Gustav Carlson
@backwoodgoat.bsky.social
Ozarks based comic artist. Creator of Backwood Folk, Tourist Unknown, and Eve of the Ozarks.
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My comic series, Backwood Folk, follows the lives and afterlives of a rural hamlet in the Arkansas Ozarks. Each issue is 48 pages of small town gossip, ghosts, and strange creatures. The first two issues are available in big handsome print editions or digital downloads at giftshop.backwoodfolk.com
Wasn't expecting my name and some drawings to be brought up in proving a local bar owner is a satanist. That's on me. I definitely should have seen that one coming.
December 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Wasn't expecting my name and some drawings to be brought up in proving a local bar owner is a satanist. That's on me. I definitely should have seen that one coming.
I suppose the people whose only ideology is to be afraid of everything would also be afraid of Christmas Parade Floats.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I suppose the people whose only ideology is to be afraid of everything would also be afraid of Christmas Parade Floats.
www.5newsonline.com/article/news...
www.5newsonline.com/article/news...
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My mother was truly undefeated in the art of the Christmas Card in her goat farm years.
December 24, 2024 at 3:48 PM
My mother was truly undefeated in the art of the Christmas Card in her goat farm years.
Fayetteville throwing a fit about a Krampus being in the Christmas parade, and I’m still not over watching 2014 safe become 2025 edgy without moving a step. I suppose I better understand what the satanic panic looks like in real time.
December 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Fayetteville throwing a fit about a Krampus being in the Christmas parade, and I’m still not over watching 2014 safe become 2025 edgy without moving a step. I suppose I better understand what the satanic panic looks like in real time.
Hey Fayetteville! This is today!
I'll also being at the Local Author Open House at the Fayetteville Public Library on December 6! Event courtesy of the fine folks @pearlsbooks.bsky.social of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
December 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Hey Fayetteville! This is today!
Think 2026 might be the first year in a minute I don’t do a single comic convention. It was always trending that way and honestly pretty comfortable with it.
December 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Think 2026 might be the first year in a minute I don’t do a single comic convention. It was always trending that way and honestly pretty comfortable with it.
Been drawing scenes, posters, and behind the scenes photos for a fictional film series as well as a related fictional director and it’s way past the point of being a productive enterprise. But it’s mega relaxing.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Been drawing scenes, posters, and behind the scenes photos for a fictional film series as well as a related fictional director and it’s way past the point of being a productive enterprise. But it’s mega relaxing.
Every rewatch I'm more and more certain Bernard Hill was the best casting choice in the whole of Lord of the Rings.
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Every rewatch I'm more and more certain Bernard Hill was the best casting choice in the whole of Lord of the Rings.
The Gowrow emerges from its cave.
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Gowrow emerges from its cave.
I see it’s another weird kinda day if you only see the news for the first time at midnight.
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I see it’s another weird kinda day if you only see the news for the first time at midnight.
Sitting in a theater for rehearsal in a corner reviewing my lines for a performance. Telling this to myself approximately one year ago and seeing what my face does.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Sitting in a theater for rehearsal in a corner reviewing my lines for a performance. Telling this to myself approximately one year ago and seeing what my face does.
There’s a lot of things I’ve lost any patience for in maintaining polite conversation, but it appears people telling me all the scary things that happen cities is the fastest route to making me go feral.
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
There’s a lot of things I’ve lost any patience for in maintaining polite conversation, but it appears people telling me all the scary things that happen cities is the fastest route to making me go feral.
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Conducting lightning bugs.
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Conducting lightning bugs.
Action Man Mulder episodes are hardly my favorite but they do offer us a lot of Krycek abuse and that’s not nothing.
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Action Man Mulder episodes are hardly my favorite but they do offer us a lot of Krycek abuse and that’s not nothing.
Conducting lightning bugs.
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Conducting lightning bugs.
Still got one thing releasing soon that I don’t quite believe fell on my lap. “This feels insulting to the guy” writing my name next to his kinda stuff.
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Still got one thing releasing soon that I don’t quite believe fell on my lap. “This feels insulting to the guy” writing my name next to his kinda stuff.
I'll also being at the Local Author Open House at the Fayetteville Public Library on December 6! Event courtesy of the fine folks @pearlsbooks.bsky.social of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I'll also being at the Local Author Open House at the Fayetteville Public Library on December 6! Event courtesy of the fine folks @pearlsbooks.bsky.social of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Hey Springfield friends! Week from today I'll be reading an original story with some visuals as a brief act for the Ozark Jubilee Live Tribute Show at the Historic Fox Theatre! Gunna be a packed night with a lot of cool music and acts!
www.etix.com/ticket/p/629...
www.etix.com/ticket/p/629...
Ozark Jubilee Live: In Memory of Cathryn Cox Lipscomb
Ozark Jubilee Live in Memory of Cathryn Cox Lipscomb Celebrate the History Museum on the Square’s 50th anniversary with Ozark Jubilee Live, a signature fundraising event bringing the spirit of the 1950s nationally syndicated Jubilee into the 21st century. Enjoy an unforgettable evening of live music, comedy, dance, and more, hosted by Jeff Houghton and The Mystery Hour, with performances by Guinevere Goodwin, Maddi Warren, The Creek Rocks, and Nashville headliner Bobby Bare Jr. Celebrat...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Hey Springfield friends! Week from today I'll be reading an original story with some visuals as a brief act for the Ozark Jubilee Live Tribute Show at the Historic Fox Theatre! Gunna be a packed night with a lot of cool music and acts!
www.etix.com/ticket/p/629...
www.etix.com/ticket/p/629...
One of the 2026 goals is a new edition of Eve of the Ozarks. Re-edited and with added material to make a full graphic novel out of it.
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
One of the 2026 goals is a new edition of Eve of the Ozarks. Re-edited and with added material to make a full graphic novel out of it.
I get so grumbly how often the interesting things to talk about in regards to Alan Moore often get buried under “he hates everything” or “he’s a kooky wizard!”
November 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I get so grumbly how often the interesting things to talk about in regards to Alan Moore often get buried under “he hates everything” or “he’s a kooky wizard!”
Had a distance learning AP lit class in high school where we got to pick our own books from a list, and my back to back choice of Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse 5 did a huge number on my worldview.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Had a distance learning AP lit class in high school where we got to pick our own books from a list, and my back to back choice of Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse 5 did a huge number on my worldview.
“How would he know, Gus doesn’t go online” is not something I ever thought I would hear someone say about me. Guess putting in the hours to undo this curse has been working.
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“How would he know, Gus doesn’t go online” is not something I ever thought I would hear someone say about me. Guess putting in the hours to undo this curse has been working.
Wrote a little thing about my history with a regional con I frequented before its new ownership. Also Twin Peaks. www.backwoodfolk.com/2025/11/07/r...
Passing Time as Measured By a Regional Con - Backwood Folk
Passing Time as Measured By a Regional Con April 2017, I would receive an e-mail inviting me to be a guest at a comic convention. This was the first time that had ever happened to me. I wasn't new per...
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November 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Wrote a little thing about my history with a regional con I frequented before its new ownership. Also Twin Peaks. www.backwoodfolk.com/2025/11/07/r...
That I’ll leave this year with two different variety shows on my resume is definitely one of those things I didn’t plan.
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
That I’ll leave this year with two different variety shows on my resume is definitely one of those things I didn’t plan.
Oh word, you are saying we can run candidates people like and want? Can we do more of that?
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Oh word, you are saying we can run candidates people like and want? Can we do more of that?