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Valigarmander
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Valigarmander @valigarmander.bsky.social · Nov 14
Hi there! I'm some schmuck who likes drawing and reading comics.

I'm the author of 'Because I'm Depressed', a black comedy webcomic that has been running since 2013: bcdecomic.com

And I also make nonfiction comics about history, science, democracy, and social justice: comicschronicle.com
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spritedude.bsky.social
Imagine starting a webcomic and then immediately taking a 10 month hiatus.

Anyways, new comic page.

www.challengerscomic.com/comic/chapte...
Chapter 1 – Page 6 - The Challengers
www.challengerscomic.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:12 AM
valigarmander.bsky.social
Take breaks. Your body needs time to rest and recover, and sometimes taking a break is the most productive thing you can do.
webcomicsparty.bsky.social COMIC CELEBRATION @webcomicsparty.bsky.social · 2d
What advice would you give an aspiring comic creator? - 🦝
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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zaravarin.bsky.social
Fuck ICE.

Sharing screenshots of a great post from The Financial Diet on IG that compiles some helpful jumping-off points if you’re still feeling helpless and don’t know what to do.

(Part 1 of 2)
The Anti Performative ICE Resistance Guide (What Actually Helps) from The Financial Diet Fund the Work ICE enforcement succeeds, in part, because people can't afford lawyers. So, • Set up recurring monthly donations (even $10-$25) to trusted orgs like: RAICES, National Immigration Project, Immigrant Defense Project, Legal Aid Justice Center, Amica, ACLU, local immigrant bond funds (these matter most), and many more. • Prioritize legal defense + bond funds. If your help disappears when the news cycle does, it's not helping as much as it could. Show Up Offline Material ways to assist • Court accompaniment (quiet presence, documentation). • Childcare or rides for families attending hearings. • Translation support (if fluent). Mutual aid coordination through existing networks. Protect those being persecuted, from yourself Well-meaning people can cause real harm. DON'T • Share raid rumors without verification. • Post locations, schedules, or identifying details. • Pressure undocumented people to "tell their story." DO • Ask: Does this increase their risk? • Default to privacy over visibility.
January 24, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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bensears.bsky.social
bensears.bsky.social Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · Jun 9
Summer 2025 edition
A black and white drawing of a sweating ICE agent, looking over his shoulders at a bunch of disembodied eyes watching him. The text reads WE CAN SEE YOU
January 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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arcanaxix.bsky.social
thank u @valigarmander.bsky.social for inspiring me to draw dumb shit
Pencil drawing of sonic the hedgehog saying "hello Samus Aran from metroid check this shit out" and turning into a ball Pencil art of Samus Aran with a speech bubble that says "... [Scan complete]" and then her turning into a morph ball Extremely crude doodle of a space pirate saying "RAGHRSCHRAGHHG" and turning into a mound of pieces with a skull over it
January 24, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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whstancil.bsky.social
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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colorworlding.bsky.social
I finally finished Inside The Lines' tease trailer! Here is the link to the video.
youtu.be/zrPQd8Wv2RI
Please watch this, share with your friends! Let me know what you think!
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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jessdkant.bsky.social
This takes enormous amounts of resources and sacrifice to pull off. Sharing this to support people on the ground:

"This directory of places to donate to all comes from activists on the ground, plugged into the situation. Everything is vetted, with the exception of individual GoFundMes"
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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falseknees.bsky.social
Finished is better than terrible #oldknees
A crow kicks a small ball of snow. They then start rolling it into a larger ball while saying "trust the process...". They kick more snow into a pile and stick a branch in repeating "trust the process" to itself. They place small stones. They say "Phew!" and stand back to look at its creation, which we see now is a mess of a project that looks somewhat like a melted bird. The final panel the crow says "haha it's terrible".
January 23, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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valigarmander.bsky.social
Because I'm Depressed #613: "On Friends"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/613/
A four-panel comic. Panel one: Chel and Wren are hanging out in Chel’s bedroom. Wren is sitting on Chel’s bed, cutting into a sheet of paper to make a zine. Chel is sitting on a chair next to the bed, a pencil and sketchbook in hand. Chel looks up at Wren and thinks to herself, “Wren is so -cool-… Why do they even want to hang out with me?” Panel two: As Wren starts folding their zine with a smile, Chel continues to look at them, thinking, “Wren’s so clever, motivated, and outgoing… They’re more fun than I am, more artistically talented…” Panel three: Chel looks down at her sketchbook glumly and thinks, “Maybe they only stick around out of -pity- for me.” Panel four: Chel returns to drawing on her sketchbook. Meanwhile, Wren stops working on their zine and looks at Chel with a slight frown, thinking, “Chel is so -cool-… Why does she even want to hang out with me?”
January 20, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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arigraceart.bsky.social
defend612.com

#IceoutBloomington #Iceoutrichfield #Iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics
January 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
valigarmander.bsky.social
Because I'm Depressed #613: "On Friends"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/613/
A four-panel comic. Panel one: Chel and Wren are hanging out in Chel’s bedroom. Wren is sitting on Chel’s bed, cutting into a sheet of paper to make a zine. Chel is sitting on a chair next to the bed, a pencil and sketchbook in hand. Chel looks up at Wren and thinks to herself, “Wren is so -cool-… Why do they even want to hang out with me?” Panel two: As Wren starts folding their zine with a smile, Chel continues to look at them, thinking, “Wren’s so clever, motivated, and outgoing… They’re more fun than I am, more artistically talented…” Panel three: Chel looks down at her sketchbook glumly and thinks, “Maybe they only stick around out of -pity- for me.” Panel four: Chel returns to drawing on her sketchbook. Meanwhile, Wren stops working on their zine and looks at Chel with a slight frown, thinking, “Chel is so -cool-… Why does she even want to hang out with me?”
January 20, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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crobertcargill.bsky.social
This is what they said about him then. This is what they say about us now. This is who they always have been.
A cartoon from the mid-1960s. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talks with a reporter, surrounded by the aftermath and detritus of a riot saying "I plan to have another non-violent march tomorrow."
January 19, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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smoothdunk2.bsky.social
imagine if it happens on tv
3 panel comic Panel 1: A crowd is watching TV in a bar. The TV is facing away from the reader. The crowd ecstatically screams “YEAHHHH!” Panel 2: A new guy walks into shot from the left and says “You guys watching football?” A guy in crowd answers “Nope” Panel 3: The new guy looks at the TV screen and immediately screams “OH FUCK YEAH”
January 19, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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valigarmander.bsky.social
New Comics Chronicle short: "Rachel Carson - The Sea and 'Silent Spring'"
#comicschronicle #comics #history #science

comicschronicle.com/comics/17/
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Title: Rachel Carson - The Sea and Silent Spring Text: Rachel Louise Carson was born in 1907 on a family farm near the factory town of Springdale, Pennsylvania. From her earliest years she was a lover of nature, and an avid writer — at age ten, she had her first story published in the children's magazine St. Nicholas. Image: A young Rachel Carson sitting on a grassy hill at the foot of a tree, writing in a notebook. In the distance, a town with a smoke-billowing factory can be seen. Text: A star student, Carson studied English in college before changing her major to biology, and earned a master's degree in zoology. She intended to pursue a Ph.D., but dropped out of school amid the Great Depression to help support her family. Image: Rachel Carson as a young woman, wearing a graduation cap and gown and holding a diploma while smiling. Text: Fascinated by the sea, Carson secured a position at the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. Between research and administrative duties she wrote articles on marine life. Soon she was writing books, and her bestselling nonfiction “sea trilogy” — Under the Sea Wind (1941), The Sea Around Us (1951), and The Edge of the Sea (1955) — won her popular acclaim and the financial security to quit her job and focus on writing. Image: Rachel Carson sitting at her desk, typing away on a typewriter. Books and maps surround her. Text: Her writing style was vivid and poetic, intending to foster a “sense of wonder” in the natural world. Quotation: “To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and the flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down the surf lines of the continents for untold thousands of years, to see the running of the old eels and the young shad to the sea, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be.” Image: A view of the ocean. Green landmasses can be seen above the surface. Beneath the waves swim fish of various shapes and sizes, a few squid, and a sea turtle.
January 16, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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biginsanehappy.bsky.social
A doodle I did in 2018.
January 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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sinagrace.bsky.social
#iceoutlosangeles #iceoutLA #iceoutmpls #Iceoutcomics
January 16, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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bluedelliquanti.bsky.social
Five minutes, twenty degrees, a dozen people. #IceOutComics #IceOutMpls
January 16, 1 pm, Richfield (just south of the Minneapolis border) fweet fweet honk honk HOOOOONK "Oh, jeez." A van with tinted windows pulls into the parking lot of the strip mall, with a few cars on its tail. This intersection's full of potential targets, even with all the locked foors and closures. Cafe, restaurant (closed), grocery store, school (went virtual this week). This isn't a crisis that ends at 60th Street. But the observers show up here, too. To my knowledge, the van drives off after five minutes without taking anyone.
January 17, 2026 at 5:02 AM
valigarmander.bsky.social
New Comics Chronicle short: "Rachel Carson - The Sea and 'Silent Spring'"
#comicschronicle #comics #history #science

comicschronicle.com/comics/17/
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Title: Rachel Carson - The Sea and Silent Spring Text: Rachel Louise Carson was born in 1907 on a family farm near the factory town of Springdale, Pennsylvania. From her earliest years she was a lover of nature, and an avid writer — at age ten, she had her first story published in the children's magazine St. Nicholas. Image: A young Rachel Carson sitting on a grassy hill at the foot of a tree, writing in a notebook. In the distance, a town with a smoke-billowing factory can be seen. Text: A star student, Carson studied English in college before changing her major to biology, and earned a master's degree in zoology. She intended to pursue a Ph.D., but dropped out of school amid the Great Depression to help support her family. Image: Rachel Carson as a young woman, wearing a graduation cap and gown and holding a diploma while smiling. Text: Fascinated by the sea, Carson secured a position at the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. Between research and administrative duties she wrote articles on marine life. Soon she was writing books, and her bestselling nonfiction “sea trilogy” — Under the Sea Wind (1941), The Sea Around Us (1951), and The Edge of the Sea (1955) — won her popular acclaim and the financial security to quit her job and focus on writing. Image: Rachel Carson sitting at her desk, typing away on a typewriter. Books and maps surround her. Text: Her writing style was vivid and poetic, intending to foster a “sense of wonder” in the natural world. Quotation: “To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and the flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down the surf lines of the continents for untold thousands of years, to see the running of the old eels and the young shad to the sea, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be.” Image: A view of the ocean. Green landmasses can be seen above the surface. Beneath the waves swim fish of various shapes and sizes, a few squid, and a sea turtle.
January 16, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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trungles.com
Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
Just before Christmas, I got a puppy. Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie. I'm still learning how to understand her. Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo? Do you need to do a widdle piddle? Minnie: Arf! *I just call her "little baby" most of the time. I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now. Nobody tells you about that. I got so lucky with my first puppy. Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now. Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport. I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers. I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless. The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective. I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition. ICE will pick up anybody. I know that. So I tucked my passport away. And I largely avoid leaving my house. I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too. And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized. We'll do our best to get through this. Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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biginsanehappy.bsky.social
Haunted Safari #comics
January 15, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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valigarmander.bsky.social
Because I'm Depressed #612: "On Photos"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/612/
A four-panel comic. Panel one: A closeup of a smartphone, being held in Indrani’s hand. She points at a photo displayed on her phone’s screen, which shows her in casual clothing, kneeling on the ground and smiling with her arms around a medium-sized dog. Indrani says, “This is me and my dog. His name is -Bruno-, and he’s -such- a good boy!” Panel two: The phone is now displaying a photo of a refrigerator door, which is decorated with various magnets and photographs. In the center is a child’s drawing of the cartoon character Bluey. Indrani says, “And this is a drawing my granddaughter made for me. She’s only three years old! -So- talented!” Panel three: The phone is now displaying a photo of a spacious backyard, with trees and shrubs in the distance and a bird bath in the foreground. Indrani excitedly points to a trio of deer grazing in the photo and says, “Oh, and look at this! There were -deer- in my backyard the other day! Isn’t that -wonderful?-“ Panel four: Diego is sitting in a hospital examination room, looking disinterested as Indrani leans in to show him her phone. Diego says, “I didn’t come all the way out here just to see your camera roll.” Indrani replies, “I figured it’d be less depressing than going over your test results.”
January 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
valigarmander.bsky.social
Because I'm Depressed #612: "On Photos"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/612/
A four-panel comic. Panel one: A closeup of a smartphone, being held in Indrani’s hand. She points at a photo displayed on her phone’s screen, which shows her in casual clothing, kneeling on the ground and smiling with her arms around a medium-sized dog. Indrani says, “This is me and my dog. His name is -Bruno-, and he’s -such- a good boy!” Panel two: The phone is now displaying a photo of a refrigerator door, which is decorated with various magnets and photographs. In the center is a child’s drawing of the cartoon character Bluey. Indrani says, “And this is a drawing my granddaughter made for me. She’s only three years old! -So- talented!” Panel three: The phone is now displaying a photo of a spacious backyard, with trees and shrubs in the distance and a bird bath in the foreground. Indrani excitedly points to a trio of deer grazing in the photo and says, “Oh, and look at this! There were -deer- in my backyard the other day! Isn’t that -wonderful?-“ Panel four: Diego is sitting in a hospital examination room, looking disinterested as Indrani leans in to show him her phone. Diego says, “I didn’t come all the way out here just to see your camera roll.” Indrani replies, “I figured it’d be less depressing than going over your test results.”
January 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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barrydeutsch.bsky.social
We'd All Miss Private Health Insurance

By me and R. E. Ryan.

Read more cartoons! --> #PoliCartoon
Support our cartoons! --> patreon.com/barry
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels, all showing a protest in front of a state government capital building, with marchers holding placards. We're focused on two people talking, on a thin blonde man in a suit, the other a fatter guy in a pink shirt, carrying a sign that says "MEDICARE FOR ALL." PANEL 1 Suit, with an annoyed expression, is talking at Pinkshirt. SUIT: Medicare For All? Ridiculous! Did you know that most Medicare For All proposals ban private health insurance? PANEL 2 Pinkshirt slaps a palm over his face and looks horrified. Suit is startled. PINKSHIRT: No private insurance? Oh no! The horror! How could I stand not paying more than my rent for insurance that doesn't even kick in until I've spent $5000? PANEL 3 A close up of Pinkshirt, wide-eyed and sweating. PINKSHIRT: How terrible if I could pick any doctor! Imagine the trauma of not losing health insurance if I lose my job! Sob! PANEL 4 Pinkshirt had fallen dramatically to his knees. Suit scowls at Pinkshirt. SUIT: I can tell you're being sarcastic, you know. PINKSHIRT: The poor insurance company executives! Why didn't I think of the harm to them! CHICKEN FAT WATCH "Chicken fat" is obsolete cartoonist lingo for fun but irrelevant details in the art. In panel 1, an inflatable frog costume has a frown on its face. In panel 2, the frog has started to blow up a balloon with zebra stripes. In panel 4, the inflatable zebra has joined the inflatable frog, and both are smiling. The tattoo on Pinkshirt's arm at first shows an egg in the nest. Then, in the next panel, cracks have appeared in the egg. In the final panel, an adorable chick has hatched. Protest signs: "generic background PROTEST sign, which isn't important and you didn't need to read this, but now you have." "Down with this sort of thing." "Proofreaders need health insurence," with the "e" in the last word crossed out and replaced with an "a." "No!" "Bad Doggie" "Careful Now" "I Can't Afford My Spleen"
January 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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stephencollins.bsky.social
The Highway Code rule 112b: LED headlights
[Cartoon strip pastiche of the Highway Code, with illustrations describing the text] [Title panel]: The Highway Code Rule number 112b: LED headlights In recent years, many new cars have been fitted with extra-bright LED headlights. LED headlights increase safety by illuminating every detail of the road ahead Including the face of the person driving a metal box towards you at a combined speed of 80mph Whom you have just blinded with your LED headlights. LED headlights must be fitted at eye-level on a great big murderous wall of car. [Show a car crumpling into the front of a high-fronted SUV, bathed in light from the blinding headlamps] They must be permanently on full beam, because you are insane. And they should be bright enough to make other drivers think they are ascending into a blinding vortex of alien light Like them old people in the classic Ron Howard film, Cocoon (1985). [Show illustration of the final scene where the older people on the boat are being yoinked up into the blindingly-illuminated cloaca of the big spaceship] So remember: you must use LED headlights To prevent everyone from not crashing into you. [Image shows this happening] [Ends]
January 12, 2026 at 11:52 AM