Gale Galligan
@galegalligan.bsky.social
🐰 Cartoonist, bunfriend, learnin the drums
📚 BABY-SITTERS CLUB 5-8
🪀FREESTYLE & FRESH START✈️
🦔 http://galesaur.com/quick-links/
🏳️🌈 they/them
next book: secret 😉
📚 BABY-SITTERS CLUB 5-8
🪀FREESTYLE & FRESH START✈️
🦔 http://galesaur.com/quick-links/
🏳️🌈 they/them
next book: secret 😉
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Fresh Start is OUT!!!!! It’s a lot of things — a mixed kid story, a gender story, a complicated family story, a friendship story, a love letter to anime tweens — but mostly it is RIDICULOUS and FUN and I’m so proud of it and so grateful to everyone who made it happen. AHHHHHHHHHH.
"Let’s say 20 years ago the rate for a page of pencils was $150. People still get paid that."
My work is largely in the book market, buuuut yeah.
BOOM! recently reached out to offer an IP gig with the following rates:
script $50/page, pencils&inks $150/pg, colors $50/pg
My work is largely in the book market, buuuut yeah.
BOOM! recently reached out to offer an IP gig with the following rates:
script $50/page, pencils&inks $150/pg, colors $50/pg
The one about comic book page rates – again. News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
The one about comic book page rates – again
News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
www.comicsbeat.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"Let’s say 20 years ago the rate for a page of pencils was $150. People still get paid that."
My work is largely in the book market, buuuut yeah.
BOOM! recently reached out to offer an IP gig with the following rates:
script $50/page, pencils&inks $150/pg, colors $50/pg
My work is largely in the book market, buuuut yeah.
BOOM! recently reached out to offer an IP gig with the following rates:
script $50/page, pencils&inks $150/pg, colors $50/pg
Early drawings of Ollie! The first two are for a different pitch about a girl who adopts a hedgehog. I wanted her design and personality to also be hedgie-like.
I shared that with my agent alongside an autobio idea that wasn't quite working. She said, "well, what if you combined them?"
I shared that with my agent alongside an autobio idea that wasn't quite working. She said, "well, what if you combined them?"
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Early drawings of Ollie! The first two are for a different pitch about a girl who adopts a hedgehog. I wanted her design and personality to also be hedgie-like.
I shared that with my agent alongside an autobio idea that wasn't quite working. She said, "well, what if you combined them?"
I shared that with my agent alongside an autobio idea that wasn't quite working. She said, "well, what if you combined them?"
five year old asked if 67 is a real number. frankly kid i’m not sure myself
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
five year old asked if 67 is a real number. frankly kid i’m not sure myself
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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The second Horse the Band poster I did this year is up in the store now, I only have a few copies! I also have art print versions of this design without the event text, that's going up tomorrow. So this listing is just for the hardcore Horse fans www.cathygjohn.net/store/horse-...
Horse the Band (Fire), Print — Cathy G. Johnson
RARE! Only a few of these available! Horse the Band show poster for their gig at Furnace Fest in Birmingham, AL on October 5, 2025. 4-layer handmade screenprint on French Construction 100lb paper, 1...
www.cathygjohn.net
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The second Horse the Band poster I did this year is up in the store now, I only have a few copies! I also have art print versions of this design without the event text, that's going up tomorrow. So this listing is just for the hardcore Horse fans www.cathygjohn.net/store/horse-...
i love this
Announcing the winners of the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards: 100scopenotes.com/2025/11/24/a... @carterhiggins.bsky.social @spikypenelope.bsky.social
And the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards Go To . . .
Announcing the winners of the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards!
100scopenotes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
i love this
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shoutout to the scene in wicked 2 when pat and i said “KISS!!!!” to the screen at the same time
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
shoutout to the scene in wicked 2 when pat and i said “KISS!!!!” to the screen at the same time
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If you ever want to see more of something you read but don't feel like you can do anything about it because you're not an influencer or a publisher or a journalist, even just leaving a five star review online moves the needle. Even telling a friend "you'd like this too"!
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If you ever want to see more of something you read but don't feel like you can do anything about it because you're not an influencer or a publisher or a journalist, even just leaving a five star review online moves the needle. Even telling a friend "you'd like this too"!
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I want the industry to change, but ultimately publishing is a reactive industry. It IS reacting to adult manga, but the manga market and graphic novel market are two different book industries that have evolved in different ways, and manga readers don't often cross over of their own accord.
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I want the industry to change, but ultimately publishing is a reactive industry. It IS reacting to adult manga, but the manga market and graphic novel market are two different book industries that have evolved in different ways, and manga readers don't often cross over of their own accord.
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This spring!!! All new cover and design unique to the US edition!!! Gold foil on the cover!!!! www.abramsbooks.com/product/cour...
Court Charade A Graphic Novel
From the New York Times bestselling illustrators of Beauty and Beautiful Darkness comes a fleet, tongue-in-cheek adult fairy tale graphic novel where love is found in the least likely places and nothi...
www.abramsbooks.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This spring!!! All new cover and design unique to the US edition!!! Gold foil on the cover!!!! www.abramsbooks.com/product/cour...
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not only did we put out mafia yaoi we have a new kerascoët about an illiterate court lady and a friendly torturer's apprentice falling in love, the PEANUTS 75th anniversary book, the biography of the man who inspired Ansel Adams who Bill Griffith is also NAMED AFTER, and much, much more
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
not only did we put out mafia yaoi we have a new kerascoët about an illiterate court lady and a friendly torturer's apprentice falling in love, the PEANUTS 75th anniversary book, the biography of the man who inspired Ansel Adams who Bill Griffith is also NAMED AFTER, and much, much more
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For graphic novels, especially adult genre fiction, it's incredibly helpful to review it online, talk about it, recommend it to a friend—adult fiction in the graphic novel space is difficult to place, and nothing convinces readers that they'll like a book more than the personal testimonial.
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For graphic novels, especially adult genre fiction, it's incredibly helpful to review it online, talk about it, recommend it to a friend—adult fiction in the graphic novel space is difficult to place, and nothing convinces readers that they'll like a book more than the personal testimonial.
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this is how you lose the dish war
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
this is how you lose the dish war
“who was your anime crush?”
- a ten year old, to me, in front of a group of ten year olds AND THEIR EDUCATORS
- a ten year old, to me, in front of a group of ten year olds AND THEIR EDUCATORS
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
“who was your anime crush?”
- a ten year old, to me, in front of a group of ten year olds AND THEIR EDUCATORS
- a ten year old, to me, in front of a group of ten year olds AND THEIR EDUCATORS
can confirm. is gorgeous. it came in the mail and i slammed it onto the coffee table because it’s the kind of book you want people to leaf through while you look at them expectantly
Did you know that Slices of Life is generally available for purchase now?? It is and boy will it make a great gift for the holidays! Get your orders in now!
Book: www.bulgilhanpress.com/store/p/slic...
Book & Print Bundle: www.bulgilhanpress.com/store/p/slic...
Book: www.bulgilhanpress.com/store/p/slic...
Book & Print Bundle: www.bulgilhanpress.com/store/p/slic...
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
can confirm. is gorgeous. it came in the mail and i slammed it onto the coffee table because it’s the kind of book you want people to leaf through while you look at them expectantly
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pulled out the paintbrushes this pride 😤
June 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
pulled out the paintbrushes this pride 😤
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Yesterday, striking baristas took action at Starbucks’ biggest distribution center that serves the entire east coast.
Today, union stores in 25+ MORE cities are joining our national, open-ended ULP strike!
Our union isn’t slowing down… in fact, we’re just getting started. #NoContractNoCoffee $SBUX
Today, union stores in 25+ MORE cities are joining our national, open-ended ULP strike!
Our union isn’t slowing down… in fact, we’re just getting started. #NoContractNoCoffee $SBUX
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Yesterday, striking baristas took action at Starbucks’ biggest distribution center that serves the entire east coast.
Today, union stores in 25+ MORE cities are joining our national, open-ended ULP strike!
Our union isn’t slowing down… in fact, we’re just getting started. #NoContractNoCoffee $SBUX
Today, union stores in 25+ MORE cities are joining our national, open-ended ULP strike!
Our union isn’t slowing down… in fact, we’re just getting started. #NoContractNoCoffee $SBUX
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Hey, I'm having a big sale on SKTCHD subscriptions, so if you want to subscribe to my Eisner-nominated subscription comic site while saving 50% on any plan, well...now is the time to do that!
Every plan costs well under one comic a month with this deal!
Every plan costs well under one comic a month with this deal!
Want to subscribe to SKTCHD and save when you do? My BLCK FRDY Sale is on until Tuesday, 11/25! Use the code "BlackFriday2025" on check out to save 50% on the first period of any plan!
Like, the Annual plan, which gives you a year of SKTCHD for $1.50 a month!: sktchd.memberful.com/checkout?cou...
Like, the Annual plan, which gives you a year of SKTCHD for $1.50 a month!: sktchd.memberful.com/checkout?cou...
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Hey, I'm having a big sale on SKTCHD subscriptions, so if you want to subscribe to my Eisner-nominated subscription comic site while saving 50% on any plan, well...now is the time to do that!
Every plan costs well under one comic a month with this deal!
Every plan costs well under one comic a month with this deal!
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Here are some pages from this semiautobiographical book, which "[b]eautifully tackles complex friendships, sibling dynamics, racial identity, and gender expression", thank you School Library Journal,,,
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Here are some pages from this semiautobiographical book, which "[b]eautifully tackles complex friendships, sibling dynamics, racial identity, and gender expression", thank you School Library Journal,,,
quincy is downplaying valuable contributions!!!! this book took a village!
Gale wrote+illustrated a wonderful book and they worked super hard on it (and then later I worked a little to help them with some stuff in the book) and although my suggested title was not used by Scholastic (possibly because my suggestion never made it to their eyes) you should still get it!
HELLO!! 2025 is drawing to a close, people are buying gifts for the tweens in their lives, and DID YOU KNOW that a graphic novel named Fresh Start came out THIS YEAR?
⭐THREE starred reviews!
⭐about a kid who moves around a lot AND THEN HAS TO STAY IN ONE PLACE OH NO
⭐VERY FUNNY, LOTS OF DRAWINGS
⭐THREE starred reviews!
⭐about a kid who moves around a lot AND THEN HAS TO STAY IN ONE PLACE OH NO
⭐VERY FUNNY, LOTS OF DRAWINGS
November 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
quincy is downplaying valuable contributions!!!! this book took a village!
BUT ALSO PICK UP CREAKY ACRES. impeccable cartooning. unmatched horse power
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bookshop.org/p/books/crea...
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
BUT ALSO PICK UP CREAKY ACRES. impeccable cartooning. unmatched horse power
bookshop.org/p/books/crea...
bookshop.org/p/books/crea...
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Can recommend. Fresh Start is a brilliant book!
(Gale's cartooning is 🔥🔥🔥 I spent so much time going back and laughing at or fawning over certain panels!)
(Gale's cartooning is 🔥🔥🔥 I spent so much time going back and laughing at or fawning over certain panels!)
HELLO!! 2025 is drawing to a close, people are buying gifts for the tweens in their lives, and DID YOU KNOW that a graphic novel named Fresh Start came out THIS YEAR?
⭐THREE starred reviews!
⭐about a kid who moves around a lot AND THEN HAS TO STAY IN ONE PLACE OH NO
⭐VERY FUNNY, LOTS OF DRAWINGS
⭐THREE starred reviews!
⭐about a kid who moves around a lot AND THEN HAS TO STAY IN ONE PLACE OH NO
⭐VERY FUNNY, LOTS OF DRAWINGS
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Can recommend. Fresh Start is a brilliant book!
(Gale's cartooning is 🔥🔥🔥 I spent so much time going back and laughing at or fawning over certain panels!)
(Gale's cartooning is 🔥🔥🔥 I spent so much time going back and laughing at or fawning over certain panels!)
HELLO!! 2025 is drawing to a close, people are buying gifts for the tweens in their lives, and DID YOU KNOW that a graphic novel named Fresh Start came out THIS YEAR?
⭐THREE starred reviews!
⭐about a kid who moves around a lot AND THEN HAS TO STAY IN ONE PLACE OH NO
⭐VERY FUNNY, LOTS OF DRAWINGS
⭐THREE starred reviews!
⭐about a kid who moves around a lot AND THEN HAS TO STAY IN ONE PLACE OH NO
⭐VERY FUNNY, LOTS OF DRAWINGS
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
HELLO!! 2025 is drawing to a close, people are buying gifts for the tweens in their lives, and DID YOU KNOW that a graphic novel named Fresh Start came out THIS YEAR?
⭐THREE starred reviews!
⭐about a kid who moves around a lot AND THEN HAS TO STAY IN ONE PLACE OH NO
⭐VERY FUNNY, LOTS OF DRAWINGS
⭐THREE starred reviews!
⭐about a kid who moves around a lot AND THEN HAS TO STAY IN ONE PLACE OH NO
⭐VERY FUNNY, LOTS OF DRAWINGS