Bryant Paul Johnson
@bryantpauljohnson.bsky.social
Cartoonist, Illustrator, and Graphic Designer he/him
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I haven’t read this article yet, but I’m assuming it’s a push for single payer healthcare, debt cancellation, and raising the minimum wage.
November 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I haven’t read this article yet, but I’m assuming it’s a push for single payer healthcare, debt cancellation, and raising the minimum wage.
Is anyone going to Arcanecon in Northampton? There are a bunch of cool games I want to check out—hopefully space is still available!
November 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Is anyone going to Arcanecon in Northampton? There are a bunch of cool games I want to check out—hopefully space is still available!
It’s the Great Joust. Except one guy is definitely riding a chicken. Drawn in three parts, mostly just to make it entirely unwieldy to work on.
October 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It’s the Great Joust. Except one guy is definitely riding a chicken. Drawn in three parts, mostly just to make it entirely unwieldy to work on.
Reposted by Bryant Paul Johnson
Nova Cromlec might be famous for its monsters, but did you know it also has thousands of miles of pristine coastlines, lovely green hills, and charming villages? And monsters. Lots of monsters.
Nova Cromlec: coming soon to an inter dimensional portal near you!
Nova Cromlec: coming soon to an inter dimensional portal near you!
October 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Nova Cromlec might be famous for its monsters, but did you know it also has thousands of miles of pristine coastlines, lovely green hills, and charming villages? And monsters. Lots of monsters.
Nova Cromlec: coming soon to an inter dimensional portal near you!
Nova Cromlec: coming soon to an inter dimensional portal near you!
Nova Cromlec might be famous for its monsters, but did you know it also has thousands of miles of pristine coastlines, lovely green hills, and charming villages? And monsters. Lots of monsters.
Nova Cromlec: coming soon to an inter dimensional portal near you!
Nova Cromlec: coming soon to an inter dimensional portal near you!
October 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Nova Cromlec might be famous for its monsters, but did you know it also has thousands of miles of pristine coastlines, lovely green hills, and charming villages? And monsters. Lots of monsters.
Nova Cromlec: coming soon to an inter dimensional portal near you!
Nova Cromlec: coming soon to an inter dimensional portal near you!
Proselytizing is gamefied empathy.
(Sorry, I was just thinking about that so-called Christian dude railing against empathy.)
(Sorry, I was just thinking about that so-called Christian dude railing against empathy.)
September 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Proselytizing is gamefied empathy.
(Sorry, I was just thinking about that so-called Christian dude railing against empathy.)
(Sorry, I was just thinking about that so-called Christian dude railing against empathy.)
Adobe asked me to fill out a survey on AI tools. I’d urge any graphic artists to make it clear that AI tools are bad for everyone. They’re bad for artists who lose revenue. They’re bad for clients who want images that effectively communicate. And they train an audience to expect visual garbage.
September 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Adobe asked me to fill out a survey on AI tools. I’d urge any graphic artists to make it clear that AI tools are bad for everyone. They’re bad for artists who lose revenue. They’re bad for clients who want images that effectively communicate. And they train an audience to expect visual garbage.
It’s kidlit postcard day! Do you like weird, kinda humorous takes on folklore, fantasy, & whiling away time in offices waiting for the heat death of the universe? Do you think that scarecrows are born, and not made? I’m your guy. This illustration is titled “It’s the Great Eschaton, Charlie Brown”.
September 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It’s kidlit postcard day! Do you like weird, kinda humorous takes on folklore, fantasy, & whiling away time in offices waiting for the heat death of the universe? Do you think that scarecrows are born, and not made? I’m your guy. This illustration is titled “It’s the Great Eschaton, Charlie Brown”.
A bit of good luck for me!
‘Cause I’ve got a golden compass!
A mocked up cover for The Golden Compass, or The Northern Lights, if you’re reading this anywhere but in the US.
Drawn in Affinity Designer, as mostly vector.
‘Cause I’ve got a golden compass!
A mocked up cover for The Golden Compass, or The Northern Lights, if you’re reading this anywhere but in the US.
Drawn in Affinity Designer, as mostly vector.
July 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A bit of good luck for me!
‘Cause I’ve got a golden compass!
A mocked up cover for The Golden Compass, or The Northern Lights, if you’re reading this anywhere but in the US.
Drawn in Affinity Designer, as mostly vector.
‘Cause I’ve got a golden compass!
A mocked up cover for The Golden Compass, or The Northern Lights, if you’re reading this anywhere but in the US.
Drawn in Affinity Designer, as mostly vector.
If you see this, post a DC comics cover you love.
I’ll admit, I totally ate up the New Mutants/X-Force hype when it came out.
Years later, I found this in a dollar bin. It’s amazing all the way through, including the hyperbolic commentary about the various contributors.
I’ll admit, I totally ate up the New Mutants/X-Force hype when it came out.
Years later, I found this in a dollar bin. It’s amazing all the way through, including the hyperbolic commentary about the various contributors.
July 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
If you see this, post a DC comics cover you love.
I’ll admit, I totally ate up the New Mutants/X-Force hype when it came out.
Years later, I found this in a dollar bin. It’s amazing all the way through, including the hyperbolic commentary about the various contributors.
I’ll admit, I totally ate up the New Mutants/X-Force hype when it came out.
Years later, I found this in a dollar bin. It’s amazing all the way through, including the hyperbolic commentary about the various contributors.
July 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Signing up for a block of time at the computer lab, and being able to ignore the “No MUD/MOOs!” sign because you knew the student in charge.
Or alternately, queuing up in the library to wait for a terminal to read your various rec.arts.comics newsgroups.
Or alternately, queuing up in the library to wait for a terminal to read your various rec.arts.comics newsgroups.
What’s a real thing from your childhood that kids these days would find completely foreign?
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
July 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Signing up for a block of time at the computer lab, and being able to ignore the “No MUD/MOOs!” sign because you knew the student in charge.
Or alternately, queuing up in the library to wait for a terminal to read your various rec.arts.comics newsgroups.
Or alternately, queuing up in the library to wait for a terminal to read your various rec.arts.comics newsgroups.
It’s #portfolioday apparently. (I bought one of those word-a-day calendars, so I was operating under the impression that it was “crepuscular” day. Which means I’m about 11 hours early, on the East Coast.) Anyway, some recent illustrations… and as always, you can find me at bryantpauljohnson.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It’s #portfolioday apparently. (I bought one of those word-a-day calendars, so I was operating under the impression that it was “crepuscular” day. Which means I’m about 11 hours early, on the East Coast.) Anyway, some recent illustrations… and as always, you can find me at bryantpauljohnson.com
Maybe don’t include obviously AI generated visuals in your high minded LinkedIn posts about the need for ethics in business.
July 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Maybe don’t include obviously AI generated visuals in your high minded LinkedIn posts about the need for ethics in business.
I don’t believe in an afterlife, but I almost wish I did, just to see the enablers of The World’s Shittiest Theocracy hoist by their own spiritual petards.
July 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I don’t believe in an afterlife, but I almost wish I did, just to see the enablers of The World’s Shittiest Theocracy hoist by their own spiritual petards.
For the cost of his big boy birthday parade, he could have rented 150,000 bouncy castles for four hours. That’s 150 bouncy castles each for everyone who showed up!
June 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
For the cost of his big boy birthday parade, he could have rented 150,000 bouncy castles for four hours. That’s 150 bouncy castles each for everyone who showed up!
It’s #kidlipostcard day. You should commission me to draw slyly irreverent versions of classic stories, and/or anything involving weirdos with swords.
Represented by Luddington Creative. luddingtoncreative.co.uk
Represented by Luddington Creative. luddingtoncreative.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It’s #kidlipostcard day. You should commission me to draw slyly irreverent versions of classic stories, and/or anything involving weirdos with swords.
Represented by Luddington Creative. luddingtoncreative.co.uk
Represented by Luddington Creative. luddingtoncreative.co.uk
I was running through my small, mostly progressive little town, and saw a pickup truck with a sticker on the back window that read, “If you don’t pray, you will be prey.” (Not surprisingly, accompanied by Christian iconography.)
You fuckers are the reason we have a first amendment.
You fuckers are the reason we have a first amendment.
June 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I was running through my small, mostly progressive little town, and saw a pickup truck with a sticker on the back window that read, “If you don’t pray, you will be prey.” (Not surprisingly, accompanied by Christian iconography.)
You fuckers are the reason we have a first amendment.
You fuckers are the reason we have a first amendment.
I wasn’t bold enough to be an actual goth, but I did spend a lot of time in my youth combing record shops for gloomy b-sides. Now the gothiest thing about me is the horrifying state of my feet.
![A cartoon captioned “[Sadly] True Tales of Running.” A grayscale comic of a bespectacled nerd wearing a vintage Bauhaus Tshirt staring at his black toenails. He’s saying “I learned that today is World Goth Day. So, in honor, I’m going to pretend all my black toenails are a deliberate fashion choice, and not a result of too tight running shoes.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6ksph7o5m7nk3nvqmchbuk6p/bafkreidy6alkeq5742kmeupyoqov4brskyrnq3h3lxn2ke4akw4ekf265i@jpeg)
May 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I wasn’t bold enough to be an actual goth, but I did spend a lot of time in my youth combing record shops for gloomy b-sides. Now the gothiest thing about me is the horrifying state of my feet.
Green art! (It turns out, I pretty much only work in three colors: green, blue, and orange. I’m not sure why. (Ironically, my brother actually has a PhD in color science. Good luck trying to convince me that other colors are worthwhile.)
May 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Green art! (It turns out, I pretty much only work in three colors: green, blue, and orange. I’m not sure why. (Ironically, my brother actually has a PhD in color science. Good luck trying to convince me that other colors are worthwhile.)
Haunted Pines Summer Camp: come for the arts and crafts, stay for the chthonic evil. And badminton.
May 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Haunted Pines Summer Camp: come for the arts and crafts, stay for the chthonic evil. And badminton.
I think there's a typo in this headline, Reuters. "UnitedHealth was a reliable earnings performer - until its shocking Thursday results"
I fixed it for you: "UnitedHealth leveraged suffering to benefit shareholders. Who would have guessed there would ever be [the faintest whiff of] comeuppance?"
I fixed it for you: "UnitedHealth leveraged suffering to benefit shareholders. Who would have guessed there would ever be [the faintest whiff of] comeuppance?"
April 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I think there's a typo in this headline, Reuters. "UnitedHealth was a reliable earnings performer - until its shocking Thursday results"
I fixed it for you: "UnitedHealth leveraged suffering to benefit shareholders. Who would have guessed there would ever be [the faintest whiff of] comeuppance?"
I fixed it for you: "UnitedHealth leveraged suffering to benefit shareholders. Who would have guessed there would ever be [the faintest whiff of] comeuppance?"
Coracle Rock: AM soft rock, but with more fiddle and fife.
April 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Coracle Rock: AM soft rock, but with more fiddle and fife.
One of those silly ideas that manages to escape my sketch book. Reposted for the morning crowd.
Who am I kidding, there’s no way he’d ever play a board game.
April 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
One of those silly ideas that manages to escape my sketch book. Reposted for the morning crowd.
Who am I kidding, there’s no way he’d ever play a board game.
April 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Who am I kidding, there’s no way he’d ever play a board game.