Niki Smith

@nikismithcomics.bsky.social

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Maker of fine queer comics (and some pretty trashy ones too). Author of MIDSUMMER SISTERS, SEA LEGS (with Jules Bakes), THE GOLDEN HOUR, THE DEEP & DARK BLUE, and more. She/her. ENG/GER http://niki-smith.com

Torn and scuffed dust jackets
230lb/100+kg of hardcover books
An enormous but broken ammonite fossil
Fossil hunting tools
Quinn sends a crab selfie to her crush
Festive salt lake bees
A boar with a nose rubbed shiny, in Kansas City
A panel from Midsummer Sisters next to a photo from the Outer Banks
Part 1 of "why I make queer comics"
A feral horse and her foal on the Outer Banks
June 10 Indie Bestsellers List, Midsummer Sisters is #13
Stop three, Medina, NY
Niki Smith's Midsummer Sisters graphic novel book tour
A timelapse video of the making of the cover of my new graphic novel MIDSUMMER SISTERS.
Eat the Rich sticker rally Sammelaktion at Comic Salon Erlangen 2026
A quote from the Horn Book starred review for my graphic novel, MIDSUMMER SISTERS.
A very tall double kneed basketball dunk
A black cat in a pink cone
I want even more praise! From Slam Dunk vol 10.
Cleaned up cover sketch #1 of MIDSUMMER SISTERS, my next graphic novel
Screenshot of Niki Smith's quarterly newsletter
Page one of my lesbian erotic comic PRICKLY PAIR.
A cardboard box from Scholastic that says BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS
I thought, "If I work at a normal company, I'd be bullied to death."
Twelve different design sketches for the cover of my next graphic novel, MIDSUMMER SISTERS
A comic festival table
Let's go birding in my graphic novel MIDSUMMER SISTERS!
An ad for Comic Invasion Berlin on May 9-10.
A page from the graphic novel MIDSUMMER SISTERS, coming out June 2 from Scholastic/Graphix.
A page from the graphic novel Midsummer Sisters. "Don't worry. I'll give you gloves." "This is SOOO GROOOSS."
The cover of the graphic novel Crossplay, about fandom and feelings and a whole lot of 18+ fun
A screenshot of the wolpertinger museum
A quote from the Shelf Awareness review for the graphic novel MIDSUMMER SISTERS.
a smiley with 6 fingers, saying "brudi wie pAInlich"
A strip from the Moomins vol 4.
Witch Hat Atelier limited edition book bonuses
Three rows of chibi portraits
A con table covered in queer comics
A pull quote from the School Library Journal starred review of the graphic novel MIDSUMMER SISTERS by Niki Smith. "Smith has carved out a niche in graphic novels for tweens and teens with each heartfelt story. A must purchase."
Screenshot of the Barnes & Noble page for the graphic novel MIDSUMMER SISTERS, currently 25% off.
The cover of Midsummer Sister, a graphic novel, featuring step-sisters on a beach, kayaks, and wild horses on sand dunes.
A grid of 9 video games: Blue Prince, Outer Wilds, Tunic, The Witness, Balatro, Return of the Obra Dinn, Inscryption, Baba is You, Spelling Bee
The Publishers Weekly starred review for my graphic novel Midsummer Sisters
Ji with a crotch light
The KIRKUS starred review for the graphic novel Midsummer Sisters: "An expressive, heartfelt exploration of the bonds that hold us together."
A con table covered in comics
A screenshot of the Amazon page for the graphic novel RUINED
Snowy forest
A panel from my comic UMAMI in the collection Bruised Fruit. Character is nonbinary and leaning against a suggestive mushroom farm.
The inside title page from Midsummer Sisters
A Clip Studio Paint timelapse coloring a two page spread from my graphic novel Midsummer Sisters
Hey, spielt Schach, statt euch zu kloppen
A risograph zine: Gesucht, gefunden.