Josh Rosen

Assets and Ashes: Wildfire management and the politics of climate change This Perspective examines the interplay between natural and political systems. Drawing on first-hand experience and recent studies, it employs various…

Really great little comic about some of the politics surrounding wildfires and the current climate crisis over on Science Direct! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Some of the goofy characters that came out of this past Wednesday’s Art Social at @thebentway.bsky.social. This workshop was so much fun to run. Drawing is great, and everyone should do it!

I had a dream last night where I was trying to annoy my friends by claiming that I couldn’t figure out whether snakes evolved from dinosaurs or worms. And in my dream I was doing it as a joke. But now I’m awake and I can’t stop thinking about snake evolution

This is looking awesome!

Make bad art! It’s important!!!!!

I won’t be able to participate, but I think this is an absolutely brilliant idea, and everyone who can should do it!!

Agreed! Remembering the fun is really the secret. The act of drawing is always best when it’s exploratory and playful. It’s something I try to remind myself regularly, even as an adult

An x y axis chart showing which muppets would be good vs bad at piloting a gundam and which would enjoy vs not enjoy piloting a gundam. Miss Piggy is highest for enjoying and being good at piloting. Gonzo is highest for enjoyment and lowest for pilot skill.

I needed a second axis for this question.

It’s not a “one size fits all” method, but I find it’s a good way to head some of that self doubt off before it manifests. Try to break students from the thinking that there’s a “right way” to draw

I usually try to start workshops with drawing games or timed drawing exercises. Try to get their hands moving before they have time to start thinking about drawings being “good” or “bad.” And I’ll follow with a group share, where I try to highlight everyone’s different drawing styles and strengths

Human artists!

Use one piece of art to convince people to follow you

Well, I’m convinced!

I don't want to alarm anyone, but hoopla has a whole dang 2025 eisner nominees section. You can just... read them all. For free. And support your local library at the same time. 😱

The cover spread from a one page zine printout. The left (back cover) features images of a scale and gavel, with notes on First Amendment and filming rights, and the advice to “shut the fuck up.” On the right is the cover, a megaphone with the title text “PROTEST SAFELY.” Behind it are faceless protestors. The subtitle notes, “A brief collection of tips from around the internet.”

A spread from one page zine printout. On the left is an illustration of a protestor with the title “What to Wear,” including a helmet, goggles, ear plugs, gloves, a mask, a backpack, and layers/long sleeves/pants. Each have additional notes explaining their use. On the right is “What to Bring,” featuring illustrations of a backpack, money, water bottles, a mask, a granola bar and bag of trail mix, a first aid kit, folded shirt and pants, and an ID, with “DIY Defense” listed underneath it showing one protestor using a luggage case, one holding a trash can lid, and one using an open umbrella as a shield.

A spread from one page zine printout. On the left is “Protect Your Identity,” advising to cover up identifying features, avoiding photography of protesters, deactivating biometric phone-unlocking tools, and writing emergency contact and counsel numbers on your arm. On the right is “Be Like Water,” the motto of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, and the text “BEWARE THE BAIT” with images of a palette of bricks and a masked man holding a crowbar toward a protestor with a sign, “Psst, free crowbar?” encouraging the reader not to engage with traps and undercover agents.

A spread from one page zine printout featuring the hazards of protest opposition, including tear gas, rubber bullets, and LRAD sound cannons and flash bangs. Caution tape images accompany the text explaining the dangers of each, how to flush out eyes that have been maced/etc, and how to extinguish a gas canister with a traffic cone.

I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️

toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf

yep! unpaywalled:

I see all you artists giving your characters unmarked t-shirts, and I’m naming you for the cowards you are!

The mark of a true warrior is their willingness to giving a major character in their graphic novel a plaid shirt, which they’re going to have to redraw in every panel that character appears in

They really managed to capture my “talking about comics” side, haha

I hear the original title for the article was “‘TCAF on Ice’ Deemed Success, Despite Frequent Sobbing and Cries of ‘Where’s Ken??’ Heard Throughout Show.”

(Also, you can spot the back of @nelsoncaetano.bsky.social ‘s head, and I think that’s @megacarter.bsky.social in the background!)

‘TCAF on Ice’ Was a Return to Form The Toronto Comic Arts Festival mounted its biggest weekend in 2025 since before the pandemic, overcoming logistical and geopolitical uncertainty to draw an estimated 28,000 attendees June 6–8 to the ...

I have courageously chosen to accept Publisher’s Weekly’s nomination to be the new #TCAF poster boy www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

If you're in Alberta, you can also do this survey about proposed book bans in the provincial school district! Please take a moment to fill it out! www.alberta.ca/school-libra...

The DVD has been going for $$$ on the secondary market prior to this news (I’d been checking). And that’s without it being the limited run Partially-Eaten-by-a-Dog Edition!

I am absolutely thrilled about this news. This movie is so good and charming, and I’ve wanted to own a physical copy for sooooo long!

Holy jeeeeez! I’ve been hunting for a DVD copy of this for YEARS!!

For my Toronto friends! The Bentway is hosting a series of Wednesday night art socials all summer long. And I’ll be running some of the workshops! I did this last year too, and it was a real fun time. Check out Bentway.ca for details and tickets

Carrie Coon does this a couple of times in her video! She also grabs a copy of Godzilla vs Biollante!

Chernobog

Not free, but Affinity Publisher works just the same as InDesign and doesn’t require a subscription. Just a one time fee

Hey hey! Took a mini social media break, but now I’m back. Hello! I’m back! For real! I swear! Hello! I’m back! Hello!