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formerly phantom-firefly on cohost (EGGBUG FOREVER)

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A thing that I think is good is when a human creates a piece of art

06.11.2025 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3605    πŸ” 539    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 14

i have a lot to do and maybe not enough time to do it but i’m gonna try my best

11.09.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
two large fake skulls sitting on a shelf next to a cartoon ghost. The skulls are incredibly inaccurate to real human skulls, and are too tall, too flat, and too wide.

two large fake skulls sitting on a shelf next to a cartoon ghost. The skulls are incredibly inaccurate to real human skulls, and are too tall, too flat, and too wide.

happy inaccurate bones season

10.09.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Obsessed with images of a giant promotional statue of King Kong that accidentally caught fire

31.08.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3259    πŸ” 884    πŸ’¬ 75    πŸ“Œ 98
A picture of a roadside wall with a strip of paint along it where old graffiti has been covered. On top of it, there is graffiti of eggbug, the mascot of defunct website cohost, in what looks like iridescent gold paint.

A picture of a roadside wall with a strip of paint along it where old graffiti has been covered. On top of it, there is graffiti of eggbug, the mascot of defunct website cohost, in what looks like iridescent gold paint.

A picture of a roadside wall with a strip of paint along it where old graffiti has been covered. On top of it, there is graffiti of eggbug, the mascot of defunct website cohost, in what looks like iridescent gold paint.

A picture of a roadside wall with a strip of paint along it where old graffiti has been covered. On top of it, there is graffiti of eggbug, the mascot of defunct website cohost, in what looks like iridescent gold paint.

Spotted in the Brighton neighborhood in Boston. RiP cohost, you live on even still

29.08.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1080    πŸ” 257    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 13

more coffee?

26.08.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
screengrab of a portion of new yorker interview with former simpson's writer john swartzwelder: 
Mike Sacks: How much time and attention did you spend on these scripts? Another β€œSimpsons” writer once compared your scripts to finely tuned machinesβ€”if the wrong person mucked with them, the whole thing could blow up.
Swartzwelder: All of my time and all of my attention. It’s the only way I know how to write, darn it. But I do have a trick that makes things easier for me. Since writing is very hard and rewriting is comparatively easy and rather fun, I always write my scripts all the way through as fast as I can, the first day, if possible, putting in crap jokes and pattern dialogueβ€”β€œHomer, I don’t want you to do that.” β€œThen I won’t do it.” Then the next day, when I get up, the script’s been written. It’s lousy, but it’s a script. The hard part is done. It’s like a crappy little elf has snuck into my office and badly done all my work for me, and then left with a tip of his crappy hat. All I have to do from that point on is fix it. So I’ve taken a very hard job, writing, and turned it into an easy one, rewriting, overnight. I advise all writers to do their scripts and other writing this way. And be sure to send me a small royalty every time you do it.

screengrab of a portion of new yorker interview with former simpson's writer john swartzwelder: Mike Sacks: How much time and attention did you spend on these scripts? Another β€œSimpsons” writer once compared your scripts to finely tuned machinesβ€”if the wrong person mucked with them, the whole thing could blow up. Swartzwelder: All of my time and all of my attention. It’s the only way I know how to write, darn it. But I do have a trick that makes things easier for me. Since writing is very hard and rewriting is comparatively easy and rather fun, I always write my scripts all the way through as fast as I can, the first day, if possible, putting in crap jokes and pattern dialogueβ€”β€œHomer, I don’t want you to do that.” β€œThen I won’t do it.” Then the next day, when I get up, the script’s been written. It’s lousy, but it’s a script. The hard part is done. It’s like a crappy little elf has snuck into my office and badly done all my work for me, and then left with a tip of his crappy hat. All I have to do from that point on is fix it. So I’ve taken a very hard job, writing, and turned it into an easy one, rewriting, overnight. I advise all writers to do their scripts and other writing this way. And be sure to send me a small royalty every time you do it.

hi this is my favorite writing advice, it's from former simpsons writer john swartzwelder (i think about the crappy little elf all the time) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

16.08.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3447    πŸ” 1078    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 140

β€œHello Clarice. You’ve got mail.”

22.08.2025 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

time to throw on some relaxing love honk and reminisce about bitch house πŸ˜ŒπŸŽΆπŸŽΊπŸš—πŸŽΊ

19.08.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

nice hatching, it gives a lot of volume and definition to the form

19.08.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
4 panel comic

P1: a right hand draws a wavy stroke on a sketchbook page. A caption box up top reads "draw"

P2: the word "CREATE" dominates a panel with a black background, forming in the negative space. Various small shapes surround it.

P3: a lone simplified humanoid figure is on the bottom right of a another panel with a black background. A thought bubble forms above their head, the words "if not for others, then at least for yourself" within.

P4: The Earth dominates the bottom of the panel, with a sliver of space above it. Clouds swirl and boil across the Earth, which is the only element on the entire page coloured a pink-red. A caption box above reads "now, more than ever"

4 panel comic P1: a right hand draws a wavy stroke on a sketchbook page. A caption box up top reads "draw" P2: the word "CREATE" dominates a panel with a black background, forming in the negative space. Various small shapes surround it. P3: a lone simplified humanoid figure is on the bottom right of a another panel with a black background. A thought bubble forms above their head, the words "if not for others, then at least for yourself" within. P4: The Earth dominates the bottom of the panel, with a sliver of space above it. Clouds swirl and boil across the Earth, which is the only element on the entire page coloured a pink-red. A caption box above reads "now, more than ever"

create

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bonus comics:
patreon.com/nhoj

08.11.2024 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 9459    πŸ” 3672    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 45

lovely lettuces

17.08.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

these are sick as hell, the energy is incredible

08.08.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a blueish teardrop-shaped dip pen nib

a blueish teardrop-shaped dip pen nib

i like teardrop shaped nibs with flexible tips. They can hold a lot of ink and the flexibility lets you get decent line width variation without switching nibs.

07.08.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

hell yeah

05.08.2025 06:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

peanut burger and jell-o

05.08.2025 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

doodle. write poems you never show anyone. make banana bread. take pictures of birds. grow a plant. the goal isn’t to build job skills or β€œbecome a creative” it’s to just fool around and experience yourself and the world around you

09.05.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2454    πŸ” 526    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 12

this looks cool and i am interested in it

04.08.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

eastern seaboard, western surfboard. southern…gulfboard?

where does the β€œboard” come from anyway

03.08.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

adorable, love the colors

03.08.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

✨ this is cooool ✨

03.08.2025 04:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

were you raised in a religious household? the idea that β€œgod is always watching” really did a number on me as a kid.

plus occasional instances of authority figures responding to β€œmisbehavior” in disproportionate and dismissive ways

01.08.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

highly relatable. like somebody is always watching you, waiting for you to slip up

01.08.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

we have a problem -> wir haben ein Problem

(& in dutch: β€œwe hebben een probleem”)

(i don’t really speak german or dutch tho so you may want to double-check if accuracy is important)

01.08.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i cast tasha's hideous laughter followed by tasha's horrible makeup and for a bonus action i'll cast tasha's absolutely dogshit cooking

30.07.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 349    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

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31.07.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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self checkout for your tv

31.07.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🌧😷BAD NAP😷🌧

29.06.2023 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 816    πŸ” 216    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 14

yeah…

30.07.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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