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@monsterpopcomic
i recently found these charms i drew for monsterpop almost 10 years ago... they're so cute 😭🧡
at the time when i was drawing monsterpop i was continually beaten down by self loathing and imposter syndrom, so being able to look back at it fondly all these years later is very healing
hey y’all, at some point in the next month the monsterpop site will be going down.
monsterpop will still be archived on tapas, tho the music cannot be embedded there. the monsterpop site may eventually return after some maintenance but i’m not certain.
the monsterpop site is currently offline but you can still read it on tapas, listen to the music on bandcamp
and you can also buy volumes 1 & 2 for $10 and $15 respectively!
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hey y’all, at some point in the next month the monsterpop site will be going down.
monsterpop will still be archived on tapas, tho the music cannot be embedded there. the monsterpop site may eventually return after some maintenance but i’m not certain.
i just realized, after all those recent monsterpop sketches i did, i can't remember if i ever shared with y'all the sketch for the cover of what would have been the third (and final) volume of monsterpop if it had been printed!
some monsterpop thoughts
mmmm maybe i should add the white outlines to the first one so they match…..
i colored more monsterpop doodles
close ups
more monsterpop doodles cuz some of yall really wanted that percy/george content
decided to color the monsterpop doodles but idk i might like the b&w version better
just felt like drawing the monsterpop trio
decided to color this drawing of franny and george
can y’all BEELIEVE it?? today is the 10 year anniversary of when i started monsterpop
tho it got cut short right before the end, it was a good 7 years
just some kids
Hi there! I'm sure you get messages like this a lot, but I just finished Monster Pop and wanted to say thank you for creating something so wonderfully wonderful. Everything about it made me feel so seen and hopeful, I'm really glad I came across it. Hope you're doing well :)
i’m really glad you enjoyed it! thank you for reading! 😊
some ipad doodles. every time im feeling down about my art I just need to remember to draw a george and compare it to my old monsterpop drawings lol
I'm testing out this printer that was given to me with fanart of monster pop.
mCUTE!!!! omg.... 😭💖
Hey there! I just finished Monster Pop! and it’s been a RIDE- I first read in early HS & I reread the whole thing, I’m a college sophomore rn. It hit hard now that I’m open-ish abt being trans & relate to Franny literally being torn in two by her parents fighting. I love the chosen family aspect & how messy yet beautiful adult relationships can be! Basically I had a lot of feelings & the epilogue warmed my cold undead heart. Thank you for the journey! Hope you’ve been well!
thank you so much for all the kind words! when i first started monsterpop i didn’t really have any clear direction other than that i wanted to draw something fun and cute. at the time i was in college making extremely edgy and dark short comics for my schoolwork and i wanted to do something lighthearted as a reprieve from being a Very Serious Artist, Thank You Very Much.
eventually monsterpop evolved into something that was really about learning to take ownership of yourself and your actions – whether they were good or bad. when i first started writing monsterpop, it was all pretty shallow – everyone was nice and fun except ben, who’d been raised to hate monsters. the whole “twist” was just that george didn’t end up with him and instead found comfort and love in her best friend. originally, i had wanted george and marina to end up together – until i realized that that felt… wrong.
it wasn’t until i was writing chapter 4 that i realized that it felt wrong because marina felt like a prize or some “end game” romantic trophy that was lovable, but ultimately kept at arms reach from george and her problems. franny was the one helping george grow: challenging her, comforting her, pulling her up. and when i knew i wanted to write an arc about franny’s problems – i knew she needed george and percy together to pull her up and that them forming a strong bond was important both for her and for each other.
at the time i didn’t have the knowledge or language to realize i was writing a found family story, but i learned and grew so much during the 7 years i spent working on monsterpop, i dealt with expectations and guilt and lots of relationships, both good and bad; i came out the other side from being “hashtag relatable” and navigating parasocial relationships (before i had the language for that either) and setting boundaries, both online and with the people close to me; i met my wife and we fought for each other and we built a life together, a life i love, that ultimately became the reason i had to stop making monsterpop, because the rest of my life was so good and at the end i felt so terrible when i was drawing monsterpop and i had been working so hard on improving my life and my mental and emotional well-being that i knew that even tho the comic was so close to completion, i couldn’t continue to sacrifice my happiness any longer.
ending monsterpop was really bittersweet. i love monsterpop dearly. i love comics. i love writing. i loved writing monsterpop. i absolutely hate drawing comics – it takes way too much time and no matter how much i work on my craft, i don’t think any comic i draw will ever be up to my standards, and so drawing comics at some point became phenomenally bad for my self esteem.
this was really long and meandering, but i just wanted to say that i am so grateful for everyone who has read my comic and supported me ending it; to everyone who read and loved the epilogue, especially the people who have told me so. i was so scared to do this – all of this – for so long. i felt so much guilt over it, i felt luck such a hypocrite, like i was being weak and selfish. and then the moment i finally announced the ending – and then later when i posted the script and the epilogue – i just felt nothing but relief. and y’all have been nothing but kind and accepting and wonderful and i really, truly appreciate it so much. thank you all for coming on this journey with me.
