Tom and Jess about art budgeting, and making your graphic novel without feeling bad...

We had a wonderful time meeting lots of you, and connecting one another, at MOCCA NYC 2026! Thanks for coming out!

Have you read IFS comics yet? You’re about to. Sacha Mardou has been making journal comics about the most intimate moments in her life — the inner dialogue she has with all the parts of herself while practicing Internal Family Systems. It’s a beautiful and accessible opening of the most vulnerable intimacy, shown with her robust resource of skill.

Word of Mouth Art Show And Social April 10, 2026

Join us for our biannual Word of Mouth sequential art show + social! Inspired by storytelling events around the US, Word of Mouth is SAW's performance spot for all your comic and sequential art needs.

Please RSVP!

In-Person donations are welcome.

Join us live on Wednesdays at 2 pm Eastern / 11 am Pacific, as Tom Hart and Jess Ruliffson talk about how to make a graphic novel, and take your questions!

GAZE: Gainesville Arts and Zine Expo April 11, 2026 The aim of this comics and zine festival is to bring folks together from all over Florida and beyond to enjoy SAW's incredible location, library, and community.

Do you know you’re still an animal? How do you care for your animal? Listen and settle into sensation, instinct, quiet observation. Your body knows how to be animal, just listen, and draw it out.

Join us on the first Thursday of each month for this sustainable, messy drop-in class to junk journal with Maria and Sam.

Sliding Scale $15-$30 per session. The min is set to $15. Select Add-Ons if you can donate extra. Your donation helps support us to run this workshop each month! Thank you!

📅 First Thursday of the Month, 6PM - 8PM

📍 In-Person 1314 S Main St Gainesville, FL

👥 Anyone into art! Class size limited to 20. Subject to cancellation.

On the surface it seems like music and comics are very different art forms, and very different practices…but they might have more in common, and more to offer each other, than you think.

Get cozy. Lie down. Softness is all around us, and still hard to find if we’re locked into tension. When I taught this practice, it was because I needed it desperately - and if you watch the video, you’ll see my curling up on the floor to lie down while I guide you through.

Make a comics website March 24 at SAW!

Character Design Workshop March 22

This episode brings you the one and only Kriota Willberg! Kriota’s career has been constructed of her own passions, no matter how different they may be - and as a result, she has a completely unique position as a bridge between the medical and comics communities.

This one’s gonna hurt. And that’s okay, pain is part of life. We all feel it, so let’s give it the grace of our attention.

The facts: Kickstarter suspended our campaign for Young in Iran, on Feb 18, 2026, a few days before it’s completion, and after it was more than 200% funded.

We respect their decision.

You can order here, now.

Zareen is relatively new to the comics scene, but her clear ambitions and community-building projects are a beacon for artists living with chronic health and disability experiences. As a person with chronic pain and disabilities myself, I was so excited to connect with Zareen, and you’ll hear me reaching with my words toward things I haven’t yet imagined, because our shared experiences allow me to try.

I’d been told I need unwinding for my drawing parts, after years of habits and strain have wound me tight. What it means may be different for each of us, and this practice is a method to find out for yourself. Unwinding, for a long and happy life in drawing ✨

Today’s guest is MK Czerwiec, one of the stewards of the Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC) and co-host of the Graphic Medicine Podcast that I was a guest on this month. Podcast swap!