I'll be logging back off social media now, at least for a while. I'm still recovering from COVID and Nadia's back in the hospital and, man, I am just mentally and emotionally exhausted.

I wish I had spoken way more eloquently and confidently about my feelings regarding pieces of shit like Gaiman in this interview (the fact that my connection crapped out for a few seconds didn't help), but otherwise it was a lovely conversation with Max and Andrea from Indie Comics Empire.

More and more, I'm glad that I maintain a simple website that has links to purchase my work, as well as to my social media and newsletter, and a means to contact me directly.

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

difficulty scheduling the follow-up session is also true to its inspirations

On the eve of our submission window opening, we felt we should add an AI policy

Well, one good thing about a week-long COVID is that I finished watching 30 ROCK.

George Michael was a lot of great things and one of them was a legit music fan with great taste. He’s the only spectator here who’s singing along with every word; he knows the song by heart.

I've deeply loved other comics before and after this, but THE SINGLES CLUB #4 is still—hands down—my favourite single issue ever. (Its visual storytelling choices were a huge influence on a comic I co-created, WORLDS APART: A CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH—available internationally soon!)

Watching this now!

There's so much to love in here. but at the end of "the give love, give love" section at 1:16, when it's clearly working well, Brian May looks back at Lennox singing and gives a look of sheer joy at what's happening. Hell of a thing, music.

The lady opposite me on the train was reading this. To be fair she was only on the first chapter.

The next time a director says bullshit like this, I want the interviewer to ask: "If AI was around when you made your other films, which artists would you have fired?" I mean it. Name real fucking names. Of all the brilliant people you worked with, who do you think doesn't deserve a job anymore?

My GP asked me why I was depressed about a decade ago. I explained the life of a freelance writer. He said, “Why are you blaming yourself for the failures of your industry?” I never felt more cheered by one remark and it made a huge change in my life.

Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3)

Repost with your first crush.

/twitches as I remember Mark Millar and Frank Quitely's "Singapore" in THE AUTHORITY (To be fair, it was not an offensive take, but still largely inaccurate.)

Noooooooo! @sandraduffy.bsky.social took us here after a day in Dublin and it was genuinely the perfect way to end our visit. Farewell, Captain America's. Next chance I get, I'm sipping a virgin piña colada in your honour.

Then, of course, there's WORK-LIFE BALANCE. This helps us in the long run, not just financially, but also to show bookstores that they should be carrying our book. You can get it at all the stores listed on my site, or ask your local store to order it via the linked Edelweiss page.

MR MEMPHIS is the first prose/comics partnership between Ben and me. Aside from Gumroad fees, all funds go directly to us. What'll really help is if you pay more than the minimum $5. charsiewspace.gumroad.com/l/xcvVQ

So, I lost four days' worth of freelance work this week, thanks to COVID—and it'll be my birthday in a little over two weeks. To make up for the lost funds *and* to help me celebrate turning forty-four, how about getting some of my books? The one that benefits me most is MR MEMPHIS.

Well, fuck. STRIP LAW was bloody smart and hella fun. I'm glad that everyone involved got to make the show they wanted to make though.

You know, the sad truth is that—like I say at the end of that post—I really don't expect this to make a difference. The NLB won't stop shoving generative A.I. into their programming or their events because the government's narrative is that we're an A.I.-ready society.

Name your fav non-DC or Marvel comic book movie. IMHO One of the best translations of a comic character to film

I mean why are you even asking me. You know what I’m going to say. You don’t even need the qualifier

Covid is the worst and Wayne is the best, so check out their books.

Those four days add up to a little more than half a month's worth of expenses, so any and all purchases are greatly appreciated.

So, I lost four days' worth of freelance work this week, thanks to COVID—and it'll be my birthday in a little over two weeks. To make up for the lost funds *and* to help me celebrate turning forty-four, how about getting some of my books? The one that benefits me most is MR MEMPHIS.

is anyone else just really tired

Like, where's its - say - Dinosaur comics or XKCD or whatever? Folks recognising the limitations they're working in, and finding something useful? So may people have used this shit, so there should be something, but zilch.

The animation chat has me thinking one telling thing - in the years since AI arrived, there's not been a ground-up indie phenomenon, like we saw with earlier tech (Flash, etc). It hasn't unlocked anyone's creativity. For all the anti-gatekeeping rhetroic, nothing anyone cares about has been born.

This entire thread made me so happy

About. Fucking. Time. Man's a legend across film and television, live action and animation.

This is a really ballsy speech by student reporter Santiago Campos, winner of the Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarship ($10,000) and worth watching in full.

I think this is why most actual professional writers aren’t on board. It’s very hard to convince us we need help with the thing we love doing and have done acceptably well for most of our lives. I get why barely literate CEOs are enchanted.

The thing that's killing me the most about COVID is how much my cat misses me. He let out a sad meow today and my heart broke into a million pieces.

The way one of the word balloons decrying the “artist” as “lazy” is coming from the “artist” themself 😂

If we either help or get the fuck out of young people's way, maybe—just maybe—this world might have a chance.

I took a leak next to one of the members of The Click Five.

i can't.

... Someone make Alex very, very, very, VERY rich right now please.

This was such an interesting night for me. Halfway through EMPIRE RECORDS, I started to feel embarrassed over how unabashedly mid-nineties the movie is. [1/6]

Elon Musk isn’t an idiot, not the way yall joke . Because he’s getting what he wants. He knows Lupita is gorgeous He also knows if he complains enough , and he’s loud about it you listen to HIM And not her Where she is TELLING YOU ITS HARD FOR HER TO GET CAST

People don't long for "inconvenience." They long for permanence. And though streaming services may be convenient, people are waking up to the fact that we are paying rent-seeking middle men month after month for things we will never actually own.

STOP TELLING ME AI IS THE FUTURE OH MY GOD

I'm chiitan Japanese crazy mascot ポイ捨ては許しませんっ☆

A good excuse for me to share the TRANSFORMERS piece I commissioned from my buddy, @elvinching.bsky.social. Elvin worked on Marvel's PREDATOR: BADLANDS prequel comic too, with @ethansacks.bsky.social. I really look forward to whatever he's working on next. www.instagram.com/p/DS9uDe_ARA...

i think about this all the time, but pratchett published 3 flops before he even /started/ discworld, the first two of which are considered a bit rough around the edges, and then (having been given time and money to hone his craft) he writes about 20 masterpieces in a row

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