Brett Hamil
@bretthamil.bsky.social
Cartoonist and comedian in Seattle. Buy my comix at BrettHamil.BigCartel.com, see my comedy at JOKETELLERS UNION every 2nd Wednesday at the Clock-Out Lounge
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BURL DIRKMAN in "The 3 Power Saws of Your Squandered Youth"
February 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
BURL DIRKMAN in "The 3 Power Saws of Your Squandered Youth"
Happy #ValentinesDay from BURL DIRKMAN
February 14, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Happy #ValentinesDay from BURL DIRKMAN
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
Rob Saka posted a Seahawks victory parade montage and it got zero likes (most of his posts have zero likes because no one likes him)
February 13, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Rob Saka posted a Seahawks victory parade montage and it got zero likes (most of his posts have zero likes because no one likes him)
Martin Selig, ICE's landlord in Seattle, who fled Nazi Germany as a child in 1939, refused to stop renting to Trump's Gestapo. Now 19 of his downtown properties are in receivership including the one that housed ICE, he's defaulted on almost a billion in debt. Biblical fates await ICE collaborators.
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Martin Selig, ICE's landlord in Seattle, who fled Nazi Germany as a child in 1939, refused to stop renting to Trump's Gestapo. Now 19 of his downtown properties are in receivership including the one that housed ICE, he's defaulted on almost a billion in debt. Biblical fates await ICE collaborators.
BURL DIRKMAN in "The 3 Power Saws of Your Squandered Youth"
February 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
BURL DIRKMAN in "The 3 Power Saws of Your Squandered Youth"
A landlord who's flinchy on new progressive taxes BUT against the surveillance cameras & SODA/SOAP zones. If this is what the *center* lane is looking like, Sara Nelson's smash-n-grab spree really put the next wave of law&order moderates in a shitty spot (so far it's gotta be Jenks btw)
Julie Kang is running for the open seat in District 5, and is the first candidate in the race to qualify for democracy vouchers. An educator and bank founder, Kang espoused a mix of centrist and progressive views in her interview with The Urbanist.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/09/e...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/09/e...
Educator Julie Kang Enters Fray in D5 Seattle Council Race » The Urbanist
# Julie Kang is running for the open seat in Seattle City Council’s District 5 this year, and is the first candidate in the race to qualify for democracy vouchers. An educator and bank founder, Kang e...
www.theurbanist.org
February 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
A landlord who's flinchy on new progressive taxes BUT against the surveillance cameras & SODA/SOAP zones. If this is what the *center* lane is looking like, Sara Nelson's smash-n-grab spree really put the next wave of law&order moderates in a shitty spot (so far it's gotta be Jenks btw)
Katie Wilson giving the Super Bowl champs the key to the city while Bruce Harrell stews on the couch of his lakefront mansion
February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Katie Wilson giving the Super Bowl champs the key to the city while Bruce Harrell stews on the couch of his lakefront mansion
![Hipster Woman: I think you're really gonna like this couple. He's a poet and she's an experimental filmmaker
-We're already starting to make cool friends here!
Hipster Guy: It'll be nice to hang out with some actual artists and intellectuals for once
-Back in Ohio it was all boring normies who only wanted to talk about sports
Hipster Woman: Well those days are over. We're in Seattle now!
[They arrive at the front door of their new friends, who are dressed head to toe in Seahawks garb with a giant foam finger and Hawks pennant. Hipster Guy frowns with his eyes at Hipster Woman]
Filmmaker: Hey guys!
Poet: Just in time for kickoff!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:carj4mhaflwfubqzioy5wxl3/bafkreihkydkq4rxrcb5ng7fhh5fiebiaplqx7u7lwxogauf654lh2ixa7i@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Everyone who illegally sat on the Pioneer Square pergola has had their biometrics uploaded to the Real Time Crime Center. Expect a visit.
February 9, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Everyone who illegally sat on the Pioneer Square pergola has had their biometrics uploaded to the Real Time Crime Center. Expect a visit.
Hahaha
it would be hilarious if all the Seattle teams start winning championships now that Mayor Big Sports Guy is out of office. (if the Sonics came back I think he'd have an aneurysm)
February 9, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Hahaha
"worse than being in Afghanistan" lol
The truth about Jody Allen owner of the #Seahawks. A little bit of fact checking, is all it takes people. Yeah, turns out most rich fucks have skeletons in their closet. Her brother is even worse.
Stop thinking she's some kind of saint.
Stop thinking she's some kind of saint.
February 8, 2026 at 10:54 PM
"worse than being in Afghanistan" lol
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Congrats to Mt Baker “Community” Club for successfully eliminating all upzones near Hunter Blvd. Wouldn’t want any renters getting access to the lake!
February 8, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Congrats to Mt Baker “Community” Club for successfully eliminating all upzones near Hunter Blvd. Wouldn’t want any renters getting access to the lake!
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I look forward to DOOM LOOP every Sunday
Today's DOOM LOOP for @soseaemerald.bsky.social: "Football"
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...
February 8, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I look forward to DOOM LOOP every Sunday
Today's DOOM LOOP for @soseaemerald.bsky.social: "Football"
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...
February 8, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Today's DOOM LOOP for @soseaemerald.bsky.social: "Football"
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...
See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...
In our Democratic trifecta state, 2 former Dem governors (Locke & Gregoire) endorsed a Republican for Seattle city attorney, Ann Davison, who switched to GOP & urged ppl to leave the Democratic party in *2020*. Wealthy Democrats hate homeless people more than Republicans exhibit 12927
hatred of unhoused people is genuinely a pipeline to fascism. if the wealthy can get you to dehumanize your own neighbors, then they can get you to do it to anyone.
February 8, 2026 at 5:32 AM
In our Democratic trifecta state, 2 former Dem governors (Locke & Gregoire) endorsed a Republican for Seattle city attorney, Ann Davison, who switched to GOP & urged ppl to leave the Democratic party in *2020*. Wealthy Democrats hate homeless people more than Republicans exhibit 12927
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YES WE HAVE BRETT'S COMICS NOW! :D :D :D
Just dropped off a big load of my comix at @crowsnest.quest, new comic shop on the South End 👏🏻😲 (just off Rainier north of the 90 overpass)! Great selection, go check em out!
February 7, 2026 at 11:53 PM
YES WE HAVE BRETT'S COMICS NOW! :D :D :D
Just dropped off a big load of my comix at @crowsnest.quest, new comic shop on the South End 👏🏻😲 (just off Rainier north of the 90 overpass)! Great selection, go check em out!
February 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Just dropped off a big load of my comix at @crowsnest.quest, new comic shop on the South End 👏🏻😲 (just off Rainier north of the 90 overpass)! Great selection, go check em out!
The Rob Saka Triangle of Death almost seems purpose-built to engineer pedestrians getting hit, amazing
February 6, 2026 at 6:53 PM
The Rob Saka Triangle of Death almost seems purpose-built to engineer pedestrians getting hit, amazing
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In his latest e-newsletter Rob Saka takes credit for SAVING CURBY, the traffic safety median he personally wanted to remove since before he was elected & was ready to pay $2 MILLION to do it until he got widely ridiculed for his absurd vendetta. What an utterly shameless & pathetic laughingstock
February 5, 2026 at 11:02 PM
In his latest e-newsletter Rob Saka takes credit for SAVING CURBY, the traffic safety median he personally wanted to remove since before he was elected & was ready to pay $2 MILLION to do it until he got widely ridiculed for his absurd vendetta. What an utterly shameless & pathetic laughingstock
Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend about to win the gold for Trinidad
Times article has an incredible illustration
February 6, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend about to win the gold for Trinidad
I'm totally serious. It's rare to have such an egregious symbol of self-dealing, narcissism and short-sightedness in actual physical form. To announce your campaign upon it will explain everything anyone would need to know about why Rob's gotta go in one succinct visual image. DO IT
Whatever D1 candidate makes their campaign kickoff announcement standing astride Curby will win by at least 20 points
February 5, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I'm totally serious. It's rare to have such an egregious symbol of self-dealing, narcissism and short-sightedness in actual physical form. To announce your campaign upon it will explain everything anyone would need to know about why Rob's gotta go in one succinct visual image. DO IT
In his latest e-newsletter Rob Saka takes credit for SAVING CURBY, the traffic safety median he personally wanted to remove since before he was elected & was ready to pay $2 MILLION to do it until he got widely ridiculed for his absurd vendetta. What an utterly shameless & pathetic laughingstock
February 5, 2026 at 11:02 PM
In his latest e-newsletter Rob Saka takes credit for SAVING CURBY, the traffic safety median he personally wanted to remove since before he was elected & was ready to pay $2 MILLION to do it until he got widely ridiculed for his absurd vendetta. What an utterly shameless & pathetic laughingstock