Alec Longstreth

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Internationally recognized cartoonist Stephen R. Bissette will be appointed Vermont’s sixth Cartoonist Laureate
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Aw, thanks for recommending this series, and for all the kind words, Angela!

Yay! Thanks for backing the Kickstarter, and I hope you have fun (re)reading it!

TEXT: GNAW! GNAW! GNAW! Alec Longstreth www.alecillustration.com IMAGE: A beaver sits at a school desk chewing up his pencil. Three kids on either side of him, sitting at their desks, look on, shocked

Hello! Here is a sample illustration from a picture book manuscript I made last year. I am currently revising it based on some great feedback I got from an agent and an editor. I plan to pitch the revised version again later this year!

www.alecillustration.com

#kidlitartpostcard #beavers

Dude! It's been way too long. I hope our paths will cross again someday (I'm out in NM! Look me up if you're ever on a vision quest in the desert). FYI you are a big art hero in our house - we have all your picture books, and then my daughter went DEEP on Psychonauts, which has been such a joy.

Thanks, buddy.

The kids cheer (Otto, Roxie, Brad, Sally, and Rex are visible), while Miss Mathews crosses her arms with a grumpy expression . Text reads: "Isle of Elsi Page 410”

Melissa Mathews in The Curious Classroom - Page 10
www.isleofelsi.com/comics/chapt...

#fantasy #middlegrade #webcomic #comicsforkids #kidscomics #allagescomics #isleofelsi #aleclongstreth

At the end of the doc, when Tim says "You all just made someone's favorite video game" IT WAS TRUE. My daughter is that person! 🥰

TEXT: GNAW! GNAW! GNAW! Alec Longstreth www.alecillustration.com IMAGE: A beaver sits at a school desk chewing up his pencil. Three kids on either side of him, sitting at their desks, look on, shocked

Hello! Here is a sample illustration from a picture book manuscript I made last year. I am currently revising it based on some great feedback I got from an agent and an editor. I plan to pitch the revised version again later this year!

www.alecillustration.com

#kidlitartpostcard #beavers

My daughter's drawing of the Psychonauts main characters: Milla Vodello, Raz, Lili, Sasha Nein, Ford Cruller, Coach Oleander. She drew this when she was 9

One of her fan art drawings from last year! 💛

ANYWAY, DoubleFine games are like the main thing she is into. I am so thankful for all the work that you guys do to make these awesome, creative games. It has been a real parenting highlight sharing them with her, and watching her interest in games and art develop.

"SANTA" found a used copy on eBay (for $200 *wheeze*) and we spent the last two months reading it at bed time. Her uncle gave us his old xbox for xmas too, so she's currently replaying Psychonauts 1, and is eager to replay 2 with a controller (we originally played 1 and 2 on my Mac)

During an art jam scene with @scottlava.bsky.social and Peter Chan and Bagel, she pointed at the screen and said "THAT is what I want to do when I grow up. Make art for video games." So then in one of the bonus features when we saw the interview with you and Tim about the book, I had to find it

OMG, your book made her so happy. She got 102% on Psychonauts 2 last year (played it for a full week after she had already done EVERYTHING), so I got the Psychodyssey blu-ray which we watched together.

My daughter (10) and I just finished reading the Psychonauts 2 art book last night, and it was so fun pouring through all your amazing art on that project, including on this location!

AI-generated artwork is officially not eligible for copyright protection after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the appeal.

The court ruled that a work must have a human creator in order to qualify for copyright.

(Link: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...)

Applications are open for the 2026 Cornish CCS Residency Fellowship, which will take place October 16- November 16, 2026. The Deadline to apply is April 3, 2026.
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A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

A bunch of kids search for the right book at the Egalliv Public Library. Rex points Kip to a book up on a ladder, Roxie examines a card, while her brother Riley is still digging through the card catalog looking for his. Saba and Sala are in the foreground, one looking through a shelf, the other deep in her book already. Text reads: "Isle of Elsi Page 409”

Melissa Mathews in The Curious Classroom - Page 9
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#fantasy #middlegrade #webcomic #comicsforkids #kidscomics #allagescomics #isleofelsi #aleclongstreth

A bunch of kids search for the right book at the Egalliv Public Library. Rex points Kip to a book up on a ladder, Roxie examines a card, while her brother Riley is still digging through the card catalog looking for his. Saba and Sala are in the foreground, one looking through a shelf, the other deep in her book already. Text reads: "Isle of Elsi Page 409”

Melissa Mathews in The Curious Classroom - Page 9
www.isleofelsi.com/comics/chapt...

#fantasy #middlegrade #webcomic #comicsforkids #kidscomics #allagescomics #isleofelsi #aleclongstreth

I hope you have fun reading them first! Thanks in advance for getting them into your school's library! So cool of you. I appreciate your support of this project!

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Not a perfect fit for what you're asking, but I'm happy to share the template I created for P7 if that's helpful, and Nate's available for hire ;)

I built the Phase Seven Comics site myself, and used some simple coding to get a scrolling format for pages:
www.phasesevencomics.com/archive/005/

@natebeaty.com recently reformated the Isle of Elsi site so entire storylines scroll on one page (using wordpress)
www.isleofelsi.com/comics/chapt...

Mrs. Jargon stands behind the counter at the Egalliv Public Library, smiling and waving. Text reads: "Isle of Elsi Page 408”

Melissa Mathews in The Curious Classroom - Page 8
www.isleofelsi.com/comics/chapt...

#fantasy #middlegrade #webcomic #comicsforkids #kidscomics #allagescomics #isleofelsi #aleclongstreth

Mrs. Jargon stands behind the counter at the Egalliv Public Library, smiling and waving. Text reads: "Isle of Elsi Page 408”

Melissa Mathews in The Curious Classroom - Page 8
www.isleofelsi.com/comics/chapt...

#fantasy #middlegrade #webcomic #comicsforkids #kidscomics #allagescomics #isleofelsi #aleclongstreth

Yay! I'm so glad this made it to you safely. Thank you so much for your generous support of Isle of Elsi over the years! It means a lot to me, and I love that this original found its home with you!

Thanks, Chris! This was such a dream project. I started working on it in late 2023, so it feels amazing to have it finally announced! I'm looking forward to fans digging into it this April. Life is so rad!

Thanks! A real dream job for me 🤓