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underground cartoonist, graphic journalist, freelance photographer, author, musician, radio DJ, talking cat. you can't prove anything.

work: https://piperbly.com
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piper bly @piperbomb.bsky.social · Dec 20
portfolio's finally back up

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go check it out and please let me know if somethin' breaks
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LIVE ON THE AIR RIGHT NOW!!! tune in datafruits.fm/chat
piperbomb.bsky.social piper bly @piperbomb.bsky.social · 15h
TOMORROW ON @datafruits.bsky.social

JAZZY FUCKIN' HOLIDAYS RETURNS FOR OUR 5TH YEAR

i will be on the air from midnight to midnight, blastin' jazz and soul, hanging out in the chat, and raising money for @translifeline.org

if you don't have anywhere else to go, now you do. come hang with us <3
The poster for the Jazzy Fuckin Holidays charity marathon, showing a smiling femme figure with a visible Adam's apple and swirling, curly hair wearing a fluffy coat, hiding her eye behind a flowing bough of mistletoe. The text is heavily embossed and embellished, and reads: DATAFRUTS.FM AND PIPER AND THE JAZZ PROGRAM PRESENT... JAZZY FUCKIN' HOLIDAYS OUR 5TH YEAR! TWO TWENTY FOUR HOUR RADIO CHARITY MARATHONS RAISING FUNDS FOR TRANS AND QUEER MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINES. THANKSGIVING: RAISIN' FUNDS FOR TRANS LIFELINE CHRISTMAS DAY: RAISIN' FUNDS FOR TREVOR PROJECT SPININ' JAZZ AND SOUL FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT ON DATAFRUITS.FM
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
piperbomb.bsky.social
if anyone was wondering and/or wanted a copy of this year's poster for their wall

i'll do you one better. download 'em, print 'em out, and put 'em up everywhere

and tell everyone you know to tune in tomorrow and on Christmas and help us raise money for Trans Lifeline and Trevor Project
piperbomb.bsky.social piper bly @piperbomb.bsky.social · 14h
both this year and the previous two years' (i had to re-use the 2023 one for last year because i was not doing well enough to complete a new one) posters print at 11x17, 600 DPI

so you could, in fact, put them on the side of a large brick building if you so chose :)
The promotional poster for this year's Jazzy Fuckin' Holidays Charity Marathon, hosted by yours truly. It depicts a trans femme with a laurel crown and curly, flowing hair framed by a nimbus made of a wreath of mistletoe and holly, with the stars shining brightly in her hair. The poster reads as follows: DATAFRUITS.FM and PIPER AND THE JAZZ PROGRAM present... JAZZY FUCKIN' HOLIDAYS TWO 24-HOUR RADIO MARATHONS ON THANKSGIVING DAY AND CHRISTMAS DAY RAISING MONEY FOR QUEER CHARITIES THANKSGIVING (november 28) ALL DONATIONS GOING TO THE TREVOR PROJECT CHRISTMAS DAY (december 25) ALL DONATIONS GOING TO TRANS LIFELINE BROADCASTING LIVE FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT ON THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS DAY ONLY ON DATAFRUITS.FM The poster is signed "piper <3", and is dated 2023-24, because we're re-using last year's poster for this year. The poster for the Jazzy Fuckin Holidays charity marathon, showing a smiling femme figure with a visible Adam's apple and swirling, curly hair wearing a fluffy coat, hiding her eye behind a flowing bough of mistletoe. The text is heavily embossed and embellished, and reads: DATAFRUTS.FM AND PIPER AND THE JAZZ PROGRAM PRESENT... JAZZY FUCKIN' HOLIDAYS OUR 5TH YEAR! TWO TWENTY FOUR HOUR RADIO CHARITY MARATHONS RAISING FUNDS FOR TRANS AND QUEER MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINES. THANKSGIVING: RAISIN' FUNDS FOR TRANS LIFELINE CHRISTMAS DAY: RAISIN' FUNDS FOR TREVOR PROJECT SPININ' JAZZ AND SOUL FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT ON DATAFRUITS.FM
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
piperbomb.bsky.social
TOMORROW ON @datafruits.bsky.social

JAZZY FUCKIN' HOLIDAYS RETURNS FOR OUR 5TH YEAR

i will be on the air from midnight to midnight, blastin' jazz and soul, hanging out in the chat, and raising money for @translifeline.org

if you don't have anywhere else to go, now you do. come hang with us <3
The poster for the Jazzy Fuckin Holidays charity marathon, showing a smiling femme figure with a visible Adam's apple and swirling, curly hair wearing a fluffy coat, hiding her eye behind a flowing bough of mistletoe. The text is heavily embossed and embellished, and reads: DATAFRUTS.FM AND PIPER AND THE JAZZ PROGRAM PRESENT... JAZZY FUCKIN' HOLIDAYS OUR 5TH YEAR! TWO TWENTY FOUR HOUR RADIO CHARITY MARATHONS RAISING FUNDS FOR TRANS AND QUEER MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINES. THANKSGIVING: RAISIN' FUNDS FOR TRANS LIFELINE CHRISTMAS DAY: RAISIN' FUNDS FOR TREVOR PROJECT SPININ' JAZZ AND SOUL FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT ON DATAFRUITS.FM
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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piperbomb.bsky.social
slow but steady progression of color #wip #process #artonlinux @datafruits.bsky.social
A screenshot of the poster for the Jazzy Fuckin Holidays charity marathon being colored in GNU Image Manipulation Program, showing a smiling femme figure with deep brown hair and tanned skin and wearing a fluffy coat, hiding her eye behind a flowing bough of mistletoe. The reds of the bough's ribbons and the green of the misteltoe have been filled in, and some minor details have begun to be thrown down. Some time later. The shading behind the words "Jazzy Fuckin' Holidays" now has a slow fade in to yellow,and the medallion reading OUR 5TH YEAR now has some more definition to it. The stars and show in the bacground now are flecked with gold and white, and the leaves and tiny mistletoe berries up top now have some minor shading to them. Continuing even further...the border now glows in shiny golden-red, and the J, F, and H embossed capitals now have green and red embellishments. The medallion now glows golden, and the figure's eye now shines even brighter and her hair now sports deep highlights. White glowing light has been added behind the lettering, and even more glow has been added to help the figure and the flowing bough stand out from the background.
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
piperbomb.bsky.social
slow but steady progression of color #wip #process #artonlinux @datafruits.bsky.social
A screenshot of the poster for the Jazzy Fuckin Holidays charity marathon being colored in GNU Image Manipulation Program, showing a smiling femme figure with deep brown hair and tanned skin and wearing a fluffy coat, hiding her eye behind a flowing bough of mistletoe. The reds of the bough's ribbons and the green of the misteltoe have been filled in, and some minor details have begun to be thrown down. Some time later. The shading behind the words "Jazzy Fuckin' Holidays" now has a slow fade in to yellow,and the medallion reading OUR 5TH YEAR now has some more definition to it. The stars and show in the bacground now are flecked with gold and white, and the leaves and tiny mistletoe berries up top now have some minor shading to them. Continuing even further...the border now glows in shiny golden-red, and the J, F, and H embossed capitals now have green and red embellishments. The medallion now glows golden, and the figure's eye now shines even brighter and her hair now sports deep highlights. White glowing light has been added behind the lettering, and even more glow has been added to help the figure and the flowing bough stand out from the background.
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
piperbomb.bsky.social
scanned in, slamming through colors while watching @punchystream.bsky.social play some House Of Necrosis #wip #illustration #art
A Linux desktop, showing the poster for the Jazzy Fuckin Holidays charity marathon being colored in GNU Image Manipulation Program, showing a smiling femme figure with deep brown hair and tanned skin and wearing a fluffy coat, hiding her eye behind a flowing bough of mistletoe. Twitch streamer and speedrunner Punchy plays House Of Necrosis in a small picture-in-picture window in the bottom right.
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
piperbomb.bsky.social
this evening on datafruits: nuthin', because i'm gettin' stuff ready for JAZZY FUCKIN' HOLIDAYS THIS THURSDAY ON
@datafruits.bsky.social!!!!

i'll be on the air from midnight to midnight Thanksgiving day, blastin' jazz, keepin' y'all company, and raising money for
@translifeline.org

come tune in!
The poster for the Jazzy Fuckin Holidays charity marathon, showing a smiling femme figure with a visible Adam's apple and swirling, curly hair wearing a fluffy coat, hiding her eye behind a flowing bough of mistletoe. The text is heavily embossed and embellished, and reads: DATAFRUTS.FM AND PIPER AND THE JAZZ PROGRAM PRESENT... JAZZY FUCKIN' HOLIDAYS OUR 5TH YEAR! TWO TWENTY FOUR HOUR RADIO CHARITY MARATHONS RAISING FUNDS FOR TRANS AND QUEER MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINES. THANKSGIVING: RAISIN' FUNDS FOR TRANS LIFELINE CHRISTMAS DAY: RAISIN' FUNDS FOR TREVOR PROJECT SPININ' JAZZ AND SOUL FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT ON DATAFRUITS.FM
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
piperbomb.bsky.social
nearly done with the poster, just need to scan, clean up the lettering and invert the black-on-white text to match the black background, and maybe add color if i'm feeling spicy. full announcement for the marathon drops tonight.

#wip #poster #illustration #art @datafruits.bsky.social
The poster for the Jazzy Fuckin Holidays charity marathon, continued from the quoted post and now nearly completed..The lettering is now fully defined and embellished on the top of the image, and the bottom of the image onw reads "TWO TWENTY FOUR HOUR RADIO CHARITY MARATHONS RAISING FUNDS FOR TRANS AND QUEER MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINES. THANKSGIVING: RAISIN' FUNDS FOR TRANS LIFELINE CHRISTMAS DAY: RAISIN' FUNDS FOR TREVOR PROJECT SPININ' JAZZ AND SOUL FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT ON DATAFRUITS.FM"
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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piperbomb.bsky.social
blastin' beats, pushin' inks and makin' progress #wip #art #ink #process @datafruits.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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sweetscisavart.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
piperbomb.bsky.social
blastin' beats, pushin' inks and makin' progress #wip #art #ink #process @datafruits.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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antlervel.vet
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
piperbomb.bsky.social
re: yesterday; been asked why i don't "put more effort" into sounding "feminine"

1. i do have a passable femme voice that i use if i need to not get 86'd irl

2. that cigar-burnt gravelly Ozark drawl *is* my voice. that's me. that's who i am

i didn't transition to make myself more appealing to you
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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piperbomb.bsky.social
tonight's Menu: we're cooking up some veggie golden curry, tasty jeera rice, and flowing brushlines of Speedball Superblack

#wip #process #art #cooking @datafruits.bsky.social
a homemade rice bowl nearly full of rice and curry split down the middle, with jeera basmati rice on the left and Japanese golden curry with bean sprouts, sweet potatoes, snap peas, carrots, water chestnuts, and a touch of mushroom soy sauce on the right. the whole dish is covered in nori furekake. the poster in progress for the Jazzy Fuckin Holidays charity marathon, continued from the quoted post. the inks on the femme figure and her hair now have much more definition, the mistletoe wreath she hides behind has started being inked, and the embellished capitals in the lettering (the J, F, and H in the title JAZZY FUCKIN HOLIDAYS) have slightly more definition to them.
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
piperbomb.bsky.social
tonight's Menu: we're cooking up some veggie golden curry, tasty jeera rice, and flowing brushlines of Speedball Superblack

#wip #process #art #cooking @datafruits.bsky.social
a homemade rice bowl nearly full of rice and curry split down the middle, with jeera basmati rice on the left and Japanese golden curry with bean sprouts, sweet potatoes, snap peas, carrots, water chestnuts, and a touch of mushroom soy sauce on the right. the whole dish is covered in nori furekake. the poster in progress for the Jazzy Fuckin Holidays charity marathon, continued from the quoted post. the inks on the femme figure and her hair now have much more definition, the mistletoe wreath she hides behind has started being inked, and the embellished capitals in the lettering (the J, F, and H in the title JAZZY FUCKIN HOLIDAYS) have slightly more definition to them.
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
piperbomb.bsky.social
this has been bugging me since last night so i want to make a mention of it:

i know i have a unique voice. it's part of why i've done radio for so long.

i am not a man.

please do not refer to my voice as "male", esp. in the chat for my shows. there is no non-transphobic interpretation of that
CHAT MEMBER 1: is *this* the radio voice? CHAT MEMBER 2: it's like a male jessica rabbit piper: i'm a chick piper: but thanks for that one buddy CHAT MEMBER 2: i'm aware CHAT MEMBER 2:i say that non transphobically piper: makes it worse actually lmao CHAT MEMBER 2: like CHAT MEMBER 2: fully a woman's voice piper: we can stop it right here actually thanks lmao
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
piperbomb.bsky.social
inks going down #wip #illustration #art #process @datafruits.bsky.social
The illustrator's drawing board, with a close-up of the piece from the quoted post. The close-up shows a cute femme with a visible Adam's apple and slightly off teeth wearing a fur-lined coat and sporting flowing curly hair. Her eyes look smokily at the viewer as she hides her face beneath a flowing bough of mistletoe. The artist is currently working on inks for this piece, and about half of the visible piece is awash in delicate linework.
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
piperbomb.bsky.social
on the air right now! playing a Niechęć live cut to test the sound and then we'll be spinnin' the program and the talkies! come tune in and join the @datafruits.bsky.social chat: datafruits.fm/chat
piperbomb.bsky.social piper bly @piperbomb.bsky.social · 8d
this evenin' on datafruits: Space Adventures On Sexy Man Planet

extremely weird and horny stories from the '50s about banging extra-terrestrials (and also Wayne Shorter records) will be heard this evening at 8 PM CST / 9 EST / 7 CST on @datafruits.bsky.social

(full write-up & show link below!)
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
piperbomb.bsky.social
this evenin' on datafruits: Space Adventures On Sexy Man Planet

extremely weird and horny stories from the '50s about banging extra-terrestrials (and also Wayne Shorter records) will be heard this evening at 8 PM CST / 9 EST / 7 CST on @datafruits.bsky.social

(full write-up & show link below!)
an illustration from a 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction showing a very handsome long-haired bishonen man standing in front of a crowd of women. the women are saying things like "Mmmm! Are all Venusians built like that?" and "Men like that are worth the mileage!" and "I WANT HIM I WANT HIM I WANT HIM". the caption reads, "jinkies, scoob"
November 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
piperbomb.bsky.social
draw draw draw pencil pencil pencil sketchy sketchy sketch #wip #poster #art @datafruits.bsky.social
The illustrator's drawing board, showing a piece of bristol with paste-ups glued to it, reading "DATAFRUTS.FM AND PIPER AND THE JAZZ PROGRAM PRESENT", folowed by an very ornate title card with bookletter caps reading JAZZY FUCKIN HOLIDAYS. The background has begun to be blocked in, and a small medallion in the corner has been added which reads "OUR 5TH YEAR".
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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piperbomb.bsky.social
running quite late on this -- as i have been on most things this time of year, the holidays are rough and get rougher every year -- but the 2025 Jazzy Fuckin' Holidays poster is now underway

stay tuned for deets for our fifth year running

this thanksgiving and christmas on @datafruits.bsky.social
The illustrator's drawing board, showing a piece of bristol with paste-ups glued to it, reading "DATAFRUTS.FM AND PIPER AND THE JAZZ PROGRAM PRESENT", folowed by an very ornate title card with bookletter caps reading JAZZY FUCKIN HOLIDAYS. Below the lettering is a portrait of a gender-ambiguous figure with buck teeth, smiling and hiding beneath a wreath of mistletoe. To the right is a piece of scrap graph-lined vellum with draft lettering on it, with various bits of un-inked text describing the charity marathon and its donation recipients (namely Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline.) A drafting pencil and eraser sit on the bottom of the drawing board.
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
piperbomb.bsky.social
running quite late on this -- as i have been on most things this time of year, the holidays are rough and get rougher every year -- but the 2025 Jazzy Fuckin' Holidays poster is now underway

stay tuned for deets for our fifth year running

this thanksgiving and christmas on @datafruits.bsky.social
The illustrator's drawing board, showing a piece of bristol with paste-ups glued to it, reading "DATAFRUTS.FM AND PIPER AND THE JAZZ PROGRAM PRESENT", folowed by an very ornate title card with bookletter caps reading JAZZY FUCKIN HOLIDAYS. Below the lettering is a portrait of a gender-ambiguous figure with buck teeth, smiling and hiding beneath a wreath of mistletoe. To the right is a piece of scrap graph-lined vellum with draft lettering on it, with various bits of un-inked text describing the charity marathon and its donation recipients (namely Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline.) A drafting pencil and eraser sit on the bottom of the drawing board.
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
piperbomb.bsky.social
live on the air right now! tune in

datafruits.fm/chat
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
piperbomb.bsky.social
this evenin' on datafruits: okay look man what exactly do you expect me to add to this image here

we, as we always do, get real fuckin goofy with it starting at 8 PM CST / 9 EST / 7 CST on @datafruits.bsky.social

(full write-up & show link below!)
a picture of Stacy Keach playing Mike Hammer from the '90s television reboot. he has a piece of pizza hanging out of his mouth and looks very goofy. the caption reads, to the tune of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song, "pizza party '90s Hammer, ultra-violent-noir-dick! whisky power". it is easily one of the dumbest captions i have ever written for this column and i have written some stinkers lmao
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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piperbomb.bsky.social
new Clippings joint from yours truly up on @assignedmedia.org . this month, we're taking a look at the life, times, and recordings of synth pioneer Wendy Carlos

go check it out
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM