A.L. Kaplan

@alkcomics.bsky.social

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Eisner-nominated artist. Shorter than most. Makes comics 💀🖤🏳️‍⚧️✨ Rep: mmaclysaght@aevitascreative.com Art: kineticcollectibles.com Webcomic: tapas.io/series/fst 🖼️ alkcomics.com 🛒 alkcomics.bigcartel.com

Photo of a zine flat lay riso printed in mahogany and mini inks, featuring decorative typography
Photo of my hand over my tablet screen working on a flatlay of a two color zine layout. "Inviting trans masc readings of poetry & literature"
Photo of a painting of canada geese on a green field with daisies
Riso print in midnight ink of an illustrative band logo
A stack of risograph printed posters featuring illustrative band logos, one of which is a centipede shaped like large intestine curling around the name "gastroentomologist" drawn like small intestines
My hand drawing on a surface tablet. The image is of two fictional band logos in white on a black background
Photo of the previously printed zine in the same colors, but the overlaps are much muddier
Photo of a two color risograph print in Blue and Fluo Orange that I made, fresh outta the printer babeyyy, featuring drawings of X-Men characters Madelyn Pryor (as The Goblin Queen) and Jean Grey (as Jean Grey) drawn by The Gorgonist and myself, respectively.
page from my sci-fi webcomic, Water, featuring a crew being surprised by being told their footage captured a goblin shark below 1300m. In the story, this is fake footage spliced in by their parent company to cover up something else
Preserved goblin shark from Australian Museum. Their jaw extends! Like some angler fish! But they're huge sharks!
Light pink ink on a mid blue shirt
2017ish inks. So much going on in the hair and clothing that doesn't really communicate much about the forms.
image of a boy surrounded by dark, shiny goop
colored drawing of three wholesome kids hanging out. they are characters from my 2015-2019 queer sci-fi webcomic, Full-Spectrum Therapy. on the left is Tayler who has bleached hair, a shirt that says "meatpacker" in a metal font, and is blowing a smoke ring from a joint. on the right is Kylee smiling in a studded vest. In the center is Quin in a sheer mesh shirt. He has his arms around both of them. It's pretty wholesome.
Ink sketching sailor moon
Ink drawing of the main character in my graphic novel currently out on submission. She has a dull expression and a shiny bob
Me holding a Chick tract with the word 'hone' redacted so the dialogue, in a panel with a man clutching his heart in front of the grim reaper, reads "take my hand lord jesus I'm coming"
Closeup of ink drawing in process
character sheet for Ethan Rivera, written by Josh Trujillo and Jude Ellison S Doyle
Comic page being held up in front of a room of people and balloon numbers celebrating 100 issues of DUNE comics zine!
Wip photo of inks breaking in new nibs on some real flimsy Chinese manga paper
Selfie with my ailing tuxedo cat, Casper, resting his head on the arm on my keyboard, body draped over my lap, sleeping.
Cropped photo of a traditionally inked comic page featuring a big weird bodyhorror monster blob with a sort of mouth. Screentones and white ink add dimension
Photo of an inked comic cover featuring a monster mouth and my hand shading screentones with a knife
Photo of a page from a zine printed on a risograph machine in fluorescent pink and blue, featuring exodus from the X-Men looking sad and gay
My booth at ECCC, with stuff on it and maybe even prices? Jury's out on that one
Photo of a riso printed zine in fluo pink and blue featuring the X-Men character Magma
Risograph zine printed in fluo pink and blue featuring boom boom of the X-Men. I couldve done the overlays better on this one. Maybe I'll recolor it for a future edition
Photo of a riso printed zine page in blue and fluo pink featuring the X-Men character spiral, looking like a maniac. Also the photo is kinda bluish and I guess I didn't edit it correctly, oh well
Photo of a risograph print in blue and fluo pink of Dazzler from x-men
Photo of a cover for SIKTC in progress. My hand holds a Kuretake fudegokochi pen and I am detailing a bit body horror mess
Screenprint t-shirt, his pronouns are snikt/bub
Photo of riso zine featuring the brainy bisexual disaster Prodigy from the X-Men, printed in fluo pink and blue
Photo of risograph zine printed in blue and fluo pink ink of Angel from X-Men
Photo of a risograph print in fluo pink and blue
Photo of a risograph zine page printed in fluo pink and blue, featuring a back muscle shot of the shiny X-Men character Colossus. Study of Arnold
Video of fluorescent orange and blue risograph pages coming out of the printer, featuring an assortment of d-list X-Men characters
black and white comic page from MAW featuring a fish monster
Cutting mat with bone folder and blade. Cut strips of holofoil book obi prints for the new Full-Spectrum Therapy volumes, and two new X-Men stickers: trans Warlock saying "parts subject to change" and fierce Magik saying "not today, belasco"
Kinda janky photo of a risograph page printed in blue and fluo pink
Giampietro Baudo’s shoot of the beautiful Mor Mbaw for Lofficiel Hommes Italia Magazine Dec 2021
Blue and fluo pink risograph zine page featuring an illustration of the X-Men villain Pyro wearing a flamboyant smoking jacket and holding a lighted cigarette
Cheesy western valentine's illustration of DC comics transmasc hero Jules Jourdain / Circuit Breaker
Cheesy Valentine art from my webcomic featuring a gothy boy in black and a boy in a baseball uniform
photo of a blue and fluorescent pink risograph printed zine page featuring the X-Men character Mystique holding a skull with a long, suggestive tongue
F-ST book 2, in the flesh! Photo of me holding the book open to a page with a nine panel grid of a character's face with some pretty intense dialogue
the ten self-published issues of my queer sci-fi comic Full-Spectrum Therapy arranged in a half-circle. The colors make a rainbow. Each corner has a decorative arabesque with alien eyes.
Photo of a blue and fluorescent pink risograph zine page featuring the X-Men character Storm. The queen! Storm has been my favorite since childhood, when I scoured thrift stores, garage sales, and flea markets for action figures of her. For this outfit, I wanted to show power and movement. The leather tassels flow with her summoned wind, and the lightning bolt collar was inspired by a jacket from Bob Mackie worn by Cher at a 2023 Carol Burnett tribute.
Photo of a zine printed in fluorescent pink and blue on a risograph machine featuring the X-Men character Quicksilver. My contribution to the House of M. To show speed, I wanted dramatic fabric to look like liquid metal while he poses still and petluant. I liked echoing the lightning bolt shapes in his hair and highlights--something borrowed from my work on The Flash over at DC.
photograph of a risograph printed zine. it is printed in fluorescent pink and blue. it features Professor X flashing a new set in a cunty pose. Charles X-Slayvier? Professor XCX?
photo of a page from Stuff of Nightmares: the Monster Makers by R.L. Stine and A.L. Kaplan. A shocked scientist in a labcoat looks on from a body on the operating table at his brother dead and bloody on the floor. His assistant, a girl with glasses, shockingly holds her face and exclaims. Colors by the great Roman Titov
narrow black and white comic panel of a pinky promise between a hand with black nail polish and a skeleton hand
color comic page
Jules Jourdain aka Circuit Breaker in "8 Seconds of Still Force" from Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate (DC, 2023). Two stacked comic panels, the top in dark blue the bottom in green, featuring a sequence of squinted eyes tentatively opening. Blobs of liquid hover in the air. Text reads "no...this isn't death."