Mariah McCourt
@monsterteatime.bsky.social
Bestselling graphic novel writer, editor, artist, mominator. Obsessed with hedgehogs, cozy horror, and squidly octopi.
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site: mariah-mccourt.squarespace.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MonsterTeaTime
Rep'd by Dara Hyde at Hill/Nadel
site: mariah-mccourt.squarespace.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MonsterTeaTime
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For the night folks: free downloadable art for any protests you might be attending. www.patreon.com/posts/131420...
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I made a long-form comic book! It’s a romance! Teens fall in love! Hijinks! Transmasc non-binary love interest! Mother-daughter bonding! Idyllic wintry vibes! Five starred reviews from trade publications! bookshop.org/p/books/ange...
December 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I made a long-form comic book! It’s a romance! Teens fall in love! Hijinks! Transmasc non-binary love interest! Mother-daughter bonding! Idyllic wintry vibes! Five starred reviews from trade publications! bookshop.org/p/books/ange...
Let me tell you, my rosacea is VERY displeased with the abrupt weather shifts in LA right now.
It's going to be in the motherfucking 80s this week if you're wondering how it's going.
I'm in shorts and a tank top right now.
I'm in shorts and a tank top right now.
December 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Let me tell you, my rosacea is VERY displeased with the abrupt weather shifts in LA right now.
You have to go through all the "bad" art phases before you get good/comfortable with your own work. People want to be instantly "good" and "popular" at art and 1. that's not a thing 2. "popularity" in creative endeavors is not a good metric for creating or working on your skills.
Being unable to tolerate frustration + chasing social media clout gotta be a big reason why ppl jumped on the gen ai machine to churn out slop
December 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
You have to go through all the "bad" art phases before you get good/comfortable with your own work. People want to be instantly "good" and "popular" at art and 1. that's not a thing 2. "popularity" in creative endeavors is not a good metric for creating or working on your skills.
This is my booth set up. I only had one wall up because the sun was right in my face. Normally I'd want to use more of the walls for extra display space but i also didn't want my neighbors to think i was rude since no one else used side walls. People said it was very cozy inside!
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This is my booth set up. I only had one wall up because the sun was right in my face. Normally I'd want to use more of the walls for extra display space but i also didn't want my neighbors to think i was rude since no one else used side walls. People said it was very cozy inside!
My two bestselling stickers were these two activism ones, which honestly was really touching. I'm donating the sales from both to local orgs who help trans youth and legal fees for immigrants. LA is still very much struggling with ICE.
December 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
My two bestselling stickers were these two activism ones, which honestly was really touching. I'm donating the sales from both to local orgs who help trans youth and legal fees for immigrants. LA is still very much struggling with ICE.
Another print that sold well, Burble the Tea Monster. A lot of boys liked this one, too! I'm thinking about putting together a tiny story book for this guy and his friends for future stuff.
December 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Another print that sold well, Burble the Tea Monster. A lot of boys liked this one, too! I'm thinking about putting together a tiny story book for this guy and his friends for future stuff.
Victorian Market at the LA Arboretum was really lovely and made me feel like a "real" artist again. People were so kind and I sold so many prints and stickers and even originals. It was so sweet and encouraging. My "Cozylotls" axolotls were definitely the standout hit.
December 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Victorian Market at the LA Arboretum was really lovely and made me feel like a "real" artist again. People were so kind and I sold so many prints and stickers and even originals. It was so sweet and encouraging. My "Cozylotls" axolotls were definitely the standout hit.
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The anti-MAHA messaging really needs to play this up. Do you realize the infant mortality rate in the US less than 100 years ago was over 60 per 1000 births and now it's down to 5.47 per 1000.
Also formula is a medical miracle. Babies used to just fucking starve to death!
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The anti-MAHA messaging really needs to play this up. Do you realize the infant mortality rate in the US less than 100 years ago was over 60 per 1000 births and now it's down to 5.47 per 1000.
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my kingdom for a reporter who's had enough and finally responds to trump attacking their women colleagues with a "hey shut the fuck up asshole"
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
my kingdom for a reporter who's had enough and finally responds to trump attacking their women colleagues with a "hey shut the fuck up asshole"
Folks, "breast is best" has been the rhetoric for my entire life but it's empty posturing. There's never any real policy to go with it that substantially supports new mothers and it also hinges on studies that actually show a nominal difference that goes away when other factors are introduced.
December 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Folks, "breast is best" has been the rhetoric for my entire life but it's empty posturing. There's never any real policy to go with it that substantially supports new mothers and it also hinges on studies that actually show a nominal difference that goes away when other factors are introduced.
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Every time we talk about comics industry treatment of freelancers, somebody among our ranks inevitably burrows out of the woodwork like, “Actually this is just how it is, don’t you know,” and I 🙄. Look. I can clearly observe that this is how it is. I still insist that things should be better.
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Every time we talk about comics industry treatment of freelancers, somebody among our ranks inevitably burrows out of the woodwork like, “Actually this is just how it is, don’t you know,” and I 🙄. Look. I can clearly observe that this is how it is. I still insist that things should be better.
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👋 Breastfeeding & infant feeding expert here! All babies need safe, accessible nutrition. Most people already want to breastfeed and 84% start out doing so but can’t realize their goals. What we need are *policies* that make it possible to breastfeed for all who desire to do so and…
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
👋 Breastfeeding & infant feeding expert here! All babies need safe, accessible nutrition. Most people already want to breastfeed and 84% start out doing so but can’t realize their goals. What we need are *policies* that make it possible to breastfeed for all who desire to do so and…
1. Without universal paid maternity/paternity leave this is a pointless "encouragement" without substance 2. "Breast is best" is shaming rhetoric rather than factual. Studies actually show the benefits to be nominal except for immunities. 3. Some of us couldn't breastfeed. 4. Fed is actually best.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
1. Without universal paid maternity/paternity leave this is a pointless "encouragement" without substance 2. "Breast is best" is shaming rhetoric rather than factual. Studies actually show the benefits to be nominal except for immunities. 3. Some of us couldn't breastfeed. 4. Fed is actually best.
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But we would also have to deal with the women since 2016 and especially in 2020-2022 for the twenty seconds folks cared
How many white women aided by white men and “media” allowed for this and no change is being made now
And ..
That they actually start on lower class white girls first
How many white women aided by white men and “media” allowed for this and no change is being made now
And ..
That they actually start on lower class white girls first
we all have to get really uncomfortable about how many white women in media are terrible
And basically use Gamergate and the shitty behavior of everyone around it to not only steal resources
But also turn self victimized triangulation into a beat
and they start with white women
And basically use Gamergate and the shitty behavior of everyone around it to not only steal resources
But also turn self victimized triangulation into a beat
and they start with white women
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
But we would also have to deal with the women since 2016 and especially in 2020-2022 for the twenty seconds folks cared
How many white women aided by white men and “media” allowed for this and no change is being made now
And ..
That they actually start on lower class white girls first
How many white women aided by white men and “media” allowed for this and no change is being made now
And ..
That they actually start on lower class white girls first
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People talk about "over-regulation" without realizing that regulations exist all too frequently because someone (again, all too frequently a child) died because of this thing you think is SO BURDENSOME.
People don’t understand that stripping the guardrails of regulation and oversight doesn’t just apply to like better business bureau type shit but also like on a practical level when I get into an elevator I expect that it has passed a safety inspection & that type of security will be gone soon
December 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
People talk about "over-regulation" without realizing that regulations exist all too frequently because someone (again, all too frequently a child) died because of this thing you think is SO BURDENSOME.
Yuuup. And yeah, it's ridiculous but it's also just how they think.
tldr- white americans believe the american dream of 'if you struggle, then you'll eventually deserve/justify being rich and powerful", manufacture a struggle that makes them feel heroic, and are dogs chasing cars they never want to catch- which is why their enemies area always arbitrary and nebulous
December 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Yuuup. And yeah, it's ridiculous but it's also just how they think.
This is really bad framing by NPR. Deciding to "uphold" it isn't actually SCOTUS's role, it's very clear in the Constitution. We're literally all birthright citizens starting at one gen or another, so it's fucking ludicrous on top of that. Also, yes I know this admin doesn't give an f.
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is really bad framing by NPR. Deciding to "uphold" it isn't actually SCOTUS's role, it's very clear in the Constitution. We're literally all birthright citizens starting at one gen or another, so it's fucking ludicrous on top of that. Also, yes I know this admin doesn't give an f.
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that's not a thing. the supreme court can't "decide whether to uphold" a constitutional amendment. shut the fuck up
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
that's not a thing. the supreme court can't "decide whether to uphold" a constitutional amendment. shut the fuck up
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December 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
📣Thanks to the people who put in orders this morning! They’re signed, sealed & headed your way! 🚀Supply is limited for my 🏁🏁FILTH & GRAMMAR STARTER PACKS, so if you’re thinking about making comics for the first time, or you want to level up your skills, go here—>https://www.offregister.press/store
I have a few Ebay alerts set up for things my kiddo collects that are harder to find, like older Monster High dolls, and I love when I get a notification for a lot of "accessories" and it's like clothes and random legs.
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I have a few Ebay alerts set up for things my kiddo collects that are harder to find, like older Monster High dolls, and I love when I get a notification for a lot of "accessories" and it's like clothes and random legs.
I forget who first called this the Temu Reich but jfc.
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I forget who first called this the Temu Reich but jfc.
The amount of toadying being done, especially lately, feels extremely ramped up and weird and frankly so pathetic.
Humbled, honored, and very proud to announce that I have won the new but, I assure you, very prestigious Flamin Hot Cheetos Prize for American Letters Sponsored by Frito-Lay
Trump ally Infantino to award first Fifa Peace Prize at World Cup draw in DC
Fifa unveils a new Peace Prize to be awarded at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, citing a mission to honor efforts to end conflict
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The amount of toadying being done, especially lately, feels extremely ramped up and weird and frankly so pathetic.
The level of wealth hoarding freaks just out here GLEEFULLY talking about how great it is to starve, murder, and kidnap is really getting to me.
December 4, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The level of wealth hoarding freaks just out here GLEEFULLY talking about how great it is to starve, murder, and kidnap is really getting to me.
Jfc. Just...monsters. "We're starving people, it's so joyful!" I can't.
Rollins: Joe Biden increased food stamp program funding by 40%. Now… we continue to roll that back… Just gratitude and joy for this work. So, so grateful to you.
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Jfc. Just...monsters. "We're starving people, it's so joyful!" I can't.
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lol you'll never convince me a huge part of the reluctance isn't that there's no legal way to make UBI white-only.
Lotta white people in this country are happy to lose as long as nobody Black or brown wins.
Lotta white people in this country are happy to lose as long as nobody Black or brown wins.
I wish more people didn't get mad because "why can't I have $1000 a month for nothing!"
And instead went "why not universal basic income?"
And instead went "why not universal basic income?"
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
lol you'll never convince me a huge part of the reluctance isn't that there's no legal way to make UBI white-only.
Lotta white people in this country are happy to lose as long as nobody Black or brown wins.
Lotta white people in this country are happy to lose as long as nobody Black or brown wins.