It’s so annoying that we all have to just continually point out how rules around/between decorum and violation are applied asymmetrically to vulnerable groups versus the people who are always hassling them, and it’s extra insulting that the people in charge are trying to lol it away.

Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI. www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...

If I have met your cat(s) in real life or we’ve shared a meal I would love it if you could reply/DM me a picture of them in a cute/funny pose! Drawing a tiny one-page personal zine w lots of cats and would rather draw known cats where possible-they won’t all fit but would be fun to include some!

I keep thinking about this piece. It feels so odd to have someone put into words what I suspected. I think the ideal authors for current publishing's standards are influencers/celebrities: built-in audience, unrelated income streams, someone else does their PR/comments moderation, willing to shill

it took me less than 5 minutes to do my 3 calls. "i saw on the news trump is threatening to shut down the government if democrats don't bend the knee over trans healthcare. i will never vote for [rep] again if they give up trans healthcare. i would rather the government shut down." that's it.

What might not occur to you upon reading this headline is that, in other words, ICE is targeting gay men of color Every queer press org should be picking up this story

Does anyone ever try to sell original art at comics shows? Every time I've done this people are so squeamish about touching an original watercolor, even if it's in a plastic sleeve. And they sell very few, even if I price them super low. Any tips?

Formal post soon, but for the first time in eight (!) years, I'm open for illustration & short comics work! I'd love to do more TTRPG equipment & character designs/ illos; book covers; & book interiors. I also love making short comics & would love to be a part of more anthologies! www.careydraws.com

Formal post soon, but for the first time in eight (!) years, I'm open for illustration & short comics work! I'd love to do more TTRPG equipment & character designs/ illos; book covers; & book interiors. I also love making short comics & would love to be a part of more anthologies! www.careydraws.com

THIS SATURDAY!!!! inside & outside Brooklyn Artery and Taylor & co! Masks recommended & provided! more info at their site: dicecomix.cargo.site Last con of the year for me :3

If you're trying to get an old wacom to work w newer mac OS, I can't recommend the "Connect my tablet" app highly enough!! they're not paying me to say this lol. got my 2013 cintiq working 6 years ago AND got the same model cintiq AND a ~2011? intuos working on a much newer OS today. lifesavers!!!

I am here as the ghost of christmas bad futures to tell you that my desktop’s SSD completely and irrecoverably failed last week without warning!! Kind of it to wait until art fixes were in but STILL. [static] GB of work only saved by physical & digital backups; please keep yours current, that’s all

GUYS, FLIP IS OUT TODAY!!! 🥳🎉🎈 This is my most autobiographical story to date, and so close to my heart!✨

💖 Hi~ I've recently been hired as Illustration & Creative Lead at The Story Division, helping publishers with graphic novel projects. I'm currently updating our artist database & looking for a wider range of art styles. Cartoonists: post sequentials, website, availability below. No DMs/emails plz!

Happened to find this - it's a useful little website if you A) want to know why you should drop Substack and B) want a list of alternatives. A couple also have tools to import your old SS posts over. leavesubstack.com #kidlit

#Animorphs fans, I'm very happy to share that the first three books in the series are being rereleased next May with brand new covers. 🧊🦎 You can learn more here: thenerddaily.com/animorphs-by... Cover artist: @creepcaptain.bsky.social Book design: Cassy Price and Christopher Stengel at Scholastic

a *lot* of anti trans shit coming from the house toward the FY26 bill & i can’t tell you how much it matters for a lot of people to tell dem senators—amidst the week’s jenga tower of moral panics—not to compromise & that trans people are worth fighting for. info & script in the QT ⬇️⬇️ please call!

If you saw me online playing silksong early this AM please understand that my computer’s hard drive completely died yesterday without warning and I was in desperate need of emotional support bug horror until I can go get it replaced. Thank you for your time.

Brooklyn/NYC folks: hyper local indie comic festival DICE is in 10 days (Sat 9/27)! I'm not tabling, but I'm volunteering for the early shift & I'm excited to check it out-- see you there! dicecomix.cargo.site

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

@debbiefong.com saw Wally face-out on display at kinokuniya!

this weekend!! we're going to have a fantastic time!

I can finally share the news!!! This year’s poster was done by me~ @mikotoazure.bsky.social really nailed my designs and characters and transformed them into such beautiful and amazing pieces for the shirt + tote! Thank you again @gdocexpo.com for allowing me to make more cool art ✨💫💙

my best tip for things to do in bethesda, MD is that the mockingbirds on the fence of the dealership parking lot behind the marriott do a banger 15-minute best-of car alarm mimicry set around dinnertime

New at @comicsjournal.bsky.social: Gretchen Felker-Martin speaks out about DC Comics cancelling Red Hood, and her comments on the shooting of Charlie Kirk: "I had no regrets."

I don't think I will ever again reach the level of big midna hope I was on circa '20-'22 but it would still be nice to see her again. just putting that out there

I won't be at SPX this year but I'm sending all the energy I have to everyone tabling!! I hope it's a great show!

🌸 where to find datura magazine at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social this weekend! 🌸 we'll be at W84B, but don't miss out on all the other contributors who will be at SPX too!

The wonderful tech writer and author of Blood in the Machine is running a blog series called AI Killed My Job. If you or any other artist you know has had their work impacted by AI, please contact them. To underline: getting this kind of information out there is critical for the arts right now.

ty for directing to this resource & for directing to the queer liberation library! queerliberationlibrary.org needing to get a card in person can be a really serious barrier!

Comic creators: Don't use the Atlantic search tool, find a LibGen mirror. They are sketchy AF with popups so I won't link here, but I found the entirety of Paper Girls in multiple editions/languages.

Ahh, yeah alot of you are in there... search through libgen dot li, using title names not just author (a lot of the listings are incomplete)

couple weeks ago I opened my years-old hollow knight file, saw that I was in the coliseum, died three times in a row, gave up and started a new file. have beaten 1/3 dreamers on new file & finally decided to open old file to see how far in I actually was... 80% with the last boss unlocked. oops

Every time I read a Moto Hagio book I learn something new about layouts!!!

it happened again but the number this time was Worse

I didn’t know about crepus’s vial on my first abandoned Elden ring playthrough but stumbled into it this time and it’s SUCH a huge QOL improvement for legacy dungeons over always casting assassin’s approach!! Damn

While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI: At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.

Added a “imp labubu (impbubu?)” to my increasing family of horrible little handmade children

FLIP, my next book, comes out next month! Sep. 23! I wrote this story for nerdy Black girls socialized in environments that minimized them. I was terrified that people wouldn't get it. But people *have* gotten it. This silly & heartfelt story is SO different from CHECK PLEASE but you'll love it!

Belated @flamecon.bsky.social comics treats! Names of tabling authors in alt text!

I think if you like the Witcher (books) you will probably also enjoy Between Two Fires and vice versa. It’s also making me want to reread Hild & its sequel though those are a slightly different flavor!

old but once again highly relevant comic from Just The Good Bits... except this time with a much, much larger upload size

Every single day I see a comic artist I admire post a link to their Substack, an awful platform that promotes white nationalism, transphobia, vaccine-denial and more. Here's my long post with links and suggestions of alternate newsletter sites: www.patreon.com/posts/substa... #substack

Flamecon just sent exhibitor surveys out! obvi it's ultimately in organizers' hands, but this is a great place to note if you'd like to see the show reserve a % of tables for cartoonists/comic artists or move towards an app process like MICE's!!

It’s hard to talk about problems in the comics industry without people taking it personally, but the prevalence of Substack is a big one. This is NOT a “vaguepost” about anyone specifically, but it’s not easy to keep seeing good folks keeping a bad platform going.

Flamecon just sent exhibitor surveys out! obvi it's ultimately in organizers' hands, but this is a great place to note if you'd like to see the show reserve a % of tables for cartoonists/comic artists or move towards an app process like MICE's!!

Not only am I excited to share what I’ve learned about writing comics these past few years, I’m extra hype to yap nonstop with the homie Wendy for you guys. Please consider joining this class if you need help refining your process!