explaining to a loved one what Comics Beat is, what The Comics Journal is

Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026

"Listen. I don't like to preach, but here's some advice. You'll meet a lot of jerks in life. If they hurt you, remember it's because they're stupid. Don't react to their cruelty. There's nothing worse than bitterness and revenge. Keep your dignity and be true to yourself." - Marjane Satrapi

I am laboring to discover the alchemical secret of preventing oricchiette from sticking together

Finished roughs on a 100-page project!!

I received a call for illustrators from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. They're looking for someone to draw 5 realistic, color illustrations about lives of free and enslaved Africans and African Americans in New York State during 17th-19thc.

$500 Mini Grants are available from the Comics Advocacy Group. We get a lot of applications but it's really easy to apply.

I am basking in the warm afterglow of friendship, community, love, and nature after a week at @alaskarobotics.com comics camp. @pat.alaskarobotics.com and @mariancall.bsky.social, I'm so glad I came back! And so thankful for all that you do to make community possible.

Do you like #zines about abolitionist things? @lucyparsonslabs.com & the #StopShotSpotter campaign has a new one with Building Beyond Policing. 🎺🎺🎺 It's a new comic book about how the campaign won in Chicago to take down ShotSpotter. via @noahjodice.bsky.social noahjodice.com/How-to-Fight...

I really have to push to not make all my narratives Star Trek style “standing in a room talking seriously”

NEW WORK: "How to Fight Surveillance in Your Neighborhood," the second entry in Building Beyond Policing's "How We Did That" series. The zine archives the work of Chicago’s Stop ShotSpotter Coalition and Lucy Parsons Labs @lucyparsonslabs.com. noahjodice.com/How-to-Fight...

The first entry in the series was on Stop Urban Shield. You can check out the newspaper we created on Critical Resistance's site: criticalresistance.org/resources/ho...

NEW WORK: "How to Fight Surveillance in Your Neighborhood," the second entry in Building Beyond Policing's "How We Did That" series. The zine archives the work of Chicago’s Stop ShotSpotter Coalition and Lucy Parsons Labs @lucyparsonslabs.com. noahjodice.com/How-to-Fight...

google image for visual reference: boring, homogenous, ads, endless pinterest links that go nowhere flickr for visual reference: endless albums of interesting angles uploaded by a middle school field trip supervisor

apparently a university i was rejected from 14 years ago(!) has lost the personal info related to me and my parents in a security breach(!) WHY DID THEY STILL HAVE THE INFO???

A sketchbook comic: "I Remember Glory"

If there are folks who would like to design a couple of "FUND OUR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES" posters, holler at me at [email protected] and please tell me your rate for this. Poster size would be 11 by 17 landscape size. I need to print some posters for a forthcoming event.

I will be tabling! Very excited to be back in Juneau again!

using synthetic brushes all day and then switching to sable.... like getting in a warm bath.

The Black Zine Fair is seeking VOLUNTEERS for May 9. There are many roles and we need many hands. You can sign up here. Anyone can volunteer provided you are reliable and have a good sense of humor :) - forms.gle/tL5z2fm1rtVY...

The 2026 Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency will award $2,500 grants to 14 artists to work on creative projects. Creative projects can take place between July to December, 2026. Applications are due by May 11. Please help us spread the word to eligible young artists.

One Million Experiments continues to be one of the best websites around: millionexperiments.com

We need creativity and nourishment more than ever. I invite you to join us for both at the 3rd annual Black Zine Fair on May 9. Neta, Tash and I are excited to share space with over 100 exhibitors, dozens of volunteers, and all of you who join us. RSVP → withfriends.events/event/WFzHwJ...

why is everyone out of stock on strathmore 400 series bristol? why did all the shops stop selling it?

How is it that my hair is getting curlier post-30? What's going on here?

The GOP is in charge of everything - all three branches and the media infrastructure. "This is how things go when you put Republicans in charge" seems like a simple message to share across all platforms if you were an opposition party.

today i discovered that my t-square is not a t or a square anymore.

I read the NYT piece, and I am holding onto the words of a woman who fended off inappropriate advances from a 60-year-old Cesar Chavez at the age of 19. “It makes you rethink in history all those heroes,” Esmeralda Lopez said. “The movement — that’s the hero.”

death and taxes (2024) #altcomics

"He seemed to believe... that to abandon his work meant giving in to what fascism wanted for him: an existence so devoid of value + meaning that it would be indistinguishable from death. He held on to his briefcase not until it was too late but because it was too late."

anyone know what happened to litebox rate finder? seems totally busted :(

"ya i asked the computer and it said i'm smart!" ok, well i asked my cat and she said purr purr meow and nuzzled my leg

Good news for people who liked the old lady elements of Testament: I’m still writing about old ladies! This time with art by my forever art crush @katherinelam.bsky.social ! I loved writing for another artist. Print copies of this short comic coming soon, and I’m posting pages on Patreon.

I am self-employed. Obamacare is how I get insured. My rates doubled this year. DOUBLED. Does our government believe that only people who work for corporations should be allowed to live?

Hey, if we are friends and you are planning on coming to Baltimore for @iconconference.bsky.social I am already hosting out of town friends but I will try to place you with folks you can stay with and save money. Also if you live in Baltimore and want to host a wondering artist, let me know.

Drawing midwestern neighborhoods again

I have never seen a book by John Berger in an art museum gift shop. It’s always surprised me that even his massively popular Ways of Seeing isn’t sitting there by the checkout.

New Public Collectors zine! The Self-Initiated Hotel Artist Residency When your studio goes wherever you go, why not take it on the road for a couple nights and give yourself a self-initiated residency in a hotel at cheap off-season rates and see what you make? $6.00 www.halfletterpress.com

Blind Alley No. 421

A nice writeup on Fonts In Use by @xyztype.com, about my design work for "If They Build It," a project published last year by Community Justice Exchange. The headings are set in XYZ's great, angular Cedar typeface. fontsinuse.com/uses/68735/i...

“The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants.”

Nancy 2/22/26… 🪱WOIMS🪱

"Ppl can learn a lot in 🎥 school. I’m surprised, however, by students’ dominant interest in tech > content. I think the tech should be @ the service of the content... I always talk abt the importance of reading [bc] literature teaches you [abt] human experience [+] forms you can use to convey [it]"

Reviews of Wiseman. So many hours watched. So many left to watch.

Frederick Wiseman was the greatest American artist to have ever lived. RIP

Frederick Wiseman - rare case where a 96-year-old filmmaker’s death feels tragic because they had so much more left to do. Uninterrupted streak of curiosity, empathy, wisdom, and quiet anger, ended only by the reality of living in a human body.

Some very powerful people want us to believe human labor is obsolete & way too many people are buying it. Don’t let them make you think that you are disposable. Time to revive the idea of a job guarantee. They just created a bunch of fascist ICE jobs overnight. Imagine that for work that matters.

Imagine that the whole of human intelligence could be collated from things said on the internet, books, images made, phone calls. Now regurgitate those things. That seems to be the genius of LLMs.