#NationalBadgerDay #Brocktober #Brocktoberfest As of 2013, the Caucasian Badger became recognized as it's own species of badger (Meles canescens). The species broke away from Meles meles between 2.37 million years ago to 450,000 years ago. SCIENCE!!! Happy Badger Day!

#NationalBadgerDay #Brocktober #Brocktoberfest October 6th is National Badger Day, a celebration to all things badger. Decided to do all my badger characters again, and added the Caucasian Badger, who officially became a different subspecies of badger in 2013. welcome to the badgerdom.

#NationalBadgerDay #LoveBadgers #Brocktober

September is coming to a close, which means a new month is on hand. It's now time for #Brocktober and time celebrate #Brocktoberfest. October 6th is National Badger Day. This year, Bruce is letting the Honey Badger, Cole, take the lead. Cole, as you can see, is thrilled.

It's #FatBearWeek staring Smokey Bear. Looks like Smokey's gained a few extra pounds this year. Smokey: "It's just my winter fat, Bruce." Bruce: "Keep it!"

My loon character, Gavin. This was part of a bigger piece from FA, but I wanted to get Gavin alone with Bruce again. I have no idea what Gavin is drinking, nor why he's drinking from a beaker, nor why he's using a crazy straw to do so. He's a loon. He does weird things.

Piece done by @brucebadger.bsky.social of my beaky self dressed a bit more nicely than usual. Maybe it's time for a date? It's probably dark enough in that room to be safe to look into my eyes. Probably. #Cockatrice #Furry #Basilisk

The start of the NFL season is just around the corner so Duroc and @brucebadger.bsky.social are dialing up some plays to get in the mood. Did I say mood? I meant to get into football shape. Yeah, that's it. We have a lot of preparation ahead of us. No time for gay stuff. Okay, maybe just a little.

My "Wind In The Willows" cast from 2021. Bruce's shirt, and my own sentiments from that time period, still seem apropos today. Always be the best "you" that you can be, no matter what anyone tells you. For those who try to tell other people how to live their lives, mind your OWN DAMN business.

My tiger, Theodore Sexton III. You can call him Theo or Ted. He used to work in the adult film industry (He's an old retired gay porn star "actor" where he went under the name of "Roary Cummings"). He also does a bit of gay erotic fiction under the pen name of "Markitty de Sade".

Fourth of July…by @horn-e-coyote.bsky.social Not that I feel like celebrating a whole lot…but I want to pass along an appreciation for fireworks shows to the next generation.

Most characters in the Disney universe are gay. Really, they are. Go to any theme park and ask them. They'll start using code words like "SECURITY! REMOVE THIS PERSON FROM THE PREMISES. SOMEONE PROTECT ELSA!" That's their code words for "Cheez it! We've been caught". Ha ha! The queers!

Gavin, the gay Minnesotan loon (Common Loon or Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer). Sure, he may dress a bit eccentric, look a bit odd, and talk a bit funny, but at least he's not Republican. I'd be happy to call anyone like him a friend.

I’d normally ask permission from the person I’m drawing but, I couldn’t find away to get in contact. I really enjoy his art work. It inspired me to want to do more mature stuff. @brucebadger.bsky.social

Archibald (Archie) and one of his best gay friends, Bruce. How dare these two be all happy and nerdy outside of their allotted pride month. They should put an end to this behavior! Tell you what, I'd rather be a nerdy, happy homosexual than a miserable, hateful Republican (aka, a piece of shit).

Very happy to have Snagglepuss as a member of both the furry and the gay community. Also happy to see Snags working during these tough economical times. Made for the fact that, by the dialogue, Bruce has received a lap dance from Snagglepuss before. The thought of that makes me smile. Gay Pride!

I need to do some new artwork with my beaver character Marco. He seems to be popular. Here he is about to get lucky with Bruce. Is it sad that I (Bruce) may have fallen for this scenario in my 20's? ... Maybe even in my 30's. ... Hell, probably in my 40's, too. Marco's cute. I'd sleep with him.

I am sharing this awesome picture of Heckles (@heckles.bsky.social) that Bruce Badger (@brucebadger.bsky.social) did of me. I love this so much. Thank you Bruce😘

From my other art page, after Bruce, Marco the beaver is my next most popular character. Based on artwork by Ralf König, I made this little leather clad beaver in the mid-90s, before I even knew about the furry fandom. I need to draw him more in adult situations. Leather beavers are awesome.

By @rogeroart.bsky.social Happy Pride month! I should have looked into getting a Gay Prude Flag…maybe next year.

Ran into an old friend recently. Got a watch from @huskerfox.bsky.social and thought “Oh, I remember him! I haven’t talked to him in 10ish years”. Clicked on his page and the first thing I see is a penis shot and think “Yup, that’s Huskers”. Happily, been chatting with (and hitting on him) since.

Qwerty! The "Out Of The Closet Monster". He's here to help out the newly outed. Happy Pride everyone? (Seriously, NEVER be ashamed of who you are. Be proud)

Old drawing, new background, new text. Same Marco Just seeing if I want to put more "adult" art on Blue Sky.

Original art for my state bears (circa 2019). Made as each state bear tried to garner Bruce's attention, but I could never, ever choose between my favorite bears (I'm lying there, my favorite bear is Smokey Bear).

Jackson Schlombowski (aka New York Bear), the third and final of my "state bears" I had yet to put up on Bluesky. Named after my favorite baseball player as a kid (Reggie Jackson) and Charlie Brown's favorite player (Joe Shlabotnik), I just combined the two and made it sound more NY city-ish.

The Tank finally allows Bruce to call him Ernie, after ... um - events - have happened. I swear, all they were up to last night was "Trouble" ("Frustration" for my UK followers). You know "Trouble", the board game with Pop-O-Matic action, in a race to get your pieces around the board and back home.

Bruce Badger kisses bears anytime of the day. Morning, noon and night. ... Breakfast, lunch or dinner... ... Brunch or suppertime... ... Early or afternoon tea... ... Elevenses. ... As a midnight snack. - Picture includes Ernest (Don't Call Me Ernie) "The Tank" Berkeley, aka California Bear.

Semester is over! Now to start my summer job.

After being "zapped" by Detective Bulger's "Ray Of Gay", it's time to "Get Naked". As a side note to this piece, I've never found a male nude to be dirty. I enjoy the naked male body as I would a fine work of art. Being nude does not make something dirty, but more alluring to me.

Richard Bulger, the private eye. As a spirit bear, he tends to be a bit on the magical side.

Stare if you dare! LOOK INTO THE HYPNOTIC EYE! (to get the full effect of this piece, you have to picture Gustav [the rottweiler] circling his hips counterclockwise in front of Bruce)

My ex-porn stat tiger character, Theodore Sexton III.

My Binturong character, his name is Andy Ng. The "white" side of this piece is one of my more looked at pieces on FA, I'm not sure why. The binturong is also known as the bearcat. I enjoy drawing critters most others do not, and the bearcat is cool. Let's see if anyone has one in their repertoire.

I've noticed quite a few elephants online recently, I figured with that, and the rumor the Utah Hockey Club was going to be nicknamed the "Mammoths", it would be a good time to put one back up. A Woolly Mammoth, that is. His name is Noel, originally from North Pole, Alaska. He runs an antique shop.

* Deal comes with basilisk included, as long as you're not allergic to chickens, or being turned to stone. Bears always welcome. Apply within.

Remember when McDonald's cheese burgers used to be 59 cents? Remember when Subway used to have $5 foot longs? Remember when Taco Bell used to be good? (Trick question, Taco Bell's always been crap). Us mustelids suggest supporting a local restaurant in your neighborhood if you need to eat out.

Figured since I have so many bear characters, they're bound to have some sort of monthly meet up at the local gay bar. This is the one bear characters I have who would most likely be the ringleader. Ernest (The Tank), the old San Francisco Golden bear. Redesigning some old artwork. I was bored.

Here, we see the American badger in its natural environment. Fresh off its winter cycle of suspended animation, it has become active again in its quest for sustenance. Its normally solitary and nocturnal attitudes only disturbed by its desire for a mate. Let us watch and see what this one is up to.

Looking through old art folders, I found these two characters. I thought they'd make a cute couple, for reasons. An alligator and an opossum? No one's ever done that before? Gary was 1st drawn 20+ years ago, and I've always drawn him with a camera. Zachary the Virginia possum is fairly new.

The start of baseball season has arrived. Also, it's now April 1st. What could possibly go wrong? Pogo is © to Walt Kelly.

Here is another ranked list, this time of my Top 15 newspaper comic strips (Let me know if you think I missed anything) 15. Barnaby 14. Get Fuzzy 13. Shoe 12. Bringing Up Father 11. Mutts 10. Doonesbury 9. The Far Side 8. Beetle Bailey 7. Little Nemo in Slumberland 6. Bloom County 5. Alley Oop ...

Who doesn't love P.T. Bridgeport?

I seem to have a "thing" for ranking "things", so here is my list of my four favorite bears from the cartooning world. Yeah I have a "thing" for bears. I could have kept going if I could attach more pictures. I know who #5 would be, but I'll keep him a secret for now. Who are your favorite bears?

Very nice comic by @space-salaman.bsky.social after I related an anecdote from finals week, about six days ago, in a differential equations class. This was part of using Variation of Parameters on an integral I mistakenly thought would be super-easy for them. #BasiliskAdvice #Edusky

The river to the ocean goes A fortune of the undertow None of this is going my way There is nothing left to throw Of ginger, lemon, indigo Coriander stem and rose of hay Strength and courage override The privileged and weary eyes Of river poet search naivete. youtu.be/KIJGlTu5sEI?...

(How I feel about all those right wing Twitter rejects trying to join Bluesky now) "Hi, nice to meet you!" (blocked, plays them this song) www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFGQ... (With apologies to John and John from TMBG

For those who ever think of watching me, be forewarned, Bruce likes bears. I mean, he REALLY likes bears. Like, a lot. The collective name for a group of bears is "A Sloth Of Bears". Here is Bruce and 8 bears. As my husband @haukebasilisk.bsky.social usually tells me, "Eight is enough".

Looks like I can remove the dust off of this old piece from 2019. Made after a hard day at work, I felt like drawing a Walt Kelly inspired Bruce. Drawn in a 4x5 box (newspaper strip standard at 200%) and inked with Micron Pigmas (all except text). When I'm down, I draw Pogo stuff.