Ben Becker

This page has a big button for you to email 20+ customer service departments at once with an (editable, if you like) prewritten letter. You can even do it from your phone! There's zero reason to not be participating in the pushback on this.

Anthropomorphic dip-pen and inkwell stand infront of a table stacked with books. Pen holds a sign with '18+' drawn on the center, with a heart around it. Inkwell is holding a paper colored rainbow with 'LGBTQA' upon it. Inkwell is holding a hand up in a 'stop' motion. Behind the table is the vague sense of a crowd also holding signs. Above image it reads: "CARTOONISTS Against Adult Content CENSORSHIP"

The Cartoonist Co-op stands against the censorship and pay discrimination of 18+, erotic, and NSFW artists.

Check the link below for our official statement, ways to take action, and resources.
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Art by @greedygulo.bsky.social

Fascists hate art because it allows people to experience the power of a fantasy: that things are not what they seem, that other people experience things the way you do, that a better world is possible. Imagination is a dangerous weapon when your main tactic is "because I said so"

So, I was laid off by my job this week after 13 years.

Not only that, but it happened as bills from my recent heart attack-related medical visits come due.

Because of that, I'm doing a big sale for SKTCHD/Off Panel related things, so now's a good time to subscribe if you can...because I need it!

Seconding as I do use them in CSP!

It's so crazy how the comics, animation, and video games industries are wildly popular billion dollar profit type shit and yet there is no money and no jobs for the people who make that possible

High debts, high rents and miscommunication: What happened to Silver Sprocket - The Comics Journal Silver Sprocket, the San Francisco-based publisher and retailer, currently finds itself hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt that is personally held by owner Avi Ehrlich, the Comics Journal has le...

Silver Sprocket, under owner Avi Ehrlich, made a name for itself as an artist-friendly comics publisher. Now it finds itself $300,000 in debt, embroiled in disputes, and teetering toward an uncertain future. What went wrong?

A new report at @comicsjournal.bsky.social.

www.tcj.com/high-debts-h...

Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?

i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!

Ben Becker

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benmaxbecker.com

Nib & Ink Fest 2025 Survey! Thank you so much for being a part of the Cartoonist Cooperative's very first Nib + Ink Fest! Whether you attended, participated in, or contributed to NIF, it couldn't have been a success without all ...

Did you attend NIF by purchasing a comic or going to a panel? If so, the NIF committee would love to hear from you! We have a feedback survey where you can anonymously tell us about your experience so we can make Nib & Ink Festival 2026 even better!! #NIF2025

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The Coop's Digital Comics Residency is now OPEN for applications for the first time! Check the link below for additional info and registration!

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Resharing this because e-sims are *still* needed in Gaza and the @cartoonist.coop continues its program of artists donating work to those who donate to help allow Gazans to communicate with each other & the wider world while fighting genocide

Learn more and donate thru the link in the OG post!

An iPad showing a zoomed-in drawing in Clip Studio Paint. Sitting on the desk behind the iPad is a yawning cat, Salamander.

Firmly back at the drawing board for the first time in a minute. Me, not Salamander, here’s there all the time.

Oops All Comics! Charity Zine “Oops All Comics!” is a mini comics zine made of submissions from Cartoonist Coop members. This year’s theme is “colorful,” and artists were given restrictions of a square page ratio. It will be sold ...

Exclusive to NIF, the Oops! All Comics zine is a digital 60 page collection of 1-page comics by our talented members, available in SFW/NSFW editions. Proceeds from the zine will be used to fund the coop!

NIF Marketplace: nif-shop.cartoonist.coop/products/oop... #NIF2025

Welcome to the first weekend of NIF events! Join in on the streams by checking the events page for times and Zoom links! nif.cartoonist.coop/events/

Read below for a peek of this weekend's events list ⬇️✨
#NIF2025

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i’m not an artist, i’m not an illustrator, but a stupider third thing: i’m a cartoonist

The Cartoonist Cooperative Making comics better for everyone!

Wrote about the first-ever World Webtoon Festival for the @cartoonist.coop Journal because the English languages presses have been sleeping on it, and because webtoons is an overlooked medium in the mainstream West

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Now just two days away!

Ben Becker with his cat, Salamander.

Vexx Daniel: A portrait of a brunette trans woman smiling, wearing makeup and a red dress, with a sidecut.

Charles Brubaker with his friend.

Max's floating white head. Max has shaggy hair and large square glasses with a wide smile. The head is floating in the middle of an image of Max's studio, filled with colorful things.

This week's NIF Roundup features 7 amazing members! First off: Ben Becker (@benmaxbecker.com), Vexx Daniel (@thenoirgal.bsky.social), Charles Brubaker (@bakertoons.com), MAXFOSTERSTUDIO (@maxfosterstudio.bsky.social).

Read their interviews: cartoonist.coop/journal/
More links below! (1/2)

Gonna have to shoutout the @cartoonist.coop once again. On the Discord, there are passive ways to look up these things with search functions and the forum’s specific thread. If you don’t find anything, you can be direct and ask about specific publishers and see if we go rabid w/ praise or anger.

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Hey that’s me! Thanks so much for hosting!

#HourlyComicDay 8PM

I think this is funny enough to end on.

(Also the next two hours are just me finishing these and I don't think one or two more meta comics are gonna be all that interesting to read)

#HourlyComicDay 5-7PM

The whole reason I did Hourly Comic Day this year!

#HourlyComicDay 4PM

Can you tell I'm trying to make up for lost time?

#HourlyComicDay 3PM

My child 🐈

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Chores 🍽️

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Lunch 🥪🥙