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David Mariotte

@davidmariotte.bsky.social

Licensing Prod Dev Specialist @SEGA. Views are my own. Writer of Transformers Wreckers: Tread & Circuits, TF/Terminator, & M More! Prev at IDW/BOOM! He/Him. Icon by my husband, @beccabeean aka Beck! For more, including contact, davidmariotte.com!

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HAPPY CROSSWORLDS COMIC RELEASE DAY!!
really proud of our amazing production team who pulled together to do some seriously awesome work. it's a fun time and i hope you all enjoy it!🎊

04.03.2026 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bad Internet Bills All of the bad internet bills. One website.

‼️We need phones ringing off the hooks about KOSA and other Bad Internet Bills ahead of the House E&C committee hearing this week ‼️

Use our tool to learn more and take action: www.badinternetbills.com

04.03.2026 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A meme against paypro censorship with the MasterCard logo. The red section says "We Hate Gay People," the yellow section says "We Hate Women's Bodies," the middle reads: "We Fucking Hate You." Text: "There are some things money can't buy, hating artists and women's bodies? Priceless."

A meme against paypro censorship with the MasterCard logo. The red section says "We Hate Gay People," the yellow section says "We Hate Women's Bodies," the middle reads: "We Fucking Hate You." Text: "There are some things money can't buy, hating artists and women's bodies? Priceless."

28.02.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1327    πŸ” 523    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
The A cover to Rudolph Fisher's The Conjure-Man Dies, a comic adaptation of the first African-American detective novel coming soon from me, Darren Soto, DJ Chavis, Sadia Temofonte, and friends! This cover by lineartist Keith Williams, DJ, and Sadia! For Green Archer Comics. 

The cover depicts Frimbo, a fortune teller, slumped dead in his chair. On the table in front of him is a big crystal ball. He's lit by the flashlight of Dr. John Archer (our lead), with Detective Perry Dart (our co-lead) behind him, and "family detective" Bubber Brown there too looking shocked!

The A cover to Rudolph Fisher's The Conjure-Man Dies, a comic adaptation of the first African-American detective novel coming soon from me, Darren Soto, DJ Chavis, Sadia Temofonte, and friends! This cover by lineartist Keith Williams, DJ, and Sadia! For Green Archer Comics. The cover depicts Frimbo, a fortune teller, slumped dead in his chair. On the table in front of him is a big crystal ball. He's lit by the flashlight of Dr. John Archer (our lead), with Detective Perry Dart (our co-lead) behind him, and "family detective" Bubber Brown there too looking shocked!

Stoked to share the main cover, with stellar trade dress, for The Conjure Man Dies! Art by Keith Williams with our interior colorist DJ Chavis on colors and this awesome logo by letterer Sadia Temofonte! Coming soon to Kickstarter from @greenarcher.io! Pre-launch: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gre...

01.03.2026 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tech: Guthrie readies kids’ package for markup House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie will introduce a legislative package that combines a dozen bills aimed at protecting kids online.

A collection of bills are heading to the House for markup this thursday

Demand your representatives
-oppose KOSA
-oppose the App Store Accountability Act
-oppose The SCREEN Act
-oppose section 230 reform/sunsetting
-oppose/repeal online age verification and ID laws

punchbowl.news/article/tech...

03.03.2026 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1399    πŸ” 1609    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 34

If you haven't called any of your reps yet, or it's been over 3 weeks, PLEASE call them today and tell them you oppose all ID verification bills.

It's great if you can include each bills name but if you get nervous and flub up, just mentioning you don't want any internet surveillance will work.

03.03.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Godzilla Meets Sonic the Hedgehog in Explosive New IDW Comic Crossover Discover all things Godzilla on the official website brought to you by Toho International. Find news, learn about monsters and movies, and find merchandise.

Okay so I haven't seen it linked on their socials just yet but Godzilla dot com has my fave writeup of the Sonic crossover so far! Shoutout to the team over there, you did great work πŸ‘ godzilla.com/blogs/news/g...

03.03.2026 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two pages from my Hello Darkness horror short titled, "Freshly Maid." Out March 4th! (I really love this one. I hope you can check it out.)

24.02.2026 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Coming soon: BUSINESS AS USUAL - Social Satire Graphic Novella A group of punks attempt to free the prisoners from an off-the-grid ICE detention center amidst interference from giant snakes.

here’s the deal: BUSINESS AS USUAL is coming to print

the social satire comic from shelby criswell and i hits kickstarter march 23rd

for fans of DEATH RACE 2000, IDIOCRACY, and the new TOXIC AVENGER

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...

02.03.2026 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re a fan, it’s a good time to let them know you won’t pay for AI translations

sevenseasentertainment.com/about/contac...

02.03.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 634    πŸ” 585    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 9

because of my mental and physical health issues, i haven't worked enough and it’s so hard to pay rent and living expenses. please consider to buying my arts or donateπŸ™πŸ»

linktr.ee/kei_zama

27.02.2026 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 125    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6

It’s funny if you call PayPal or visa lines and bring this up asking why they claim β€œadult illustrations” is against their regulations but betting on the death of kids is totally fine. They don’t have an answer.

In fact yall should call them at least once a day with this :)

01.03.2026 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 9195    πŸ” 5378    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 3

If you want to read voices of young artists in Iran, please support the comics anthology "Young in Iran" published with @comicsworkshop.bsky.social It's 264 pages, 6x9 inches, and was censored by Kickstarter. Take a look: www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/saw-shop/p/y...

01.03.2026 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 344    πŸ” 300    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

FWIW, I started using Qobuz and found it's a pretty good alternative. Nice sound quality. Haven't had any problems with playlist limits. Download friendly. And a pretty reasonable price point.

01.03.2026 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The A cover to Rudolph Fisher's The Conjure-Man Dies, a comic adaptation of the first African-American detective novel coming soon from me, Darren Soto, DJ Chavis, Sadia Temofonte, and friends! This cover by lineartist Keith Williams, DJ, and Sadia! For Green Archer Comics. 

The cover depicts Frimbo, a fortune teller, slumped dead in his chair. On the table in front of him is a big crystal ball. He's lit by the flashlight of Dr. John Archer (our lead), with Detective Perry Dart (our co-lead) behind him, and "family detective" Bubber Brown there too looking shocked!

The A cover to Rudolph Fisher's The Conjure-Man Dies, a comic adaptation of the first African-American detective novel coming soon from me, Darren Soto, DJ Chavis, Sadia Temofonte, and friends! This cover by lineartist Keith Williams, DJ, and Sadia! For Green Archer Comics. The cover depicts Frimbo, a fortune teller, slumped dead in his chair. On the table in front of him is a big crystal ball. He's lit by the flashlight of Dr. John Archer (our lead), with Detective Perry Dart (our co-lead) behind him, and "family detective" Bubber Brown there too looking shocked!

Stoked to share the main cover, with stellar trade dress, for The Conjure Man Dies! Art by Keith Williams with our interior colorist DJ Chavis on colors and this awesome logo by letterer Sadia Temofonte! Coming soon to Kickstarter from @greenarcher.io! Pre-launch: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gre...

01.03.2026 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The banner for The Power of Pride Bundle 2026. It depicts a black cat taking a nap amongst an assorted pile of objects associated with projects that may be submitted into the bundle, including a pink game controller, a pencil and paper, a musical note, a 6-sided die, a book, and a black power fist. A rainbow sits behind the logo and cat.

The banner for The Power of Pride Bundle 2026. It depicts a black cat taking a nap amongst an assorted pile of objects associated with projects that may be submitted into the bundle, including a pink game controller, a pencil and paper, a musical note, a 6-sided die, a book, and a black power fist. A rainbow sits behind the logo and cat.

Calling all queer creators on itchio! The #PowerOfPride2026 Bundle is now open for submissions!

Digital games, physical games, books, zines, comics, assets & toolsβ€” we're accepting them all! NSFW OK! We want to work with you to share your projects.

itch.io/jam/power-of...

Tell your friends too!

01.03.2026 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 217    πŸ” 192    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 6
a screencap from page 3 of the Sonic Racing: Crossworlds comic issue. before the race begins, jet the hawk picks a fight with sonic the hedgehog, saying "hey! don't get distracted by him, sonic the hedgehog! i'm right here, and i'm the one who's gonna beat you!" in the second panel, sonic turns away from him with a smirk and says "sure, jet the hawk." before turning his attention to shadow the hedgehog. he then says to shadow: "so, what? you missed me so bad that you showed up just to see me? i guess even the 'ultimate life form' has a weakness." shadow glares at him. in the third panel, sonic and shadow stare at each other while shadow says "hmph. hope your car runs as fast as your mouth." jet is in the background (sfx: "grrr") furious at being ignored.

a screencap from page 3 of the Sonic Racing: Crossworlds comic issue. before the race begins, jet the hawk picks a fight with sonic the hedgehog, saying "hey! don't get distracted by him, sonic the hedgehog! i'm right here, and i'm the one who's gonna beat you!" in the second panel, sonic turns away from him with a smirk and says "sure, jet the hawk." before turning his attention to shadow the hedgehog. he then says to shadow: "so, what? you missed me so bad that you showed up just to see me? i guess even the 'ultimate life form' has a weakness." shadow glares at him. in the third panel, sonic and shadow stare at each other while shadow says "hmph. hope your car runs as fast as your mouth." jet is in the background (sfx: "grrr") furious at being ignored.

it was really fun to write all three of them at the same time lol

27.02.2026 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 355    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3

Looking for a way to stand up for trans people today? Here's something you can do RIGHT NOW:
Take ten minutes to get on the phone and help stop this violent, dangerous bill. The linked post has all the resources you need to make that call. Go go go

27.02.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 239    πŸ” 281    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

27.02.2026 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3814    πŸ” 3208    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 69
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Protect Queer Creators and Sex Workers - Tell Payment Processors to STOP TELL VISA, MASTERCARD, STRIPE, and PayPal to STOP

A reminder that payment processors have contact numbers, email address, and physical locations to which letters can be sent.

yellat.money

28.02.2026 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 137    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Another effective and low energy thing to do that affects payment processors more directly is to completely trash their public image. Make memes and art and shitpost images conflating MasterCard with censorship and anti-consumer practices

28.02.2026 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 494    πŸ” 243    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

Gonna be that guy again: you have to support trans work while you know you can.

It's more at risk than ever and I know some of you are engaging with the art and just not telling the creator!

So take this as your sign to tell somebody you enjoyed their work. It makes a difference.

28.02.2026 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1112    πŸ” 539    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote this comic 2 years ago. I was terrified when I wrote it but had hope it wouldn't come to pass and would be a reminder of how bad things got before we pulled back.

It not only has, it has gotten even worse. This is absolutely terrifying and will destroy lives if passed.

26.02.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1285    πŸ” 775    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

Getting less and less patient with folks who make excuses not to make calls, send an e-mail, or write a letter.

How do I make it clear to you that these are the *bare minimum* easiest fucking things you can do: and the real work is done by people in the streets and community organizers.

26.02.2026 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 140    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
Eight panels, each depicting a selfie-style snapshot of Tangle the Lemur interacting with characters from sonic: drinking tea with Vanilla the Rabbit, hugging a very stiff Kit the Fennec, running away from Surge the Tenrec, working out with Gemerl, bothering Jewel the Beetle as she does paperwork, posing with Belle the Tinkerer, sticking her tongue out at Clutch the Opossum, and putting an arm around Lanolin the Sheep, who struggles to muster a smile.

Eight panels, each depicting a selfie-style snapshot of Tangle the Lemur interacting with characters from sonic: drinking tea with Vanilla the Rabbit, hugging a very stiff Kit the Fennec, running away from Surge the Tenrec, working out with Gemerl, bothering Jewel the Beetle as she does paperwork, posing with Belle the Tinkerer, sticking her tongue out at Clutch the Opossum, and putting an arm around Lanolin the Sheep, who struggles to muster a smile.

Here's a better look at the Tangle selfies I drew for today's Tails Tube!

26.02.2026 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3533    πŸ” 1226    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 15
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Free Update Tangle & Whisper Now Available!

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Free Update Tangle & Whisper Now Available!

Our newest free update featuring Tangle & Whisper is now live!

The Diamond Cutters duo is finally arriving in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds! πŸ’Ž

Plus, the Tangle & Whisper Festival kicks off tomorrow!

26.02.2026 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2110    πŸ” 578    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 72
TailsTube #14 - Bonus Lap
YouTube video by Sonic the Hedgehog TailsTube #14 - Bonus Lap

TailsTube returns to the Donpa Kingdom! This time, Tails is interviewing some of his newest friends who are also making their debut as competitors on the racetrack. Look out - here comes Tangle and Whisper!

youtu.be/I6rrciMAM3U

26.02.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1295    πŸ” 472    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 104
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How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History The courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch were staring down a horrifying new contract. So they did what workers everywhere do: They got organized.

When faced with a shockingly exploitative new employment contract that would’ve forced them to sign away their IP, their likeness rights, and their power of attorney, Jupiter Jetson and her coworkers at Sheri’s fought backβ€”fast.

They organized a union in SIX DAYS. www.thenation.com/article/econ...

26.02.2026 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6854    πŸ” 1850    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 174
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Donate to Support Sheri's Ranch Workers Terminated for Unionizing!, organized by Molly Wylder Welcome to the GoFundMe for the United Brothel Workers (UBW) (A … Molly Wylder needs your support for Support Sheri's Ranch Workers Terminated for Unionizing!

Sheri’s Ranch responded to the petition for union recognition by firing workers Jupiter Jetson, Molly Wylder, Paloma Karr, Adalind Gray, Genevieve Dahl, and Gwen Bunny.

The union will be fighting their unlawful terminations, but for now, they need our support: www.gofundme.com/f/support-sh...

26.02.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 727    πŸ” 283    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 18
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Folks, there is only 2 weeks left to back PASSING IN THE NIGHT, and we are a little under half way funded. If you want to support queer romance in comics, nows a great time to do so.
kck.st/46ydhYF
Here's a page from the book I drew that I really like.

26.02.2026 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5