Mike Dawson
@mikedawson.bsky.social
Cartoonist
https://www.nytimes.com/by/mike-dawson
The Hidden Dominion of Geordie James (2026)
🗞️ News http://mikedawson.substack.com
📔 Minicomic Club http://patreon.com/mikedawwwson
🏫 School Visits https://www.cartooninglessonswithmikedawson.com
https://www.nytimes.com/by/mike-dawson
The Hidden Dominion of Geordie James (2026)
🗞️ News http://mikedawson.substack.com
📔 Minicomic Club http://patreon.com/mikedawwwson
🏫 School Visits https://www.cartooninglessonswithmikedawson.com
My galleys arrived!
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
My galleys arrived!
My stickers are here!
MAKE ART EVERY DAY*
*because you're over fifty and it's the only thing you've put all your effort into figuring out how to do.
Going out to all members of my Monthly Minicomic Club in November, along with a brand-new 'zine about HAMILTON www.patreon.com/posts/hamilt...
MAKE ART EVERY DAY*
*because you're over fifty and it's the only thing you've put all your effort into figuring out how to do.
Going out to all members of my Monthly Minicomic Club in November, along with a brand-new 'zine about HAMILTON www.patreon.com/posts/hamilt...
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
My stickers are here!
MAKE ART EVERY DAY*
*because you're over fifty and it's the only thing you've put all your effort into figuring out how to do.
Going out to all members of my Monthly Minicomic Club in November, along with a brand-new 'zine about HAMILTON www.patreon.com/posts/hamilt...
MAKE ART EVERY DAY*
*because you're over fifty and it's the only thing you've put all your effort into figuring out how to do.
Going out to all members of my Monthly Minicomic Club in November, along with a brand-new 'zine about HAMILTON www.patreon.com/posts/hamilt...
And lo’, is that a FedEx truck I see off in the distance outside of my house…
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
And lo’, is that a FedEx truck I see off in the distance outside of my house…
If you were a kid, would you like the look of this?
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
If you were a kid, would you like the look of this?
Devilish milestone
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Devilish milestone
I first started using InDesign when I started working digitally, at first just to manage images with different dpis. This cover tho, I actually built using the app. There’s a density and chaos to the woods here that I was able to achieve by drawing the elements separately and then stacking them
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I first started using InDesign when I started working digitally, at first just to manage images with different dpis. This cover tho, I actually built using the app. There’s a density and chaos to the woods here that I was able to achieve by drawing the elements separately and then stacking them
Make Art Every Day* - a brand-new sticker that I'm sending to all members of my Monthly Minicomic Club in November www.patreon.com/posts/make-a...
November 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Make Art Every Day* - a brand-new sticker that I'm sending to all members of my Monthly Minicomic Club in November www.patreon.com/posts/make-a...
I haven't been on X for years now, but schadenfreude had me login last night to peek in on all my former NJ politics nemeses, and they're just absolutely trapped a phantom zone mirror prison, unable to comprehend how the world as it actually is can be so different from the one they've constructed
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I haven't been on X for years now, but schadenfreude had me login last night to peek in on all my former NJ politics nemeses, and they're just absolutely trapped a phantom zone mirror prison, unable to comprehend how the world as it actually is can be so different from the one they've constructed
I am a little nervous about NJ… Jack Ciattarelli has been banging the anti-lgbtq/transphobia drum for years now, I would be so happy to see him rendered a three-time loser
October 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I am a little nervous about NJ… Jack Ciattarelli has been banging the anti-lgbtq/transphobia drum for years now, I would be so happy to see him rendered a three-time loser
A stack of ‘zines in manila envelopes getting stuffed into a mailbox isn’t as fun to look at as a shelfie, but probably still gives a tingle to a certain kind of small press and self-publishing enthusiast
October 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A stack of ‘zines in manila envelopes getting stuffed into a mailbox isn’t as fun to look at as a shelfie, but probably still gives a tingle to a certain kind of small press and self-publishing enthusiast
One thing I think creating minis so consistently has helped me with, is that I'm getting better at making covers
October 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
One thing I think creating minis so consistently has helped me with, is that I'm getting better at making covers
People sometimes wonder how I’m able to maintain a monthly minicomic club. I’m lucky that I can work rapidly, and that I enjoy the process of making comics, but also I genuinely, genuinely like putting stuff in the mail and sending it out to people
October 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
People sometimes wonder how I’m able to maintain a monthly minicomic club. I’m lucky that I can work rapidly, and that I enjoy the process of making comics, but also I genuinely, genuinely like putting stuff in the mail and sending it out to people
I'm hearing mixed things about Deliver Me From Nowhere, which is a shame, but also means I'll likely be going to see this just for the "pointing at locations I recognize" factor
October 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I'm hearing mixed things about Deliver Me From Nowhere, which is a shame, but also means I'll likely be going to see this just for the "pointing at locations I recognize" factor
I’m a little late on this I know, but this is one of the funniest comics I’ve read in a long time. Genuine LOLs
October 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I’m a little late on this I know, but this is one of the funniest comics I’ve read in a long time. Genuine LOLs
Two hours left in my crowdfunder. I've been working on the final designs for the Love Letter to Self-Publishing box. Not all the way there yet, but this is as far as I've gotten before the campaign ends. $24 gets you the box, two minis, and a print www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
October 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Two hours left in my crowdfunder. I've been working on the final designs for the Love Letter to Self-Publishing box. Not all the way there yet, but this is as far as I've gotten before the campaign ends. $24 gets you the box, two minis, and a print www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
Final day on my Kickstarter. Last chance to back this project and get yourself a custom designed 'Zine Storage Box filled with minicomics and other extras! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Final day on my Kickstarter. Last chance to back this project and get yourself a custom designed 'Zine Storage Box filled with minicomics and other extras! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
I made a big effort to set this book in the “real world” in ways that will make sense once it’s available to read. I amused myself by putting one of those nasty lanternflies on the cover, which is representative of some of this
October 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I made a big effort to set this book in the “real world” in ways that will make sense once it’s available to read. I amused myself by putting one of those nasty lanternflies on the cover, which is representative of some of this
I am thrilled to have been given the go-ahead to share the cover design to my next graphic novel for middle-grade readers, The Hidden Dominion of Geordie James, due to arrive in May 2026. Visit this public Patreon post to see some additional images www.patreon.com/posts/hidden...
October 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I am thrilled to have been given the go-ahead to share the cover design to my next graphic novel for middle-grade readers, The Hidden Dominion of Geordie James, due to arrive in May 2026. Visit this public Patreon post to see some additional images www.patreon.com/posts/hidden...
I forgot to include this crew
October 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I forgot to include this crew
Choose your fighters
October 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Choose your fighters
This stuff makes me laff
October 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This stuff makes me laff
And here's what comes inside each box
The Complete Mike Dawson Comics... an autobio comic by way of checklist
A Part, Apart - 24 page full color 'zine, containing two complete cartoon essays, companions to the new book I have coming out next year
"Self-Publishing is a Gift" 5.5x8.5 print
The Complete Mike Dawson Comics... an autobio comic by way of checklist
A Part, Apart - 24 page full color 'zine, containing two complete cartoon essays, companions to the new book I have coming out next year
"Self-Publishing is a Gift" 5.5x8.5 print
October 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
And here's what comes inside each box
The Complete Mike Dawson Comics... an autobio comic by way of checklist
A Part, Apart - 24 page full color 'zine, containing two complete cartoon essays, companions to the new book I have coming out next year
"Self-Publishing is a Gift" 5.5x8.5 print
The Complete Mike Dawson Comics... an autobio comic by way of checklist
A Part, Apart - 24 page full color 'zine, containing two complete cartoon essays, companions to the new book I have coming out next year
"Self-Publishing is a Gift" 5.5x8.5 print
There are two design options to choose from, one is branded around my own minicomics, the other a celebration of self-published and small-press work generally
October 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
There are two design options to choose from, one is branded around my own minicomics, the other a celebration of self-published and small-press work generally