Lauren Sparks

@wingedelfgirl.bsky.social

Comics illustrator/painter by night, boring corporate graphic designer by day. ⏱️ She/her, age 39😎 Covington, KY, USA🪴 has 2 cats and a garden 🐈🐈‍⬛🌻 Married to @mtscomics.bsky.social💗 https://linktr.ee/wingedelfgirl

If someone is doing real damage and demonstrates a sustained lack of interest in accounting for it then, imo, the time for talking about “accountability” is over. Then it’s time for talking about how to best attack and undermine their power to do that damage. Changing their heart is not a factor.

We cannot advocate for wildlife and science, without also advocating for science based policy. Politicians have sold our legacy, our few remaining pristine places for greed and short term gain. We turn it around now Or fade away into smoke and ruin In 43 days we vote

Mamma moose and her calf down by the river.

Did you crowdfund and fulfill your own comic last year? We want to hear from you! If you make webcomics, graphic novels, direct market comics - If you write, draw, letter, color, or all of the above - If you make any kind of comics in the US, we want to hear from you! airtable.com/appLRxNDI7Yj...

Cartoonists United@cartoonist.coop · 3mo ago

Have you filled out the third annual Comic Worker Survey? If not, this is the time to support your fellow comics workers! Your answers will help address pay disparities for a more transparent and equal comics industry. Take the survey here: cartoonist.coop/2026comicwor... Art by @urnash.com

Inkling, an inkwell, is standing atop a pile of gold bars, gleefully waving a fistful of money in the air. Nibford, a dip pen, is clutching a single nickel to their chest and trying their best not to cry, Floating text urges you to TAKE THE 2026 COMIC WORKERS SURVEY! because PAY TRANSPARENCY HELPS US REACH PAY EQUALITY!

Our new paper may be one of coolest studies I've ever done. We show that the structures of visual storytelling in comics aligns with the word order of the languages of the comic authors. Here's what we did... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Syntactic headedness aligns with visual narrative structure

Recent research has highlighted how visual narrative sequences involve similar structures and processing as syntax in language, yet no work has asked …

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Ruby Bridges was 6-years-old when she stepped into the history books. Bravely accompanied by her mother, she was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white school in the South. It was not long ago… Today is her birthday. She is still with us. She is 72. Happy birthday, Ruby Bridges 💜

Young Ruby Bridges, photo in black and white Ruby Bridges today, photo in full color

Our incredible volunteer Web Dev team is so excited to show off the overhauled Cartoonists United website! This update showcases more of our labor advocacy work, the CartUn Journal, the CartUn podcast, as well as a brand new Worker Grievance Form! Check out the new website here: cartoonist.coop

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Sketches from my roadtrip to and from Montana! 38 hours in the car gives you a lot of time and also apparently might trigger shingles :(( Most of these were sketched in the car and finished with color later.