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Thank you 😭 it tore me away from my internet life but I know I'll get the time

One of my fave comments I get these days from folks who've known me for years is that I am living as a character within one of my own comics which has made my manifestation of my life such a fucking ouroboros.

In just two years, no less!!!! What the frick!!!

I still am amazed i get to do the things that I do for a living lol

It is too fucking weird to me that I used to exclusively work remote and I barely, if ever, went out

I wound up raising $360 for a local immigration rights group through a specialty karaoke event i host where people get naked while they sing and I gotta say, that might be the most Portland thing I've ever said or done

Mike Pondsmith Michael Alyn Pondsmith (born April 14, 1954[citation needed]) is an American roleplaying, board and video game designer. He is the founder of R. Talsorian Games and the creator of the acclaimed Cyberp...

So it's Black History Month and that means I think it's a good time to get familiar with Mike Pondsmith, if you're not already.

When you see R. Talsorian Games, that's him. When you see Cyberpunk 2077, that's his world.

Mekton, Castle Falkenstein, also him.

cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Po...

who called it Heated Rivalry and not Fuck Ice

There are countless examples of disabled artists. AI-grifters want to sell you that AI is the same as mobility tools or specialized equipment, but in fact they’re just insulting the work and careers of countless people by saying “disabled people can’t make art without our snake oil”

I know this has been talked about to death already but I want to talk about Chuck Close! He was known for making huge photorealistic portraits. One day at the height of his career he had a sudden seizure caused by a spinal blood clot that left him paralyzed from the neck down.

YouTube video by idiokit They Might Beat Giygas (Mashup Album)

They call this Incredibly Niche Content but tbh I don’t know a single EarthBound fan who doesn’t also love TMBG

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I still have a hard time believing it

Dumb Bitch Juice as a form of praxis

think about it: politics are anger-inducing, and normally increase stress levels the longer you are exposed to and think about it

however, to get dumber is to resist the horrors and allow yourself true creativity, imprinted but not impeded by The Horrors

This is the greatest cooperative effort from 6 entirely different people I have ever seen

I am begging you. Please learn about stress/discomfort tolerance. Practice raising it. You need this to survive. If someone online can ruin your day with a throwaway comment, you desperately need to understand discomfort tolerance and consciously, systematically build that shit. Also! Stress tolerance is such an important skill that having a learning disability in that area is a major symptom of a whole lot of other disabilities/mental illnesses! Struggling with it is a huge part of life! It sucks! Am I saying everyone with misophonia needs to listen to chewing noises all day? No. But you need to find ways to tolerate it enough that you don't treat others like shit if they make a mouth noise near you. No, you don't have to read the fic with your trigger tags. But you do need to be able to handle scrolling past the tags without being upset. It is hard! But not having it also makes you so so so easy to manipulate. That grandma is racist AF because her mom raised her to be uncomfortable around black people and she never fought that discomfort. Trans people make so many cis people uncomfortable and that discomfort turns into bigotry real fast. Letting your discomfort dictate your actions and beliefs about things is a great way to become a terrible person. Learn. Discomfort. Tolerance.

Important shit that I’m still trying to learn.

honestly this is a better way to live

bnu

This is genuinely great.

(We throw around “love you!” a lot in our family and sign off all calls that way so I’ve definitely done this without thinking too.)

That Time The Abyss Gazed Into Me And Then I Put On A Bib And Raised A Fork And Knife And Licked My Chops When I Looked Back

what's gonna even happen, you're gonna be MORE totally consumed by the void?

one more couldn't hurt

If you haven't been to the site in a while you might want to check it out. Lots of old games being restocked and many new listings as well. There are now almost 1900 games in stock, tested and ready to find good homes.

japanretrodirect.ocnk.com

Promise Mascot Agency is $17.49 on Steam buff.ly/ldRrIKs

Deck verified

I love Death from Castlevania Takarazuka. She's great.

working as a barback and exiting the dish pit by saying "coming out" to let everyone know I'm still queer

I have not worked in comics since 2024 for personal reasons, but given how everything has been lining up and the nature of the project and the opportunities coming out of this

Life is gonna take some interesting turns

Welp, I'm about to officially be signed on for a graphic novel for a local publisher, and, if it works out, will easily be the most off-the-rails project I've ever had the pleasure to work on

I'm just mad it'll be a while before anyone gets to see anything lol

As an aside, it's not so bleak overall; I've worked with companies that have absolutely treated me well, and I have very few complaints. I'd be happy to come back to the companies that fostered my drive if I pick up the pencil again in a serious way.

One of the reasons I stopped making comics in any capacity was because of issues like these. I loved doing it and was only getting better, but it became increasingly clear that half my job making comics was going to be wrangling information and waiting.