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Andy Warner

@andycomics.bsky.social

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I make nonfiction comics Books: Spices & Spuds, Pests & Pets, Brief Histories of Everyday Objects, This Land is My Land, Spring Rain Co-editor: Cartoonists for Palestine Contributing editor: The Nib (RIP) Teach at CCa, Stanford, TAW andywarnercomics.com

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Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · Jul 8

"Do Aliens Speak Physics," my 6th(!) book is out in November and you can pre-order it now. Written w/ @danielwhiteson.bsky.social, it's all about aliens, math, physics, and how much of the world around us is really the world around us. It's also got a lotta silly cartoons! www.alienspeakphysics.com

Cover of "Do Aliens Speak Physics?" by Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner, featuring a worm-like alien interacting with the authors

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Cartoon Studies @cartoonstudies.bsky.social · 22h

This fall, The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) will host a series of low-cost ($5), 90-minute webinars that are open to the public. @andycomics.bsky.social is next up with High Contrast Comics. Sign up: www.cartoonstudies.org/workshops/we...

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Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · 13d

I've got a new comic in a kids comics magazine called Hullabaloo that just launched its kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
Hooray for kids comics!

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Sean Knickerbocker @rustbeltreview.bsky.social · Aug 15

My anthology is nominated for an Ignatz. Go vote for it.

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CCA Comics @ccacomics.bsky.social · Aug 5

The 2025 MFA in Comics Anthology is here, and it looks fantastic! Our 15 graduating students each contributed a 10-20 page excerpt on their thesis comics, making for one killer 280 page volume. Thank you to editor @andycomics.bsky.social and book designer GB Tran for making this such a success!

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · Jul 29

my new book is out today. it's about separatism and utopia and bodily autonomy and cults and capital and love and revolution and nature and sex and all the things we owe to each other. I'm so proud and excited and nervous for you to read it. i hope you do. simplicitybook.xyz

the cover of SIMPLICITY: the main character of the story, Lucius, getting pulled down and off the page by glowing vines. A pair of hands from a robed figure reaches for him.

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Knave Murdok @knavemurdok.bsky.social · Jul 27

Another absolutely badass comic by celebrated cartoonist @andycomics.bsky.social exposing absolute sadist Scott Lively.
We let this guy get way too far, and walk away with way too much.
We did not "defeat" Scott Lively. He's still out there, and you bet he supports our current administration.

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Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · Jul 8

The creator of the XBox, Seamus Blackley (also a physicist of note), says "You should buy this book." The late philosopher Daniel Dennett told us "this is good." I myself got to draw a bunch of goopy aliens. Give it a look, I don't think you will regret it: www.alienspeakphysics.com

Do Aliens Speak Physics? – Do Aliens Speak Physics?

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Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · Jun 17

"Invent something disposable, kid." The Brief History of Razors is a story of a bottle cap baron, an inventor, a failed utopian dream in Upstate New York, and a frustrated retirement in Palm Springs.

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · Jun 16

We are looking for guest art contributors! This is a PAID opportunity for values-aligned artists. Fill out the form below:

The Flytrap Art Contributor Pitch Form | Notion

Made with Notion, the all-in-one connected workspace with publishing capabilities.

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Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · May 28

How a scramble to replace the ivory in billiard balls gave you movies and plastic.

A Brief History of Billiard Balls

How a scramble to replace the ivory in billiard balls gave you movies and plastic.

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Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · May 1

Happy May Day! Here's a brief cartoon history of how toothpicks caught on in America thanks to a fraudulent scheme involving Boston teenagers in the 1800s

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Ben Passmore @benpassmore.bsky.social · Apr 20

new graphic novel comin Oct 7th!!!!

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Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · Apr 17

Get to know our Bay Area wildlife in this beautiful comic by @ronnaraz.bsky.social for @missionlocal.org
Nature is nice

Diving hummingbirds, Botta's gopher, sunburst lichen: Meet San Francisco’s urban wildlife

As San Francisco's wilderness turned into urban landscape, our wildlife changed with us. Get to know these wild neighbors, in cartoon form.

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Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · Apr 16

Got another comic up at Tinyview. Office supplies of resistance, Norwegian ingenuity, and poorly sourced national myths: A Brief History of Paper Clips.

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Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · Mar 21

Are you a cartoonist who makes mini comics and hasn't had a solo work put out by a publisher? Apply to the CAKE Cupcake Award for a chance to win a free 1/2 table at the con, $400 to print a mini, and a cool party. Apps close on 3/28 so get it in! www.cakechicago.com/cupcake-award

Cupcake Award — Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE)

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Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · Mar 19

“Horses”… oof.

Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · Mar 19

Horse hated Puffing Billy, but progress was progress. A Brief History of Vacuum Cleaners, up on Tinyview: tinyview.com/brief-histor...

A Brief History of Vacuum Cleaners

Horses hated Puffing Billy, but progress was progress.

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Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · Mar 17

Check out this excellent comics guide to the SF supes made by a former student of mine!

Ronna Raz @ronnaraz.bsky.social · Mar 14

Folks! Check out the first article I made for @missionlocal.org ! It's been a blast to work on, and excited to make more 😉

Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · Mar 7

A brief history of kites. A relaxing way to spend the day... until the crow bombs show up. New comic up at social.tinyview.com/QbzYwFjfyRb

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Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · Feb 28

Going through old photo archives and stumbled across this gem from baby times feat. @mixtapecomics.bsky.social and @avi.silversprocket.net when we used to all table together. Probably from 2014?

Avi Ehrlich of Silver Sprocket, Rachel Dukes and Andy Warner tabling together at a comics convention holding signs reading: (R to L) "Punk Comics," "Cat Comics" and "Difficult to Categorize Comics." A banner behind them reads "Welcome to the Friend Zone!" Circa 2014

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Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · Feb 25

THE CARTOONIST COOPERATIVE IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE...

The very first DIGITAL COMICS RESIDENCY! A PAID opportunity for comics creators AROUND THE WORLD.

Learn more at our journal:
cartoonist.coop/journal/anno...

(Art by @amandajealous.bsky.social !)

Inkling and Nibford getting sucked into cyber space. “The Cartoonist Cooperative, Digital Residency. Applications open in May! Paid opportunity open to anyone around the world.”

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Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · Feb 19

Comic by me–A Brief History of Pencils: social.tinyview.com/y2hK3gDO7Qb
Resource crises make for strange bedfellows

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · Feb 7

I did some small watercolor paintings to raffle at this event :D Come through Saturday 2/8 if you'll be in SF!

a composition of red poppies on a green background

three red poppies against a cloudy blue sky

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Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · Feb 5

Webcomic up on Tinyview: How Brownie Wise built a Tupperware empire and then had it Tuppertaken from her

A Brief History of Tupperware

How Brownie Wise built a Tupperware empire and then had it Tuppertaken from her.

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