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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As we are officially into fall, I’m reintroducing my Scaredy-Cat series whilst adding a few new ones along the way! Let’s “break out the spookies” as we careen towards Halloween! 🎃 #scaredycat #catghost #scbwiart #illustrators #whimisical

Cartoon of a black cat, frozen, eyes wide open in fear as she is surrounded by ghosts

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Sylessae @sylessae.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

✨I'm an artist✨

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

An old favorite of mine, posting again just because. #chickenlaundry #clotheslineclothes

A cartoon of a chicken leaning out of an apartment window pulling in her laundry, except that her laundry is a series of feathers clothes-pinned to the line instead of actual clothes like the apartments above and below her.

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

“Hey! Look over here, we took out some bad guys!”

Bold text that reads: “I wonder if any of the members of the Board of Peace will help with the Epstein War in Iran.”

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Doing or saying nothing is the same as bringing complicit.

Typed poem: you’re guilty too

by John Hentz

brackish emotions
both salty and clear
at the mouth of the river
called anger and fear

a one way discussion
gets no reply
verity is questioned
proof is denied

make haste you young stringers,
you chasers, you pests
be vexing, be ruthless
no quarter, no rest

for down comes the truncheon
with all their guns drawn
cruelty’s their plan
for the citizen pawn

they’ll punish the punished
for nothing at all
blame them for everything
then watch them crawl

you may not believe it
I hope that you do
but if you ignore it
you’re guilty too

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Call me radical then, I guess.

Typed note: “I’m curious. When did showing empathy become radical?”

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

We are more alike than different.

Typed verse: “Get to know the people you fear and your acceptance of harming them may disappear.” - John Hentz

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/12/2025

Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head. That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

This is the guy who recklessly chainsawed his way through agency after agency looking for waste, fraud and abuse, didn’t actually find any, got his government contracts and then left thousands of highly-skilled people unemployed. Eat the rich.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 09/07/2025

I'm an "A.i." abolitionist. No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything. Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine. But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires? No.

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I have new work on the way, in the meantime enjoy the outsized imagination of a bunny from a few years ago. “Bunnysaurus Rex” #bunnysaurus #illustration #kidlitart #picturebookillustration #scbwi #mixedmedia #whimsy

A humorous drawing of a small fluffy bunny casting a shadow of a T-Rex on a wall.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 23/10/2025

“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡

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Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI

Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Out for another ride. This stretch of weather has been spectacular! #getonyourbikesandride

A head and shoulders photo of me wearing a bike helmet, posing in front of sign that reads “North Hatfield Historic District in Hatfield, Massachusetts on a lovely, sunny, fall day.

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

This needs to be a major headline in every news outlet across the country.

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

A Gerbera Daisy in our backyard. ##blackandwhiteflowers #gerberadaisy #backyardbeauty

A black and white close up of a Gerbera Daisy

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

We are adrift. We need to start paddling now or the waves will take us.

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

The distance between where we are and where we were is both expansive and instant. We can always choose human over machine until the day we cannot. #saynotoai #saynotoaiart #humancreativity

A hand-typed poem entitled “Etch-A-Sketch A.I.”
The world seems to be happening
all over itself right now
in diagonal lines made up of
verticals and horizontals
plotting our creative demise

-John Hentz

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

As seen in my workshop today. A framed portrait of our son snorkeling nearly twenty years ago. #portraitofson #snorkelphotos #rusticworkshop

A black and white photograph of a very rustic framed photo of a boy snorkeling in a pool. The photo is sitting cockeyed atop a toolbox with a hammer in the background and large roll of twine in the foreground.

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Happy National Dog Day! I love my little Ava, the ShihPoo. #nationaldogday

My pupper, Ava the ShihPoo sitting in my car, tongue hanging out while she stares at me.

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I post words I’ve written every now and again. I wrote this 15 years ago, but it still rings true to me. #bones #lies

An image of a typewritten poem: “The Bones of a Lie.”

“The skin that you’re in
may hide all your sins,
but you’ll never deny
the bones of a lie.”

- John Hentz

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

#15MoviesToGetToKnowMe 2001: A Space Odyssey Monty Python and the Holy Grail Groundhog Day Castaway Coco The Way Back (2010) The King’s Speech Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Life of Brian The Sting The In-Laws (1979) The Corpse Bride Inglourious Basterds Raiders of the Lost Ark Alien

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😈Miss Hell Batkeeper😈 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

"Let children be children" doesn't mean make sure they have no responsibilities, inconveniences, or challenges. It means let them cry or lose their temper without shaming them. It means let their imaginations run wild. It means let them get wildly excited about things you find commonplace.

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JohnnyDraws @johnnydraws.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Happy #kidlitartpostcard for August! I’m John Hentz, aka “Johnny Draws” I’m an illustrator in search of representation. My focus is on picture books for preschoolers and early readers. My portfolio is here: johnhentzillustration.com

John Hentz Illustration: Drawing of a child peering out from giant blades of grass.

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