your way at @stapleexpo.bsky.social next weekend!