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There is a *perfect state of being* you can reach when you are writing, where you are solving problems left and right and shit is coming together. It takes a WHILE to get there, you have to go through many drafts. But it's worth it. It feels like how I imagine being able to purr feels to a cat

Cartoonists, I’d love to hear your stories! For local resources, please check out @defend612.bsky.social defend612.com

Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis. #iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls

I finally got around to editing the footage from this whole encounter, definitely the most beautiful moment of the year in nature for me. Video taken across a 12 minute period, sunset lit water fans will REALLY like this one! Uncompressed: youtu.be/VwQTwF8WlI0 🦑

This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write." A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption. B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.

As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative

Haven't posted art recently! I've got updated art for Cass, my minotaur warrior, and new character art for Rukhatin, my dwarven magus. Both are Pathfinder 2E characters I've been playing this fall.

I can't make it this year, but it's a wonderful time with some of the best people. Highly recommended to any comics person.

While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI: At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.

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One of the grosser things about “AI“ integration in a lot of search engine results is it’s a furtherance of the hypercentralization we’re all already dealing with; another fucking speed bump to stop you from clicking through to anyone else’s websites.

One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/

Self-publishing is a power, it's a gift. You can put whatever you want into your little 'zines and minicomics, absolutely nobody can tell you no. Tell your story, don't worry if it's "good enough", make it anyway.

HARD CO-SIGN!!! Pencil, paper, done.

re: generative AI I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used. And now, you can use it, too.

Nora is being VERY helpful with the thumbnails for the next chapter of At the Inn.

I'll be there! It's probably going to be the only convention I do this year. Truly an amazing group of people!

Oh hey I guess it's #webcomicday? I draw one of those! At the Inn is a story about a wizard school drop out who finds a home of sorts working at a roadside inn. It's episodic, with an ensemble cast of coworkers, locals, and guests. I just started inking the second-to last page of this chapter!

We’re entering the last stretch of this campaign! Help us bring a post-apocalyptic sapphic graphic novel full of lesbian love to the world? We’re closing in on the funding goal! $2,149 USD ($2,970 CAD) left to go. We can do it✨ 💙📚🌈 Shares appreciated💖 🌺 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

The first time a friend of mine came out. They posted such happy photos; I was like, "oh, this is right. This is them as they should be." Rooting for their joy was the easiest thing in the world. Before that, I was supportive in theory but not actively engaged. I had a lot to learn and unlearn.

Please back this cool book so it makes it's goal and I can get a copy!

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

"Those who have drank the AI Kool-Aid don't understand that all this brainstorming and iteration *is* making the game, it’s a crucial everyday part of game development (and human interaction) and is not a problem to be solved.”

Celebrate and support Trans Day of Visibility by helping this queer sports comics kickstarter race across the finish line! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...

A great thread clarifying the stakes of the trans kids in athletics panic:

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

If I sound calm, I was actually not calm.

this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.

1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them. It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests. I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights. Find the EO here: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

I've got new pages of At the Inn posting tomorrow and Feb 10th! I'm aiming to post every other Monday (but make no promises--life's busy). Snippets from both pages are below! It's poultice-making time. You can read all of the story so far at basictelepathy.com

Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce. Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.

Didn't draw a lot in 2014, but I'm proud of the art I did produce! #artistvsart

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Hi folks! I teach writing and make comics. My most recent projects are The City We Chose with TO Comix Press (as an assistant editor) and At the Inn (my webcomic). Occasionally I draw character portraits for fun. You can find more of my work at basictelepathy.com.

We are $55 away from 12k with four days to go! Who's going to help us get there? 👀 unseenunheardcomic.com

Huh! Didn't feel like I was that early. Glad I made the jump though (even if I don't post much)!

A recent character portrait for a upcoming Pathfinder campaign. Primary reference by @jookpubstock.bsky.social, with an additional nod to @adorkastock.com as I figured out the leg joints.

OMG it's happening!! Everybody IT'S HAPPENING! AdorkaStock & Friends Group Poses for Artists is now LIVE. Pls help us make day one the strongest launch possible. We have 3 tiers: $10, $30, & $100. ❤️❤️ www.adorkastock.com/group #Art #PoseRef #Crowdfunding #Artist #References

Saw a giant exhibition of his work a while back at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and LOVED it.

For #portfolioday I wanted to highlight some of my favorite pages from my current webcomic, At the Inn (basictelepathy.com). Update schedule is slow, with a cross-country move and a new job and all the other life things, but I'm damn proud of this work.

Please support this anthology! We need more asexual rep and this is a great anthology featuring ace stories by ace creators!

🏳️‍🌈Happy pride!! 🏳️‍🌈 I hope this year we see pushback against the growing movement trying to write out our very existence, but let's see some JOY! Gay joy, lesbian joy, bi, pan, ace, aro, inter, queer JOY!! I wrote a comic last year about my own journey here ♥: www.ohjoysextoy.com/hello-me-rip...

I'm saving some money for printing my webcomic ELLIS so COMMISSIONS OPEN! AND... ☕ NEW COMMISSIONS AVAILABLE! Give me one or two characters (and money) and I'll make tiny cute sequential illustrations of them. ☕ ko-fi.com/martiwikiwi/... #artcommissions #kofi #supportartists

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‼️The City We Chose Kickstarter ends in 5 DAYS and you def want to have this anthology by @tocomix.bsky.social I participated with a comic of 12 pages of city exploration, dad and son understanding each other, ice creams, mosquitoes and cats. Go and check it out! 🦟 www.kickstarter.com/projects/toc...

Because I love to work the animal perspective into unexpected places, I'm excited to announce that I have a story about opossums in this comic anthology from @tocomix.bsky.social. "The Night Shift" is drawn by Ashley Dadoun, and the Kickstarter for the entire book is now live. Check it out!

We're proud to announce the Kickstarter for our eleventh anthology, The City We Chose! Its 180+ pages of gorgeous about the cities that shape us, the paths that brought us there, and the whimsical fantasy cities that might have been!