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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

When the going gets hot, the hot go tubing.

Relaxed guy floating down a river in an inner tube, beverage can in hand, several more cans in a smaller inner tube attached by a rope to his tube.

redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Hourly Comics Day 2026, the annual draw-your-day marathon cartooning challenge open to one and all. Most folks finish on the day itself or the next day. I'm one of the stragglers (I take notes, then draw later). #HourlyComicsDay2026 #conpossible #steampunk #madameaskew #chickensoup #possum #cat

Cartoons for Hourly Comics Day 2026 #1: 8 a.m. cook breakfast; 9 a.m. watch tv (couple watching scene from Westminster Dog Show); 10 a.m. Decide to attend Conpossible, a steampunk convention; 11 a.m. car driving to event.

Hourly Comics Day 2026 #2 (at Conpossible) 12 p.m. Bearded man talks about "Arctic Explorers" pointing to picture of a dirigible; 1 p.m. "Friendly Faces" - drawings of four attendees; 2 p.m. Vendors: cartoonist samples jam that supports "B.J.'s Serpentarium, a homeless shelter for lizards," nearby is a booth that sells tiaras.

Hourly Comics Day 2026 #3. 3 p.m. Parasol Dueling; 4 p.m. Compliment Dueling - woman with teal hair holding open fan says "Your smile lights up the room!" Woman with pink hair facing her holding a folded fan says "I love your teal hair!"; 5 p.m. person sleeps in chair while con organizers thank everyone.

Hourly Comics Day 2026 #4. 6 p.m. cartoonist driving home and stuck in traffic. 7 p.m. Fix dinner. Drawing of ingredients for chicken soup - chopped carrots, spinach, chicken, celery, onion - plus cheese and a rice cooker; 8 p.m. Eat, Talk. Smiling cartoonist holds bowl of chicken soup while listening to partner describe a possum chasing a cat. 9 p.m. - on: Draw!

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

A few years ago Batman had an alien starfish sidekick named Jarro. Some fans think it made the best Robin ever. You can search the internet for the rest. #Inktober #inktoberday7 #starfish #Jarro #Batman #DCComics #JarroRobin #superherosidekick #sidekick #starfishdreams

B&W drawing in simple cartoon style of a starfish asleep in a jar, its single, central eye closed. Thought bubbles emanating from it float toward a drawing of Batman. He is leaping down - knees bent, arms extended out wide. A small starfish -- wearing a short-sleeve onesie (one-piece outfit) with a big letter "R" on the chest -- leaps next to him. Text above drawing reads "Inktober 2025 / Day 7: Starfish"

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Will this be the year I post a drawing for every #Inktober prompt? Or draw only in my sketchbook to avoid A.I. scraping? My cartooning skills aren't great, but i hate feeding an amoral algorithm. #Inktober2025 #inktoberday1 #Inktobermustache #mustache #draweveryday

Drawing of a carved smiling pumpkin in front of a spiderweb with a large spider hanging down in front of the pumpkin's "nose" so the spider resembles a "mustache". A mouse viewing the spider at right raises its arms in alarm. Text at top: "Inktober 2025". Text at bottom of page: "Oct. 1, Mustache"

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Sharing today's quick sketch attempt. One should practice drawing the human figure with paid, bare-assed human models...but it's cheaper and more fun to draw musicians (clothed). #2 HB pencil on Strathmore 400 Series recycled, acid-free, 60# paper. #sketchpractice #bluegrass #music

Small wire-ringed sketchbook open to a rough pencil drawing of eight bluegrass musicians seated in a circle playing various string instruments - 3 guitars, 2 banjos, dobro, fiddle and upright bass. Caption reads "Maysville Bluegrass Jam, July 1, 2025." A plastic mechanical pencil lies next to the sketchbook.

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

At #HeroesCon June 20, 2025: artists raise money for Parkinson's Disease research, thanks to @teamculdesac.bsky.social #Drink&Draw. I drew dogs. #CharlesVess sat near me and drew Spider Man. Many participants, including kids! Much fun for a good cause.

Cartoon of various dog breeds (a panting pug, grimacing Shi Tzu, happy mutts, bassett hound, poodle, growling dachshund) with the words "yip! Yip! Yip!" scattered btween images. Caption at top: "Open Casting Call for Krypto"

Over-the-shoulder view of Charles Vess inking Spider Man on a small square coaster.

Close-up of Spider Man drawn on a Team Cul de Sac coaster, being inked with crosshatches by Charles Vess. The coaster was later sold to raise money for Parkinson's Disease rearch.

Coasters with various artwork displayed on a dark tablecloth at Heroes Con annual Drink & Draw.

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

A lot of rain = lots of different toadstools and mushrooms! Sharing an older cartoon with photos of recent fungi pop-ups.

Headline at top: "How to tell mushrooms from toadstools." 1. Top left panel depicts two different umbrella-shaped fungi. The grey, smooth-capped one is labeled "Mushroom". The yellow, bumpy one with a thick stalk is labeled "Toadstool". Caption below them says "Mushrooms have smooth caps." 2. The top right panel bears a closeup of the gills that line the underside of the smooth fungi. Caption below it says "And gills." 3. The next panel at lower left shows the same two fungi and that one has a thick stalk. It is captioned "Toadstools have thick stalks -" 4. The fourth panel at lower right shows a small man in green and brown clothing taking a nap as he lies against the toadstool stalk. Caption says "- and attract gnomes."

Plate-sized, light brown mushroom cap. Next to it for size comparison is a foot wearing a dark blue sneaker. Sneaker and mushroom cap are both about the same length.

White, popcorn-shaped fungi (a toadstool?) bigger than the toe of the shoe that is placed next to it for size comparison

Another unidentified species of large mushroom. The cap, the color of caramel and bright orange, is also nearly the size of the sneaker-clad foot next to it.

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Somewhere I have video of your cookie feat, too. And the cartooning game. The organizers sure kept guests on their toes...

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Last year's gardening challenges. This year so far: weeding. (Why can't critters eat the weeds?)

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

#CartoonistsClub book tour tips #3: Be creative with audience help. #4: Show kids how to brainstorm ideas. “What kind of story could these pictures illustrate?” One reply: "A seal sees a girl learning karate, and learns it and takes over the world!” @scottmccloud.bsky.social @goraina.bsky.social

Foreground: Kids in audience facing a stage raise hands to suggest stories inspired by a sequence of three photos depicted on a large screen that hangs above the stage. Standing on stage in front of the screen, left to right, Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud face the audience. McCloud is holding a microphone to his mouth and appears to be speaking. Three large photos featured on the screen depict, at left: a girl in a martial arts class facing right; at center: a seal's head rising out of water and facing the camera; at right: a young boy and old bearded man seated on a couch high-fiving each other. The three photos were selected from many smaller photos that are aligned in rows above and below the large featured photos.

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Kids book tour tip #2: Instead of drawing solo, draw using audience suggestions. Raina designed a badge for the #CartoonistsClub (Atlanta chapter), with design and motto help from the audience. (The winning motto: "It's not Art if it's not Messy.") #graphixbooks #littleshopofstories #cartooning

Drawing of a gold-colored shield shape with a red ribbon hanging from it. In the center of the shield is a star. On the shield above and below the star are the words "It's not Art if it's not Messy." The word "if" is inside the star.

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Kids book tour tip #1: Get kids excited. Kiki the cat & Rags the dog, pictured in the cartoon, figured in an "argument" between @goraina.bsky.social and @scottmccloud.bsky.social over which animal was best. The audience took sides and cheered enthusiastically. #CartoonistsClub #cartooning

Two adult speakers stand holding microphones on a stage in front of and below a big film screen. On the screen behind them is a cartoon drawing of the speakers labeled "About Us...". Below the words, at left: Raina Telgemeier, drawn wearing eyeglasses, jeans and a short-sleeved shirt, sitting cross-legged and holding a mouse-shaped toy in her left hand. On the floor around her are sheets of paper, pencils, an iPad, and an orange cat. At right: Scott McCloud, also wearing eyeglasses, t-shirt, jacket and jeans, sits at a desk, facing left, drawing a picture of a lightbulb (representing an idea) on an upright computer screen. To his right, just below his left elbow, a dog's head peeps over the desk. Below the screen, left to right: the real-life Raina stands under her caricature and gestures towards Scott standing at the right below his caricature.

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

“Now when I see a blank page, I think about all the things you can do with it. Comics are all about potential.” - @scottmccloud.bsky.social, on overcoming his fear of drawing on new (“good”) paper. Cartoonists Club book tour, Decatur, GA, April 8, 2025. (Thank you, #littleshopofstories!)

Scott McCloud stands smiling on a stage. He stands in front of and below a large screen, which hangs in front of dark curtains. On the screen is a drawing of a school notebook containing lined paper, plus a pen, pencil and eraser, and the words: "Reason #1 Anyone Can Make Comics!" In the foreground can be seen the backs of heads of a couple people in the audience, as they face away from the camera and towards McCloud.

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

When you can't get a WebGlaze account: Mo Willems drew a cat to help AI bots better represent his art. (Original post at www.instagram.com/p/DHx5f4lxvC... (@officiallyofficialmo Instagram account.)

Cat drawn in Mo Willems style, in green marker ink.

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

To post or not to post. Social media is healthier in small doses, but I go through periods of heavy use, too. (A cartoon I drew a few years ago.) #socialmedia #cartoon #mentalhealth #goodmorning

Four panel color cartoon. Panel 1, upper left: Person asleep in bed in a dark room. Alarm clock buzzes. The clock screen reads '6:00 a.m.' Panel 2, upper right: Same person, a woman, stands sleepily next to a coffee-maker as it pours coffee into a mug. The colors are mostly grey. Panel 3, lower left: The woman, eyes squinted shut, sits at a table with a mug of coffee. Her surroundings are a lighter grey. A window behind her shows a sun rising outside, with a little color in the landscape. A smartphone next to her on the table makes a buzzing noise. Panel 4, lower right: The woman holds up the smartphone towards her face. It blasts bright colors and the words "Look! Look! Look!", into her face. The blast of color and words partially obscure her face and fill the top half of the panel. She squints at the screen and her hair blows backwards, as if she is looking into a strong wind.

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Quick sketch practice while watching a community theater production of To Kill a Mockingbird. Photography not allowed during a show, but there are no rules against sketching! Mechanical pencil (No. 2B lead, 0.5mm) in 3" x 4" travel journal, acid-free 74# paper.

Heavy-set Black man with close-cropped beard along chin and jawline, wearing overalls and long-sleeved shirt buttoned at neck, seated facing left. Right hand palm down on right leg, left arm resting on left leg, fist closed as if crippled. His shadow falls on a judge's desk that rises behind him, its vertical wood panels reminiscent of jail bars. Handwritten label reads "Rickey Leware as Tom Robinson, To Kill a Mockingbird," 3-2-25."

Rough pencil sketch, H: 3" x W:4". At left a young tomboyish girl in pigtails and torn overalls seated on brick porch support, leaning forward facing one-quarter left, elbows resting on knees. Behind her in upper center an older woman stands on a porch. She wears a calf-length dress with short, "butterfly" style (floppy) shoulder sleeves, and an apron over the dress. She is holding a shallow, open basket. Behind her is a dark, closed screen door. Handwritten label reads "Scout & Mrs. Atkinson, "To Kill a Mockingbird," Hartwell Community Theater."

Left foreground: a large White seated in a chair faces the viewer. He has a long, unkempt beard and is wearing overalls with rolled-up shirtsleeves underneath. He holds a hat in his left hand (viewer's right). His right hand rests on his right knee. Directly behind him an American flag on a pole leans to the left. Behind and above him in the center sits a balding judge in a business suit, a neatly trimmed beard along his jawline. The judge is looking down at the long-bearded man. Handwriting reads "Robert Roach as Bob Ewell, To Kill a Mockingbird, Hartwell Community Theater, March 2, 2025."

Young, chubby-faced White girl in pigtails, appears to be age seven or eight. Overalls torn near knees, sleeves of shirt gather at elbows and flare decoratively. Overall pants are rolled above ankles, sockless sneakers. Hands in side pockets, smiling. Handwritten label reads "Scarlett Williams (?) as "Scout" Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird, Hartwell Community Theater, March 2, 2025.

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Me: What do you want to watch tonight? Partner: The Gorge. It's a science-fiction-action-romance-horror film. Me: Well that ticks all the boxes. . #TheGorgeFilm #MilesTeller #AnyaTaylorJoy #AppleTV #ValentinesDayMovie

Inside a nearly-empty cinema as viewed from the back row towards the screen. On the screen is a serious-looking woman and man, both dressed in dark, military-style clothing and positioned back-to-back, shooting guns at attacking skeletons. The bullets pierce the skulls with written sound effects: "Blam!" "Krak!". A tentacle-like vine from above the man wraps itself around his waist. Other vines drip from the ceiling. Below the screen are rows of empty seats and the back heads of a short-haired man and long-haired woman watching the film. They share a bag of popcorn between them.

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Hourly Comic Day, part 5. Last one - whew! I drew all these on Feb. 1 but didn't get a BlueSky account until today. Not sure how active I'll be here, but the hourlies challenge is fun. #hourlycomicday #hourlycomicday2025 #HCD2025 #mechanicalpencil #finelinepen #oldtvshows #loneranger #tired

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Hourly Comic Day 2025, part 3. Hiking at Scull Shoals in the Oconee National Forest. (A "Scull" is a long oar.) #hourlycomicday #HCD2025 #hourlycomicday2025 #OconeeRiver #ruins #fungi #rivercane

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Hourly Comic Day, part 2. Still listening to "Oconee Joe" and imagining what things looked like. #HourlyComicDay #HCD2025 #historytalk #OconeeRiver #moundbuilders #woodpeckers #maize #Georgiahistory

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Hourly Comic Day 2025, Part 1 (and my first attempt to post on Bsky). #HCD2025 #HourlyComicDay2025 #newtobluesky

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