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Whitney🎨Gardner

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linktr.ee/heywhitney ✨Graphic Novels: FREE PIANO (NOT HAUNTED), THE RACC PACK, LONG DISTANCE & FAKE BLOOD✨YA Novels: YOU'RE WELCOME, UNIVERSE & CHAOTIC GOOD✨ 🇨🇦

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Bet you never thought you'd read the words "the death of creative passion in a society" in a Racc Pack review, but we get deep like that.

Get ready to get the gang back together this April.

Pre-orders are open!
raccpack.com

05.03.2026 23:23 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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I need you to understand that you only get to make good art by making A LOT of bad art first. I promise you. The good art will come.

27.02.2026 23:25 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A black and white drawing of two kids running through the jungle from a massive bug.

A black and white drawing of two kids running through the jungle from a massive bug.

Working on some new portfolio pieces 🪲🌿

27.02.2026 23:14 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

THIS ONE

23.02.2026 19:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Seconding this pick

23.02.2026 19:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🍁🧣Happy Canada anniversary🍁🧣

15.02.2026 17:32 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.

06.02.2026 05:12 👍 9713 🔁 2932 💬 421 📌 188

This should set off alarm bells. ONE IN FOUR Canadians experienced food insecurity while TWO OUT OF THREE of those did so while full time employed. And these numbers are rising sharply. There's an upcoming one time tax relief indexed by need but what then?

06.02.2026 16:23 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

If they can continue this for 3 days the local economy will grind to a halt, I hope they can manage it, general strikes might be the only real weapon the people have left

23.01.2026 23:23 👍 412 🔁 117 💬 1 📌 0

Can @dropout.tv bring this back please I beg

17.12.2025 03:00 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

also NYCC is coming up and i am begging u PLEASE wear a MASK!!!!!!! do it for georg

21.09.2025 12:37 👍 184 🔁 41 💬 3 📌 0
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Free Piano (Not Haunted) @heywhitney.bsky.social takes a new note to cleverness, spookiness & coming of age story. I enjoyed the way this #graphicnovel is written/crafted! PLUS a great read for spooky season but also being true to yourself! Here is a little fan animation I made based off the cvr!

09.09.2025 20:42 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

This is amazing!!! Thank you!!

10.09.2025 01:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A screenshot of Mad Men of Don Draper yelling. The subtitle has been edited to read, “that’s why I write books!”

A screenshot of Mad Men of Don Draper yelling. The subtitle has been edited to read, “that’s why I write books!”

I just don’t want “film a video and hope it goes viral” to be a “reasonable” expectation of authors!! I hate being on video! I am too awkward for video!

07.09.2025 14:35 👍 2991 🔁 412 💬 25 📌 118

I miss when AI meant adobe illustrator

Btw I also hate adobe illustrator

07.09.2025 17:29 👍 3077 🔁 713 💬 35 📌 11
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Big news!!! Free Piano (Not Haunted) is a Harvey Award nominee for Best Children’s Book! Huge thanks to everyone who’s supported this haunted little story. My 80s pop-star ghost heart is singing today. 💖🎹👻

12.08.2025 17:34 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Storytime book at Back Cove Books in Portland, Maine. THE KING OF BOOKS picture book and mini cutout of KING seen in front of an undersea mural. Book by Gina Perry

Storytime book at Back Cove Books in Portland, Maine. THE KING OF BOOKS picture book and mini cutout of KING seen in front of an undersea mural. Book by Gina Perry

Large black drawing of THE KING OF BOOKS driving a book car while monkey and the most monster watch on. By Gina Perry

Large black drawing of THE KING OF BOOKS driving a book car while monkey and the most monster watch on. By Gina Perry

Bookshelf at Back Cove Books middle grade graphic novel section. Nathan Hale’s Bite, Cassidy Wasserman’s On Guard, and Whitney Gardner’s Free Piano featured.

Bookshelf at Back Cove Books middle grade graphic novel section. Nathan Hale’s Bite, Cassidy Wasserman’s On Guard, and Whitney Gardner’s Free Piano featured.

Photo of children’s bookshelf at Back Cove Books. Kittybunkport and Nellie’s Big Splash featured. Portland, Maine

Photo of children’s bookshelf at Back Cove Books. Kittybunkport and Nellie’s Big Splash featured. Portland, Maine

What a fabulous bookstore! I left signed copies and last last little KING at Back Cove Books in Portland, Maine after a very sweet storytime. So nice to see book friends too! @heywhitney.bsky.social @caswasshere.bsky.social #kidlit

20.07.2025 16:25 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Victoria's Whitney Gardner explores fame, phantoms and free (not haunted) pianos in new graphic novel | CBC News New graphic novel, Free Piano (Not Haunted), was inspired by an ad for a free piano, that was allegedly not haunted.

Victoria's Whitney Gardner explores fame, phantoms and free (not haunted) pianos in new graphic novel

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

21.07.2025 16:37 👍 15 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

I spy Free Piano!

24.07.2025 18:15 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

This is so cute! I hope you liked Free Piano!

24.07.2025 18:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Free Piano (Not Haunted) is the newest graphic novel from @heywhitney.bsky.social and on today’s See Jurassic Right we chat about our mutual obsession with Goosebumps and the episode, “Piano Lessons Can Be Murder,” and more!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

16.07.2025 18:04 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

Thank you so much!! 👻🎹

06.07.2025 01:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Just in case you missed it: Free Piano (Not Haunted) is officially an Indie Next pick! 🎉

Shoutout to indie booksellers for backing a book with ghosts, glitter, and one very cursed keyboard. 💖👻🎹
bit.ly/FPpreorder

17.06.2025 23:25 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2

Ooh yes will look ok into this!

05.07.2025 18:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of the book “Free Piano (Not Haunted)”

Cover of the book “Free Piano (Not Haunted)”

Beautiful sample image of the vibrant art in “Free Piano (Not Haunted)”

Beautiful sample image of the vibrant art in “Free Piano (Not Haunted)”

I just finished my copy of the new graphic novel “Free Piano (Not Haunted)” by @heywhitney.bsky.social and it is an absolute joy. Beautiful art, sweet and fun story with a moral that everyone who spends too much of our days online needs, and even a history lesson about the Prophet-5! Wonderful book.

05.07.2025 13:16 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Tony! Thank you so much for all your support! I'm so glad you liked it!

05.07.2025 16:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Major thanks to @stevenraymorris.bsky.social who has been a huge cheerleader for me and this project! 🩷👻🎹

04.07.2025 19:20 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I would happily go back to an iPod. Is there a way to load it up without iTunes?

03.07.2025 01:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

So what are we using instead of Spotify? I'm on android/PC. Or am I just going to have to go back to burning mix CDs?

02.07.2025 23:16 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

YAY

02.07.2025 23:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0