Ian Tait

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Ian Tait (like Ivan without the V) 🌲 Comics & Stories from the PNW 📚 Creator of Pacifica 🌱 Building creative community

Small Creatures, a comics anthology by Humboldt Comix Collective.
An orange isopod (pill bug) crawling along the edge of a work glove.
At table set up at Arts Alive 5-2-2026. The table is covered with books by 12 different Humboldt County, CA creators. There is also a display with educational brochures about comics.
A photo of a bald eagle perched at the top of a post.
Comics! More than superheroes and funny pages. Eureka Arts Alive! Old Town Gazebo (2nd and F St.) May 2nd, 6pm - 9pm Come learn about comics, local creators, and why you should be reading them. Funded by Eureka Cultural Arts District.
A photo with some moss, dried leaves, and rotting wood in a terrarium.
Always Be Creating
You are in control of your creative process, and you can adapt to any challenge.
An image of comics made in Humboldt County, CA spread out to view.
Photo of an assortment of comics by 11 different Humboldt County, CA artists.
How can we educate people about the value of indie comics? How can we make indie comics more accessible to new readers?
Read a F-ing comic book!
A sketch of Gavin and Zephyr from Pacifica standing next to a very large fruit that is bigger than both of them.
A mutant fisher wearing a t-shirt, vest, and shorts. He holds a long sword and a short sword.
A comic showing a leaf blowing past a young man and landing in a puddle.
Some older work, one with colored pencils, the other with ink.
You are grateful for the support of your readers and the creative community.
A photo of Sequoia Park in Eureka, CA. The view is from the top of a hill looking down at a trail below through the redwoods.
A photo of Humboldt County, CA created comics spread out on a table. There is also a display of educational brochures about comics.
Pencil sketches of isopods.
A picture of a young woodsman as a tiny figure standing before the entrance of a forest of towering redwoods.
A photo of a chipmunk on a wooden fence.
A selection of Humboldt created comics.
A picture of the front of a custom made display for brochures about comics.
Sketches of a young woodsman and some slugs and snails made of slime.
Gavin, a young woodsman.
Mixed media picture of a surprised raccoon saying "You want me to do WHAT!?"
A photo of a display being glued together and clamps holding it in place.
A page from a sketchbook with various doodles.
Comics, more than superheroes and funny pages. Eureka Arts Alive, Old Town Gazebo, 2nd and F St. May 2nd, 6pm - 9pm
A photo of blackberries on a vine. Some are ripe and others are red or green.
A colored pencil picture of a Steller's Jay in flight with an abstract background.
An image of a large, horned, black cat breathing fire at a flying Steller's Jay folk who is blowing the fire back at the demon cat.
An image of a d20 and two miniatures. It has the text: All the world's a tabletop, and all the men and women merely players.
An image of a graphically styled sun behind a redwood tree. It has the text: You create comics that resonate with readers on a deep emotional level.
Sketches of two Steller's Jay folk fighting a large horned cat.
A photograph of a Red Shouldered Hawk and a Steller's Jay sitting near each other in a redwood tree.
Sketches from a page of Pacifica: Birds of a Feather. They show Gavin soaking a blanket in water to try and put out a fire.
An image of File Explorer showing a folder with 1707 pictures of Steller's Jays.
A sketch from Pacifica: Birds of a Feather. It shows Gavin and two jay folk fighting a large fire breathing cat with horns.
Ian (Pronounced like Ivan without the V) Tait "working" at his desk.
Low point of view looking up at a woodsman with an axe walking through a redwood forest. Above him fly two Steller's Jay folk.
An image showing sketches for a page layout for a comic.
A chicken grazing alongside a wild covey of quail.
The Guardian Legend title screen.
A comic picture of a young woodsman with an ax and the text: Each comic you create is a reflection of your creative spirit and originality. #ArtistAffirmations
A thumbnail of an educational brochure about comics. It is colorful and contains a link to the Patreon post that explains the project. https://patreon.com/Tait
A logo for The Wyrd Northwest in several different color combinations.
Zephyr offers Gavin a stick of pemmican.
A Crested Screamer and chick from Sequoia Park Zoo.
Colored sketch of a Steller's Jay folk next to a large fruit nearly as big as himself.
"'Modesty Blaise' is not well known in the United States, but in the united kingdom, she's an institution - especially for a comic book reader of a certain age." - Antony Johnston