Last night I was just musing and suddenly remembered the copy of the Marvel Super Special adaptation of the animated movie Rock & Rule. I had the comic as a kid and was fascinated by it but I've never seen the movie or to my knowledge met anyone who has.

Trimming the edges off unevenly precut fabric to make a quilt and I need something solid to keep them from slipping around when I move the ruler. Fortunately, I have just the thing!

Swipe file.

It's been announced! There's a story written and drawn by me in this Godzilla one-shot from IDW, and all the other stories and art are by my buds! Check out these sweet covers by Ben and Caitlin!

Sewing these machine-quilted pieces together by hand seemed like a good idea when I thought of it.

I haven’t done clean-line inks traditionally (on paper as opposed to digitally) for years, but here I am working on a story for a TBA comic featuring a Very Famous Character from Popular Media.

Standing at the bus stop near Helioscope and the dusky sky is thick with hundreds of crows. 🐦‍⬛ That’s probably fine.

I can’t stop thinking about how happy I am that I stopped at Trader Joe’s on the way home from Helioscope today and they had those good purple sweet potatoes.

Psst: Helioscope has a WHOLE BUNCH of books & prints & original art on sale right now, for…pre-Black Friday, I guess? Many, many items are at 20% off. Go take a look! www.etsy.com/shop/Heliosc...

The season finale of HEART ACRES by me, @paultobin.bsky.social, & @ghostgreen.bsky.social is LIVE for FREE on WEBTOON! But don't be sad! HEART ACRES will return!! For now, get caught up! (with Adblock off, plz--ads don't pop up in the story and we get some tiny $) www.webtoons.com/en/romance/h...

The two umbrellas really nail this costume

Happy November 1st, or, Mini-Twix For Breakfast Day!

I opened the fridge and this happened.

Another blog-gallery post! This one is on NEMO, a late 60's French comic. It's reprints of Diabolik, for the most part, and only made it 6 issues plus a special, but I love the overall look and the covers, so... it gets added to my growing galleries! www.paultobin.net/blog-2-1/nemo

Went to the smaller “Wave and Honk” No Kings protest in SE Portland this morning! Lots of families and older folks, lots of good dogs, lots of friendly car horns! This is just a small part of the crowd that was extended up and down several blocks!

Hilarious when you understand that he thinks the Nobel committee will give him a Peace Prize for his "work" to end one armed conflict while actively fomenting another in his own country. Like Norwegians can't see our Frog.

Portland: according to a post on the local Reddit, Noem's visit to the ICE building is being purposefully extended until after dark, presumably to catch some "violent antifa" propaganda. Hold off for tonight, watch out for your neighbors' safety.

Posted a fun Helioscope video of @jeffparker.bsky.social talking with @stevelieberart.bsky.social & @colleencoover.bsky.social about a page he drew for an Image imprint 25 years ago. I love these little glimpses into how folks do the work. youtu.be/tJmOR8rEwB8

Thanks to Kaiser Permanente, I got my annual Flu and Covid vaccinations today ( I didn’t need a bandaid so here’s my bare shoulder)

One of the nice things about my new home is that my four-mile bike ride to work is invariably chock-a-block with people walking their good dogs and cute babies.

A couple of snippets from a short story I recently finished: details from a pencil rough & from a finished panel. The story is going to be published in a series that is yet to be announced, but sometimes you just want to let people know that work is happening!

Leaves are beginning to turn--here's a quick reminder that I have an Etsy store! www.etsy.com/listing/1682...

Now is this time of year when every working artist needs a second screen solely dedicated to the livestream of bears catching salmon at Books Falls in Alaska.

studio dog emmett

My friend @terridrawsstuff.bsky.social gave me her old Singer sewing machine and I can barely read a pattern but of course I have big plans to dive into bra construction.

One thing that I try to remember, as a creator, is that, as Voltaire put it, "perfection is the enemy of good," and that perfection is also the enemy of Bargoth the Unmaker, the devourer of ten thousand suns, whose baleful eyes watch us all.

I wrote my city's waste disposal resource page to ask how to safely dispose of an old smoke detector with a sealed lithium battery in my neighborhood, and they replied with the name of a business right around the corner from me that recycles batteries for $.49/pound. THIS IS WHY GOVERNMENT MATTERS.

stop calling everything a distraction youtube.com/shorts/yyFjN...

Listen to Hop, y'all. Anyone with paper and something to write or draw with can self-publish a physical book.

You'll probably have to blow it up or look at this on a big screen, but here is how anyone can make a little 8 page zine that they can use to write a story, write about their favorite things, a personal experience or make a mini comic. Fold some paper and get your thoughts out there!!

Hey, nothing personal, I don't know you, but if you post memes created with A.I.--even if I 100% agree with your point of view!--I will block you forever.

I updated my portfolio with basically EVERY logo I've ever designed. dylantodd.com/comic-logo-a...

Once again, Piekos is standing up for all of us, laying down facts.

Just cracking myself up looking at old panels from me & @jeffparker.bsky.social's X-Men: First Class featuring the origin of The Continuiteens!

Finished my write-up on Madam Fatale, comics' first cross-dressing hero! A Public Domain fave! www.paultobin.net/public-domai...

100% took me two read throughs to understand the story is about Myanmar, not, you know.

Great video here about the making of Jimmy Olsen by @mattfraction.bsky.social & @stevelieberart.bsky.social, the single best comic that has ever been created except for ones that I've made. (I do appear on one Jimmy cover, tho) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd4u...

A little illustration noodling for fun.

Today would've been our great friend Jesse Hamm's 50th birthday. Jesse was an artist, an essayist, and an educator. We miss him every day. Obit: www.tcj.com/jesse-alan-h... Hamm on Toth: web.archive.org/web/20151025...

This one's for the birds! The Angry Birds, that is. Me and Thom Zahler (look at that gorgeous art) have teamed up with @rocketshipofficial.bsky.social to create flat-out masterpiece graphic novels in the "Birds Fighting Pigs" genre! www.kickstarter.com/projects/roc...

It's been a long time since I've binged a Webtoon, but when I started Heart Acres, I couldn't stop!

It’s easier to find a good comic to read than to choose just the right outfit: read HEART ACRES written by me & @paultobin.bsky.social, art by @ghostgreen.bsky.social, now with 47 free episodes on WEBTOON! https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/heart-acres/list?title_no=5203

Also a good time to remind you all that I have a delightful interview with the creators of this delightfully whimsical and entertaining comic, @paultobin.bsky.social and @colleencoover.bsky.social , here: youtu.be/7ECg8IWQX80

Forbes explains how Epstein got so rich. www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...

Help, @blambot.bsky.social! If a comic character is spelling out a word (i.e. to keep a pet from understanding what's said) would it be more correct to write it T-R-E-A-T or T.R.E.A.T. ? (I don't have your book immediately at hand!)

You know a scandal has legs when after years of winging it the media class has finally started pronouncing the name Ghislaine correctly, or at least consistently.

So you've never read a Webtoon, and you don't know how it works? Don't worry, it's as easy as reading threads on Bluesky! Why don't you start with HEART ACRES, by me & @paultobin.bsky.social with art by @ghostgreen.bsky.social! 46 episodes (so far) FREE on WEBTOON! www.webtoons.com/en/romance/h...

Only 3 days left in the @rocketshipofficial.bsky.social campaign for the world's best "bike messenger has to save world by making deliveries for weird gods & getting rewarded with divine bike parts & also there's kissing" story! By me & @rays666hell.bsky.social! www.kickstarter.com/projects/roc...

ICYMI: The Bandette hardcover release continues with Bandette Volume 5: The Wedding of B.D. Belgique: bit.ly/3TALS1p Mysterious villain The Voice has long held the reins of criminal power, and now Bandette sets out sights to thwart him! By @paultobin.bsky.social, @colleencoover.bsky.social