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kc green @kcg.bsky.social · 5h

Muggy-Doo: Boy cat!

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My book signing tour starts this week! Posting links to all of the events in order below: 👇

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MARCY BONES! ☠️ @marcybones64.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

please never forget that almost every single societal issue we face today would be solved by equitable access to essential things like food, shelter, medical care, and education, across the entire board, free of obligation

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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evan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

i dislike the whole project but his paintings have always overwhelmingly struck me as NAIVE in a way that he doesnt seem to intend-- he's treating the illo as lowbrow and authorless and making a joke of putting it into Fine Art, but all i can see is man this fucker had no grasp of drawing at all lol

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛‍♂️🧟‍♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today is the birthday of artist Ramona Fradon (Oct. 2, 1926-Feb. 24, 2024). Most known for cocreating Metamorpho and her work on Aquaman, Superfriends, Plastic Man, and the comic strip Brenda Starr, Reporter.

Fradon holding my copy of a Metamorpho collection she had just signed for me at a convention.

A commission she did of Aquaman's wedding and three comic books she did the covers and/or the interior art for: The Brave and the Bold #66, featuring Metamorpho and the Metal Men, Superfriends #28, and Plastic Man #19.

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Crambone Truther @zacksoto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Recorded episodes of @inthisissue.bsky.social with @cuntersthompson.bsky.social & @nathangelgud.bsky.social this week and they’re both so good! Doing the pod is helping to repair my relationship with the whole dang art form—Talking about great comics with smart funny people is legit invigorating 🙌

Chloe and Zack talking about a black and white comic over a video call

Nathan and Zack talking about a black and white comic over a video call

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

successful artist

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Audra Stang @audra-stang.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

me: hi joe matt, i'm a big fan, can i give you some of my comics? joe matt (thinking): she's kind of homely

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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Rolling into October...

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

done been collapsed

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Ken Parille @kenparille.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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Jay Lender @jaylender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hygiene is important, kids!

Muggy-Doo, Boy Cat, scrubs his butt in the shower and declares: "Dat ass is CLEAN!"

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🫶🏽🪻Hasan Dyker🪻🫶🏽 @rulerofpurple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ve been both of these guys. Recently.

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

holy cow I'm getting out of bed for the first time in days. this was bad. wear a mask be safe oof

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Jeffery J. Manley will be @ A2CAF 10/3 @manleycomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As someone that has been poor my entire life... this rings true. All those things are good activities, and cheap!

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

also: I thought I’d be encountering quicksand pretty regularly.

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Crambone Truther @zacksoto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New cursed object just dropped youtu.be/RdMtJ8w0v0c?...

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NINJA HIGH SCHOOL meets CEREBUS THE AARDVARK

YouTube video by Ben Dunn

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

mixed signals

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

co-sign??

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Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looking at ways to raise the cold hard cash needed to print this comic. I don't have anything against kickstarter, but I'd rather just rely on preorders to help fund the printing. Would you preorder this comic? It'd be about 68 pages, risograph printed, probably around $15.

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

if the boy that wrote this article ever sees me on the street he better start running. I’m taking teeth.

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

they’re actually not. this mythology absolves the wealthy & educated minority from using their power in any concrete way.

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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Crambone Truther @zacksoto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New @inthisissue.bsky.social ep on Giant THB 1.v.2 by Paul Pope with guest @ryancecil.bsky.social is up now! Audio version live on your podcatchers and video version here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeIq...

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In This Issue... Giant THB 1.v.2 (2003) by Paul Pope, with Ryan Cecil Smith

YouTube video by In This Issue... Comics Podcast

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

oh lord the president is going to my home town Friday. Mobile, Alabama.

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Ken Parille @kenparille.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Random Jeweler @randomjeweler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm the vape guy here

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

every time they tell you that more schooling is the answer to all your problems they're saying inequality ain't a systemic failure, it's your own fault. it's weird. a sunk cost fallacy projection on their part I guess? college is great but most ppl don't go to college.

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

they’re actually not. this mythology absolves the wealthy & educated minority from using their power in any concrete way.

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

comics will resume soon. the kids got the flu then gave me the flu & woof I have not been this sick in years.

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Spock Here @entspockhere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This TAS episode is a great example of what animation can do that live-action Star Trek just couldn't. #TOSSatNight

The Enterprise crew in a zoo display as giant slug-like aliens with elephant trunks observe them.

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Scotty B. Jordan @ College @scottlandmanor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

reminder that the united states has NO federal head of arts or even an art department within our government. we have 4 different departments to justify couping other countries and bombing brown children, yet no arts department.

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MARCY BONES! ☠️ @marcybones64.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

kick me a dollar if u got it lol

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

in these scenarios it always feels like I'm surrounded by a bunch of fragile eggs & I snap into dad mode & begin to coddle them & try to put them at ease so they feel legitimate. but then I'm like wait these folks all went to harvard. I grew up in a fema trailer. it's a weird vibe!

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Ken Parille @kenparille.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

because I write about poverty I end up in rooms with a lot of academics nowadays. I've never met any that've been forced to balance on the thin margins of daily survival for any significant amount of time. GOOD. but it reveals wild perspectives. like wow the hubris of unearned merit reigns supreme.

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

the artist economic advice page I follow on Instagram is suggesting that you lurk ppl on Zillow to see who has the best house and then ask those ppl for money lol. I’m serious.

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

money for nothing

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