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Chris Bays

@chrisbee.bsky.social
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Cartoonist and all around weird guy. Creator of throwingshadecomic.com and mythdirection.com. beacons.ai/thatcartoonistguyco

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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Very early on in my cartooning. #4thofJuly #fireworks #dogs
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
It counts! Best of Mythdirection #Friday #TGIF #Comic #unicorn
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Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
TODAY'S COMIC: Anatomy of an Alien
TITLE: Anatomy of Monsters: Anatomy of an Alien

DESCRIPTION: A thin grey-green humanoid with a large bulbous head and large black eyes raises a thin hand in a wave. He stands in an oval of bright yellow light rising up from the ground, reflecting on him.

JOKES:
- Says “Take me to your leader,” but IMMEDIATELY REGRETS IT.
- “What a strong chin!” …is not a phrase he hears a lot.
- When you’ve spent three decades traveling to Earth… only to realize you left the abduction list on the counter.
- INCREDIBLY POWERFUL BRAIN! (Paired with muscles that have the strength of a wet Q-tip.)
- THREE TIMES he said “Take me to your leader” before realizing he was talking to a fat bulldog named “Chalupa”
- Why is his ship saucer-shaped? All the better for 1970’s architectural conversation pits.
- Space is too big to explore in person! So advanced civilizations probably send out self-replicating “Neumann Probes,” which then 3-D print biological drones when they arrive. LIKE THIS GUY.
- (Points to a previous joke) Look, it explains why he’s Ken-doll smooth.

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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
#cartoonist #censorship #resistance
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
...and that's it for getting any work done tonight. #doxie #dachshund
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ShouXin手訫 @shouxin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Sharing a few kittens playing in a relaxed and easygoing way. Light, slow, and full of a little sense of comfort, I hope they can bring you a bit of healing too. #shouxinsketch #petart #animalart #illustrationartists #sketch
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SJSCentralTX @sjscentraltx.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Y’all - instructions from Democracy Docket - how to comment on a really bad proposed USPS regulation restricting delivery of mail-in ballots. Right here ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Mail-in voting is under attack. Here's what you can do
The USPS is proposing a rule that would require states to share information about voters who request mail-in or absentee ballots for federal elections.
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Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
COMIC: Congratulations Pokemon Class of 2026
This single panel comic shows a university lecture hall with an old, thin, bald professor smoking a cigarette, his bushey eyebrows behind his tiny glasses. The Seats are filled with Pokemon trainers in varying colors - red, blue, green, light blue, pink - wearing baseball hats. Pokeballs are scattered around, they all are taking notes. On the chalkboard reads “Philosophy 401”
Caption: “And so the question remains…MUST one catch them all?”

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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
New #comic alert at www.throwingshadecomic.com/comic/hunting/ #ghosthunting #webcomic
Panel 1: Ghost hunter with finger guns, "I'm headed outside to record a sick into"
Panel 2: Put a camera up on that catwalk while I'm gone.
Panel 3: Ghost hunter off camera, "Rust, decay and steel! This place is sick!:
Panel 4: Ghost hunter assistant sending a text message that reads, "When was my last tetanus shot?"
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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
‘Lilo & Stitch’ creators Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois have shared a tribute artwork honoring the late Daveigh Chase.
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Beware the Chalupacabra! Best of Mythdirection #Friday #comic #webcomic
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🎃Benni🎃 @schoen-studios.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Now is time for eye expressions! I've always loved drawing face expression especially eyes! Feel free to use as a reference for your future creations! And feel free to also tag me so I see what you creatives are making!! #illustrate #creative #expressions #penandpencil #animator
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zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A lot of us have lost friends or family to Alzheimer’s and know just how terrible it can be. If you have a buck or two to spare, please contribute to the cause and help find a way to treat this piece a shit disease events.alz.org/fundraisers/...
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Cartoonists For A Cause
The Alzheimer's Association leads the way to end Alzheimer's and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and suppo...
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
There's a swelling music track in there someplace.
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
How it feels right now. #scaffolding #kennedycenter youtu.be/7BDmkwXEDj8?...
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HBO cable man interrupting service (commercial 1997)
YouTube video by 20thcenturymase
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The scaffolding crew at the #kennedycenter is edging the whole country.
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Best of Mythdirection Friday #carrot #broth #comic
A carrot in a hot tub, filled with a brown liquid, says to a partial off-screen carrot, "Come on baby, don't be like that. The water's nice and brothy."
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
These are amazing.
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This may be my favorite one so far.
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Pretty proud of how this rough drawing turned into this final panel of the new comic. #comic #art #background throwingshadecomic.com
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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Aging is inevitable. Alzheimer's Disease doesn't have to be. Join us for a Charity Livestream on June 17, 5pm est. featuring Sarah Scribble's, Jim Benton, and me. RSVP HERE 👉 events.alz.org/fundraisers/sarahandersen/cartoonists-for-a-cause
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Did Cooper eventually get his hawk off that telephone pole?
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Keith Knight: Gentleman Cartoonist @keefknight.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I'm headed back to the lovely city of #chicago for the American Library Association's national conference. In two weeks!
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
There are 6 days to go in this Kickstarter and a $10k gap to close. I am genuinely wondering if we get there. If you have thought about backing this project, now is the time. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle...
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That One Matt Bors Comic
A book about how “we should improve society somewhat” conquered the discourse
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Is it really #resistanceart if you used AI to make it? Just a thought.
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Graham Annable @grickle.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
All three of them. #grickledoodle #ducks #summer #friends #sitting #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor
A cartoon illustration of three ducks sitting on lawn chairs enjoying drinks. Caption reads "They were all sitting ducks."
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
CORRECTION: It was 1985 and I was a sophomore. On the big class trip, before my research trip, we stopped at a corporate McDonalds in Abilene and I grabbed this.
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I've lost a lot of them over the years, but I have three pieces left. It was an honor to hold that piece of history in my hands that day and I still remember every moment of it.
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
It was immediately taken away from me. The simple fact is, they had no idea this was in the collection. I never saw it again. And that would have ended my story but they took pity on a kid just trying to make a History Day display and the went and made copies of the map.
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
and then I remembered. I had read a historical rumor that they couldn't find accurate maps of France prior to D-Day, but what they did find was a Napoleon map of France. Unsure if this is what I was looking at I called a curator over to look at it. I guess I was right as the curator looked shocked.
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Well, not a book. Think of it more like the shell on collection of books and then something inside of it. I pulled it out and it was folded canvas. I unfolded it on the table and cut into neat little squares we pieces of map, each adhered to the canvas. I had no idea what this was...
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
What I needed was a map of France. Kids, this was 1988 and long before Google. So I pulled references for everything that was map related. There was a simplified Michelin map but it was from the 50s and didn't really help. I sent it back and next came a white paper box, Inside a book.
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Topekan, Sherman Oyler, (a completely different story) visited our class and told his story about parachuting in on June 6th. So being a kid in Kansas, the best place to research D-Day was in Abilene KS, the home of the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum. I went to a research room.
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
On this anniversary of D-Day I thought I'd share an odd story about a missing object and how it ended up in the hands of high school senior. I was fascinated with WWII and in my history class I decided to do a History Day display on D-Day.
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Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
COMIC: SUMMER!
PANEL 1: SHELDON and DANTE - ten year old boys wearing backpacks - burst in to the front door of a house. DANTE has his arms in the air, SHELDON’s eyes are wide behind his large glasses.
SHELDON: SUMMER! Summer is finally here!
DANTE: WOOO!

PANEL 2: The two boys look at the viewer, still wearing their backpacks.
SHELDON: No school! No books!
DANTE: No tests! No quizzes! No social studies! No history!

PANEL 3: GRAMP, in the other room, in shadow, furrows his brow as he listens to the boys, off-panel.
SHELDON (off panel): As of this moment, I want to forget that math exists… BOTH CONCEPTUALLY AND IN PRACTICE!
DANTE: I am ACTIVELY CHOOSING to be dumber!

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 04/06/2026
This is Ramsey. He is a mail delivery dog. Shipping is free, and while packages might not be handled with care, they are handled with enthusiasm. 14/10 (TT: rhiannoninthe904)
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Derek Laufman @laufman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Want to support my new book, WICKERSON: Tales from the Grove?🤘 www.kickstarter.com/projects/der...
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
First strip from the new comic www.throwingshadecomic.com #ghosts #paranormal #panera #art
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
For the record, I will not be performing at The Great American State Fair. Despite playing the drum in Junior High and currently playing the harmonica badly, I cannot support such an event. Thank you for your understanding.
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Litterbox Comics @litterboxcomics.com · 27/05/2026
You asked for it! The Pixie & Brutus crossover dubbed by the Litterbox Animated Pilot voice actors!! Sound very much ON! 🔊
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Derek Laufman @laufman.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The Witch is coming… Tomorrow 12noon EST my kickstarter for my new anthology WICKERSON: Tales from the Grove launches on KS! Get notified when we launch here👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/der...
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The anti-fun part of making comic...working on websites all day. I have one specifically as a hub that has been languishing for a while and it's close to being ready. The skeleton of the new webcomic site needs more work. I have to relearn Toochecke.
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Best of Mythdirection #Friday #Comic #Art #Worms #Earlybird
A red worm, held in the claws of a brown bird, being flown away. The worm says, "A Whole New Worm!" ala Aladdin.
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Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Done. Let me know what you think? 🤔 MARSH SUNSET, 16x16”, Acrylic on Panel
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Cassandra Oscar @cassandraoscar.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
If you like Norah Jones or Laufey, then you might like my music! Hi, I’m Cassandra Oscar & I write original jazz songs which are growing in popularity on both TikTok & YouTube. If you would like to have a listen, the links are in my bio! #art #musicsky #music #originalmusic #jazzsky #piano #jazz
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Everywhere I look I see tributes to Stephen Colbert, I have to keep checking to see if he's still alive and just not being kicked off the air.
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Chris Bays @chrisbee.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The first four strips are written on the new comic. I need to sit on them and let them percolate for now. Off to work on character sketches and it needs a name. That might be the hard part.
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