Thread by @FieldmousePress

#GivingTuesdayNow is a global day of giving and unity as an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19. FIELDMOUSE PRESS is using this day as an opportunity to highlight some spectacular comics creators and publishers who could use your help during this time.

Freddy Carrasco @breadfred makes comics that have a unique, cinematic narrative style which pull from influences as varied as manga, street art, and classic animation. #GivingTuesdayNow
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Xia Gordon @carefulblackgrl makes strong and beautiful works that stretch the boundaries of comics to create deeply personal and poetic narratives. #GivingTuesdayNow
xiagordon.com

Conor Stechschulte @crepusculine works on the edge of understanding, creating beautifully washed comics that hint at the profound or the horrific. #GivingTuesdayNow conorstechschulte.com

Colleen Frakes @ColleenFrakes This early graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies has been steadily producing thought-provoking fantasy-based comics for nearly 15 years. Her brushwork, in particular, is loose and expressive. #GivingTuesdayNow patreon.com/colleenfrakes

MariNaomi @marinaomi is a truly original graphic artist and cartoonist. She founded and publishes 3 online databases: the Cartoonists of Color Database, the Queer Cartoonists Database, and the Disabled Cartoonists Database. #GivingTuesdayNow patreon.com/marinaomi

Katriona Chapman @katchapman makes beautifully soft comics and zines that belie hard truths and explore personal journeys. Her debut, Follow Me In, was one of our favorites. #GivingTuesdayNow patreon.com/user?u=840956

Inés Estrada @inechi_ is a cartoonist and fine artist based in Texas whose work focuses on issues of personal autonomy & social dynamics in unique & often fantastic situations, bending the rules & conventions of genre in singluar ways. #GivingTuesdayNow inechi.com

Julia Gfrörer @thorazos creates spidery works of Gothic Horror & transgressive fiction to tell stories of witches, plagues, eroticism, and the oppression of religion and society especially related to the agency of women #GivingTuesdayNow patreon.com/thorazos

Luke Kruger-Howard @andsoluke has been just killing it lately with his work. Both sad and funny simultaneously, his comics explore that which is unsaid yet familiar. #GivingTuesdayNow andsothen.com

Rozi Hathaway @angelsallfire explores themes of culture, imagination, journeys, and nature with the aim of giving an emotive experience; to make us think about the world around us and how we belong, as human beings. #GivingTuesdayNow rozihathaway.com

Simon Moreton @simon_moreton creates autobiographical zines and comics that pare experiences and memories down to the shadowline between substance and articulation. #GivingTuesdayNow smoo-comics.com

Fifi Martinez @baby_misery is a member of our SOLRAD Presents crew and an artist and musician based in San Diego. Her autobio comics explore the push and pull of relationships, anger, fear, longing, and lust. #GivingTuesdayNow patreon.com/fifimartinez

John Porcellino @The_Real_John_P is the patron saint of minicomics for the last 30 years and is a tastemaker with his Spit And A Half distro, John has served as an example for others and helped bring countless artists greater attention. #GivingTuesdayNow patreon.com/johnporcellino

Maggie Umber @maggieumber paints, prints, and programs comics. She’s published the graphic novels Sound of Snow Falling, Time Capsule, and 270°. #GivingTuesdayNow patreon.com/maggieumber

Reilly Hadden @reillyhadden is a member of our SOLRAD Presents crew and a CCS graduate. He makes a variety of minicomics including Kricket the Cat, which is serialized on SOLRAD. #GivingTuesdayNow patreon.com/m/reillyhadden

Elijah J. Brubaker @ElijahBrubaker has made comics about the controversial psychoanalyst and sex researcher Wilhelm Reich and a satirical take on the story of Jezebel. He makes great comics. #GivingTuesdayNow patreon.com/brubaker

Josh Bayer @mrjoshbayer has been making messy, subversive, wonderful comics since 1988 and is currently teaching comics & drawing in New York. #GivingTuesdayNow joshbayer.com

Andrew Neal @wanderlane is a new member of our SOLRAD Presents artists, and makes Meeting Comics, a gag comic/soap opera about people who work together. The first 6 minicomics were collected as a book by AdHouse. #GivingTuesdayNow patreon.com/wanderlane

Roman Muradov @roman_m makes thoughtful, expressionistic, beautifully dadaist comics. Among other clients, his work has been featured in The New Yorker and The Paris Review, and he’s done book covers for Random House and Knopf patreon.com/bluebed

Haleigh Buck @haleigheyboy is using her comics to document and share her struggles with mental illness in a manner that is powerful, humorous, and important. #GivingTuesdayNow patreon.com/couchsurfercom…

Leslie Stein @leslieamstein is a voice for a certain aspect of her generation that you see feigning ironic detachment while inside are either all honest excitement or vast empathy. She makes beautiful comics #GivingTuesdayNow fantagraphics.com/artists/leslie…

Theo Ellsworth @theo_ellsworth_ comics are intricately detailed, mind-expanding, joyous shots to your subconscious that seek to free you from the everyday goop of what you think is really going on. #GivingTuesdayNow etsy.com/shop/theoellsw…

Derek Van Gieson @derek_vangieson slices cultural artifice into a big stew pot and creates something thick, viscous, and amazing. Just read Eel Mansions. Trust us. #GivingTuesdayNow uncivilizedbooks.com/eel-mansions/

Jamaica Dyer @JamaicaDyer is an artist living in the Bay Area. She paints, travels, and designs games. She’s interested in drawing from nature, daily life, art history, dreams, existentialism, fashion, and food. #GivingTuesdayNow patreon.com/jamdye

Silver Sprocket @ssbcpunk Is a small press where everything is creator-owned w/artists calling their own shots & getting complete transparency on all decisions & accounting. They’ve been putting free comics up on their site. #GivingTuesdayNow silversprocket.net/comics/

Diskette Press @DiskettePress is a small printing operation based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan that publishes thought-provoking work by up-and-coming artists, with a special focus on queer and trans creators. #GivingTuesdayNow diskettepress.com

Peow Studio @peowstudio is a Sweden-based publisher who creates playfully-designed books and takes a chance on new artists around the world from different fields and backgrounds. #GivingTuesdayNow peowstudio.com

Domino Books @DominoComics is a publisher and distributor of comics and minis with an auteur sensibility and unique aesthetic. Their careful curation process ensures that each book you get from them will be utterly unlike anything else.#GivingTuesdayNow dominobooks.org

ShortBox @Short_Box is a quarterly, independent comics box - with a unique difference: they publish all their own comics, sending you a specifically curated range of contemporary, international cartoonists and artists. #GivingTuesdayNow shortbox.co.uk

kuš! @kushkomikss is a comics art anthology from Latvia founded in 2007. Every issue contains comics from international and Latvian artists exploring a certain theme that changes every issue. #GivingTuesdayNow komikss.lv

Avery Hill Publishing @AveryHillPubl is a UK-based publisher that helps aspiring creators reach their potential and is home to the geniuses that the mainstream has yet to recognize. #GivingTuesdayNow averyhillpublishing.com

Uncivilized Books @unciv is a boutique comics publishing house based in Minneapolis, MN publishing a diverse range of comics from spectacular artists. #GivingTuesdayNow uncivilizedbooks.com

Breakdown Press @breakdownpress is a comics publisher based in London, UK, dedicated to publishing the very best in comics art, whether the cutting edge work of new cartoonists or undiscovered classics of the past. #GivingTuesdayNow breakdownpress.com

Kilgore Books @kilgorebooks has been publishing an amazing array of literary and humor comics for nearly a decade #GivingTuesdayNow kilgorebooks.com

Good Comics @Good_Comics is a UK-based independent publisher and distributor of comics, zines, and graphic novels. They’re offering some of their best comics for free! #GivingTuesdayNow
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Birdcage Bottom Books @BirdcageBottom is both a publishing company and a distro representing nearly 100 self-publishing artists and small-presses. Their goal is to help independent artists get their work into more hands. #GivingTuesdayNow birdcagebottombooks.com

Tinto Press @T_Into is a boutique publisher of minicomics, graphic novels, and comics. Their goal is to publish great stories and art with the utmost attention to quality in content and design. #GivingTuesdayNow tintopress.com

Playtime Press @playtime_press is a UK-based publisher of minicomics and graphic novels. They also make prints, stickers, and other fun stuff. They recently published Missed Connection by Tess Smith-Roberts, Kickstarted in 2019. #GivingTuesdayNow playtime-press.com

That's all we got for now. Please, on this #GivingTuesday consider helping out one or more of these amazing cartoonists and publishers who are all bringing such beautiful things into this world.
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