REMINDER. I have transitioned all Tess's books to digital format. There are still physical copies available for some. We will likely be losing our apartment soon so if you missed out on any of her self published stuff now is your chance. And it helps us stay safe and housed. Love to you all! -Chris

Cancel most of your streaming services. Keep 1 or 2 at a time and rotate them out every few months to see the stuff you want to see, even if it's later on. Rent DVDs from libraries. Use the money you save to buy more physical media and go out to dinner at locally owned restaurants with your friends.

i have just about 2 months left to finish raising money for my service dog (about $3k to go!) woohoo!! so, new challenge: if you donate $5+ to my gfm and post screenshot of donation + a picture of ur pet in the comments i will reply with one (1) terrible drawing of them. for a limited time :)thanks

Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar

How generative AI boosters are trying to break into Hollywood

It’s times like this I wish we admitted social media was a mistake

I sort of assume anyone following me already knows a bit about me but maybe not? I'm an artist/writer/designer working mostly in comics. Created The Wicked + The Divine with @kierongillen.bsky.social after our run on Marvel's Young Avengers. Currently writing and drawing ONE FOR SORROW at DSTLRY.

My commissions are open! 🍂I'm doing both: -Icons -Pet Portraits $35 each, +$10 per pet/character 10"x10", 300 dpi, 5 slots available! Link to commission me here: ko-fi.com/ashszymanik/commissions

Since I live next to one of the cheapest movie theatres in the US (5 dollar tickets)… Expect more movie reviews soon. Kinda need to get out of the writing hut… this is one way how.

Translation of Sinclair's bringing back Kimmel after “thoughtful feedback” & “respectful dialogue”: “Why won’t anyone surrender to us? Disney/ABC and Kimmel gave us nothing. Our viewers yelled at us or watched Kimmel on YouTube. Ad revenue is plummeting. Stop yelling at us and please come back!”

I like Jason’s work over the years and am currently reading his book on Blizzard (as I was there for some of this) but… it’s not just games. It’s not just comics. It’s not just streaming. It’s all of it. There’s a lot of everything plus AI content. The game changed and well… we’re all changing too

This.

This

Anyway, evergreen

With the rise of AI and... well, everything's that is happening, really—I urge you all to read. There's a dismantling of Humanities for a reason, so you should read: fiction, poetry, History, everything. Take with you the lessons of previous generations, make your life richer, learn new things.

"This used to be the best job I’ve ever had, the best environment I’ve ever had, the best culture I’ve ever had—and they fucking ruined it. I will never ever forget how much they ruined it."

This is all 100% true. We avoided a post-pandemic recession by embracing AI, which allowed the market to rebound despite signs of a slowing economy and struggles with inflation. Now to be fair, China's green initiative was a result of its own struggles creating pollution. But they sought to solve.

New moral panic as pretext for a new communication app ban just dropped

lol ok i had to

We're not ok.

Mommy and Daddy are fighting and saying we’re gonna have two Christmases this year

Renting out GPUs has become a lucrative side business in the tech space and again, big tech is all-in for the hopes that breakthrough is going to hit soon. I’m as skeptical of the advancements in AI as any… But I will also stress it’s always been about potential vs actuality. At some point…

The funniest part of this is acetaminophen is the (perfectly safe) drug. Tylenol is a *brand*, and by attacking the brand and not the drug, the US government has just given Kenvue a massive gift when this goes to court. Their lawyers are likely drooling right now.

Genuinely hope this happens. This is ridiculous/stupid.

As mentioned many times now and even in my last ai Batman piece… The future was always short form content. You can see Netflix doing the same. And pretty much most streamers knowing full well… This is the most consumed form of media. So yeah. Expect more. And expect AI of it too.

And we're live! Tx backer #1. www.kickstarter.com/projects/the... To Love Like Venus is a literary novel in a near-future cyberpunk setting that’s all about love, relationships and how we cope with its heights and disappointments, whether partner, ideals or the symbols that become our children.

Positive news… I’ve been kinda a mobile comic book pop up store who also sells his own indie work and you can follow my instagram for that. Well… I am officially sold out of my own originals now in multiple printings. Sold over 1000 comics And books of mine in total.

Word on the underground is layoffs are coming for technician jobs.

okay i have to hand it to eisenhower, that’s a fucking burn

I’m going to write a long essay about this soon, but yesterday morning I woke up to a revelation. Every time someone has said to me, “you’re talented, but you need to team up with this more famous/popular/connected person in order to succeed on this project…” that project has failed. 1/?

Billionaire Trump donor Elon Musk owns X. Billionaire Trump ally Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post. With this acquisition, both CNN and CBS News would be owned by billionaire Trump donor Larry Ellison. Oligarchs’ monopoly over our media is spiraling out of control.

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The reason I haven't posted about recent events is that I've given up on the news/warning about what's to come/having a dialogue about it bc no one gives a shit... And instead, I am just creating works of fiction based on real-life events, and that's my commentary on it. Making moves but not here.

I cannot believe (though yes, I can) that the Wall Street Journal broke a *huge* media and business news story with massive consequence-- confirmation that months of rumors about a Par bid for WBD were true--and it's buried under a half dozen stories about a social media influencer.

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I loved this masterclass from BBC Maestro from years ago but you can tell Alan Moore went on a deep end by the end as the videos kept getting shorter and the topics started leaning towards risqué subjects lmao.

Wrote a piece about some of the dangers of our near future. Especially in regards to entertainment industry IP and where things are heading with AI.

For context… The event in Massachusetts escalated within an hour. From stay indoors to stay away from windows to… everyone into the basement with hundreds of people sheltered indoors. Uncertain if the tornado would landfall… which it did just 2 miles out. Been in it once before but this hit diff

Rough day. But glad to be alive right now. Tornado hit about 2 miles out. I’m ok but this is easily a memorable comic tabling experience…

Lord save us: "Paramount is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told."

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Jared Bird (@comicsjared.bsky.social) and I are back to once again dig into the Brubaker/Phillips Files to discuss part one of CRIMINAL--The Coward, Lawless, & The Dead and Dying 🔗 👇

If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you

Sleeping for 12 hours is a sign of exhaustion ain’t it?

Support a publisher affected by everything going on with Diamond. I backed We Will Survive: FairSquare Graphics 2025 rebirth on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fai...

So @ericaschultz42.bsky.social is simply one of the best, most honest writers in comics, I am a huge fan, and she's doing this to raise money for veterans in Matawan, NJ, this Saturday. Go get her books and help vets!

It’s crazy that America just like. Destroyed science. Just looked at its golden goose and went “wow should we kill this? And not for the gold, but just because we fucking hate this thing” And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you

When independent media outlets like VGC are finally killed off, YouTube videos like this, which (despite appreciated praise) read our feature out verbatim, AFTER TURNING ON AD BLOCK, and then don’t mention us AT ALL, won’t have any content left to source www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9wc...