Brett Hamil

"when it comes to protests, we are neutral in the protests, and we don’t take sides."
mmmkay Chief whatever you say buddy
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Look, an elected democrat treating the fascist surveillance panopticon with the seriousness it demands

Good thing I happen to be in the market for a toon idea for next week

The ur-text of this line of thinking, of course, is Rob Saka complaining that an 8-inch traffic safety median was akin to Trump's border wall & "retraumatizing" to immigrants

It's perfect I hate it

The dude on the right

Ron's opponent, Gerry Pollet, makes a cameo in this cartoon I did back in 2021. Dude's been needing to get sent packing for a while (15 year incumbent ffs)
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Really looking fwd to listening to this one

best podcast out there about the type of comix I like

My cartoon in the new Seattle's Child magazine

What Is Vision Zero? Plus Rideshares Outnumber Passengers and Pickleball Problems by City Cast Seattle

Today on the pod: @gordonofseattle.bsky.social discusses what we can do to make Seattle streets safer with @janehu.bsky.social & @bretthamil.bsky.social + @samjleeds.bsky.social joins to talk about why rideshare drivers are calling for a pause on new Uber/Lyft onboarding
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3 months later
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here's one from before Bsky, March 2023

This cartoon was published Nov 23. Three months later, Rob Saka officially claimed credit for "saving" Curby in his newsletter. Life imitates art!

full toon
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Srsly tho
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my puppy noticing your pants have drawstrings to chew on

I might've drawn the only graphic novel that prominently features Eckerd
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I'm proud of the time I spent drawing the quintessential Gen X pitchfork music nerd guy

uld you support or oppose abolishing ICE? (%) Somewhat or strongly supportNot sureSomewhat or strongly oppose U.S. adult citizens 39 Party ID Democrats 14 Independents 35 Republicans 68

Per The Economist/YouGov, half of Americans support ABOLISHING ICE.

Literally, "abolishing."

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Tickets are moving briskly. I talked to Tomo yesterday and we have something special planned :)

NEXT MONTH! GRAB YR TICKETS! Gonna be a very unique talk show experience

Running up to the post office in an hour, order one now & get it QUICK

Josh: [looking at phone] Wow, the bass player of Nirvana is a "law-n-order" reactionary centrist now? Dina: Oh, you didn't know that? Dude hates homeless people Josh: I guess grunge really is dead, huh Dina: Meanwhile the king of soft dad rock Dave Matthews is out there loudly opposing ICE and the genocide in Gaza [Josh is staring blankly into space] Lady:...Josh? [Josh is making complex mental calculations, an imaginary load bar says 'RECALIBRATING MUSIC OPINIONS"]

"Negative Creep"
#DOOMLOOP #Seattle @soseaemerald.bsky.social

stereo sk8

lol ok cool

Josh: [looking at phone] Wow, the bass player of Nirvana is a "law-n-order" reactionary centrist now? Dina: Oh, you didn't know that? Dude hates homeless people Josh: I guess grunge really is dead, huh Dina: Meanwhile the king of soft dad rock Dave Matthews is out there loudly opposing ICE and the genocide in Gaza [Josh is staring blankly into space] Lady:...Josh? [Josh is making complex mental calculations, an imaginary load bar says 'RECALIBRATING MUSIC OPINIONS"]

"Negative Creep"
#DOOMLOOP #Seattle @soseaemerald.bsky.social