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John Lee

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John Lee @johnleedraws.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hello #PortfolioDay
I am John Lee, I'm an illustrator, and I am exhausted

Drawing has taken me around the world, it's how I make money, and it's how I'm living my life

site here: johnleedraws.com
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thank you 😇

John Lee

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Just a reminder that I do reportage

Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · Jun 18

In 1946, cartoonist & illustrator Noel Sickles was sent by Life magazine to sketch the Nuremberg trials. Here is his sketch of the execution of Joachim Von Ribbentrop, who claimed at trial that his boss had made all of the important decisions, & that he was only following orders.

February 3, 2026 at 2:50 AM

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Video Game Art Archive

@gameartarchive.bsky.social

Scoffing Down That Dog
'Fatal Fury'
NEO GEO

February 2, 2026 at 6:12 PM

John Lee

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AI is absolutely insane, beautify these slides about family separations wtf

January 30, 2026 at 3:45 AM

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

bars

screenshot of text from Adam Serwer in The Atlantic: "The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they're the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive - because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about "Western civilization," while armed brutes try to tear it down by force."

January 27, 2026 at 6:11 PM

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crass

@crasspants.bsky.social

Chow Yun-Fat double fisting beers inside the 7-11 [from Wild Search (1989)]

January 25, 2026 at 9:00 PM

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The Public Domain Review

@publicdomainrev.bsky.social

In her essay “Rhapsodies in Blue”, Paige Hirschey explores the cyanotypes of Anna Atkins: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/anna-atkins-cyanotypes/ #longreads #photography

January 20, 2026 at 3:16 PM

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Sara Century

@saracentury.bsky.social

Our culture has such a reliance on art, mixed with so much disdain for artists' lives. Someone throws soup at a painting in a gallery or whatever and everyone acts like it's a literal murder, but that level of sympathy is for the object, almost never for the living conditions of artists.

January 19, 2026 at 2:17 PM

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Marcelius Braxton

@marceliusb.bsky.social

To add to this, almost all of the U.S.’s problems are linked to its hatred of Black people and that it hates Black people more than it loves anyone else. Our laws and policies are largely based on making sure Black people (and sometimes other groups) don’t benefit even at the expense of others.

Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 21d

If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:

America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.

What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵

Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.

January 17, 2026 at 11:51 PM

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Victor Von Doomscroll

@redderbeanpaste.bsky.social

When it wasn’t a particularly Chinese moment in their lives

Chinese men getting queues pulled and beaten by white cops

January 17, 2026 at 3:10 PM

John Lee

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man, Appleseed was on point yet again

January 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM

John Lee

@johnleedraws.bsky.social

Really old one, but more like whale societal collapse

January 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM

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✨Shan✨

@shanfiction.bsky.social

HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY TO ME AND ERIC!

‘Clothes to Make You Smile’ released into the world today and I was so happy to hold my book launch at my local book store, bbgb. Thank you everyone in Richmond who came out to support and those who have supported me in other ways! Yay for real books! 📚 ❤️🌈

A picture of me in front of my book display with my colorful outfit

A closer look at the display with my books, the postcards and bookmarks

A picture my friend took of me on the still I sat on to read my book aloud and do Q&A from

A picture my other friend snapped of me holding up my book

January 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM

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January 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani

@mayor.nyc.gov

Today we commit to making New York affordable not just for artists, but for making art. We are proud to name Rafael Espinal as Commissioner of MOME as we stand with union workers and usher in a new golden age of NYC creativity.