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A.I. art hurts real artists. It is the death of meaningful art. Mercury News graphic artist/illustrator

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Damn, what a stellar drawing!

05.03.2026 14:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nancy 3/4/26 ๐Ÿ’…

04.03.2026 17:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 14214 ๐Ÿ” 3404 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 67 ๐Ÿ“Œ 140
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Watch this.

19 minutes and $12 to get meds at a public Chinese hospital. Without insurance.

As we slash Medicaid to start unnecessary wars and cut taxes for the rich. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

We should all be so much angrier than we are. It doesnโ€™t have to be this way. #MedicareForAllNOW

04.03.2026 04:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 4297 ๐Ÿ” 1554 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 246 ๐Ÿ“Œ 143
Black and white photo of an older white lady standing on a house porch wearing pants, a plaid blouse, and her white hair puffing out from under a plaid cap. She is smiling at the camera and cradling a shorthaired tabby cat in her arms.

Black and white photo of an older white lady standing on a house porch wearing pants, a plaid blouse, and her white hair puffing out from under a plaid cap. She is smiling at the camera and cradling a shorthaired tabby cat in her arms.

Look at these cuties. ๐Ÿ’• Photo from my collection, no date but the back says โ€œTiger and I on porch at home.โ€

03.03.2026 18:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1207 ๐Ÿ” 81 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A box of these just arrived on my front porch.

Find out more and read sample chapters here:

neotextcorp.com/fiction/dark...

03.03.2026 19:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 42 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œU.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for โ€œArmageddon,โ€ Return of Jesusโ€

03.03.2026 16:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a former employee of Pittsburghโ€™s former ToonSeum, if youโ€™re
in Cali go to Cartoon Art Museum! Become a patron of Cartoon Art Museum!

Arts, especially comics and cartoons, are important but now more than ever.

03.03.2026 11:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Renรฉ Magritte, The Blank Signature, 1965

02.03.2026 07:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 673 ๐Ÿ” 93 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I will never, ever forgive GOP and GOP voters for all the hell they continually put American and the world thru. Never, ever.

02.03.2026 05:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 5022 ๐Ÿ” 686 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 195 ๐Ÿ“Œ 57
Vintage black-and-white studio portrait photograph of a young Berthe Morisot in the late 1860s or early 1870s, posed elegantly beside an ornate carved Victorian chair with twisted spindles and dark velvet upholstery. She is a poised woman in her 20s or early 30s with dark curly hair styled in an upswept fashionable manner, wearing a long-sleeved dark satin or silk dress with button detailing and a full, sweeping skirt. She leans gracefully on the chair arm with both hands, gazing directly to her left with a serious, introspective expression. The opulent interior background features paneled walls, evoking her bourgeois Parisian upbringing and her emergence as a key figure in Impressionism.

Vintage black-and-white studio portrait photograph of a young Berthe Morisot in the late 1860s or early 1870s, posed elegantly beside an ornate carved Victorian chair with twisted spindles and dark velvet upholstery. She is a poised woman in her 20s or early 30s with dark curly hair styled in an upswept fashionable manner, wearing a long-sleeved dark satin or silk dress with button detailing and a full, sweeping skirt. She leans gracefully on the chair arm with both hands, gazing directly to her left with a serious, introspective expression. The opulent interior background features paneled walls, evoking her bourgeois Parisian upbringing and her emergence as a key figure in Impressionism.

Impressionist oil painting "Woman at Her Toilette" (1875โ€“1880) by Berthe Morisot, showing a young woman viewed from behind as she sits at her dressing table, arranging her hair in front of a large mirror. She wears an off-the-shoulder white gown with blue ribbon accents, her bare back and shoulders softly rendered in luminous, loose brushstrokes of white, cream, pink, and pale blue. The vanity holds a glass perfume bottle, flowers, and toiletries; the background dissolves into a dreamy swirl of pastel floral wallpaper, light reflections, and airy colors. The composition captures intimate, everyday feminine ritual with fleeting light and vibrant, sketch-like Impressionist technique, emphasizing privacy, elegance, and modern womanhood.

Impressionist oil painting "Woman at Her Toilette" (1875โ€“1880) by Berthe Morisot, showing a young woman viewed from behind as she sits at her dressing table, arranging her hair in front of a large mirror. She wears an off-the-shoulder white gown with blue ribbon accents, her bare back and shoulders softly rendered in luminous, loose brushstrokes of white, cream, pink, and pale blue. The vanity holds a glass perfume bottle, flowers, and toiletries; the background dissolves into a dreamy swirl of pastel floral wallpaper, light reflections, and airy colors. The composition captures intimate, everyday feminine ritual with fleeting light and vibrant, sketch-like Impressionist technique, emphasizing privacy, elegance, and modern womanhood.

French painter Berthe Morisot died #OTD in 1895.

Acclaimed Impressionist who captured light, intimacy & everyday life with breathtaking brushwork. Only woman to exhibit her work at the first Impressionist exhibition (1874) alongside Monet, Renoir, and Degas. #art #ArtHistory #Impressionism #WHM

02.03.2026 14:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 431 ๐Ÿ” 80 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The day after we put the final touches on issues #88-91 of โ€œSwamp Thingโ€, news broke about the passing of Tatjana Wood, the original colorist on the series. Tomorrow, March 2nd, would have been Tatjanaโ€™s 100th birthday. Letโ€™s raise a glass to one of comicsโ€™ originals.

02.03.2026 05:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1569 ๐Ÿ” 403 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
different types of giants lizards and a barbarian woman riding one of them.

different types of giants lizards and a barbarian woman riding one of them.

double spread page full of people. It took weeks.

double spread page full of people. It took weeks.

A convoy of lizards enters the ribcage of a giant humanoid skeleton with horns.

A convoy of lizards enters the ribcage of a giant humanoid skeleton with horns.

The portal is invisible = you see the insides of who crosses it.

The portal is invisible = you see the insides of who crosses it.

Woo-hoo pinned post! Hello! I'm Nuclearpasta and I make Ten Earth Shattering Blows, the webcomic with big lizards, big trees, big fights, one big woman and one tiny one!
tenearthshatteringblows.com

12.10.2024 21:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 259 ๐Ÿ” 57 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller.

First panel, Nancy talking to a logger sawing a tree and pointing to a carved piece of trunk.

Nancy: Can I have that piece? My boy friend carved it.
Logger: Sure.

Second panel, Nancy is watching the log burn in the fire place.
Nancy: I'm mad at him.

Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller. First panel, Nancy talking to a logger sawing a tree and pointing to a carved piece of trunk. Nancy: Can I have that piece? My boy friend carved it. Logger: Sure. Second panel, Nancy is watching the log burn in the fire place. Nancy: I'm mad at him.

Every once in awhile I think about this Nancy comic and it makes me laugh every single time. Absolute perfection.

01.03.2026 21:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 10088 ๐Ÿ” 2167 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38 ๐Ÿ“Œ 35
I Met The First Martian - As a group of people have a discussion, a giant alien hand reaches down to grab them.

I Met The First Martian - As a group of people have a discussion, a giant alien hand reaches down to grab them.

Opening splash page from My Greatest Adventure no. 16 (Aug 1957) by Sheldon โ€œShellyโ€ Moldoff. The beloved Batman artist of the 40s & 50s doing a sci-fi story here, and it looks great. Freed from being Bob Kaneโ€™s ghost artist, he displays a great affinity for science fiction.

28.02.2026 16:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 32 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I actually think the behavior of the Republicans in the audience has been more noteworthy than Trumpโ€™s speech itself.

The braying, boorish jeers and yawps of a party fully given over to fascism.

25.02.2026 03:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 5396 ๐Ÿ” 1145 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 114 ๐Ÿ“Œ 56
A comics page in black and white. Arranged in 5 tiers of panels, each with successively smaller panels and more per row - with the exception of the first. Opens with no panel border - silhouette of a hand in a gun position - with smoke coming from index finger. speech balloon โ€œi could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnโ€™t lose any voters, ok?โ€ Caption โ€œthis is perhaps the most truthful thing trump has ever saidโ€ฆโ€ Same row - more than half page width panel with three drawings of trump making jerky body distortions mocking cerebral palsy. Caption โ€œone mightโ€™ve assumed when he mocked reporter serge kovaleski that it would cross a line and be the end of him in public life.โ€ Speech balloon โ€œnow the poor guy, you ought to see this guy!โ€ Caption โ€œthat was naive.โ€ Next row, first panel, slightly more than page width - closeup on trumpโ€™s open mouth, shouting โ€œwhen youโ€™re a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. Grab โ€˜em by the pussy. you can do anything.โ€ Caption โ€œsurely, thereโ€™d be no coming back from this?โ€ Second panel - silhouettes of tiki torch carrying rioters with their shirt collars showing. Caption โ€œor this?โ€ Dialogue โ€œyou also had some very fine people on both sides.โ€ Caption โ€œand yetโ€ฆโ€ Third row - three panels, first slightly more than a third, rest smaller still. Silhouette of trump throwing a paper towel roll like shooting a basketball. Dialogue โ€œa great dayโ€ฆโ€ Caption โ€œcโ€™monโ€ฆโ€. Second panel closeup on his lips, dialogue โ€œwhy are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?โ€ Caption โ€œreally?โ€ Third panel closeup on a coiled-style phone cord, dialogue โ€œi would like you to do us a favor, though.โ€ In background words from the first articles of impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors. Dialogue โ€œthe call with ukraine was perfect, with โ€œno pressure.โ€ 
full alt-text on my site at the link https://spinweaveandcut.com/draw-the-line/

A comics page in black and white. Arranged in 5 tiers of panels, each with successively smaller panels and more per row - with the exception of the first. Opens with no panel border - silhouette of a hand in a gun position - with smoke coming from index finger. speech balloon โ€œi could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnโ€™t lose any voters, ok?โ€ Caption โ€œthis is perhaps the most truthful thing trump has ever saidโ€ฆโ€ Same row - more than half page width panel with three drawings of trump making jerky body distortions mocking cerebral palsy. Caption โ€œone mightโ€™ve assumed when he mocked reporter serge kovaleski that it would cross a line and be the end of him in public life.โ€ Speech balloon โ€œnow the poor guy, you ought to see this guy!โ€ Caption โ€œthat was naive.โ€ Next row, first panel, slightly more than page width - closeup on trumpโ€™s open mouth, shouting โ€œwhen youโ€™re a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. Grab โ€˜em by the pussy. you can do anything.โ€ Caption โ€œsurely, thereโ€™d be no coming back from this?โ€ Second panel - silhouettes of tiki torch carrying rioters with their shirt collars showing. Caption โ€œor this?โ€ Dialogue โ€œyou also had some very fine people on both sides.โ€ Caption โ€œand yetโ€ฆโ€ Third row - three panels, first slightly more than a third, rest smaller still. Silhouette of trump throwing a paper towel roll like shooting a basketball. Dialogue โ€œa great dayโ€ฆโ€ Caption โ€œcโ€™monโ€ฆโ€. Second panel closeup on his lips, dialogue โ€œwhy are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?โ€ Caption โ€œreally?โ€ Third panel closeup on a coiled-style phone cord, dialogue โ€œi would like you to do us a favor, though.โ€ In background words from the first articles of impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors. Dialogue โ€œthe call with ukraine was perfect, with โ€œno pressure.โ€ full alt-text on my site at the link https://spinweaveandcut.com/draw-the-line/

Saying this again, he's told us who he is all along, that he's monstrous is no surprise. It's all the people who stand up and cheer him on, celebrate his know-nothing madness as genius, and his ugliness as greatness โ€“ monsters all...

25.02.2026 04:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 40 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I am not currently sick. I did, however, take maybe one too many over the counter sleeping pills last night to help me rest, and this morning was a cornucopia of borderline hallucinogenic dreams as I overslept. Lol

As such, rerunning this Jack kirby-inspired homage feels wildly relevant. Lol

28.02.2026 16:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 49 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tatjana began her career at EC Comics in the 1950s! Adding uncredited finishes to Wally Wood stories. From 1969 on, she was one of the main colorists at DC. She hit her peak with Vertigo.

She hung it up in 2003 at age 77. She was 99 when she died.

27.02.2026 23:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 120 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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RIP legendary colorist Tatjana Wood.

You know her work, whether you realize it or not. An important talent. Having just stumbled through a rudimentary coloring job, her astonishing work only increases in my eyes.

27.02.2026 23:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 211 ๐Ÿ” 60 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Spotted in Nashville, todayโ€ฆ

28.02.2026 03:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 9343 ๐Ÿ” 1475 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 91 ๐Ÿ“Œ 55

โ€œI believe the lawless fascists who are killing American citizens in broad daylight can bring peace to the Middle East by bombing childrenโ€™s schools without congressional approval.โ€

Thatโ€™s what you sound like.

28.02.2026 15:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 603 ๐Ÿ” 145 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

what if we did 2003 again but with even stupider people in charge of everything

28.02.2026 15:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1335 ๐Ÿ” 290 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

28.02.2026 14:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 2018 ๐Ÿ” 602 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15 ๐Ÿ“Œ 37
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Still up on the official White House website:

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

28.02.2026 13:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 3267 ๐Ÿ” 1119 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53 ๐Ÿ“Œ 61

Look where so many people falling for the excuse that โ€œit was only locker room talkโ€ has gotten us.

28.02.2026 13:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 5499 ๐Ÿ” 1215 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 153 ๐Ÿ“Œ 52
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Jack Dorsey's Block cuts thousands of roles as it embraces AI The Twitter co-founder says artificial intelligence "fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company."

Once a piece of shit always a piece of shit.

27.02.2026 03:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 84 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Moose in โ€œMail Taleโ€. Mr. Weatherbee asks Moose to mail some envelopes for him. Moose says he did, but they spelled โ€œletterโ€ wrong. Mr. Weatherbee digs his envelopes out of the โ€œlitterโ€.

Moose in โ€œMail Taleโ€. Mr. Weatherbee asks Moose to mail some envelopes for him. Moose says he did, but they spelled โ€œletterโ€ wrong. Mr. Weatherbee digs his envelopes out of the โ€œlitterโ€.

Hereโ€™s something you donโ€™t see every day - an Archie gag written and drawn by Neal Adams.

From Pep 139 (1960).

27.02.2026 02:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 89 ๐Ÿ” 17 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Listen...these dudes changed the locks on her mailbox

They marked her mail undeliverable and returned it to the sender

They blocked her & her tenants from receiving doctorโ€™s bills, medications, credit card statements, car titles, property tax statements, & more

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/posta...

25.02.2026 14:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1911 ๐Ÿ” 888 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53 ๐Ÿ“Œ 47
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I bloody love comics!

25.02.2026 21:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 29 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0