diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 78c3fcbbf995..c2788a7193bb 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -675,6 +675,12 @@
     githubId = 858965;
     name = "Andrew Morsillo";
   };
+  an-empty-string = {
+    name = "Tris Emmy Wilson";
+    email = "tris@tris.fyi";
+    github = "an-empty-string";
+    githubId = 681716;
+  };
   andehen = {
     email = "git@andehen.net";
     github = "andehen";
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/comic-mono/comic-mono-weight.conf b/pkgs/data/fonts/comic-mono/comic-mono-weight.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97cfa3d83fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/comic-mono/comic-mono-weight.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "urn:fontconfig:fonts.dtd">
+<fontconfig>
+    <!-- Fix missing/incorrect font weight data in Comic Mono. -->
+
+    <match target="scan">
+        <test name="fullname">
+            <string>Comic Mono</string>
+        </test>
+        <edit name="weight">
+            <const>book</const>
+        </edit>
+    </match>
+</fontconfig>
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/comic-mono/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/comic-mono/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c915f21c132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/comic-mono/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+let
+  version = "2020-12-28";
+in fetchFromGitHub {
+  name = "comic-mono-font-${version}";
+
+  owner = "dtinth";
+  repo = "comic-mono-font";
+  rev = "9a96d04cdd2919964169192e7d9de5012ef66de4";
+
+  postFetch = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts
+    tar -z -f $downloadedFile --wildcards -x \*.ttf --one-top-level=$out/share/fonts
+
+    mkdir -p $out/etc/fonts/conf.d
+    ln -s ${./comic-mono-weight.conf} $out/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-comic-mono.conf
+  '';
+
+  hash = "sha256-poMU+WfDZcsyWyFiiXKJ284X22CJlxQIzcJtApnIdAY=";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A legible monospace font that looks like Comic Sans";
+    longDescription = ''
+      A legible monospace font... the very typeface you’ve been trained to
+      recognize since childhood. This font is a fork of Shannon Miwa’s Comic
+      Shanns (version 1).
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://dtinth.github.io/comic-mono-font/";
+
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ an-empty-string totoroot ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 435853d07511..e159156c2f41 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23944,6 +23944,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   comfortaa = callPackage ../data/fonts/comfortaa {};
 
+  comic-mono = callPackage ../data/fonts/comic-mono { };
+
   comic-neue = callPackage ../data/fonts/comic-neue { };
 
   comic-relief = callPackage ../data/fonts/comic-relief {};