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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2025

@Ullilust „Eine aggressive Nation kann hunderte friedliche in den Abgrund reißen - das sehen wir ja heutzutage auch wieder.“😂 Volltreffer und sehr souveränes Interview!

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2025

Happy #FollowFriday! These are 5 comic artists from my city – Berlin – you should subscribe to: @mawil @Elke_Renate_Steiner @jorisbasbacker @Ullilust @thilokrapp 👉 Which 5 comic artists from your city or region are an inspiration to you? #comics #comic #graphicnovels #graphicnovel #mastoArt […]

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2025

I met this Manga artist at a book fair this spring and bought two of her books. Today I wrote her how impressed I am with her work, and how exceptional her drawings/flow/humor/dialogues are - which they truly are. She was so, so happy! Immediately wrote back a long email and shared how she was […]

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2025

The poetry of these children arises from the fact that we find in them all the problems, all the sufferings of the adults, who remain offstage. [...] They are the monstrous infantile reductions of all the neuroses of a modern citizen of industrial civilization […] [Original post on mastodon.art]

Drawing by Charles M. Schulz of all the main characters of his comic strip Peanuts, which debuted on this day 75 years ago.

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2025

Went to my kids' school yesterday for parents' night, and boy did my body exactly know what to do: Huddle in the back row, mind-wandering mode on, scribble for your life! It was like I never left. #dadtoot #artistslife

Crappy picture of my notebook.
Apart from, well, notes, it shows what I doodled with my pen during parents' night: First it was a rock with some moss and grass, then came a whole underwater world with plants, a snail, a big fish and some smaller ones as well as creepy eyes in an underwater cave.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

Night time. Three figures walk up a set of stairs. They are in fact Penrose stairs, an impossible object which one can walk up endlessly.
Low on the side of the stairs is a window. Another figure leans out and shouts up at the walkers:
“Guys! I'm sure it's not easy being trapped in an endless paradox representing the limited nature of human perception, but some of us are trying to sleep down here!”

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2025

Welp, the next few comic pages will be a wee bit wonky :BlobCat_Bandage: #comic #comics #artist #artistslife #artistsonmastodon

A hand in front of a grassy background, the pinky is wrapped in an orthesis (for the next couple of weeks).

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2025

Through his extensive studies of slime molds (粘菌, nenkin)... – creatures that are not plants, fungi or animals, yet move – that have hundreds of sexes – that lack a nervous system yet process data, decentralized ...Kumagusu developed a holistic understanding […] [Original post on mastodon.art]

More pages from Mizukis manga. More of the protagonist, the cat and sometimes plant-shaped, at other times brain-like biological structures. Also, for some reason, naked female bodies.

Another double page from Mizukis manga. We see Kumagusu walking around town, lying naked on his home's floor writing something, and what looks like a drawing of a mythical Japanese merman-esque sea creature. Kumagusu often relied on folk tales to find the slime mold specimen he wanted to study.

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2025

How I wish this #manga by Mizuki Shigeru would be translated into English! He portrays the life of one of Japan’s most fascinating intellectuals, Kumagusu Minakata – naturalist, Buddhist micobiologist and probably Japan’s first environmental activist. 1/2 […] [Original post on mastodon.art]

A black and white double page of a manga drawn by Mizuki Shigeru. I don't understand the Japanese word balloons, but across these pages, you can see the protagonist, Kumagusu Minakata, having drinks and talking to other older men, you can see trees, talking cats and weird microscopic fungal structures - an interesting mix!

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2025

GPT-5 plateau-ing is giving me hope that maybe all isn't lost 🌍💚🤞 #ai #gpt5 #ClimateChange #climateCrisis

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2025

@Ullilust Wow, eins lernt nie aus, und superschön gezeichnet. DIe Ulli Lustige Welt der Tiere - damals im Film waren es allerdings gärende Früchte des Elefantenbaums, also mehr Trunkenheit als Trip.

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2025

I’m a huge admirer of comic artist Larry Marder, and love this #FantasticFour-themed cover by him. It was FF-co-creator #JackKirby who – through his art – introduced Marder to Native American designs, especially #Hopi kachinas. Very elegant how this abstract […] [Original post on mastodon.art]

A cover of Larry Marder's comic book "Tales of the Beanworld" issue number 19, published by Eclipse comics in 1991.
At the top you can see Heyoka, the bean who does everything upside-down and backwards bean, flying through a constellation of shapes reminiscent of the Fantastic Four. It's hard to describe the way this arrangement hovers between abstract and figurative, using basic geometrical shapes that correspond to the way the Fantastic Four have been portrayed in the comics by artist and co-creator Jack Kirby. If you know the comics, though, certain colors and textures form an unequivocal portrayal of these comic characters.

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2025

No shade but while folks on other platforms might be drawing "comics", us Fedi artists are creating #gravy novels.

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2025

[Racism] As depicted by Ulli, the Munich #comics festival has chosen to exhibit pages from the 1960's childrens comic "Fix und Foxi", in which Black people are depicted as apes, whereas e.g. a policeman is shown as a white dog. I'm more in the camp of commenting, contextualizing, debating […]

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2025

@Ullilust Auch von mir die allerbesten Glückwünsche! Pionier:innenarbeit! 🌱

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

One of the cartoons from Physics for Cats

Title: Soren Kierkegaard, 1843

Image: A three panel comic strip that shows Mr Kierkegaard saying
"Life can only be understood backwards" as he walks from right to left through the three frames (i.e. against the usual order in which these panels would be read)

A dog walks from left to right, saying: "But it must be lived forward"

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2025

Just stumbled upon this box my daughter glued together for me many years ago, when she was just beginning to write single letters. I love the floating island she has drawn on it, but the secret highlight are all the zigzag lines around it. I remember asking […] [Original post on mastodon.art]

A wooden box with thick walls, crafted together rather roughly. On one side, you can see a children’s drawing with black marker, depicting a floating island with trees on top and a whole swarm of the letter N all around it.
It’s an adorable little nothing box.

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2025

"Angoulême - Comic-Verbände drohen mit Boykott des größten Festivals der Branche in Europa Rund 400 Comic-Autorinnen und Autoren haben zum Boykott des bedeutendsten Festivals der Branche in Europa aufgerufen. Hintergrund ist die stillschweigende Vertragsverlängerung für den Veranstalter im […]

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2025

[USpol / faeries ––– [Just a normal children's book signing in a normal country, nothing to see here]] > “You can’t fire the fucking faeries. You can’t put the muses into gulags.” – Musician-turned-children's book author Tori Amos calling for artistic resistance last month in LA […]

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2025

[Cosmic transphobia in the Sandman comic “A Game of You” (adapted in Season 2 of Sandman, coming this July) – CW: Neil Gaiman] I can only hope that the new TV version of this story will rectify this – especially after yesterday’s disheartening #UKSupremeCourtRuling on the exclusion of trans […]

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2025

[Cosmic transphobia in the Sandman comic “A Game of You” (adapted in Season 2 of Sandman, coming this July) – CW: Neil Gaiman] it doesn’t help much to get that dream image of dead-yet-happy-and-beautiful Wanda in the end. If there was this female essence […] [Original post on mastodon.art]

A comic panel from Sandman: A Game of You, written by Neil Gaiman, drawn by Shawn McManus.

This is a scene from a dream Barbie has at the very end of the story.
You can see Wanda in a pink dress with a huge bow on her waist, shouder pads and lots of lace – looks kind of like a wedding cake. Her hair is fuller, her face more rounded. Next to her is the silhouette of a girl the next panel will reveal as Death.

Two text boxes read in the voice of main character Barbie:

I dream of Wanda. Only she’s perfect. She reminds me of Glinda in the Oz movie, something I’m sure she’d get a huge kick out of hearing.
And when I say perfect, I mean perfect. Drop-dead gorgeous. There’s nothing camp about her, nothing artificial. And she looks happy.

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2025

[transphobia, spoilers for Sandman: A Game of You (and possibly Sandman season 2)] It’s not only Wanda dying during this story like black side charactes in an 80’s horror flick that makes me mad. It’s also the inherent cosmic transphobia of the moon and the […] [Original post on mastodon.art]

A comic panel from Sandman: A Game of You, written by Neil Gaiman, drawn by Shawn McManus.

You only see Wanda’s angry, defiant face.

George: It’s like gender isn’t something you can pick and choose as far as gods are concerned.

Wanda’s reply: Well, that’s something the gods can take and stuff up their sacred recta. I know what I am.

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2025

[Cosmic transphobia in the Sandman comic “A Game of You” (adapted in Season 2 of Sandman, coming this July) – CW: Neil Gaiman] This is explained to her by George, a gruesome creature that I have pixelated here in case you are not a fan of gore. When Wanda […] [Original post on mastodon.art]

Three panels from Sandman: A Game of You, written by Neil Gaiman, drawn by Shawn McManus.

Wanda: I am not a man.

George: Maybe not to you, you’re not. But you’ve got the uh, you know. Male nasty thing.

Wanda: Listen: I’ve had electrolysis, I’m taking hormones. All that’s left is just a little lump of flesh; but all that doesn’t matter… inside I’m a woman.

George: She doesn’t think so. [Meaning the moon] And to be honest, well, even if you had had the operation it wouldn’t make much difference to the moon. It’s chromosomes as much as anything.

(The first two panels show talking heads, the third one shows the moon shining through the window.)

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2025

[transphobia, spoilers for Sandman: A Game of You (and possibly Sandman season 2)] My problem with the story starts earlier on, before Wanda’s death: Thessaly, a witch, and the lesbian couple Hazel and Foxglove decide to rescue Barbie from danger by entering […] [Original post on mastodon.art]

A comic page from Sandman: A Game of You, written by Neil Gaiman, drawn by @ColleenDoran

Thessaly, the witch, Hazel and Foxglove are about to step into a moon-like light and leave.

Thessaly: Wanda? You keep Barbie safe now. We’ll be back before sunrise, one way or the other, and--

Wanda: What? Look, Barbie’s my friend. I want to help her. I want to go with you – wherever you’re going.
Why can’t I help? Hazel? Foxglove? Listen…

Thessaly: This isn’t your route. It can’t be. I’m sorry.
But what you’re doing’s every bit as important. Guard Barbie. Don’t let anything happen to her.

Wanda: You’re a friggin’ lunatic, Thessaly! You know that?
Whatever’s going on here, you’re a goddamn loony-tune!
Fox! Hazel! Someone – listen to me…

(And then they have left, Wanda stays behind in an empty room, the light is gone).

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2025

[transphobia, spoilers for Sandman: A Game of You (and possibly Sandman season 2)] But! When everyone has left, her friend Barbie takes Wanda’s favorite lipstick and corrects her name on the tombstone. Powerful stuff.

A comic page from Sandman: A Game of You, written by Neil Gaiman, drawn by Shawn McManus.

Barbie sits in front of Wanda’s tombstone and pulls out a lipstick. She says: “Oh yeah. And here… I thought you’d like it. It’s tacky flamingo, or whatever it’s called. Your favourite color.”
In the largest panel on the page, we see a close-up of the tombstone. The name “Alvin” is striked through in tacky flamingo, above it the name “Wanda” is written in large, equally pink letters.
Barbie packs her things, says “Hey, no problem. Least I could do” and leaves.

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2025

[transphobia, spoilers for Sandman: A Game of You (and possibly Sandman season 2)] To be fair, “A Game of You” features some very progressive story telling – well rounded, queer characters that you can identify with. A scene that has left a deep mark on teenage me is the funeral at the very […]

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2025

[Cosmic transphobia in the Sandman comic “A Game of You” (adapted in Season 2 of Sandman, coming this July) – CW: Neil Gaiman] (Disclaimer: Some may argue – for good reason – that this is not an appropriate time to analyze works by Neil Gaiman, as he is currently confronted with multiple […]

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2025

[Cosmic transphobia in the Sandman comic “A Game of You” (adapted in Season 2 of Sandman, coming this July) – CW: Neil Gaiman] Today saw the announcement of the 2nd and final season of the TV series #Sandman There's something that has always irked me about its source material, the story "A […]

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2025

I miss Iceland and won't be seeing it for quite some time. Still such a privilege to immerse myself into its breathtaking landscape every day 💚 #comic #comics #graphicNovel #graphicNovels #panelPreview #mastoArt #fediArt #PenAndInk #brushAndInk #lineArt #wip #iceland

A comic panel, landscape format and landscape content: In black and white (with light blue penciling here and there) you can see an Icelandic landscape with hills and a waterfall. A road runs through, with two cars visible, but they are very small compared to the surrounding nature.

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Osma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦 @osma.fishpool.org · 16/04/2025

Bluesky didn't reach a federated stage where you could choose a service provider in a free country before they started to censor people based on authoritarian demands.

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From: noreply@bsky.so...

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Türkçe diline çevir

Hi there,

We are writing to inform you that we have received a formal request from a legal authority in Turkey regarding the removal of your account associated with the following handle (@carekavga.bsky.social) on Bluesky.

The legal authority has claimed that this content violates local laws in Turkey. As a result, we are required to review the request in accordance with local regulations and Bluesky's policies.

Following a thorough review, we have determined that the content in question violates local laws in Turkey, as outlined in the legal request. In compliance with these legal provisions, we have restricted access to your account for users.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com

A Caroll diagram consisting of four rectangles arranged in a square.
The Y axis is labelled MOVE and split into FAST and SLOW.
The X axis is labelled THINGS and split into BREAK and FIX

Top left image: (Move Fast and Break Things) Tech Bro
Bottom left image: (Move slow and break things) Runaway Steamroller
Top right image: (Move fast and fix things) Emergency Plumber
Bottom left image: (Move slow and fix things) Grandpa with a toolbox

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2025

"With vast amounts of the comic book industry's paper coming from Canada, and printing of comic books largely taking place outside of the United States, there is no hiding from import costs when it comes to comic publishers and retailers. Image Comics may be one of the first major publishers […]

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2025

"When the overall economy gets sick, the #comics business gets pneumonia," Rob Salkowitz wrote last year in an article for ICv2. Now it seems to be starting: From July, the #Spawn titles from Image Comics will see a price hike from $ 2.99 to $ 3.99 USD – that's 33%. This is remarkable for a […]

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2025

Spilled my india ink today, damn that stuff is powerful – what a heavily pigmented mess, all over myself, the table, the parquet floor. Not grumbling too loudly, though, ‘cause against all odds, the current page has been spared. Plus it won’t happen again for quite some time now, there’s a […]

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2025

On my way to the Leipzig Book Fair to negotiate Secret Side Project. 🤫 #lbm #lbm25 #comic #comics

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Dan Q @dan.m.danq.me.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2025

This year it'll be 10 years since webcomic A Softer World ended its 12-year run. If you missed it, you can still go back and read them all, starting from asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1 But in the meantime, here's one of my very favourites: #note #comic Via: 🔗 […] [Original post on danq.me]

A Softer World comic #937. Three frames: the first shows a close-up of the chest and arm of a woman wearing a black sleeveless top; the second and third show the same woman spanning both frames. Across the three frames are typewriter-styled captions, reading: 'Sex is better if you're feeling', 'horny and silly in equal measure.', and 'Most things are!'

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Dirk Schwieger @dirk.mastodon.art.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2025

I love how #comic artist @Ullilust goes all in with her recent #Fediverse promotion. (The picture above is from a window exhibition in Vienna - the #Mastodon plug is as big as her new book!) And if you think about it, there truly is a connection between the […] [Original post on mastodon.art]

The same picture as before, zoomed in on the Fedi promo.

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