JoAnna

@joannascience.bsky.social

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science writer and illustrator-for-hire joannawendelcomics.com

Illustration of a flamingo with its beak in the water, fishing for shrimp. Text reads "A Flamingo's Spin on Dinner. Written by Sofia Caetano Avritzer, Illustrated by JoAnna Wendel."
Drawing of a snail+horse hybrid with a snail body, horse head and snail eye stalks. And snail shell. It's called a snorse.
Photo shows a flier advertising pet portraits by JoAnna. Text says the portraits start at $50 for your pet on a plain background, with extra add-ons available like a more detailed background. Email petsbyjoanna@gmail.com to learn more.
Illustration shows a brown-spotted fish with big fins and weird little legs coming out its underside. The fish is eating a clam. Text reads "Sea Robin Legs Double as Tongues. Written by Andrea Tamayo and Maria Temming, Illustrated by JoAnna Wendel"
Comic panel featuring a stupid-looking llama munching on some grass. Text reads "Optical Illusions Fool Hoofed Animals Too. Written by Maria Temming, Illustrating by JoAnna Wendel"
Illustration of a mermaid that evolved in a kelp forest. She has green skin and hair and is eating a bright purple sea urchin.
Illustration of a mermaid that evolved in the open ocean. She has tiny arms, lots of blubber, and blue skin. Her backside facing the surface is darker blue, for camouflage
Illustration of a mermaid that evolved at a hydrothermal vent. She has reddish skin, big eyes, and long fingers.
Illustration of a mermaid that evolved in the deep sea. She's got big eyes and teeth, long fingers (one with a bioluminescent lure), reddish skin and a translucent tail.
Henri Matisse's Blue Nude II painting but it's a frog
Photograph shows a stack of magazines called Science News Explores. On the cover is an illustration of a young girl flying over pink mountains and a green river. It's the illustration to accompany the cover story, called "Journey into the Dreamscape," about lucid dreaming.
Cartoon shows a cat sitting on a chaise lounge, talking to a butler. The cat says "Tell the human I want a belly rub, then I'll claw him. It'll be a gas."
Picture shows a greeting card that says "you may be a republican but you're still the world's greatest dad"