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@joamettegil.bsky.social

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I make comics, letter and edit other people's comics, and run Power & Magic Press. ( ◡̀_◡́)ᕤ joamette.carrd.co (18+ because I'm a florid cusser.)

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#bosswitch @joamettegil.bsky.social · 13d

$23.2k and 2 hours left. That's 33% of goal!

I thought I'd be feeling either triumph or crushing disappointment by now.

Instead, I'm feeling grateful for everyone who pledged and boosted us. 🥹✨🌿🤝

Pledge any amount to stay updated about the relaunch: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

How To Touch Grass

A comics anthology about "touching grass", because it's a lot harder than it looks.

www.kickstarter.com

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 9h

This is hilarious

chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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#bosswitch @joamettegil.bsky.social · 16h

The fact this is not a headline anywhere is half of why I’m spiraling 😵‍💫

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 16h

There was a meeting at our city hall about trans safety and these are the notes I wrote for an impromptu speech I gave, one of about 20 that evening. I'm definitely gonna be attending more meetings and giving more speeches in the future.

Text that reads:

I am set to perform at the Avenue Cafe on Saturday, to use my freedom of speech, but I've never had more stage fright in my entire life. In 15 years doing drag, burlesque, and performance art, I've never been this scared.

The first amendment is not equally applied to everyone. Some people have more freedom to speak than others and some of those people have used their free speech to threaten the trans community.

We have laws against hate speech, but laws that aren't enforced fail to be laws.

Why we have hate speech laws is because hate speech is terrorism. An act of terrorism has been committed in Lansing. One man's words have terrified the queer and trans people of this entire city. The terrorism doesn't start with the gun, it starts with the words.

A balloon popped at the Ave and people thought we were about to be the next Pulse massacre. And it got me wondering, if that gunman had given warning that he was coming, would anyone have taken steps to prevent it? Would anyone be proactive about it, or would they also be met with a shrug?

Ally is useless as a noun. It's a verb. It requires action. Reaction is almost always too late.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 16h

What the fuck kind of attempt to lead by the hand even is this

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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#bosswitch @joamettegil.bsky.social · 16h

Can't stop hyper-fixating about how current Golden Bachelor (former L.A. Rams linebacker Mel Owens) got together with his ex-wife when she was 17 and he was 46.

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ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · 19h

After a fatal shoe section collapse leads Erica and Toby to become ghosts, they must navigate the complex world of being eternally bound to an understaffed clothing outlet store.
A tale of what it means to be alive -and dead.
138 pages, by the brilliant @castrike.bsky.social!

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#bosswitch @joamettegil.bsky.social · 19h

But let's not get it twisted: rage and conflict ARE unity.

Unity isn't docile, it isn't quiet, it isn't passive.

Unity is when violence against one of us makes ALL of us scream.

It's when a mother bear charges as you approach her cubs.

#bosswitch @joamettegil.bsky.social · 20h

If you ever get worried about how little "unity" you're perceiving, consider going outside.

You'll find that our disunity as Americans is overblown by the Internet.

The absolute worst actors in all of this are isolated; paid trolls; Russian bots; politicians; or too wealthy to be your neighbor.

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#bosswitch @joamettegil.bsky.social · 20h

The thing about the "unity" being called for is that it matters WHO is calling for it. Liberal politicians and pundits are calling for "unity" as in "unite in support of whatever the Democratic agenda is." Fascists and conservatives calling for "unity" are trying to gaslight you into submission.

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#bosswitch @joamettegil.bsky.social · 20h

"But Jo what about unity on the Left???" I'll tell you right now that if you include the Liberals in that, you're talking about unity between "the Left" and "fascist collaborators."

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#bosswitch @joamettegil.bsky.social · 20h

The calls for "unity" among Americans are very confusing to me. I keep picturing fascist Germans and German Jews being told to remain civil despite their disagreements. Like... what?

(Probably more like fascist Germans and anti-fascist Germans being told to remain civil, which is still nuts.)

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#bosswitch @joamettegil.bsky.social · 1d

Not noticing that Jane Goodall died on Oct 1st is a recession indicator for real... orz

"Even if this is the end of humanity as we know it, let's fight to the very end. Let's let the children know, you know, that there is hope if they get together."

www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Jane Goodall's 'Famous Last Words' revealed. Here's what she said.

Jane Goodall, who died Oct. 1, said she would want to be remembered as "somebody sent to this world to try to give people hope in dark times."

www.usatoday.com

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Lauren Knight @laurenknight.bsky.social · 2d

Time-lapse of the GOLDEN RAGE: MOTHER KNOWS BEST trade cover. Trade is available in stores from November 5th! @chrissywilliams.bsky.social @sofiedodgson.bsky.social @beccasee.bsky.social @joamettegil.bsky.social @imagecomics.com

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 3d

We are coming up quick on ✨200 BACKERS✨ on @secase.bsky.social's Rigsby WI, Book 2: Burn it Down!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

Rigsby WI - Volume 2: Burn It Down, by SE Case

The second volume of SE Case's Eisner-nominated webcomic about the brutal disaster of being a teen in the early 2000s!

www.kickstarter.com

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Bi.lal @abood57.bsky.social · 13d

In Gaza, hunger doesn’t knock — it moves in.
It tucks the children into bed with empty stomachs.
It whispers through the night louder than the bombs.
We need food. We need safety. We need the world to care.
Please don’t scroll past our pain 💔🙏🏻
gofund.me/d14cbe76

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Lauren Knight @laurenknight.bsky.social · 8d

Caroline perfectly captures the pains of self promo in many of these but especially no.6

GOLDEN RAGE: MOTHER KNOWS BEST Trade Paperback is out in shops from November 5th!

@chrissywilliams.bsky.social
@imagecomics.com @sofiedodgson.bsky.social
@beccasee.bsky.social
@joamettegil.bsky.social

Collage of Caroline expressions from GOLDEN RAGE: MOTHER KNOWS BEST

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Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · 8d

🤡🤡🤡

Kat Mahoney @kmahoneylaw.com · 8d

We never need this guy back in a position of power.

Rene Gonzalez tweet. Rene For Portland ® @reneforportland • 9/23/25
l've seen political terrorism at my doorstep, for which my family has never received justice.
I'm glad Antifa is finally designated a terrorist organization — and I look forward to a day when Portland's press isn't so dismissive of the threat and impact on local democracy.

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#bosswitch @joamettegil.bsky.social · 8d

WHOA

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Chan Chau @aluhnim.bsky.social · Dec 4

I was humbly offered to be an affiliate with Supernote! I'm pleased to see them noticing the amount of artists who are interested in getting away from backlit devices while still having the benefits of an undo button. Hahaha!

For those who want to use the link:
supernote.com?sca_ref=7533...

a picture of my OC covering half of their face on the device called the supernote, leaning against a screen that has the name of the device on it (A6x2 Nomad)

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 9d

September 30 // October 1

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 8d

ok i saw a few gijinkas but she looked too cheerful and i needed her to have a dead eyed stare

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#bosswitch @joamettegil.bsky.social · 8d

This is actually so smart. Invite world-class comedians to your dictatorship so everyone stops talking about your crimes because they're too busy discoursing about this one asshole from Boston.

ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 9d

The gambit is that everyone will be debating Bill Burr and no one will remember to ask them about the Sudanese child soldiers the Saudis fed into the meatgrinder in Yemen or the drone strikes on school busses they carried out there

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9d

The Saudis didn’t pay big money for famous American comedians because they were super eager for comedy, they paid for PR like this.

#bosswitch @joamettegil.bsky.social · 8d

Why are the worst people so good at strategy? Thank you for reminding me to not give a flying fuck what Bill Burr does or doesn't do and focus on the Big Fish.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 9d

As boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla prepared to set sail toward Gaza, a representative of Genoa’s Dockworkers’ Union declared that if anything happened to the flotilla, workers would “block everything.” When the flotilla was attacked, the reaction was swift: a 24-hour general strike was called.

We Said “We Will Block Everything” and We Did: Inside Italy’s Strike for Gaza

Following a 24-hour general strike on September 22, the country is now gearing up for a national protest on October 4.

truthout.org

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#bosswitch @joamettegil.bsky.social · 8d

So basically everyone except the people who regulate everything are still at work. Gotcha. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Government shutdown 2025: A guide to what’s still open, what’s closed and what’s fuzzy

While Social Security checks, mail and student loan bills will still be delivered, millions of workers are still set to suffer financial hardship.

www.politico.com

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