Allison Bannister
@basictelepathy.bsky.social
Cartoonist, Teacher, Writer, Editor. Pronouns She/Her.
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Hi folks!
I teach writing and make comics. My most recent projects are The City We Chose with TO Comix Press (as an assistant editor) and At the Inn (my webcomic). Occasionally I draw character portraits for fun. You can find more of my work at basictelepathy.com.
I teach writing and make comics. My most recent projects are The City We Chose with TO Comix Press (as an assistant editor) and At the Inn (my webcomic). Occasionally I draw character portraits for fun. You can find more of my work at basictelepathy.com.
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Neighborhood life when ICE agents terrorize your city. #iceoutcomics #iceoutmpls
February 5, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Neighborhood life when ICE agents terrorize your city. #iceoutcomics #iceoutmpls
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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There is a *perfect state of being* you can reach when you are writing, where you are solving problems left and right and shit is coming together. It takes a WHILE to get there, you have to go through many drafts. But it's worth it. It feels like how I imagine being able to purr feels to a cat
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 PM
There is a *perfect state of being* you can reach when you are writing, where you are solving problems left and right and shit is coming together. It takes a WHILE to get there, you have to go through many drafts. But it's worth it. It feels like how I imagine being able to purr feels to a cat
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Cartoonists, I’d love to hear your stories! For local resources, please check out @defend612.bsky.social
defend612.com
defend612.com
![ICE OUT
Cartoonists against ICE
Calling on cartoonists and artists to tell your stories about the ICE occupation of your towns and cities!
*4-panel comics*
*3:4 Instagram format*
Use this Blue: *There is a color drop block of blue to copy *
Use these hashtags:
#iceout[your city]
#iceoutmpls
#iceoutcomics](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cb6uhto6bwvcx4anaq55konv/bafkreihsu6hpy7j7j6p7pmpqvibmllwuutrkylauwvmlnx3siswpoplyta@jpeg)
January 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Cartoonists, I’d love to hear your stories! For local resources, please check out @defend612.bsky.social
defend612.com
defend612.com
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January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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I finally got around to editing the footage from this whole encounter, definitely the most beautiful moment of the year in nature for me.
Video taken across a 12 minute period, sunset lit water fans will REALLY like this one!
Uncompressed: youtu.be/VwQTwF8WlI0
🦑
Video taken across a 12 minute period, sunset lit water fans will REALLY like this one!
Uncompressed: youtu.be/VwQTwF8WlI0
🦑
December 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I finally got around to editing the footage from this whole encounter, definitely the most beautiful moment of the year in nature for me.
Video taken across a 12 minute period, sunset lit water fans will REALLY like this one!
Uncompressed: youtu.be/VwQTwF8WlI0
🦑
Video taken across a 12 minute period, sunset lit water fans will REALLY like this one!
Uncompressed: youtu.be/VwQTwF8WlI0
🦑
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This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
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As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back
You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
December 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back
You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
Haven't posted art recently! I've got updated art for Cass, my minotaur warrior, and new character art for Rukhatin, my dwarven magus. Both are Pathfinder 2E characters I've been playing this fall.
December 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Haven't posted art recently! I've got updated art for Cass, my minotaur warrior, and new character art for Rukhatin, my dwarven magus. Both are Pathfinder 2E characters I've been playing this fall.
I can't make it this year, but it's a wonderful time with some of the best people. Highly recommended to any comics person.
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I can't make it this year, but it's a wonderful time with some of the best people. Highly recommended to any comics person.
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While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI:
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
August 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI:
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
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For those that need alt text
August 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
For those that need alt text
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One of the grosser things about “AI“ integration in a lot of search engine results is it’s a furtherance of the hypercentralization we’re all already dealing with; another fucking speed bump to stop you from clicking through to anyone else’s websites.
August 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
One of the grosser things about “AI“ integration in a lot of search engine results is it’s a furtherance of the hypercentralization we’re all already dealing with; another fucking speed bump to stop you from clicking through to anyone else’s websites.
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One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/
February 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/
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Self-publishing is a power, it's a gift. You can put whatever you want into your little 'zines and minicomics, absolutely nobody can tell you no. Tell your story, don't worry if it's "good enough", make it anyway.
August 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Self-publishing is a power, it's a gift. You can put whatever you want into your little 'zines and minicomics, absolutely nobody can tell you no. Tell your story, don't worry if it's "good enough", make it anyway.
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HARD CO-SIGN!!!
Pencil, paper, done.
Pencil, paper, done.
"A.i." doesn't empower anyone. It strips them of belief in themselves and the power of their own minds and hands and abilities and stories.
EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS.
Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.
EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS.
Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.
August 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
HARD CO-SIGN!!!
Pencil, paper, done.
Pencil, paper, done.
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re: generative AI
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
July 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
re: generative AI
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
Nora is being VERY helpful with the thumbnails for the next chapter of At the Inn.
June 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Nora is being VERY helpful with the thumbnails for the next chapter of At the Inn.
I'll be there! It's probably going to be the only convention I do this year. Truly an amazing group of people!
CHECK OUT THIS LINEUP. We love bringing amazing people to Juneau and I feel like we hit a real high mark this year.
Guest exhibitors and schedule of events are online for the mini-con this weekend: minicon.alaskarobotics.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I'll be there! It's probably going to be the only convention I do this year. Truly an amazing group of people!
Oh hey I guess it's #webcomicday? I draw one of those! At the Inn is a story about a wizard school drop out who finds a home of sorts working at a roadside inn. It's episodic, with an ensemble cast of coworkers, locals, and guests. I just started inking the second-to last page of this chapter!
Basic Telepathy – At the Inn
Basictelepathy.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Oh hey I guess it's #webcomicday? I draw one of those! At the Inn is a story about a wizard school drop out who finds a home of sorts working at a roadside inn. It's episodic, with an ensemble cast of coworkers, locals, and guests. I just started inking the second-to last page of this chapter!
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We’re entering the last stretch of this campaign!
Help us bring a post-apocalyptic sapphic graphic novel full of lesbian love to the world?
We’re closing in on the funding goal! $2,149 USD ($2,970 CAD) left to go. We can do it✨ 💙📚🌈
Shares appreciated💖
🌺 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Help us bring a post-apocalyptic sapphic graphic novel full of lesbian love to the world?
We’re closing in on the funding goal! $2,149 USD ($2,970 CAD) left to go. We can do it✨ 💙📚🌈
Shares appreciated💖
🌺 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Back To Earth - A Sapphic Post-Apocalyptic Graphic Novel
A world that fell over the edge. A hostile wasteland cloaked in peculiarity. Yet, Sasha and Leora’s bond is stronger than extinction.
Join us on this tale about the aftermath of a big collapse, and ...
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May 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
We’re entering the last stretch of this campaign!
Help us bring a post-apocalyptic sapphic graphic novel full of lesbian love to the world?
We’re closing in on the funding goal! $2,149 USD ($2,970 CAD) left to go. We can do it✨ 💙📚🌈
Shares appreciated💖
🌺 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Help us bring a post-apocalyptic sapphic graphic novel full of lesbian love to the world?
We’re closing in on the funding goal! $2,149 USD ($2,970 CAD) left to go. We can do it✨ 💙📚🌈
Shares appreciated💖
🌺 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
The first time a friend of mine came out. They posted such happy photos; I was like, "oh, this is right. This is them as they should be." Rooting for their joy was the easiest thing in the world.
Before that, I was supportive in theory but not actively engaged. I had a lot to learn and unlearn.
Before that, I was supportive in theory but not actively engaged. I had a lot to learn and unlearn.
cis folks, i'm curious for you to share answers, if you want:
what made you start caring about trans rights? who'd you know/what happened? tell me the story.
what made you start caring about trans rights? who'd you know/what happened? tell me the story.
April 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The first time a friend of mine came out. They posted such happy photos; I was like, "oh, this is right. This is them as they should be." Rooting for their joy was the easiest thing in the world.
Before that, I was supportive in theory but not actively engaged. I had a lot to learn and unlearn.
Before that, I was supportive in theory but not actively engaged. I had a lot to learn and unlearn.
Please back this cool book so it makes it's goal and I can get a copy!
Six Centuries of Type & Printing: New Edition
Help create an affordably priced version of this book that spans 600 years of the history of typography, type casting, and printing
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April 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Please back this cool book so it makes it's goal and I can get a copy!
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.