Ti-ra-de-ro
Cultural work attempting to make collective action irresistible one art artifact at a time.
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Cultural work attempting to make collective action irresistible one art artifact at a time.
Ti-ra-de-ro (“mess” in Spanish) is a collection of movement work, public projects, art, comics, illustrations and community campaigns made or cultivated in the Pacific Northwest.
My name’s Myra (she/they), and I’m an architectural designer, cartoonist, zine maker and community organizer! I make art - online and off - with comics, zines, maps, posters, stickers, illustrations, and architectural drawings for self-expression, catharsis, solidarity, political education, social movements, community campaigns and community building.
I'm a self-taught comic artist who took the intrusive thought of “I can make that!” too seriously one day in 2015 and never looked back. After a few years of learning “the ropes” and reaching milestones like…
… I found that my art & comics were also reflecting my political growth while existing, resisting & learning on the unceded land of the Coast Salish people, better known as Seattle, Washington. So when art making is for fun, it’s weird, cute, ridiculous, transgressive, revealing. But when it’s about making sense of my present context, it’s about the housing crisis, climate change, and wealth inequality and how these relate to capitalism, patriarchy, settler-colonialism & white supremacy.
Other than my incessant online posting, I like keeping things local, experimental, transparent, fluid. I’ve had my comics in print anthologies like La Raza Anthology and Tales From La Vida and local comix newspapers like Thick as Thieves, Hair Flip, and Scarfff. Most recently I’ve completed a gender violence prevention comic for the Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center’s ¡Basta! Prevent Sexual Harassment in Agriculture project with the University of Washington. I’m also a core contributor and member to multiple socialist, tenant rights, housing justice, and mutual aid organizations, cooperatives, or collectives in the Seattle area.
At a time of excess and exploitation, it’s difficult to find an online platform that shares your personal vision and values. As a member of several cooperatives, I have seen the empowering reality of direct democracy, collective ownership and mutual aid. I am very excited to be part of a creator-owned subscription service - and I hope you are too!
Art is labor. Making comics is a beautiful but agonizing process that is chronically underpaid despite the recent boom in popularity. Your monthly donations not only directly pay for my labor (and for the continued success of this worker cooperative), but also allow me to continue drawing, designing, or illustrating for community campaigns or movement work pro-bono or at a reduced rate.
I am currently fully employed as an architectural designer in a local architecture firm.
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Posted by nullthread on Jun 27, 2025
Promise I'll explain more later, but the last few years I've been cooked and cooking. I'm not yet sure if the meal was worth it, but I do know that I've been happy with my work. I present you the many art projects I've completed since my last post, starting with this one.Entrega (Submission) / 8" x ... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Feb 17, 2023
Having trouble with your landlord? Want to organize your building but don't know where to start? Join Puget Sound Tenants Union and skill up. You deserve safe and affordable housing.
Posted by nullthread on Feb 17, 2023
I have a few more commissions to do before diving back into my comic art work, so stay tuned for that! In the meantime, here's a poster I finished for a community-led initiative that just this week passed with flying colors. People didn't think we could do it - and lots of people abandoned us as it ... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Feb 11, 2023
Posted by nullthread on Jan 05, 2023
Hello everyone! Apologies for the radio silence, but I've been burned out while trying to tidy up my life before picking up more projects. The hiatus was worth it, and I feel inspired after finally getting together with several art friends. Thanks for your patience!In the meantime, here's a poster I... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Oct 21, 2022
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Posted by nullthread on Oct 21, 2022
They are out and about in Seattle! Find them online here.
Posted by nullthread on Oct 17, 2022
Posted by nullthread on Oct 15, 2022
I'm back somewhat in the full swing of things - taking assignments and commissions, planning some comics, even writing! I've been making posters mainly. Here's one I just completed for Puget Sound Tenants Union.Check them out here. ... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Sep 10, 2022
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Posted by nullthread on Aug 17, 2022
So many good classes this summer if you want to get your inspo on - register here!shortrun.org
Posted by nullthread on Aug 17, 2022
I'm in between art projects right now so I'm focusing on my job, plus cleaning, eating well, playing music and doodling these suns...I want to make a stencil of them and put them around town - or at least starting on my fence!Also drawing a lot of bus stops...I'm on the bus a lot lately. It takes me... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Jul 26, 2022
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Posted by nullthread on Jun 20, 2022
Turning in signatures soon! Now it's time to celebrate before getting back to work to get it passed! Join House our Neighbors July 8th at AIDS Memorial Pathway (north of Cal Anderson Park!) from 6pm to 9pm for music, food, speakers and BIPOC vendors. If you want this campaign to succeed or have volu... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Jun 14, 2022
Posted by nullthread on May 27, 2022
If you're local, come on by and sign the petition to get social housing on the ballot!
Posted by nullthread on Apr 20, 2022
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Posted by nullthread on Apr 01, 2022
Thanks to you, I got paid for this short assignment~ It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to draw. I was thinking and drawing along the lines of what's growing in the Pacific Northwest in the spring. I drew a bit of fern and nettles but decided on a walking daisy with a welcome wagon inste... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Apr 01, 2022
It's spring which means we're doing more and more tabling as the Puget Sound Tenants Union! We like having information not only on local tenant law, but also what other tenant unions are doing and saying across the nation. This link will be a living link, which means I will be updated the pack as I ... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Mar 29, 2022
For about three hours on a sunny Sunday afternoon, Pipsqueak Gallery hosted the first Make/Swap Zine Meet, a free and all ages space for zinemaking and its related ideations. Zines are a low-barrier and artful way to gather your thoughts around a beloved subject. I've seen a lot of zines get turned ... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Mar 25, 2022
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Posted by nullthread on Mar 15, 2022
Previously finished for a free comic book day mini-anthology about post-scarcity society - but ultimately submitted for Pickle Jar zine! I'll post more once I get a copy of it.... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Mar 13, 2022
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Posted by nullthread on Jan 04, 2022
Rescheduled this zine meet at Pipsqueak Gallery due to COVID-19. More than willing to cancel if it gets worse, but here's to hoping we can have a small gathering! I'll be using this comradery money for this month as a suppliment to acquiring materials for this event - like snacks and copies. Thanks!... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Dec 24, 2021
I haven't made a Weakly Comix since the end of 2019! I actually have quite a lot of art to put out, so I started settingt he files. Here's a few spreads to entice you!A lot of it was art or zines I made over the pandemic and uprising when our focus was on survival, collective care and abolition.The ... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Dec 23, 2021
This comics is pretty much why this comradery exists. This is what you're funding in a way. I'm making art for a local tenant union - and this comic was made to reflect back the real interactions a group of tenants had with their rude and neglectful landlord. It's going in a newsletter where tenants... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Dec 17, 2021
digital, 2022To be printed in Scarfff #9 in January 2023.
Posted by nullthread on Dec 14, 2021
If there's anything I miss the most of pre-pandemic times, it's collective making or drawing with perfect strangers turned perfect friends. There are many flavors of them too - either with cartoonist and zine makers, or animators and video game artists, or fine artists and figure drawing. Having jus... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Dec 06, 2021
I had the centerfold this time around and went the "poster" route (which I'll show in another post), but I had a tiny strip idea for the funnies. I jotted down the text in my notebook and found the time to draw it yesterday.I first start with sizing the canvas (in Procreate) the final size they're l... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Nov 30, 2021
Unsure how to describe the last few weeks other than a "slow whirlwind" - a sluggish but strong inevitability. I have at least two anthology submissions and a handful of tiny zine projects to complete this upcoming month, then I will be lost in the world of SMT V for a hot second before returning ba... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Nov 12, 2021
WIP for a local anthology! More later....
Posted by nullthread on Oct 09, 2021
Some quick little protesters for a new zine! ... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Oct 07, 2021
Sit tight, this one’s a long one!These months has been filled with a lot of planning on multiple fronts. Projects are either just starting, incomplete, or are sensitive in nature. I’ve been very excited and proud of all my comrades in these growing abolitionist spaces! Human Infrastructu... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Sep 11, 2021
I don't remember what got me started with comics. I was definitely reading them, but at some point I decided to just start, like, doing them... but that's a story for another day; there's no "draft" or "edit" button on this platform yet and it's 11pm and I want to play video games with my friends! I... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Aug 20, 2021
digital, 2020.Intended for a pandemic food-comics anthology, but the project fizzled as we all slowly realized it's the next 2-3 years of our lives.... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Aug 20, 2021
digital, 2021Completed this past summer for House our Neighbors!, a coalition of unhoused individuals, social workers, housing advocates and supporting organizations. Learn about the brutal reality of corporate-backed Charter Ammendment 29 otherwise known as "Compassion Seattle" here and here. Font... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Aug 20, 2021
digital & risograph 2021¡Ya Basta! is a bilingual, 20-page educational comic written for agricultural growers, supervisors, workers and their families to prevent sexual assault and harassment in the workplace. In Washington State, migrant women of color are especially vulnerable. In late 2... Continue reading
Posted by nullthread on Aug 19, 2021
digital, 2021When you run out of time, so battle of bunnymen and cattos fighting it out HEMA style.
Posted by nullthread on Aug 19, 2021
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Posted by nullthread on Aug 19, 2021
digitalMade for the Tenants Union of Washington's Cancel Rent campaign.
