Jackie Roche

Figure drawing on pumpkin paper. 10 min.

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Comic Shows Rare Look at a Group Trying to Save People from Death Row "Mitigation specialists" try to find reasons why a jury should spare someone facing a death sentence. This comic shows how.

A woman’s mission was to save a man from death row — by telling the story of his life. Read our comic to learn how:

Herblock on Nixon's imperial presidency and his enemies list, July 1973.

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth

You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

good tip on the name here, added my middle initial and got 15 more papers of mine

ill have riso prints of this at SPX printed by @juleshroom.bsky.social and i will be donating profits though i haven’t chosen an organization yet - come through and get one if you want a print and some gay zines

Attention colleagues. Stop using Wetransfer!

A great service, it was taken over by an Italian tech corp last year & turned into shit. 75% of staff laid off, price for the pro version doubled, and the free version now includes THIS happy clause.

They can use all your content to train their AI.

Comic Shows Rare Look at a Group Trying to Save People from Death Row "Mitigation specialists" try to find reasons why a jury should spare someone facing a death sentence. This comic shows how.

A woman’s mission was to save a man from death row — by telling the story of his life. Read our comic to learn how:

Carl Giles cartoon. Irked politician tosses a voters baby over a wall. No one drew amazing perspective compositions like Giles.

On a happier note, I've just found this online archive of the great Brit cartoonist Carl Giles.

Just keep hitting the "random cartoon" button.

www.gilescartoons.co.uk/cartoon.asp

Hornet on phlox

Columbine in bloom

White columbine in bloom

Tomato and basil plants

Everything is terrible except the garden

Saral brand transfer paper package

Been using the same roll of Saral transfer paper for…16 years (!!)

Tortie longhair cat cuddled in blankets

One year with Hazel 💚

Sketch of a section of a dollhouse held in front of the model

One of the dollhouse rooms

New Haven Sketchers meetup at the New Haven Museum. Was drawn to the shadowed little chambers of the Levy dollhouse 🏠 #urbansketching

Hiring Squad | Megan Marz Job candidates are now routinely filtered and sorted by algorithms. But a total panopticon awaits workers once they’ve been hired.

HR is going all-in on AI tools that hoover up employee data. The result is a workplace surveillance system that is everywhere, all the time—a panopticon in your cubicle, at your WFH desk.

Reminder!!! Apply to table at CXC 2025 here:

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BOO HISS

Drawing of a backlit woman in profile

Detail of a larger drawing of a seated model, showing her hands

From figure drawing last night

You Belong Here, Sara Miller and I's YA slice of life graphic novel is up for preorder and out in March! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Finished sketch of museum dinosaur hall

In progress sketch of museum dinosaur hall from above

Meet-up group’s sketchbooks laid out to share

Thankful for groups like New Haven Sketchers. I had a
Lovely time despite spending much of my drawing time muttering “too many shapes.” There were about 30 people who came to sketch together, which made my heart really happy.

Who killed Frankie? A N.J. man was strangled to death. But who’s really to blame? Two strangers are assigned to live together. One ends up dead. The other locked away.

It's publication day for this story I illustrated for @nj.com , reported by Adam Clark. It's heavy, but sheds light on the may ways the support aspect of supportive housing is insufficient. www.nj.com/passaic-coun...

sunny unfinished room with artist set-up

Happy Sunday, aka freelancers-with-day-jobs marathon day. Wishing everyone a steady, sustainable pace. ☕

ABORTION INTERIOR ART. Text reads: ACCESS TO SAFE ABORTION IS A HUMAN RIGHT!

ABORTION INTERIOR ART. Text reads: This book is written by three authors who believe that any reason to terminate a pregnancy is a valid reason to terminate a pregnancy. MARNIE: I have always been pro-choice, but pregnancy and parenthood radicalized me. The physical, emotional, financial, and logistical challenges of a pregnancy and parenthood are heavy to carry even when having a family is a deeply desired outcome. Forced pregnancy is cruel, unjust, violation of our human rights. Marnie: Access to safe abortion saves lives. According to the world health organization. "Unsafe abortion is a leading- but preventable- cause of maternal deaths and morbidities. It can lead to physical and mental health complications and social and financial burdens for women, communities, and health systems"

Access to safe abortion is a human right!

ABORTION PILL ZINE by @isabellarotman.bsky.social , @sagecoffey.bsky.social , and @marniegalloway.bsky.social explains one kind of abortion: use of pills misoprostol and mifepristone.

The Marshall Project’s Innovative Look At Death Penalty Mitigation Specialists The Marshall Project worked with a cartoonist to create a graphic novel-style piece on the impact of death penalty mitigation specialists.

It was lovely to talk to Northeastern's Storybench about the challenges and benefits of adapting reporting into the comics medium for @themarshallproject.org . www.storybench.org/how-the-mars...

drawing of a death row inmate sits across from a civilian in front of a dark background with imagery behind them of the tools mitigation specialists use in their work, like a voice recorder and case files

Recent work: illustrated journalist Maurice Chammah's reporting on mercy works, the folks who gather mitigating information to prevent executions.
For @themarshallproject.org , who were wonderful to work with. www.themarshallproject.org/2023/12/18/d...