John W. Tomac
@johnwtomac.com
Illustrator. Former art director. Shorter in person.
john@johnwtomac.com
johnwtomac.com
john@johnwtomac.com
johnwtomac.com
Reposted by John W. Tomac
111125. drawing the east river generating station out the studio window.
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
111125. drawing the east river generating station out the studio window.
Congratulations to the penny on its retirement.
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Congratulations to the penny on its retirement.
Reposted by John W. Tomac
Do not under any circumstance hand your phone to law enforcement.
Apple launches a Digital ID and says it’ll be accepted by the TSA
Apple launches a Digital ID and says it’ll be accepted by the TSA
A new way to present your ID.
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Do not under any circumstance hand your phone to law enforcement.
…so the CIA decided they wanted James Bond dead, that son of a bitch Van Owen blew off Jane’s Bond’s head.
James Bond, the headless Thompson gunner, N̶o̶r̶w̶a̶y̶’̶s̶ England’s bravest son…
James Bond, the headless Thompson gunner, N̶o̶r̶w̶a̶y̶’̶s̶ England’s bravest son…
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
…so the CIA decided they wanted James Bond dead, that son of a bitch Van Owen blew off Jane’s Bond’s head.
James Bond, the headless Thompson gunner, N̶o̶r̶w̶a̶y̶’̶s̶ England’s bravest son…
James Bond, the headless Thompson gunner, N̶o̶r̶w̶a̶y̶’̶s̶ England’s bravest son…
I’m old enough to remember that Chuck Schumer once spent years relentlessly fighting for a cause.
I can clearly recall him using every leverage point at his disposal and employing a few dirty tricks.
Unfortunately, that fight was against a bike lane on his street, right in front of Prospect Park.
I can clearly recall him using every leverage point at his disposal and employing a few dirty tricks.
Unfortunately, that fight was against a bike lane on his street, right in front of Prospect Park.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I’m old enough to remember that Chuck Schumer once spent years relentlessly fighting for a cause.
I can clearly recall him using every leverage point at his disposal and employing a few dirty tricks.
Unfortunately, that fight was against a bike lane on his street, right in front of Prospect Park.
I can clearly recall him using every leverage point at his disposal and employing a few dirty tricks.
Unfortunately, that fight was against a bike lane on his street, right in front of Prospect Park.
Reposted by John W. Tomac
I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
Reposted by John W. Tomac
Hey illustrators/agents!
I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS!
Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.
💙❤️ #artcommissions
I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS!
Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.
💙❤️ #artcommissions
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Hey illustrators/agents!
I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS!
Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.
💙❤️ #artcommissions
I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS!
Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.
💙❤️ #artcommissions
Reposted by John W. Tomac
this is really annoying man my tablet was purchased new in 2019. I spent 2000 dollars on It and it works perfectly fine. Why should anyone buy an expensive tech product that's going to brick in 6 years
November 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
this is really annoying man my tablet was purchased new in 2019. I spent 2000 dollars on It and it works perfectly fine. Why should anyone buy an expensive tech product that's going to brick in 6 years
Every City employee deserves an illustrator as a spouse.
We are very supportive of the important work you do and having access to the city health insurance plan
We are very supportive of the important work you do and having access to the city health insurance plan
Rama Duwaji, an accomplished artist and reluctant campaigner, has stepped onto center stage alongside her husband and New York City's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. Here's what to know about her.
Rama Duwaji, Mamdani’s Wife, Carves a Path of Her Own
Ms. Duwaji, an accomplished artist and reluctant campaigner, steps onto center stage alongside New York City’s new mayor.
nyti.ms
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Every City employee deserves an illustrator as a spouse.
We are very supportive of the important work you do and having access to the city health insurance plan
We are very supportive of the important work you do and having access to the city health insurance plan
Reposted by John W. Tomac
I’m counting on Mayor Mamdani (that looks really nice in print and sounds good too) to have Open Streets at every elementary school in New York City up and running for the first day of school in Fall 2026—no excuses, no ability for schools to opt out. It’s a no-brainer
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has the chance to revolutionize the city’s streetscape, as other ambitious mayors did across the globe. Here’s how nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/a...
AGENDA 2026: The New Mayor Must Revolutionize NYC's Streets - Streetsblog New York City
We've already offered the low-hanging fruit that the new mayor could accomplish on Day 1. Now, it's time to roll up the sleeves for our big list.
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I’m counting on Mayor Mamdani (that looks really nice in print and sounds good too) to have Open Streets at every elementary school in New York City up and running for the first day of school in Fall 2026—no excuses, no ability for schools to opt out. It’s a no-brainer
Reposted by John W. Tomac
design is intentional and specific, not an average of all the work done before it
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
design is intentional and specific, not an average of all the work done before it
Reposted by John W. Tomac
I am really excited to see what we can get done with Mayor Mamdani. When it comes to the things a mayor actually has control over, I think there's a lot of opportunity to truly transform the city for the better in lots of ways. Let's goooooooo!
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I am really excited to see what we can get done with Mayor Mamdani. When it comes to the things a mayor actually has control over, I think there's a lot of opportunity to truly transform the city for the better in lots of ways. Let's goooooooo!
Sell me your brownstone for $50k while you still can
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Sell me your brownstone for $50k while you still can
Reposted by John W. Tomac
Decision Desk has called the NYC mayors race for Zohran Mamdani.
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Decision Desk has called the NYC mayors race for Zohran Mamdani.
Reposted by John W. Tomac
I'm still looking for freelance work! A client who had a bigger commission might be ghosting me and uh, my accounts are always dangerously near zero.
Besides 2D Animation, I do 3D, Storyboards, Illustration, Comics and Writing - check out my portfolio (link in my bio)
Besides 2D Animation, I do 3D, Storyboards, Illustration, Comics and Writing - check out my portfolio (link in my bio)
Decided to make my 2D animation reel more adorable
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I'm still looking for freelance work! A client who had a bigger commission might be ghosting me and uh, my accounts are always dangerously near zero.
Besides 2D Animation, I do 3D, Storyboards, Illustration, Comics and Writing - check out my portfolio (link in my bio)
Besides 2D Animation, I do 3D, Storyboards, Illustration, Comics and Writing - check out my portfolio (link in my bio)
Reposted by John W. Tomac
Don’t assume people in your life know anything at all. We are weird for following news. We still need those votes from the people who don’t. In this case my friend was foiled because her mom voted early. So talk early and often.
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Don’t assume people in your life know anything at all. We are weird for following news. We still need those votes from the people who don’t. In this case my friend was foiled because her mom voted early. So talk early and often.
Reposted by John W. Tomac
the only relevant national take about the NYC mayoral election is the one that isn't happening: how outrageous it is that the president is using federal funds as a tool to influence the outcome
November 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
the only relevant national take about the NYC mayoral election is the one that isn't happening: how outrageous it is that the president is using federal funds as a tool to influence the outcome
Chuck hasn’t been this irrationally opposed to anyone since Janette Sadik-Khan put a bike lane on his block.
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Chuck hasn’t been this irrationally opposed to anyone since Janette Sadik-Khan put a bike lane on his block.
In Nov. 2018, Democrats nearly won a supermajority in the state senate.
Bail reform passed earlier that year as part of Cuomo’s attempt to shore up his left flank. Until then, he had spent all of his term manuevering (gerrymandering, IDC) to help the GOP hold the state Senate.
Bail reform passed earlier that year as part of Cuomo’s attempt to shore up his left flank. Until then, he had spent all of his term manuevering (gerrymandering, IDC) to help the GOP hold the state Senate.
In 2018, Cuomo helped push through a criminal justice reform desired by progressives for years - ending cash bail. The move cost Democrats a lot of political support, but he helped champion it, got it passed and signed it. 7/
November 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
In Nov. 2018, Democrats nearly won a supermajority in the state senate.
Bail reform passed earlier that year as part of Cuomo’s attempt to shore up his left flank. Until then, he had spent all of his term manuevering (gerrymandering, IDC) to help the GOP hold the state Senate.
Bail reform passed earlier that year as part of Cuomo’s attempt to shore up his left flank. Until then, he had spent all of his term manuevering (gerrymandering, IDC) to help the GOP hold the state Senate.
Sell me you house at it 1980s price while you still can!
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus: poll
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus: poll
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are prepared to bolt from the Big Apple if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins Tuesday's mayoral race — potentially setting the stage for the largest population flight in US history, a new poll warns.
nypost.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Sell me you house at it 1980s price while you still can!
Re-upping my official guide to New York City judicial elections.
Info in these races is hard to come by, this is all you need to know.
Info in these races is hard to come by, this is all you need to know.
This is my New York judicial voting guide:
The Conservative Party’s headquarters are in Bay Ridge.
Everyone who works there is an asshole, on both a personal and professional level.
Do not vote for anyone running on the Conservative Party line
Write-in your friends or favorite Mets instead.
The Conservative Party’s headquarters are in Bay Ridge.
Everyone who works there is an asshole, on both a personal and professional level.
Do not vote for anyone running on the Conservative Party line
Write-in your friends or favorite Mets instead.
yes this is our most-read story today, followed closely by our guide on competitive judicial races
I gotta laugh thinking about people googling these in the booth
I gotta laugh thinking about people googling these in the booth
November 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Re-upping my official guide to New York City judicial elections.
Info in these races is hard to come by, this is all you need to know.
Info in these races is hard to come by, this is all you need to know.
The only thing worse than baseball is no baseball.
November 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The only thing worse than baseball is no baseball.
Reposted by John W. Tomac
If this guy loses I think we're done with everything and I don't mean that in a hyperbolic sense at all. Like if this guy can't get elected, our hearts are too fucking dark to be happy and hope for a brighter future because it'll mean we chose Cuomo
For New Yorkers who work the night shift, it can be nearly impossible to participate in political life of our city.
So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 AM
If this guy loses I think we're done with everything and I don't mean that in a hyperbolic sense at all. Like if this guy can't get elected, our hearts are too fucking dark to be happy and hope for a brighter future because it'll mean we chose Cuomo
Reposted by John W. Tomac
The strangest part of this ad is the “scary” part is just images of the subway. The same subway that me and my kids ride every day.
The target audience of this ad is literally people scared of the subway, which is not the 3.4 million people who ride it every day.
To me, it’s not dark at all.
The target audience of this ad is literally people scared of the subway, which is not the 3.4 million people who ride it every day.
To me, it’s not dark at all.
Jesus Christ this Cuomo ad that ran during the Army/Air Force game
November 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The strangest part of this ad is the “scary” part is just images of the subway. The same subway that me and my kids ride every day.
The target audience of this ad is literally people scared of the subway, which is not the 3.4 million people who ride it every day.
To me, it’s not dark at all.
The target audience of this ad is literally people scared of the subway, which is not the 3.4 million people who ride it every day.
To me, it’s not dark at all.
Cuomo for mayor because your home is a shithole and you’re an assholes for living there
Jesus Christ this Cuomo ad that ran during the Army/Air Force game
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Cuomo for mayor because your home is a shithole and you’re an assholes for living there