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rachel elliott

@okieelliott.bsky.social

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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’

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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-...)

graphic of the lion at the new york public library holding the book THE REAL RILEY MAYES

two fountain pen and marker drawings of martin short as oliver putnam saying “thank you”

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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 2d

i think it would be funny if oliver putnam found out he had a hick brother that rehabbed injured possums and went line dancing on the weekends

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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 2d

can you tell i have too much work on my plate this month and this is how i cope?

rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 2d

it also would be heartbreakingly funny if the hick brother is *not* immediately enchanted with oliver and slaps his hands on his knees and says “welp-“ in the middle of one of oliver’s stories

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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 2d

oliver tells those over the top stories about broadway and cocaine and the brother tells stories about that time he was in the highest wind speeds on the planet

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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 2d

lol he plays his neice

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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 2d

also he should be a twin and martin short plays both parts, i will draw the storyboard for you hulu

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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 2d

i think it would be funny if oliver putnam found out he had a hick brother that rehabbed injured possums and went line dancing on the weekends

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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 4d

early

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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 4d

i think my cat set our alarm clock ahead one hour…??

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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 12d

some happy

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 12d

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!

reactormag.com/reading-rain...

Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor

The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.

reactormag.com

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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 15d

Hello! some news: I'm writing & drawing a comic chapter book series for young readers!
it's published by First Second, a long-running comics imprint for kids at Macmillan. Thanks to Robyn Chapman, editor, & Susan Hawk, agent, & YOU, friends who see my sketches.
rachelelliott.me/2025/09/26/i...

Isaac and Pearl, a new comic chapter book series for young readers!

Hi Friends! Here’s some news: I’m writing and drawing a new comic series for young readers, titled ISAAC AND PEARL. Huge thanks to editor Robyn Chapman at First Second / Macmillan, agen…

rachelelliott.me

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Dan Membiela @danmembiela.bsky.social · Sep 11

La Hermana is a 24 page, silent, done in one, horror story.

You can read the first 6 pages here 👇
tinyurl.com/LaHermana

Watch the trailer here 👀

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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you Dan!!

rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you Matt!

rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 15d

thank you!

rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 15d

there's some sample pages in the slideshow at that blog post, and the sample pages do have alt text.

rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 15d

Isaac and Pearl, a new comic chapter book series for young readers!

Hi Friends! Here’s some news: I’m writing and drawing a new comic series for young readers, titled ISAAC AND PEARL. Huge thanks to editor Robyn Chapman at First Second / Macmillan, agen…

rachelelliott.me

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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 23d

im on a social media break but just stopping in to share this

please open the doc at the link, there are lots of resources inside it for faculty experiencing censorship or harrassment

bye 💜
www.aaup.org/news/advisor...

Advisory to Academic Workers

In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and othe...

www.aaup.org

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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 26d

friends i am taking a break from social media for a bit.

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 26d

“CHiPs” premiered on this date in 1977.

Colored-pencil card drawing of Jon and Ponch

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 26d

Michigan lawmakers have introduced a bill prohibiting the any "depiction or description" of trans people or trans existence online, including it in a bill banning "pornographic" material

The bill would completely erase trans people online, equating them with porn.

Total porn ban proposed by Michigan lawmakers

Some states have moved to require age verification to ensure only adults are watching porn, but no states have outright banned the viewing of pornographic material.

www.fox2detroit.com

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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 26d

hey any friends asked their feed to filter out certain name/s this past week? and did it work?

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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 26d

my apologies, it's been a long week and i hadn't had enough caffeine

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rachel elliott @okieelliott.bsky.social · 26d

right?? it also would come towards the middle or end of a sentence. like "lots of pork meat we (but not you) are gonna eat it." and makes me wonder how many conversations with people speaking other languages went wonky because of it.

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大賀一五 @taiga15.bsky.social · 26d

まだこれ

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