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Rory Blank

@roryblank.bsky.social

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Bone Jail I draw comics i think that’s a nice way to spend my time instagram.com/roryblank patreon.com/roryblank for my monthly print zine roryblank.bigcartel.com for cool shirts https://rawpaw.ink/collections/rory-blank (reprints of a few shirts)

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Charles Austin @charlesaustin.bsky.social · 26m

RFK Jr. ep with Felix just dropped

Free even for lowly, evil non-subscribers 👇
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 11h

i used to eat trash out of dumpsters i'll be fine

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 11h

What really surprises me is that none of the meat substitute companies has tried making a boudin sausage, like it's half rice and seasoning, it should be easy to make a good one.

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 11h

again, i really like trader joe's if you haven't tried that one

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 11h

i stopped eating anything from beyond other than their chicken strips

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 11h

tbh their soyrizo isn't as good as frieda's or el burrito or the trader joe's brand which I think is a different brand repackaged tbh

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 11h

But yeah, like, if you go to the Hancock center HEB they're straight back past the beer coolers, against the back wall.

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 11h

yes it's the "higher harvest" brand, no they don't have crumbles, they have grounds, like textured the same as if you bought 1lb of ground beef (in the weird little strings), and burgers

and they don't say b'ef or be'f or whatever

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 12h

Granted right now I am using it to eat a velveeta box dinner

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 12h

FWIW Texas grocery chain H-E-B has its own competitor to Beyond and Impossible and on top of being cheaper I think it actually tastes a lot better, as far as beef substitutes go. It tastes and smells less like cat food.

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 14h

what kind of drugs do you have to smoke to come up with these ideas that's wild

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Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.social · Nov 5

POV: You're sobering up, and your old pal Usagi is there to take care of you.

A four panel grid from Usagi Yojimbo of Usagi being portrayed as a squiggly outline that becomes more detailed in each subsequent panel.

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 22h

I can't draw cars

A comic strip.
A man and a woman in a red 2 door car, the characters are hand drawn, but the car is a photograph that has been cut out.
The man says "heh- look, the artist who drew this comic can't draw cars so he used a photo."

Switching sides now to focus on the woman in the driver's seat (the photo of the car has been flipped, if you finely comb the image you'll notice the steering wheel has changed sides also), the woman says "shut up, pointing stuff like that out isn't clever -'oh that's so meta'- it's not smart, it's lazy and easy.
It's been done to death. How about not being a coward and trying to say something personal and meaningful."

The car crashes into a ditch, signified by the photo being cut in half jaggedly. The car is now a different model entirely, a soft top convertible, where it was previously it was a hard top.
The man says "ok, well making a 'meta' joke while trying to make it look like you're couching it in criticism is still doing it, but making excuses. Why not enjoy it?
Oh hey, the car's changed."
The woman replies "shut the fuck up."

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mr pussy @mrpussy.xyz · 1d

>not a veteran
>wall full of challenge coins

Kash Patel wearing the corniest Christmas camo punisher skull sweatshirt with his own podcast advertised on the sleeve, wearing his own merch hat too and another behind him, in front of an American flag challenge coin holder that also contains stickers for his podcast

buster bluth in fatigues with arms full of stuffed animals. "these are my awards, mother. from army."

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 17h

I got on a block list for hentai because one time I called the dude from jesus lizard david yaoi

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · Feb 25

Big Game Hunter

A man dressed in a safari outfit including a pith helmet, monocle, and a big fluffy mustache, sits in a fluffy chair holding a glass of liquor on top of a rug that looks distinctly like Tigger from Disney's Winnie The Pooh's flayed skin. Further, behind him are mounted heads that look remarkably like Bugs Bunny, Yogi Bear, and Mickey Mouse. The man opines "there is just such an exquisite thrill in the hunt- Even though they are such simple, oblivious creatures, God's innocents, it is a primal battle of wits. The really clever ones say things like 'No! Please! I'm not really Mickey, this is a costume. I'm just a guy in a suit. Someone call park security-' but I know their tricks. Oh no no, you shan't be dropping an anvil on MY head."

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 17h

Every day of my life, Dizzy

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justin @slowdeli.com · 18h

it's working for me

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 19h

You’re supposed to do physical comedy bits for your therapist right

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 19h

Decided to do a prat fall to emphasize a point while talking to my therapist and bit my tongue pretty hard

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 21h

hey, just reduce the minimum viable product further what's the deal

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 21h

if you follow the logic of shareholder capitalism far enough, trying to cut costs to maximize profits, whittling down every corner to juice returns, eventually you end up in a situation where a company that once built houses ends up trying to sell toothpicks that cost a million dollars

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 21h

probably not, they're probably amped to think about how they can use it to stop paying people

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 21h

Corporate Memphis at least had bright vibrant colors.

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 21h

I can both have nobody look at my work because they're being funneled to only see videos of women smashing glass bridges with boulders and "comics" that look like airplane safety manuals, AND it's also ripping off my work? What a deal!