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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

9) A comic I think people should read: Hobtown Mystery Stories. Idk if this is still flying under the radar but this series is so delightfully weird. Twin Peaks, Scooby Doo, Widow’s Bay, -ish. For fans of those. Fantasy Sports too! Wouldn’t be me talking about comics without mentioning that one.

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Paul @pauljonmilne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

here he is without his hat, from 2016

a drawing of a man stern man's face and his head pulped into the shape of a penile helmet

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BrianMcLachlan @brianmcl.com · 02/10/2026

I was going over some of the trends/eras of illustration with my students today and Corporate Memphis created the most conversation. It was compared to a business man in a happy face mask, Arial & pop music. Good in contexts like brightening up a train station, bad in masking the cruelness of tech.

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 03/10/2026

I know most of you guys don't go on the other app but the pope posted an anti AI/ pro artists statement yesterday, and the ensuing cope and memes is really funny

Pope Leo XIV
@Pontifex

In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.

2016: I will never fight a holy war

2019: Pope Leo I am ready launch me towards the nearest data center

some AI guy saying he makes christian children's books with AI asking the pope if that is ok then and someone posting a meme react with the pope holding a baseball bat saying 'did I stutter'

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The Szym Reaper @ NYCC F21 @adamszym.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There’s a new print run of my long OOP 2016 comic BIOME. Come grab a copy at NYCC table F21 October 8-11! Fans of Scavenger’s Reign and Annihilation will enjoy.

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Chris Weston posted some pages yesterday from his & Rob Williams’ brilliant 2013 Superman tale “Saviour”. Looking again, I’m struck by how meticulously CW’s layouts carry the eye across the page. It’s done with such masterly skill & emotional heft the reader might not even consciously notice it.

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KM @sporkfoo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Book Block: Hobtown Mystery Stories Vol 1 - The Case of the Missing Men, Kris Bertin: With art like the old Nancy Drew books, this graphic novel delves into the darkness living just under the surface of a very strange coastal town. It’s dark, engaging & has a timeless feel. #booksky 💙🩸 #crochet 🧶

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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Character portraits, free use

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A.Ghost Pasquella 👻🎃 @agpasquella.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Too much capex, not enough revenue The math doesn't math anomalyinvestments.substack.com/p/this-obvio...

anomalyinvestments.substack.com

This Obviously is an AI Bubble. The Math Says So

A Quantitative Case for the Obvious.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is my new favorite thing.

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Miles Bennell @milesbennell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Altered States 1980

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Andrew F. Sullivan @afsulli.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

also why are they horny

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Jed MacKay @jedmackay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

was looking up Christopher Pike book covers (as one does) and man, you just can't beat this one. It's like one of those convoluted giallo titles but in YA horror book cover form

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IKEI art studio @ikei.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I seriously love this. It shows you don't need fancy tools or AI to make something great. You just need an idea, some creativity and the will to create. It looks like such a fun game to play!

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 17/09/2026

dudes rock

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Can anyone smarter than me explain how the government aims to create new pre-strike binding mediation legislation (which essentially removes striking as an active tool), yet claims that it will "never interfere with a worker’s right to bargain or to strike?" Because this seems, uh, bad!

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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

is this the funniest joke in the history of television?

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mouldwarp @mooncalfed.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

this rules so hard!!

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

He’s the Official Dad a choice

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Regret to inform my haters that I’ve created the perfect board game (Minotaur’s Labyrinth) and you can only play it at my house

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Jed MacKay @jedmackay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I've been seeing this thing posted around for like a week before I realized it was from a comic Sheldon and I did

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

To get to Google do you type Trump Dead or Trump Died

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

2 September 1911 – 12 March 1988 Romare Bearden, American (1911-1988), Circe Turns a Companion of Odysseus into a Swine, 1979, color screenprint on wove Lana paper, image: 44.45 x 60.01 cm, sheet: 55.88 x 75.57 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

accidental smashing but may help with blunders in the long run

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

@peterbcounter.com peter my phone broke that's why I'm on chess hiatus

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This is an old man post but new bed is THE anniversary gift. New bed for the missus plus big box for the kids AND old mattress in the living room (they're currently pretending the box is a time machine that takes them to different bounce-heavy timelines). This is a big win as a husband and father.

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I invented John Canada in response to some right wing thing in 2013 and I keep finding these pictures in my desk drawer and every year they're still relevant

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Were you looking at my walrus husband

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

He doesn't like you I I fucking I don't like you either

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The Szym Reaper @ NYCC F21 @adamszym.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Zadheads are feasting rn 💅

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shd @shd262623.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Girl Sisters is my favorite pop group

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Guy Pradel @pradaldi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The French translation is coming, St Franquin à répondu à mes prières !

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Girl Sisters is also a true treasure of Alex Thinking

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Jed MacKay @jedmackay.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My wife and I keep saying "Boy Zoo" at one another

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Reviewing Hobtown 3 for French translation and falling in love with Alex's unscriptedbackground nonsense all over again

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I can’t explain it but it came to me fully formed- Donald Trump and Tim Curry will die on the same day

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I used MS Office for my entire life and this is the answer

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Layne @laynev.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

While on vacation my copy of the brilliant @benjamindewey.bsky.social‘s wonderful The Complete Collection of The Tragedy Series arrived (From Ireland!) AND I finally got a copy of Kris Bertin (@hobtown.bsky.com) & Alexander Forbes’ first Hobtown Mystery Story, The Case of the Missing Men!

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Kami @comutiny.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Found this audio file of me failing to play a simple melody on a tin whistle and I have absolutely zero memory of making it

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Cay @caymanwent.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Repost to make it die faster

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Benito Cereno @benitocereno.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

If you don’t know, Hobtown is the best thing going

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