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https://ianesampson.com/ Comics & Prints // Adjunct Professor Philly Parent, married to @rhubarbpies.bsky.social

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Advisory to Academic Workers In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and othe...

FYI the @aaup.org has recommended academics make their profiles private in new guidance.

18.09.2025 14:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Brightly colored image with halftoned photo collage, combining various Civil War era figures and buildings into a kind of hooved monster trampling the dead

Brightly colored image with halftoned photo collage, combining various Civil War era figures and buildings into a kind of hooved monster trampling the dead

American Carnage, 2019

05.03.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A Calvin & Hobbes 4-panel strip:
1. Calvin running at high speed, jubilant
2. Calvin skidding to a stop; off-panel bubble reads "Calvin, stop running through the house!"
3. Calvin spiking the reader, cheerful. His bubble reads "the law is on the books, but it would take all their resources to enforce it."
4. Calvin running off-panel. Off-panel bubble reads "CALVIN!"

A Calvin & Hobbes 4-panel strip: 1. Calvin running at high speed, jubilant 2. Calvin skidding to a stop; off-panel bubble reads "Calvin, stop running through the house!" 3. Calvin spiking the reader, cheerful. His bubble reads "the law is on the books, but it would take all their resources to enforce it." 4. Calvin running off-panel. Off-panel bubble reads "CALVIN!"

Evergreen reminder

27.02.2025 08:02 πŸ‘ 3274 πŸ” 1209 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 16
Book cover: Background images are from Krazy Kat, tinted CMYK. Foreground text? Look Back, See Further. Comics, More than Ever: A Teacher's Guide to Comics and Graphic Novels. Logos for Uarts and Library of Congress

Book cover: Background images are from Krazy Kat, tinted CMYK. Foreground text? Look Back, See Further. Comics, More than Ever: A Teacher's Guide to Comics and Graphic Novels. Logos for Uarts and Library of Congress

Right before UArts folded, I was working on this Teacher's Guide to Comics with the Teaching with Primary Sources team. We sneaked this final edit in under the wire, and you can see the whole thing on my website ianesampson.com/Teacher-s-Gu...

26.02.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ink drawing of a frog dressed as Zorro holding a cat

Ink drawing of a frog dressed as Zorro holding a cat

Riffing on Toth, h/t #transmundanetuesdays

25.02.2025 02:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm convinced the AI powered internet of 2025 is just Clippy's revenge. We all used to make fun of him, but he's back – and this time he's not asking.

24.02.2025 20:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Gestural drawings in ink of figures from various tv shows

Gestural drawings in ink of figures from various tv shows

This week was a jam up! But there’s always room for live drawing tv.

24.02.2025 02:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
ink drawing of a woman with curly hair looking shocked, saying "and then it just happened!"

ink drawing of a woman with curly hair looking shocked, saying "and then it just happened!"

Something good, I hope

17.02.2025 01:25 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
purple and pink illustration of the Drake Apartment building in Philadelphia

purple and pink illustration of the Drake Apartment building in Philadelphia

The Drake

13.02.2025 16:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Hazy scene in negative blues and pinks of several people wearing scrubs, looking glum while they go about their work.

Hazy scene in negative blues and pinks of several people wearing scrubs, looking glum while they go about their work.

Unused spot illo/mood

11.02.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In case you were wondering where to buy your Eagles championship gear in Philly, it’s literally every store. Hardware βœ… Grocery βœ… Auto repair βœ… I haven’t checked the hair salon, but chances are good. πŸ¦…

08.02.2025 16:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
illustration in shades of turquoise. Depicts a pocket paperback entitled The Fugitive from Capra on a desk with a computer, post-its, a pastry and a stack of other books.

illustration in shades of turquoise. Depicts a pocket paperback entitled The Fugitive from Capra on a desk with a computer, post-its, a pastry and a stack of other books.

Thinking about used book stores and the pinnacle of book packaging, the Magnum Easy Eye paperback.

08.02.2025 16:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our podcast @drawingadialogue.bsky.social discusses comics in education, history and theory. We create new scholarship through interviews as well as our own empirical work. Our goal is to have a comics podcast that wasn't focusing on being a creator or a fan, although we definitely are those things.

07.02.2025 13:54 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I have the @grimgrimgrim666.bsky.social version!

07.02.2025 15:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Page from chapter 3 describing wealth disparity in western Pennsylvania in the 1790s

Page from chapter 3 describing wealth disparity in western Pennsylvania in the 1790s

Reading about the Whiskey Rebellion in Stephen Stoll’s excellent Ramp Hollow. Good thing we addressed these problems, right?

07.02.2025 12:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sketchbook drawings of people doing karate

Sketchbook drawings of people doing karate

Karate!

06.02.2025 03:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When I am Omniversal Majestrix, Karen will get her choice of X-Men books. For now, get a sketch!

04.02.2025 23:53 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Sketchbook page of loose gesture drawings

Sketchbook page of loose gesture drawings

Drawing students drawing, listening to Jelly Roll Morton

04.02.2025 02:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Pencil sketch of a woman with glasses looking sus, saying β€œcan’t pay …”

Pencil sketch of a woman with glasses looking sus, saying β€œcan’t pay …”

Looks like trouble

02.02.2025 22:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a kid, I actually knew Spider Martin, and I can tell you he would have taken great joy in knowing his pictures are still making cowards squirm even 20 years after he’s gone. Makes me smile thinking of it!

02.02.2025 16:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mandy said you were doing *24 Hour* comics. This is much more… sensible. Love the inks!

02.02.2025 13:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Cartoony ink drawing in muted browns. Charles M Russell holds open a book for Rawhide Rawlins to see the title page. Russell says, "I made you up!"

Cartoony ink drawing in muted browns. Charles M Russell holds open a book for Rawhide Rawlins to see the title page. Russell says, "I made you up!"

A panel from my forthcoming comic on Charles M Russell from the Amon Carter Museum, edited by @mnarth.bsky.social

01.02.2025 15:20 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0