The thousands of micro decisions you make as you execute on a new idea are going to have more of your unique voice than the actual idea itself. Shortcuts looking to circumvent that miss the whole point of art.

I don't read this as Passion C.O.D. I read this as Passion COD.

Sad that Einstein died without ever solving the theorems he left behind in his mathematical conjecture explored in this advanced college physics textbook. Sex + Lust + Depravity = A Flesh Riddle.

I would punch a baby penguin right in its sweet little face for some banana bread right now.

Some fun originals from my internet wanderings, today. An Anne Simon sketch. A Mohamed Aouamri page. A Jacques Tardi page. And lastly a page by Mathieu Bablet.

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.

Plants vs Zombies Zomnibus Volume 4 by By @paultobin.bsky.social, @rondanchan.bsky.social, Brian Churilla, @kevindaysaweek.bsky.social, @christiannegg.bsky.social, @mattjrainwater.bsky.social, @angienessyo.bsky.social, and Steve Dutro, with Plants vs. Zombies: bit.ly/44ixssD

Ron Lesser, one of my favorite paperback cover artists, often had his wife Claudia model for him. Here's some pictures of her from The Art of Ron Lesser, and then one of the covers she posed for.

Original art for the morning. A quick celebration of Kevin O'Neill, and then Miss Actarus / Goldorak, by Phillipe Bringel.

Tonight I get to go to a party and see friends and make new friends and pretend I'm not a hermit.

When I see an ad boasting of all that A.I. can create for me

I think you can track America's frantic mood of desperation and malaise by how "Caturday" now trends 7 days a week. We need it. Calendar be damned.

The Hero: I'm on a quest to avenge the death of my Father! The Warrior: You have my sword! The Elf: And my bow! The Dwarf: And my ax! The Necromancer: And your father!

Hey everybody. Just a quick warning to keep in mind for those of you traveling this holiday season. There's a nude on Route 66.

I've been going to the gym for two weeks now and have not hit my ideal weight, been contacted by any modeling agencies, or by the Olympic committee. How long is this supposed to take? THREE weeks??!

Some René Giffey originals from the 1920's / 1930's.

@comicsjournal.bsky.social: Books With Pictures’ Katie Pryde on her store and comics retail: ‘I don’t think comics are going anywhere’ www.tcj.com/books-with-p...

i stand by this statement every year

Occasionally I like to post something serious about writing, and here's one of those times. Prose writers: Read it out loud. Comic writers: Read the dialogue out loud.

DC! Hear me out / call me. BERTIGO

If you have a billion dollars you can do something flat out illegal, against the very ethics of humanity, and absolutely treasonous, and it will be considered "controversial."

Just found a whole genre of WTF books. Constantly amazed by what's out there. Humans are (good) weird.

Creators, please join me in thinking that any "Best Of" lists that don't prominently feature our own works are simply mistaken, ill-informed, and frankly outrageous.

Putting Elon Musk on the cover of a magazine for anything other than “his illegal government funding cuts have already killed hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children” is propaganda

Fantastic Virgil Finlay original cover art. And it also has my redesign for Starro. DC why aren't you calling me?

All editors and proofreaders should start their training with the back covers of old cheese-sleaze novels. Like, find the 49 grammatical errors.

Dirty joke.

Just comically corrupt. Ye olde tyme corruption, even.

For the later crowd, this morning I posted a Bill Wenzel blog-gallery of original art so huge that hundreds of people are still trapped in its depths. You could be another one!

Welp... I went and made the world's largest repository of Bill Wenzel originals. Seriously, you're going to need to bookmark this blog-gallery: it is... large. As befits a cartoonist of Bill's stature! www.paultobin.net/blog-2-1/bil...

Ah this is great news. I’m not sure we’d have Zohran in the mayor’s office without Lander in the coalition. Having him in Congress would be a win

Cat, by Wiebke Rauers. Norse Gorilla, by A.Dan.

"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—" Reviews. Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.) Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!

And I am to believe that rain, a thing that FALLS from the sky, is in clouds, which FLOAT in the sky. Mmhmm sure, micro droplets that only become too heavy to float when they're raindrop sized. Yeah, uh huh sure. I believe you. Right. Fuck you CLOUDLIES.

Don't mean to start any conspiracy theories but it's ridiculous when you think of how water, the building block of life, just happens to regularly fall from the "sky," at good volume.

Lawmakers and bible thumpers don't want you to understand the people they're demonizing are doing more good for society than they ever would

I'm not sure why I did this but happy holidays. #art

Uh oh. Veronica Lake in a cowboy shirt.

Having a very Jean-Paul Krassinsky morning.

My grandpa was born in the US to German parents. He had younger cousins who were in Hitler youth in Germany. Decades later I talked with some of them about it (with the ruthless candor of youth). Why did you do that? What were you thinking? What they described was a lot like this.

Just worked a little more on the blog-gallery I'm slooowly putting together for Richard E. Geis. I love this guy's books.

She’s finally here, part one of my glorious descent into hell. open.substack.com/pub/nympholi...

Went to the gym and booted 350 calories away on a treadmill and then biked home through a cold freezing rain and it was GREAT.

Good morning from me and this Paul Rader cover of a woman who wrestled with sin and got pinned.

I'm so happy for them.

Shopping small is meaningful!

Steaming hot melancholy action!

Tabby what the hell did you do?

If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there. “I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”

Any time it's within 400 days of Halloween it's valid to post pictures of Veronica Lake in I Married A Witch.