Meredith McClaren's Blog, page 6

I thought y'all would enjoy a small excerpt from my curre...

I thought y'all would enjoy a small excerpt from my current travelogue ENJOY. ENDURE, about my time in Vietnam. (Although I’m still my layover in Bangkok right here.)

I DID GET TO TRY MANGOSTEENS!
(They are delicious.)

Didn’t get my hands on snake fruit or sugar apples though. Which is really sad because snake fruit, or salak, is supposed to make a really tasty milk drink.

No choice but to go back, I guess.

If you’d like to read more, the comic updates every Monday for paid members of my Patreon.

MEAT EATERS is out July 9th!

MEAT EATERS is out July 9th!

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Description: An illustration on stark red. Slanted from left to right, a solid red background has black trees bracketing the sides of the illustration. In front of the tree are three teens in reds and greys staring at the camera. First Ashley, followed by the secondary leads Harrison and Motley. Text in white, behind the trees reads ‘MEAT EATERS’.

June 30th is National OOTD… Day.

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June 30th is National OOTD… Day.

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Description: A small doodle of myself. I’m wearing jeans and a red plaid shirt, looking off to the left. I’m half wearing headphones, with my wacom pen in my mouth, dragging my computer in one and and carrying a celsius drink in the other.

It’s National Coconut Day!

It’s National Coconut Day!

Go eat/drink something co-co-nutty and pretend you’re on a beautiful beach.

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Please feel free to pick up CRUMBLE! Written by me, drawn by @andyharvest and published by Little Brown Young Readers. Available at most book/comic retailers.

And the recipe for the Lime Coconut Bars comes from The Spruce Eats! Go make some.

Dug up some early pitch material for MEAT EATERS. (All the way back from 2020)

Dug up some early pitch material for MEAT EATERS. (All the way back from 2020)

Excited to see this book finally on shelves July 9th

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Description: An illustration from inside a car. It focuses on our three lead characters of MEAT EATERS. Ashley is driving and sipping some coconut water. Motley is chilling with her bare feet on the dash and looking out the window. Harrison is sleeping in the back.

Royal (Hyena) and Jester (Tiger) practicing their dance moves before their next concert!

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Royal (Hyena) and Jester (Tiger) practicing their dance moves before their next concert!

Excited!!

Excited!!

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Description: A black and white illustration of a little cartoon me. I’m holding up and peeking out from under my book MEAT EATERS, smiling. Text below reads: ‘ALA June 28-29, Philadelphia’ for the American Library Association gathering this week. I’m excited. I’ve never been to Philly.

MEAT EATERS comes to comic book shops JULY 9th.

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MEAT EATERS comes to comic book shops JULY 9th.

It’s going to be spooky.

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Description: An illustration of a gas station at night. It literally looks like it’s just sitting in a black void. There’s a truck out front with two figures. A third figure is walking in from the dark.

Hey!

Hey!

It’s Friday the 13th! What better time to tease some interior art from my upcoming book MEAT EATERS, which follows Ashley, the newly dead and hating every minute of it.

The book will be out July 9th in local comic shops and I’m really excited for you to see it! (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)

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An interior comic page from MEAT EATERS, out in local comic book shops on July 9th.

The page consists of two long panels at the top and bottom. One where Ashley is alive, looking back with concern as someone calls out to her. The bottom panel shows her dead on the forest floor. Eight small panels make up the middle of the page, featuring cutaways, both of moments you would find in the forest (birds flying, bugs, plants) and Ashley’s hand tearing through the forest debris.

Yesterday (June 8th) was National Best Friends Day! So please enjoy these two best friends. Doing…

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Yesterday (June 8th) was National Best Friends Day! So please enjoy these two best friends. Doing normal best friend things.

Essex and Pax belong to BLACK CLOAK. If you want to see more of their best friend antics (like staring death in the face and solving murders), you should check out the book. Available at most comic book emporiums.

BLACK CLOAK was drawn by me, written by @1979semifinalist, lettered by Becca Carey, and designed by @rianhughes.

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Description:

An illustration of two characters against a blank background. They are both beat to hell and back. Essex, a dracona/elf hybrid is sitting with her legs out, tiredly wrapping her friend Pax’s ankle. Pax, the pixie, is lying on his back as Essex helps him. One arm in a sling, the other gesturing angrily. Yelling his obscenities to god. On the ground near them is a messy first aid kit.

You should see the other guy.