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Why the FUCK do all these urchins name their shit after things from Tolkien

I mean, I don't actually like the Eternals, but I'm always here for Apocalypse getting his ass handed to him, so I say let's pull that ripcord

An excerpt from "Hands Held High" by Linkin Park, 2007- My brother had a book he would hold with pride A little red cover with a broken spin on the back He hand-wrote a quote inside "When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die" Meanwhile, the leader just talks away Stutterin' and mumblin' for nightly news to replay The rest of the world watchin' at the end of the day Both scared and angry, like, "What did he say?"

From "Hands Held High" by Linkin Park on the album Minutes to Midnight, 2007

Twenty fucking years and not a goddamn thing's changed.

Comics are goddamned magic.

I've got a naming system. My bigger problem is putting something on the wrong layer and then *never* being able to find it again

You get it

The struggle is on Layer 5... no... Layer 6.... no... Sketch?? No... Inks 1???... dammit...

USA Hockey Player #1, discussing the McDonald's Happy Meal in front of him: "I'm just saying, bro... Stanley Tucci made them lunch... in Milan. USA Hockey Player #2, also with a Happy Meal in front of him: I know... but you gotta be a team player!! #1: I'm trying... but, bro... my Happy Meal is colder than the ice we play on. #2: EYE OF THE TIGER, MAN! YOU GOTTA NUT UP!! #1: I'm doing my best, bro... but you know how disgusting cold McDonald's fries are?!! #2: I don't get it either, bro, but the guy invited us!! #1: Sighh... dude is a billionaire and he serves us this cheap-ass cold McDonal-- #1: WHO TOOK THE TOY FROM MY GODDAMN HAPPY MEAL?!! Trump: I did. I get everyone's toys.

By Tom Beland

Newcastle pubs ban AI art from breweries to protect local creatives As two pubs in Newcastle ban AI art, artists discuss the impact it can have on creatives.

"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world."

#AIslop #refuseresist

Spider-Man villain the Jackal, master of genetics and cloning

So much discussion about definitely-not-clones on the intertubes lately. Has the nefarious Jackal been up to something?

Good news for a change...

When someone tells you they're trans, believe them.
When someone tells you they're nonbinary, believe them.
When someone tells you you've hurt them, believe them.

Hey, I saw that!

Once.

20 years ago.

Anyway I missed the reference entirely

Have been for centuries. For some conflicts, they're the MOST important battlefield.

London and the invention of the Middle East : Roger Adelson : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Before 2001? How about 1901?

Like... you have all of the information humans have ever collected on Earth at your fingertips and you're going to be snotty about something you couldn't be bothered to Google (or even Bing)?

archive.org/details/lond...

I wish I felt like I had that luxury

saaaame

It takes too long to draw comics pages

Can't finish the comics I want to make while having a day job

Can't give up the day job without being able to live off my comics work

How do people escape this cycle?

#comicsbusiness #artbusiness

Donating comics is one of the best things you can do for both people AND comics, honestly

Good on you

If you ever have the opportunity to see a @megaran.com show, take that opportunity. His set last night was an absolute BANGER. Funny, poignant, and affirming (and educational regarding the symbolism and practical application of fists)

Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.

The lightsaber one absolutely popped me. It burning through the ball is a great touch

If you have functioning legs, you are never blocking a fire exit

Stand-up had long moved away from doing nothing but one-liners and short bits that don't interconnect, and has never gone back, but Mitch was so good at it he thrived and we've been quoting him for 20 years

Absolute unit

Why would you feel guilt about it? It's legitimately a great movie.

At one event it got voted the 7th best Star Trek movie. The event was a STAR TREK FAN CONVENTION

Y'all do not understand how rough it is for a GI Joe fan who's lukewarm on Transformers in the Year of Our Lord, Larry Hama, 2026

Anyway, I hope McBride's version of the script wins over the rapist's but honestly I'm not expecting great things either way

#sketch of one an #OC from the upcoming Travelers & Kings

Everyone, meet Nerea

#comics #webcomics #fantasy #digitalart

View Jürgen Geuter’s graphic link Jürgen GeuterJürgen Geuter • 2ndVerified • 2nd Research Director @ART+COM | Independent writer/theorist | Keynote Speaker | AI-Deinfluencer | #LudditeResearch Director @ART+COM | Independent writer/theorist | Keynote Speaker | AI-Deinfluencer | #Luddite 22h • 22 hours ago • Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn Follow Very few narratives piss me off as much as the whole "let's give marginalised people LLM assistants for inclusion". Inclusion does not mean giving marginalised people shittier versions of a thing: Sure you can give kids from poorer backgrounds an LLM to "learn" but what you are saying is that poor people are not worth having trustworthy sources of information. When you say that older or lonely people can talk to chatbots to feel less alone you are saying that some people are not worth a social life. This is a deeply inhumane perspective that goes actively against the ideas and ideals of inclusion. likesupportcelebrate 186 You and 185 others

Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post

#sketch of one an #OC from the upcoming Travelers & Kings

Everyone, meet Nerea

#comics #webcomics #fantasy #digitalart

A friend of mine works for one (I will not name here because it was quite high-profile) that absolute Hell for "cutting their programs" when in fact they continued the programs, they just took the language out of them because Trump was going to cut their funding.