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Erik Thurman is illustrating for a better future

@erikthurman.bsky.social

Award-winning comics journalist covering social conflict in comics. Past work and bylines at The Nib, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, UNHCR, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, and +. ENG/ESP/한국어 www.erikthurmancomics.com

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RFK Jr. has previously said he wants to send people with ADHD to labor camps he euphemistically calls “wellness farms.”

Autism and ADHD are neurodevelopmental differences and are highly heritable. They are “caused” by parents with autism and ADHD.

RFK Jr. is a eugenicist and must be stopped.

08.05.2025 14:12 — 👍 126    🔁 43    💬 8    📌 3
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Venezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo Bay Is ‘Not a Criminal,’ Family Pleads (Gift Article) Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the United States so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.

We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.

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The Trump admin is arguing that the Executive Branch is not subject to constraint by the Judicial Branch. Their position is that the president has unlimited authority and checks and balances are not meant to exist on his powers.

It’s a coup by false reinterpretation of the Constitution.

12.02.2025 20:01 — 👍 491    🔁 168    💬 23    📌 18

Ahhh I'm a huge fan of Second Thought! I don't really have any contacts there on Means TV even if I worked on Papa and Boy, but they seem very approachable, you should contact the network!

19.01.2025 23:39 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

So I guess we’re in the capitulation slash vichyfication phase. Everyone can see that nobody in power is fighting back at all but unless you knew that they’re all in (no really) on it no one has a coherent explanation.

21.11.2024 04:23 — 👍 84    🔁 33    💬 2    📌 1
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Cover Illustration Collection I was recently compiling a niche portfolio of my cover illustration work for a (potential) client and thought that it deserved a larger audience. From magazines to kid's books, the goal is to summariz...

Hello Art Directors! I’m looking for more work illustrating magazine and book covers. Here’s a very niche portfolio on @hireillo.com with clients like Time Out, Hello Amsterdam, Het Parool, and Oh Reader. Have a look!
#editorialillustration #coverart #artdirectors
www.hireillo.com/news/cover-i...

19.11.2024 16:24 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Damn I'm so jealous lol

18.11.2024 03:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I'll need to start posting more of my work here, but in the meantime, just finished up the draft for another chapter of my graphic memoir about Chile during the Feminist Wave and Social Protests 2018-2019.

18.11.2024 02:46 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Ahhh that's such a beautiful comic, Deena. You're an incredible storyteller.

17.11.2024 22:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

posting about palestine here feels a little bit like wearing a keffiyeh in an airport like it’s not technically wrong but there’s an unspoken agreement that it would be troublesome. i think to truly defeat twitter it should maybe feel a little less like an airport.

16.11.2024 17:02 — 👍 102    🔁 28    💬 5    📌 1

Awww thank you, likewise!

16.11.2024 14:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Aww same love, I miss you! We really need to catch up sometime again, I miss our long conversations.

15.11.2024 16:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Okay so I'm finally looking at this space ahhh

15.11.2024 13:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Hey there! I'm Erik Thurman, lifelong traveler and journalist. I illustrate and write comics about current events in Asia and North/South America, with a focus on education, migration, and human rights. Unapologetic socialist.

You can see my website at - erikthurmancomics.com

15.11.2024 13:26 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Alright, so we're trying this space for once after coming over from Twitter. Hope to find all you from there?

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