John Martz
@johnmartz.bsky.social
Illustration, comics, fonts, book design, crosswords. Art Director at Large, Tundra Books. https://johnmartz.com/
Skulls aren't meant to look badass. They're meant to say, "Look at this poor dope. This is going to be you someday."
If you’re a Whopper, I bet it feels so good to get flame-broiled.
I would love to have the space, tools, resources, money, skills, knowledge, dedication, time, energy, and motivation to give woodworking a go.
They never explained how E.T. went to the bathroom. That closet must’ve been foul.
When I needed someone to draw an anthropomorphic fart, there’s only one illustrator I could turn to, and that’s @joyang.bsky.social
Joy Ang@joyang.bsky.social · 2mo agoGood Families Don’t is now out 🎉! Written by Robert Munsch, I had the pleasure of illustrating this new edition. Here are some of my favorite pieces. Hope you enjoy my flatulent art 💨 Big thanks to wonderful art director @johnmartz.bsky.social, Tundra Books, & agent @ksonnack.bsky.social
What if they made a Yoda but smaller? I bet that thing would be ugly as hell. Can you imagine? Just a little green goblin in a diaper? No thank you!
My version of the Turing Test is asking a music streaming algorithm to make a playlist based on Randy Newman’s music and have it not be filled with Disney songs.
I hope they solve this energy crisis soon. I need those data centers to keep pumping out pictures of me and Sonic the Hedgehog in which I have washboard abs and Sonic has huge naturals and is named Sonique. We’re in love, you see.
Every Space Between is out now from Groundwood Books! Words by Naseem Hrab, and pictures by me! Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review, saying "Attentiveness underpins Hrab and Martz’s celebration of life’s countless liminal stages"
Humanity’s last great achievement was the Page-a-Day Far Side Calendar.
I think I’m getting used to the side camera button on this new iphone.
The way Billy Miranda tosses off the word “turnip” gets me every time.
Go Ahead
YouTube video by Billy Miranda - Topic
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Naseem and I interview each other about our new book, Every Space Between:
Betsy Bird@fuse8.bsky.social · 5mo agoOften authors and illustrators are kept separate during the process of making a picture book. Today, we bring you an argument for collaboration in the form of a guest interview between Naseem Hrab & @johnmartz.bsky.social #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/03/03/l...
I invented looksmaxxing way back in high school in the 90s, trying to draw like Sam Kieth.
some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
Actual footage of Vince Guaraldi performing "Linus and Lucy". I'm gobsmacked that this exists, but utterly thrilled too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMf...
Vince Guaraldi - earliest television recording of "Linus and Lucy"
YouTube video by Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Inc.
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Cover Reveal: CABIN HEAD AND TREE HEAD: FEELING GOOD Feast your eyes on the cover of Scott Campbell's Cabin Head and Tree Head: Feeling Good, a sequel that's sure to delight.
Cover Reveal: CABIN HEAD AND TREE HEAD: FEELING GOOD
Feast your eyes on the cover of Scott Campbell's Cabin Head and Tree Head: Feeling Good, a sequel that's sure to delight.
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I have several of these, and they are super fun to draw with!
Dan Berry inexplicably@thingsbydan.co.uk · 7mo agoDo you like drawing? Do you want to draw with a fun handmade pen that can produce a ton of different line weights and qualities? Do you want to support an independent creator running a manufacturing business out of his workshop? thingsbydan.myshopify.com/discount/NEW...
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.