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Tom Dougherty

@misterthomaswords.bsky.social

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I'm a writer and artist slugging away at kidlit projects and comics. Everything posted is © Tom Dougherty 2025 (that's me!) Tee shirts, mugs, etc. here: https://www.teepublic.com/user/bommush-designs

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Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 1

I'm still looking for work in #kidlit illustration. If you see this and would like to discuss a project, please don't hesitate to reach out here. #illustration #cartooning #comics #kidlitart

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Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · 2d

Happy 33rd birthday to this photo you're using to justify the Sundown Kid's military actions against US citizens.

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · 17d

It just so happens that I have a couple of "F*ck D*sney tee shirt designs in my TeePublic shop. Here's the second one, for all of us who are tired of the sequels, prequels, remakes, and general sameness of Disney's output. Also, screw Disney anyway, the toads.

www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/5297...

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Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · 17d

It just so happens that I have a couple of "F*ck D*sney tee shirt designs in my TeePublic shop. Here's the first one, which is based on a repurposed ad from an old comic book.

www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/5298...

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Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · 17d

BTW, Kilmeade looks inbred AF.

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · 20d

Today's most relatable content for me.

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 9

#Doodling while waiting for my job interview. I arrived unfashionably early.

Pencil drawing of a young man bearing an uncomfortable expression.

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 9

Here I am
Much taller than the pines.

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 9

Looking like shit already.

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 9

T-shirt featuring mismatched, incorrect versions of balls used in baseball, basketball, football, soccer, and billiards, with the slogan, "Go Sports! Good Luck Team!"

Director's name T-shirt, reading "Directed by Alan Smithee." Alan Smithee was the fake director's name created by the DGA and used whenever studio interference was too great and a director wanted their name legally removed from the movie.

T-shirt featuring a silhouette of an open pair of handcuffs, and the slogan, "Shoplifting is Not a Crime"

A Halloween T-shirt featuring a nod to the apocryphal razor blade in the apple story.

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 9

T-shirt parade continued.

Buy my shirts and stuff here: www.teepublic.com/user/bommush...

T-shirt with a Batman parody toddler depicted in a yellow spotlight, with the slogan "When the rapture comes, Can I have your comics?"

T-shirt depicting a crest with a doctored photo of Abraham Lincoln, winking and smiling, under the slogan "Frenemy of the State."

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Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 9

Tee shirt parade, a thread. Buy my shirts and stuff here: www.teepublic.com/user/bommush...

T-shirt with text reading "Defang the Police"

T-shirt with a gnome texting on his phone under the stars.

T-shirt with four colored-vinyl records on it, representing children's records of the past.

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Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 8

I dreamt last night that I had lost an arm. It took me an hour to shake that awful feeling this morning.

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 7

Holy smokes! This is beautiful!

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 7

Don't tell my landlord about the new housemates. Let's let it be a surprise.

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 6

A new design for that cookie jar #kidlitdummy

#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration

A little boy is mortified after accidentally breaking the family cookie jar.

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 6

#kidlitart stuff. #kidlit

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Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 6

Incredibly disappointing end to the day,

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 5

Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion to settle lawsuit over pirated chatbot training material

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot.

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Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 4

Without any real disrespect meant, I am floored by the way other people waste your time when you're looking for work. I was rejected by an agent last week who had my samples for six months. I stopped myself before telling her I wouldn't have wanted to work with someone who would do that anyway.

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 4

This little doodle wound up looking like the title page of a Kurt Cobain Babies Golden Book.

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 4

Why do all of these mega-rich richies look like rumpled, second-hand turds? You'd think that if you could afford decent clothes, fitness coaches, aestheticians, and personal chefs, you would be able to pass for someone who gave a shit about themselves, but that's never been the case.

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 4

#kidlitart #kidlit

Hooky day!

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thanks! I was shooting for that!

Tom Dougherty @misterthomaswords.bsky.social · Sep 3

What now? Fan art? I guess so. #DCcomics #comics #cartooning #Deadman

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