#cat vess

[sketchycedar]

Quick doodles of vess as various cat pics i found on pinterest

Might do some of em better later cuz this was fun and i didnt really capture the one with the weird arms right

#cat vess #vessel #sleep token art #sleep token fanart #sleep token #traditional art #art #doodle #sleep token doodles #cedars sketches

[artistic-apollo]

Idk why im so bad at drawing ii

Its not fair i love him but i cant seem to draw him at ALL

#featuring cat vessel #behold bear ivy #wack ass possum ii #possumn iii #bear ivy #mouse ii i think #mouse ii would be precious if i could get him down cleaner #or better at all even a little bit #cat vess #artists on tumblr #drawing #sketch #traditional art #art #sleep token #sleep token art #original art #sleep token iii #sleep token vessel #ivy sleep token #ii sleep token

[elkkiel]

an offering of more cat Vess

solo images under the cut!

#im very excited about kitty vess #thinking of calling the collection “cat nap” #elkk.art #sleep token vessel #sleep token #worshitposting #sleep token fanart

[thehauntedrocket]

Art by Charles Vess

#Comics #Charles Vess #Horror #Cats #Fantasy #Horror Comics #Art #Illustration

[curtvilescomic]

Spider-Man and Black Cat by Charles Vess 

#comics #Spider-Man #Black Cat #Charles Vess

[thebestcomicbookpanels]

Charles Vess paints a beautiful scene with The Black Cat and Spider-Man

#spider man #black cat #felicia hardy #peter parker #spider-man #the best comic book panels #marvel comics #marvel #pin up summer #pin-up #charles vess

[smashedpages]

Happy Birthday to Charles Vess!

#comic book birthdays #charles vess #sandman #stardust #the book of ballads and sagas #black cat #spider-man #madman #heavy metal #the books of earthsea

[dent-de-leon]

I am glad you love Smolly, now I hand you

Teakitties

aHHHH I LOVE THEM!!! Lucien having so much fun when Jester polymorphs him into a cat is so important to me, I think all the Tealeafs would really love getting to run away as the most mischievous kitty-- And aww they're just!! all so cute!! I love Molly and King's little ribbons ;; ALSO I JUST NOTICED MOLLY PLAYING WITH THE LITTLE MOUSE THAT'S SO SWEET! They all deserve so many pets and treats

#I would like to cuddle with them all #all the tealeafs are truly just big tiefling cats to me #and the fact that caleb and vess both refer to the tealeafs as cats still gets me--

[thebeautifulbook]

A CIRCLE OF CATS by Charles De Lint (New York: Viking, 1973). Illustrated by Charles Vess.

‘Lillian is an orphan who lives with her aunt on a homestead miles from anyone, surrounded by uncharted forest. She wanders the woods, chasing squirrels and rabbits and climbing trees. Free-spirited and independent Lillian is a kindred spirit to the many wild cats who gather around the ancient beech tree. One day, while she is under the beech, Lillian is bitten by a poisonous snake. The cats refuse to let her die, and use their magic to turn her into one of their own. How she becomes a girl again is a lyrical, original folktale.’ from Goodreads

Winner of the 2003 World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction.

#beautiful books #book blog #books books books #book cover #books #illustrated book #children’s book #charles de lint #charles vess #cats

[sketchycedar]

Offering of lil guys

#cat vess #even though i think he would be a raccoon #mouse(?) ii even though i think hed be a cat #possum iii #iii is a possum and im not taking criticism #bear ivy #because hes a cuddly guy #and hes caked #sleep token fanart #sleep token headcanons #kinda

[artistic-apollo]

#featuring dragonfly vessel #dragonfly vess gets his own post #this is what happens when my foolish self thinks i can go to sleep instead of thinking about them #featuring cat vess #featuring cat vessel #cat vess #vessel would be the kind of cat that liquifys when you pick him up #teddy bear ii #iiis cool shirt #i want the shirt i thought up but i thought it up which means it doesnt exist

[evilhorse]

Charles Vess Cards (1995) 54: Tales of the Heart

#Charles Vess Cards #charles vess #cat #tree #fantasy art #trading cards #comics trading cards #90s comics trading cards #fpg

[elkkiel]

meow! have a licky cat Vess :3

#a teeste of da diviiiibe #it is u you are the divibe :3 #i actually remembered the spaulder this time lets fucking go #cat nap #elkk.art #sleep token vessel #sleep token fanart #worshitposting #Sleep Token

[bobbole]

Sandman, cats & tree - art by Charles Vess

#the sandman #sandman art #dream of the endless #illustration #illustrator #Charles Vess

[neil-gaiman]

Mr. Gaiman,

The Cat of Dreams from Sandman reminds me of the "Father of Cats", a character from Charles de Lint's book A Circle of Cats. The book was illustrated by Charles Vess, who I know you've worked with before (I think he illustrated Sandman #19, the issue after “A Dream of a Thousand Cats”, among others). Is there any "official" connection between these characters or is this merely a coincidence?

I remember loving de Lint's book as a kid, and when I came across the Cat of Dreams in Sandman as an adult, I thought of it immediately! Alas, Google has not helped me to resolve this query.

Dream of a Thousand Cats was published in 1990, and A Circle of Cats came out in 2003, so that's a question for Charles, not me.

[excavatinglizard]

✨ Hello all it is that time once again!! ✨

Do you like queer sci-fi and fantasy? Do you see the same books recommended everywhere? After a year I’m back with a collection of strange and sometimes dark books that you may have heard of, but I hope I’ve found a few you haven’t! I’m just chucking these into the void so if you enjoy these recs or have read any, let me know!

Meet Us by the Roaring Sea, Akil Kumarasamy

Honeycomb, Joanne M Harris

Hot Head, Simon Ings

Are You Listening, Tillie Walden

Hell Followed With Us, Andrew Joseph White

Enigma, Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo

Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee

Salt Slow, Julia Armfield

Never Have I Ever, Isabel Yap

All the Hometowns You Can’t Stay Away From, Izzy Wasserstein

I’ll put the full descriptions below the cut, but as always I’d love to hear if you have any more recommendations!

Meet Us by the Roaring Sea, by Akil Kurasamy

Meet Us by the Roaring Sea by Akil Kumarasamy was one of the strangest books I’ve read this year, but also one of my favourites by far. This is a story within a story, following both the near-future second-person narration of a woman training an AI while grieving her mother, and the lives of a group of Tamil medical students. This is a story about grief and the sensationalization of war and the things we do to live each day—but at its heart, it’s a story about women who love each other in whatever way they can. This book has some of the most gorgeous prose I’ve encountered in a long time, and it’s strange and meandering and contemplative.

Honeycomb, by Joanne M. Harris

Honeycomb by Joanne M. Harris follows the well-trodden path of fairy stories—a child swapped, a woman seeing what she was never meant to and being blinded for it—and slowly expands into an intricate web of stories and characters. Worlds within worlds within stories make up this book, and the illustrations by Charles Vess bring everything to life. The characters in these stories feel ancient in a way I can’t explain, and if you enjoyed the Starless Sea you’ll almost certainly enjoy this.

Are You Listening, by Tillie Walden

Are You listening is a book that I’ve picked up over and over again—it’s a graphic novel which I can finish in one sitting, and each time I have to sit and think and just feel afterwards. This is a story of a girl who’s run away from home, and who encounters another woman heading on her own way. What started as an escape becomes a road trip across Texas full of cats and shifting roads and tiny quiet moments. Strange and dreamlike at times, this book manages to make me cry over each character and their individual stories every time.

Tw for references to SA

Hell Followed With Us

Hell Followed With Us is one of those books that I didn’t realize how hard it was hitting me until I finished and couldn’t function for two hours. This book follows a young man in a world plagued by a disease that makes mindless monsters out of its victims—only he’s been infected by the church he was raised under, and he’s slowly turning into something much worse. Benji tries to escape, but his past isn’t ready to let him go just yet and the infection is only getting worse. The author describes this book as beginning as a ‘fit of rage’, which is truly the only way to describe it. While this is technically a YA book, beware of body horror, transphobia, religious extremism and disease. Somehow this book managed to look inside me and see so many things I’d never been able to put into words, all bundled up in a mass of viscera and grieving boys.

Enigma, by Peter Milligan

I discovered this comic through a newsletter from Charlie Jane Anders, and then proceeded to absolutely lose my mind over it and have to tell everyone I know about it. Enigma is a story about a man stuck in a dead-end job and a dead-end relationship, who suddenly finds that the characters of his favourite childhood superhero comic have come to life. The art style is gorgeous though it changes throughout the book, and Enigma swerves between a vast and bizarre story of gods in wells and far too many lizards, to incredibly intimate moments and interesting characters. Be prepared for body horror and a constant general sense of unease.

Ninefox Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee

If last year was giving in to reading Gideon, this was my year of going insane over Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (this is sadly the only space opera on this year’s list). Ninefox Gambit has everything I love in science fiction—casually queer characters, intricate universes, strange definitions of self and TRAUMA. Someone please get these two some therapy. When a major position of power is attacked, Kel Cheris finds herself with a promotion to general and the disgraced strategist who massacred his crew inside her head. The thing that stands out to me about Yoon Ha Lee’s work is his characterizations—even the most minor character has quirks to make them feel like a person, which is only stronger in the main characters.

Salt Slow, by Julia Armfield

Saltslow is the first of three anthologies on this list, and it’s the debut collection by Julia Armfield (who wrote Our Wives Under the Sea. For an idea of what you’re getting into). Following the trend of strange and a little dark this year, a lot of these stories border on horror and explore experiences like losing your ability to sleep, shape shifting through puberty and being a roadie to a band that leaves mass violence in its wake. While Our Wives Under the Sea will definitely stay my favourite Julia Armfield book, Saltslow managed to pack a whole lot into such short stories full of queer women and trans feels.

Never Have I Ever, by Isabel Yap

I picked up Never Have I Ever on a whim and I’m so glad I did, since it definitely ranked in my top anthologies of the year. Never Have I Ever is a collection of short stories, often centered around Filipino and Japanese folk lore (although there is one story about a wizard in San Francisco making a love potion, what of it). This collection ranges from funny to sad and explores Filipino culture, the anti-drug campaigns and the horror that is growing up. Often short stories feel unfinished but every part of this collection felt well thought out and polished, plus the cover is gorgeous.

All the Hometowns you Can’t Stay Away From, by Izzy Wasserstein

The final anthology, All The Hometowns You Can’t Stay Away From is mostly sci-fi with a handful of fantasy-leaning stories, though whatever technology there may be takes a back-seat to the characters who stood out as the heart of each piece. Unplaces, a story set up as a researcher’s notes in the margins of an atlas, desperately trying to make the world a better place in whatever way she can, and Everything the Sea Takes, It Returns—a story about living after the end of the world—were the two that really stuck with me. The writing here is perhaps more straightforward than some other entires on the list, but each story is a perfect little piece of character and emotions which truly make an excellent anthology.

Anyway, that’s this year’s list! Go forth and read more strange queer books, and support your local libraries!

#book recommendations #queer books #ninefox gambit #queer scifi #tillie Walden #book recs #here we go. this wasn’t my best year of books but I still managed to drag together enough to make my list! #these lists keep getting broader and broader haha #I need to find more space operas to satisfy my need