Michael Dobkins
@michaeldobkins.bsky.social
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This is who plays Webster, I've decided
December 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
This is who plays Webster, I've decided
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6/? From two years ago - relatively simple but all functional paper engineering - I decided these things needed to be foldable this year... A few different things going on here, but all worked smashingly, and it was pretty fun!
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
6/? From two years ago - relatively simple but all functional paper engineering - I decided these things needed to be foldable this year... A few different things going on here, but all worked smashingly, and it was pretty fun!
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5/? I make similar for my big kid too - this one was the most difficult bit of paper engineering. It works, can be folded - took some figuring out... The birth of Athena from the brow of Zeus (with a bit of Kirby Krackle hidden in there)!
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
5/? I make similar for my big kid too - this one was the most difficult bit of paper engineering. It works, can be folded - took some figuring out... The birth of Athena from the brow of Zeus (with a bit of Kirby Krackle hidden in there)!
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4/? This was the very first one - the simplest but most functional. When you name your boy Odysseus - wooden horses are in your future…
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
4/? This was the very first one - the simplest but most functional. When you name your boy Odysseus - wooden horses are in your future…
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3/? Ok, trying again to post a video - what was probably the pinnacle of my card making - the 3D effect of the buildings worked way better than I expected and it was a big hit! From his 3rd birthday. Nearly impossible to photograph adequately, but video does ok...
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
3/? Ok, trying again to post a video - what was probably the pinnacle of my card making - the 3D effect of the buildings worked way better than I expected and it was a big hit! From his 3rd birthday. Nearly impossible to photograph adequately, but video does ok...
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2/? When he turned 2, yellow submarine - not really functional lore of a diorama, but a lot going on in it!
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
2/? When he turned 2, yellow submarine - not really functional lore of a diorama, but a lot going on in it!
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Ok, it's that time of year again - gearing up to make an overly complicated popup card for my boy's birthday! Sharing a few from over the years that I'm particularly pleased with... (none of these photograph very well, videos of them give a better sense) 1/?
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Ok, it's that time of year again - gearing up to make an overly complicated popup card for my boy's birthday! Sharing a few from over the years that I'm particularly pleased with... (none of these photograph very well, videos of them give a better sense) 1/?
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Completed popup card for my boy turning from 6 to 7! My ongoing birthday tradition of overly complicated cards continues! I abandoned trying to make this a functioning popup early on, and just went for the drawings - it’s more a paper diorama - but he was pleased, and so am I! Onward!
November 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Completed popup card for my boy turning from 6 to 7! My ongoing birthday tradition of overly complicated cards continues! I abandoned trying to make this a functioning popup early on, and just went for the drawings - it’s more a paper diorama - but he was pleased, and so am I! Onward!
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Heather Jansch, British sculptor who was known for creating life-sized sculptures of horses from driftwood #womensart
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Heather Jansch, British sculptor who was known for creating life-sized sculptures of horses from driftwood #womensart
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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Sabrina Carpenter arrests Miss Piggy at the final show of her Short n’ Sweet tour in Los Angeles.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Sabrina Carpenter arrests Miss Piggy at the final show of her Short n’ Sweet tour in Los Angeles.
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there’s probably something better than river the intern cat walking into the office with a tiny foam soccer ball in her mouth, looking at me, seeing i’m busy, turning to leave, then when i say, “i have time to throw that for you,” she drops it & lets her mouth hang & then runs to fetch, but idk what
[sitting alone at the work desk in the windowless room eating loose impossible burger grounds and sour patch kids and slamming diet coke as i work through another powerpoint]
i used to make art but now i have a job so i can get health insurance!
i used to make art but now i have a job so i can get health insurance!
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
there’s probably something better than river the intern cat walking into the office with a tiny foam soccer ball in her mouth, looking at me, seeing i’m busy, turning to leave, then when i say, “i have time to throw that for you,” she drops it & lets her mouth hang & then runs to fetch, but idk what
Kudos and chef’s kisses to collencoover.bsky.social, paultobin.bsky.social, and ghostgreen.bsky.social for 60 exquisite episodes of Heart Acres. Looking forward to next season.
Paul Tobin (@paultobin.bsky.social)
Multiple Eisner winning writer of Bandette, Bunny Mask, Plants vs. Zombies, the Versus book series, String, Heart Acres, the Mammoth, and more. You can find me at PaulTobin.net
paultobin.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Kudos and chef’s kisses to collencoover.bsky.social, paultobin.bsky.social, and ghostgreen.bsky.social for 60 exquisite episodes of Heart Acres. Looking forward to next season.
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Mamdani is going to institute Maria law. Contractors doing business with the city must post publicly a notarized list of their favorite things
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Mamdani is going to institute Maria law. Contractors doing business with the city must post publicly a notarized list of their favorite things
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Relating to Spider-Man at 19: I too am underemployed, unsure how to pursue girls, and trying to find my place in the adult world.
Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.
Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Relating to Spider-Man at 19: I too am underemployed, unsure how to pursue girls, and trying to find my place in the adult world.
Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.
Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.
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Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover
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My new book NAP COMIX is available to pre-order on Kickstarter!
It includes the first year's worth of comics from the webcomic, as well as LOADS of exclusive content.
Please take a look here: tinyurl.com/napcomixks
It's the perfect book for any new parent/experienced parent/parent-to-be! 💗
It includes the first year's worth of comics from the webcomic, as well as LOADS of exclusive content.
Please take a look here: tinyurl.com/napcomixks
It's the perfect book for any new parent/experienced parent/parent-to-be! 💗
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
My new book NAP COMIX is available to pre-order on Kickstarter!
It includes the first year's worth of comics from the webcomic, as well as LOADS of exclusive content.
Please take a look here: tinyurl.com/napcomixks
It's the perfect book for any new parent/experienced parent/parent-to-be! 💗
It includes the first year's worth of comics from the webcomic, as well as LOADS of exclusive content.
Please take a look here: tinyurl.com/napcomixks
It's the perfect book for any new parent/experienced parent/parent-to-be! 💗
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mugger: *points gun* your money or your life
me: sure thing *hands him my id* you got 2 kids and didn’t actually understand the matrix
mugger: no i mean-
me: *already running away* you’re late for steph’s recital
me: sure thing *hands him my id* you got 2 kids and didn’t actually understand the matrix
mugger: no i mean-
me: *already running away* you’re late for steph’s recital
November 4, 2024 at 6:39 PM
mugger: *points gun* your money or your life
me: sure thing *hands him my id* you got 2 kids and didn’t actually understand the matrix
mugger: no i mean-
me: *already running away* you’re late for steph’s recital
me: sure thing *hands him my id* you got 2 kids and didn’t actually understand the matrix
mugger: no i mean-
me: *already running away* you’re late for steph’s recital
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"Pssst."
"Shhh!"
"Whatcha doing?"
"Waiting."
"For what?"
"A cheetah."
"I hear those are beautiful."
"They sure are, fast too, now hush."
"Can I wait with you?"
"Only if you're quiet."
"Shhh!"
"Whatcha doing?"
"Waiting."
"For what?"
"A cheetah."
"I hear those are beautiful."
"They sure are, fast too, now hush."
"Can I wait with you?"
"Only if you're quiet."
October 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"Pssst."
"Shhh!"
"Whatcha doing?"
"Waiting."
"For what?"
"A cheetah."
"I hear those are beautiful."
"They sure are, fast too, now hush."
"Can I wait with you?"
"Only if you're quiet."
"Shhh!"
"Whatcha doing?"
"Waiting."
"For what?"
"A cheetah."
"I hear those are beautiful."
"They sure are, fast too, now hush."
"Can I wait with you?"
"Only if you're quiet."
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Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
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once more my favorite incidental thing when digitizing tapes: when walking cycles line up with keyframes
September 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
once more my favorite incidental thing when digitizing tapes: when walking cycles line up with keyframes
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
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Never change, England
July 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Never change, England