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Teaching myself how to make comics! by @carriethesage.bsky.social. If hope has feathers, may it also have predator eyes
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Screenshot from Guild Wars 2, after my character chose to "Remember Owl's sacrifice": "What comes next is an assault on the senses. A flurry of feathers, a scream into the maw of oblivion, a creeping coldness. But one sensation towers over them all — hope."
January 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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backstage behavior, in ascending order of who I want to sit by at the cast party

#webcomics #theatresky
3-panel comic titled: "Backstage Behavior, arranged by how likely I am to vibe with you personally." The bottom of the comic has a temperature gauge, going from red (panel 1) to yellow (panel 2) to green (panel 3). Panel 1: a bald guy with a comically large martini glass has a sassy hand on their hip, smirking and chatting. Behind them, a woman stands illuminated by stage lights, tapping foot impatiently. Caption: Just Missed an Entrance Because You Were Talking Shit Panel 2a: a stagehand bumps into a very large serious man waiting in the wings. "Oop, pardon..." the stagehand whispers. Panel 2b: The serious man, glowing with holy stanislavski aura, pulls a knife on the stagehand. Caption: Off-puttingly Method Actor Panel 3: "SUDDENLY SEYMOUR..." sing two voices on the stage. But we see a woman and a man posing very dramatically as though they were the ones singing. Caption: Extreme Lip Sync Dance-Off Extravaganza
August 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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I kept this to 15 minutes; that's character growth

happy #MakeATerribleComicDay2025 🥕💦
2 panel comic done in pen on paper. panel 1: A woman with glasses and long hair leans into a fridge. A thought bubble is pasted on over her shoulder (seems like I hadn't planned balloon space properly before drawing): "I need something healthy to put in my lunch..." panel 2: An unopened bag of "Fresh Baby Carrots." "Not Slimy We Promise!" Inside are the wettest, saddest baby carrots you've ever seen, drippily saying "may we be of ssservice?"
June 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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stressed about impending world war III? speed-draw some butts
hopetantrum.com HOPE TANTRUM @hopetantrum.com · Jun 13
new tablet learning curves

#webcomic #webcomics
3 panel comic: (Images might be slightly wavy due to use of Glaze, AI scraper protection) Panel 1: A guy sits holding a tablet with a bee logo on the back, looking a little frustrated. He says: "I'm used to Android...where did they put the copy-paste button on this?" A girl standing nearby gives a condescending laugh. "Ohoho! Bee OS doesn't use a button for that..." Panel 2: She points for his attention. "You have to do these steps." Panel 3: A series of sketches of her wiggle dancing: thrusting hips, twerking, shimmying. (The guy looks on, skeptical.)
June 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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I'm getting used to an iPad lately for other upcoming art projects. haven't really used iOS since I did so briefly for work in 2014!

Procreate is really nice though. if I can just remember all the gestures...
June 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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new tablet learning curves

#webcomic #webcomics
3 panel comic: (Images might be slightly wavy due to use of Glaze, AI scraper protection) Panel 1: A guy sits holding a tablet with a bee logo on the back, looking a little frustrated. He says: "I'm used to Android...where did they put the copy-paste button on this?" A girl standing nearby gives a condescending laugh. "Ohoho! Bee OS doesn't use a button for that..." Panel 2: She points for his attention. "You have to do these steps." Panel 3: A series of sketches of her wiggle dancing: thrusting hips, twerking, shimmying. (The guy looks on, skeptical.)
June 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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nostalgia bait for the recently diseased

#webcomic #webcomics
Caption, decorated with clusters of forget-me-nots: "remembering the good old days" "I used to breathe through my nose," thinks a person on a couch, wrapped in a blanket, surrounded by used tissues. They're blowing their nose with a "bfffft" (Image is slightly wavy from genAI scraper protection by Glaze)
May 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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I blogged on the website about this but: gonna try doing scratchy quick comics for the next few months, as other creative projects are taking most of my time, but I don't want to feel like I'm falling behind in comicmaking

(I can work harder when the cold is gone though. get thee gone, face sludge)
May 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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nostalgia bait for the recently diseased

#webcomic #webcomics
Caption, decorated with clusters of forget-me-nots: "remembering the good old days" "I used to breathe through my nose," thinks a person on a couch, wrapped in a blanket, surrounded by used tissues. They're blowing their nose with a "bfffft" (Image is slightly wavy from genAI scraper protection by Glaze)
May 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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this is a true story and a cautionary tale

#webcomic #webcomics #adhd
Panel 1: I'm checking out at the garden store, holding a book with scribbles and plans in it. The checkout girl says, "Ah, you have a gardening journal! You're so organized!" Panel 2: I'm glowing as she finishes scanning my items, with "So Organized!" floating above my head. Other thoughts: "ADHD Defeated", "I did it", "I'm a good person" Panel 3: I'm exiting the garden store with my cart. Panel 4: I'm hurrying back in, looking sheepish. "...Uh, did anybody turn in a phone? It has a blue case..."
May 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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this is a true story and a cautionary tale

#webcomic #webcomics #adhd
Panel 1: I'm checking out at the garden store, holding a book with scribbles and plans in it. The checkout girl says, "Ah, you have a gardening journal! You're so organized!" Panel 2: I'm glowing as she finishes scanning my items, with "So Organized!" floating above my head. Other thoughts: "ADHD Defeated", "I did it", "I'm a good person" Panel 3: I'm exiting the garden store with my cart. Panel 4: I'm hurrying back in, looking sheepish. "...Uh, did anybody turn in a phone? It has a blue case..."
May 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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octopus traveler

#webcomic #webcomics
Panel 1: Two women sitting on a couch. One is scrolling on her phone and says excitedly, "Did you see that octopus riding on the back of a shark?" "AI?" asks the other. "No, a real photo. By scientists." Panel 2: "Wow!" says the other one. "They say nature is so cutthroat. But there's also so much survival by cooperation." Panel 3: A painting of that viral scene, octopus flopped like an old timey ice pack on the back of the mako shark. The shark says "I don't want any trouble." The octopus: "Then you shouldn't have crossed my family, Jerry..." A beat. "...You got an aux cable?"
April 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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please ignore the fact that I somehow gave her 5 knuckles? midjourney does that too and people still use it
April 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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In case you haven't seen that viral video:

(that octopus really does look just like a floppy old timey ice pack. nature is so weird)
Shark's 'mystery hat' turns out to be a giant octopus
Researchers spotted the unlikely travel pair near New Zealand.
www.popsci.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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octopus traveler

#webcomic #webcomics
Panel 1: Two women sitting on a couch. One is scrolling on her phone and says excitedly, "Did you see that octopus riding on the back of a shark?" "AI?" asks the other. "No, a real photo. By scientists." Panel 2: "Wow!" says the other one. "They say nature is so cutthroat. But there's also so much survival by cooperation." Panel 3: A painting of that viral scene, octopus flopped like an old timey ice pack on the back of the mako shark. The shark says "I don't want any trouble." The octopus: "Then you shouldn't have crossed my family, Jerry..." A beat. "...You got an aux cable?"
April 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Hey neat, I've been practicing drawing digitally (and sharing to bsky) for a year now 🧁🎈
April 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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new comic, about helping

#webcomic #webcomics
Panel 1: A girl in pigtails looks sadly at the shoreline, surrounded by stranded starfish beached up on the sand. Panel 2: She picks up a starfish and looks at it, concerned. Panel 3: She holds up the starfish to pitch it back into the ocean. In the background, an older man in a jumpsuit notices what she's doing, and is curious. Panel 4: She pitches the starfish back into the ocean. The man is approaching to stand by her side. Panel 5: The starfish lands in the water with a PLISH Panel 6: The man points at another beached starfish. "You should have saved that one instead."
March 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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new comic, about helping

#webcomic #webcomics
Panel 1: A girl in pigtails looks sadly at the shoreline, surrounded by stranded starfish beached up on the sand. Panel 2: She picks up a starfish and looks at it, concerned. Panel 3: She holds up the starfish to pitch it back into the ocean. In the background, an older man in a jumpsuit notices what she's doing, and is curious. Panel 4: She pitches the starfish back into the ocean. The man is approaching to stand by her side. Panel 5: The starfish lands in the water with a PLISH Panel 6: The man points at another beached starfish. "You should have saved that one instead."
March 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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(as usual I break out of a block by making fun of myself)
hopetantrum.com HOPE TANTRUM @hopetantrum.com · Feb 6
this doesn't solve everything

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panel 1: a person is concentrating on working with a pen stylus at tablet/paper panel 2: sits back, thinks, "This art doesn't solve everything. I can't post this." panel 3: flops onto the sofa, lounging forlornly in their sweatshirt and sweatpants. empty page and abandoned pen stylus on the coffee table in the foreground panel 4: same, but the person's turned to bones and there are spiderwebs on the abandoned pen stylus and coffee table
February 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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this doesn't solve everything

#webcomics
panel 1: a person is concentrating on working with a pen stylus at tablet/paper panel 2: sits back, thinks, "This art doesn't solve everything. I can't post this." panel 3: flops onto the sofa, lounging forlornly in their sweatshirt and sweatpants. empty page and abandoned pen stylus on the coffee table in the foreground panel 4: same, but the person's turned to bones and there are spiderwebs on the abandoned pen stylus and coffee table
February 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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#hourlycomicsday 2025, this year borrowing a nice scratchy zebra bLen pen from Aloe
Cloud on an angle, reading: HOURLY COMICS DAY, February 1, 2025 7AM: panel 1: Everybody look at my tiger. A tabby cat is tucked under the covers, trying to fall back asleep panel 2: exiting bed, I've stepped on something! (She brought me washi tape to play fetch.) 8AM: panel 1: I'm drawing on the sectional couch next to Aloe who's sprawled out in a silly pose in the corner. (Cat loaf between us.) Me: "I'm trying to draw these in flair pen and I'm not having fun." Aloe: "Oh well don't do that. Wanna borrow my pen?" Panel 2: black & white photo of my hand drawing the previous comic with the new pen. Overlaid is a speech bubble: "not bad! I can work with this..."
February 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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so much for the compassionate left

#webcomic #webcomics #arthritis #NEISvoid
Panel 1: A woman's hands are aching and she's fuming, rubbing them for relief. Panel 2: She yells at them: "Why are you hurting so much? We didn't even get that winter storm here." Panel 3: The hands have little faces with silly eyes drawn on the fists. One hand says: "we ache in solidarity with those who suffer in the storm." The other: "damn, we thought you cared about your fellow humans! guess not!"
January 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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(the only rule of the climate crisis means that a new and worse weather event will always happen while you're drawing the comic referencing the first one. anyway time for more diclofenac gel)
January 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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so much for the compassionate left

#webcomic #webcomics #arthritis #NEISvoid
Panel 1: A woman's hands are aching and she's fuming, rubbing them for relief. Panel 2: She yells at them: "Why are you hurting so much? We didn't even get that winter storm here." Panel 3: The hands have little faces with silly eyes drawn on the fists. One hand says: "we ache in solidarity with those who suffer in the storm." The other: "damn, we thought you cared about your fellow humans! guess not!"
January 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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what's the worst thing you ever got from one of these parties? Once I went home with a broken iron, wrapped in the box the new iron came in
December 20, 2024 at 9:46 PM