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Richie Pope

@richiepope.bsky.social

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cartoonist + illustrator + storyboard artist + character designer. sometimes i post https://linktr.ee/richiepope

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Richie Pope @richiepope.bsky.social · 23d

I'm big tabling again (for a little bit). Come get some nice printed material, all made by me.

• 10/24-10/26 @lightboxexpo.com with @nicole-ham.bsky.social

• 12/13-12/24 @comicartsla.bsky.social

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Ben Passmore @benpassmore.bsky.social · 1d

today is the day my book Black Arms To Hold You Up officially comes out. about 5-7 years of hard ass work finally in the world. i’m mfing terrified 😂

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 1d

Every zine fest is a miracle and a labour of love, but here are some things that I have experienced that make for a zine fair that is especially nice to table at:
sheerspite.ca/five-things-...

Five things zine fairs do that I love - sheer spite press

Hello! I’ve been thinking about zine fairs (and book fairs, small press fairs, and other places where people stand behind a table and sell you little booklets). I’ve tabled...

sheerspite.ca

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 2d

one thing thats crazy is that all art movements are just systems of hundreds of individual little unique goblins, none of whom did the exact movement; particles of the movement wave

🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 2d

it sucks that its useful to know the name of every art movement

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Julia Gfrörer @thorazos.bsky.social · 4d

There should be way more comics about adults doing adult things. Most people are adults.

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 4d

The west coast democrats are democrats who hate poor people. They're incredibly anti-homeless & Gavin exploits their sentiments with policy.

ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 4d

everyone in california and oregon and washington are democrats, and between a third and a half of the democrats are people like this

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Richie Pope @richiepope.bsky.social · 4d

put her jersey in the rafters

IGN @ign.com · 9d

Skyrim Grandma Shirley Curry is retiring from uploading The Elder Scrolls videos ahead of her upcoming 90th birthday, saying, "I'm not having any fun with it anymore." bit.ly/4gM5aM1

89-Year-Old Skyrim Grandma Shirley Curry Announces The Elder Scrolls Retirement

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 5d

a lot of digital comics look terrible. i want more artists to ground their craft in the tangibility of material. i keep thinking about the random old man i met on the street once who told me digital art isn't real art. i think he might have been right.

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

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arpad okay @arpadokay.bsky.social · 5d

white readers aren't interested in marginalized stories unless there's something they can extract and use to pathologize the behavior of that marginalized group

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

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Richie Pope @richiepope.bsky.social · 5d

this is the one

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 5d

- We need cheaper printed black and white comics for the love of god
- Comics for adults could do crazy numbers if they actually had support, pubs are leaving money on the table
- Prose authors shouldn't be hired to write comics based on prose chops alone
- Cartoonists should be paid 700x more

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

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Richie Pope @richiepope.bsky.social · 7d

at the same time, I have lived through many uprisings, protests, and seen how democrats in power deploy the national guard and the first black president traffic in anti-black stereotypes.
anti-blackness is part of America's identity so of course it's bipartisan

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Richie Pope @richiepope.bsky.social · 7d

an effort to treat the major cities as places that need to be occupied with our bored war machine. a place already colonized, colonized as performance. you call a city bad, occupy it, then say it's safe. what reactiontary, small business owner or VC, would move there? it's why I think it will fail

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Richie Pope @richiepope.bsky.social · 7d

the gov't saying "democrat-run" but these are purposely majority black cities being singled out. a reactionary American's dream of a city = black = crime = city, etc. the loop feeds itself

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Richie Pope @richiepope.bsky.social · 7d

one of the best rap albums (and albums in general) of the year

open mike eagle @mike-eagle.bsky.social · 8d

now available: Neighborhood Gods Unlimited on limited edition cassette

openmikeeagle.bandcamp.com/album/neighb...

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Richie Pope @richiepope.bsky.social · 7d

read more independent and underground comics

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In heaven, everything is fine @ejschuster.bsky.social · 9d

Sometimes Bill Watterson's trees get stuck in my head like a catchy song

a panel of Calvin and Hobbes in the woods

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Richie Pope @richiepope.bsky.social · 9d

in general black women in this movie got to say whatever the hell they wanted, talking shit to comrades and fascists alike. I couldn't get enough

Richie Pope @richiepope.bsky.social · 9d

my favorite part of One Battle After Another was when the rapper/actor Junglepussy says "My name is Junglepussy."

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 10d

With Eric Adams dropping out of the mayoral race, let’s take a moment to remember one of his most unintentionally funny videos

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Richie Pope @richiepope.bsky.social · 10d

wrapped up

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Richie Pope @richiepope.bsky.social · 11d

loved the demo and is already one of my favorite games of the year. a mix of the calendar events from Persona, Warioware, and a slice of life indie comic you pick up at a zine fest. endlessly charming and funny

popagenda @popagenda.co · 28d

play as a stressed teenager in Consume Me, a semi-autobiographical RPG out Sept 25 on Steam!
@qdork.bsky.social

🍕 slice-of-life drama!
🧩 mini-game activities!
🐶 there's a dog!
🥣 you'll laugh AND cry!

now's the time to request a code to stream or review at launch!

📝 forms.gle/npXsYjN9LvSP...

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Richie Pope @richiepope.bsky.social · 12d

the Sinclair walkback is an example of modern right-wing behavior. how they are so starved for cultural power, they seize it, get too horny, flaunt their degeneracy and then try to hide again when it turns most people off. they collect power but they can never command respect. and they hate losing $

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12d

Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age."

She was 78.

Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died

Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

www.whatimreading.net

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🜲 James @jamesskeets.blacksky.app · 12d

Through her creative platform, Saint Heron, Solange has launched The Saint Heron Library, a digital archive dedicated to making rare and out-of-print works by Black authors, poets, and artists accessible to all.

🔗 library.saintheron.com

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Richie Pope @richiepope.bsky.social · 13d

the wave

Cuber 2.0 @powercosmic.bsky.social · 14d

Not sure I’ve ever seen a comic artist use erased pencils like this.

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