RiK Mack!

@rikdraws.com

Canadian Comic Cryptid who may or may not be a penguin. Recovering brit. IDW Sonic, TMNT. Felix the Cat. Sanrio! Shiny thing collector. Good vibes change lives. Making fun, ethical, sustainable comics. Rik@RikDraws.com www.RikDraws.com

I made a little bit of music today. First time I've done that in decades. Felt good. Sounds awful. But I made it. Me. My awful little plinky ponky tunes. Satisfying. The more AI rubbish comes out, the more I'm gonna make stuff myself.

Every day I'm reminded how much I love bluesky's mute and 'hide post for me' function. I love it! It's so good! I wish every platform had options this robust and handy.

Hey #PortfolioDay, I'm Rik! I draw, ink and colour comics! I've worked on Sonic the Hedgehog, TMNT, Transformers, MLP, Miraculous Ladybug, Felix the Cat, Godzilla and more in some capacity or other! Book in a jam? Need someone to help get it to the finish line? Hit me up! 📧Rik@ RikDraws.com 🎨

The cover to Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds one-shot, cover B by this guy right here. Featuring all your favourite sonic characters like Jet the Hawk on their racing vehicles from the hit new videogame 'sonic car design and I guess also racing but it's mostly a big fight would you STOP SAWING MY CAR IN HALF JEEEZ' at least I think that's what it's called.The cover to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #30 B cover by this lil mutant aka me. Featuring the lads surfing through the sewer except they're skating but I still called it sewer surfing because of the game and I'm not very smart. I covered the bottom of the skateboards in nods and throwback references to the TMNT's long and storied career because I love those goofs. 9.95!The cover to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #18 B cover by a me you might know. Can you believe they let me do this twice? Well this was the first one but you know what I mean. I wonder if I cross my fingers real hard and make a wish they'll let me do another one. This one being my first meant I had to involve my favourites so that's why Casey Jones is flexing in the top right because he's the best. Also weirdly despite it being the first time I ever drew him I REALLY like how Rocksteady looks on this cover. He's tricky and I think he looks on model! Good job me. Okay so I haven't done four solo covers yet so have a random pinup style illustration of Sonic The Hedgehog because otherwise I'd have to post a one off sample of me inking or colouring someone else and that wouldn't be fair making me pick a single sample. I've inked/coloured a bunch of super cool people and honestly I love working with them all. I just try my best not to ruin their work but I've got a long way to. As you can see from my awful colouring job on this cover, I really need to focus on that this year. But the special stage is a nice nostalgic hit for me and I've not done any full solo art I can share just yet in like a year so I can't use that really but just you wait JUST YOU WAIT. I got a big thing dropping around June maybe it'll be fun. It involves not one, but TWO penguins. That's all I'll say about that. Also Chaos Emeralds ae rad and the Classic Sonic Special Stages are as follows:  2's half pipe > 1's rotating nightmare >>> > 3d blasts boring bridges >>>>>>>>>>>>>3's blue spheres.

Doing my part to fund the new Tenchi Galaxy pilot. Here's hoping it leads to a series! (my poor wallet) Oh Kickstarter's live btw, GO!

The mild mannered, dignified princess Ayeka partaking in some casual festival fun with a harmless cork shooting game. She's not a maniac at all.

It's not until I try and explain and untangle the knot that is the various Tenchi continuities to others that I realise how unhinged it sounds to outsiders who don't know about the multiple continuities, the light novels, the prequels, spinoffs and side stories. But it is a lot of fun.

As much as I love current Tenchi (last ova was 2023, you did watch it right?) And I'd LOVE a remake/revival of the original Ryo-Ohki OVA continuity like Ranma 1/2 is currently getting, I'll totally throw down for a Universe follow up!

Armiger Entertainment@armigerentertainment.com · last mo.

NEW TENCHI MUYO! ANIME PRE-LAUNCH PAGE! Kiyone, Nagi, and Ken-Ohki set to return for all-new adventures! Directed by none other than Hiroshi Negishi! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7D6... #tenchimuyo #天地無用

Reminder that the Sonic the Hedgehog 35th Anniversary Special drops TOMORROW! And it is AMAZING. I'm not biased, (I didn't work on it!) it is SO GOOD. The art, the story, the gags, the action. It's one of my favourite pieces of IDW Sonic to date! Trust me, you need this one!

A doofy penguin in 3d glasses sitting next to a bunch of copies of IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog 35th anniversary special comics. He looks very happy because it's  such a FUN READ

It's Zineday once again and I'm peddling me wares over at www.patreon.com/RikDraws, this time celebrating the EIGHTH YEAR of doin this nutty little mag of mine. You think I'd learn by now but apparently not! It's got comics, sketches, fanart and commissions and all sorts for your perusin' pleasure!

The cover to Mackazine #95, the 8th anniversary special featuring Sonic the Hedgehog with a cake that has candles numbering 35 because it's his 35th anniversary this year, but more importantly  they equal 8 which is how many years I've been doing this daft zine! Check it out why don't ya, my wallet will thank you when I can keep my lights on!

Man. All I want from this life is to make stuff. For my friends to be able to make stuff. For us all to live comfortably & not stress or worry about the world ending. I want to have the luxury of being able to do nothing, & be useless sometimes. Life is already so hard. We gotta lift each other up.

So far my current regeneration is not putting up with any sort of nonsense. I think this is gonna be a fun one. It hasn't even been a week yet but I'm looking forward to seeing what happens.

I have aged. and as a result I am SO OLD. If anyone wants me I'm gonna either turn into dust or walk into the ocean I haven't quite decided yet.

Considering this is social media I haven't been very social so I tellsya what, if anyone has a question or something they wanna ask go for it! Ask me anything! I just finished a thing and I'm antsy for something to do.

Sat down to make a story note and accidentally wrote 500 words of a novel opening? Sometimes I surprise myself. Very tempted to just write a novel first and then back adapt it into a comic instead of being normal and writing a comic script first. HMMMM.

Okay someone won capitalism, good game. Now, shuffle your cards back into the deck and redistribute all the money evenly between all players. Lets go again.

Was just thinking to myself that I really want to make something when a loud bang made almost made me jump outta my chair. A book had fallen over on my shelf; "How to self publish comics: not just create them" (by @joshblaylock.bsky.social). WELL THANKS GHOSTS guess now I really have to make one.