I think Noah Wyle is hot but some of my friends are beside themselves with thirst. They have lost language and faculties. They are howling at the moon, long desperate for a sorta craggy man without a podcast.

listen, anybody can make a comic. anybody. but most people aren't dumbass enough to bother. and I think, as a demographic, that makes us really special

Come see @barrydeutsch.bsky.social and me this weekend in Eugene!

And if you'd like to make that little ka-ching sound reverberate throughout Helioscope, here's a Harley Quinn sketch that I contributed to the studio's Etsy shop. helioscopepdx.etsy.com/listing/4311...

That little cash register ka-ching sound that the etsy app plays when you make a sale has really changed the experience of listening to Dark Side of the Moon.

Some sketching from last night:)

Just what IS "queer"? Dr. Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele take on this complicated, beautiful, contradictory topic in their book, "QUEER: A Graphic History". Read this review by @erikamoen.bsky.social and Matthew Nolan and then go get'cher self a copy! 1/2 www.ohjoysextoy.com/queer-book/

PORTLAND: this is today! See you at @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social. #pdxcomics

Who's going to be at NYCC? I made a starter pack! Please spread and share And if you're going to be there and want to be added to the pack, please comment below (And remember to put your table or booth in your name) go.bsky.app/QjxicuS

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

You can pick up a collection of Nick Dragotta shorts or an updated Norwegian fairy tale this October

I'll be on here, along with @jeffparker.bsky.social, @gabrielhardman.bsky.social, and @ibrill.bsky.social! 8:30 Pacific time!

THREAD: Today's the anniversary of a comic I drew & @ryansara.bsky.social wrote that had a big impact on our careers. In 2001 Sara published their first novel. It did really well. Cicada, a YA lit magazine, invited Sara to write something for them. Then they learned Sara's married to me.(cont)

PORTLAND: First Friday Office Hours are this Friday, October 3rd, 4-6 PM at Books with Pictures! @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social Show me 6-8 pages of comics storytelling and I'll give you honest feedback based on my 30 years in comics. Details in the thread linked below: bsky.app/profile/stev...

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

let the gourd times roll

Kickstarter United has voted to STRIKE! We are fighting for a 32 hour work week, livable wage for all workers, and protections against AI. Our Seattle members are organizing a rally alongside OPEIU 8. Join us on Thursday in Cal Anderson Park! forms.gle/udwphKvnZDVG...

It’s Long Exposure’s 9 year anniversary today!! To celebrate, I’m offering 15% off your first month when you sub to my Patreon ($5-$20 tiers)!! Ends Oct 3rd! Code is LE25 💕 www.patreon.com/marsoid

My view from the @helioscopepdx.bsky.social lunch table.

October guy of the month who’s face I’m perplexed by: Herman Munster

I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this

about four years worth of work is coming out this week (Good Devils with @nickdragotta.bsky.social), in three weeks (Perfect Crime Party with @sallataire.bsky.social), and around the end of the month (All Negro Comics, edited by @chrisrobinson.info). funny timing. getting it all out the way I guess.

Making progress!

Just for my patrons, I made a comic about sharing a different comic on a certain French forum. This one's not going public because I would rather not get eaten alive, thankyouverymuch. www.patreon.com/posts/140041...

The Helioscope etsy has a few more copies of Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, the deluxe edition! Your copy will be signed and sketched by me on the title page & signed on the endpapers by a bunch of other artists who are depicted on the cover. helioscopepdx.etsy.com/listing/4311... Free US shipping.

Here on the brutal, war-torn streets of Portland, my studiomate @leiladelduca.bsky.social has made a new short video for the Helioscope YouTube channel: "What do you love about comics?" youtube.com/shorts/XQ1Nw... I'd love to hear from you folks, too. What do YOU love about comics?

Every now and then I should remember to talk about my OWN writings, I guess. Here's a page that showcases all my novels to date, with excerpts, and handy ordering links. I write goodly so please read muchly! www.paultobin.net/novel-excerpts

I’ve spent the last several years repeatedly reassuring various friends/family members that Portland is not in fact a war zone and that I’m safe. That gap between realities has never felt so vast as it does now

From the war-torn streets of Portland, a group of wily cartoonists and illustrators stood as humanity's last hope for (noun). A collective known as Helioscope! go.bsky.app/4c3tB1A

A&E is leaving money on the table by not making DIGITAL HOARDERS where an army of people come into your house over the weekend and make you emotionally break down because they keep asking why you need 63 tabs open on your browser

War ravaged Portland.

So exhausting..

One thing I really miss from 15 years ago is the thrill of seeing a band on AV Undercover surprise you by bringing new energy to a song you’ve heard a million times. youtu.be/okwkeAYnfyc?...

The revival of Waiting for Godot starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winters opens on Broadway today! Hirschfeld drew several productions of the classic play... 1956 with Kurt Kasznar, Alvin Epstein, Bert Lahr, and E.G. Marshall 1961 with Zero Mostel and Burgess Meredith 1/2

It's almost time

It seems I've made a lot of people upset with this joke. Admittedly, it started off kind of rocky and the premise was a bit of a stretch -- a lot of you could see-through that immediately -- but I will happily pass the torch to anyone else who has a better joke.

Thanks to your generosity , we dropped off over $800 worth of queer comics (including the brand new Hello Sunshine from @keezyyoung.bsky.social and more) for the Lambert House lending library for queer youth earlier this week!

It's a beautiful day in Portland Oregon, absolutely nothing is happening here except people enjoying their Saturday, and now the military is being sent in because This Cannot Stand. It's too long to sky-write, but Trump; you floated to the top because you're the biggest piece of shit.

Happening now in war ravaged Portland: the city's Parks and Recreation Department (the most subversive of all government entities, is giving away trees.

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020) Directed by Junta Yamaguchi

If you need: developmental edits on your script, help with project management, feedback on your pitch, or help building your world, refining your characters, and improving your story -- I am here to help! Please feel free to shoot me a DM and we can chat about it. 😁

More dispatches from war-torn Portland. My elderly father called and said “the tv news says you’re setting fire to an ice rink?” (I told him nothing is actually happening and to get off Fox)

so, we should try to get released and bring this somewhere else, right?

Remember when college basketball fans used to wave around giant cardboard cutouts of Jeff Parker's face as a way to distract visiting teams?

The good folks at SHELFDUST @shelfdust.bsky.social are nearing the wrapup for their epic series of Jimmy Olsen essays. This time Tim Stevens @ungajje.bsky.social looks at issue 11! www.patreon.com/posts/shelfd...

We had some really cool pieces go up this week at @coyotemedia.org! 〰️ neighbors taking care of one another in the face of ICE 〰️ towns not known for protest standing up for Palestine www.coyotemedia.org/albany-and-e... 〰️ a complicated win for trans folks www.coyotemedia.org/but-what-did...