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Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler

@phostetlerart.bsky.social

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Illustrator, cartoonist, ink slinger, pancake maker, mixologist, effete culture snob, pulp aficionado, violent drunken degenerate, cyborg, poo-stained gutter corpse, he/him Phostetler.com Instagram,Twitter, Patreon, Society6: @phostetlerart

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Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · Nov 18

Do you like calendars?
I do!
Maybe we could like them in the same room sometime.
Please buy so I can continue to afford comics: www.calendars.com/shop/Samurai...

Photo of an illustrated calendar aptly named “samurai cats.”

Photo of a wall calendar featuring two erotically entangled tree sloths, titled “sloth Kama sutra.”

A Japanese woodcut image of a grumpy samurai cat in full armor covered in unrolled rolls of toilet paper.

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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 18h

This is today! Come say hi if you’re near Algonquin. I love this Barnes & Noble. It’s my local one. 💜

Event Details

IN STORE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2025 11:00 AM CT
Book Signing with author Lauren Bolger
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Thiller/Horror author Lauren Bolger will be in store (from 11-1) signing copies of her newest book, The Barre Incidents.

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Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a side plot where Liz tries to buy “Muslim hot dogs,” at the request of her boyfriend, whose name I forget.

Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 1d

Jack tries to convince Liz to do Tracy’s set in black face, only to learn at the last moment that no amount of money is worth the loss of integrity. So Kenneth gets on stage and does a little dance, and is immediately arrested and executed for offense to the royal family. He’s fine though.

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Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 1d

Jenna would renege on the Crown Prince’s proposal once she realizes she’d still have to compete with other women. Tracy would get on the wrong plane and end up in front of the Israeli parliament with Jack’s speech to Arab investors, accidentally fomenting Middle East peace.

Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 1d

Both would sign up. Jenna because she wants to marry royalty, and Tracy because he wants to bring Nermal back to America. With NBC massively in the hole and looking for Arab investors, Jack forces Liz to go along and make sure they both stay on script.

Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 1d

which 30 rock character was most likely to headline the riyadh comedy festival, tracy or jenna

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 4d

10/07/2025

a crude drawing of a trash bin with a large human face sticking out of the top of it, surrounded by trash, with the caption "early testing for the public trash bins with human faces that beg to be fed garbage indicated that most found them too unsettling to use. However, the small number of participants, including some investors, who said they found the bins deeply erotic, and attempted to form romantic relationships with the bins was considered promising enough to continue funding the project."

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Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 2d

The leg the IDF is standing on is also made of stolen 3D gaming assets.

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t remember a much about the plot of Aeon Flux, but I do remember thinking “if tech billionaires built a city, this is EXACTLY what it would look like, and this is exactly who they would choose to populate it and how they would dress everyone.”

a close up of a woman 's face with the words charlize theron-aeon flux written on the bottom

ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with the words charlize theron-aeon flux written on the bottom

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 2d

My dope friend Adrian, who is trans, interviewed 90 transgender Texans. His project is finally out: www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...

We surveyed 90 trans Texans. Most said they’re living in fear and weighing a move

Respondents said anti-trans policies have complicated their sense of home in Texas and pushed them to consider leaving the state.

www.dallasnews.com

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Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a fellow in Washington DC whose whiskey collection got so out of control he filled out the paperwork and rented some office space to make a by-appointment liquor store, which I assume never makes a profit, but is a nice tax write off, and allows him to buy wholesale.

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Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 4d

THE BEAT AND K-COMICSBEAT ARE HIRING:

We are looking for a new person to fill the job of Managing Editor for KComicsbeat.com and manga/anime editor for The Beat. Knowledge of webtoon, manga and publishing business required. There is some pay as a PT position.

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Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 3d

I assure everyone I have been drawing a witch every day for #witchtober, but I haven’t gotten around to scanning them yet. I do have a life outside this app you know.

Here’s a cow giving birth instead, to tide you over.

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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 3d

It's a great day, like any other day but especially today, to buy books from indie bookstores or your local library, you sexy bastards

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Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 3d

It’s a Tamagotchi tchotchke.

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Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 3d

ANDREESEN: I am also bad and wrong. And you can quote me on that!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/08/b...

Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 3d

What are these jackasses made of pudding and dust under those neck gaiters? If you poke them, will they start to bleed out? Do they glut the halls of the nation’s therapists with the immense psychic damage of being called “fascist” while engaging in fascist activities? Protected class my ass.

Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 3d

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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Ben Passmore @benpassmore.bsky.social · 4d

today is the day my book Black Arms To Hold You Up officially comes out. about 5-7 years of hard ass work finally in the world. i’m mfing terrified 😂

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 4d

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 4d

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 4d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 3d

I took zero English or writing classes in college due to AP English courses, so who can say if that was good or bad?

Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 3d

I want one.

James Cano @jamescanoott.bsky.social · 3d

My wife and I rode this giant steampunk elephant in Nantes France two weeks ago

Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 3d

Showing up to a protest as a frog or Spider-Man makes reporters ask about your opinions and experiences. Showing up in a keffiyeh and sensible fatigues makes you a statistic.

Maj @lif3asmaj.blacksky.app · 3d

The best part of how Portland is handling this is they’re not only protesting, but also angering the goose steppers by not taking them seriously.

Pretty genius. Because even ICE & the national guard don’t want to be displayed as that asshole fighting people in cute costumes.

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Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social · 3d

I have letter to the editor this week in our local paper.
Our community is, once again, facing a developer who wants to turn public, protected coastal land into a golf course. We've been here before. This time, it's shadier. And God knows it was shady last time. www.invernessoran.ca/top-story/co...

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 3d

It's Banned Books Week, so I dropped off copies of my challenged books at three little free libraries around town

@authorsabb.bsky.social @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

Stacks of books inside it. On top are The Deep & Dark Blue (banned bc trans main char) and The Golden Hour (banned bc gay and school shooting)

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Paul “BOO!” Ghostetler @phostetlerart.bsky.social · 4d

T.S. Eliot watching Cats: “They got it right. (Tear rolls down cheek) They got it exactly right.”

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