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Joel Kreissman

@zarpaulus.bsky.social

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Author, comic writer and TTRPG developer. Mid-30s they/them. Creator of the Para-Imperium setting and the webcomic "Joanna: Ghost Hunter". See my works at https://zarpaulus.carrd.co/

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Joel Kreissman @zarpaulus.bsky.social · Oct 11

Hi, I'm Zarpaulus, writing as Joel Kreissman, I'm a writer juggling multiple projects. I have a webcomic titled Joanna: Ghost Hunter, a sci-fi worldbuilding project known as the Para-Imperium or Parahuman Space, and the occasional Korps story.

Cover of the webcomic Joanna: Ghost Hunter

Front cover of the anthology Tales of the Para-Imperium

Cover of the novella Horizon: Salvaged Heroes

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Erkhyan Rafosa @erkhyan.bsky.social · 20h

Always going to point out that, in Disney’s expanded universe, the New Republic has two major parties… and the one that likes authoritarianism, the one that does “the Empire had some good points” in public, the one that turns out to be chock full of First Order agents?

It’s called The Centrists.

lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 1d

you know what fair

Bootleggirl on twitter writes: "I still dislike the Star Wars sequels but I can't no longer fault them for running with the premise of "20 years after fascism, same fascism again, but stupider" bc I just lived through that.

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Nitrofox 🔜 Your parents' bedroom @nitrofox.bsky.social · 20h

Are we sure Coyotes aren't just runty wolves?

OnlyYotes @onlyyotes.bsky.social · 20h

#hourly #yote https://api.tinyfox.dev/hourly/yotes/16319272395_aa6dcfaec3_c.jpg

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Joel Kreissman @zarpaulus.bsky.social · 20h

Honestly, they could be

Joel Kreissman @zarpaulus.bsky.social · 21h

The tail at least

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AffirmationCoyote.bsky.social @affirmationcoyote.bsky.social · 1d

It is National Handbag Day.

Affirmation Coyotes reminds their handbag carrying friends that what is inside the bag is as important as the bag's style.

www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day...

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Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 1d

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue and Green are looking up at the same spot in the ceiling.
Green: Do we have a dead moth on the ceiling?
Blue: No. It's alive.

Green turns to look at Blue, whose eyes are still on the moth.
Green: It's what?
Blue: It sits in a different spot every morning.

Both of the foxes return to looking up at the moth.
Green: Should we do something about it?

Now Blue turns to look at Green, who keeps staring at the moth.
Blue: Make it pay rent?
Green: I think it flinched.

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Vera "🎂 Oct 30" Lycaon @veralycaon.bsky.social · 1d

nature documentaries when they're set in the australian outback:

Coyote ^.^ ΘΔ @coyoteden.bsky.social · 1d

Typical coyote conversation.

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Jyinxx @jyinxx.bsky.social · 23h

No more nightmares

Trade with Bri
#furry #furryart

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Fruittea @fruitteaferr.bsky.social · 22h

💀 🎃 Halloween is coming 🎃💀

It was between a Witch or a demon costume

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22h

He does it again 👏🏼

Gavin Newsom Hilariously Trolls Trump For Struggling To Stay Awake During Antifa Roundtable

www.comicsands.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22h

Riiiiight. And Donald Trump is 224 pounds.

Tweet from Right Angle News Network reads: “BREAKING - FBI Director Kash Patel has just revealed that nearly 5% of Chicago’s 2.5 million residents, approximately 110,000 people, are active gang members.” Below, Kash Patel appears on Fox News’s Hannity with an on-screen caption: “FBI Director Patel on his visit to Chicago.”

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Firefly City Stories @bsky.fireflycitystories.com · 21h

Nothing like a fall farm festival!

Please support Firefly City Stories on Patreon!
www.patreon.com/Fire...

#art #furryart #webcomics

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Spooky Scary SkeleFalco @falco.works · 25d

Chapter 4, Page 15

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Spooky Scary SkeleFalco @falco.works · 14d

Chapter 4, Page 16

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Jayrnski @jayrnski.bsky.social · 1d

Skye is so right..

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Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 1d

Something that is easily lost in the weeds is that the average person either has no or a positive opinion about trans people in general.

For the most part, people aren't thinking about what's in other people's clothes.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. Anti-trans outrage is losing its bite.

Last week, Elon Musk led a mass boycott campaign to get trans characters removed from shows on the platform.

Major conservatives joined in.

Now, we have the result: the boycott was a fizzle, and Netflix stock is up.

Subscribe to support my journalism.

Netflix Stock Up As Elon Musk's Anti-Trans Boycott Fails To Materialize

Last week, conservatives tried to cancel Netflix to force the carrier to remove transgender characters.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Bug Enthusiast 🐝❤️ @idolomantises.bsky.social · 1d

Puppet Show

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Tinselfire @tinselfire.bsky.social · 1d

GIMP 2, poster for University of Skövde game jam.

Was given free hands to develop a retro fantasy theme, and so decided to revisit the setting of my first "original" fantasy fiction from 1998, and the vibe of an artist without whom it wouldn't have been.

Dedicated to the memory of Keith Parkinson.

Digital painting of a snowy fantasy landscape, with icy mountains and snow-covered forests in the distance, and a Spring-like warm atmosphere on a hill in the foregound. Far in the distance seven glowing white towers reach far above the horizon, dwarfing the mountains beneath.

Five characters stand on the hill. A diminutive elfin woman riding a Samoyed; a dark-skinned human wielding a futuristic sword and a staff, with a golden grail hanging from his belt; a tall elf with a lute slung over her shoulder; an anthropomorphic exotic cat licking his paw; and a stone-skinned man in a red robe carrying an unrealistically massive sword. The elf and cat are sipping from orange jam jars, possibly filled from an unnaturally massive jam jar stood on a peak in their midst. The scene is reminiscent of 1990's fantasy paintings.

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Joel Kreissman @zarpaulus.bsky.social · 1d

I’m from Wisconsin so take your pick:
Waunakee,
Oconomowoc,
Oregon,
Wisconsin…

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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0laffson @0laffson.bsky.social · 2d

Drawtober 8-Witch

Scrawny marten is back!
As I've mentioned before, she knows a thing or two about magic, mainly healing but also protection spells and exorcisms (like here).

She's a "good walker" who can visit the spirit world while dreaming / in a trance, and talk or fight with the beings there.

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J riley @itonfae.bsky.social · 1d

Making small talk with the locals. Having a hard week but i look fine so it’s good everything is good #pain #comic #furry

Woman smoking a cigarette: YOU SEEM REALLY HAPPY
Furry wearing a coat grimacing:
I'M ACTUALLY IN PAIN ..
THIS IS MASKING.. SO HOW YOU DOING TODAY.?
YOU GOING CAMPING ?
Women responds :
I'M GOOD
YEAH GOING
CAMPING
Test under the picture.
PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE YOU WHEN YOU TELL THEM YOUR IN PAIN OR THEY DON'T CARE.

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Bishop Arrow - Comics & Art @bishoparrow.bsky.social · 1d

Shark has a plan.

Today's warm up before I got on to commissions.

#art #furry #inked #shark #traditional

Jann, an anthropomorphic shark woman, leaning over a design diagram with an exciting look on her face and her suit down around her waist and a bra on.

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Hourly Foxes @foxes.hourly.media · 1d

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 1d

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 2d

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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