Ira Marcks
@iramarcks.bsky.social
Creepy Comics. You know, for kids. https://lnk.bio/iramarcks
I'm pretty darn excited to finally type these words:
My next graphic novel, Snake Night, slithers into bookstores next fall 🐍✨
It’s a creepy cartoony adventure about two friends intent on decoding the secret to transmutation. More soon.
My next graphic novel, Snake Night, slithers into bookstores next fall 🐍✨
It’s a creepy cartoony adventure about two friends intent on decoding the secret to transmutation. More soon.
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I'm pretty darn excited to finally type these words:
My next graphic novel, Snake Night, slithers into bookstores next fall 🐍✨
It’s a creepy cartoony adventure about two friends intent on decoding the secret to transmutation. More soon.
My next graphic novel, Snake Night, slithers into bookstores next fall 🐍✨
It’s a creepy cartoony adventure about two friends intent on decoding the secret to transmutation. More soon.
Hey, how's your summer going? Good to hear. Me? Not bad. Spending most of my days drifting down the River of the Dead.
August 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hey, how's your summer going? Good to hear. Me? Not bad. Spending most of my days drifting down the River of the Dead.
I’ve been working on this story that opens with a young boy waking up under a tree that’s been struck by lightning. I’ve drawn it a few different times, trying to find the right, I don’t know, tone? This latest version has a bit of humor to it, which is probably good for a kid’s book about death 🖤
July 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I’ve been working on this story that opens with a young boy waking up under a tree that’s been struck by lightning. I’ve drawn it a few different times, trying to find the right, I don’t know, tone? This latest version has a bit of humor to it, which is probably good for a kid’s book about death 🖤
I've been waiting my whole life for someone to ask me
July 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I've been waiting my whole life for someone to ask me
If an artist inspired you—even forever ago—tell them.
We share the cool stuff when it happens, but most of our time is spent being quietly uncool. The one thing we can count on is knowing we’ve inspired others to chase their own cool things. This is a nice reminder ❤️
We share the cool stuff when it happens, but most of our time is spent being quietly uncool. The one thing we can count on is knowing we’ve inspired others to chase their own cool things. This is a nice reminder ❤️
July 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If an artist inspired you—even forever ago—tell them.
We share the cool stuff when it happens, but most of our time is spent being quietly uncool. The one thing we can count on is knowing we’ve inspired others to chase their own cool things. This is a nice reminder ❤️
We share the cool stuff when it happens, but most of our time is spent being quietly uncool. The one thing we can count on is knowing we’ve inspired others to chase their own cool things. This is a nice reminder ❤️
Another experiment in my afterlife side project. Every one of these gets me a step closer to turning this little weird idea into a book. How many more steps?! I have no idea!!
July 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Another experiment in my afterlife side project. Every one of these gets me a step closer to turning this little weird idea into a book. How many more steps?! I have no idea!!
Never meet your idols
July 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Never meet your idols
Today is my birthday! 🎉
Check it out - I was just gifted this shirt made from amazingly soft vintage fabric and handmade by @mauramarcks.bsky.social it’s the most comfortable, fun, and flowy thing I’ve ever worn. ❤️
Check it out - I was just gifted this shirt made from amazingly soft vintage fabric and handmade by @mauramarcks.bsky.social it’s the most comfortable, fun, and flowy thing I’ve ever worn. ❤️
July 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today is my birthday! 🎉
Check it out - I was just gifted this shirt made from amazingly soft vintage fabric and handmade by @mauramarcks.bsky.social it’s the most comfortable, fun, and flowy thing I’ve ever worn. ❤️
Check it out - I was just gifted this shirt made from amazingly soft vintage fabric and handmade by @mauramarcks.bsky.social it’s the most comfortable, fun, and flowy thing I’ve ever worn. ❤️
Shark summer book tour in full effect
June 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Shark summer book tour in full effect
How am I celebrating the JAWS 50th anniversary? With a tour around the setting of the shark movie that inspired my shark book in the setting that is celebrating it's 50th anniversary!
June 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
How am I celebrating the JAWS 50th anniversary? With a tour around the setting of the shark movie that inspired my shark book in the setting that is celebrating it's 50th anniversary!
A weekend in Rochester, NY talking careers in comics. First time back at RIT since I graduated forever ago. Studied New Media, burned out on computers by senior year and ended up drawing at a light table in the hallway. Still looking for that analog/digital balance. Let me know if you figure it out.
April 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A weekend in Rochester, NY talking careers in comics. First time back at RIT since I graduated forever ago. Studied New Media, burned out on computers by senior year and ended up drawing at a light table in the hallway. Still looking for that analog/digital balance. Let me know if you figure it out.
New faces, chewed pencils, graph paper doodles, parking by the loading dock, recycling initiatives, Smartboard cables, 60 cent milk cartons, confusing artwork celebrating FedEx, and lots of drawing. Another month of school visits in the books.
April 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
New faces, chewed pencils, graph paper doodles, parking by the loading dock, recycling initiatives, Smartboard cables, 60 cent milk cartons, confusing artwork celebrating FedEx, and lots of drawing. Another month of school visits in the books.
It took 23 years but I finally got my book signed
March 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It took 23 years but I finally got my book signed
Oh! You living things
March 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Oh! You living things
I’ve set a new personal record for “most notes on desk that have nothing to do with what is on the monitor”
March 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I’ve set a new personal record for “most notes on desk that have nothing to do with what is on the monitor”
Making adjustments to this beach scene
March 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Making adjustments to this beach scene
Back at my Black Cat project
March 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Back at my Black Cat project
I made this while thinking about one of my favorite abduction scenes in sci-fi. I loved John Christopher's whole Tripod Trilogy as a kid but nothing that came after left an impression like that first scene at the farm house. Abduction by way of metal coil is so amazingly cruel.
March 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I made this while thinking about one of my favorite abduction scenes in sci-fi. I loved John Christopher's whole Tripod Trilogy as a kid but nothing that came after left an impression like that first scene at the farm house. Abduction by way of metal coil is so amazingly cruel.
We made a comic panel in our wall
March 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We made a comic panel in our wall
My next kid graphic novel is about alchemy and I got a bit obsessive researching just so the book could have a readable transmutation formula. I think it's important to inspire young readers and I believe this book can be a gateway for a new generation of niche, underemployed academics.
February 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
My next kid graphic novel is about alchemy and I got a bit obsessive researching just so the book could have a readable transmutation formula. I think it's important to inspire young readers and I believe this book can be a gateway for a new generation of niche, underemployed academics.
A thing I love about kid adventure stories is they are inescapably tragic. For the characters to survive, something inside has to die 🖤
February 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A thing I love about kid adventure stories is they are inescapably tragic. For the characters to survive, something inside has to die 🖤
So my next book SNAKE SCHOOL, about two kids who discover the lost formula for transmutation, is having production woes and got bumped to 2026. 😭 Who knows what the world will look like when this thing comes out. The only bright side is - alchemy never goes out of style.
February 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
So my next book SNAKE SCHOOL, about two kids who discover the lost formula for transmutation, is having production woes and got bumped to 2026. 😭 Who knows what the world will look like when this thing comes out. The only bright side is - alchemy never goes out of style.