too earnest for my own good

I'm Sven! Toronto based & making comics n illustrations n such. Currently working on Imago Palestina (weekly) and Slugger (slowly). Finally making an art blog to share other art(ists) I love, but my stuff is tagged #sven made this one

[svenmakescomics]

Birds yappin' 🐦

[a panel from "Runoff" in Pulping 2, with some colour slapped on top]

[marcelshorjian]

anatomy of a humiliation

[ghostlament]

I still like the idea of a devout religious vampire praying with a rosary and burning it's hands in some kind of masochistic penance for it's sins against nature...

[svenmakescomics]

You would like Matthew Houston's story for Ex Mag Vol. 5 (the vampire one 🧛)

[hamlettee]

Lemons and Oranges in Yellow, Green and Orange | Lemons and Oranges in Red || Linocut (22 and 23 January 2026)

[svenmakescomics]

First linocut :)

[secrets below the cut 🤫]

I definitely didn't accidentally write it backwards and flip the photo afterward 😌

[benadieshekiel]

NGE Children

[wuntrum]

in transit (3), acrylic and carborundum paste on paper

[wuntrum]

and the sketch

[kumerish]

After Bruegel

[kumerish]

HANNAH

[atomic-chronoscaph]

art by Eyvind Earle

[saint-vagrant]

feeling very BOY SKIN (2025) 🚬😮‍💨

[saint-vagrant]

oh yeah, i'll be at MICE this weekend with @kingfisher-cove and a bunch of books. my name is pronounced like joseph with a sh instead of a j 🫶

[taylornprice]

tomatoes are also available in a cute lil 5x7 🍅

[cardo-de-comer]

tired

[svenmakescomics]

Not technically Halloween anymore, but it's still fall 🍁😌 So enjoy a Bigtop Burger-clad Plywood (my friend Kat's character from my last MotW campaign)

[saint-vagrant]

Datura Magazine

Datura Magazine is a queer josei-inspired anthology series featuring a range of speculative and realist stories for an adult audience that,

more news: DATURA magazine vol 4 is now available in digital and print form! featuring comics by Madeline McGrane, buttercup, safron isaac robin, and me (seosamh dáire.)

i've never seen my work riso printed before... i understand now. really lovely, and it was such a pleasure to be able to contribute to this volume 💘

cover art by me • title design by Mar Julia dited & produced by mar & sunmi • cover printed by jess jess press • interiors printed at sva riso lab by sabii borno

[saint-vagrant]

i'm excited to announce that physical copies of BOY SKIN are now available🖤 thank you everyone who supported the initial digital release back in june! and if you're attending MICE (dec 6-7) you'll be able to pick one up in person.

BOY SKIN is a short story for adults about a hookup one night in the autumn of the past. Dan's tentative fun abruptly ends and he's kicked out into the cold of unsettled memories, but soon falls into brotherly lockstep with his new friend Val. Trans, butch, emotional and erotic, a comic interwoven with illustrated prose. 52 pages, greyscale, A5 (5x8)