Characters from Victor Hugo's 1831 Romantic novel NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS (published in English under the title THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME)

she has never been afraid of anything or anyone. she is ten pounds.

y'all, Black folks have been telling you to stop using "rest in power" for Renee Good and Alex Pretti and I'm gonna reiterate: stop using "rest in power". that ones not for us. there are plenty of ways for us to honor Good and Pretti, without co-opting a phrase made and meant for Black folks.

Incredible

DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:

Alex Pretti's gun is like Renee Good's car: irrelevant to the central fact that they were murdered by ICE. ICE wants us to debate whether Pretti should have been carrying because that avoids the central fact. Pro-carry, anti-carry--that has as much to do w/ his murder as his fashion choices. Zero.

Secretary Noem has forfeited her right to lead. I’m calling on her to resign. Gregory Bovino must also be fired. No one, not an ICE agent, not a federal officer, not a president, is above the law.

it’s that time again

I think opposition to abortion is actually a great place to situate a working definition of fascism. The baseless desire for control over the bodies of an underclass, reaffirmed as such by that control. bsky.app/profile/dolp...

until the tiger got into my house, i thought we should hold off on saying there was an escaped tiger marauding in the neighborhood, to avoid alarmism

unlike all the strident leftists who were correct too early, i am correct at exactly the right time

Especially if your senators are GOP, call them. Just say "I'm asking the senator to vote no on any further Department of Homeland Security funding." It's worth working to peel off any GOP senators who might be wavering and constituent pressure will give them cover.

It’s like Kavenaugh being at the brooks brother’s riot, it’s not just the same problems it’s the same damn people

Bolsonaro supporters protesting and demanding that he is set free got hit by a lightning bolt, 3 persons are in hospital now.

This is what I think about every time some GOP politician suddenly softens their psychotic, anti-human stance on a subject when it turns out their child is gay/trans/etc., or THEY suddenly develop insulin-dependent diabetes, or whatever. Nothing Is Real Unless It's Happening To Me

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE IN COLOR

Worth repeating that the people of Minnesota are braver than the US marines and it's not close

me: “surely he’ll become normal once he’s sworn in.” Zohran: “no. I will never become normal.” me: “ah. Very good, sir.”

ZOHRAN THE GREATEST MAYOR IN THE NATION

ADDING ONTO THIS THREAD - Beware of INPRNT folks. About a month ago my account vanished - no email, no indication why. All my prints were up and there was money in that account. They have not responded to ANY of my attempts to find out more info on this.

Zohran Mamdami, if you're recommending gay smut for people to read I have a suggestion. (It's even set mostly in New York.)

pokemon gen 1 resprite #pixelart #pokemon

Love my JRPG community- always coming through! #fuckice

and so i would say that for some (or many) this is actually a lot harder to sustain than "just draw the comic! just have fun!" you can get bogged down by discussions of Craft and Approach, but ultimately comics and stories can be anything. we've seen it. but who GETS to draw? who GETS to have fun?

there's advice for how to draw and there's advice for how to view yourself as a worker among workers. comics are an issue of labour rights— wage exploitation and seeing that we don't exploit others— healthcare, housing, the time and energy it takes to make comics and the toll it takes on your body.

Time to spend one zillion dollars at DreamHaven Books!!! I buy almost all my new giant art books and pulpy used books from them. Also I secretly sign books there whenever I stop in for a treat.

I’ve never heard of a “law enforcement” agency putting an officer who just killed someone back on the street under 24 hours. And that’s because all shootings are treated as homicides pending investigation. This is as clear a sign as you’ll get that DHS personnel enjoy practical immunity from murder.

Don’t waste your time chasing down editors and publishers who won’t give you the time of day. Make some cool shit and work with people who want to work with you.

Every day until you like it

I think about this post a lot

Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.

be at least a bit of a freak about what you're making

I don't make a comic for views, or money, or awards, or anything I don't even make it for comments or readers, really I make it because I'm a weird little freak who had one terrible, horrible idea and I had to do it or no one else would this is the only way to comic without burning out

artist @michaeldeforge.bsky.social is very good at clearly and effectively communicating what the fight is and how we're going to win check this shit out if u don't know mdf yet

Stop waiting til you're good enough. You both never will be, and already are. ✨

making pinup drawings is all good and well, but it won’t make you any better at comics. only making comics will make you better at making comics.

Every day in 2026 I've woken up mad, without fail. Fuck ICE, fuck this whole fucking Administration. Bunch of evil evil evil dirty little liars. WE SEE THROUGH YOU!!!! *screams* what absolute scumbags. #art

I know people are on this already, just want to amplify that none of these MN corporations are willing to even *mention* ICE and some have been extremely cooperative with them. Target is a huge offender there. I think redoubling on #BoycottTarget + telling them why helps. bsky.app/profile/prem...

People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.

You are in a niche of a niche, and the potential audience is sized accordingly. If you manage to find a way to support yourself exclusively off of your comics output, that's awesome, but you've beaten the odds. Don't go in EXPECTING to beat the odds.

If you're considering signing a graphic novel contract, look at the advance the publisher is offering and subtract 15% for your agent (if you have one) and then 30% for taxes, and then divide by the 5-7 years it might take you to finish the book, and then decide if the money is worth it.

look at this beautiful ghost i encountered last night

Feels like society’s really broken down in the US in a way that’s deeply traumatic. But also there are college students knocking on doors asking for shovels (they’re not well-prepared) and helping trapped motorists by shoveling and pushing out cars. Up to 24 of them now, wandering streets together

It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.

this isn't as fun as some others BUT if you're sharing your comic for free, someone's gonna complain about something unimportant at some point, the schedule, the style, a color choice etc. and I NEED you to know that you can tell them to give you a million dollars to do it to their specifications

For normies who are not in the know, the doll Kirsten is one of the original three American Girl characters and her book series is about her family immigrating from Sweden to Minnesota in the 1850s.

In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram