Ted Closson
@vinegartom.bsky.social
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All this machine does is draw and write and make little comics, that's all. (Bi, He/Him)
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Some of my work just arrived in this printed anthology from the MoMA
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Drawn to MoMA: Comics Inspired by Modern Art ā Hardcover
Edited by Alex Halberstadt and Arlette Hernandez. Preface by Walter Scott. Ā A vibrant anthology of comics inspired by visits to the museum, featuringĀ Roz Chast, Liana Finck, Walter Scott and moreāand...
https://store.moma.org/products/drawn-to-moma-comics-inspired-by-modern-art-hardcover
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Cartoon Art Museum
15 days ago
Did you know that Girls Scouts can earn a Cadette Comic Artist Badge for creating their own comic? If your troop's looking for some assist, we're here for you: CAM offers private group workshops that can help creators of all skill levels reach their goal. More info at
cartoonart.org/education-index
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
7 days ago
It costs ~$70 to produce a yearās supply of insulin. Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isnāt inflation or supply chaināItās corporate greed. NowāCalifornia will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
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Talia "Estro Junkies" Bhatt āļøāļø
8 days ago
Today for
@theverge.com
, I talk about transfem narratives: the epistemic lockout from mainstream publishing, the advantages and pitfalls of the self-pub model, and what a global transmisogynistic panic implies for our ability to make our voices heard and represent our own lives and worlds.
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Trans women are building their own publishing world, and itās under threat
Online communities are stepping in where traditional publishing stops.
https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/799836/trans-indie-authors-self-publishing-queer-fiction
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Carta Monir
11 days ago
We're already over $1k with so much more to go, please help us keep climbing. I truly didn't understand how expensive and fucked up the court system is in this country until I heard what my friend is experiencing. Anything helps.
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šEskiš
13 days ago
I am quite frankly desperate to make ends meet this month. We are $900 short on rent alone despite everything, and could really use any help we can get. I'm taking autumn YCH commissions and accepting any other help I can get to make sure the check clear in just a few days here.
ko-fi.com/eskiworks
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Buy Eskiworks a Coffee
Become a supporter of Eskiworks today!
https://ko-fi.com/eskiworks
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Catsuka
18 days ago
Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe) to direct a "Moomins" animated feature film.
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Iron Spike
3 months ago
Deskilling is real. This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service. Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.
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NPR
23 days ago
Today marks the first day in public mediaās history without federal funding. And weāre not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link:
n.pr/46wamAj
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ShortBox Comics Fair
23 days ago
It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here! Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only! And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com
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Sean Clossonš¦š¦
24 days ago
If you have some free time, take a walk on the beach with Kentrosaurus... just be sure to walk closer to the front than the back.
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Cartoonist Cooperative
25 days ago
Closing in on October, which means close to the end of the submission period!
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Ų§ŁŁŲ³ŁŲÆŲ±Ų§ Ł ŁŲ±Ų§Ł
28 days ago
Rest In Power āš¼
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MariNaomi (they/them)
28 days ago
update about the cartoonists of color, queer cartoonists, and disabled cartoonists databases tldr: i am shuttering the databases and i am sad.
www.patreon.com/posts/139743...
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update about the cartoonists of color, queer cartoonists, and disabled cartoonists databases | MariNaomi
Get more from MariNaomi on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/posts/139743237?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share
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shivana
30 days ago
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE draw your balloons into your thumbnails i'm begging y'all SAVE THE ROOM AND YOUR LAYOUT
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Claire Willett
8 months ago
no the fuck we are NOT making āLGBQ+ā a thing and if I see any of you motherfuckers using that acronym itās on sight Marsha P. Johnson did not smash in the windshield of a police car for this
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Loish
about 1 month ago
Itās been a year since I launched my free resource pack for artists! To celebrate, Iāve been working on new tutorials, brushes, and more. Iām finalizing the last details, and Iāll be updating it next week! If you want to be the first to hear about the new update, sign up here:
links.loish.net
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Kody Okamoto
about 1 month ago
We've only received single-digit event proposals so far! š¢ Did you attend any of our incredible online panels this past year? Those came from folks submitting their panel ideas! Event proposals are open to the public. You do NOT have to be a
@cartoonist.coop
member to pitch us a NIF event!!¹
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Jen tiNGtiNG
about 1 month ago
#art
#resist
#ArtYear
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Spoopy Larsen
about 1 month ago
Go read a comic. Log off. It's okay, log off. I care about you. Log off. If you think I am writing this directly to you, I am.
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šEskiš
about 1 month ago
Gonna boost this again to let other independent artists know about this upcoming platform! This is probably one of the most promising licensing websites I've seen, especially because they go all in on protecting artists from AI and not nickel-and-diming us in fees. Please consider supporting them!
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Dr. Emily Friedman
about 1 month ago
If you have been thinking about structures of safety in TTRPGs, this issue is for you, including pieces that touch on games in the classroom, philosophies of safety, care ethics, and even rules lawyering.
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So it's apparently Bi-Visibility month...
about 1 month ago
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Damion Schubert
about 1 month ago
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Jack Musto š š šŗ
about 1 month ago
*jazz hands*
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I'd also advise you not to have a take in a public forum that could be used as a matter of record...
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about 1 month ago
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Jess Zimmerman
4 months ago
Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
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Iron Spike
about 1 month ago
Quick friendly reminder that Bluesky is entirely fucking public and you should post accordingly! Heads on straight, gang!
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AKA Michelle Jones
about 1 month ago
This is inspiring me to make my game design even more unhinged
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Cliff Chiang
about 1 month ago
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.
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Steenz!
about 2 months ago
THIS!! It's one thing to promote a small press title or a zine collection, but if I'm being published by a Big 5 publisher I shouldn't have to be their marketing and publicity employee.
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Drawmark
about 2 months ago
THX to all the illustrators, cartoonists, designers who have backed the Kickstarter campaign for
@armadillostock.bsky.social
. They know Armadillo is a free to use licensing platform for illustrators by illustrators. -NO AI -100% š° to artists -Community support
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...
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Armadillo: Licensing for Human Illustrators
We're building a free-to-use platform for artists to share their licensable work. We don't allow AI, and we don't take a cut.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dialmformichele/armadillo-stock
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Rosemary Travale
about 2 months ago
To my sticker making friends who rightly hate AI: One less option to worry about when printing stickers! Feel free to recommend other printers in the comments that we can all use instead, bonus points for Canadian companies
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Ryan Estrada
about 2 months ago
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collectionās current iteration.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/
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Drawmark
about 2 months ago
Print isnāt dead. Itās just run by out of touch weirdos and nepo babies. The future of magazines lies in the hands of those with other ideas.
www.ft.com/content/d4d5...
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Vogue, the court of Condé Nast and the future of the glossy magazine
Itās hard to imagine how any kind of succession will work while so much control remains in one hand
https://www.ft.com/content/d4d53f6f-211d-4759-8e58-5c017b19a705
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Drawmark
about 2 months ago
20 days to go for the
@armadillostock.bsky.social
Kickstarter campaign. Help fund a new idea in art licensingā¦one where illustrators do it for themselves. -NO AI -100% fees to artists -FREE to use Please support the hard work of the volunteers who support you.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...
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Alice Wong
about 2 months ago
There is a lot for disabled people to be enraged about. I partnered with artist Finnegan Shannon on
#DisabledRage
public art. All graphics are downloadable & feel free to share and wheatpaste all over your community
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/
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This just in, the fox that killed all those chickens will be guarding the hen house.
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about 2 months ago
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John Rogers
about 2 months ago
Your occasional reminder that the positive effects of UBI have been tested and validated hundreds of times more often than the murderous Musk robotaxis or LLMās weāre rushing to put into our schools and streets.
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Charlotte Clymer
about 2 months ago
"Why should I care about U.S. Space Command being transferred to Alabama? I hate the military-industrial complex. We spend too much money on defense. Why does it matter which rich people get richer off it?" There are a number of reasons you should care, but you really only need one. (thread)
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Joseph Cox
about 2 months ago
Hackers compromised an artist platform, and now are threatening to upload all of the artists' art to AI tools if the platform doesn't pay up. A novel extortion strategy
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Hackers Threaten to Submit Artists' Data to AI Models If Art Site Doesn't Pay Up
Artists&Clients, a website for connecting artists with gigs, is down after a group called LunaLock threatened to feed their data to AI datasets.
https://www.404media.co/hackers-threaten-to-submit-artists-data-to-ai-models-if-art-site-doesnt-pay-up/
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Krispy
about 2 months ago
Hey folks! Wanna participate in the coolest online comics festival? Check out the Cartoonist Co-Op to get started and join us in preperation for NiF(Nib and Ink Fest) 2026!
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Little Ghosts Books
about 2 months ago
Little Ghosts Books is open for Submissions! From now until Nov. 1st, submit your horror novellas for consideration to our small press and kick off spooky season! More details about the call and our publishing house are available on the website:
www.littleghostsbooks.com/novellasubmi...
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Dr. Carol Tilley š³ļøāš
about 2 months ago
Learn more about the history of
#LaborDay
in the US from this comic by Sam Wallman, shared at The Nib in 2018.
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āLabor Dayā isnāt Labor Day | The Nib
The annual workerās holiday in the rest of the world is May Day. Why not here?
https://thenib.com/labor-day-isn-t-labor-day/
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OlĆŗfįŗ¹Ģmi O. TĆ”Ćwò
about 2 months ago
gotta say if nothing else Andor is refreshing in that it reminds people Star Wars was an anticolonial story the whole time
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Tom Humberstone
about 2 months ago
Not read my comic about the misunderstood history of the Luddites, how tech is never apolitical, and the history of resistance against it? Itās now available on
@brokenfrontier.bsky.social
to read for free!
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Drawmark
about 2 months ago
I backed Armadillo: Licensing for Human Illustrators. Check it out and support if you can. Itās a fresh take on licensing illustration. Every little bit helps. Take back your power from big tech platforms that treat you as a nothing more than a profit center.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dia...
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Armadillo: Licensing for Human Illustrators
We're building a free-to-use platform for artists to share their licensable work. We don't allow AI, and we don't take a cut.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dialmformichele/armadillo-stock
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