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Phil McAndrew

@philmcandrew.bsky.social

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Illustrator, cartoonist, writer. Making books, comics, zines, & more. Wrote and/or drew for MAD Magazine, The New Yorker, Penguin Random House, Cartoon Network, Ahoy Comics, punk bands, etc Buffalo, NY [email protected] linktr.ee/philmcandrew

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · Oct 10

HELLO, I'm an illustrator, cartoonist, and writer. You can find links to my portfolio, my books, merch, events, and more right here: linktr.ee/philmcandrew

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 14h

I don't understand why anyone would ever use amazon when @bookshop.org exists (there's free shipping today)

Phil McAndrew's books

Checkout out this list on Bookshop

bookshop.org

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Tyler McAndrew @tyler-m.bsky.social · 1d

great opportunity to support your local bookstore.

Robert Yune @robertyune.bsky.social · 1d

Bookshop.org is having its anti-prime sale from today until tomorrow. Here's a link for 20% off: refer.bookshop.org/robertstevens

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

Bookshop.org

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 1d

My partner has just informed me that I am "older than Homer Simpson"

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 1d

It was pretty common for popular webcomic sites to have space for banner ads like these back then as a way of generating a tiny bit of extra income (maybe they still do? I don't follow many "webcomics" these days). Here are a couple more fake ads I made...

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 1d

I was going through some ancient folders on my hard drive last night and came across something I'd completely forgotten about: fake banner ads that I made and stuck on my website like 15 - 20 years ago, just goofing on some popular tropes in the "webcomics" scene as it existed back then

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 2d

It's really, really good

Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 2d

As one of his constituents, the kindest thing I can say about Chuck Schumer is that I hope he falls down an endless flight of stairs

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Schumer: I want to say to Donald Trump, to Johnson, and to Thune: come to the Capitol, sit down in public, and debate us on the health care crisis that’s afflicting Americans.

The public needs to see this.

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 2d

Recently a friend asked where I'd go if I had to flee the US (I hope I never have to, this is my home, but the way things are going here...😕). I said "I live like 10 minutes from Canada (and know people there), so that'd probably be my first stop, but I think I'd try to make my way to Ireland..."

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 2d

the moon is so bright, it's making it hard to see all the UFOs

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 2d

This is coming up later this week! I guess I should figure out what I'm going to read 😳

Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 10d

I'll be reading on October 10 at my favorite comic shop @gutterpopcomics.bsky.social along with @michaeldeforge.bsky.social, Gia Ligammari and Max Weiss. Come hang out if you're in the Buffalo area!

Poster for a live comic reading at Gutter Pop Comics on October 10, poster by designed/illustrated by Michael DeForge

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 4d

trying to take a selfie with my cat but she is purring too hard to even show up on camera

Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 4d

preach!

Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 4d

My main takeaway from teaching gen z has been that the majority of them are way smarter than I was at their age.

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 4d

I will defend gen z with my life. They are no more or less lazy than any other generation. (I'm a 40 year old millenial who has taught many many gen z college students)

Fortune @fortune.com · 4d

“We millennials know that there’s no such thing as work-life balance. My career is my life, my life is my career. I would never be at peace if I wasn’t working so hard.” trib.al/suc3yU6

Astronaut says Gen Z often quits when things get uncomfortable—here’s the Jeff Bezos Blue Origin training that taught her to push through | Fortune

From space rockets to 13-hour workdays, this millennial astronaut reveals the mind trick that can make discomfort your secret weapon to success.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 4d

In all seriousness, the "LLMs are people and you're racist if you don't like them" shit is the natural endpoint of a consumerist society in which consuming and fandom are the only modes of identity-building many people understand. Finally, a product no one can tell you not to love.