Carefully consider what you want from the comics industry, because a worthwhile career often doesn't come from "breaking into" this business, but instead carving your own unique space out of it.

My latest academic citation is ... a comic! "Rethinking Academic Conferences: Carbon Footprints and Sustainable Alternatives in the Climate Crisis Era" by Joonmo Kang, @makinaro.com , and me: kuscholarworks.ku.edu/items/a3ca07...

Made a mountain of tattie scones this morning with @nicolablack.bsky.social 🥔 How hasn’t this become a thing in the US? We were struggling not to eat the entire plate as they came off the griddle! They’re good with everything!

I think we need to celebrate the death of Sora a bit more. This is a technology that, just MONTHS AGO, we were being told was going to literally destroy Hollywood and Disney was going to give them a BILLION DOLLARS and NONE OF THAT EVEN REMOTELY HAPPENED

Seeing the animated series on MTV was formative life experience stuff. I had no idea what I was watching but it stuck with me forever

Hi! I don't think Toho has a bsky so I'll post it - my first commissioned work for all the official Godzilla channels and I handmade everything that isn't a toy. Enjoy xo

There was a short period at my job where on a daily basis I got to unironically say “I have to check the perimeter” And that was my own personal quiet joy alone

The Apple Maps icon for auto shops always makes me laugh. It reminds me of this: 😫

There's a broken cuneiform tablet from the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4,000 years ago, which preserves a tiny portion of a dialogue between two friends. It feels a bit like the conversations I've been having for the past week, so I wanted to share it.

Here's a common question I get: "I just need a logo. Can you design it for me?" Sounds harmless, right? BUT you probably wouldn't start building your dream house by buying a door first. Inspiration is one thing, but buying it before having blueprints is premature. 😉 nicolablack.com/a-door-witho...

Skill issue, bro. You just have no courage.

The SPX Table Lottery is live and open until March 15th! We wanna see you there so don’t forget to fill out the form below.

*Petting Ollie singing* I am rewarded handsomely for my waste products~ Paid to poop~ Paid to pee~

we should all listen to him

imagine even thinking about using ai when a living breathing master of the craft is putting his knowledge on youtube for free

Once in a while I remember that David Byrne and Paramore traded covers and things are a little ok

That this article about light-activated anti-microbial graphene is being presented without comment by a photo of two scientists in cool sunglasses standing next to what looks like a glowing sci fi laser beam has made my afternoon

Here's what's happening this week at Work In Progress (www.joinwip.com). We just finished our Accountability Group Meeting and my gawd did I need it! Being able to talk to a friend group who gets it is so nice. I am forever grateful for these folks. 🙌

I just learned that the first ever "Crow Cawcus" is being held in Auburn, NY this year. 👀 www.auburnny.gov/home/news/co...

I’ve had this on loop for 30min now

Happy Mardi Gras! Look for Fortunato (zombificato!) out in the French Quarter this morning with @cryptiquekrewe.bsky.social ! Fellow monsters, join us at Esplanade and Burgundy at 9am if you wanna shamble with us! All are welcome!

"That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives." —Carl Sagan Voyager 1 captured the "Pale Blue Dot" image #OTD in 1990. 🧪 🔭 🔵 Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Radioecology is far more fascinating than anything post-nuclear fiction has ever cooked up. Nature is so fucking rad

Post a banger not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eQW...

Post a banger not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eQW...

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I treated myself to some treasure for my birthday this year. It was just delivered and...it's GORGEOUS. @pamwishbow.bsky.social is so incredibly talented! The calendar is everything. I also love the little extras included like the divination card! Is there a full deck?! 😍

Tuned in to the halftime show (fantastic) and meanwhile every commercial I've managed to catch a glimpse of so far has felt so dystopian. Real fork in the road type vibes.

"not only do these men not understand the franchise, but they have never really seen it" #startrek

Watching the "Genghis Khan" video for anxiety relief upon waking

That Amber Dance article about some of the speediest microbes on earth is up on Smithsonian Magazine with my artwork if you missed it the first time around www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

That makes today a great day to join my Patreon or book me for a writing or editing gig. I’m very good at what I do. (If you have a seamstress gig for my wife, even just needing some alterations — in the LA area — that works, too.) www.patreon.com/DavidAvallon...

Yesterday we kicked off NYC’s Free Tax Prep season. That means filing your taxes at zero cost, keeping every dollar of your refund, and not getting ripped off by for-profit companies.    Nearly half of all New Yorkers qualify. Get help—virtually or in person—at nyc.gov/TaxPrep

Look at these goobers stunting on our unsuspecting solar system.

Space is big and empty, but our Solar System has still played host to three visitors from other stars! They aren't spacecraft: they're comets and (maybe) an asteroid, and they tell us about distant star systems. Read more! 🧪🔭🐡

THEY CAME FROM OTHER STARS! A new all-ages comic by @makinaro.com and me about 3I/ATLAS, `Oumuamua, and Borisov: why they're exciting, and why they're both familiar and alien at the same time. www.snexplores.org/article/inte...

"Now, on Fox Kids, it's Eek! The Cat. And after that, a former child star grapples with a physical condition that keeps her from ever growing up and forces her into a state of psychosis that shatters her ability to process reality. And then, Bobby's World!"

This made my day! @knowablemag.bsky.social writer Amber Dance informed me of this lecture where I was mentioned by name in the intro! I interviewed Dr. Higley in 2016. She costarred with @funranium.bsky.social in a book I drew about radiation. Watch her here: media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/1_fx...

Here's all four covers I did for THE EXPANSE: A LITTLE DEATH

This week at WIP – Two office-hours sessions in the mix! One with me for design-related questions, the other with @makinaro.com for illustration-related questions. And lots of coworking sessions. I'm in one right now! 🤓 www.joinwip.com

What makes a PhD geneticist walk away from the lab bench to become one of science journalism's top editors? Tonight 6pm PST: I'm talking to @rosiemestel.bsky.social, executive editor at Knowable Magazine (@knowablemag.bsky.social ), about that exact journey. twitch.tv/nerduino #scicomm #science

Middle-aged dudes making 5 minute no-bullshit car repair videos are truly the underappreciated sages of our time.

I received the most wonderful early birthday gift from my mother-in-law today. A fabric art piece of our beautiful boy, Cody who passed away in 2023. 🥹 It's the sweetest gift. She did such an incredible job. Look at his Whoville feet (that's what I always used to call them)! There were tears. ❤️

Learned this one from @philplait.bsky.social back in the day and love smushing all the other explanations into the dirt whenever they come up.

New Patreon Post for free and paid subscribers: Microbial Speed Demon art and sketches! Also, I was on Twitch recently talking about science communication with Amber Dance and Ian O'Dwyer!

Not only is the charming. I like that this doubles as a mini documentary on what government services do for you and now they work.