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Ed Joying Myself @edjoy.bsky.social · 2d

Could you be more edgy, please?

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 3d

If there were more masked people at #NYCC I’d actually go again. I miss it a lot. Comics artists cannot afford to get covid. “Fans” coming unmasked endangers talent

MaskTogetherAmerica @togetherwemask.bsky.social · 4d

“So many people, so many germs! I have chronic illness. I don’t want to get COVlD again and make my life harder. Even if there wasn’t COVID, the mask prevents con crud!” Karen Walsh allegrosolutionsllc.com, author, Allegro Solutions’ Founder+CEO 📸 @msjulieslam.bsky.social #NYCC #MaskTogetherAmerica

Karen Walsh, double-masking with a black KN95 under a cloth mask made with pattern of Grogu (Baby Yoda) from the Mandalorian. Karen was wearing a pair of purple framed glasses, a black top with graphics on it. She also has multiple piercing on her eyebrows, nose and ears, multi-color mohawk hairstyle, and tattoos on her arm.

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Ed Joying Myself @edjoy.bsky.social · 3d

Backed!

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Ed Joying Myself @edjoy.bsky.social · 3d

See, it's *different* when the trans people you're trying to persecute are your own blood relation who you desperately resent, rather than a minority population of blameless strangers who you've never met.

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Ed Joying Myself @edjoy.bsky.social · 3d

However, we do also known that Groucho Marx is the link between T.S. Eliot and Alice Cooper - despite Eliot's antisemitism, he and Groucho were pen-pals, and in the 70s Groucho told Cooper he was the last hope for Vaudeville.

Ed Joying Myself @edjoy.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks to diary entries, we do have proof that Noel Coward saw a live performance by the Beatles! (See also: Craig Brown's "One On One", aka "Hello Goodbye Hello".)

He HATED them.

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Ed Joying Myself @edjoy.bsky.social · 3d

So nice that RadFems could have an Elon Musk of their very own

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Ed Joying Myself @edjoy.bsky.social · 3d

Players of TTRPGs in Gloucestershire: I'm running a #MorkBorg one-shot of my own design next week at @proudlion.bsky.social!

Experience with the system isn't required, but an enthusiasm for #dinosaurs and/or comedically dark violence IS.

See you there, I hope!

www.proudlion.co.uk/product/rpg-...

Mork Borg RPG Adventure: Titan's Tomb (Saturday 18th October, 6:30pm) | Proud Lion Comics and Games

It is the ancient-unknown, the whispered-of Ignorant Age when ruin began to bloom in the sinews of the world. A SECOND SUN hangs in the sky and grows larger and more threatening by the day. In the dep...

www.proudlion.co.uk

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Dia VanGunten / Writer @pinkzombierose.bsky.social · 3d

Fat phobia is prejudice: unethical, not philosophically sound, born of an ugly past that is actually rooted in oppression, and also, it’s just deeply uncool. It’s IN NO WAY an effective weapon against fascism. In fact, it’s got roots in elitist, classist, racist and fascist ideology

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Ibrahim Moustafa @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social · 3d

#Comics folks, I need you to pull up to this one.

The world sucks right now, and we have the opportunity to do a little bit of good for a displaced and marginalized member of our community. Please join me in supporting this KS campaign!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/den...

If you're somebody who values supporting marginalized voices in comics, here's your chance to put your money where your values are!

The writer of this RINGO NOM’D INDIE COMIC (and a very dear friend of mine) is a Syrian Refugee who has been through more continuous hardships than I have space to list here; constantly navigating visa applications, unstable living conditions, predatory landlords (limited options as a refugee).

Anas just wants to make comics and live a normal life like what so many of us take for granted. Backing this campaign will help Anas to take the next step toward freedom and autonomy, helping to fund a move to another country with more stable employment options. This is truly one of the most important comics purchases you will ever make.

Middle Eastern and North African comics creators are some of the most underrepresented in the comics industry of the western world. Anas isn’t running a GoFundMe to support this move, and is not asking for charity. Simply, Anas is using their talent for storytelling, along with Dennis’ gorgeous art, to offer you a beautiful experience in the comics medium, that also goes toward funding a better life for Anas.

I’m so proud of Anas, and humbled by their experiences and perseverance. I would like to see Anas’ Dream realized, and I’d love to see this community help to make that happen. Please join me in pledging to the Etheres Kickstarter campaign! (link below).

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Ed Joying Myself @edjoy.bsky.social · 3d

In 2011, my Mac deleted the essay I'd written comparing and contrasting two books I'd never read, nor ever intended to. With hours until deadline, I pulled an all-nighter to rewrite the entire thing from scratch, print it out and hand it in, in-person.

Snagged a cool 78% grade. I didn't need a bot.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 3d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
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It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

Ed Joying Myself @edjoy.bsky.social · 3d

I'll believe it when I see it.

Ed Joying Myself @edjoy.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! Added to my "everyday" bookmark list

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Ed Joying Myself @edjoy.bsky.social · 5d

Stunning news! What days will it be updating?

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Maritza Campos @maritzac.bsky.social · 5d

We are BACK, baby!

powernapcomic.com

We decided to reboot the comic and we already have a bunch of pages ready, including a completed story.

#powernapcomic #metacomic

The site is still under construction but you can read the first three pages there!

A red monster, running towards the camera

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Ed Joying Myself @edjoy.bsky.social · 9d

Thinking of contemporary music of the time, Flanders and Swann advised us that the rhinoceros "...will open a tin/Should you have left your opener at home."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi7y...