Jess Herron 💥

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally Discord is announcing enhanced teen safety features rolling out globally that reinforce its long-standing commitment to creating a safer and more inclusive experience for users over the age of 13.

“Teen by default” is the craziest term I’ve heard yet to justify a dystopian future of companies surveilling and moral-policing our digital landscape

If you’ve got mature channels in your discord, kiss them goodbye discord.com/press-releas...

Iron Man meme, edited, Obadiah Stane yelling, "Your ancestors made timeless art in a cave! With berries and ash!"

"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"

Talent alone can't get the job done. The people who these shills see as "privileged" or "naturally talented" just had ideas in their head they needed to get out, and they found ways to make it happen within their means. They drew a lot of pictures that looked like garbage. But they never stopped.

EU says TikTok must disable 'addictive' features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine | TechCrunch The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be "addictive," calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and its recommendation...

GET EM, EU COMMISH
techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/e...

There is going to be a general strike on January 23. Make sure you don't cross the picket line.

dystopian hellscape bullshit: "a ban on workers' lawsuits against quartz manufacturers"

Discord, circa 2028:

You have reached your messaging limit. To raise your hourly messaging limit to 50x/hour please purchase 10,000 rubz. OR get a nitro membership of just $49.99 a month and you can-

Discord user survey:

Would you buy rubz? Buy rubz to get shiny? How likely play to buy rubz to get shiny? What if play for LOT of rubz? Rubz to get shiny to award friend buy to show friend appreciation if no rubz friend not love you back pls tell how you buy rubz

Three years ago, I was approached by many artists at Hiveworks asking if their mistreatment was normal. That their feelings of horrible self worth within the company was really just a 'them' problem.
Turns out, it was unfortunately normal in that we ALL felt that way.

Oh right, my webcomic also updated today if you wanted to check it out and support it. We don't really make much since leaving Hiveworks, so anything helps!

A lot of us have actually made a webcomic ring called Chimera Comics after we left hiveworks: chimeracomics.org

This isn't the full list as some artists want their hands completely washed of the situation, but this is a start!

A 1970s paperback in the Knowledge Through Color series. The subject of knowledge: WITCHCRAFT AND BLACK MAGIC.

A typical awesome illustration (in color, naturally) depicting a witchy cat in Jacobian attire.

A succubus, pictured as a nude woman covered in faces. Her boobs are faces. Her stomach is a big face. Face knees. It's a trip.

The back cover shows a wholesome 70s-era family and promises that Bantam Books "will give your family clear, concise information on a vast range of subjects."

Look at this priceless treasure I got out of a Little Free Library

There should be a german word for when you're texting with someone and you send a giant ass paragraph and they leave you on read

and I don't mean only in a dating context I'm talking about my mother

I like the implication that they maybe WOULD have used it if they hadn’t been disappointed by the name

One r makes a big difference

GOAT - All Trailers From The Movie (2026) Sony Animation YouTube video by Entertainment Access

This is what at least half my fans were expecting when they started reading my webcomic Midnight Furies
m.youtube.com/watch?v=6NAk...

Yes to all of this! AND you also stumble down amazing rabbit holes (hello, the War of the Castle of Love) and make new friends and have an excuse to buy fascinating, out of print secondhand books!

Why would you choose a dodgy shortcut when the long way is so much more scenic and rewarding?

Drawing of Groo the Wanderer and Ruffito dropping down into the upturned blades of some mendicants looking to fray.

Drawing of Ma Hunkel and the tornado twins(?) taking on Solomon Grundy as the android red tornado lies squished under his massive foot.

Drawing of Howard the Duck getting a ride through the swamp on the back of his buddy Manthing. Some little swamp imps look on from the shadows.

Drawing of Ragman grappling with Solomon Grundy. Grundy is grappling him through a window. There’s grappled glass everywhere.

Quick reminder:

While I do a lot these kinds of drawing on my iPad for fun and to clear my head, I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE COMMISSIONED TO INK THEM FOR YOU THE PEOPLE.

If you see me posting one you like and are interested in owning some original art, please get in touch at tomfowlerart at gmail.

Illustration of the jardin des plantes

Illustration of a still life of a snake curling around apples and martinis

Illustration of a black cat looking through a green glass

My work got juried into the Society of Illustrators this year!!

pay me six figures to explain to your boss why users don't want a spotify-style review of their recession job hunting

linkedin should hire me so they don't make the mistake of sending these fucking emails again

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

what tumblr user canibalings and myself have been wondering

I’ve been struck again

At the farmers market some gen z enby said I “reminded them of their middle school art teacher”

Us long-faced, big-haired white girls are sure a Type™️aren’t we

my guy if I wanted to make a free post I'd be on tumblr not on patreon, stop hiding tiers in dropdown menus

I want everyone not in the hellhole of job hunting to know that they're now doing "AI initial interviews"

So I have to jerk off an AI with all the right corpo buzzwords just to get the chance to talk to a real person

someone please shoot me

Creators: ok so I'm gonna break out stuff into tiers, and my biggest fans who support me the most get to see-

Patreon: this is a free post right? you want to make it a free post? Or it can be 'free' and ppl just pay for that post haha... what? tiers?

Of course I look like I smudge I’m from Portland