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Cath Kastner
@cathkastner.bsky.social
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Illustration & Comics, Paris
Art in Vanity Fair, Bloomberg, and more
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I just got this delivered and I remember nothing of the film, but from that quote, I believe it should go on your list of films to study for the podcast.
White ceramic mug with a Sean Connery in Zardoz illustration White ceramic mug with the Zardoz quote “the penis is evil.”
November 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Thank you so much! I also have some incredibly saucy stuff:
White mug with Sean Connery in Zardoz White mug with “THE PENIS IS EVIL.” quote from the movie Zardoz
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Thank you for this! I’m an illustrator & comics artist. I sell prints and mugs at etsy.com/shop/cathkastner
Colour illustration of two white women with black hair playing ping pong underwater with an alligator swimming above them. The ping pong table is wavy Colour illustration of a white woman’s hand proposing to an orange cat paw with a huge diamond ring Illustration of baby blue rats climbing a parisian metro sign White ceramic mug with a puffy pigeon drawn in black ink
November 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Soirée bowling
Ink on paper, 30 x 42 cm
Black ink illustration of a skeleton playing bowling using a skull as a bowling ball. Six skulls are piled up on the side, and a skull-less skeleton is standing up its arma crossed, seemingly watching the bowler
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Bedside table - ink and digital colour
Purple and pink illustration of a bedside table with an old lamp with a floral tapestry lampshade, a pair of fake eye lashes, pills, and a jar of face cream in which a cigarette has been extinguished and is poking out
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Short comic I made to procrastinate on a longer one.
A four-panel comic in black ink on a white background. Panel 1: a white woman with a big bun is seen from the waist up from the side, sitting at a desk, eating a shortbread finger while working on a computer. There is a big mug with steam coming out of it on her right, and a plate of shortbread fingers on her left. The caption reads: “ FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS IN MY 20’s I PRETTY MUCH LIVED ON SHORTBREAD & YORKSHIRE TEA.” Panel 2: a close-up of the woman’s mouth chewing, a second shortbread finger ready to be eaten showing in the bottom left corner. The caption reads: “I HATED MY JOB AND CUSHIONED MY DESPAIR WITH THE COMPANY’S ENDLESS SUPPLY OF SNACKS.” Panel 3: the woman is dead, her eyes crossed out, as a giant fork coming from above has stabbed her in the back. The caption reads: “IF A CREATURE FROM ABOVE HAD HAD THE KINDNESS TO PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY,” Panel 4: a giant godzilla-like monster’s mouth is about to eat the woman, who is impaled on the giant fork. The caption reads: “I WOULD HAVE MADE A GREAT MEAL - ALL BITTER, SWEET, AND BUTTERY.” The comic is signed in the bottom right corner by its author, Cath Kastner
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Winter puff
Black ink drawing of a pigeon so puffed up it’s perfectly round
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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@marawilson.bsky.social @comraderobot.bsky.social I am sick so I took the lazy road and just added little wired devices to some rats I drew for the Paris Olympics, but I think it does work:
Colour illustration of a bunch of rats climbing a metro sign. One is eating cheese and another one is waving a French flag. There are fireworks in the background. 4 of the 5 rats are wearing little red bras
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock’s To Catch A Thief
ink on paper
#illustration #hitchcock #ink
Purple and green ink illustration of Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock’s To Catch A Thief
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Wet Paint

Ink on paper, 30 x 42 cm
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Started painting again after a 9 (!) year break for lack of space. Pleasantly surprised to find out I can enjoy working on smaller formats, too.

Acrylic on plywood, 23 x 17 cm
Painted portrait of a white woman in red, white, and purple tones on a dark purple background
November 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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At the top of the list of businesses that should perhaps refrain from decorating their windows for halloween: motorcycle driving schools
Shop window showing a blue motorbike and a white sheet covered in fake blood
October 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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We lived on the 5th floor, no lift.

Ink on paper, 12 x A4.

#art #illustration #comics #ink
Black ink comic page in 12 panels showing a woman dragging a drunk man out from a taxi, up 5 flights of stairs, and into an apartment. Both are wearing costumes - she is dressed as Catwoman and he as James Bond in a white tuxedo.
October 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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In this month’s newsletter: Making art from painful memories, crayon canon, and other things I enjoyed in September
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Photo of a hand drawing a comic with a brush and ink.The illustration shows a woman in a catwoman costume dragging a man by the ankles Crayon sketch of Grant Wood’s American Gothic
October 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Hey artists! QRP with your sketch vs final
Colour pencil sketch of a man playing the piano on stage. The decor is a forest and there are white rabbits everywhere. Artist: Cath Kastner Illustration of a man playing the piano on stage. The decor is a forest and there are white rabbits everywhere. Artist: Cath Kastner
July 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Just found out Christie’s auctioned some of Maurice Sendak’s collection, and man, do I wish I had a few millions to spare
#mauricesendak #felixvallotton #beatrixpotter #williamblake #illustration #artcollection
Maurice Sendak sketch of two monsters from Where the wild things are, reading and preparing to devour a pile of books with a knife and fork Woodcut print by Félix Vallotton titled La paresse, showing a naked woman petting a cat on a mixed-patterned bed Watercolour illustration by Beatrix Potter showing a snail guarding their nest Illustrated opening pages of William Blake’s Songs of Innocence book, printed by the author, 1789. One of the first five copies printed of William Blake’s first book of illuminated poems
June 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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New episode of Catherine’s Super Fun Office Adventures: The Music Police

#comics #comicstrip #musicpolice #elviscostello #name3songs
Black and white comic strip in 12 panels showing three characters interacting: a white woman with wearing a black turtleneck jumper, her hair in a big bun, a short white man with spiky hair, a braided goatee and a black t-shirt that reads METAL, a tall white man with thick square glasses as long-ish hair. The woman is working on a computer while listening to some music with big headphones. The men ask the woman what she is listening to, and, upon hearing her answer, tell her she cannot listen to Elvis Costello, because she is neither a teenager nor a middle-aged man. There is a contextual interlude, in which the woman breaks the 4th wall and informs the reader that the men are 36 and 32, and that she is 22. She then proceeds to faint panic, asking the men if her face is melting like the nazis’ in Raiders of the Lost Ark. When the men inform her that it is not, she puts her headphones back on and resumes her work. The Elvis Costello song “Alison” comes out of the headphones.
June 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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In honour of his 61st birthday, I turned rock god & style icon Lenny Kravitz into a paper doll.

Had a tonne of fun drawing this - it’s the first and definitely won’t be the last!
Colour illustration of Lenny Kravitz a paper doll with several iconic outfits and accessories Drawing of Lenny Kravitz in a silver leather outfit, holding a pile of grammy awards Drawing of Lenny Kravitz in a floral shirt, blue jeans, and leopard boots, holding a tambourine Drawing of Lenny Kravitz in a black leather outfit, holding a dumbell
May 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Another still life from my “stuff on my desk” series
(Somebody please hire me to draw pretty things, it’s incredibly relaxing)
#illustration #frog

www.inprnt.com/gallery/cath...
Still life illustration on a yellow background showing a bunche of white gerbera flowers in an orange glass, a green tin toy frog, and a mey to wind it up
May 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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New work for the French edition of Vanity Fair - as the trial finally starts, I illustrated an article about the robbers who targeted Kim Kardashian during Paris fashion week in 2016.
AD: Géraldine Richard
www.vanityfair.fr/article/braq...

#illustration #editorial #editorialillustration #artwork
Colour illustration showing three old men at the terrasse of a Parisian café on the left, and a portrait of Kim Kardashian with a sizeable diamond ring on the right. One of them is looking at her through binoculars. Illustration showing three elderly men chatting at the terrasse of a Parisian café Still life illustration showing a huge diamond ring and various jewels and a rolex watch in the background. The ring is light blue and off white, the background is bright red
April 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Drawing the mess on my desk, part 1
Still life illustration showing a cookie’s fortune, a seven of hearts card, a white rabbit candy wrapper, a packet of sweet n low, two safety pins, and small pencil and a coin. The background is like pink and the other colours are red, blue, and dark pink
April 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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I lost my day job to AI, so, as I’m applying to office jobs again, some memories came up to the surface.
Please enjoy Episode 1 of Catherine’s Super Fun Office Adventures
A comic strip by Cath Kastner in 9 panels. The title is “Catherine’s super fun office adventures: Curiosity killed the twat” Panel 1 shows a white woman with her black hair in a bun. She’s wearing a black turtleneck. She’s eating alone in her office’s break room. Panel 2 shows a female coworker arriving in the break room. She looks at the main character’s plate and yells: “OH MY GOD YOU EAT SO MUCH YOU SHOULD BE SO FAT” Panel 3 shows the main character continuing to eat in silence. The coworker is smiling, waiting for an answer Panel 4 shows the coworker getting closer to the main character’s face and yelling “What’s your secret?” Panel 5 is a close shot of the main character’s mouth shouting “Jean-Jacques!”.A small speech bubble with “oui?” Appears ob the bottom right corner Panel 6 shows the main character talking towards the bottom of her chair. She says “Come introduce yourself to the nice lady Panel 7 shows a tapeworm with a thin, curled moustache and a beret. He says “Avec plaisir! ‘Ello, I am Jean-Jacques, the friendly tapeworm. How do you do?” Panel 8 shows the feet of the coworker in the air in the bottom left corner. Jean-Jacques says: “Oh non, was it something I said?” The main character replies: “nah, she’s just not used to good manners” Panel 9 shows the same scene as panel 8. The main character points her fork towards Jean-Jacques and says: “Now get back in there, JJ, we’re having dessert!”.
April 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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That time I saw a posh mum explain Francis Bacon to her one-year-old.
(I’m in the middle of a tedious but very necessary computer spring cleaning.)
Cartoon showing a white woman holding a baby in front of an abstract, Francis Bacon style paintinf
March 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Free Fall. This is what happens when I draw my feelings instead of letting my mind take over.
#illustration #illustratorforhire
Illustration showing a man falling into the void. He has short black hair and is wearing a long-sleeved shirt, tailored trousers, a tie, and dress shoes. The drawing of the man is in black lines. It is repeated in blue lines and in white lines below him, showing the trajectory of his fall. The background is a distorted white grid on a solid lilac background.
March 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Ms Casey, Severance fan art I drew after watching last week’s episode
Drawing of Severnace’s Dichen Lachman as Ms Casey holding a white baby goat on a gradient green background showing more goats and the mystery elevator. The background is in the shape of Mark’s profile
March 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM