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Ted (& technically Ro)
@brandtandstein.com
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We write & draw comics! DC, Marvel, most others. Currently:
#WorstManOGN

(skeets probably by Ted)

Web: https://bio.site/brandtandstein

Agent: @stephaniewinter.bsky.social
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Screenshot of a post that says “go to your ass > options > security settings > toggle "kicked" to on”
January 14, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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Hey, it’s #PortfolioDay! I’m Ted, of Ted & Ro, and together we make comics!

Currently working on the #WorstManOGN, a smart, fast, gay crime romcom set at a wedding, lettered by @gofrankgo.bsky.social, edited by @phoebehedges.bsky.social and published by @comicstitan.bsky.social!
A comic cover. A cheeky, skinny man with red hair and a red suit is toasting the camera as he's sat flamboyantly in the lap of a burly guy with curly black hair, who's glaring at the first guy. They're sat in a giant wedding cake, collapsing it. The redhead is using his foot to hold up the cake topper, a stylised image of the bride and groom. Sticking into the cake is a giant wedding invite with the title, "Worst Man". In the foreground, falling like confetti, are dove feathers. A five panel comics page, with four of the panels arranged vertically along the left hand side, over a splash panel. No lettering, as it's just a preview. Panel 1: a profile shot of a handsome guy's face. His head is angled down but he's looking up, grinning a little. His red hair is flopping over, he has a black eye, and a trickle of blood is running down from his nose. Panel 2: a shot from behind, showing off the guy's hands in handcuffs as he's sat in a steel folding chair. Panel three: the guy's got a teasing expression on as his interrogator, a large burly guy, walks behind him. We can't see the interrogator's face. Panel four: the guy's rolling his eyes. Splash panel: over the shoulder of the burly interrogator, looking down at the handsome guy. He's looking up at the interrogator, confidently smiling as he talks. A comics panel. A skinny red-headed guy with a nose bleed, wearing a hotel uniform, is looking at the camera and shrugging a bit Two panels of a comic. Both are set in a large, spacious hotel lobby, behind the reception desk and looking out towards the grand front door. Panel 1: a burly guy wearing a vest, pyjama bottoms and a belt with a gun and phone on it is gesturing a little awkwardly, looking embarrassed. A skinny guy wearing hotel uniform is looking a little embarrassed and shy. Panel 2: the skinny guy is now looking overwhelmed and supremely embarrassed. The burly guy is stiffly walking in a huge panic off the side of the panel.
January 13, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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Human artists, use only once piece to convince people to follow you!

So glad we can finally use the Worst Man cover for one of these!
A comic cover. A cheeky, skinny man with red hair and a red suit is toasting the camera as he’s sat flamboyantly in the lap of a burly guy with curly black hair, who’s glaring at the first guy. They’re sat in a giant wedding cake, collapsing it. The redhead is using his foot to hold up the cake topper, a stylised image of the bride and groom. Sticking into the cake is a giant wedding invite with the title, “Worst Man”. In the foreground, falling like confetti, are dove feathers.
January 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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Good lord the moon is bright this morning
A photo of the sky, really rather lit up by the bright moon. Thanks to camera’s night mode it looks sort of like if the sun was in a dark sky
January 3, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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It’s sort of dull, but this is what 188 pages of #WorstManOGN look like
A photograph of 4 11x17 inch art folders stacked on top of each other on a desk, all filled. Behind them, out of focus, is a bookshelf filled with graphic novels Same subject matter as the last one, but a slightly different angle to show the height and width of the folders as well as the depth
January 2, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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Favourite panel of #WorstManOGN that I inked yesterday still looks pretty tasty tbh
A photo of a comics panel, about the height of my thumb. In it a burly man wearing a shirt and smart pants is walking away from the camera through an arched doorway, into a bar area.
January 1, 2026 at 4:41 AM
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“I’m sick of being the tallest man in town, all you people ever ask is ‘how’s the weather up there’”
Norman Rockwell’s Freedom of Speech painting, showing a man standing to speak as everyone seated around him looks at him
December 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Going through old work is always fun. Found a scan of this commission of #CriticalRole’s Mollymauk!
A scan of an ink and screen tone picture of Mollymauk, the tiefling bloodhunter from Critical Role campaign 2. His back is to the camera, looking over his shoulder at us. He’s wearing his fabulous, be-symbolic coat, and wielding both of his scimitars. Over the figure is a scroll , bearing the text “be the chaos you want to see in the world”
December 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Going into 2026 like
A page of comic. Connor Hawke, son of Green Arrow, is bursting desperately through a door while being pursued by a bunch of anthropomorphic fish zombies. Connor is labelled “me” and the fish zombies are labelled “deadlines”
December 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Opened this excellent cheese yesterday, and it was only after posting a photo to the group chat I realised that maybe North Americans might find the name amusing
A photo of a truckle of Wookey Hole cave aged cheddar, wrapped in cloth. It’s basically a cylinder of cheese, around a hand width tall. Not much to look at, thanks to the cloth, but trust me when I say it’s good stuff
December 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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You know what, same, Merritt. Same. #WorstManOGN
A photo of an inked comics panel. A white woman with angular features, wearing a suit and an ascot, is biting her lip and pulling an annoyed face
December 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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PIZ TIME
A photo of a round, homemade pizza that’s been cooked to perfection. Perfect, golden cheese on top. It’s kind of mean to show it because I’d want to eat it just from the picture
December 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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No no, it’s all here in your new town charter
A photo of hands holding a note that says “I can do what I want. Adam”
December 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Reference pictures: so useful, yet so unflattering
A photo of Ted dressed in casual clothes, kneeling on the kitchen table, hunched over and posing like some sort of creepy puppeteer. In the foreground, two Stickybones mannequins are fighting.
December 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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God Stickybones are the best reference mannequins we’ve ever owned. What a joy they are
A photo of three Stickybones mannequins. They’re fairly detailed in articulation, and about 10 inches tall. The middle one has its magnetic feet firmly planted on a metal circle, its arms outstretched, “holding up” the other two, who are being held aloft by extremely poseable arms that plug into the back of the pelvis. The two being held up are reaching for each other.
December 13, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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I was just going through my old photos and for some reason found a Kentaur
It’s Ken from the Barbie movie but his lower half is a horse body
December 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Quote with your starry art
A comics cover; in the centre is DC’s Stargirl, holding her cosmic staff above her head. It’s bursting light upwards, and energy is bursting around her. Behind all of that is a galaxy full of stars
December 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Look, everything about the WB sale is trash whether it’s Netflix or Paramount, but we all need a good laugh so thanks deadline for giving us Jane Fondant
A screenshot of the deadline article from the quoted post. It reads “Hollywood legends, like James Cameron and Jane Fondant have spoken out, describing the (Netflix) deal as a disaster for theatrical films.”
December 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Well I got an excellent laugh out of this
A screenshot of two tumblr posts. The first says “oh sick someone paved this whole road with good intentions. i wonder where it leads” The second is just a screenshot of a tumblr tag that says “#john gaius”
December 3, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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When doing Really Tiny figures, making the body language and expression clear is CRUCIAL. Otherwise what’s the point in having them there? #WorstManOGN
A photo of a WIP comics panel. The focus is a muscled woman in gym clothes looking shocked by something not in this crop, her body language rigid and her eyes huge. My thumb is there for scale, showing she isn’t even as big on the paper as two of its phalanges.
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Tfw you absolutely MUST exit the social situation before you do something terrible #WorstManOGN
A photo of an inked comic panel. A skinny guy wearing a hotel uniform is barrelling out of a hotel room, using the door frame to pivot without losing speed. It’s almost balletic.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Favourite Tiny Face of the day #WorstManOGN
A cropped photo of an inked comic panel, with my thumb there for scale. The focus is a beefy guy angrily looking over his shoulder as he carries something hidden by the crop. His head is roughly the same size as my thumbnail
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Here’s your rebuttal
A crude stick figure drawing; it has a farting butt for a face, and is labelled Alex
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Superman may be my favourite superhero, but I’m hard pressed to think of a more relatable one than Spidey
A panel of Spider-Man talking to someone (probably MJ?) saying “I always read your texts. Just sometimes don’t know how to respond.”
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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There can be only one
A picture of Signal Lancer, the most narc Transformer possible. How, in a world of vehicles, is your alt mode a traffic light???
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM