i wrote about laughing at ICE and that one margaret atwood quote about men being afraid of women laughing at them www.patreon.com/posts/148398...

They must be SO mad watching Renee Good become the murdered folk hero they wanted Charlie Kirk to be

There used to be a taco place in a carwash in Hollywood. It was across the street from our bank, and me and my wife used to joke about getting “carwash tacos.” One day we decided, fuck it. We’re doing it. The carwash tacos were amazing. The place closed sometime around the pandemic.

Trump has said his favorite movie is CITIZEN KANE, and it's perfectly hilarious because he is incapable of absorbing its message, and he will go on trying to buy love until he mutters "Rosebud*" the last time. *Ivanka

How hard am I procrastinating? I had to stop myself from writing a few thousand words about procrastination for my Patreon. It's actually a pretty great topic, and I will write it. As soon as I hit this fershlugginer deadline.

Just for contrast… the Motion Picture Academy won’t even let you do this with an Oscar. Be nice if the Nobel Prize committee took their trophy as seriously as the film industry.

Has everyone — particularly the folks who think Trump is a unique evil — forgotten that the GOP floated this in 2004? They gave it the framing of “IF there’s another terrorist attack,” but they absolutely talked about it. I don’t think they ever let Bush himself say it, though.

Yesterday’s newsletter has cool sneak preview art from the next SAVAGE TALES, on the free side. And on the paid side you can start reading my in-progress HOW I MAKE COMICS series.

There are a four other movies about this mission, going back to HANGMEN ALSO DIE, directed by Fritz Lang from a script by “Bert” Brecht, which went into production less than a year after Heydrich’s death.

One thing I noticed is that the thugs keep moving to smaller cities. They started in L.A. and kept pretty tame while hoping the National Guard would do their dirt. Then tried going into Chicago but got scared. Now getting stopped by a city with 450k people. Next stop: rural Maine.

There are many tactics Republicans can & may employ to try to depress voter turnout and intimidate voters. That said, voter turnout can also be depressed by people preemptively declaring the election is rigged. It takes effort to get to the polls, it doesn't help to tell people it's not worth it.

It seems like every poll on every subject these days could be reduced to "25% of Americans are drooling pro-fascist dolts."

the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?

I’m gonna tell my kids this was Heated Rivalry.

I guess proving the AI companies used copyrighted materials is now settled with this new study where researchers managed to pull over 95% of copyrighted books out of the models, ones that were not supposed to be used for training. I hope the mofos get sued to oblivion. youtu.be/KY8tQdKYtnw

My wife is awesome. Did you know that? You should. You can follow her on here at @pennystarrjr.bsky.social… but also learn more about her here: www.patreon.com/posts/one-pe...

So excited to be a part of this with @davallone.bsky.social to adapt his Father's story. With colors by the always phenomenal @wastedwings.bsky.social. I'm working on it now, and can't wait for everyone to read it.

Remember who to punish for this in November. (Republicans. All of them.) Unless there’s a special election in your district and you can start punishing them even sooner.

Check it out! Me and the great @roberthack.bsky.social are adapting a classic Weird Tale written by my dad over half a century ago!

Walt Simonson, everyone!!

Dilbert premiered a year later, right? HOW DID HE KNOW? Had he seen a test strip?

I'm so old I remember when pundits who make high six figure salaries to interpret American politics claimed bad party ID numbers for Dems reflected a seismic, even world-historical realignment. Now:

Yesterday’s newsletter has cool sneak preview art from the next SAVAGE TALES, on the free side. And on the paid side you can start reading my in-progress HOW I MAKE COMICS series.

The NY Times is a worthless celebrity white-washing rag and People is telling the hard truths. For a generation that grew up with those values swapped (mine) this will always cause cognitive dissonance.

So he did have a podcast and it’s the thing that killed his strip (with the help of @thehoustonwade.bsky.social.) It’s still hilarious and fitting that Trump’s eulogy reduces his entire career to “Trump loving racist podcaster.” bsky.app/profile/theh...

It seems pretty clear that Trump has no idea what Scott Adams did for a living or made him famous. “Influencer?” “Listeners?” Does he think Adams was a podcaster? It’s a perfect end for Adams. He gets eulogized by the President, and the words “cartoonist” and “Dilbert” aren’t spoken.

Shoutout to the Raritan.

“Working to arrest?” How hard could it be? Have Aaron Sorkin invite him to lunch and deputize the waiter. This isn’t John Gotti.

Listen to Cat: this Nazi grifter is claiming to be a Democrat, hoping you’ll ignore who he is. Don’t. There will be other Democrats running against him.

This week's newsletter has art from my SAVAGE TALES super special (with art by @sebastianpiriz.bsky.social, Mariano Benitez Chapo and Pasquale Qualano), news about upcoming appearances (at @knowheregc.bsky.social) and a shoutout to Fanboy Planet! Enjoy! www.patreon.com/posts/week-3...

This week's newsletter has art from my SAVAGE TALES super special (with art by @sebastianpiriz.bsky.social, Mariano Benitez Chapo and Pasquale Qualano), news about upcoming appearances (at @knowheregc.bsky.social) and a shoutout to Fanboy Planet! Enjoy! www.patreon.com/posts/week-3...

2 more hours on this special deal for new subscribers!

Reposting this because apparently he's active again on here. Definitely recommend blocking.

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Special for the next 24 hours: sign up at ANY paid level from $1/month up, get 3 bonus perks: 1) Your choice of one of my comic scripts! 2) 8 page comic “German Chocolate,” prelude to upcoming TWO FISTED FAIRY TALES series! 3) Sherlock Holmes short story “The Junkyard Dog of the Baskervilles!”

Erich von Daeniken will NOT return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY. (I haven’t looked. Have 100 people made this joke? A thousand? More?)

your very existence is troubling, enraging, and distracting as hell for some of the shittiest people on earth so no, i’m afraid you may not kill yourself rn

Moody thread from yesterday. If you know a freelancer, there’s a good chance they’re going through this right now, whether they’re willing to talk about it or not. I understand the impulse not to. 1/?

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Want to learn how to make comics, or just interested in how it’s done? I launched a series on Patreon: one writer’s step-by-step guide through the process. The prologue is free, first chapter and beyond are subscriber-only, but lowest tier is $1/month. Take a look! www.patreon.com/collection/1...

Question for the super nerds: does Helium/Barsoom have radio of any kind? What’s the communication between ships of the Helium fleet? Just semaphore? I can’t remember, it’s an awkward thing to google, and I have deadlines to meet. Do you know, @jessnevins.bsky.social? I try not to bug you…

Imagine describing CSAM as “sexy and fun” and still trying to live with yourself. Yes, friends, that’s what “racy” means. THREE’S COMPANY is racy. Or for the youngsters, HEATED RIVALRY is racy. A machine that makes child porn on demand is an abomination and a crime. It is not “racy.”

For Shirley Bassey’s 89th birthday, here’s my favorite song from her this century.

Take a look! I talk about the new stuff I have coming out! And you should follow @comicsbodega.com!

Freelancer paradox: the only way out of a deep dark hole is to create new stuff and get paid for it. And it’s extraordinarily difficult to focus on creating new stuff from the bottom of a deep dark hole. It doesn’t help knowing so many friends are also in deep dark holes. I’ll get out. Always do.

That’s a record. I accidentally swiped over to the Discover tab and noticed from literally first post.

My CPR skills are amateur at best*, but if you’re looking to hire a writer… or an editor/consultant for your project… there’s no time like the present. *it makes sense if you read the newsletter, (for free.)

Great thread from Krista. One of the smallest publishers I ever worked for also treated me the worst. It’s not just big corporations that screw you over.

Bloody thou art, and bloody will be thy end. Shame serves thy life and doth thy death attend.