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A.I. art is the DONALD TRUMP of illustration: It looks real, but it's fake, demeaning and deceptive, and sows distrust and division.

27.02.2026 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
My London Video When I was prepping my last blog post about my London adventures, I was a little leery of posting (or announcing) a 20-minute video because I thought most folks would just click away from it! Although it was included in my previous post, it was at the very bottom and I soft-pedaled it in my email. After some time to think about it, though, I decided that it was worth sharing and watching in all its glory.

My London Video

When I was prepping my last blog post about my London adventures, I was a little leery of posting (or announcing) a 20-minute video because I thought most folks would just click away from it! Although it was included in my previous post, it was at the very bottom and I soft-pedaled…

31.01.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
London Hit-and-Run Well yes, I made my marathon journey to London and I will never, ever do it again this way! First and foremost I want to say that the event I traveled for, the annual Dickens Day gathering at the University of London, was everything I could have hoped it to be. Largely a group of "locals", i.e., folks from within the U.K., there were also a couple of Asians, one other American, who currently teaches over there, and one Brit who has lived in Hungary for several years, so technically a local, but not really!

London Hit-and-Run

Well yes, I made my marathon journey to London and I will never, ever do it again this way! First and foremost I want to say that the event I traveled for, the annual Dickens Day gathering at the University of London, was everything I could have hoped it to be. Largely a group…

31.10.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
London? Definitely MAYBE! It's been pretty hectic around here, planning my trip to London to speak at Dickens Day at the University of London. My sweet wife Vicki is currently on hospice care due to her strokes, and her sister who was planning to come from Charlotte to take care of her, went and broke her arm about two weeks ago. Planning for home health aides was a process, but ultimately we worked it out and Vicki will have good care while I'm gone.

My trip to London for Dickens Day is getting more fraught by the minute! Will I make it there? Will I make it back?

08.10.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Barnes & Noble Lino Demonstration – VIDEO The B&N store on 71st St. in Tulsa was kind enough to allow me to hold my second book signing/lino printing demonstration on Saturday, Sept. 11 and it went just fine! Several friends showed up and I even snagged a couple of new fans among the passing customers. Special big thanks to Vicki's longtime friend Marty Sikes for handling the camera duties on the spur of the moment.

Barnes & Noble Lino Demonstration – VIDEO

The B&N store on 71st St. in Tulsa was kind enough to allow me to hold my second book signing/lino printing demonstration on Saturday, Sept. 11 and it went just fine! Several friends showed up and I even snagged a couple of new fans among the passing…

23.09.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Going to London! Well, lots going on this Fall with BLEAK HOUSE. This Saturday, Sept. 13, at 1PM Central Time, I'll be hopefully livestreaming my book signing/linoprint demonstration at the 71st Street Tulsa Barnes & Noble, opposite from Woodland Hills Mall. The staff there has been extremely helpful and welcoming, and have offered to help with the streaming. If you're on Facebook stop by if you can, should be entertaining.

Going to London!

Well, lots going on this Fall with BLEAK HOUSE. This Saturday, Sept. 13, at 1PM Central Time, I'll be hopefully livestreaming my book signing/linoprint demonstration at the 71st Street Tulsa Barnes & Noble, opposite from Woodland Hills Mall. The staff there has been extremely…

08.09.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Book signing and Linoleum PrintingΒ Demonstration If you're in the Tulsa area it would be great to see you at my second book signing and lino print demonstration, 1PM on Saturday, Sept. 13. The Barnes & Noble Store is across from Woodland Hills Mall on 71st St., and the store staff has offered to help me live-stream the event on Facebook, so there's an opportunity to watch right from your couch!

Book signing and Linoleum PrintingΒ Demonstration

If you're in the Tulsa area it would be great to see you at my second book signing and lino print demonstration, 1PM on Saturday, Sept. 13. The Barnes & Noble Store is across from Woodland Hills Mall on 71st St., and the store staff has offered to…

02.09.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
My Journey to Speak on BLEAK HOUSE at Dickens DayΒ 2025 Every year the University of London hosts "Dickens Day", a prestigious event that features speakers on a chosen topic of interest to fans and students of Charles Dickens. It was exciting to see that this year, the topic is "Dickens and Art", and in a flash it seemed all my efforts were suddenly coming into focus and timed perfectly for the stage my project is currently at.

My Journey to Speak on BLEAK HOUSE at Dickens DayΒ 2025

Every year the University of London hosts "Dickens Day", a prestigious event that features speakers on a chosen topic of interest to fans and students of Charles Dickens. It was exciting to see that this year, the topic is "Dickens and Art",…

29.07.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Scamming an Artist – Part 3: Dude! TheΒ FBI! I know many of you have been following this story, especially those who have come close to being victims themselves until they tickled the google and ended up right here at this blog. One of my new correspondents, Tom Hanlon, went the extra mile and actually made a complaint to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), and also, as of this writing, has made a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission at…

One correspondent In my continuing adventure of exposing an internet scam has filed a report with the FBI. Read about it here!

28.06.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Distribution beyond Amazon Things always appear easier before you actually do them. It appeared that using the "Expanded Distribution" option for a book published on Amazon would make BLEAK HOUSE more widely available, and it did, sort of. I've been operating under the belief that I could do book signings in Barnes & Noble stores. There are two in Tulsa, and of course there are other, smaller bookstores in most of the bigger small towns in the region.

Distribution beyond Amazon

Things always appear easier before you actually do them. It appeared that using the "Expanded Distribution" option for a book published on Amazon would make BLEAK HOUSE more widely available, and it did, sort of. I've been operating under the belief that I could do book…

19.06.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Today’s Linocut Artists I've been spending a lot of time looking at the work of other linoleum artists. The fact is that since I seek out and view so much art on Facebook, my feed these days is almost exclusively art of various types, from Golden Age comic art to Disney animation, character sketching, political cartoons, Renaissance work, cave paintings, you name it. And I like it fine!

Today’s Linocut Artists

I've been spending a lot of time looking at the work of other linoleum artists. The fact is that since I seek out and view so much art on Facebook, my feed these days is almost exclusively art of various types, from Golden Age comic art to Disney animation, character…

30.05.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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27.05.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My first book signing – Video!

On May 3, I held my first book signing at The Same Page bookstore, which was live-streamed on Facebook. I aim to expand to larger venues like Barnes & Noble, but I encountered some…

https://gerrymooneyillustratingdickens.com/2025/05/22/my-first-book-signing-video/

22.05.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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30.04.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very happy to announce the following:

27.04.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Support Vicki and Family After Tornado and Health Struggles, organized by Gerry Mooney We had a fairly minor hit from the Claremore Tornado on May 2… Gerry Mooney needs your support for Support Vicki and Family After Tornado and Health Struggles

We have fallen on some hard times in the last year, starting with the Claremore OK tornado. Our house is fine but we have had an unrelenting series of bad breaks, not all are financial, but all have been serious. Please consider helping out our GoFundMe campaign. thank you! gofund.me/c97e3daa

19.03.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Inspector Bucket Superstar You may have ended up here in response to my latest email announcement, all nice and formatted with images and new info. I've been wanting to make this improvement for some time and I'm happy with the results. Above all, it contains an "opt-out" option at the bottom which is just polite, but I never had the means to do it in a standard, email-friendly format.

Inspector Bucket Superstar

You may have ended up here in response to my latest email announcement, all nice and formatted with images and new info. I've been wanting to make this improvement for some time and I'm happy with the results. Above all, it contains an "opt-out" option at the bottom…

06.03.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi folks, I'm here at Bluesky because I've given up on Facebook, not due to politics but the fact that I tried for almost two weeks of continuous messaging with Meta tech support and they could NOT manage to enable me to enter a payment method. They are a mess! Still getting over it.

04.03.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been in an online chat session with Meta tech support for nearly two weeks continuously, merely trying to add a payment method. I've made screen shots of the entire chat and I'm posting a link to the first half, compiled into one long scroll. See if this link survives. I'm new here.

03.03.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fugitive from FB here, I've been on an online chat with Meta tech support for TWO WEEKS, just trying to enter a "payment method". These people are idiots, I am shellshocked and dumbfounded at how they are running me around.
Anyway, here's a picture of my new project!

03.03.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1