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inasketch.bsky.social
ina lina
@inasketch.bsky.social
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Artist.
Art Educator
Urban Sketcher
Cartoonist

Inaugural recipient of the Paul Klee Humanitarian Award

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inasketch.bsky.social
The female gaze
Four stills of Willem Dafoe from "Fishing with John." (also visible, since it's his show, John Lurie)
July 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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I'm happy that Pee-Wee's bike will have a home at the Alamo. I'm less happy about the earworm. No, not what you'd expect ("The stars at night..."). Instead I have "Deep within my heart lies a melody...") 🎶
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure bike in front of the Alamo. (article linked in comments)
July 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
inasketch.bsky.social
curious siblings for #caturday
#cats #siblings
📷 by my daughter
two cats, siblings tortie Oriole and black cat Junco, perched on their hind legs on a table as they both look out the window into the night.
July 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
inasketch.bsky.social
Something else unearthed as I declutter.
A decisive moment, perhaps.
#Democrats #History
A photo of the aged cover of a copy of "The 1980 Democratic National Platform."
July 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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I'm still going through old stuff. Here's a Jules Feiffer #Superman comic from one of my dad's old playboys, July 1959. And here I thought the "sensitive man" stuff didn't appear until the late60s/early70s.
#comics
A 9-panel panel-less comic from playboy by Jules Feiffer in his inimitable style. It's Superman monologuing about how he rescued a woman and she critiqued his issues and helped him transform. The first eight panels he's in his Superman costume. The final panel he's in a suit and has a briefcase and says, "Now I have a regular office job in the city and a house in the suburbs. We're both VERY happy."
July 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
inasketch.bsky.social
Decluttering, I came upon this New Yorker Talk of the Town piece on Cuomo from 7 November 2022. The dude is ick.

Go away, sex pest.
A photo of the first half of a Talk of the Town piece from the New Yorker from 7 November 2022 of Cuomo where he's (I'm paraphrasing), "dipping his toe back in to public life" after having resigned in disgrace 434 days previously by starting a podcast. His first guest is Scaramucci. The second half of the Talk of the Town profile of Cuomo from 7 November 2022.
July 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Years later, after moving with them several times, I repurposed part of one as a window display.
A photo of part of an unfinished bookcase whose back has been removed. The case hangs in front of a window, and there are blue and green glass jars and candlesticks on the shelves, catching the light.
July 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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our cat family
#caturday
A photo of three cats laying on off-white striped pillows on a wooden bench (ottoman?). Tabby cat Paisley, the mama, has a leg around & is grooming black cat Junco, her son; tortie cat Oriole, her daughter, is sprawled out with her rump against her brother's.
July 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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I made my own:
A spoof NYT headline meme that I made. Under the New York Times masthead, it reads, "Zohran Mamdani Asked To Borrow Obama's Tan Suit."
July 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Okay, I made my own, and their auto-generated ones are fun, too!
A spoof NYT headline meme that I made. Under the New York Times masthead, it reads, "Zohran Mamdani Asked To Borrow Obama's Tan Suit."
July 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Yet another day I'm grateful that my daughter is a baker extraordinaire.
#Foodsky
A closeup of a slice of berry upside-down cake, a dollop of freshly whipped cream, and a forkful, all on a yellow plate.
July 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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I worked at Kitchen Sink Press at the end of the previous century. When it was my turn to deal w/ the "slush pile," I came across this comic by Todd Ramsell. I don't remember if I sent him a rejection letter, but I had the comic pinned to my wall for years. I found it going through old papers today.
A 16-panel black & white comic from 1994 by Todd Ramsell @toddramsell.bsky.social‬ (He has an account, but it's not active. I think this is the first time I ever tried to look him up on the internet :D) I apologize, there is too much text for me to transcribe here. The first panel has the title "FANTASY MASTERS!" and a description: "Module 25A: Barhopping. Mortal men who are masters of role-playing, these wizards of make-believe venture into new territory at every turn--they are the avant-garde of role-players!" And that gives you the general gist/twist: these dice-throwing fellas apply their "skills" to meeting women, with ensuing hilarity. The final panel has them going to an actual bar, in costume, for "research." We see two women at a bar. One says, "Those weird druid guys keep looking over here." The other one says, "I think they're supposed to be jawas." In the background, we see our heroes at a table, dressed as druids/jawas. One says, "Shit, they're looking at us!" The next says, "What do we do?" The third says, "I think we should run."
July 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Summer pleasure.
A closeup, shot from above, of a bowl of strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries, topped with freshly-whipped cream.
July 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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When times are hard, I abandon making art, which makes no sense, because that's when I need art the most. I'm trying to ease back into it by drawing a cartoon self portrait first thing in the morning. No pencilling first, just playing with fountain pens and inks.

#Comics #FountainPens #Sketchbook
A cartoon self portrait drawn with fountain pens in many ink colors. A woman stands in front of a window holding a vase of flowers. There are stylized flowers in front of her. Seen out the window are two tall trees and rose-colored grass.
July 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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This is the one my daughter likes best.
A red can of soda, with lettering in white & yellow in various fonts: De La Calle Tepache Modern Mexican Soda Mango Chili
July 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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A little backyard excitement today. A pin-tailed whydah came to our bird station!

We've seen them on the wires and in the trees, and females have come to the station to eat, but this is the first male who came into the yard.
#Birds #BackyardBirding

📷 from the internet
A photo of a pin-tailed whydah perched on a wire, with a blurry greenish yellow background. A white bird with black on its head and wings, a lipstick-red beak (though it looks orangish in this photo), and a ridiculously long black tail.
July 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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We cannot let this man become mayor.
Yet another Zohran Mamdani meme. I can't help it, I'm addicted because everyone is being so awful attacking him; this is my stress relief. This one is a purported tweet he made before Twitter was invented, and before he was born. It reads, "LMAO Rocky won Best Picture eat shit America," and the timestamp reads, "11:59pm Mar 28, 1977."
June 29, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Dessert two ways. 😇
#Dessert #Summer #FreshFruit #Candy
A closeup of a bowl of fruit, including mango, pineapple, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries. A closeup of a bowl of candy, including two chocolate balls, a "hazelnut crisp" bar, and various gummi candies.
June 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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is this really the world you want your children to live in, and your children’s children?
Zohran Mamdani meme that says: "Zohran Mamdani's Socialist Promises Oatmilk the same price as cowmilk in lattes"
June 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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I've been enjoying a few of these with breakfast this week...
A photo of a jar of Pacific Pickle Works "Jalabeaños."
June 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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My daughter's first deviled eggs.
#Foodsky
The plate my daughter made for supper: deviled eggs, crackers with herbed goat cheese, edamame, and multi-colored carrot sticks. Yum.
June 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Meanwhile...
It's #Caturday and we're at war.
#BlackCat #Tortitude #CatsOfBlueSky
#IRanFromIranWhenTheShootingBegan
A very relaxed tortie sleeping on her back on a green blanket. A black cat standing on a high window sill, tail-side toward us. He's looking back over his shoulder at us.
June 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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A photo of a young woman in a light green patterned jacket, a mauve sweater with a black and red flannel shirt underneath, blue jeans rolled at the cuffs (hey, it was the 80s!), white sox, black lace-up shoes, and an orange and beige crocheted hat, leans against a mirror-covered post, reading a small book. Behind her on the wall are flower patterns, paint patterns, and more.
June 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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A comic about the time my dad took me to Paris.
Thinking about him today for Father's Day, and tomorrow would've been his 90th birthday.
[the referenced photo, and the link to the comic on IG, if you want to read it panel by panel, are below]
#FathersDay #Paris #Comics #DiaryComics
A monochromatic four-panel comic by me. Panel 1) Over the shoulder shot of me, taking a photo of my dad, who stands in a Napoleon pose on a tree stump. His very tall friend stands next to him. Trees and the base of the Eiffel Tower are visible in the background. The caption reads, "My next, and only other, time in Paris was with my dad and his bestie." Panel 2) The panel is divided into four smaller panels that show us dining & touristing. The caption reads, "Unlike my student budget last time, with dad we really lived it up." Panel 3) Over the shoulder of my dad and I walking on a curvy street in Montmartre. I say, "Ooh, look at the cool patterns. Go stand over there and I'll take your picture." My dad replies, "*You* go stand over there and I'll take *your* picture." Panel 4) My hand holding the photograph that dad took of me. The caption reads, "Thanks, dad."
June 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Our brave Oriole, the first to investigate...
#HappyCaturday #Caturday #NewToy
#CatsOfBlueSky #Tortitude
A close-up view from one end of a transparent aqua tunnel toy, as a beautiful tortie cat enters the other end, and approaches a feathery pink and white object. The sunlight shining through the tunnel creates a watery vibe.
June 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM