Kelly Mangan (She/Her) 🏳️🌈💖💜💙
@kellyamangan.bsky.social
MAEVE MULVANEY HAS HAD ENOUGH (Holiday House).
LIKE THAT ELEANOR (Cardinal Rule Press).
#KIDLIT author/illustrator. Comics geek. Trekkie. Squirrel Girl enthusiast. “Endearingly sarcastic.”
Rep: @tajmccoy.bsky.social
Www.Authorkellymangan.com
#NoAIArt
LIKE THAT ELEANOR (Cardinal Rule Press).
#KIDLIT author/illustrator. Comics geek. Trekkie. Squirrel Girl enthusiast. “Endearingly sarcastic.”
Rep: @tajmccoy.bsky.social
Www.Authorkellymangan.com
#NoAIArt
My birthday ink is finally done. I’ll be honest, all the shading got suuuuuper spicy after like four hours 😅.
I have a friend who has a full sleeve blackout tattoo—from her wrist to her shoulder— and my respect for her badassery has grown exponentially.
I have a friend who has a full sleeve blackout tattoo—from her wrist to her shoulder— and my respect for her badassery has grown exponentially.
December 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
My birthday ink is finally done. I’ll be honest, all the shading got suuuuuper spicy after like four hours 😅.
I have a friend who has a full sleeve blackout tattoo—from her wrist to her shoulder— and my respect for her badassery has grown exponentially.
I have a friend who has a full sleeve blackout tattoo—from her wrist to her shoulder— and my respect for her badassery has grown exponentially.
Use only ONE piece of art to convince folks to follow you.
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Use only ONE piece of art to convince folks to follow you.
When educators have their pronouns listed in their email signatures, yet repeatedly misgender your child in emails.
December 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
When educators have their pronouns listed in their email signatures, yet repeatedly misgender your child in emails.
This SHOULD have been the color of the year. And next year. And the year after that....
December 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This SHOULD have been the color of the year. And next year. And the year after that....
It's the last #KidLitArtPostcard day of 2025, so here’s a fashion elf taking his job very seriously.
I’m queer, neurodiverse #KidLitArt illustrator who favors sketchy lines, playful patterns, & quirky characters.
www.authorkellymangan.com/portfolio
Rep: @tajmccoy.bsky.social
I’m queer, neurodiverse #KidLitArt illustrator who favors sketchy lines, playful patterns, & quirky characters.
www.authorkellymangan.com/portfolio
Rep: @tajmccoy.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It's the last #KidLitArtPostcard day of 2025, so here’s a fashion elf taking his job very seriously.
I’m queer, neurodiverse #KidLitArt illustrator who favors sketchy lines, playful patterns, & quirky characters.
www.authorkellymangan.com/portfolio
Rep: @tajmccoy.bsky.social
I’m queer, neurodiverse #KidLitArt illustrator who favors sketchy lines, playful patterns, & quirky characters.
www.authorkellymangan.com/portfolio
Rep: @tajmccoy.bsky.social
Wombats are my creature teacher.
December 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Wombats are my creature teacher.
I knew I’d be sad when my little old man passed. But I didn’t realize what a hole he’d leave. Nobody greeting me every time I open a door, or following me from room to room, or keeping me company while I work, or sitting at my shoulder & purring into my ear while I drink my morning coffee. 🥺
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I knew I’d be sad when my little old man passed. But I didn’t realize what a hole he’d leave. Nobody greeting me every time I open a door, or following me from room to room, or keeping me company while I work, or sitting at my shoulder & purring into my ear while I drink my morning coffee. 🥺
Lost my bestest fuzzy friend of 18 years today. Rest peacefully, my sweet old man.
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Lost my bestest fuzzy friend of 18 years today. Rest peacefully, my sweet old man.
My contributions to the thanksgiving table. Well, some of them. I also made the mashed potatoes but everybody knows what mash looks like. 😆
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
My contributions to the thanksgiving table. Well, some of them. I also made the mashed potatoes but everybody knows what mash looks like. 😆
My fav picture book as a kid was A Little House of Your Own,
by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
& Irene Hass. It’s about respecting everybody’s right to alone time & personal space. It was published in the 1950s, so I have no idea how I ended up with it. But it spoke to me so much. I still have it.
by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
& Irene Hass. It’s about respecting everybody’s right to alone time & personal space. It was published in the 1950s, so I have no idea how I ended up with it. But it spoke to me so much. I still have it.
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
My fav picture book as a kid was A Little House of Your Own,
by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
& Irene Hass. It’s about respecting everybody’s right to alone time & personal space. It was published in the 1950s, so I have no idea how I ended up with it. But it spoke to me so much. I still have it.
by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
& Irene Hass. It’s about respecting everybody’s right to alone time & personal space. It was published in the 1950s, so I have no idea how I ended up with it. But it spoke to me so much. I still have it.
I work in a kitchen when I’m not writing & illustrating to support my 2 kids.
In 8 yrs, I’ve been lucky to make $11,000 in publishing. That works out to $1,375 a year.
Authors & illustrators aren’t the petty bourgeois. Stealing from us doesn’t make you a working class hero: It makes you a scab.
In 8 yrs, I’ve been lucky to make $11,000 in publishing. That works out to $1,375 a year.
Authors & illustrators aren’t the petty bourgeois. Stealing from us doesn’t make you a working class hero: It makes you a scab.
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I work in a kitchen when I’m not writing & illustrating to support my 2 kids.
In 8 yrs, I’ve been lucky to make $11,000 in publishing. That works out to $1,375 a year.
Authors & illustrators aren’t the petty bourgeois. Stealing from us doesn’t make you a working class hero: It makes you a scab.
In 8 yrs, I’ve been lucky to make $11,000 in publishing. That works out to $1,375 a year.
Authors & illustrators aren’t the petty bourgeois. Stealing from us doesn’t make you a working class hero: It makes you a scab.
The seventh & final prompt to close out #FolktaleWeek: Dawn
Somebody get Aurora a cup of coffee before her shift.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekDawn
Somebody get Aurora a cup of coffee before her shift.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekDawn
November 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The seventh & final prompt to close out #FolktaleWeek: Dawn
Somebody get Aurora a cup of coffee before her shift.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekDawn
Somebody get Aurora a cup of coffee before her shift.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekDawn
#FolktaleWeek Day 6: Storm
In Greek mythology, harpies personified the destructive power of storm winds. They're often characterized as ugly (as ferocious women often are), but I've always found them oddly beautiful.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekStorm
In Greek mythology, harpies personified the destructive power of storm winds. They're often characterized as ugly (as ferocious women often are), but I've always found them oddly beautiful.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekStorm
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
#FolktaleWeek Day 6: Storm
In Greek mythology, harpies personified the destructive power of storm winds. They're often characterized as ugly (as ferocious women often are), but I've always found them oddly beautiful.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekStorm
In Greek mythology, harpies personified the destructive power of storm winds. They're often characterized as ugly (as ferocious women often are), but I've always found them oddly beautiful.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekStorm
#FolktaleWeek Day 5: Charm
"Come away, O human child, to the waters and the wild, with a fairy, hand in hand. For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand." ~WB Yeats
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekCharm
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
"Come away, O human child, to the waters and the wild, with a fairy, hand in hand. For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand." ~WB Yeats
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekCharm
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
#FolktaleWeek Day 5: Charm
"Come away, O human child, to the waters and the wild, with a fairy, hand in hand. For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand." ~WB Yeats
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekCharm
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
"Come away, O human child, to the waters and the wild, with a fairy, hand in hand. For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand." ~WB Yeats
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekCharm
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek prompt #4: Book
Brigid was the Celtic goddess of poetry & wisdom. Christian monks later made Brigid the Saint of poets. It seemed only fitting I should quote an Irish poet here: the divinely talented @nikitagill.bsky.social
@FolktaleWeek
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekBook
Brigid was the Celtic goddess of poetry & wisdom. Christian monks later made Brigid the Saint of poets. It seemed only fitting I should quote an Irish poet here: the divinely talented @nikitagill.bsky.social
@FolktaleWeek
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekBook
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
#FolktaleWeek prompt #4: Book
Brigid was the Celtic goddess of poetry & wisdom. Christian monks later made Brigid the Saint of poets. It seemed only fitting I should quote an Irish poet here: the divinely talented @nikitagill.bsky.social
@FolktaleWeek
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekBook
Brigid was the Celtic goddess of poetry & wisdom. Christian monks later made Brigid the Saint of poets. It seemed only fitting I should quote an Irish poet here: the divinely talented @nikitagill.bsky.social
@FolktaleWeek
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekBook
#FolktaleWeek prompt #3: Rain
Champ is a cute little monster that lives in Lake Champlain. Seems like a decent bloke to me.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekRain
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
Champ is a cute little monster that lives in Lake Champlain. Seems like a decent bloke to me.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekRain
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
#FolktaleWeek prompt #3: Rain
Champ is a cute little monster that lives in Lake Champlain. Seems like a decent bloke to me.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekRain
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
Champ is a cute little monster that lives in Lake Champlain. Seems like a decent bloke to me.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekRain
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek prompt #2: Echo
An oracle hearing the echoes of the The Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos).
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekEcho
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
An oracle hearing the echoes of the The Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos).
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekEcho
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
#FolktaleWeek prompt #2: Echo
An oracle hearing the echoes of the The Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos).
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekEcho
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
An oracle hearing the echoes of the The Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos).
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekEcho
@debrastyer
@louve.draws
@matejalukezic.bsky.social
Little spot illustration I did today.
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Little spot illustration I did today.
It’s the first day of #FolktaleWeek2025!
Day 1 Prompt: Night
I’ve always loved Nyx, the primordial goddess of night.
Here I decided to reimagine her as a child.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek #FolktaleWeekNight
Day 1 Prompt: Night
I’ve always loved Nyx, the primordial goddess of night.
Here I decided to reimagine her as a child.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek #FolktaleWeekNight
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It’s the first day of #FolktaleWeek2025!
Day 1 Prompt: Night
I’ve always loved Nyx, the primordial goddess of night.
Here I decided to reimagine her as a child.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek #FolktaleWeekNight
Day 1 Prompt: Night
I’ve always loved Nyx, the primordial goddess of night.
Here I decided to reimagine her as a child.
@folktaleweek.bsky.social
#FolktaleWeek #FolktaleWeekNight
Okay, opinion time: pink or teal?
#KidLitArt
#KidLitArt
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Okay, opinion time: pink or teal?
#KidLitArt
#KidLitArt
Fashion elf takes his job very seriously.
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Fashion elf takes his job very seriously.
Did a new self portrait for my socials, and a portrait of @michellejingchan.bsky.social using the same color palette and background. I really love how oranges, pinks, and teals play together.
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Did a new self portrait for my socials, and a portrait of @michellejingchan.bsky.social using the same color palette and background. I really love how oranges, pinks, and teals play together.
I worked on this a bit more today. Something about the composition of it didn't look quite right. So I flipped it and moved some things around. I'm feeling better about it now.
November 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I worked on this a bit more today. Something about the composition of it didn't look quite right. So I flipped it and moved some things around. I'm feeling better about it now.
"You're doing it WRONG!"
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"You're doing it WRONG!"
Birthday selfie! I’m 43 years old today
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Birthday selfie! I’m 43 years old today