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Alyssa "Covered in Rats" Read 🐀🎨🐀
@missalyssaread.bsky.social
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She/Her, Disabled Comic Artist and Illustrator. Feral House Cryptid.

My website is HERE: missalyssaread.com
Read my webcomic The Emperor's Feast on Tapas: https://tapas.io/series/The-Emperors-Feast/info
My Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/missalyssaread
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missalyssaread.bsky.social
Hi! I'm a #Disabled comic artist and character artist! I'm AuDHD, have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and chronic, widespread pain. Art is what keeps me going!

My current project is The Emperor's Feast, a comic about food and creativity, over on Tapas: tapas.io/series/The-E...
A comic page from The Emperor's Feast. The page features the introduction of one of the Head Chefs, a dwarf woman with a limb difference named Gwenwyn. A digital fanart illustration of Mega Dragalge from Pokemon Legends ZA. A Mega Evolved Dragalge swims by with a pair of Dragalge through a forest of kelp. A digital character illustration of a Tiefling Rogue named Silence. She is covering her face with one hand, and is holding a Rapier in the other. A digital fanart illustration of Atsu from Ghost of Yotei. Atsu is leaning on her white horse while playing the Shamisen. The Wolf is howling in the background.
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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I'm currently working on my comic The Emperor's Feast, which I post on Tapas! tapas.io/series/The-E...

Here are some pages I really like. The comic is themed around food and the creativity involved. Right now my biggest struggle is my health, I keep trying to post consistently, and I haven't got it
A page of the comic The Emperor's Feast. It depicts the Master Recipe Book, as well as someone cutting carrots next to a scale. A page from the comic The Emperor's Feast. The panels depict chaos as Tiberus drops a bowl, burns food, and falls off the stool he was standing on. A page from The Emperor's Feast. Shinshu is introduced to the delicious Champurrado, a thick chocolate corn flour drink filled with spices. A page from The Emperor's Feast. Chef Gwenwyn introduces herself to Shinshu, and changes the attachments on her prosthetic hand to a knife, so that she can cut a giant sturgeon.
November 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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One of my favorite Dwarf Fortress things is scanning over your tavern and seeing a fucking RAVE going on.

Also damn the new tavern music SLAPS.
A screenshot from Dwarf Fortress of a tavern filled with dwarves and visitors. They are dancing.
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Embracing my inner Bog Witch
A selfie of The Artist with green coloring goop in her hair.
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Dragalge is one of my Top Five favorite Pokemon, so I was SO stoked that it got a great Mega Evo in Legends ZA.

Also an excuse to play with some brushes, and I think I finally have a set I'm happy with again.

#Pokemon #fanart
A digital illustration of Dragalge and Mega Dragalge from Pokemon. They are swimming through a kelp forest.
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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My new girl Silence, part of a long running set of campaigns I've been in. Rogue, though I haven't decided subclass yet (we're playing 2024 rules).
A digital painting of a D&D character, a Tiefling, holding a rapier and covering her mouth with her hand.
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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I was rummaging through my photos and found an early photo of my big boy Finn, when he was just a wee 2lb kitten. He's been pushing his way into my work for almost 13 years!
A photo of a black kitten, draped over a keyboard, resting his head on a tablet, very much in the way of the hand holding the stylus.
November 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Artists! Quote with your fanart
a digital illustration of Atsu, her horse, and the wolf from Ghost of Yotei
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Stede: "This is fine."

(That's his brother Ed's curly butt)
A photo of a rat sticking his head out of a plastic pod, being squished by another rat on top
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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YESSSSSSSSSS
A picture of Travis Baldtree's new release Brigands and Breadknives
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Happy Birthday!

My favorite couple photos from the last month: Finn being his glorious chunky self, and Jin the rat, who was FAST asleep in this photo.
A large black cat named Finn is laying on the corner of a bed. He is chonky, and his belly is glorious. A rat with his leg sticking out of a plastic pod, with another rat also in the pod. Jin is asleep.
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Finally finished up this Ghost of Yotei piece, with coloring I was actually happy with. I ended up pulling the color palette from old Japanese woodblock prints.

I haven't quite finished #GhostofYotei but I am in Chapter 2 and I am LOVING the game.
A digital illustration of Atsu from Ghost of Yotei. Atsu is sitting against her horse, playing her Shamisen. In the background is a Ginko tree, the Wolf, and Yotei itself in the distance.
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Finally ordered a new mouse pad, goodbye beloved rowlets, you're kinda gross.

Ratty mousepad from @rattycreations.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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There appears to be a braincell shortage at my house.

Yes, the rat on the ledge is asleep.
A photo of a rat laying half in, half out of the hammock, while also laying on another rat's head. There are no thoughts present.
October 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Doing some messing around with my style, and just in case I end up hating it, I need to show off this horse, I will never draw another horse this good
A WIP illustration of Atsu from Ghost of Yotei
October 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Thanks to @indivisible.org an overhead of the protest in Vancouver, WA
October 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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This is a gorgeous, nuanced take by Oatmeal on the whole reason AI art feels...gross.

But also, this is my favorite panel
A panel from a comic by The Oatmeal, of a giant, amorphous blob of rat with a helicopter rotor on it's back, menacingly hovering as small people run screaming. The black text balloons read: "Do not fear RatCopter. RatCopter is here to bring u juicy rat goodness."
October 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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I couldn't help myself, had to honor the "Time Till Dick" code.
A screenshot from Ghost of Yotei showing a poorly drawn snow penis
October 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Took me a minute to find one where you can actually *see* his eyes, he's hard to photo cause he likes to bonk the camera. He's the white and brown child in the front. He also has dialated eyes pretty much unless he's in full sun.
A photo of two cats sitting on a desk chair. The cat in front is white and brown with blue eyes, the cat in back is black with green eyes.
October 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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My AI filters usually do a pretty good job of filtering out horrible AI.

...usually.
A screenshot of a Google search, showing ballerinas jumping. One of these however, has three legs and three arms, and is not like the others.
September 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Found this poor girl in our room, acting quite weak. Took her out and put her on this plant that is always COVERED in bees, and she went right to eating. No clue how long she'd been in the house!
A photo of a honeybee on a bluish purple flower, face buried while eating
September 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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I don't draw men as often as I should, but I do love an excuse to post @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social 's boy.
A drawing of a man in a tweed suit, his upper face replaced with a glowing butterfly, offering you a red centipede in these trying times.
September 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Having Spam and Rice from the food carts for lunch, and met this giant European Mantis. The Mantises are out in FORCE this year, I've been finding babies on our house for weeks now.
A photo of a large European Praying Mantis
September 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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This artist is...very tired.
September 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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The face of a rat who has gotten SO much attention today and is REVELLING in it
September 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM