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Doing Business Math and turns out our top 5 2026 Pride Month bestsellers, in no particular order, were @keezyyoung.bsky.social's Hello Sunshine, @jesncin.bsky.social's Lunar Boy, @amazonchique.bsky.social's Cheer Up, @miraongchua.com's Layla and Airy, and @cooklincomics.bsky.social's Ace of Hearts!

Review for #PrideMonth! Ace of Hearts: Lessons in Love from an Asexual Girl – Love Without Sex Examined in Cooklin’s Insightful Graphic Memoir. @cooklincomics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/ace-of-hearts/ #Pride26atBF

Ace of Hearts: Lessons in Love from an Asexual Girl - Love Without Sex Examined in Cooklin's Insightful Graphic Memoir – Broken Frontier

PRIDE MONTH 2026! Described as “a thoughtful and immersive coming-of-age memoir about one girl’s struggle to figure out and then claim her asexual identity” Cooklin’s Ace of Hearts: Lessons in...

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Ran to the library on my lunch break and saw @cooklincomics.bsky.social’s book in the wild! Featuring my first ever blurb! Proud of you, friend! 💕

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Review of   Ace of Hearts: Lessons in Love from an Asexual Girl by Cooklin

After getting turned onto Street Noise Books by QUEER AS ALL GET OUT, the publisher was nice enough to let me check out one of their other projects, Ace of Hearts: Lessons in Love from an Asexual G…

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I'M LEADING A *FREE* COMICS WORKSHOP ON FRIDAY 3/6 at 7pm ET/4pm ET with Sequential Artists Workshop! I'll be going full ACE OF HEARTS, talking about how to visually convey abstract feelings, with an emphasis on the presence of love 🥰 💜 Register here: bit.ly/SAWCooklin

happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!!! as a treat, I have shared a transcript of my talk with @erikamoen.bsky.social at @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social on January 24th to my Substack! please enjoy 🖤🩶🤍💜

talkin' ACE OF HEARTS with Erika Moen!

a transcript of our talk at BwP on 1/24

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Hello! I’m giving away some free ACE OF HEARTS-themed Valentine’s Day goodies and there are only a few spots left!! Here’s what they look like, and here is the link to the form: fminrdqj.formester.com/f/TtsFEU54w

Portland/SW Washington folks… Just plugging that I’m teaching a beginner’s comics class for six weeks starting next Wednesday! It will be at the new Clark College campus in Ridgefield and we’re gonna have a lot of fun!!! To register: www.campusce.net/clark/course...

I worked for the news in Portland for the latter half of 2025. For the #iceoutcomics project, I shared my experience dealing with the public relations teams at ICE and DHS. Spoiler: they suck.

First comic reading I ever did at @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social in August 2022 vs. my reading at BwP for my debut graphic memoir on Saturday 🥲

Big standing room only crowd at Books With Pictures for @cooklincomics.bsky.social in conversation with @erikamoen.bsky.social, talking about Cooklin’s debut graphic novel ACE OF HEARTS. @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social @streetnoisebooks.bsky.social.

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TONIGHT with @erikamoen.bsky.social at @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social !!!!!!

So honored to have an excerpt of ACE OF HEARTS up on the @crucialcomix.bsky.social website!! It’s the part of the book where I finally realize I’m asexual after years of confusion and hurt and compulsory sexuality. I hope y’all will check it out 💜💚🙂

Y'ALL! IMPORTANT UPDATE! The venue for my author event has CHANGED. It will be taking place at BwP's SE Division location instead. Date, time, and awesome guest @erikamoen.bsky.social remains the same!!! Updated flyer below. I hope y'all can still make it!!!

if you have any questions for me about the process of making the book, the book itself, asexuality, ME, please drop them either in my mentions or in a DM! I’m gonna be answering them in a substack post. make sure to subscribe to my substack so you don’t miss it: cooklin.substack.com

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A substack featuring updates about the life and career of the cartoonist known as cooklin. Occasional reflections and probably a lot of memes. Click to read cooklin's corner, a Substack publication wi...

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it is ACE OF HEARTS RELEASE DAY, BABY!!! this is my debut graphic memoir about my experiences with love while coming of age as an asexual person. booklist gave it a starred review which apparently means it’s good!! if this sounds like your kinda book, check it out and let me know what you think 🥲

Today on SOLRAD, we feature an Exclusive Excerpt of ACE OF HEARTS by Cooklin, published by @streetnoisebooks.bsky.social solrad.co/exclusive-ex... @cooklincomics.bsky.social

Exclusive Excerpt: ACE OF HEARTS by Cooklin - SOLRAD

Today on SOLRAD, we feature an Exclusive Excerpt: ACE OF HEARTS by Cooklin, published by Street Noise Books

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🚨 new AI-free art show just dropped 🚨 my older sister just launched her non-profit, Created Ungenerated! it is dedicated to protecting human artistry in the age of AI. CU’s first AI-free art show will take place at the Oregon Convention Center in April. more: www.createdungenerated.com

sooooo i never post on bluesky anymore, BUT i wanted to make sure you lovely people knew that my debut graphic memoir ACE OF HEARTS: LESSONS IN LOVE FROM AN ASEXUAL GIRL is available for pre-order! check it outttttt ~ linktr.ee/aceofheartsb...

my not even 2-year-old niece seeing me on FaceTime and being able to identify me as her auntie CC is incomparable joy

i love the overture that plays at the beginning of a local news show. a whole orchestral suite brings the drama, and then, BAM. simplysafe security footage of a kia being stolen in an upper middle class neighborhood.

get milchick out of there so he can realize his true purpose — musical theater

a few days ago I went to a bar and there was a full table of eight. every single person sitting at the table was a young white male with brown hair cut into that gen z haircut. you know the haircut I’m talking about. with the curls and shit. anyway it was remarkable and a little terrifying

it’s really funny when a person who has never had a cat and thinks cats are assholes actually spends time with a cat and the cat is super friendly and cuddly and the person is like “wow this cat is like a dog!” like actually no that’s just what cats are like, you’ve been lied to

i recommend singing to your cat. they especially like songs with a low register. my cat particularly likes it when i sing her levon by elton john or landslide by fleetwood mac. hope this helps

i think it should be socially acceptable to eat your movie theater popcorn with a comically large spoon so your fingers don’t get all buttery

junior from duolingo is a little shit

whenever I say something stupid I always follow it up with, “sorry, I’m super tired.” the problem is that I say stupid things like all the time. so am I perpetually tired or am I just stupid? honestly, it’s probably both