rachel elliott
@okieelliott.bsky.social
portfolio: rachelelliott.me
luvs comedians tacos comics
queer kentucklahoman teacher she/her/y’all
author-illustrator of THE REAL RILEY MAYES (harpercollins 2022)
and ZEB AND BEL (harpercollins 2026)
all views and expressions are mine, not my employers’
luvs comedians tacos comics
queer kentucklahoman teacher she/her/y’all
author-illustrator of THE REAL RILEY MAYES (harpercollins 2022)
and ZEB AND BEL (harpercollins 2026)
all views and expressions are mine, not my employers’
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rachel elliott
@okieelliott.bsky.social
· Nov 30
a lot of new friends joined over the holiday 👋 (thanksgiving in the usa)
hello!! 👋 i’m rachel, i make comics for kids! my first book is a LGBTQ award winning graphic novel called THE REAL RILEY MAYES.
i also draw Martin Short a lot.
(u can buy book here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...)
hello!! 👋 i’m rachel, i make comics for kids! my first book is a LGBTQ award winning graphic novel called THE REAL RILEY MAYES.
i also draw Martin Short a lot.
(u can buy book here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...)
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I watched this yesterday about a guy who integrated into a group of wild turkeys, there's some brief deer antagonizing (also CW bird death, assault by turkey)
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/...
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/...
My Life as a Turkey ~ About | Nature | PBS
One man's remarkable and moving experience of raising a group of wild turkey hatchlings to adulthood.
www.pbs.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I watched this yesterday about a guy who integrated into a group of wild turkeys, there's some brief deer antagonizing (also CW bird death, assault by turkey)
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/...
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/...
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There's a ranch on Hwy 75 with llamas AND cattle, I'm always happy to see them playing King of all they survey on the hill there!
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
There's a ranch on Hwy 75 with llamas AND cattle, I'm always happy to see them playing King of all they survey on the hill there!
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to:
Guided By Voices in a high school gymnasium in iowa
Polyphonic Spree
Rufus Wainwright 4 times (seattle, seattle, kentucky, pittsburgh)
Kenny Garrett at the Kentucky Theater
Can I Count Martin Short and Steve Martin???
Guided By Voices in a high school gymnasium in iowa
Polyphonic Spree
Rufus Wainwright 4 times (seattle, seattle, kentucky, pittsburgh)
Kenny Garrett at the Kentucky Theater
Can I Count Martin Short and Steve Martin???
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to:
Patti LuPone
Paul McCartney
“Weird” Al
B-52s/Devo
Elton John
Patti LuPone
Paul McCartney
“Weird” Al
B-52s/Devo
Elton John
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to:
NIN/Bowie
NINJA
Area2
Tragically Hip @ ACC opening
Tool many times
And so many, many more. Sadly don't get out as much as I used to, though.
NIN/Bowie
NINJA
Area2
Tragically Hip @ ACC opening
Tool many times
And so many, many more. Sadly don't get out as much as I used to, though.
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve been to:
Guided By Voices in a high school gymnasium in iowa
Polyphonic Spree
Rufus Wainwright 4 times (seattle, seattle, kentucky, pittsburgh)
Kenny Garrett at the Kentucky Theater
Can I Count Martin Short and Steve Martin???
Guided By Voices in a high school gymnasium in iowa
Polyphonic Spree
Rufus Wainwright 4 times (seattle, seattle, kentucky, pittsburgh)
Kenny Garrett at the Kentucky Theater
Can I Count Martin Short and Steve Martin???
i wanna go to the bronx zoo someday
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
i wanna go to the bronx zoo someday
this is what happens in rural northeastern oklahoma. we don’t have “i saw this celeb” stories, we have “i saw this animal cross the other animal‘s path, hold onto your hat—“
one time (years ago,)
i was at my grandma’s house, and saw a turkey kick a deer in the face.
happy turkey day!!!
i was at my grandma’s house, and saw a turkey kick a deer in the face.
happy turkey day!!!
November 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
this is what happens in rural northeastern oklahoma. we don’t have “i saw this celeb” stories, we have “i saw this animal cross the other animal‘s path, hold onto your hat—“
i’m drinkwatching the repeat parade
November 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
i’m drinkwatching the repeat parade
Amy Sherald is my fave painter right now, I can’t describe how cool her paintings are in person, but if you are lucky enough to live near where they are, go go go!
Epically, ecstatically, and sublimely Black: A reflection on Amy Sherald’s mid-career retrospective at the Baltimore Museum of Art baltimorebeat.com/epically-ecs...
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Amy Sherald is my fave painter right now, I can’t describe how cool her paintings are in person, but if you are lucky enough to live near where they are, go go go!
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one time (years ago,)
i was at my grandma’s house, and saw a turkey kick a deer in the face.
happy turkey day!!!
i was at my grandma’s house, and saw a turkey kick a deer in the face.
happy turkey day!!!
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
one time (years ago,)
i was at my grandma’s house, and saw a turkey kick a deer in the face.
happy turkey day!!!
i was at my grandma’s house, and saw a turkey kick a deer in the face.
happy turkey day!!!
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We once thought that satirists would only ever face criticism from heads of state “over there”. Those days are over!
Support cartoonists’ freedom of expression with a donation to our Pledge Drive.
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Support cartoonists’ freedom of expression with a donation to our Pledge Drive.
cartoonistsrights.org/donate
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We once thought that satirists would only ever face criticism from heads of state “over there”. Those days are over!
Support cartoonists’ freedom of expression with a donation to our Pledge Drive.
cartoonistsrights.org/donate
Support cartoonists’ freedom of expression with a donation to our Pledge Drive.
cartoonistsrights.org/donate
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Pablo Picasso, The Turkey (Le Dindon), 1936 www.moma.org/collection/w...
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Pablo Picasso, The Turkey (Le Dindon), 1936 www.moma.org/collection/w...
one time (years ago,)
i was at my grandma’s house, and saw a turkey kick a deer in the face.
happy turkey day!!!
i was at my grandma’s house, and saw a turkey kick a deer in the face.
happy turkey day!!!
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
one time (years ago,)
i was at my grandma’s house, and saw a turkey kick a deer in the face.
happy turkey day!!!
i was at my grandma’s house, and saw a turkey kick a deer in the face.
happy turkey day!!!
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There once was a squirrel named Plump Douglas
Who fastidiously made sure he was bugless
One day his pelt
was itchy, and smelt
So Douglas shaved and went rugless
Who fastidiously made sure he was bugless
One day his pelt
was itchy, and smelt
So Douglas shaved and went rugless
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
There once was a squirrel named Plump Douglas
Who fastidiously made sure he was bugless
One day his pelt
was itchy, and smelt
So Douglas shaved and went rugless
Who fastidiously made sure he was bugless
One day his pelt
was itchy, and smelt
So Douglas shaved and went rugless
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"Yonder they do not love your flesh. They despise it. They don't love your eyes; they'd just as soon pick em out. No more do they love the skin on your back. Yonder they flay it. And O, Charlie Brown, they do not love your hands."
"Goddess, sing the rage, of Peleus's son, Charlie Brown"
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure, Charlie Brown
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"Yonder they do not love your flesh. They despise it. They don't love your eyes; they'd just as soon pick em out. No more do they love the skin on your back. Yonder they flay it. And O, Charlie Brown, they do not love your hands."
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i am not reading anything about these people with multiple zzs in their names
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
i am not reading anything about these people with multiple zzs in their names
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Young Frankenstein (1974)
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Young Frankenstein (1974)
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We can start with this
Where do you physically/literally read the comics that you read?
-do you read the New York Daily News comics section on the number 6 train?
-do you have a stack of Deadpool comics in a rack next to your toilet?
-do you read graphic novels in an EZ chair?
Who ARE you?
Where do you physically/literally read the comics that you read?
-do you read the New York Daily News comics section on the number 6 train?
-do you have a stack of Deadpool comics in a rack next to your toilet?
-do you read graphic novels in an EZ chair?
Who ARE you?
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
We can start with this
Where do you physically/literally read the comics that you read?
-do you read the New York Daily News comics section on the number 6 train?
-do you have a stack of Deadpool comics in a rack next to your toilet?
-do you read graphic novels in an EZ chair?
Who ARE you?
Where do you physically/literally read the comics that you read?
-do you read the New York Daily News comics section on the number 6 train?
-do you have a stack of Deadpool comics in a rack next to your toilet?
-do you read graphic novels in an EZ chair?
Who ARE you?
“adopt a cat? me???”
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“adopt a cat? me???”
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A friend shared this. Thought I'd pass it on. It's lovely. youtu.be/TpaX4L2oD2w?...
Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas — The Boxer — Live
YouTube video by dahliacorona
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A friend shared this. Thought I'd pass it on. It's lovely. youtu.be/TpaX4L2oD2w?...
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Comics artists who work with writers, I am doing a class for young comics writers and I would like to include some ANONYMOUS quotes from artists about things they hate getting in scripts. More "17-panel pages and cross dialogue" than "horses and bicycles". My DMS are open. SECRECY ASSURED.
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Comics artists who work with writers, I am doing a class for young comics writers and I would like to include some ANONYMOUS quotes from artists about things they hate getting in scripts. More "17-panel pages and cross dialogue" than "horses and bicycles". My DMS are open. SECRECY ASSURED.
possibly a nice thing to save for later
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
possibly a nice thing to save for later