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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

11 months

Find me elsewhere: ✨occasional newsletter✨(webshop etc): bsky: insta: tumblr: patreon: TAZGNs: portfolio:

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

I want to play breath of the wild again but I also want my son to be able to rest

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@careydraws

7 years

do you, like me, need to draw chain links for 40 pgs? try this: 1. it's fast 2. you can flat it w/1 click 3. life is short & we are mortal

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Carey Pietsch

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5 years

Junji Ito knows what’s up

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5 years

The panel asks Junji Ito what he thinks of Animorphs - “when they’re morphing, is there a chance that they get stuck in the in-between state? If yes, then 7 on (1-5) scary scale!” #crx2019

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5 years

I REALLY don't understand why @01FirstSecond said we "couldn't possibly use this as the cover" and it was "totally the wrong tone" for @TheZoneCast : Rockport GN???? there's a train and a fire crab on it and everything 🚂✨ #thezonecast #tazgn

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@careydraws

5 years

Nozaki-kun is a perfect comic and also a personal attack

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

4 years

I'M SO HAPPY we finally get to share a new 10-page excerpt from @thezonecast : Petals to the Metal GN!! You can read it at , preorder the book at , and get a sampler at @c2e2 booth #619 from @01firstsecond !! 🌸🚗 #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

Years ago I gave my parents a cutting from one of my cacti and i feel a deep kinship with how it's trying its best in the absolute most foolish possible way

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

I burst into tears on the phone when we heard the news and I've just been out of my mind happy ever since, we all worked so hard and put so much care into this book and it means the world that everyone has been so excited and supportive and KIND, I really can't thank you enough

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

2 years

I'm so excited that we can finally show you the cover for @TheZoneCast : The Eleventh Hour GN, out 2/21/23!! ⏳⏱⏳you can preorder now at ✨ #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

⛏⛏⛏ #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

VERY excited that a BIG (15-page!) preview of @TheZoneCast : Murder on the Rockport Limited GN just went up at @io9 : 🚂 ✨ you can preorder at ! #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

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6 years

can't believe this cover rough was rejected, i mean i know it's a cmyk nightmare and the main characters are barely visible and they never even fight a dragon but I feel like it really captures the SOUL of the thing #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

4 years

tiny panel process snippet featuring a rare look at incredibly messy layouts! somehow, impossibly, @TheZoneCast : Petals GN will be out in TWO MONTHS?! You can preorder it at ! 🌸🚗✨ #tazgn #thezonecast @01FirstSecond

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

I'm SO excited that the cover & first preview pages for @TheZoneCast : Petals to the Metal GN are out in the world! You can read the full 8-page excerpt(!!) at and preorder the book at ! #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

here's an old comic about link's awakening! I made this for Chainmail Bikini 4 years and nearly 900 pages of comics ago and I stand by it.

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

4 years

I try not to share tiny bg goofs before the book comes out to preserve the fun of finding them for yourself, but these ones all had to get sacrificed to dialog so: here you go! @TheZoneCast : Petals GN will be out in 2.5 weeks, somehow?!🌸 #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

4 years

Two very tiny background goofs from the preview booklet for @TheZoneCast : Petals GN! 🌸8 weeks left!! preorder at ! 🏎✨ #tazgn #thezonecast

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

Our GN is out TODAY, and I am so, so glad that you finally get to read it! We've all put all the heart into this book that we possibly could, and I hope that comes through and that you love it, too. See you on the road! ❤️📚✨ #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

I had one (1) early convo with @DocCurm about what the BoB uniforms might look like that included the idea of like, leather biker jackets and I've never been able to stop thinking about that #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

10 months

I'm soooooo excited that we got to reveal the cover for The Suffering Game!! Getting to be a part of the panel was SUCH a treat, it made me so happy to see everyone in the audience 💖 Can't wait to talk about this more in the runup to the 7/16/24 release ‼️Preorder info below✨

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

very important studies for a key character moment #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

3 years

absolutely do not understand why we didn't go with this cover for @TheZoneCast : crystal kingdom, it has crystals AND ghosts AND the main trio CLEARLY visible, what more could you possibly want,,,✨ #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

somehow there are only 6 weeks left until @TheZoneCast : Rockport GN is out?!! 🚂✨ #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

3 years

brand-new top-secret exclusive reveal: key development art for the crystal kingdom GN #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

One week left!!! Been a long haul but we're almost there 👍✨ #tazgn #thezonecast

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

in five hours I will have survived my 20s so legally only god can judge my cake decisions

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

I finally took the five seconds necessary to google 'how to use instagram sitcom filter' and oh boy was it ever worth it #thezonecast #tazgn @01FirstSecond

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

I'm just floored, thank you, thank you, thank you ❤️

First Second

@01FirstSecond

5 years

The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! is an instant #1 New York Times bestseller!!! Thank you to everyone for supporting this book! Congrats @McElroyFamily and @careydraws 🚂🚂🚂 #thezonecast #tazgn @TheZoneCast

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

4 years

Very glad @TheZoneCast : Petals GN is out for SO many reasons, one of which is being able to talk about tiny bg goofs!!! This one brought to you by me realizing I didn’t draw a single seatbelt in the entire book ...it’s fine, it’s comics #TheZoneCast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

4 years

gave a really important talk tonight

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

4 years

it was SO much fun to make this poster for the @booksamillion edition of @TheZoneCast : Petals GN, out in ONE WEEK on 7/14!! 🌸 you can snag it at ! ✨ #tazgn #thezonecast

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

3 years

very excited about this brand-new 6-page excerpt from @TheZoneCast : Crystal Kingdom graphic novel, which will be out in July(!!)! in the meantime you can read all 6 new pages and a VERY fun team interview at @Newsarama : #tazgn #thezonecast

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

sometimes a family is just three roommates one perfect cat and one horrible small hand

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

4 years

top secret crystal kingdom wip

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

Four days left!! 🌸spoilers: I love Merle #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

I'm SO excited that we can finally share the cover to @TheZoneCast Rockport GN-- plus a sneak peek at 8 pages from early in the book!! they've got a lot of fun bg easter eggs and I hope you enjoy em 👀 👀 👀 #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

quick break between cover photo shoots #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

more panel process for @TheZoneCast : Rockport GN! those layouts are uhhhh a little loose but they do have the right Energy, which is the important thing 🚂< 5 weeks left! don't forget to submit your receipt at ! #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

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4 years

this was such a lovely thing to hear today about a book all of us put a lot of work and care and love into!! I cried a bunch!! I will cry a bunch more!! thank you!!

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Carey Pietsch

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4 years

TWO DAYS LEFT UNTIL @TheZoneCast : PETALS GN 🏎🌸 and also 2 days left until: him 🦄 #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

‼️‼️‼️got one single very precious early copy of our book from the printers ‼️‼️‼️ I am Very Emotional about it!!! One more month until it's out everywhere!!! #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

very excited that @TheZoneCast : Here There Be Gerblins is nominated for a 2018 @goodreads choice award for Best GN of 2018 alongside a bunch of wonderful books! You can check out the category and vote here: #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

✨☂️🛡🌱📕 ARC DAY!!! ❤️😭✨ ✨ ✨ #TheZoneCast

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

Jiji comin through with a Big Mood

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@careydraws

6 years

☕️🐺☕️ book is out on 7/17!! two weeks left! #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

listen I know there's a nintendo direct in like an hour but it's ALSO five weeks left until... Her 🔥⛏🚂 you can preorder @TheZoneCast : Rockport & get the 2018 live read recording at ! #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

CODA is a comic I made last summer rewriting the end of Twilight Princess, a game I've been thinking about for a decade. Midna & Zelda are two star-crossed princesses facing the prospect of having to close the door between their worlds... forever. Here's the whole thing! (1/5)

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

feeling a deep personal connection to the daimon in this episode of sailor moon supers who absolutely wrecks a hapless shoujo manga author

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

The @TheZoneCast : Gerblins graphic novel is out now from @01FirstSecond !! One of many good reasons to pick it up: it lays some essential groundwork for extemely key later plot developments #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

little painting experiment in Procreate! I want the best for her

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

3 years

somehow there are <6 weeks until @TheZoneCast : Crystal Kingdom GN will be out in the world?? here's a tiny process gif in the meantime! 🤖💀you can preorder at ✨ #thezonecast #tazgn @01FirstSecond

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

4 years

I love the front cover for @TheZoneCast : Petals GN but I wanted to take a second to yell about the back cover too... it’s important!!!🌸 6 days left?! you can preorder and get yours shipped at ! #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

having a hard time believing it but @TheZoneCast : Here There Be Gerblins will be out tomorrow from @01FirstSecond ???!! here are a couple favorite quiet panels in case you, like me, are too excited to handle anything else 😭✨ #tazgn #thezonecast

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

FOUR DAYS LEFT to preorder @TheZoneCast : Rockport GN!! quick break between cover photo shoots #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

I am so completely happily overwhelmed, thank you, thank you, thank you ❤️

First Second

@01FirstSecond

6 years

#thezonecast graphic novel is a #1 @nytimes bestseller, congratulations to @DocCurm @JustinMcElroy @travismcelroy @griffinmcelroy and @careydraws 🏆🥇🎉🎊🎉

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

now that inks are done i'm gonna go lie down in a forest and just like meditate on how many things there are in the world that aren't cars but in the meantime, if you haven't yet seen the preview, here you go

Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

I'm SO excited that the cover & first preview pages for @TheZoneCast : Petals to the Metal GN are out in the world! You can read the full 8-page excerpt(!!) at and preorder the book at ! #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

I'm so, so glad that you can finally read @TheZoneCast : Rockport, which is out TODAY!! We all really gave this GN our all, & I hope that translates into a book that you love, too. See you tonight in NYC & this weekend at SDCC! ❤️ #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

3 years

Kravitz lenticular stickers are in and they look SO GOOD!! 3 weeks left to submit your @TheZoneCast : Crystal Kingdom GN preorder receipt at to get a free one sent to you from @01FirstSecond (US/Can only)! 💀✨💀 #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

happy #hourlycomicday feat. @barbarabot and JIJI!! in the grand tradition I have forgotten which is the right hashtag #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday2019

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

Stopped by the @01FirstSecond offices and saw some VERY COOL @TheZoneCast GN STANDEES!! 😱😱😱 #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

looking back at my thumbs for @TheZoneCast : Here There Be Gerblins GN is WILD but Magnus & Merle's rough expressions in this panel were absolutely worth it ✨ get it at your local bookstore or library or ! #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

we are somehow terrifyingly down to < 8 weeks left until @TheZoneCast Murder on the Rockport Limited GN is out?! 🚂✨ #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

Trust... them...??! ✨ The Adventure Zone: Gerblins graphic novel is out now! Get it at your local bookstore, library, or !! Tell your friends! Make your enemies jealous! Spread the word! #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

I'm playing FF9 for the first time and: just call me carey "extremely predictable" pietsch

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@careydraws

6 years

🔥🔥🔥three days left...!🔥🔥🔥 #tazgn #thezonecast

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@careydraws

5 years

it's my birthday!! I'm 31!! I made a cookie cake & tried to decorate it with important maxim 'be on your bullshit,' but inevitably I forgot to chill the icing and it turned out COMPLETELY illegible, which is honestly fair

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

LUCKY 13 DAYS until @TheZoneCast : Rockport is out in bookstores everywhere! 🚂 here's a peek at some very early design process for ✨fancy train outfits✨ preorder at , then snag your bonus recording at ! #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

Angus McDonald, MVP ✨SIX DAYS LEFT to preorder @TheZoneCast GN 2 at and submit receipt at to get a bonus recording!! 🚂✨ #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

6 years

I absoLUTEly cannot do the whole thing this year but I'm gonna have fun drawing a couple occasional cool swords! #inktober

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@careydraws

4 years

it's that time again #hourlycomicday #hourlycomicday2021 #hourlycomicsday

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

8 years

do you, like me,❤️the illusion of control? I made a tool to help plan how long making yr comic will take!copy & edit-

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

VERY excited that the @booksamillion special edition of @TheZoneCast : Rockport GN includes a Jess The Beheader poster!! this was extremely fun to put together & you can pre-order a copy here: #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

8 years

actual dream job, actual dream team, I'm so, so excited and I can't wait for you to get to read this book! #thezonecast

First Second

@01FirstSecond

8 years

. @Nerdist announces that we're publishing @TheZoneCast graphic novel in 2018, illustrated by amazing @careydraws !

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

8 years

For #inktober this year I'm doing small designs & drawings of random magic items from the d&d 5E DM guide! Day 1- #inktober2016

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

4 years

The thumbnail the panel

Mad Rupert

@mad_rupert

4 years

The thumbnail the panel

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@careydraws

5 years

tragically not every piece of witcher marginalia made it into the new collection

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

5 years

20 days left until @TheZoneCast : Rockport GN is out!! 🚂✨preorder your copy & get ready to meet your heroes at #thezonecast #tazgn

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

4 years

I'm so, so glad that @TheZoneCast : Petals GN is out in the world today!! We all put a lot of care and love into making this book, and I hope that feeling comes through when you read it, too.🌸❤️See you Fri for the virtual launch event! #thezonecast #tazgn

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@careydraws

3 years

somehow only 5 weeks left until @TheZoneCast : Crystal Kingdom GN! submit your preorder receipt at to get a free Kravitz lenticular sticker (!!) from @01FirstSecond (US/Can only)! 💀✨🤖 #thezonecast #tazgn

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@careydraws

5 years

FIVE DAYS LEFT until @TheZoneCast : Rockport GN is out in bookstores everywhere! better start gettin dressed up & ready ✨Preorder before 7/16 at & submit yr receipt at for a bonus recording! #thezonecast #tazgn

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@careydraws

6 years

working on the last few spot illos for the cover of @TheZoneCast : Murder on the Rockport Limited GN! it'll be out on July 16th from @01FirstSecond , and you can preorder it now at 🚂 ✨ #tazgn #thezonecast

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Carey Pietsch

@careydraws

3 years

I am once again thinking about... them* *magnus's dog pajamas

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@careydraws

3 years

I'm SO happy that @TheZoneCast : Crystal Kingdom is out in the world today!!✨we all put a lot of heart into this GN, & I hope that translates into something that's as much of a joy for you to read as it was for us to make. See you at #TAZGNlive online tonight! #thezonecast #tazgn

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@careydraws

3 years

behind-the-scenes peek at that top-secret Crystal Kingdom GN development art: it's half of a sweet flips matching set #thezonecast #tazgn

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@careydraws

7 years

happy friday, here's a good ship that I've been hung up on for a literal decade

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5 years

CRYING... PLEASE

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6 years

computer, show files in tazgn -> characters -> key traits #thezonecast #tazgn

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6 years

panel artwork process from thumbs to final colors! thumbnail Killian is a little wonky but also a Big Mood #thezonecast #tazgn

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@careydraws

4 years

this was such a fun interview and this book has been SO MUCH FUN TO WORK ON, I'm glad we can finally show you the cover & a (13-page!!) peek at the interiors!!!

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@SYFYFANGRRLS

4 years

🚨🚨🚨 Here is your exclusive FIRST LOOK at the fourth graphic novel of #TheAdventureZone 's Balance arc, The Adventure Zone: The Crystal Kingdom, now available for pre-order! @01FirstSecond @TheZoneCast 🚨🚨🚨

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5 years

. @01FirstSecond is running a preorder bonus for @TheZoneCast : Rockport GN: send your receipt to & they'll send you an audio recording of the 2018 NYC GN panel & reading featuring very special guest stars @JeanGreasy @may_wise @paulandstorm and @Lin_Manuel !

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6 years

Priorities in order ✨ Five days left!! #thezonecast #tazgn

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5 years

7 weeks left until @TheZoneCast Rockport GN is out, better start getting ready! 🚂✨ #thezonecast #tazgn

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2 years

jiji's busy life

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4 years

garyl commemorative plate is here in all its majesty!! 🦄🌸💖 @01FirstSecond has a chance to win your own AND all 3 @TheZoneCast GNs:

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@01FirstSecond

4 years

We can't REIN in our excitement for this majestic commemorative plate of Garyl. Enter for your chance to win this exclusive plate PLUS all three TAZ graphic novels:

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@careydraws

6 years

Very excited that @TheZoneCast : Here There Be Gerblins is in the final round of the 2018 @goodreads choice award for Best GN of 2018! You can check out the whole wonderful category and vote at #thezonecast #tazgn

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6 years

get this man to a fantasy hospital ✨ get the GN at your local book or comic shop or ! asking your local library to stock it is also a huge help to us and lets other folks in your community read it, too ❤️ #thezonecast #tazgn

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4 years

had a GREAT time making a #SketchSchool vid abt Hurley & Sloane from @TheZoneCast : Petals GN for @01FirstSecond ! enjoy a peek at my (DEFINITELY real & not animal crossing) studio in the full video: 🌸🚗 book will be out in ?!3 weeks?! #thezonecast #tazgn

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@careydraws

5 years

VERY excited that @PasteMagazine has a preview of 7 MORE PAGES of @TheZoneCast : Rockport GN! visit the article to check em out! bonus points if you can spot the cameo of a Fantasy AU version of my personal favorite morph teens #thezonecast #tazgn

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