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Alex Plante 🐀👑
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little canadian rat goblin woman (she/they)

https://www.aplante.com/welcome
🔹illustrator/comics/murals
🔹IG/FB: @alexplantewpg
🔹patreon/ko-fi/cara: @alexplante

Agent: @stephaniewinter.bsky.social

#art #comic
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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · Sep 3
Ahoy hoy!!

I'm Alex, a Canadian illustrator on the Prairies.
I do a lot of landscapes, cartoons, comics, and murals, and I sell prints and stickers and stuff! I love colours and shapes! You can't beat em!

🧵 >> comics and murals

shop/blog/portfolio: aplante.com
patreon: patreon.com/alexplante
power lines going down a back lane, silhouetted against a pink and purple twilight sky. the trees and houses along the lane are all cast in blue shadow. the colours are laid out in a way that suggests the bi flag. very bisexual lighting. a street lamp glows, and some birds flying in the distance. retro risograph-style purple and gold digital illustration of ingredients to make mushroom soup. mushrooms, knifes chopping onions and garlic, broth, lemon juice, etc. an warm illustration of bald hill at riding mountain national park in manitoba, canada. a cliff juts out into a sea of orange, yellow, red, and green trees. in the foreground is a single rocky platform with a mama bear and her cub. Digital gouache painting of Sam reich from game changer on dropout standing at his little rainbow podium but make it a little golden book. “I’ve been here the whole time…”
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After WWII was over, my Jewish great-grandfather went on to help with identifying Nazis for the purposes of prosecution. They can’t be allowed to just fade into the background
January 24, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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first painting of 2026 with the energy i’m bringing into the year so far. things are pretty tough and i’m making a point of finding joy anywhere and everywhere i can

#art
a digital painting of a pigeon sitting on the ground of an alley in front of a green dumpster full of stereotypical cartoon garbage like banana peels and fish bones. the pigeon’s feet are splayed in front of her, and a carton of french fries next to her. some old fries are spilling onto the ground. the pigeon is holding a fry in her beak, having dipped it in a little paper pot of ketchup on the ground next to her, and is using it to messily paint her toenails with ketchup. she has eyelashes and happy little sparkles.
January 23, 2026 at 3:14 AM
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Since the solicits for 61 are out, I guess it’s time to say we’re drawing the main covers for Harley Quinn 60-65! All the thanks to @garbagedracula.bsky.social for bringing us onboard, it was a super fun gig!
The cover to Harley Quinn #60. Harley is wearing a parody of a Batman costume over her current costume. She’s crouching on top of a gargoyle in the rain, squeezing the gargoyle’s head until it cracks. The cover to Harley Quinn #61. In a therapist’s office, the BatQuinn version of Harley is fighting a therapist version of Harley, pulling her back by her lab coat as therapist crawls along the floor, pulling herself forward on a broken therapy couch.
January 23, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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popping in real quick tonight to check on the minneapolis news. love to see it. get their fuckin asses.
January 24, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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practically balmy compared to yesterday
yesterday’s weather in winnipeg -31C feels like -48C
January 23, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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oh thank god it’s finally warming up
winnipeg weather today -28C and clear feels like -39C
January 23, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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I was particularly happy @aplante.com was available because Alex did the first-ever Typebar Magazine cover (Issue 3 in 2024)! I really wanted a sense of continuity between then and now and hiring the same artist I think was a great way to do that.
typebarmagazine.bsky.social Typebar Magazine (Issue 8 Out 1/26) @typebarmagazine.bsky.social · 1d
Typebar Magazine Issue 8 launches MONDAY 1/26 on our brand new website.

Here's the Issue 8 cover, courtesy of the brilliant @aplante.com
Typebar Magazine Issue 8 cover. The picture is a giant, ominous IBM Selectric III typewriter floating above a frozen lake. The bottom of the cover lists the author names in alphabetical order: Leonardo Andrade, Adam Ansley, Tiernan Blanchard, Matthew Claxton, Alex Conroy, Beckett Flynn, Timothy Lee, Nina Luther, Simon McNeil, Christopher Sloce, Ernie Smith, and Alexander Taurozzi.
January 23, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Typebar Magazine Issue 8 launches MONDAY 1/26 on our brand new website.

Here's the Issue 8 cover, courtesy of the brilliant @aplante.com
Typebar Magazine Issue 8 cover. The picture is a giant, ominous IBM Selectric III typewriter floating above a frozen lake. The bottom of the cover lists the author names in alphabetical order: Leonardo Andrade, Adam Ansley, Tiernan Blanchard, Matthew Claxton, Alex Conroy, Beckett Flynn, Timothy Lee, Nina Luther, Simon McNeil, Christopher Sloce, Ernie Smith, and Alexander Taurozzi.
January 23, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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so the deal is just that i’m severely burnt out in a Bad Way. i tried and failed to stop it hahaha. it might be a while before i’m back here full time—it feels like when i had a concussion and doing the wrong things made my head physically feel too hot. improvement is slow and nonlinear, but steady!
aplante.com Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 4d
hey so i’m actually in pretty bad shape right now. i’m OKAY, but just mentioning it so nobody worries if i go weirdly quiet, because i think i have to get all the apps off my phone for a bit. i’ll keep discord, and there’s always email if you need to reach me. hopefully i won’t be gone long! 💕
January 23, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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first painting of 2026 with the energy i’m bringing into the year so far. things are pretty tough and i’m making a point of finding joy anywhere and everywhere i can

#art
a digital painting of a pigeon sitting on the ground of an alley in front of a green dumpster full of stereotypical cartoon garbage like banana peels and fish bones. the pigeon’s feet are splayed in front of her, and a carton of french fries next to her. some old fries are spilling onto the ground. the pigeon is holding a fry in her beak, having dipped it in a little paper pot of ketchup on the ground next to her, and is using it to messily paint her toenails with ketchup. she has eyelashes and happy little sparkles.
January 23, 2026 at 3:14 AM
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hey so i’m actually in pretty bad shape right now. i’m OKAY, but just mentioning it so nobody worries if i go weirdly quiet, because i think i have to get all the apps off my phone for a bit. i’ll keep discord, and there’s always email if you need to reach me. hopefully i won’t be gone long! 💕
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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Today's the day!

The KS for SINK YOUR TEETH IN #1 from me, @zoewithasword.bsky.social, @jpjordan.bsky.social, @longtalljodie.com, @cerealpancake.bsky.social
is live! Vampires, lesbians, detectives, lesbian vampire detectives! What more could you possibly want?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
Cover A for SYTI#1 by me featuring vampire detective Corsica Smith feeding on a blonde woman
January 20, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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ok i have no fucking idea how to pull out of this turbulence today. so far we’re at:

socializing = bad
screens = bad
work = bad
darkness = understimulating?
sunlight = good?
outside = bad?
exercise = ???
games = ???
books = ???

so i guess i’m gonna sit in bed with my SAD lamp for a while
January 20, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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concept: a pilot’s checklist, but instead it’s for my body every morning before i’m allowed to get out of bed
January 20, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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it is 9:30pm and i am in bed. keep in mind, i got up at 8:30am, and had a nap at 3pm today.
aplante.com Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 5d
i’m glad i’m finally figuring it out but i can’t deny it’s a bit embarrassing that all these waves of random, crippling fatigue seem to be mostly caused by things like “people talked to and/or near me too much” and “heard too many sounds” and “someone turned the overhead light on”
January 20, 2026 at 3:33 AM
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i’m glad i’m finally figuring it out but i can’t deny it’s a bit embarrassing that all these waves of random, crippling fatigue seem to be mostly caused by things like “people talked to and/or near me too much” and “heard too many sounds” and “someone turned the overhead light on”
January 20, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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ahhhh congrats keezo!!!!!!!!
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Congratulations to Keezy Young @keezyyoung.bsky.social, winner of the Best Artist category in the 2025 Broken Frontier Awards! @littlebrown.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/broken-front...
An image from the cover of Keezy Young's graphic novel 'Hello Sunshine' showing the teenage cast looking out at the reader while standing in a field of flowers. The book merges horror with themes of mental health awareness and queer storylines. And it's excellent. Look for a review soon(ish) at Broken Frontier.
January 19, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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ok i did good today i tried really hard. ok “early bed” counts as “before midnight” so i gotta get outta here to meet my deadline GOOD NIGHT
self care daily checklist with lots of things checked off for health (meds, water, eating, sleeping, moving, etc) and social and self but not a lot for household chore stuff and that’s okay!
January 19, 2026 at 5:30 AM
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matt got some smart lightbulbs for the bathroom and this is what my shower lighting and his shower lighting look like, respectively, from the hallway.
a hallway with high ceilings and black trim. a red glow emanates from an open door as if from the eye of sauron himself. this is incredibly relaxing same hallway, but a purple and green light are now coming from the open door and washing the walls with a very “basement party LED strips” vibe. matt calls this one “MAXO RELAXO” and i admit, this man, the love of my life, baffles me every single day
January 19, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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just a couple hours left on this 💕
aplante.com Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 9d
lol my accountant made a mistake on last year's taxes and now i owe almost $2k so I need to sell some prints STAT 💀

🇨🇦 All 8"x10" and 5"x7" prints in my shop are 10% off over this weekend with code TAXSZN!!

🌎 10% off my INPRNT shop until Monday! Code: T831SYSY
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ART FER YER WALLS IMPORTANT INFO: All print orders placed after DECEMBER 16 will be processed in the New Year starting the week of January 5th. NEW PICKUP LOCATION! The good folks at Bear Face General...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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went for a little mental health walk to the store and back :)
me bundled up walking outside in the snow and wearing a cool toque/scarf balaclava combo a friend made for me that makes me look like some low-ranking assassin’s creed inside my house and unbundled. the ice on my eyelashes has melted and smeared my mascara all over my eyes. it’s giving patchy robert pattinson emo bruce wayne
January 19, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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Alex is having a time of it right now

help out if you can 💙
aplante.com Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 9d
lol my accountant made a mistake on last year's taxes and now i owe almost $2k so I need to sell some prints STAT 💀

🇨🇦 All 8"x10" and 5"x7" prints in my shop are 10% off over this weekend with code TAXSZN!!

🌎 10% off my INPRNT shop until Monday! Code: T831SYSY
www.inprnt.com/gallery/apla...
Shop - Alex Plante
ART FER YER WALLS IMPORTANT INFO: All print orders placed after DECEMBER 16 will be processed in the New Year starting the week of January 5th. NEW PICKUP LOCATION! The good folks at Bear Face General...
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January 19, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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this is continuing through the rest of today, thank you so so so much to everyone who’s helped out so far!!! it has made such a huge difference and i am incredibly grateful it means more than i can express
aplante.com Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 9d
lol my accountant made a mistake on last year's taxes and now i owe almost $2k so I need to sell some prints STAT 💀

🇨🇦 All 8"x10" and 5"x7" prints in my shop are 10% off over this weekend with code TAXSZN!!

🌎 10% off my INPRNT shop until Monday! Code: T831SYSY
www.inprnt.com/gallery/apla...
Shop - Alex Plante
ART FER YER WALLS IMPORTANT INFO: All print orders placed after DECEMBER 16 will be processed in the New Year starting the week of January 5th. NEW PICKUP LOCATION! The good folks at Bear Face General...
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January 18, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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how many times do you reckon can i fold my weighted blanket in half
giles corey from the crucible being crushed under a bunch of rocks as a form of torture, saying “more weight”
January 18, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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laughing a lot at these because a couple days ago i said to matt “hey after we get the kiddo to bed i think i need to cry for a bit, but i might need your help. do you mind? yeah we can have tea first but i’d like to have my cry before we watch the pitt if that’s all right with you”
@outsinned: i just saw a guy in the library cry for five or six minutes and then his phone alarm went off and he just?? stopped crying?? and went right on back to work??? @brendonisdead: it's called time management, jessica @clhubes Told my 2yo we could do something just me and him this afternoon and asked what he wanted to do and he said "Can I have a meltdown?" Honestly, sure, this advanced warning is great for planning purposes, and appreciate it.
January 18, 2026 at 7:05 PM