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Chris Howard

@bertramtalespinner.bsky.social

Hello. How are you. I am fine. Go here for actual interesting stuff I do: https://bsky.app/profile/egestacomics.bsky.social

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I'll forward her a copy.

27.01.2026 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

13.01.2026 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 62283    πŸ” 22366    πŸ’¬ 915    πŸ“Œ 1223

If ever an illustrator deserved to be in the Oscar's 'In Memoriam' section, it's Drew Struzan.

14.10.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tony Gilroy, showrunner of Andor, has a message.

14.10.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
ComicLab advice: "Life is too short to draw backgrounds in every. freaking. panel."

ComicLab advice: "Life is too short to draw backgrounds in every. freaking. panel."

Life is too short to draw backgrounds in every. freaking. panel.

Once you've established the setting, give yourself the freedom to focus on the foreground, including background elements as needed to understand the scene.#comics #comiclab #webcomics

14.10.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption β€œthis… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.

09.06.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 35247    πŸ” 12363    πŸ’¬ 1430    πŸ“Œ 792
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This is what our crosswalks look like in North Beach, San Francisco. You'll also find flags and signs with these colors all over the place in this and other Italian neighborhoods around the U.S.

Shut the fuck up about "flying foreign flags" in the U.S. It's not a crime. It's tradition.

09.06.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 589    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 2

BREAKING: The country of Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway…

LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨

10.04.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 44635    πŸ” 9634    πŸ’¬ 1025    πŸ“Œ 774

Was chatting w/ an old art director friend that a whole sub genre of corporate art is effectively dead.
A prediction made years ago by cartoonist @davekellett.bsky.social
That a whole class of commercial art is gone now thanks to AI. Under a certain sized business will never hire artists/designers.

11.04.2025 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Things go from bad to worse! Killer mob goons are bad enough, but a robotic killer who killed our heroes in the past?! What's become of our silly little space comedy?
www.egestacomics.com
Need the backstory? Follow the link to issue 11 to find out.
tinyurl.com/yc6tmsys
#webcomics #DFSComic

02.04.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Texas Bill Targets Teenagers 4.2.25

Texas Republicans have introduced a last-minute bill targeting anyone who helps a teenager get an out-of-state abortion. While they’re framing the legislation as an effort to β€˜protect’ minors, it’s really all about punishment and isolation.

03.04.2025 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Analysis | The false things Trump said about tariffs during his announcement The president relied on claims that have been debunked many times before.

The False Things Trump said about Tariffs wapo.st/3E46fQt

03.04.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Senator Angus King:

"I have to point out, Mr. Chairman, in the hour that we've been sitting here, investors in the United States stock market have lost two and a half trillion dollars."

03.04.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 16578    πŸ” 5138    πŸ’¬ 271    πŸ“Œ 153
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This was….five months ago

02.04.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 50599    πŸ” 13248    πŸ’¬ 1608    πŸ“Œ 1122
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Today's Cartoon- Liberation Day

01.04.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

Ew.

02.04.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

GEORGE ORWELL'S 1984 IS CHILD'S PLAY NEXT TO WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING:

CURRENT CHAOS IS PRELUDE TO TECH OLIGARCHS (MUSK, THIEL ET AL) & PUTIN OLIGARCHS USURPING CONTROL OF AMERICA

REPUBLICANS ARE UNWITTING TOOLS

EVERYONE MUST READ ABOUT CURTIS YARVIN'S DARK ENLIGHTENMENT: THE TECH OLIGARCHS DID!

02.04.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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They meant β€œdoing fraud waste and abuse” not β€œfinding fraud, waste and abuse.”

www.wired.com/story/doge-t...

01.04.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 10454    πŸ” 3776    πŸ’¬ 372    πŸ“Œ 194

I don’t know about you guys but after watching Parkinson’s ravage my father for years only for it to one day steal his capability to breathe and swallow…. I don’t want a single HOUR of progress lost on the possibility that one day someone doesn’t have to go through the same.

02.04.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Pencil thumbnails for page 204 of Dressed for Success.

Pencil thumbnails for page 204 of Dressed for Success.

Here are Jeff's thumbnails for page 204 which was posted yesterday.
#comicbooks #webcomics #DFSComic #ThumbnailsThursday

07.02.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Annnnnd they are once again captured.
How many times is this?
Is this truly the end for our heroes?
www.egestacomics.com
#webcomics #DFSComic #comicbooks

06.02.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Threads screenshot, Rose Luna = β€œWell, my bio just got removed from the NASA site because of an order that went out to remove stuff about women in STEM.

I've only been on Threads for a full year, so a lot of people here never heard of a feature that NASA did on me talking about my love of the Moon, how I grew up in poverty, then my homelessness in the US, and then me being at NASA itself. 

That's how easy it is to erase you as a person, and everything you've done. I'm not even sure how I feel right now.”

Threads screenshot, Rose Luna = β€œWell, my bio just got removed from the NASA site because of an order that went out to remove stuff about women in STEM. I've only been on Threads for a full year, so a lot of people here never heard of a feature that NASA did on me talking about my love of the Moon, how I grew up in poverty, then my homelessness in the US, and then me being at NASA itself. That's how easy it is to erase you as a person, and everything you've done. I'm not even sure how I feel right now.”

Erasure, from threads… πŸ’”

07.02.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 947    πŸ” 292    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 18
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How does a man like Putin, who grew up in a rat infested apartment end up being worth $200 billion and owning a house as such. Without ever working in any business?

He becomes a President and steals from the people.

This is where we are at. Now imagine it’s America. How much can they steal?

07.02.2025 06:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5312    πŸ” 1934    πŸ’¬ 263    πŸ“Œ 88
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They’ve called armed federal officers to the scene. We aren’t dangerous. We are here to represent our people. To defend public education. This is an authoritarian regime. You cannot block members of Congress from entering the Department of Education.

07.02.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 19807    πŸ” 6714    πŸ’¬ 1306    πŸ“Œ 791
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Ford wants you not to vote. You have to vote The tariffs were a convenient ruse for a man who needed another crisis to wield fear as a cudgel.

www.thespec.com/life/ford-wa...

07.02.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mapping Project 2025 is now beginning Phase II of the project β€” tracking all of the connections of Project 2025 in the Trump Administration.

Details here: fundrazr.com/stories/5Lvrwf

02.01.2025 04:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1134    πŸ” 350    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 14

Well this is quite an opener

20.01.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1953    πŸ” 755    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 34

as the rollercoaster crests the top of the initial incline, the ratcheting noise slows and stops, and you can, right before the plunge, observe the entire amusement park

19.01.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5821    πŸ” 795    πŸ’¬ 148    πŸ“Œ 45
tweet from @hearinladotcom

Today is a good day to remember, last year LA City Council approved the mayor's budget to cut $23 million from the LA Fire Dept
as well as cuts to many other departments, so they could give the LAPD a $138 million increase even though crime has decreased and there's fewer cops.

tweet from @hearinladotcom Today is a good day to remember, last year LA City Council approved the mayor's budget to cut $23 million from the LA Fire Dept as well as cuts to many other departments, so they could give the LAPD a $138 million increase even though crime has decreased and there's fewer cops.

08.01.2025 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3789    πŸ” 1317    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 47

The good news is that Gelt Ventures, this gentleman’s VC firm, owns thousands of apartments and homes, so he’ll still have a nice place to live if his house burns down. Here’s a tenant’s review of one of the many lovely properties listed on their website.

08.01.2025 07:19 β€” πŸ‘ 153    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0