• Cover art for Taylor and Friends. Taylor’s yellow head takes up most of the cover. On top of their head are mini versions of some of their friends. There’s Russell sitting and looking off into the distance. Loach walking jovially. Spruce has her hand braced against Taylor’s hair floof and Cassie has her hand on Spruces shoulder. Taylor’s parent Ollie is in the back, as well as their friend Steph. Taylor looks up at the little people on their head. The title “Taylor and Friends, collected comic...
  • Taylor and Friends page. Taylor sits on a couch with two other people, smoke lingers in the air. There’s a man who has a skull head with gems for eyes and a bush for a torso. There’s also a very tall person with an extra long arm and three skulls that float around in place of a head. Taylor takes a hit off of a bowl while the bush man plays video games and the tall person looks at their phone. Taylor begins to cough violently. “Sorry. It’s been a while for me.” Says Taylor to the bush man. He...
  • Taylor and Friends page. Taylor walks along a trail in the woods. They think to themself “Dang it. I lost track of Spruce. She shouldn’t be too far ahead.” Taylor pushes a leafy tree branch to the side, peering ahead. They see their friend Spruce sitting on a large, flat rock. They trail they’re following wraps around the boulder and continues on.
  • Taylor and Friends page. Steph and Loach are chilling on the couch together. Steph holds up their phone to Loach. There’s a message typed out. “Have you looked in a mirror lately?_”. Loach goes to the bathroom and exclaims “Ack!” When he sees his reflection. Several sprouts are growing from Loach’s bush-like torso. Loach picks up a little scissor and starts pruning the sprouts.
  • Taylor and Friends page. Taylor and Spruce sit together on a boulder, Taylor’s hand on Spruce’s shoulder. Around them is a green and peaceful forest. The next panel is a flashback, the panel edges are wiggly instead of straight and the line art is navy blue instead of black. There’s a banner in the top left corner of the panel that reads “Years Ago”. In the bottom right there’s a banner that reads “Laverton Public High School” The teens are leaving school for the day. Under a tree Taylor rea
  • Taylor and Friends page. Spruce and Taylor walk along a wooded trail together. Spruce walks ahead with a cheerful look and a walking stick. Taylor trails behind. Holding a flower they’ve been carrying around in one hand, and a beetle that Spruce showed them in the other. Taylor is looking down at the beetle thoughtfully. The trail leads to a washed out section. A small stream cutting through the trail, with a couple stones that people use to cross the stream and continue along the trail. Spruce...
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Amanda J Ellis

Raindrops

Raindrops

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This collection of stand-alone comics is connected, not through characters and narrative, but through feeling and being. Plants grow, birds sing, fire burns, and rain falls.

Carefully selected, one comic flowing into the next in a torrent of expression. Some silly, some sad, some cosmic, and some down to earth. All from the heart.

Various styles are on display from one strip to the next in a wonderful blend of traditional and digital techniques.

74 pages

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An illustration of a green plant with 8 leaves. To right of the plant are four yellow stars. The plant and stars are on a textured background of deep blue.

Amanda J Ellis

Raised on the shores of Long Island and now residing in Upstate New York. Amanda has been sharing comics online since 2018 and probably won’t ever stop. In 2025 Amanda’s comics Taylor’s Egg and Sproutin’ were featured in the Nib and Ink Fest Marketplace. Combining traditional and digital techniques to create a vibrant, expressive, cartoony, and often sad art style. Amanda can usually be found in the crevasses of a rock or between the pages of a graphic novel.