@laworldcon.bsky.social has released their giant Programming Schedule and here’s some of the places you’ll find me. Coming soon — my Art Show Hours, Artist Alley Hours and more. Plus you’ll find me at the Hugo Awards Ceremony Sunday night. Hugo Voting Deadline is Sunday, August 8th @ 12 noon PST! 🚀

Happy Birthday to the great @jessnevins.bsky.social!

If you love comics and live within 300 miles of San Antonio, you owe it to your soul to attend this one-day @comicarts-sa.bsky.social convention on Nov. 14th. The only bad thing about this con is the moment it’s over. Keeps getting bigger and better every year. I’ll be there. Get tickets now.

TWO more weeks to vote on the Hugo Awards. I’m a Finalist for Best Professional Artist & for Best Graphic Story (THE INVISIBLE PARADE w/ Leigh Bardugo). Haven’t registered to attend? There’s still time before August 8th @ 12noon PST. See you at @laworldcon.bsky.social! 🚀 www.lacon.org/register/

Taking a break from the Hugo Voter Packet. Top of the reading pile right now: PLAGUE HOUSE by @michaelwconrad.bsky.social and @davechisholmcomics.com.

And here’s the spread in final form from THE INVISIBLE PARADE. Some of my favorite words by Leigh on this one. Check out more from the book in your Hugo Voter Packet and vote, vote, vote. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 See you next month at @laworldcon.bsky.social! /8 🚀🚀

Final graphite art by me for pages 44-45 from THE INVISIBLE PARADE. Many of my trusty Blackwing pencils died in battle to create this book. I salute them. 🫡 7/

Here are pages 40-41 in final form from THE INVISIBLE PARADE. (Forgot the number on the previous. :)) Here’s one more for you….. 6/

Final graphite art by me for pages 40-41 from THE INVISIBLE PARADE. One of my personal favorites. Every spread in this book was a single, complete graphite drawing. F**k AI. Seriously. ♾️

Pages 30-31 from THE INVISIBLE PARADE by Leigh Bardugo and me. 4/

….because that’s the deadline to submit your Hugo ballot — Saturday, August 8th at 12noon PST. Here’s a look at a few favorite spreads from THE INVISIBLE PARADE, in raw graphite form, and as published story. Leigh and I poured our all into this book. We’re grateful for your Hugo consideration. 🚀🚀 3/

🧵The Locus Award has landed. Grateful to all who voted! No doubt, it’s because of this book, which is currently a #HugoAward Finalist for ‘Best Graphic Story’. And I’m a Hugo Finalist for ‘Best Professional Artist’ too! You downloaded your Hugo Voter Packet yet? If not… 1/

THANK YOU, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social and REFORMA for a stellar #alaac26 weekend! THE INVISIBLE PARADE won a Pura Belpré Honor Book Award. All copies of the book @ the @lbschool.bsky.social booth gone within 40 minutes @ the Sunday AM signing. #LibrarianHeroes: Thank you for what you do every day!

Grateful to see THE INVISIBLE PARADE amongst @bankstreet.edu’s Best Children’s Books of 2026, honoring literary excellence and potential impact on young readers. For all the librarians attending #alaac26 this weekend — I’ll be signing the book 9am Sunday at the @lbschool.bsky.social Booth #3612! 🚀

STAR TREK FANS! ONE MORE chance to score an original artwork from STAR TREK: ECHOES IN ETERNITY by @davidmack.pro. All are sold, but MR. SPOCK: TWO is available — for now. 6” x 9”. Graphite on Strathmore. $500. Shipping included. Message me to claim. 1st come, 1st serve. 🖖🏽 #StarTrek #MrSpock #Spock

Looking forward to seeing everyone at @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Annual Convention. THE INVISIBLE PARADE will be part of the Pura Belpré Celebración, as one of this year’s Honor Book Winners, and I’ll be signing copies Sunday AM at the @lbschool.bsky.social booth! Get there early! 💪🏽 #ALA #ALAAC26

Was a joy to work on this cover art. Like I said yesterday, I’ve been a STAR TREK fan since I was a kid & Spock was my guy back then. Poured my all into these originals. Good luck today, collectors! 🖖🏽 /5

And MR. SPOCK: THREE. See ALT for details. PM to claim. 4/

MR. SPOCK: TWO. See ALT for details. PM to claim. 3/

Also available right now — three preliminary studies for this STAR TREK cover art, including this one — MR. SPOCK: ONE. See ALT for details. PM to claim. 2/

🧵 STAR TREK Collectors! Today's the day: Beam home one of these original artworks for your very own. Available now -- my original 12" x 18" drawing for @davidmack.pro's STAR TREK: ECHOES IN ETERNITY, commemorating TOS’ 60th Anniversary. See ALT for details. 1st come, 1st serve. 🖖🏽 1/

Here’s my original raw graphite drawing that I created for this one. 12” x 18” on Strathmore illustration board. Available starting tomorrow, Tuesday, June 16th @ 12 noon CST — as well as select prelim drawings of Mr. Spock. Feel free to message w/ questions. See you then! 🖖🏽 #StarTrek #MrSpock /4

I've loved the original series since elementary school. Was my gateway into SF. Spock was my guy, as you can see from this 2nd-grade yearbook photo. 👀 The new novel features Captain Kirk, Dr. McCoy and the Enterprise crew, but it's very much an iconic Spock story, spanning three eras of TREK. 2/

🧵 COVER REVEAL + ORIGINAL ART! NYT-bestselling author @davidmack.pro has written one of the greatest STAR TREK stories ever. Debuting this October from Simon & Schuster — STAR TREK: ECHOES IN ETERNITY, a brand-new hardcover novel commemorating the 60th Anniversary of TOS. Cover art by me. 1/

Ticket prices for tonight’s NBA Finals Game 3 *start* around 5K for MSG nosebleed seats. Here are ticket stubs from past Spurs playoff appearances I’ve attended. Those tickets on the top right were $15.50 each when the Spurs beat the Knicks in ‘99. NOTE THE FACE VALUE PRICES on all of these. 👀 1/

“Show me what comic you loved when you were 13, and that’s all I need to know about you.” - Brad Meltzer (Also, hey, @jamesthefourth.bsky.social: I’m always slammed w/ covers + now authoring my own books, but I 🖤 your stories. Holler at me the next time you’re thinking variant covers. Or more. ✊🏽)

Hey, NBA: WTH?????? Not a screenshot copied from a stranger. Not AI. Shot this myself @ 12:26am CST. From the official NBA Store, after clicking ‘Teams’. Western Conference Finals currently tied 2-2 between San Antonio & OKC. Game 5 tonight. Ultimate bulletin board material. #SpursNation

🧵 A little over a decade ago, I was commissioned by Simon & Schuster to create art for the 60th Anniversary Edition of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS by Jack Finney. Legions of current fans have watched some version of the story as a film. Comparatively fewer have read Finney’s original novel. 1/

PSA — if you’re a Sword & Sorcery stan, a Mike Moorcock fan, or just straight-up love Elric of Melniboné — I only have TWO remaining signed 24” x 36” Deluxe Giant Prints of my artwork for ELRIC: SWORDS AND ROSES. 1/ johnpicacio.com/store/elric-...