Last night's dream: A study was done that showed doctors took better care of people they developed an emotional connection with and my job was basically matchmaker. Now I'm giving the concept *way* too much thought and it's making me dislike society more as I contemplate the ways it'd go bad. 😑

Not sure if anyone has said this yet but I'm thinking these AI techbros are living the colonizer slave-master mindset. They want to make something in the image of a human, that can think and talk and hopefully (for them, not me) feel as a human does. Then make it an unfree laborer. A slave.

Our dog is out here making good use of the forever rain.

It's the 5th Anniversary of Commander Rao! 🚀👢 To celebrate Im excited to announce COMMANDER RAO: ANNIVERSARY EDITION - A beefy new reprint collecting the original stories, a cover gallery, and a BRAND NEW 16 page comic titled Old Ghosts! Launching on my webstore JAN 2026. Link below!

Go read, you silly person. www.patreon.com/posts/draw-i...

Okay but what you need to know is that these people all a) are fully vaxxed and b) absolutely vaccinate their kids. They’re cruel, not stupid. They think YOU’RE stupid.

We’re getting so close to half a million already

TERRITORY tpb prelaunch is up, and I'm super stoked to have done the cover for it!! Thank you Blake for the opportunity :) Apocalyptic kaiju fans, remember to signup for the prelaunch below and support cool comics!

Cougar Giant Devil Ray Black Bear So Many Types of Deer Porpoise (Saw a wild birth) Seals

Seven issues into this thing, I don't really know what else to say as a pitch. If you like comics, urban fantasy, unpredictable storytelling, and endless world building... MAGIC POWDER is for YOU www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...

Re-upping for the evening folks 😆 I’m seriously so proud of my coworkers for this. It’s one of the best things we’ve ever done.

If you haven't watched this as an adult, you should. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq7F...

I have heard this at work before - some people think that if you’re an organ donor, care teams won’t work as hard to save you. If you think this, please consider that bedside clinicians have no idea whether or not you’re an organ donor. Do you think we’re looking at your license? Or that a huge

list 3 things you think you’re known for and your followers will tell you if you’re right or wrong 1. Emotional Outbursts 2. Driving People to Drinking 3. Writing/Editing (They'reTheSamePicture.gif)

The Durham Art Walk Holiday Market will take place on November 22 and 23. Let's talk about classic Godzilla movies. I look forward to seeing you.

TW: Pet Death (Not My Pet) We live in the boons. There's a guy down the road that lets his dogs run wild. They LOVE chasing cars. There's a main road that's just basically All Logging Trucks All The Time. Cops/humane societies have been called to get this guy in order. They can't do shit.

The Grand Re-Opening of Cota Street Antiques starts this Friday, November 14! Go on a scavenger hunt to build a keychain that unlocks a permanent discount, save on stained glass, and more! Full details at cotastreet.com and in-store.

Every one of the potato-faced, antithesis of the female orgasm, hatebrained douchebags that comments on the community posts about asking for help with various versions of slurs and “don’t breed em if you can’t feed em” or vintage Reagan era racism, all look like this:

City council positions are up for vote in our town. We don't live within city limits so we're not able to vote on them. The city council then decides who will be our mayor. We have ZERO ability to vote on any of it despite our taxes going to pay these people and fund their plans. It's utter crap.

For Native American Heritage Month. My latest article in HISTORY.com What are the #ThreeSisters of Native American Agriculture? www.history.com/articles/thr...

Happy Godzilla Day! The first Godzilla movie was released in Japan on November 3, 1954.

Is there a good starting point for AEW? Any matches I should watch since I have absolutely no knowledge of the brand?

As a kid who grew up on government assistance, this moment makes my heart ache. From my auto-bio book, Happiness Will Follow.

I'm on the left looking excited to [redacted] people. The mask of our cashier made it *so* hard to have a serious conversation with her because I kept cracking up. Apparently it's supposed to be a mask to make you look like a baby. 🤣

The goal of Loctober is to make progress towards the next book full of illustrations of people with locs. This is image 48 from the first book, Natty Roots: Natural Growth. Natty Roots: Natural Growth is available at: https://ljamal.com/store/product/natty-roots-natural-growth/

Numbered, signed and sketched zines + stickers going out to Patreon VIP's this month. www.patreon.com/posts/future...

Me: I want some mashed potatoes. How hard can it be? @icallshogun.bsky.social comes up from doing his exercises and sees what I am attempting then waits with me to take over when I freeze up because things become hotter than I'm comfortable with. These are the best 9PM potatoes.

Faux Malcolm King Jr ass

Remember we are not broken.

To peeps attending the No Kings protest: I have used my artistic skills to create a business card. It's SOMEONE'S first event; hand them a card, give them a laugh, and pass along valuable info that could literally save their life. Fedex will print 250 for $34! www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/1wmjs...

My post NYCC newsletter! www.patreon.com/posts/back-f...

The real story about #Columbus and #ColumbusDay www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCir...

I posted and then worked for 12 hours, went straight to bed, and woke up to a bunch of notifications on something I completely forgot I posted. 🤣

Someone explain to me like I'm 5 how hating on the KKK is "political" instead of "the correct thing to do in a civilized world". Also, for the people that invented the guillotine, this is real disappointing on quite a few levels. www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

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Get in here! We're making comics! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...

This really shouldn't have to be said but here we are. Whatever you reason is to put yourself in a stupid situation, drop it. This is real world consequences shit and you do not want to learn what that means the hard way.

Today at the store I was playing The Halluci Nation for music. This hella awkward wyte dude came in looked at me, looked at our radio, had a light bulb pop off over his head, lit up like a Christmas tree, then started to talk to me about frybread. 🤣 He did buy something at least. 🤣

OMG YOU GUISE WHO GO TO THIS THING GO SEE MIKE AND TELL HIM NIKODA SAID HELLO! (Also buy things from him. That's the *actual* important bit.)

I just backed the NEW M. Hawthorne art book... and it aint mine ;-) Get in early on my daughter's new art book Kickstarter 😎 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...

Periodic reminder: if you’re over 35, you should be getting up from the floor unassisted once a day to make sure you still can. If it ever gets difficult, you need to do some weight training. Why? Someday, you will fall. Being able to get up can be the difference between a few bruises or dying.

New video! Making a cardboard d20 #MyArt

Drink coolers are not freezers. Ice cream will fucking melt in them and leak all over. In fact, if you have something you no longer want at checkout all you have to do is say "I changed my mind about this" and give it to the cashier. Stop being assholes.

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

MAGIC POWDER #7 Pre-Launch is LIVE! Sign up HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...

They didn't un-invent the guillotine or succeeding out of spite just because shit got hard. We got this.

youtu.be/_eqJuKIA31Q?... I don't think their debut album is out yet but I think everyone should keep an ear/eye out for Siibii! They're great.

ONE WEEK LEFT and we would love to hit some stretch goals. We are close to our first - at $6k we get a FUN beach day pinup by @fellhound.bsky.social 🌞