A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January: acasignups.net/cdc-website

Autocorrect has become our worst enema.

Another B&W painting for Halloween: Mr. Hyde. Frederic March won an oscar for his performance in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931). Makeup by Wally Westmore.

A pair of cinematic Draculas: Lugosi and Lee.

Happy Halloween! Continuing to post some of my "Scream Stars" pieces from previous October challenges: Fay Wray, the original scream queen (based on a promo photo), and Boris Karloff in The Black Cat.

Happy book birthday to my friend Jane Ashford! Romance and paranormal mystery combine in LOST TIME. www.amazon.com/Lost-Time-Ja...

A lot of people are quoting this post and that's good because they should, AI sucks and robs us of something special and only mediocre uncreative piss-babies rely on it to make anything at all, fuck AI, p.s. Emma Thompson is now the president, sorry, that's just how it is

More October challenge pieces from previous years: Lon Chaney Jr. in The Wolf Man (1941), Chaney Sr. as The Phantom of the Opera (1925).

Managed to get in another seasonal rendering, adding to the Scream Stars series, this one of Vincent Price:

Finally found time for a couple of new ones. Haven't seen GDT's new Frankenstein yet, tho I'm psyched and looking forward to it. Meanwhile, staying with the Frankenstein theme, here's creator and creature from Hammer's 1958 version, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.

Following up on yesterday's Frankenstein Creature & the Bride, Here are their creators - Colin Clive and Ernest Thesiger.

Haven't had time to do any art challenges this month, so I'll post a few pieces from previous Octobers. Here's Karloff as the Creature and Lanchester as the Bride:

This got me thinking about Myrna Loy, who, although she did go on to many great performances, I'll always think of her as Nora Charles. There was, however, in 1932, one real dog of a film that she was sorry she signed on for. 1/4

They’re gonna ferret out the last three Black women with government jobs and fire them

I never got around to seeing any of the Conjuring movies. Having had personal experience of the Warrens, I wasn't up for watching movies that valorize a pair of lying, manipulative con artists. Seeing those scumbags portrayed as heroes would have set my teeth on edge. skepchick.org/2025/09/the-...

Multiple polls and studies have shown this. When you present the policy facts w/o labels, most US Americans approve of these "leftist" policies. Dem leadership needs to get a clue, and stop listening to those who want them to become GOP Lite.

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.

qrp with something watery

There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used. As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how Part 1: is your work in Libgen? www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Remembering Betteridge's Law: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word 'NO!'" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...?

I was today years old when I learned that the spelling of "lede" (the introductory portion of a news story) was originally a way of distinguishing it from the "lead" of the lead type that was used in printing at the time.

Rovina Cai always does such great work. I particularly love the full wraparound version.

Some of my own pet peeves. Not a huge deal if you make one of these mistakes in a post or email, but if you're a pro writing for publication you really ought to know the difference.

Having read some of the early chapters of the initial version of this, I am so psyched for it! (Also, check out Matthew's "Misfits of Magic," too. It's great fun.)

Post a witch if you wish 🧙🏻‍♀️

This is not a massive decision or any kind of change. Costco has never carried mifepristone in its pharmacies. An anti-abortion group is taking credit for something that didn't happen, possibly to generate disingenuous left-wing ire against one of the few corporations that hasn't gone MAGA.

“None Of These Books Are Obscene”: Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida’s Book Ban Bill This is a big win for intellectual freedom and will have big implications in other ongoing lawsuits and future laws aiming to ban books. bookriot.com/penguin-rand...

Absolutely chuffed to announce that pre-orders for ANGEL MAKER are now open. Details here: www.patreon.com/posts/136481... The long-awaited full-length sequel to the cult classic KAREN MEMORY! (Audible books are a little goofed up in the database right now, so hold off on those.)

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details: LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au... (This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.” Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?

Motherfucking wind farms…

America first right?

New Comic Book Friday: A brand new chapter of AMELIA SHADOWS AND THE OTHER AMELIA is now up on my Patreon for all my paid subscribers! Next week is the BIG FINALE! #AmeliaShadows #PatreonComics #KidsComics

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.

Rev DiCerto's PERILS AND PRETERNATURALISM is now up for pre-order. Victorian scientist Dr. Hobbes investigates various "supernatural" phenomena, but his arrogant assumption of his own brilliance leaves him oblivious to the destruction and chaos he leaves in his wake. www.amazon.com/Peril-Preter...

My wife is in Vogue shitting on your AI-generated "art" 💜 www.vogue.com/article/matt...

Today at three, these are some of the things I made that will be available on www.peculiarityshop.com. If you like wearable art by 11 LGBTQIA+ crafters, we're @peculiarityshop.bsky.social

Rare glimpse into Studio One. Here’s an original drawing and a preview spread from a forthcoming book I’ve co-created with my friend Leigh Bardugo.

It's not just comics, although they're one of the most egregious examples. Almost all corporations that rely on creatives to produce the very thing that makes their money proceed to devalue and fuck over those same creatives. It's practically a rule in corporate culture.

I still sometimes see people seriously asserting the Victorians draped furniture legs because any exposed legs=indecent. That urban legend traces to a *satirical* article of the period - IIRC it was from a Brit writer mocking American prudes. 1/2

Desperately need to bring some money in before the end of the month, so I'm doing an emergency round of custom digital character sketches! Any character! In my kids art style! Order now and you'll have the final digital files by Friday! Message me on here or email me at [email protected]!

I've heard lots of Lehrer's songs, and various stories about him, but this story was new to me and it's priceless.

Friends, we got a call to action 👇 We have the right to know when and how our creative works are used, especially when it comes to GenAi! This is why we need regulation like California’s Ai Copyright Transparency Act #AB-412 ! If you agree, especially if in CA, please sign & share this petition!

Happy birthday to Hunter S. Thompson, a war correspondent of the American landscape. So much of his writing is applicable to the US right now. "The world is not mad, as I thought, but sane in the cheapest kind of way." from a letter to Daryl Murphy, 1962

Hearing "A living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" I was prepared to say "Too fuckin' bad, we can just deal, everyone deserves a living wage." Did not realize what a lie that claim was. Thread:

I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven

Several of my self-published books are 25-75% off at Smashwords during their big Summer/Winter sale, if that's your jam! www.smashwords.com/profile/view...

I'm needing to move quickly - disabled and stuck in a place with no AC in 100+ degree heat. Landlords are the worst. gofund.me/d92fc9d2