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Ken Parille

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College teacher of literature, children’s lit, comics, writing. Author/editor of books on Daniel Clowes, nineteenth-century boyhood, guitar playing. Author of essays on comics and boyhood in academic journals and elsewhere. Friend to All Cats Everywhere.

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An oil pastel drawing on grey paper of a yellowish skull that looks a bit worried, with mauve line prominent

An oil pastel drawing on grey paper of a yellowish skull that looks a bit worried, with mauve line prominent

Squishy old skull

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Panel 1 A figure stands at a lectern "This image illustrates my theory that, presented with a sufficient quantity of intricate formulae, overcomplicated diagrams and impenetrable acronyms, an audience will agree with almost anything." The screen is completely packed with such things Panel 2,3,4,5. Four audience members say enthusiastically: "My thoughts exactly!", "Hear, hear!", "I quite agree!" and "Excellent point!"

Panel 1 A figure stands at a lectern "This image illustrates my theory that, presented with a sufficient quantity of intricate formulae, overcomplicated diagrams and impenetrable acronyms, an audience will agree with almost anything." The screen is completely packed with such things Panel 2,3,4,5. Four audience members say enthusiastically: "My thoughts exactly!", "Hear, hear!", "I quite agree!" and "Excellent point!"

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
p.s. My new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out this week. Details at www.tomgauld.com

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Dead to da woild

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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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The Sora AI disinfo nightmare is here

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The More You Know Monday (“This Curious World” by William Ferguson):

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OpenAI's New Sora 2 AI Video Generator Still Uses Copyrighted Work by Default Sora 2 is leaps and bounds improved over OpenAI's original Sora AI video generator, but its copyright policy hasn't evolved.

www.vice.com/en/article/o...?

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Jamie Hernandez, 2008

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Lucretia‘s “haircut” on the cover is creepy

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