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Award-winning cartoonist • Author of THE JELLYFISH, BOUMERIES, A SMALL REVOLUTION & others • (she/her) • FR/EN 🇫🇷🇨🇦

https://www.boumfolio.com • https://www.patreon.com/boum
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Boum @boum.bsky.social · 15d
Hey! I'm Boum, an Eisner Award-winning cartoonist from Montreal 🇫🇷🇨🇦 I wrote THE JELLYFISH, BOUMERIES & A SMALL REVOLUTION. Currently working on a 300-page GN. ✨
#portfolioday

⭐️ Portfolio: boumfolio.com
⭐️ Patreon: patreon.com/boum
⭐️ Facebook: facebook.com/Boumeries
⭐️ Instagram: instagram.com/boumerie
The cover for my book THE JELLYFISH, picturing the main character Odette looking sad, with a jellyfish covering their left eye. The cover has an Eisner Award winner golden seal on it! :) An illustration of the three main characters of IN TRANSIT, my next graphic novel. They're all women, standing against a wall with a huge ad on it that says "Choose Life" in French. One of the women is holding a knife menacingly. An illustration of the interior of a convenience store. A woman, the cashier, is leaning against the counter, looking bored. There are countless wares around her. Everything is coloured in pinks and purples. A fanart of Rella, from Metaphor: ReFantazio. It's a headshot. Her piercing eyes stare at the camera. There's a golden glow around her head, making her golden crown shine.
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lucyknisley.bsky.social
I’m all for this change.
But it should have been an open call to the community, initiated months ago. Not 6 days prior.
HCD is important to me. I take pains to plan in advance and ensure I have childcare, that I’m not on deadline, and that I can bring together local artists to draw in community.
cartoonist.coop Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 1d
Hourly Comics Day has MOVED!

It's the 20th anniversary and we're taking a stand alongside our Black cartoonist members and friends to demand a change to honor Black History Month- draw your comics on the 8th, not the 1st!

hourlycomicsday.com

#hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd
"IN OBSERVANCE & SOLIDARITY". Two black speech bubbles with white text read "HOURLY COMICS DAY IS NOW ON FEB 8TH. CARTOONISTS HONOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. FEB 1 - MAR 1". There is an illustration of a black silhouetted hand raised and holding a pen in the top right, and an illustration of a nib pen and an ink well personified on the bottom right. The nib and ink are bumping fists. A URL at the bottom is "hourlycomicsday.com".
January 28, 2026 at 7:35 PM
boum.bsky.social
I'm aware of this, but this is so last-minute that it totally bums me out. There is no way I would be able to do my hourlies on the 8th, as I will be away for the entire day with no access to pencils and even limited access to any technology. So I will be doing HCD on the 1st as intended.
cartoonist.coop Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 1d
Hourly Comics Day has MOVED!

It's the 20th anniversary and we're taking a stand alongside our Black cartoonist members and friends to demand a change to honor Black History Month- draw your comics on the 8th, not the 1st!

hourlycomicsday.com

#hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd
"IN OBSERVANCE & SOLIDARITY". Two black speech bubbles with white text read "HOURLY COMICS DAY IS NOW ON FEB 8TH. CARTOONISTS HONOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. FEB 1 - MAR 1". There is an illustration of a black silhouetted hand raised and holding a pen in the top right, and an illustration of a nib pen and an ink well personified on the bottom right. The nib and ink are bumping fists. A URL at the bottom is "hourlycomicsday.com".
January 28, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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boum.bsky.social
(She was right)

#comics
#boumeries
A 4-panel comic. As I'm about to put my 3yo daughter to bed, she says NO and adds "I have to poop." I say "I don't believe you." She then replies "But I believe MYSELF." On the last panel, she's proudly sitting on the toilet.
January 28, 2026 at 1:11 PM
boum.bsky.social
(She was right)

#comics
#boumeries
A 4-panel comic. As I'm about to put my 3yo daughter to bed, she says NO and adds "I have to poop." I say "I don't believe you." She then replies "But I believe MYSELF." On the last panel, she's proudly sitting on the toilet.
January 28, 2026 at 1:11 PM
boum.bsky.social
It’s official, I always feel like crap 24h after my MS treatment, now at least I can plan ahead and take the day off 😑
January 27, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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pseudonymjones.bsky.social
Incidentally, for 2024’s Hourly Comics Day, I started to make a comic about the history of Simone and Hourly Comics Day. But (ha ha) you know how it is with HCD sometimes — it gets away from you. Here’s as much as I made.
HOURLY COMIC DAY. A series of comics drawn in the style of Simone Veil. Hourly comic day is observed annually on February 1st. It was started in 2006 by webcomic artist Simone Veil. (Hey) she’s has come out as trans in the intervening year years, so she went by a different name in 2006. You may recognize her as the author of the webcomic pictures for sad children. Her comics are simply drawn often black and while. Characters are usually heads and bodies with stick arms. This is me trying to imitate her style (kind of a pale imitation). Her comics often concern sadness and existential dread manifesting in strange and surreal ways. In 2011, she held a kickstarter for a print compilation of pfsc. Funding greatly exceeded her expectations. In 2014x after struggling to fulfill the last of the orders and contending with a rising chorus of internet hate, she posted a video of her burning boxes of unshipped comics. Then she deleted her comic archives and vanished off th internet. But I digress. On December 21, 2005, Simone Drew a comic every hour she was awake. When th day was over, she kept going. On January 25, 2006, she picked a day and invited other people to give it a try too. And they did.
January 27, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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aspirinawoolf.bsky.social
A veces, está bien saber que cuentas con alguien que puede cuidar de ti.

La medusa, Boum, traducción Sara Diez, @edicioneslacupula.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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acolostico.bsky.social
La medusa de @boum.bsky.social en @edicioneslacupula.bsky.social es un bonito slice of life y un tebeo de medicina gráfica excelente, con una metáfora visual sobre los problemas de visión muy original. Pero es en el día a día, las relaciones y recordar rodearte de buena gente donde te gana del todo.
January 27, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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boum.bsky.social
And that's it for the comics from Japan!

#comics
#boumeries
A 2-panel comic. The first one says "Everyday in Tokyo" and it's me pointing to a café, saying "Let's go sit down a bit." My legs are shaking and painful. On the second panel, the text reads "On the 13-hour flight back to Montreal" and I'm sitting on the plane, antsy and going crazy and in pain and I say "I have to get up!!!"
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
boum.bsky.social
And that's it for the comics from Japan!

#comics
#boumeries
A 2-panel comic. The first one says "Everyday in Tokyo" and it's me pointing to a café, saying "Let's go sit down a bit." My legs are shaking and painful. On the second panel, the text reads "On the 13-hour flight back to Montreal" and I'm sitting on the plane, antsy and going crazy and in pain and I say "I have to get up!!!"
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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boum.bsky.social
Hey, the interview I did with Mattea Roach for Bookends on CBC Radio One is online! You can listen to it on your favourite platform, but here's the official link:

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
January 26, 2026 at 8:53 PM
boum.bsky.social
Hey, the interview I did with Mattea Roach for Bookends on CBC Radio One is online! You can listen to it on your favourite platform, but here's the official link:

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
January 26, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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boum.bsky.social
Also, there are public restrooms everywhere. On the street. In the subway stations. And they're usually very clean.

#comics
#boumeries
A 4-panel comic titled "Boum's guide to Japanese toilets - part 8" and I'm in the panel saying "Last one!". Other things we've seen: sanitizer in just about every public restroom. You're supposed to put sanitizer on toilet paper, then wipe the toilet seat before using it. Sinks on actual toilets: the water you use to wash your hands is then reused in the toilet bowl. Genius! And sinks with built-in hand dryers, which I found really wild.
January 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM
boum.bsky.social
It is HOURLY COMIC DAY WEEK
January 26, 2026 at 2:21 PM
boum.bsky.social
Also, there are public restrooms everywhere. On the street. In the subway stations. And they're usually very clean.

#comics
#boumeries
A 4-panel comic titled "Boum's guide to Japanese toilets - part 8" and I'm in the panel saying "Last one!". Other things we've seen: sanitizer in just about every public restroom. You're supposed to put sanitizer on toilet paper, then wipe the toilet seat before using it. Sinks on actual toilets: the water you use to wash your hands is then reused in the toilet bowl. Genius! And sinks with built-in hand dryers, which I found really wild.
January 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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rutxigarcia.bsky.social
Si podéis leer esta obra de @boum.bsky.social editada por @edicioneslacupula.bsky.social no lo dudéis. Pese al tema que trata lo hace de manera muy tierna. 👇👇👇
edicioneslacupula.bsky.social Ediciones La Cúpula @edicioneslacupula.bsky.social · 2d
La medusa narra la historia, literal y metafórica, de un descenso a las tinieblas que nos recuerda que una mano amiga siempre arroja luz sobre la oscuridad más profunda.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03yQ...

¡La medusa de @boum.bsky.social, ya en librerías!

🪼 www.lacupula.com/catalogo/la-medusa
LA MEDUSA. Booktrailer.
YouTube video by Ediciones La Cúpula
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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edicioneslacupula.bsky.social
La medusa narra la historia, literal y metafórica, de un descenso a las tinieblas que nos recuerda que una mano amiga siempre arroja luz sobre la oscuridad más profunda.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03yQ...

¡La medusa de @boum.bsky.social, ya en librerías!

🪼 www.lacupula.com/catalogo/la-medusa
LA MEDUSA. Booktrailer.
YouTube video by Ediciones La Cúpula
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:39 AM
boum.bsky.social
Yay! I hope you like it!
January 25, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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boum.bsky.social
In her defense: it could've been new Japanese technology.

#comics
#boumeries
A 4-panel comic. A woman washes her hands in a public restroom. She then goes to stand under a small apparatus screwed very high on the wall, thinking it's a hand dryer. She waves her hands in front of the thing, but nothing happens. As I walk in, and she walks out looking angry, I noticed what she thought was a hand dryer was actually an air freshener.
January 23, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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edicioneslacupula.bsky.social
¡Ya tenéis La medusa de @boum.bsky.social a la venta! ¿Queréis echarle un vistazo con nosotros?
youtube.com/shorts/K7qI8...
Te enseñamos La Medusa de BOUM, ¡ya a la venta!
YouTube video by Ediciones La Cúpula
youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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boum.bsky.social
Have a couple pencilled panels from page 218 from my next book "IN TRANSIT"! My longest comic project so far stood at 217 pages, so I've just officially beaten my record 🏆✨

Only 75 more pages to go (lol.)

#comics
#intransit
Two pencilled panels. In the first one, a woman wearing glasses and a plaid shirt is standing up, panicking a little, while a second woman's head peeks into the frame. On the second panel, a third woman is composing a number on a cordless phone, looking angry, and the bespectacled woman in the back is trying to argue with her. The smaller woman finds it funny. There are word balloons in the panels but they're blank to avoid spoilers.
January 22, 2026 at 8:23 PM
boum.bsky.social
In her defense: it could've been new Japanese technology.

#comics
#boumeries
A 4-panel comic. A woman washes her hands in a public restroom. She then goes to stand under a small apparatus screwed very high on the wall, thinking it's a hand dryer. She waves her hands in front of the thing, but nothing happens. As I walk in, and she walks out looking angry, I noticed what she thought was a hand dryer was actually an air freshener.
January 23, 2026 at 1:11 PM
boum.bsky.social
Have a couple pencilled panels from page 218 from my next book "IN TRANSIT"! My longest comic project so far stood at 217 pages, so I've just officially beaten my record 🏆✨

Only 75 more pages to go (lol.)

#comics
#intransit
Two pencilled panels. In the first one, a woman wearing glasses and a plaid shirt is standing up, panicking a little, while a second woman's head peeks into the frame. On the second panel, a third woman is composing a number on a cordless phone, looking angry, and the bespectacled woman in the back is trying to argue with her. The smaller woman finds it funny. There are word balloons in the panels but they're blank to avoid spoilers.
January 22, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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yamino.bsky.social
My KPOP Demon Hunters Valentines are up in my shop! 🎶
Impress your bestie, your crush, or your KPDH-obsessed child with these charming, double-folded cards! ♥

AND YES. WE HAVE TIGER. ALWAYS TIGER.
shop.yamino.art/search?q=val...
A set of cute and colorful Kpop Demon Hunters Valentine's cards styled after retro flip phones from the early 00's. The characters featured are Silly Tiger (aka "Derpy" although I hate that people call it that), Mira, Rumi, and Zoey! A set of cute and colorful Kpop Demon Hunters Valentine's cards styled after retro flip phones from the early 00's. The characters featured are Silly Tiger (aka "Derpy" although I hate that people call it that), Mira, Rumi, and Zoey!
January 21, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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boum.bsky.social
The Spanish translation of my book comes out today from @edicioneslacupula.bsky.social !! 🇪🇸
edicioneslacupula.bsky.social Ediciones La Cúpula @edicioneslacupula.bsky.social · 6d
¡Tedward y La medusa ya están en librerías!

Podéis leer las primeras páginas en nuestra página web:
www.lacupula.com/novedades-en...

@boum.bsky.social @joshpettinger.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 12:57 PM