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Fodongo

@fodongo.bsky.social

Cure the #MondayBlues with @bootlegpotato.bsky.social 's Slumberland Nap (11)! First page below, more on the site!

fodongo.ca/comics/iss21...

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Thanks for reading and supporting #indie #artists and #freeculture

Sherlock and Watson talk to the King of the Lilliputs. Sherlock says 'Listen, King of the Lilliputs' while striking a pose. Watson mumbles 'I thought this was Blefuscu'. Sherlock continues as the King listens 'There is only one reason the wandering land of Wonderland would be appearing off shore. They are preparing for war!'. The King panics and says 'War? Against us? But, why?'

January 26, 2026 at 5:16 PM

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BootlegPotato

@bootlegpotato.bsky.social

Slumberland Nap part 1 first appears in issue Issue 10 of Fodongo the free-culture comic zine (fodongo.ca) which publishes many amazing comics.

Issue 21 came out earlier this month with Slumberland Nap part 11 in it.

Available at:
jectoons.itch.io/fodongo-issu...
geesegoose.ca/product/fodo...

Fodongo | A Free-Culture Comics Zine

fodongo.ca

January 20, 2026 at 1:51 PM

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BootlegPotato

@bootlegpotato.bsky.social

Lets recap my comic Slumberland Nap. Here is part one.
#comicoop #comic #fantasy

Panel 1: The main character Jules is sleeping peacefully in their bed. Panel 2: They awake to find their bed is flying through space. Panel 3: the bed begins to rotate and their pillow floats away. Panel 4: Their bed has completely flipped over and they are now cursing. Panel 5: The bed now floating away. Jules is aggressively curing as they fall.

Panel 1 to Panel 3: Jules is spinning in circles as they fall. Panel 4: Another falling person, wearing a night hat, appears behind Jules saying "Hello! Do you know if this is fairy country?" Panel 5: Jules says "Maybe above it?" Panel 6: The two lock hands. The new person ask "Been falling long?" and Jules responds "Just started." Panel 7: A third person with long hair appears and asks "Do you two know which start is the second to the right?" Panel 8: Jules says "Hard to say." The person with the night hat says "Maybe that one?" Panel 9: The long haired person says "Quick Everyone think of a happy thought."

Panel 1: Jules says "I'd be happy if I wasn't falling." In the back ground the moon has grown a face. Panel 2: The moon begins to form a body. Panel 3: The moon transformed into a moth person and says "How silly. You don't belong here." Panel 4: Jules wakes in bed with the Tip and Nibs the two people they were falling with.

January 20, 2026 at 1:43 PM

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SamKalensky

@samkalensky.com

Since the 'merican tariffs hit today & are likely to hit artists hard I made a sticker/emblem for all my Canadian friends out there that want to show that they are a Canadian creator or that their work is 100% Canadian made! - badges are available too. - Fun, Eh?: samkalensky.com/products/can...

A sticker for Canadian creatives - art by samkalensky

a sticker with a smiling Canadian leaf - "Canadian Made" by Artist: SamKalensky

March 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM

Fodongo

@fodongo.bsky.social

Friends, please read 'The Wrong Nun', by @unpocodetinta.bsky.social, part of issue 21 of #Fodongo . First page below, rest on the site:

fodongo.ca/comics/iss21...

Please check out unpocodetinta.com to read more of Iván's work, and more #comics at fodongo.ca

#zine #webcomic #freeculture

First page of Iván G. Azuara's 'The Wrong Nun'. A young nun walks through a seedy area of town, a place filled with brothels and pimps and weird characters. She thinks to herself 'Maybe coming this way wasn't such a good idea'. As she wo=alks some weirdo smiles at her and says 'Oi, Love! You on your own?'. She passes people who stare at her as if she's out of place, because she is. Another voice inside her head says 'I think it's exciting.' Mira, the nun, thinks 'Everyone's staring at us'. Some pervert follows her for a bit, saying 'Oi, look at that, a young little nun'. The other voice in her head says 'Just keep walking. Stay calm.'. We see a brief interaction between Mira and that other Mira inside her head. Mira says 'I can't stay calm. This place is dangerous... Just look at the way they're watching us...'. The other Mira says 'Come on... We're almost there.' Mira whines 'Can't we just go back?'. The pervert stops close to her as she's entering an alleyway, and he says 'Hey... I'm all on my own, babe... hic... fancy playing with my little worm?'. As she walks into the alley, Mira thinks 'No no, not the alley...'. The other Mira says 'Easy... everything's going to be fine...'

January 19, 2026 at 9:09 PM

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Iván G. Azuara

@unpocodetinta.bsky.social

Pues estoy muy contento de anunciar que he rehecho mi página web para poder ir publicando mis comics.

Ahora solo queda...¡sacar tiempo para dibujar más!
unpocodetinta.com

Comics

Aquí encontrarás comics e ilustraciones con historias oscuras, divertidas, apasionadas y sobre todo con una visión particular. Entra y disfruta de la lectura.

unpocodetinta.com

January 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM

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Mario A. González

@ergocomix.bsky.social

The snacks are running out for Mothman, but not the Sleep Well Tonight strips.

New one for patrons and the archive is updated and free for everyone.
www.patreon.com/collection/1...

January 15, 2026 at 3:08 AM

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BootlegPotato

@bootlegpotato.bsky.social

Well, this is a mood.
#Comic #WebComic

Panel 1: Buddy asks Pal "What is your dream?"

Panel 2: Pal says "To get a night's sleep without the fear of the future falling apart around me."

Panel 3: Buddy responds "Yeah, that's a good one."

January 15, 2026 at 1:36 PM

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piper bly

@piperbomb.bsky.social

my contribution to this year's @littlevillage.bsky.social comics issue. thanks again to Jordan, Kellan, and the crew for having me back.

here's to another year of fighting both our despair and those who would have us buried under it.

solidarity forever.

#comics #transrights #lgbtq

On April 3, 2009, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in favor of the plaintifs in Varnum V. Brien, making Iowa one of the first states in the union to recognize same sex marriage.

(Art: A drawing of the Iowa Supreme Court building.)

One line from the ruling, on page 15, stands out:

"Our responsibility, however, is to protect constitutional rights ofindividuals from legislative enactments that have denied those rights, even when the rights have not yet been broadly accepted, were at one time unimagined, or challenge a deeply ingrained practice or law viewed to be impervious to the passage of time."

Iowa has a long, progressive history; the state was the first to allow women to practice law,rejected segregation 96 years before Brown V. Board Of Education, and in 2007 added gender identity as a protected class under Iowa state law.

(A drawing of the Progress pride flag and trans pride flag hanging next
to the Iowa state flag.)

## Panel 4

However, during a spree of anti-trans bills and laws, Kim Reynolds and the Republican controlled house voted to revoke gender identity as a protected status, giving the state a new first: the first state to remove the civil rights of any group altogether.

(A drawing of a boot trampling on a sign reading "TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS")

There is an idea in politics called the Overton window; a general window of what is considered within the bounds of cultural acceptability.

There was a time where us trans folk were outside of that window.

(A drawing of a young trans person, hiding in a closet)

But in spite of their efforts, we are still here. And we are not going away.

Kim Reynolds does not plan to seek re-election in 2026, and the results in the last few elections have shown that using trans rights as a wedge issue is a repeatedly losing affair.

The pendulum will swing back. There will be a better tomorrow.

You just have to stay alive, stay here with us, long enough to see it...and you have to fight for it.

January 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM

Fodongo

@fodongo.bsky.social

Iss. 21 of #Fodongo is out

fodongo.ca/Blog/2026/01...

Comics by Jectoons, @bootlegpotato.bsky.social & @unpocodetinta.bsky.social

Get it:
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jectoons.itch.io/fodongo-issu...

Cover @ntoyohito.bsky.social

Thx 4 reading and supporting #indie artists & #freeculture

Cover for issue 21 of Fodongo by N Toyohito

January 13, 2026 at 6:17 AM

Fodongo

@fodongo.bsky.social

Guess what friends? It is the 31st of December! And what better to celebrate than reading "No Scandal in Bahamas", by @juaneletamal.bsky.social

Read his #comics at moco-comics.com

For the last time this year, check out more #indie #freeculture comics at fodongo.ca

Happy new year to all!

Holmes reassures Lottamony: 'I'll retrieve any compromising file on you from the clutches of your former lover!', and Lottamony says 'Thank you, Mr. Holmes!'. Watson and Sherlock then stand outside of their house, while Lottamony walks away. Watson says 'Are you dresssing as a dog again? You worry me, old friend.', but Sherlock does not reply to this and says 'All I need is a distraction to gain access to her phone, and YOU are going to help me!'. The next day Watson is sitting on a bench in the park and talking on the phone to Sherlock. He says 'he mark is in position, doing... <em>whatever</em> influencers are supposed to do.', referring to the influencer who is just posing for her own phone in front of a fountain or something. Sherlock, on a vespa and talking on the phone to Watson, says 'EXCELLENT! I'm on my way. Get into position!', and Watson begrudgingly replies 'I hope you know what you're doing..'. Watson approaches the influencer, Irene Adler, and tipping his hat says 'I'm sorry ma'am, but perchance are you the famous Irene Adler, the tik queen of the toks?'. Irene Adler says 'A fan! Come on, get on camera, I'm streaming live!'. Suddenly, Sherlock approaches them in the vespa, screaming 'DID SOMEBODY ORDER A PIZZA?!'. Understandably Irene Adler is taken aback and says 'What the--', and Watson says 'Oh, bother...'.

January 1, 2026 at 7:22 AM

Fodongo

@fodongo.bsky.social

December 30th! Here is a sweet #scifi adjacent poem by Alpha Yu, 'To my Partner'.

Check out his awesome renditions of #vancouver landmarks at www.alphayuart.ca

And read more #indie #freeculture #comics at fodongo.ca

#zine #humanart

First page of 'To my partner', by Alpha Yu. A man looks out of a window into the sky, where a giant space ship floats over a destroyed city. 'If in 50 years we ruin the world, would we turn Vancouver into a Spaceship and take to the stars? What would our home be?'. The Vancuver spaceship floats in space, and see images of life here, an alien buying dumplings, Science World against the void of space, the UBC clock tower touching the sky. 'Would the suns set because we rocket past them? Would we preserve the tastes of Chinatown for our alien neighbours? Would Science World look like just another planet? Would the UBC Clock Tower finally touch the stars?'

A pair of hands shake while in the background astronauts float holding a PRIDE banner. Anime girls jump at the bottom of the frame. 'I wonder, if Vancouver became a spaceship - could we overcome our differences? And if so, would we keep our festivals? What does pride parade look like in zero gravity? Would there still be anime conventions in space?'. We see an art market too, with someone buying from a local artist. 'Would we still be able to sell at markets together? I like to think we'd be able to keep all those things...'

Here we see a captain guiding the spaceship while his crew agrees in multiple languages. Then we see a cup of tea, and a woman having that tea with the man from the first page inside an apartment, with the sky as a background. '...and despite all it would take to take our hoe into the stars, I like to think that we would work together. But... even if we couldn't have any of that, if we were forced to consign our city and culture to oblicion... well... Simply having you here far surpasses any wonder I could ever imagine, for you are my home.'

December 31, 2025 at 5:25 AM

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jam

@jammyness.bsky.social

I'm quite proud of this little comic I made this year :>

Fodongo @fodongo.bsky.social · Dec 26

Merry 25th of December! You should definitely consider becoming a #solarpunk after reading @jammyness.bsky.social 'How to be a Solarpunk"

Please read their incredible work at jammyness.com

And read more #freeculture #indie #human #comics at fodongo.ca !

First page of Jam's 'How to be a Solarpunk'. A farmer cat holding a plant talks to the reader: ''SolarPunks' believe that we can create a better future together. One where we all thrive without damaging the planet or its people. Maybe you've wanted to join in on the fun!'. A confused cat is confused and narration above it reads: 'But what if you don't know where to start?'. Then a happy title reads: 'JUST DECIDE!', and the cat says 'I want to be a SolarPunk!'. Narration reads: 'You can start today, wherever you are! 'Being a SolarPunk' is all about making DECISIONS. In our lives, there are some options that are 'more' or 'less' aligned with the SolarPunk ethos. To be a SolarPunk, choose the best aligned option as often as possible.' The confused cat is walking towards a sign that says 'MORE SOLARPUNK', which points to wind turbines, eco villages, bikes, gardens etc, walking away from a sign that says 'LESS SOLARPUNK', and to a factory spewing smoke with a sign that reads 'BUY BUY BUY'. There's also a cybertruck and other cars, a sign that says '24/7 grindset' and pollution.

Narration reads 'Not everyone will agree on what 'the most SolarPunk' option is in a situation. But learning to disagree and compromise for the greater good of all is PART of being a SolarPunk. You don't need to dress, work or, eat a certain way, or live in a certain place. SolarPunks can be ANYONE and can start their practice from ANYWHERE!. First we see a younger cat arguing with an older farmer cat. The older farmer cat is saying that money and fuel cars are bad, but battery cars and bikes are good. The younger cat is thinking that he has kids. So they agree that the bus is the best option. Then we see a wide variety of cat people: some punks, a parent and child, an older person with a cane, a businesswoman, a cat on a wheelchair. They are all over an assortment of settings, a suburb, a farm, a city.

Narration reads: ' There are lots of ways to start your journey to being more SolarPunk. Try them out bit by bit, and don't worry about doing them all at once. Before you know it, your whole life will start transforming into something completely new!'. We see an assortment of options. A cat buying local, a cat going to a Repair Cafe, a little Free Library, using zero waste products, a cat biking to work, a garden planted with native plants, and a vegan dish. The cat from the beginning says 'Wow! So many options!'. Then we see a thriving community with a library that uses solar panels, a bunch of wind turbines, little cafeterias, produce markets, bikers, small rise buildings, etc. Narration says: 'When millions of SolarPunks are all working together, we can be sure we'll create a world where both the people and our planeet will be able to heal and flourish.'

December 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM

Fodongo

@fodongo.bsky.social

Cutting it close today! For December 29th, the theme is 'Dilly Dally', like in @vinzul.bsky.social 's delightful #comic below.

Check out her artstation: www.artstation.com/marizba

Read more #indie #freeculture #humanmade comics at fodongo.ca

#birds

First page of María Izquierdo Barri's 'Dilly Dally'. A bird is building a nest.

In this page the bird admires its work proudly, the nest perfectly assembled. But then the bird sighs dejectedly.

The bird looks sad and says 'Maybe I should be doing something more productive'. In the background far away we see the skyline of a city being built.

December 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM

Fodongo

@fodongo.bsky.social

Ok, so for today (Dec 28) you should check out Iván G. Azuara's creepy #comic 'The Letter'.

Then you should open a new tab and go straight to unpocodetinta.com

And if you have some time to spare do check out more #freeculture #indie comics at fodongo.ca

First page of Iván G Azuara's 'The Letter'. An older man examines an archaelogical object. There's narration throughout the page. 'My dear nephew, thank you so much for sending me such an astonishing piece. In all my years as a professor, I've never seen anything quite like it. Its reliefs and decorations... I cannot place their origin. And the bas-relief conveys an impossible depth for such a carving. It grips your attention... in a manner...'. We see the man looking at his books and studying. 'I have searched my extensive library for days...But I regret to say I found nothing related to the carving.' The old man goes to visit his colleague Max, who also studies the piece. 'So I went to see Max, a colleague and expert in mythology. Like myself, he was taken aback. He studied the carving in detail.'

Max and the old man can't get many answers, so they travel to the Natural History Museum, visiting a woman named Susanna. '...but he could not discern its origin. All he could say was that it was very old. We decided to visit Susanna, the finest anthropologist at the Natural History Museum.'. Susanna studies the piece and findsa promising lead. 'I felt desperate... Was this piece so ancient it had been forgotten entirely? But she deciphered it... She possessed a book telling a story long forgotten... or perhaps deliberately hidden.' We see an image of a ritual involving burning a person. 'The carving belonged to a primeval tribe, older than the Sumerians, who appeased the wrath of ancient gods through sacrifice. We know nothing else of them, save that they vanished overnight.' The old man returns home. 'I returned home with the unsettling feeling of being watched, though with a certain satisfaction. The carving was an idol, perhaps of that strange deity... perhaps a piece used in the ritual.'

The old man looks at his studies. 'I gathered all the information I could... but it is not enough. I need more pieces.' We then see him receiving a phone call and looking concerned. 'Sadly, I can no longer rely on my colleagues. I received a call from the police. They found Max hanged in his office.' We cut to the police finding Max naked and hanged in his office, with a ritualistic circle and other markings on his body. 'And poor Susanna... I hardly know how to say it...', we then cut to a man finding Susanna bent in impossible ways, dead inside a glass case while a man looks terrified. We cut back to the old man, who is dead now too, with creepy demonic arms coming out of his unhinged jaw. The arms are writing a letter next to the artifact. 'Now, I am alone, dear nephew... which is why I need you to find the rest. I need you to... <strong>SEND ME THE REMAINING PIECES... I NEED THEM ALL'

December 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM

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泣鬼虫A R T🌻🎸

@nakimushiart.bsky.social

Saw more people joining BlueSky again, so here is my starter pack for Artists who only make their own art and are against AI. Support real artists and stand against AI, it is antiblack, slave labor, anti-environment and theft!!

December 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM

Fodongo

@fodongo.bsky.social

On this December 27th we reflect on appearances with Alejandra Gámez and her short #comic 'My Shape'.

Do read all of her other wonderful stories on instgram: instagram.com/themountainw... (or look up The Mountain With Teeth).

And go to fodongo.ca for more #indie #freeculture #humanmade comics!

First page of Alejandra Gámez's 'My Shape'. Narration reads 'I'm not happy with my shape today. My face. My body. My mouth. My eyes. The uneven surface of my skin. My hair.' as a woman looks at herself in the mirror, wearing only her bra and a skirt. She touches her face and her abdomen, looks at her mouth, eyes, touches her back, feels her hair move around her face.

Narration reads 'Everything in this image makes me think of... what it would be like to exist as a shadow and take whatever shape I wanted. Moving between the walls. To be invisible in direct light. Laughing in the corners of every room.', as the woman imagines herself as a shapeless shadow, moving around in the garden with multiple eyes, entering rooms through walls, fading in the sunlight and inhabiting corners of rooms.

Narration reads 'Sleep among the leaves, tiny and quiet. Or being a giant on the back of a mountain. How can I be happy with this simple shape, then? Anyway, if I can't be an infinite shadow, at least this skirt looks cute on me.'. We see her imagining herself as a small snake-like shadow in between the grass, and as a being on the back of a mountain. Then we see her doubtful, concerned. She puts on a bright skirt and looks happy.

December 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM

Fodongo

@fodongo.bsky.social

December 26th. A day for friendship. Like in Amelie Shypilova's 'of course i'd help you hide a body'.

Check their portfolio: amelieshypilova.myportfolio.com

Read more #indie #human #freeculture #comics at fodongo.ca !

First page of Amelie Shypilova's 'of course i'd help you hide a body'. Bree and Bree's friend are standing in a dark forest. Bree is covered in blood. Bree's friend says: 'I guess that's one way to break up with a guy, maybe a little on the iolent side'. We see the guy on the ground, dead, blood on his chest. They start covering him with dirt. Bree says 'He was an ASSHOLE. He got what was coming to him.' Bree's friend asks 'But ... bree, what happened?', they reply 'A whole shitload of shit. Although... would it be terrible if I said I don't entirely know? It's all a bit of a blur right now...'. Bree's friend dismisses this and says 'let's get this over with and we'll worry about it later.' Then Bree's friend is wide eyed when we hear a loud click.

We see Bree crying with an instant camera printing a picture of their friend with the shovel and the dead body. Bree says 'HEH. Sorry... I just can't believe you're doing this for me.', and the friend replies 'NOT IF YOU'RE TAKING PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE, BOZO!'. Bree adjusts the dead man's legs and says 'But we can hang it on our fridge!', and the friend replies: 'I'm seriously gonna kill you, dude'. As Bree prepares for a selfie they turn to the friend and say 'Touché'. We see the picture with Bree posing with a V and the friend saying 'you've got a weird way of coping, man.'.

Bree and her friend are on a car now, the friend driving a Bree looking pensively out the window, blood still on their cheek. The friend asks 'you gonna wipe that blood off?'. Bree replies '... Mmm, in a bit.Sorry I think I just... didn't realize it would be this fucked up feeling? He was terrible to me. I shouldn't miss that loser... But it's over and my life is going to be completely different from now on without him.' She sniffles a bit and the friend puts her hand on their shoulder: 'HEY. You just lost someone important to you. Someone you thought you could trust. Everyone experiences grief differently. Besides, not everything is different. You still have me, bozo!'. Bree starts wiping the blood.

December 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM

Fodongo

@fodongo.bsky.social

Merry 25th of December! You should definitely consider becoming a #solarpunk after reading @jammyness.bsky.social 'How to be a Solarpunk"

Please read their incredible work at jammyness.com

And read more #freeculture #indie #human #comics at fodongo.ca !

December 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM

Fodongo

@fodongo.bsky.social

December 24th? I feel like I'm forgetting something. Surely not Joaquin Cueva's #scifi #comic !

Check his other work: gokongo.co

Read more #indie #humanmade #freeculture comics at fodongo.ca !

#zine

First page of Joaquín Cuevas's 'XWOF-01'. First we see a space elevator going up into space. Narration reads 'Should've let that smug old guy pay for my teleportation. Six days in that lousy elevator... no one deserves that kind of torture.' This is Dr. Choque. As he exits the elevator into a beautiful looking space land, followed by other travelers, he continues his narration. 'Traitorous rat! After all these years...' The customs guy says 'Dr. Choque? Wow! The other man that made this ring so great! How come you've never visited us...?', and Dr. Choque replies: 'I didn't spend my whole life working so a bunch of leeches like you could live in paradise!'. A little girl says 'Welcome!' to him while pulling a couple of horses by the rains. The girl hugs him as he wonders 'Did he have a... granddaughter?'

Dr. Choque and the little girl ride the horses through the Space Ring. Some people are tending to the gardens, other are exercising. Narration reads 'He's probably dying and dragged me here so I'd forgive him...'. The little girl says 'How was the trip?', Choque replies 'Eh...'. The little girl says 'Must be nice to watch the earth slowly drift away...', and Dr. Choque tries to make polite conversation ''Well...', but then the girl continues '...I stopped using the elevator as soon as teleportation was available...'. Then we see Choque sitting on a chair while the girl brings him a beverage. The girl says 'Did you know that a property with a view of earth is more expensive? We're a nostalgic species after all. This juice is made with 100% Amazon water. Nothing reused!'. Choque reaches for the glass and says 'Th-thank you. Uhm...'. He then grabs a picture frame and looks at a younger version of himself with his friend, at a protest agains the privatization of the Rainforest. He says 'Shouldn't you call your... grandpa? I've been waiting for a while'. The girl looks surprised and says 'Didn't you notice? Choque, it's me!'. The narration continues 'I'd forgotten that this technology exists here.'

The little girl pulls a blanket from off a container where presumably a clone of Choque is in stasis. She smiles at the old Choque and says 'What do you think? Do you want to stay?'. Choque is appalled and the girl jus smiles. Then we see the space elevator going down back to earth. Narration reads 'Crazy old man!'

December 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM

Fodongo

@fodongo.bsky.social

It happens to be the 23rd of December, so I would recommend you read 'After Zombie', by @sprakcomic.bsky.social

Check their comic 'Coffee' O' Clock': sprakcomic.com

Read more #indie #freeculture #comics at fodongo.ca

Support this little #zines please! opencollective.com/fodongo

#humanart

First page of Sprak's 'After Zombie'. A person wakes up in their bedroom, which is all messy. Narration reads 'After the outbreak, it was surprising how fast everything went back to normal'. Then the erson is eating their breakfast, some toast and coffee. They scroll on their phone, and we can see their nails all broken. 'I guess I should have known. People like things being normal.'. The person leaves home after feeding their pet, a weird monster-like cat. 'They like scrolling Tiktok and having their coffee served to them or whatever'.

First we see zombies chasing someone in front of a coffee shop. Narration says 'Shit really hit the fan'. Then we see a scientist holding up some medicine and a syringe. Narration says 'Thank a bunch of smarty-pants scientists in some top secret gov bunker or something like that for figuring out the cure and shooting up any infected person they could find.', while the medicine box reads 'ZED-24 Infected or Carrier. Directions- Administer 1 dose by any means necessary. Dart gun for long range targets provided by local law enforcement.' And we see the same coffee shop, now in the present, with people just walking calmly in front of it. 'A year and some months later, and everything's back the way it was.'

We see the narrator, a barista, with their ear all eaten up and calling out an order. 'Order for Jenny...'. Then we see how they don't have a nose either, and as they reflect the narration reads 'Kind of a shame the shot just stopped the virus from progressing and couldn't, you know, reverse the damage that had already been done.'. They clean the counter and in the background someone else is mopping. Suddenly the mopper's hand falls off, and the barista narrates 'Thank fuck I wasn't as far gone as Dave.'

December 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM

Fodongo

@fodongo.bsky.social

For December 22nd do yourself a favour and read 'The Read-headed Hounds' league!', by @juaneletamal.bsky.social
Then hop over to moco-comics.com and read his work, and read some more #indie #freeculture #comics at fodongo.ca

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First page of Juanele Tamal's 'The red-headed hounds league!'. Sherlock is sitting with his pipe when Watson arrives. 'Sherlock, old chap! Are you indulging in your favored nose candy once again?'. Sherlock replies, annoyed 'Don't judge me, Watson. You know full well I employ it solely to sharpen my faculties. I can discern the entirety of your morning's activities with nary a glance!'. Watson is not impressed and says 'That's an old trick, my dear fellow.'. Sherlock is annoyed, and pointing at Watson says 'Old, you say? Then let me enlighten you! You last bathed three days past, and for no longer than ten minutes, using the most miserly soap available on the market!'. Horrified, mortified, Watson says 'That... is... true!' Sherlock keeps going 'Following which, you sat to dine in the altogether, jellied eels with pie and mash, no less, only to let fall some scalding morsels upon your nether regions!'. Befuddled, Watson says 'It still burns-- but how the devil do you know?'. Sherlock sits back on his chair, satisfied. 'Easy! The cameras I installed in your residence afford me a most splendid view. I do so enjoy watching you slumber.'. Watson is confused 'Wait, what?', and just then the door rings and Sherlock jumps up 'There's someone at the door!'

A rich man carrying a small pug comes into the building. Sherlock says 'Oh, splendid! A client!', and the rich man says 'Mister Holmes, I need your help!'. Watson, the rich man and Sherlock all sit in the living room. The rich man explains his conundrum: 'Some scoundrel is allowing his wretched cur to relieve itself upon my doorstep! Not everyone is a responsible dog owner like myself!' 'I see!', says Sherlock, while the pug (named Bartholomew, barks). 'I shall unmask the culprit and notify your forthwith. Kindly provide your number.', assures Sherlock, and the rich man replies 'Spare no expense! ...if I can afford a dog of such distinction, I can assuredly afford your services -- can I not, Bartholomew?'. Bartholomew barks again, and Sherlock says 'Excellent, then I shall call you!'. Watson and Sherlock are outside now, and as the rich man and Bartholomew walk away. 'Have you any notion where to begin, Sherlock, old boy?', asks Watson, and Sherlock says 'I shall infiltrate their ranks. I am a master of disguise, remember?'. Ten minutes later, Sherlock arrives dressed up shoddily as a dog. He barks a bit and asks Watson 'Well, dear Watson, what do you think?'. Watson is surprised 'A talking dog!'

Sherlock, dressed as a dog, approaches an actual dog in a park. 'How do you do, fellow canids! Might any of you know who has been relieving themselves upon the door of Lord Puddleforth the Third?'. The dog obliges 'Sniff my posterior, old chap, it's all in there!'. We then see Sherlock running to Watson, who is sitting on a bench in the park. 'I've cracked hte case! Quickly, my phone!', yells Sherlock. Watson replies 'I do hope you didn't have to conduct an extensive posterior-sniffing investigation to reach your conclusion...'. We then see the rich man, who now we know is called Lord Puddleforth the Tird, receive a message on his phone 'DING!'. He says 'It's Sherlock! And he declares that the irresponsible owner is... me?'. Sherlock arrives and says 'Precisely! Every time uou receive a telephonic notification, your hound answers the call of nature! A clear case of pavlovian conditioning, wouldn't you agree? Observe!', and proceeds to message the wealthy man and Bartholomew pees when he hears the ding. Angry, Lord Puddleforth the Third says 'Outrageous! I shan't pay you merely to lay the blame at my feet!'. But Sherlock is calm and says 'I anticipated this! That's why I took the liberty of informing the entire neighborhood that you are, indeed, the owner of the infamous pssing hound!'. As a mob of neighbours chase after Lord Puddleforth, Watson says 'Another case, neatly closed!'. The neighbours say 'There he is! Get 'im!'. Lord Puddleforth escapes and says 'Help! Mercy! A moment to explain... Ahh!'

December 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM

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BootlegPotato

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My empathy goes out to everyone working this week.
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Panel 1: Mr. Mustache responding to Great Guy's concerned look says "You didn't hear I turned villain?" Panel 2: He continues "I made the switch ages ago." Panel 3: "I mostly did it because the arching league's retirement benefits are out of this world." Panel 4: "Probably because they rarely have to pay them out due to high villain mortality rate." Panel 5: That and the retirement policy doesn't transfer to clones." Panel 6: "Probably because Clone-Iac Demanded equal payout for all 800 of his clones back in the 80s."

December 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM

Fodongo

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A time-travelling post: Should've been out on the 21st, but here it is today. "Contradictions", by @vinzul.bsky.social , is a #comic for you this morning.

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