The Toonstack Gift Guide
for the esteemed cartoon lover in your life
Yesterday I was drawing at a holiday market when a woman stopped at my booth and said, “Hey I know you, you’re on Toonstack.”
For that sole reason, and no other reason, I created a Toonstack Gift Guide. Please thank this anonymous woman who has great hair.
Ditch those big cartoon businesses this year, buy from the lil cartoon guys and gals here at Toonstack. We really know how to stretch the dollars we sometimes receive.
Me? Hilary? I’m selling TWO things this Holiday Season. Up first a signed copy of The Joy of Snacking. I’ll draw your favorite snack in!!!
I also just announced a brand new Honkytonk painting! Limited prints available! The original sold. SORRY!!! Watch the video of the process behind this piece here.
Emily Flake
Have you ever been grappling with your creative work, but found yourself hitting a wall?
Here’s the thing—sometimes you push through a wall. And sometimes, you need to reset your mind so that you can attack the problem with fresh eyes. That’s where Joke in a Box comes in!
Designed as an at-home version of New Yorker cartoonist Emily Flake’s popular workshop, Joke in a Box will provide a gateway into the craft of joke writing and construction, with modular prompts designed to help you see the world in a more playful and inventive way. Presented with care, empathy, and a sense of joy, this 70-card deck full of exercises and ideas is useful not just to gag writing and drawing, but to any form that speaks to you as a creator. Exercises focus on idea generations techniques such as making lists to force comic juxtapositions, drawing exercises (why not mine your junk mail for visual reference and inspiration!), and encouragement.
Kendra Allenby
Give the gift of making art and screw the capitalist forces. Kendra is teaching monthly drawing workshops with community hangouts. Get a membership for yourself and a friend and make 2026 the year you made a ton of art.
Amy Kurzweil
got a printer, I got a stack ‘o books, I got a pen, I love going to the post office. You got people to gift. Let’s make this happen people! High quality Art Prints for $95. Signed books for a steal! $20 paperback or $25 hardcover. Or bundle it! Any book + Art Print for $100! Includes shipping within the US. Enter your desires here to arrange the sale.
Jason Chatfield
For a very limited time, I’m opening a tiny window to draw your dog into my new cartoon book about dogs.
Here’s how it works:
You send me a couple of photos and your dog’s name. I’ll hand-draw your pup in the inside cover! Your dog will live there forever, alongside all the other badly behaved, wildly loved doggos and puppers in the world.
It’s the perfect gift for:
-Dog-obsessed friends and family
-Couples who treat their dog like their first child
-Anyone who loves New Yorker cartoons and wants a personal Easter egg in a published book
This is a bespoke, time-intensive thing, so I’m capping the number of spots. Christmas orders close December 10th, so I have time to draw, design, and get everything hand-drawn and shipped in time for Christmas.
Send photos of your pup and order here!
Sofia Warren
My book, Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator, is a graphic memoir chronicling my time embedded with first-time state senator Julia Salazar. The year was 2019, and Julia was the first socialist elected to the state senate in a hundred years. And I was a complete state politics newbie, following behind her with a sketchbook!
Sarah Kempa
Custom cartoons, prints and zines on my etsy!
Ellis Rosen
My new Shop EllisRrosen.com! Hats and Prints!
Emily Bernstein
A book of comics about having a child and feeling like one, too. Great for the pregnant or pregnancy-curious, as well as those who have given birth and / or been born.
Limited edition, numbered and signed by the author
$20 off with discount code diaperfund :)
But wait, there’s more!
Hilary releases Cartoons by Hilary every Friday! And her book is out!!!
Attention Bay Area folks! Amy Kurzweil is teaching a graphic memoir class IN PERSON. Fill out this form here if you’re interested.
Subscribe to Jason’s regular weekly Substack at NewYorkCartoons.com
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great recommendations, thanks!