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Drawing a line under things. Ireland. https://substack.com/@desfondant

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Old, but topical, R Cobb cartoon.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Cobb
www.roncobb.net

01.03.2026 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A cartoon illustration showing a very stressed Cthulhu looking at news on his phone.

A cartoon illustration showing a very stressed Cthulhu looking at news on his phone.

The daily news cycle was even bumming Cthulhu out. #grickledoodle #horror #news #cthulhu #lovecraftian #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor

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Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

23.02.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

A seasonally topical and politically tangentially relevant re-post.
#speirgorm

16.02.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A somewhat topical repost, given the day's events.
#speirgorm

15.02.2026 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Especially for @number10cat.bsky.social

14.02.2026 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I keep watching this. It looks like their first go. Ever, I mean.

10.02.2026 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Read all about a mad & furiously chaotic illustrator
Just Β£2.50
issuu.com/thenewcartoo...

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β€œWashington today is a kleptocracy… [Trump’s] obviously planning to rig the elections.”

Financial Times editor @edwardluce.bsky.social explains how the collapse of America is β€˜halfway there’ and how Trump is planning to rig the midterm elections.

Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/geopolitic...

09.02.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 221    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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Latest @bylinetimes.bsky.social toon, out in print soonest!

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Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

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My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social.

07.02.2026 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A cartoon of two women chatting over a stall of some kind laden with produce and goods, possibly in a farmers' market or something. The woman behind the stall, resplendent in a fetching apron is saying, "I had a dream, so I followed my dream, and now I'm bloody stuck with it."

A cartoon of two women chatting over a stall of some kind laden with produce and goods, possibly in a farmers' market or something. The woman behind the stall, resplendent in a fetching apron is saying, "I had a dream, so I followed my dream, and now I'm bloody stuck with it."

Stuck with it.
Dream on.
desfondant.substack.com/p/stuck-with...

06.02.2026 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Aug 19, 2021
Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13)
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I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
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lizzie johnson
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Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) 

But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil β€” pen ink freezes β€” by headlamp.

Pinned lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn Β· Aug 19, 2021 Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13) 0:02 / 0:10 lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn Β· 47m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn Β· Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil β€” pen ink freezes β€” by headlamp.

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

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Electric. Like a chair, electric.

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Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

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My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social.

31.01.2026 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Flann O'Brien and Social Media Rosemary Jenkinson analyses how a contemporary Flann O'Brien would fare in the toxic, combative era of social media, with reference to the Flamingo edition of The Best of Myles.

Have you long been aching to know how Flann O’Brien would have fared on Twitter? Or here on Bluesky? In the latest publication in the Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies, Rosemary Jenkinson reveals all!

#speirgorm

28.01.2026 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Got these two in the latest edition of The New Cartoonist. Very happy. issuu.com/thenewcartoo..., a steal at 2.50

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CSotD: I Think They’re On To Us Morland summed up the World Economic Forum in Davos by showing totally knackered leaders and one little fellow blissfully tucked in and sleeping, with his toys scattered around to suggest who was resp...

I think the world is on to us. Come join Ben Jennings, Burkhard Mohr, Christopher Downes, David Pope, Franco Juri, Graeme MacKay, Harry Burton, Jonesy, Kamal Sharaf, Morten Morland, Osama Hajjaj, Patrick Chappatte, Peter De Wit & Theo Moudakis
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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www.threads.com/@atinyartgar...

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Guns don't kill people People on the left kill people

Guns don't kill people
People on the left kill people
by @deAdder
Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...

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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social on #Trump #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

25.01.2026 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent.
#speirgorm

17.01.2026 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From today's @financialtimes.com #ofcom #grok

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Pen and ink illustration depicting a crater in the middle of a sparse pine forest. A glowing meteor sits in the depression, and facing it, a woman kneels, head upturned towards the starry sky. 

Three large, eldritch beasts approach through the trees towards the meteor. The first has many tall, jointed legs and a bony head. The second is serpentine, with a loop-shaped head fronted by tendrils. The third is a dark, six-limbed figure with a featureless bullet-shaped head and glowing eyespots on its chest.

Pen and ink illustration depicting a crater in the middle of a sparse pine forest. A glowing meteor sits in the depression, and facing it, a woman kneels, head upturned towards the starry sky. Three large, eldritch beasts approach through the trees towards the meteor. The first has many tall, jointed legs and a bony head. The second is serpentine, with a loop-shaped head fronted by tendrils. The third is a dark, six-limbed figure with a featureless bullet-shaped head and glowing eyespots on its chest.

Two adventurers, an elf and a dwarf, traverse the ruins of an ancient underground city while a shoggoth lurks on the cavern roof above.

Two adventurers, an elf and a dwarf, traverse the ruins of an ancient underground city while a shoggoth lurks on the cavern roof above.

Pen-and-ink illustration depicting four monsters bursting out of a vintage TV set: the werewolf from An American Werewolf in London, the creature from The Thing, half-human and half nightmarish alien, the dripping Tarman zombie from Return of the Living Dead, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon reaching toward the viewer.

Pen-and-ink illustration depicting four monsters bursting out of a vintage TV set: the werewolf from An American Werewolf in London, the creature from The Thing, half-human and half nightmarish alien, the dripping Tarman zombie from Return of the Living Dead, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon reaching toward the viewer.

Pen and ink illustration depicting a huge, goatlike demonic warrior against a black background. He holds a flaming sword in one hand and a small imp warrior in the other, kneeling in subservience. Other imps with a variety of appearances and armaments fly around him.

Pen and ink illustration depicting a huge, goatlike demonic warrior against a black background. He holds a flaming sword in one hand and a small imp warrior in the other, kneeling in subservience. Other imps with a variety of appearances and armaments fly around him.

It is #PortfolioDay once more. I'm a traditional illustrator specializing in pen and ink. I've contributed to a number of fiction publications and TTRPG projects, and I am currently looking for more work!

13.01.2026 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 215    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Tone deaf.
#speirgorm

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