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DM Larson
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💬 Comics
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BootlegPotato @bootlegpotato.bsky.social · Mar 9
I'm DM Larson, also know as BootlegPotato, and I make weird comics. Some of them are about robots, witches, office workers, aliens, and barbarians. Most of them are free online.

I think they are neat and I invite you to take a look.
www.bootlegpotato.com
A single panel comic of an office working in a cubicle farm yelling "Oh god I'm 40! I can't relate to the youths!" with a caption that says "Life comes at you hard." A panel from a comic strip featuring an alien against a stary sky wiggle their butt. It is a "mooning" or "Uranus" joke. It make more sense in context. The cover of a comic called F.I.I.D.K. Artisanal Comix for a Refined Palate. The illustration on the cover is a picture of a sentient slice of pizza saying "I'd eat me." A page from the comic Saturday Tales feature two panels of Plum the witch walking in a garden at night. The first panel shows Plum carrying a candle stick and tea pot while stepping out of a building. The second panel show Plum walking through the garden away from the door they just exited.
bootlegpotato.bsky.social
Another coloring page for today. I'm starting to realize a lot of my work paints a certain picture.
#coloring #cookie #coloringpage
A coloring page featuring a chocolate chip cookie with the words Cookie below and a few decorative chips.
January 7, 2026 at 1:44 PM
bootlegpotato.bsky.social
Flan and candy corn? Sounds like leftover holiday desserts to me. Actually I have no idea if flan is holiday related. It is a left over illustration that I don't know what to do with. 🫠
#Art #Candy #Food
An illustration of Flan with a happy face on it. An illustration of two pieces of candy corn with faces on them.
January 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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gettheorion.bsky.social
A dear friend is Sbux union leader through Workers United and she clued me into 3 things.

Starbucks has not signed a contract with the workers for 4 years.

Starbucks has more union violations than any other company in the US.

Shareholders are demanding they settle.

Keep boycotting.
sbworkersunited.org Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 3d
53 DAYS INTO THE LONGEST NATIONAL ULP STRIKE IN STARBUCKS' HISTORY! 🔥

Remind your friends and family: Don't buy Starbucks for the duration of our strike!

bsky.app/profile/sbwo...
sbworkersunited.org Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · Nov 13
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
January 4, 2026 at 11:45 PM
bootlegpotato.bsky.social
Action have repercussions but pizza is very very delicious.
#comicoop #WebComic #Pizza
Panel 1: Pal asks Buddy "What's wrong?" Buddy responds "My tummy hurts." Panel 2: Pal asks "You ate your weight in pizza and soda again?" Panel 3: Buddy says "Just because the accusation is true doesn't make it hurt less."
January 1, 2026 at 7:19 PM
bootlegpotato.bsky.social
Happy New Year Everyone
A coloring page featuring a cat and a jack-o-lantern sitting around a table at midnight clinking glasses with the word Happy New Year below the illustration.
December 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
bootlegpotato.bsky.social
This concludes our little adventure with bootleg heroes for the year.
#comicoop #WebComic #Comics
Panel 1: Great Guy watches as Mr. Mustache gets up from the bar and says "Well, I should probably go." Panel 2: He digs into his pocket and says "You don't want it to look like you are getting chummy with a villain." Panel 3. He lays a card on the bar top saying "You also don't want it to look like you are taking an arching league business card." Panel 4: Mr. Mustache has started walk away but notices Great Guy reaching for the card. Panel 5: Mr. Mustache turns back around and says "I said you don't want it to look like that." Panel 6: Finally walking away he finishes "Wait till I'm gone ya dummy." Great Guy has an embarrassed look on their face.
December 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
bootlegpotato.bsky.social
What are phones used for again?
www.bootlegpotato.com/comics/yofre...
#comicoop #WebComic #Comics
Panel 1: Buddy and Pal are standing around when Buddy says "I think my phone is haunted." Pal responds "Why?" Panel 2: Buddy says "It keeps randomly making ghostly Ding Ding noises trying to get my attention!" Panel 3: Paly says "You mean you are getting a phone call?" and Buddy responds "A what now?"
December 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
bootlegpotato.bsky.social
My empathy goes out to everyone working this week.
#comicoop #WebComic #Comics
www.bootlegpotato.com
Panel 1: Mr. Mustache responding to Great Guy's concerned look says "You didn't hear I turned villain?" Panel 2: He continues "I made the switch ages ago." Panel 3: "I mostly did it because the arching league's retirement benefits are out of this world." Panel 4: "Probably because they rarely have to pay them out due to high villain mortality rate." Panel 5: That and the retirement policy doesn't transfer to clones." Panel 6: "Probably because Clone-Iac Demanded equal payout for all 800 of his clones back in the 80s."
December 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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fodongo.bsky.social
Half the month is gone. But there's still 'Plenty of Fangs', by SPRAK!

Read more of their #comics at sprakcomic.com and more #indie #freeculture stories at fodongo.ca

#humanart #Fodongo
First page of 'Plenty of Fangs' by Sprak. We see two young vampires on a living room, one holding a cellphone says “Bro. You gotta help me go thru my matches. You know I’m shit at it.” We then see the phone showing the dating profiles of a vampire in front of a mirror. “Catfish” says the friend. “What. How can you tell?” Asks the first vampire. The friend answers “The reflection is warped. Also a reflection.” Holding the phone, the first vampire says “Oh.” We see the 3 dating profiles The text of the first one says “GoneBatty. Live in a Cave. Looking For: Robert-Pattinson-Type. About me: I want a hot Vamp BF. I am totes a vamp & like 2 B in form of a bat. Yea”. The friend remarks on the image saying “That’s a guinea pic with wings glued on”. The second dating profile shows a muscular looking vampire the text of the profile says “J. Dandrige. 285/M/LA. Interests: 80s Horror. Nightclubs. Vamp4Vamp”. The first vampire says “Ugh I think we have the same great-great-grand sire”. The third dating profile shows a picture four smiling vampires the text of the profile says “Ebony Dark’ness Dementia Raven Way. Girls Night!!!!!!!!” The friend says “I hate coven shots. Which one is Enoby Darkness??” We see one more dating profile showing a girl leaning against the wall behind her there’s a crossbow, a rosary, a bible, garlic cloves, and holy water. The text of the profile says “Vanessa H. Sing. Totally-not-a-vamp-hunter. Interests: Crossbows. Ideal Date: We chat, walk & then I take u to a nice stakehouse ;)”. The friend says “Totally-not-a-vamp-hunter. Well... It wouldn’t be the worst date you’ve been on.”. Then we see the first vampire swipe at the phone, which says “Ding! It’s a match!”
December 16, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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haruka-kanata.bsky.social
秋の随行 I / II
#この世の美しいものすべて
#イラスト #一次創作 #illustration
水彩イラスト。鮮やかに紅葉した木の葉が舞い散る中、若い王が厳しい表情で歩いている。後ろから騎士がやはり険しい表情で付き従っている。 水彩イラスト。鮮やかに紅葉した蔦に覆われた廃墟の暗がりで、半妖と王子と騎士が抱き合って涙を流している。
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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fodongo.bsky.social
December 16th has been so rainy. Reminds us of @vinzul.bsky.social 's 'Cultivate', about #plants and #love intersecting.

Check out her work: marizba.artstation.com
Read more #Fodongo #comics at fodongo.ca

#humanart #indie #zine #freeculture
First page of María Izquierdo Barri's 'Cultivate'. This comic shows a plant growing, with the narration saying 'When new growth shows up on the plant you've been trying to save for two years -- everything makes sense.' A plant gets watered. 'Love like a gardener.' A woman gives tea to her partner. 'Watering every day without fail.' In this page we see the woman observing her partner. 'A gardener observes'. Then we see a plant with bugs. 'very very closely when something is off.' Then we see someone caring for a plant. 'A gardener is curious'. Then we see a suitcase being packed. 'And finds out the best way to help'. Then we see a broken pot 'A gardener understands' - and a hand letting go from another 'when the pot is not big enough to thrive.' In this page the woman is reading a book and a hand rests on her shoulder. 'To be loved is to be known'. Her new partner brings her tea and they smile at each other. 'A gardener will make sure to know --'. We see them sitting by each other in the harden '--what your heart will need to grow.'
December 17, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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fodongo.bsky.social
Se.Ven.Teenth. of December. Contrary to reality, @bastianpascal.bsky.social 's comic is called 'It's so Hot in Here'. It is delightful.

Check out more Bastianness here: bastianpascal.com
Read more #freeculture #indie #comics at fodongo.ca

#humanart #zine #Fodongo
First page of Bastián Pascal-s 'It's so HOT in here!'. In this page a very sweaty guy dubbed Poor Fella walks through an area warmed by two suns, sun and sun also. He yells 'It's so HOT in here!'. He sees a sword in the distance, in a pedestal, and in his delirium says 'Is that a... frutsi...?'. He approaches it, and the pedestal reads 'for the KING (warning:not a frutsi)'. He reaches for it, saying '5 -second rule'. He pulls the sword out and admires it and says 'All of my problems are obviously solved now.'. A robotic voice comes from off-screen, saying 'ARE THEY?' In this page a giant robot appears and says to Poor fella 'FIGHT ME'. Poor fella says 'Dude no why? It's hot'. The robot says 'PLZ', so Poor fella relents 'Geez OK Fine!!!'. Poor Fella swings the sword but it slips and flies past the robot, piercing one of the suns labeled 'still sun'.' In this page the sun gets pierced and cracks open. The sky darkends, and Poor Fella says 'Hmm... this is actually pretty fres.' So Poor fella becomes king. Narration reads 'And so:' and an adoring crowd chants while Poor Fella sits on a throne with a crown 'All Hail the King! Fixer of Global Warming!'. Poor fella says 'All of my problems are obviously solved n-', but the Giant Robot steps on him.
December 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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haruka-kanata.bsky.social
沼のあるじ / Mistress of the swamp #artsky #イラスト #この世の美しいものすべて
水彩イラスト。金色の目の女性の顔をした、爬虫類のような手と飾り襟のようなヒレがついた水棲の怪人。
December 18, 2025 at 6:02 AM
bootlegpotato.bsky.social
Then what the hell is it?
#comicoop #WebComic #cooking
Panel 1: Pal and Buddy are standing around. Buddy is wearing a chef's hat. Pal askes Buddy "What's that small?" and Buddy responds "I'm cooking bacon!" Panel 2: Pal with a concern look on their face says "we don't have bacon" to which Buddy says "That would explain why it's smell like burnt teriyaki jerky." Panel 3: Pal says "We don't have jerky." Buddy simply responds "Oh."
December 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
bootlegpotato.bsky.social
In my Slumberland comic the moon takes on a different personification than what was in the source material.
www.bootlegpotato.com/comics/slumb...
#Moon #Comic #Slumberland
Three panels from the first Slumberland Nap story featuring the moon turning into a human figure and catching three individuals falling through space.
December 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
bootlegpotato.bsky.social
The conversation takes an unforeseeable twist. UNFORESEEABLE. #comicoop #WebComic #Comic
www.bootlegpotato.com
Panel 1: The superhero Great Guy asks Mr. Mustache "So what is your Kid, Bug Brat, up to now?" Panel 2: Mr. Mustache responds "Went to San Fran and joined the Young Gladiators Patrol." Panel 3: Great Guy inquires "How that go?" and Mr. Mustache says "Better than I Expected!" Panel 4: He continues "I haven't had to kill any of them when I turned villain." Panel 5: He concludes "Teenagers can be so mean to kid heroes with villain parents." Panel 6: Great Guy with a shocked look on his face says "You are a what now?"
December 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
bootlegpotato.bsky.social
We have always been awkward with cameras and I have a feeling we'll always be awkward with cameras.
#comicoop #WebComic #Comics
Panel 1. Buddy and Pal are standing around looking at their phones. Buddy has their phone turned sideways and says out lout "Lets see how does those shots look?" Panel 2. Buddy hold the phone out to Pal who says "Is your finger in all of the shots?" Panel 3. Buddy responds "Why must you ask questions you already know the answer to?"
December 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
bootlegpotato.bsky.social
Last week Slumberland Nap #10 went up on the Fondongo site.
fodongo.ca/comics/iss20...

The eZine that it first appeared in is available at geesegoose.ca/product/fodo...
Nibs, Jules and Tip are sprawled on the ground and are being tied down by a bunch of tiny little people. Jules asks 'Who are these little guys?'. Tip says 'They are Liliputs or Blefuscu', while some tiny people tug at their hat. Jules makes an annoyed face and says 'Those are made up words'. A small person pulls their hair, other threatens with a tiny spear, another is climbing their arm. They all sit up and Nibs says 'They are super dicks.'. As they are being tied up by a small person, Jules says 'Which ones?'. Tip looks around and says 'Both.'
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
bootlegpotato.bsky.social
Got another page for this ongoing scene from my Bootleg Superhero comic. No, I don't know why they all look like mutant duck people.
#comicoop #WebComic #Comic #SuperHeroes
Panel 1. Super person Mr. Mustache talking to Great Guy says "Do you know that Dagger Dude tried to make my kid, Bug Brat, his sidekick?" Panel 2. Great Guy says "That sounds like a horrible idea." Panel 3. Mr. Mustache looking off into the distance says "Honestly, it probably was the best thing for my kid." Panel 4. He continues. "It's complicated when a super kid has entirely different power then their parents." Panel 5. Mr. Mustache with an angary look on their face amps up "But that Dagger Dick tried renaming them to something stupid like Tiny Tack." Panel 6. He finishes with "Broke his back over that."
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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fodongo.bsky.social
This December 7th, a tale of protecting what one loves, by the ever amazing @amelieshypilova.bsky.social .

Check out their work at amelieshypilova.myportfolio.com , and read more comics at fodongo.ca

#comic #zine #indie #noai #fodongo
First page of 'Cerberus' by Amelie Shypilova. A person with long hair is shown grimacing, with a scar on their chin. Then we see the person's angry frown, above the narration that reads 'I am not a humble creature.' This page is a beautiful spread. We see some hands holding the heads of two dogs, while the narrator says 'Maybe I once was'. Then we see this narrator in a place where clothes hanf, with a two headed dog with their mouths in muzzles. 'But that wa sbefore they called you my freak-of-nature.' Then the hand drops the leash. 'So today they will finally see me'. And we see an angry mob yelling from behind a chainlink fence. We see the two headed dog in two panels flanking a panel where the narrator's face is. Then we see the narrator holding a torch, with the two-headed dog stanting behind them. They say 'When I am double the monster they thought you were'. Behind them and the dog there's an incredible amount of dogs, bright eyes, looking, presumably, at the angry mob.
December 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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fodongo.bsky.social
It is December 8th. Do you know where to find some cool #indie #freeculture #comics? At fodongo.ca , of course! Take @peny0u.bsky.social 'Wishing Star', for example!

You can see more of her work here: www.instagram.com/peny0u/

#zine #humanart #fodongo
First page of Peny0u's 'Wishing Star'. Two figures, a clown and a jester, are walking through a forest in the night. The Clown says 'My dad said I should stop meeting you'. The Jester says 'Eeh why?'. The Clown replies 'I'm about to turn and they don't want me to be like your kin'. Then we see a close up of the Jester's face, smiling coyly 'That's funny', they say. The Clown seems to be serious. The Jester continues as wee see their feet walking. 'My mom actually said the same thing'. In this page we see the Jester and Clown walking down the forest, some fish hanging from some strings. The Jester looks wistful, the Clown upset. The Jester says 'say'. In the next panel we see the Jester close their eyes and sat 'Should we-', but the clown pulls on their hand and says 'It's about to start. Let's hurry'. The Jester laughs. In this page we see the Jester and Clown looking at a shooting star. They both fall on the grass and the Jester happily says 'I wish the world would stop for a while', and laughs. The Clown says 'Hey!! Don't say it out loud!!!'
December 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
WE CAN MAKE THE INTERNET FUN AGAIN

THAT IS WITHIN OUR POWER

MAKE A WEBSITE

PUT ALL YOUR DUMB SHIT ON IT

SHARE IT
nolnir.com NOLNIR ✨🌠💫@ indefinite hiatus @nolnir.com · Jun 20
I've slapped together approximately 173 pages of material that aims to teach programming a personal website with HTML and CSS to artists, animators, writers, music producers, etc.

F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨
Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne
More info below 👇
a digital drawing of a young character with a turquoise bow on her head. She possesses canine-like features and wears a white outfit with yellow gloves. To the right of her is text that reads "Fuck it, let's make a website!"
June 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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korybing.bsky.social
It might feel like making and showing art is yelling into an unfeeling void, but people notice. It keeps people going. Even if that person is just you. Art makes us human!!!
December 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
bootlegpotato.bsky.social
This reminds me. US peeps, don't forget to be on top of your taxes this year. #comicoop #WebComic #Comic
Panel 1. Buddy and Pal are standing around and Buddy asks "What would you do with a million dollars?" Panel 2. Pal responds "A million dollars doesn't go as far as it used to. So, probably something fiscally responsible." Panel 3. Buddy comments "Reality really has crushed your dreams."
December 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
bootlegpotato.bsky.social
Another coloring page. I wish it was warm enough to go swimming. Not that that I would actually go into the water but it would be nice if it was warm enough for it.
#Art #ColoringPage #Bugs
A coloring page of a Diving Beetle character wearing water wings.
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM