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I’ve gained a reputation for being one of the hardest working cartoonists, rightfully or not, I don’t know. But a couple weeks before Christmas, I had a surgery that forced me to take some time off to basically binge watch movies and tv shows and not sit upright like I would while I’m typing this on the computer. It was driving me crazy. Maybe folks are right. Anyway, I’m all healed up, and somehow during my involuntary hiatus, I still seemed to get a bunch of comics drawn, make some videos, and start my annual tradition of drawing a caricature a day via the Caricature Resolution challenge.

Again, I had only one event, a signing and meet-and-greet at the Barnes & Noble in Loveland. They did a nice job setting me up right by the entrance and stocking up on my books for the event, but it was a tough event. I felt like a panhandler no one wants to make eye contact with. This was a real test of my rusty convention sales skills. In the end, I successfully signed 5 books and the remaining stock for the store. If you haven’t gotten a signed copy of my book yet, it’s a good bet you can still get one there!

My booth set up at the Barnes & Noble in Loveland, Colorado.

The next events I have will be doing include a full slate of virtual readings for World Read Aloud Day on Wednesday February 4th including schools from New York to Hawaii, and I’ll be doing FREE caricatures and a Comics and Cartooning Games Workshop and an Author/Educator Speed Dating event at CCIRA Thursday, February 5th - Friday, February 6th. Hope to see all you educators there!

First Thursday Book Review: Verdict: This is a wonderful graphic novel that will appeal to readers who like to see character development, humor, and seriousness all in one story. It will also be meaningful for youth who feel stuck “between” cultures. - Carol Schramm (1/14/26)
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The Mixed Up Files: Author Spotlight: Stan Yan (1/8/26)
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Feed Your Fiction Addiction: 2025 End of Year Book Survey (& Year in Graphs!) - Nicole Hewitt (1/4/26)
Asian Avenue Magazine: The Threads That Bind Us: A Night of Stories at Social Fabric Hub - Mary Jeneverre Schultz (1/1/26)
Notes from the Writing Desk: 2025 Glimmers - Andrea Beatriz Arango (12/30/25)
More reviews are coming in for my book! l don’t forget to drop me a review, and if you have already, make sure to copy them over to Amazon, where you can make a big impact!

Don’t forget I now have downloadable educator resources on my website for my books! Please check them out, and book me soon for your school author visits!

As promised, here are new strips for the new year! Enjoy them while I’m able to produce them. I expect to get busy with deadlines again soon and will return to reruns at that time.

If you need to catch up on the strips in chronological order (or reverse order), you can view the archive at salemcharteracademy.com.

These are the strips that ran since my last newsletter. You can visit the growing archive for this strip at stanyan.me/comic-strip/lmoe, and if you really like something, click on my TeePublic link at the bottom of the page.

I ran these new strips mostly weekly through December. Find the biweekly archives at eupologies.com, and if you really like something, click on my TeePublic link at the bottom of the page.

I’ve finally gotten a chance to make some more craft videos about comics and did a couple for Arree Chung’s graphic novel, Don’t Cause Trouble:

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Here’s a video of my #2026caricatureresolution drawings:

I’m still closed to studio commissions, but I have continued to do live gigs, so, you can still hire me to draw for your event at zombicatures.com .

I’m going to be regularly adding this section to my newsletter to highlight my favorite reads of the month, but I’m not soliciting books for review, so PLEASE don’t send me your book.