Another person murdered in the streets, my healthcare costs went up by over six hundred dollars a month and I had to cancel, Portland is removing essentially all public transportation where I live, I legitimately cannot expect government on any level to ever do anything worthwhile again

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

The orange one hates the gray one so this is what you would call a mundane miracle

Thread. Lots of comics folks posting their own accounts of the deadline & workload challenges of making a GN or kids book. Here's mine. (1)

The doomsday ads are like “look babe I’ve changed here’s all the stuff you liked when we were good don’t you remember” complete with snot running down trembling chin in a dense seasonal rain hella green tint

It’s correct to point out the hypocrisy but understand that you are doing this for your friends and people who already agree with you, the people doing this are incapable of experiencing hypocrisy within themselves and an attack that can’t land is a waste of resources

I wrote about a loss in the family open.substack.com/pub/stephenp...

if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller December 31,1952

Mainstream comics characters for whom I have actual story ideas: The punisher The X-men Jonah Hex Jessica Jones Squirrel girl Just keep me in mind if you want what ChatGPT has called “an energy unconcerned with mainstream appeal”

I got myself the Cathy fiftieth anniversary collection and man did you guys know that Cathy is really funny

Long as we’re Prineing; The search light in the big yard Swings 'round with the gun And spotlights the snowflakes Like the dust in the sun It's Christmas in prison There'll be music tonight I'll probably get homesick I love you, goodnight this is the third song on the album Like calm down dude

Lyrics that floor and anger me having not written them: When I die, let my ashes float down the Green River Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam I'll be halfway to Heaven with paradise waitin' Just five miles away from wherever I am If there’s a better expression of American longing

Home sick from work and grateful I got to see my knowledge fight boys two nights in a row last week before my energy level dipped into the abyss and my voice began to sound like some half dollars being shaken in a rusty can à la RFK jr

This was advertised to me on TikTok and I don’t think I can comment on it in any way that the fact of it itself doesn’t already communicate

The moral arc of history does not in fact bend towards justice but there are occasionally generous swerves

My day job is busy as shit so I won’t be finishing the book before the end of the year but I must make hay while the sun is shining so thanks for your patience everyone

I think it's important not to misunderstand what these social media platforms are. They are not public arenas where we bravely take on reactionary forces in honorable combat. They are apps that expose you to stress and thereby simulate the feeling of having done something useful

End of the day views at @helioscopepdx.bsky.social

Variation on a theme part 2

Variation on a theme part 1

Oops I did it again (worked an additional week’s worth of hours and then some during the holidays because I have no ability to set professional boundaries and need money)

Holds up

Update: I did it

I have been looking forward to inking this

Hayley Williams new solo album isn’t very good at all but she seems really chill so 4.5/5

Thomas Massie sucks. He’s anti union, anti trans, opposed to just about everything the other side wants but he’s one of the few republicans willing to buck Trump. Every politician is a mix of calculation and conviction, and you take imperfect allies when you have no power, but to be clear he’s a ass

I beat Sekiro last night and truly felt like I had prevailed over danger which is about the kindest thing you can say about the smoke and mirrors of a video game I also only get to play like once a week so this victory was months in the making Sekiro is the best fromsoft game

My life is a mess and my time is being erased both behind and before me, a controlled burn I did not start and cannot stop I will finish my book and I will beat sword Saint isshin

The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.

This is primary and personal for me. Molly and I can barely afford our health insurance now. Absent those subsidies, we’ll likely not be able to afford them at all. What did we get for forty days of shutdown, as public opinion shifted against the republicans? Not a thing. Get fucked, @democrats.org

This is near the top of the list of reasons why we have no faith in the democrats, no faith anything good will ever happen again Next email I get demanding five dollars, I will figure out what an IP address is, how to find one, then I’m coming over and breaking your jaw

Watching the Outkast rock and roll hall of fame performance and a.) incredible how much ground those two covered in their recording career and I’m happy we got what we did and 2.) watching like 7 pro rappers be unable to keep up with Big Boi’s flow is just more proof of his position as All Time King

My buddy, my editor, my pal and yours @cjiswingingit.bsky.social needs some of that solidarity we all like to talk about so do ya thing for as member and friend of the community

Considering there is a detailed YouTube tutorial on how to correctly do every single task on earth, you would think we would be living in a golden age of human competence. However I am starting to worry that this is not the case

Panel borders are finally here The end is nigh

"Integrity" is punk-noir about addiction and moral weakness. this is one of the works of fiction that hits closest to home for me personally and that I'm most proud of. @stephenpellnat.bsky.social made an illustration for it that still haunts me buttondown.com/ChrisMJones/...

if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.

I am within spitting distance of the end

I can’t WAIT to see how the rest of the Democratic Party fails to understand what’s happening in their ostensible base, fucks this up royally between now and next November and hand the republicans another easy victory I have faith in you Chuck and Hakeem I really believe you can and will do this

Looking unlikely that I’ll finish the book by the end of the year. Family stuff. Thanks for anyone who’s stuck with me so far.

To everyone who ordered a hedgehog bootleg: I fully intended to get to the post office this week but in the course of four-jobbing it, that shit ain’t happening. I’ll get there next week! I’m very sorry for the delay.

DOUBLE CAT ACTION

I got my first critical write up in @comicsjournal.bsky.social and hey man I’m just happy to be here www.tcj.com/arrivals-and...

How do you tell a video essayist on YouTube that you miss them

Flash moves the algorithm blood is the lubricant of the engine of capitalism buy my stupid hedgehog bootleg www.stephenpellnat.com/mach-the-hed...

Flesh moves the algorithm it is lubricant of The capitalist engine buy my hedgehog bootleg

and another thing: he’s not mad. please don’t put it in the newspaper that he got mad.