Matt Emmons
@secondatbest
Philadelphia based comic artist The Council of Frogs/ Gardener/ Those That Inherit the Earth/ etc. secondatbestpress.com Risograph Print Club & comics work
The diver’s ascension - this month’s riso print, and my thoughts on crabs building a religion
This is a single, limited edition run that I’ll be bringing to SDCC but a few are on the site (while they last). Here’s the digital color mock up for comparison www.secondatbestpress.com
Kanto Safari Zone - a five color riso print I made for myself as a treat. Try as I might, I’ve never actually caught everything in the safari zone in one playthrough so I had to at least draw it complete.
For some reason the older I get the more I love Slowpoke. Drawing this dummy for fun (for once)
Stranded. This month’s entry to the riso print club Every time I think I know how inks will print together, I am humbled.
Last call! Nearly out of these and others, especially the chickens and San riso prints
Running low on riso prints that I won’t be reprinting so it’s your last chance to get them before they’re gone. As a bonus, use code PRINTCLEANING to take $5 off per print (this week only)
The Greenhouse - this month’s entry in the riso print club because all I want to draw lately is birds and salt marshes.
Five years and 156 pages later, Those That Inherit the Earth Vol. 1 is all drawn. Still have a ways to go with coloring the last third of the book plus all the worldbuilding/lore section, but it still feels good to look at the stack of finished pages.
Finally made some larger versions of a few of my prints, Whale Fall and Ashitaka prints are now available in 8.5x11” or 11x14” sizes
A new flock gathers at the old cathedral. This month’s riso print for the print club! I had so much fun with this mosaic border Join up on the print tier to get one, or pick one up from the site for full price
Termite-people waiting expectantly, now in color. The termite kingdom awaits as I continue to chip away at Those That Inherit the Earth
I’ll be randomly giving the original border illustrations away to four patrons on the paid tiers of my patreon (though the print tier subscribers are much more likely to win) www.patreon.com/secondatbest
Desert Vigil - desert animals paying their respects to a lone cowboy for this month’s riso print
Traveling begins once again, come visit wherever happens to be in your neighborhood and say hi, get books, prints, etc. etc.
my very first “published” work was in The Thing Artbook way back in 2017 - here’s the (very dated) piece featured in there If you want one of the riso prints for yourself join up on the riso print tier on patreon.com/secondatbest, or pay full price for one from www.secondatbestpress.com
This month’s riso print, an homage to John Carpenter’s The Thing - my favorite film (right next to Big Trouble in Little China)
Color test for the riso print club this month. I wonder what sort of thing the theme is this time… Looking like a five color print this time, (much to my chagrin) but I do want to get that fleshy color just right.
FOC is Feb 16th, I’m not sure how this works honestly, but if you’re into a story about a frog on a quest filled with warlocks, witches, liches and creatures, it might be worth letting your lcs know
The Council of Frogs is back with a third printing, now with the original short comic it started as included. And even better, you can order it direct from your local comic shop!
And lastly, this is the piece of fossilized amber my wife gifted me last year that got this idea started! It’s tucked away somewhere on the border too, but more importantly can anyone help identify the insect in there? I desperately want to know
The Amber Tree, this month’s riso print I’ve always had a love for amber fossils, so this one was a great excuse to do a bit more reading on the prehistoric insects preserved within and trees that were responsible.
The Winter King is back! If you missed out on the riso edition, the second edition offset printing is here. This is probably my favorite sequence in the book, where a parade of ghosts gathers a few new members. I’ll be shipping out preorders later this week, thanks everyone who already grabbed one!
Working on a bunch I can’t show (yet), but I did draw the fish from Over the Garden Wall when I was planning to put him in last year’s riso print from my patreon print subscription This month’s is currently a three-way tie, if anyone wants to join up and help break the tie now’s the time!
My cat was looking a little like a sneak thief so I drew her as such. I feel like she’d be the type to betray you once, but then be a loyal friend after you escape her trap
The Apiarist, one of my first prints from the riso print subscription I started this year Definitely going to do a weird western story with this one (after I finish the other three books in front of it)