F. Ostby
@fostby.bsky.social
Cartoonist- Space Story (2022) Bilingual bisexual big fan of creatures
Not Molly conger talking about massive purses while I lug my million pound shoulder bag home in the rain
Ok with the caveat that yes it IS midnight but how DO I relax about my freaking linework. Ever.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been thinkin a lot about anxieties regarding creativity and unpacking managing that, maybe it’s because I’ve started penciling what I’m working on, but I’m really like in love with making comics today
Portrait of the Artist, suddenly struck with melancholy over the fleeting nature of life and how that is beautiful and sad. Artist is also applying sunscreen.
Reading (and doing) an activity from What It Is (Lynda Barry) and filled with peace and comfort. Everyone is different but for me it’s a wonderful soothing balm for my feverish “oh no I haven’t had an idea since 2019” anxiety
My new challenge is get loosey goosier while drawing on ye olde iPad
Weird little guys q and an episode where the host says she doesn’t think many people are helped by her saying her last name is “like the eel”. Well I would be helped by this. I have a conger eel tattoo.
Saw @themountaingoats.bsky.social at blue note Tokyo they were fantastic yay yay yay yay yay
Procrastinating on inking by looking up photos of David Dastmalchian as Mr 3 and smiling
One thing about me is I WILL put a dream sequence and or a flashback in my comic. Maybe both.
Can’t wait for my hourly comic day comic to be like “my evil long run that I hate” for approximately 4 of those hours. <- guy who is choosing to train for a race
Hourly Comics Day has MOVED! It's the 20th anniversary and we're taking a stand alongside our Black cartoonist members and friends to demand a change to honor Black History Month- draw your comics on the 8th, not the 1st! hourlycomicsday.com #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd
hello people of the internet, please let me talk about my upcoming book with you on your podcasts or perhaps in person at your events.
aaa just got the files for HANS VOGEL IS DEAD Vol 2 to review!! it's happening!! aaaaa!!
Tonight all New Yorkers will be drinking out of cups. And you know what? So will I.
Sarah Marshall talking about kids whose moms watched inspector Morse becoming a Certain Kind of Person and. As someone whose mom watched Morse. Yeah
New writing mantra: mistakes give the readers something to chew on