Matthew Dow Smith
@matthewdowsmith.bsky.social
Writer, artist, comic book creator. The October Girl (Book One out now and Book Two coming soon from Mad Cave/Maverick), Amelia Shadows, DC's Misfits of Magic, and others.
Literary agent: Moe Ferrara at TriadaUS.
Literary agent: Moe Ferrara at TriadaUS.
Convincing you to read my OTHER graphic novel with just the opening sentence.
DC's MISFITS OF MAGIC --
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782939...
DC's MISFITS OF MAGIC --
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782939...
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Convincing you to read my OTHER graphic novel with just the opening sentence.
DC's MISFITS OF MAGIC --
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782939...
DC's MISFITS OF MAGIC --
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782939...
Convincing you to read my graphic novel with just the opening sentence.
THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One --
maverickcomics.com/series/the-o...
THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One --
maverickcomics.com/series/the-o...
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Convincing you to read my graphic novel with just the opening sentence.
THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One --
maverickcomics.com/series/the-o...
THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One --
maverickcomics.com/series/the-o...
Tuesday Tip: 11/11
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Tuesday Tip: 11/11
Making Comics Monday: Step-by-step process for a page from last week's installment of the October Girl tie-in story I'm currently serializing on my Patreon — www.patreon.com/matthewdowsmith
Layouts
Roughs
Inks
Colors
#TheOctoberGirl
#PatreonComics
#YAComics
Layouts
Roughs
Inks
Colors
#TheOctoberGirl
#PatreonComics
#YAComics
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Making Comics Monday: Step-by-step process for a page from last week's installment of the October Girl tie-in story I'm currently serializing on my Patreon — www.patreon.com/matthewdowsmith
Layouts
Roughs
Inks
Colors
#TheOctoberGirl
#PatreonComics
#YAComics
Layouts
Roughs
Inks
Colors
#TheOctoberGirl
#PatreonComics
#YAComics
Remember that short little 13 page October Girl tie-in story I'm doing for my Patreon?
Yeah, it's gonna' be around 30 pages now.
Whoops.
Yeah, it's gonna' be around 30 pages now.
Whoops.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Remember that short little 13 page October Girl tie-in story I'm doing for my Patreon?
Yeah, it's gonna' be around 30 pages now.
Whoops.
Yeah, it's gonna' be around 30 pages now.
Whoops.
One of my dearest friends just got their copy of THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One and said the store had sold out of all their other copies and that just makes me so absurdly happy. Both that my friend got my book AND that other people are buying it, too.
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
One of my dearest friends just got their copy of THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One and said the store had sold out of all their other copies and that just makes me so absurdly happy. Both that my friend got my book AND that other people are buying it, too.
Another weekend, another round of "Can Matt keep this short story to 20 pages or is he just going to keep going like he usually does?"
For the record, this was going to be a 13 page story, and it's already going to be at LEAST 20. SO I lost THAT round.
For the record, this was going to be a 13 page story, and it's already going to be at LEAST 20. SO I lost THAT round.
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Another weekend, another round of "Can Matt keep this short story to 20 pages or is he just going to keep going like he usually does?"
For the record, this was going to be a 13 page story, and it's already going to be at LEAST 20. SO I lost THAT round.
For the record, this was going to be a 13 page story, and it's already going to be at LEAST 20. SO I lost THAT round.
Finally put on @realgdt.bsky.social's FRANKENSTEIN while drawing this morning and I had to turn it off because I couldn't pull my eyes away from it. Just an absolutely gorgeous movie, even on the screen in my studio. Can't wait to watch the rest. When I don't have 10 pages of comics to draw.
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Finally put on @realgdt.bsky.social's FRANKENSTEIN while drawing this morning and I had to turn it off because I couldn't pull my eyes away from it. Just an absolutely gorgeous movie, even on the screen in my studio. Can't wait to watch the rest. When I don't have 10 pages of comics to draw.
(And if you've never seen the show he created, Stan Against Evil... you really, really should. It's fantastic. And make sure you watch the fantastic @valerietosi.bsky.social fulfilling her life's purpose of basically being Dana Scully in an episode of it.)
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
(And if you've never seen the show he created, Stan Against Evil... you really, really should. It's fantastic. And make sure you watch the fantastic @valerietosi.bsky.social fulfilling her life's purpose of basically being Dana Scully in an episode of it.)
I'd love some starred reviews or awards or, I don't know... piles of cash, but until then, I've got my mom. And she's the best.
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I'd love some starred reviews or awards or, I don't know... piles of cash, but until then, I've got my mom. And she's the best.
I... uh... have a lot of books to color for this October Girl short story.
Like... soooooo many books.
It's 20 pages of this many books. 20 book lined pages. Just endless books on shelves.
#TheOctoberGirl
#MakingComics
#NoSuchThingAsTooManyBooks
Like... soooooo many books.
It's 20 pages of this many books. 20 book lined pages. Just endless books on shelves.
#TheOctoberGirl
#MakingComics
#NoSuchThingAsTooManyBooks
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I... uh... have a lot of books to color for this October Girl short story.
Like... soooooo many books.
It's 20 pages of this many books. 20 book lined pages. Just endless books on shelves.
#TheOctoberGirl
#MakingComics
#NoSuchThingAsTooManyBooks
Like... soooooo many books.
It's 20 pages of this many books. 20 book lined pages. Just endless books on shelves.
#TheOctoberGirl
#MakingComics
#NoSuchThingAsTooManyBooks
Making comics today with some @dirkmaggs.bsky.social produced awesomeness to keep me company.
November 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Making comics today with some @dirkmaggs.bsky.social produced awesomeness to keep me company.
Ever wanted to see inside my studio?
You can watch a special tour of SoNo Comic Book Factory AND my home office during LibraryCon Live this Thursday, November 6th!
www.libraryjournal.com/event/librar...
You can watch a special tour of SoNo Comic Book Factory AND my home office during LibraryCon Live this Thursday, November 6th!
www.libraryjournal.com/event/librar...
November 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Ever wanted to see inside my studio?
You can watch a special tour of SoNo Comic Book Factory AND my home office during LibraryCon Live this Thursday, November 6th!
www.libraryjournal.com/event/librar...
You can watch a special tour of SoNo Comic Book Factory AND my home office during LibraryCon Live this Thursday, November 6th!
www.libraryjournal.com/event/librar...
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Listen, I know Big Blue isn't everyone's cup of tea, but those people are all wrong and don't know what they're talking about.
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Listen, I know Big Blue isn't everyone's cup of tea, but those people are all wrong and don't know what they're talking about.
November 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Making Comics Monday: Step-by-step process for a page from last week’s Amelia Shadows Halloween Special, now up on my Patreon — www.patreon.com/matthewdowsmith
Layouts
Roughs
Inks
Colors & Letters
#AmeliaShadows
#PatreonComics
#KidsComics
Layouts
Roughs
Inks
Colors & Letters
#AmeliaShadows
#PatreonComics
#KidsComics
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Making Comics Monday: Step-by-step process for a page from last week’s Amelia Shadows Halloween Special, now up on my Patreon — www.patreon.com/matthewdowsmith
Layouts
Roughs
Inks
Colors & Letters
#AmeliaShadows
#PatreonComics
#KidsComics
Layouts
Roughs
Inks
Colors & Letters
#AmeliaShadows
#PatreonComics
#KidsComics
Very, very few comic book creators can survive on just the money they make from comics. It is an inherently unstable job and it is only getting worse as time goes on. Don't ever be embarrassed or ashamed of needing another job so that you can keep making comics.
November 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Very, very few comic book creators can survive on just the money they make from comics. It is an inherently unstable job and it is only getting worse as time goes on. Don't ever be embarrassed or ashamed of needing another job so that you can keep making comics.
Friday. On my Patreon.
November 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Friday. On my Patreon.
Spending the day getting the next few stories for my Patreon set up.
I think I'm going to do some shorter things for a little bit while I think through some career stuff before starting whatever my next big project turns out to be.
I think I'm going to do some shorter things for a little bit while I think through some career stuff before starting whatever my next big project turns out to be.
November 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Spending the day getting the next few stories for my Patreon set up.
I think I'm going to do some shorter things for a little bit while I think through some career stuff before starting whatever my next big project turns out to be.
I think I'm going to do some shorter things for a little bit while I think through some career stuff before starting whatever my next big project turns out to be.
I'm sad about Mark Waid and @chrissamnee.bsky.social's Batman & Robin: Year One ending in a way that I haven't felt about a comic book in a long time.
It is just an absolute delight of a comic. Wish it could have been an ongoing book and not a maxi-series. But I loved every panel of it.
It is just an absolute delight of a comic. Wish it could have been an ongoing book and not a maxi-series. But I loved every panel of it.
November 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I'm sad about Mark Waid and @chrissamnee.bsky.social's Batman & Robin: Year One ending in a way that I haven't felt about a comic book in a long time.
It is just an absolute delight of a comic. Wish it could have been an ongoing book and not a maxi-series. But I loved every panel of it.
It is just an absolute delight of a comic. Wish it could have been an ongoing book and not a maxi-series. But I loved every panel of it.
November 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
So, who is Amelia Shadows, exactly?
I'm glad you asked.
(Oh, and in Book 4, she gets a new best monster friend named Henri, who is my favorite character I've ever made. I just love him so much. He's the big, hairy, purple guy in the story.)
I'm glad you asked.
(Oh, and in Book 4, she gets a new best monster friend named Henri, who is my favorite character I've ever made. I just love him so much. He's the big, hairy, purple guy in the story.)
October 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
So, who is Amelia Shadows, exactly?
I'm glad you asked.
(Oh, and in Book 4, she gets a new best monster friend named Henri, who is my favorite character I've ever made. I just love him so much. He's the big, hairy, purple guy in the story.)
I'm glad you asked.
(Oh, and in Book 4, she gets a new best monster friend named Henri, who is my favorite character I've ever made. I just love him so much. He's the big, hairy, purple guy in the story.)
Turns out I CAN write, draw, letter, and color an 18 page story in 3 days.
No one is more surprised than me.
Other than perhaps my long suffering frequent editor, Kristy.
No one is more surprised than me.
Other than perhaps my long suffering frequent editor, Kristy.
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Turns out I CAN write, draw, letter, and color an 18 page story in 3 days.
No one is more surprised than me.
Other than perhaps my long suffering frequent editor, Kristy.
No one is more surprised than me.
Other than perhaps my long suffering frequent editor, Kristy.
I've done some pretty absurd things in Amelia Shadows stories, but this year's Halloween special features one of the most absurd things I've ever done.
Coming to my Patreon tomorrow.
#AmeliaShadows
#MakingComics
#PumpkinPeril
Coming to my Patreon tomorrow.
#AmeliaShadows
#MakingComics
#PumpkinPeril
October 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I've done some pretty absurd things in Amelia Shadows stories, but this year's Halloween special features one of the most absurd things I've ever done.
Coming to my Patreon tomorrow.
#AmeliaShadows
#MakingComics
#PumpkinPeril
Coming to my Patreon tomorrow.
#AmeliaShadows
#MakingComics
#PumpkinPeril