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Mark Batalla

@markbatalla.bsky.social
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Making art and making laughs in Los Angeles. IG: pixeldrip TikTok: Markbatallaprime YouTube: PixelDripGallery linktr.ee/markbatalla

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David BASTARDspan @davidbix.com · 29/09/2026
Since WWE's trying to exploit PAC's death, it's time to talk about this: Remember how PAC suddenly had visa issues when AEW started? That's because, when the AEW trademarks were filed, WWE called USCIS to claim he walked out on his visa. After leaving him alone for a year and giving him his release.
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: Following my office's demands, Ticketmaster will refund tickets for Ed Sheeran's concerts at Gillette Stadium. You filed complaints, and we took action to get your money back. Act quickly and be sure submit refund requests at least 24 hours before showtime.
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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Starting today, we're piloting Japanese magazines in our digital archive! We've spent the last few months upgrading our library infrastructure to support Japanese-language material, starting with the magazine Neo Geo Freak. Read the full blog post for more info: gamehistory.org/5k-magazines/
A two-page spread from Neo Geo Freak featuring Nakoruru from the game Samurai Shodown. All text is accurately highlighted on the page, including vertical writing being mapped vertically.
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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 22/09/2026
Need info ASAP on making a website? We've got resources for you! Intro to HTML/CSS w @newbabyfly.schism.org: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMuK... Making a Webcomic Site w Ren Taylor: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPbE... ComicFury 101 w @jpawlik.com & @beefsen.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ0M...
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Intro to HTML & CSS w/ Newbabyfly
YouTube video by Cartoonists United
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Possum A-ko @kaiserbeamz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Peter Cullen really knew how to sell the fuck out of Toonami promos. A non-insignificant amount of anime's popularity in the States rests on his voiceover skills. RIP to the master
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Chris DeRose @scratchyderose.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“Be Strong enough to be gentle.” Peter Cullen tells the story of how his brother inspired the voice he would use to play Optimus Prime. It’s a simple yet poignant quote that sums up why Optimus and Peter are so beloved. Til All Are One. 💔
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Mark Batalla @markbatalla.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Sheblime performing during 818 A Love Letter to the Valley at Cupid’s Hot Dogs in Winnetka, CA. #818 #thevalley #sfv #sheblime #sublime
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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
From: Stop Motion Sabotage (2026), dir. Corduroy Frames Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgXS...
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Lee CroNina's The Mummymoto 💀 @spacecoyote.com · 08/08/2026
I could swear I made this Tactics meme before but I couldn't find it, so I made it again
Scene from the Simpsons where a diner waitress is saying "I hate it when the waffles stick together," except she's holding a ring of Tactics Ogre characters saying "I hate it when the ogres clinging together."Same scene; screenshot of the cook saying "sticking together is what good waffles do," but it's modified to say "Clinging together is what tactics ogres do." This is a reference to the video game "Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together."
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Mark Batalla @markbatalla.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Made some X-Men collages during the junk journal session hosted by Apt 201 at Lawless Brewing in North Hollywood, CA.
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Faith @faithschaffer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
if you're trying to get into drawing environments but worried about perspective, my hot take is don't worry about it at all. It's a lot more important that things FEEL in perspective than actually being in perspective, and that usually comes from strong composition, scaling and shapes
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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
"Millennium Actress" by Satoshi Kon is available for free on YouTube (in North America only). >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMqg...
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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
printing costs are incredibly inexpensive now & I’d rather see lots of unique new comics from cool people than constantly read about bad publisher shenanigans. I’ve heard ”I don’t think (publisher) is malicious I just think they’re really unorganized” 1000x over the past 30 years. idk man.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
New: the highly controversial AI music generator Suno was hacked. The hacker sent us Suno source code; it shows the company scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. In all, Suno scraped *decades* worth of music from the internet. Obviously didn't pay artists www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
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MegaApple @megaapple18.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This one reply really struck me
Yoshiyuki Tomino, the anime director famous for Gundam, also emphasized the importance of studying stage plays, literature, and literary arts to cultivate a nuanced understanding of expression and reading comprehension.

That's why it's not uncommon to hear that works created by otaku with narrow knowledge, raised solely on comics, anime, and games, end up lacking any depth.
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shay/zzz (the black haired girl is my oc) @zzzbookwormzzz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
my friend says this pic is a banger so i post here
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NHATional Scissoring Day ✂️ @nhathanielh.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Mauro Ranallo if he called soccer:
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I just saw someone refer to Donald Trump as “Pervert Hoover” and now I can’t stop laughing. 😂😂😂😂
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Velvet Dragon @velvetthedragon.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Use a shit ton of reference, wherever you can get it. Smash images together to get what you can't find or make. Drawing isn't some contest where you have to comprehend every angle of a hand and render it from memory. There's no prize for limiting yourself for no reason.
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Kevin Fagaragan 🔜 RoundHouse, Anime Magic Ink'd, MagFest @kevinfagaragan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Respect Your Elders 🇵🇭
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Mark Batalla @markbatalla.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Highlights from Bad Dude Tito vs. Brian Cage during Republic of Lucha VIII: Mayhem at Don Quixote in Los Angeles, CA. #wrestling #prowrestling #republicoflucha #lucha #aew #allelitewrestling
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🏴‍☠️ Maddox 🏴‍☠️ @maddox.xmission.com · 13/06/2026
Like him or hate him, you have to admit Elon Musk is now the world's dumbest bitch.
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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I wrote about one specific way AI is ruining my life defector.com/ai-animal-vi...
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AI Animal Videos Are Ruining One Of The Internet's Last Good Things | Defector
Recently while picking up a banh mi in my neighborhood, I found myself transfixed by a TV in the restaurant showing what I assumed was a nature documentary. At first the footage soothed: Gentle humpba...
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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Marjane Satrapi, whose acclaimed graphic novel and animated adaptation 'Persepolis' brought the realities of revolution, exile, and identity to audiences around the world, has died at 56. www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/marjane-satrapi-persepolis-creator-co-director-dies-at-56-262120.html
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Marjane Satrapi, 'Persepolis' Creator And Co-Director, Dies At 56
The acclaimed cartoonist, filmmaker, and human rights advocate leaves behind one of the 21st century's early animated masterpieces.
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Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Thinking today of my late studiomate Jesse Hamm. He drew a lot of great pictures and wrote wonderful essays on the art and craft of illustration and cartooning. Here's a link to one of my favorite of his essays, on Alex Toth and cartoon realism: sirspamdalot.livejournal.com/89372.html
Jesse Hamm in his trademark bandana, smiling and breaking the 4th wall in the midst of a crowd I drew on a comic book cover. He's seated with other folks from Helioscope and the DCU.
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Mark Batalla @markbatalla.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Highlights from Cabarasian produced by Constellation Cabaret at Illusion Magic Lounge in Santa Monica, CA. #burlesque
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"you already use AI. You use meta and photo shop and whatever, so you really can't even talk against him okay" Shut the fuck up, none of us fucking asked for AI to be in any of these, nobody fucking wanted that. That's the difference. What a hypocritical horse shit argument that is, shut your face
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Why the hell do you need your emotional support dog in the damn Olive Garden? Those unlimited breadsticks got you stressed the fuck out?
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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
there's no valor in killing yourself with art. the industry and fandoms will only get mad at you for the audacity of being selfish enough to die before you could deliver. please don't make yourself a human blood sacrifice to your work. your art can't exist without you.
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Anthony Clark @nedroid.com · 13/05/2026
GUY EATING CANDY: this candy reminds me of something…

GUY (looks at bag, sees it is labeled “Werther’s Derivative”): oh
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Ron Chan @rondanchan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Using the rules of linear perspective to combat ai slop can I get a hell yeah
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Ron Randall @ronrandall.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
It’s National Cartoonist Day. So here again, for those who might need a reminder, is the best cartoon ever made. By B. Kliban.
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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I have considered Moleskine to be outrageously overpriced for quite some time but using AI to generate a sketchbook cover betrays a level of hubris that is wild even for them. Those high prices and they couldn't be bothered to pay a human? Dump 'em. cjleo.com/blog/moleski...
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Moleskine's AI Lord of the Rings Collection Can Only Mock
New Moleskine X The Lord of the Rings notebook collection is "imagined by Moleskine, generated by AI".
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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
“We just wanted to confirm that all Moleskine notebook covers are created by our designers, while AI was used to enhance the background of these images. We hope The Lord of the Rings inspires you!” Oh, sod off, Moleskine. Tolkien would have despised this and so do I.
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Moleskine Launch Exclusive Lord Of The Rings Collection
The limited edition collection of diaries, notebooks, stickers and greeting cards are only available to Moleskine members who are registered online, but the brand comes under fire from fans for using ...
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Mark Batalla @markbatalla.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Raine Stern performing at Climate Arts Fest at West Los Angeles College.
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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Troubling new Artemis II photo of Earth.
Dark universe planet logo instead of the earth because I’m stupid.
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Mark Batalla @markbatalla.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Sareee Bomb vs. Maya Mamushi during Sukeban at Anime Expo. #wrestling #prowrestling #joshi #sukeban #animeexpo
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Mark Batalla @markbatalla.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Lana Drincic performing during Live Music Night at Third House Studios in Van Nuys, CA.
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Nobby Nobster @nobbyserenow.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
My three favourite things are eating out my friends and not using commas
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Mark Batalla @markbatalla.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Katie Ward performing during live music night at Third House Studios in Van Nuys, CA.
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Mark Batalla @markbatalla.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Luna Lore performing during the All-Femme Art Show and Pop Up Market at Third House Studios in Van Nuys, CA.
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Hot Blooded Tough Guy Rusty Shackles @rustyshackles.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Found out Q from the Impractical Jokers owns the page from Preacher where Cassidy gets stabbed, revealing that he’s a vampire. Now I can’t stop thinking about the jokers in Jesse’s ear
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Louis Lloyd-Judson @louistrations.co.uk · 07/03/2026
Search engines are useless. Social media's dying. New computers aren't affordable. So, let's all go back to the indie web! For the first time in 17 years, I have a personal website again. I have more ambitious plans for the future, but for now it's just a small portfolio site. louistrations.art
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Goh_billy @gohbilly.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
An old video of Street Fighter meets Duck Hunt.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
It is interesting that two of the best horror directors come from sketch comedy backgrounds but the veil between those art forms is honestly pretty thin given that a bad improv show is essentially an unsettling a24 film
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Lee CroNina's The Mummymoto 💀 @spacecoyote.com · 22/02/2026
came across the set of Shogun season 2 (this is the second time they built this -- they tore down the first one)
The set of the TV series Shogun in Port Moody, BC. Many feudal-era Japanese buildings are seen behind a locked chain fence, with mountains in the background
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Lee CroNina's The Mummymoto 💀 @spacecoyote.com · 17/02/2026
everyone who bought a Virtual Boy, this is you
A sick Homer unable to let go of the old sandwich that made him sick
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kc green @kcg.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
That’s all Folks
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