A little wip of Emberrissa from @highrollersdnd.bsky.social i think we all imagine her with thick mommy thighs looking down on us a little...

thunking some more thonks

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

This, so much! I’ve met a lot of people who spend years writing and rewriting this one book they had an idea for instead of just … letting it go and writing the next thing. In my opinion this is the first hurdle on the way to becoming a professional writer, and it’s one that many stumble on.

the way Pluribus is a treatise on queerphobia, white supremacy, colonialism, appropriation, racism, ableism, assimilation, consent & bodily autonomy, on so many societal -phobias and -isms, and the importance of individuality to art, love, culture, and to what we owe each other… it’s just a triumph

One of the lessons of that afternoon was that, even though Mr. D was literally just joking--a joke he didn't expect any of the kids to get--he still suffered the consequences of being a shithead. I think this should happen more often, to more people.

My brother found a stash of family filmstrips from the 1970s and we'd like to get them digitized. Can anyone recommend a quality, reasonably-priced service that does that?

Perform empathy. Please. Perform the fuck out of it. It's so good to act with kindness. I hope it penetrates to a place where you feel it, too, but if you must act some way, act the right way. I'm not here to judge your authenticity, I just want you to be kind, thoughtful, and mortified by meanness.

For god's sake read a book, it's an emergency

Happy holidays! Save 10% off your order with code KRAMPUS at checkout from December 22nd to 25th 2025 at blambot.com. This includes fonts, brushes and even the Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering!

ATTENTION CARTOONISTS! 📢 Submissions open Jan. 1st, 2026 for the Minicomic Awards, part of the Cartoonist Co-op’s annual Nib and Ink Festival! Comics 32 pages or fewer published in 2025 will be eligible. See mca.cartoonist.coop/submission-g... for full eligibility requirements and FAQs.

Seriously all you have to do to convince me to drop all my pandemic precautions is show me that you can cure my long covid and everyone else’s, and that I won’t get sick for another 3 years if I get covid again. Go on, roll out a single shred of evidence. Show me a single study about a cure.

Okay if I can be selfish for a moment: I'm delisted from itch. In the UK you literally can not see my profile. A big chunk of my income, my living money, comes from bundles like this. It would mean a lot if you could share it, send it to friends. 🧵 itch.io/s/175443/ver... itch.io/b/3377/bundl...

Time to take care of your year-end charitable donations! I'm *this close* to getting 41 people to donate $41 each to mark the Cartoon Art Museum's 41st anniversary! www.cartoonart.org/checkout/don...

At Reykjavík Game Summit 2025, @loa-gunnars.bsky.social, game designer and adjunct instructor at Reykjavik University, shared a refreshing perspective drawn from her experience teaching game design and working with students.

I think every comics creator should internalize the fact that using a.i. for any part of your job not only comprises your work but it also fucks over every other person working with you. It's not worth it. Ever.

I wonder what happens in Kyle and Steve’s new vertigo series END OF LIFE #2 👀👀👀👀

The very first lecture I had at art school, told us that we weren't there to learn to make beautiful images. We were there to learn to communicate ideas. (That could sometimes be beautiful but also not.) If we wanted to make "soulless beauty" we were pointed to the door. This was 20 years ago.

It’s Hanukkah, so I’m going to repost the seasonal Marvel fan comic that @brandtandstein.com and @deezoid.bsky.social and I made back in (gasp!) 2018. I’m still awestruck at how great Ted & Ro and Dee’s art is in this. Enjoy!

the thing that drives me insane about genAI/chatgpt bullshit is that brother, the process IS the work IS the entire thing. no artist comes to art for the final result. the final result is inextricable from the fucking labor that came into making it

Hvað segiði, Bluesky fjölla, getum við fundið hann/hana?

exactly one person from Ísafjörður in Iceland listened to an episode of PressProgress Sources. If this was you, and not someone using a VPN, please get in touch.

Tonight Hurðaskellir (Door Slammer), the 7th of Iceland's 13 Yule Lads, comes down from the mountains. As the name suggests, he likes to slam doors. Children leave a shoe out in the window for him to put a small gift or a treat in – if they've been good that is. The bad children get a potato.

I’m only $60 away from $1000 to help some very good doggos! Want a drawing? Donate today! 🐾

not that it would convince any AI turds but this is the best way to explain it They want the tip of the triangle with nothing under it

“AI is ok as long as it’s not taking anyone’s job” and whose work is it trained on. Did you forget that it’s a bunch of stolen fucking shit? Are we moving the goalposts already? “it’s sticking around so you have to get used to it, be realistic” no I don’t. Eat my shit and hair

CHANUR’S HOMECOMING (1986) Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30” X 18” The biggest challenge painting alien creatures is finding ways to communicate information about the way they think via gestures available to their peculiar forms. 1/4

I've worked with Atla for several years now and can testify: She is resourceful, diligent and highly motivated. When she chaired the ICBS, she showed initiative and ambition in spades. You won't find a more dedicated team member at her price!

Tonight Askasleikir (Bowl Licker), the 6th of Iceland's 13 Yule Lads, comes down from the mountains. He likes to hide under beds and steal used bowls to lick them clean. Children leave their shoes out in the window for him, he gives the good ones a small gift or a treat, the bad ones get a potato.

Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does

Remember: The Green Knight is a Christmas movie.

I've worked with Atla for several years now and can testify: She is resourceful, diligent and highly motivated. When she chaired the ICBS, she showed initiative and ambition in spades. You won't find a more dedicated team member at her price!

EMERGENCY! Starting in January, my unemployment benefits will be withheld, so I am opening up emergency editorial commissions. I've edited comics, visual novels and pitches of every kind for almost a decade now, including Eisner and Xeric-nominated projects! Email or DM me for inquiries!

though i'm loath to ask this question, we are in "people spend money on books" season: have you pre-ordered your copy of Again, Harder yet? some new blurbs!

Also just tapping the sign again — A.I. eliminates the opportunity for creative discovery on your way to the destination you *thought* you wanted. You’re making art, process is everything.

Save the date! We are thrilled to announce WORST MAN, hitting shelves in August 2026. It’s the debut graphic novel from Eisner and GLAAD awards-nominated creative duo, @brandtandstein.com!

reminder that in nature, only predators are opposed to others herding

I keep seeing more articles about how they regret it now that the damage is done & I truly believe that if you have any genuine interest in salvaging what’s left of this country then whether you want to or not, you can never forgive these people. You can never let them live what they did down.

Everyone do this imo

Writer/scholar community: I need pointing towards research materials. Haruspex stuff. Entrail-reading. History and culture stuff, but also gory specifics. What entrail configurations gave what messages? It's a writing question, officer, I swear.

we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫

Reject AI and annoy a billionaire.

...and the rich scent of summer.

Tonight Þvörusleikir (Spoon Licker), the 4th of Iceland's 13 Yule Lads, comes down from the mountains. He sneaks in to lick used þvörur (large wooden cooking spoons). Children leave their shoes out for him in the window. He gives the good ones a small gift or a treat. The bad ones get a potato.

AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone - tech is now more expensive - you cannot trust most media of reality anymore - programs barely function - energy prices - literal psychosis - your voice can be literally stolen for evil - more spyware but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.

Lol the crazy thing is, no, you’re not running out of good ideas. There are tons of great ideas everywhere. You’re just not willing to fund them because you’re all cowards.

Tonight Stúfur, 3rd of Iceland's 13 Yule Lads, comes down from the mountains. He sneaks into houses and eats the crust left on pans after cooking. All the children put a shoe in the window for him to put a treat or a little gift in - if they have been good that is. The bad children get a potato.

Lmfao every AI defense piece is like "AYY I FUCKIN SUCK BRO HOPEFULLY THIS FUCKIN STEAL YOUR SHIT MACHINE WILL MAKE ME SUCK SLIGHTLY LESS OK"

Wow I can’t believe the answer is that they’re all eager to see the shocking conclusion of HECTOR PLASM: HUNT THE BIGFOOT, out this week

This is promising news!