James Kochalka Superstar
@kochalka.bsky.social
The first Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont. Eisner, Ignatz, and Harvey award winner. Rock star, cartoonist, wild berry picker. https://linktr.ee/kochalka
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Gentle Observation 366 - It's grape to be alive.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Gentle Observation 366 - It's grape to be alive.
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SILENCE
accidental artwork
accidental artwork
January 21, 2026 at 6:15 PM
SILENCE
accidental artwork
accidental artwork
Sure it’s “got to stop” as he said but who is gonna step up and stop it? Apparently not the cops or the governor.
Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
January 21, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Sure it’s “got to stop” as he said but who is gonna step up and stop it? Apparently not the cops or the governor.
They say “demigorgon” but spell it “demogorgon.” That’s messed up, man.
January 21, 2026 at 3:39 PM
They say “demigorgon” but spell it “demogorgon.” That’s messed up, man.
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Another good morning drawing for my fam bam
January 14, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Another good morning drawing for my fam bam
I was listening thinking oh this is an odd mix of cliche and utter nonsense and then oh my god this song is over an hour long.
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soul / r&b mix with old school dance floor transitions almost in a mega mix style here and there. this mix is crucial for our positivity today
soul / r&b mix with old school dance floor transitions almost in a mega mix style here and there. this mix is crucial for our positivity today
Soulfull Waves #119 (Love Of My Dreams....)
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January 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I was listening thinking oh this is an odd mix of cliche and utter nonsense and then oh my god this song is over an hour long.
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Me and Amy got whiskies at the neighborhood dive bar just so we could say NO ICE
January 12, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Me and Amy got whiskies at the neighborhood dive bar just so we could say NO ICE
Gentle Observation set 65
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Gentle Observation set 65 | James Kochalka
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January 20, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Gentle Observation set 65
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Scott Alexander wrote the best eulogy for Dilbert and Scott Adams you could ever imagine www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-dilber...
The Dilbert Afterlife
Sixty-eight years of highly defective people
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January 20, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Scott Alexander wrote the best eulogy for Dilbert and Scott Adams you could ever imagine www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-dilber...
a mashup of Donkey Kong and the Drew Carrey Show's Cleveland Rocks www.tiktok.com/@werdnahhh/v...
DK Rocks! #drewcareyshow #clevelandrocks #dk #nintendo #music
TikTok video by Werdna
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January 20, 2026 at 1:53 PM
a mashup of Donkey Kong and the Drew Carrey Show's Cleveland Rocks www.tiktok.com/@werdnahhh/v...
A song for our times.
Here is one of the songs that have been in my head since I woke up today. Enjoy!
kochalka.bandcamp.com/track/bitten...
(Thanks, @kochalka.bsky.social )
kochalka.bandcamp.com/track/bitten...
(Thanks, @kochalka.bsky.social )
Bitten to Death by Rats, by James Kochalka Superstar
from the album KISSERS
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January 20, 2026 at 1:39 PM
A song for our times.
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Comics are the best thing.
The culmination of hundreds of thousands of years of advances and mental leaps. A strange and wonderful technology of informational/emotional storage and retrieval.
It took mankind so long to think of it and it's so GOOD.
The culmination of hundreds of thousands of years of advances and mental leaps. A strange and wonderful technology of informational/emotional storage and retrieval.
It took mankind so long to think of it and it's so GOOD.
“Why are kids getting into comics”
I dunno, dude why are fish getting into swimming, why are birds getting into singing, why are clouds getting into raining, why are plants getting into photosynthesis
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I dunno, dude why are fish getting into swimming, why are birds getting into singing, why are clouds getting into raining, why are plants getting into photosynthesis
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why are kids getting into comics and is their timing spot on?
What is driving a surge in enthusiasm for comics among children and how may it benefit their future?
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December 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Comics are the best thing.
The culmination of hundreds of thousands of years of advances and mental leaps. A strange and wonderful technology of informational/emotional storage and retrieval.
It took mankind so long to think of it and it's so GOOD.
The culmination of hundreds of thousands of years of advances and mental leaps. A strange and wonderful technology of informational/emotional storage and retrieval.
It took mankind so long to think of it and it's so GOOD.
This book of comics by the painter Ad Reinhardt has been out of print for years and I was just about to bite the bullet and buy an overpriced copy on eBay…but it suddenly popped up again on the publisher’s website.
Still a first printing so maybe they found an old box of books in the warehouse?!
Still a first printing so maybe they found an old box of books in the warehouse?!
January 17, 2026 at 9:12 PM
This book of comics by the painter Ad Reinhardt has been out of print for years and I was just about to bite the bullet and buy an overpriced copy on eBay…but it suddenly popped up again on the publisher’s website.
Still a first printing so maybe they found an old box of books in the warehouse?!
Still a first printing so maybe they found an old box of books in the warehouse?!
my son Eli made this meme of our cat Nooko. I'm sure you can find a good use for it, out there in the wild...
January 16, 2026 at 8:25 PM
my son Eli made this meme of our cat Nooko. I'm sure you can find a good use for it, out there in the wild...
Old article about my beer can design. (No not the Heady Topper one) Doesn’t exist anymore, RIP www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
Two Vermont Breweries in Top 10 for Beer Can Design | Seven Days
Vermont is known far and wide for its exceptional beer. The state boasts more craft breweries per capita than any other, and its brews are...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Old article about my beer can design. (No not the Heady Topper one) Doesn’t exist anymore, RIP www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
my book Green Eggs And Ham Take a Hike was the #2 best-selling book of 2025 at The Underground Yarn and Books in Hershey, PA. (And the #1 was a series with multiple titles, so maybe I was the REAL #1 haha.)
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The Underground on Instagram: "We love running numbers and are so astonished at the number of books we have sold in these short 5 1/2 months of 2025. We are so excited to see authors like @turn_down_f...
71 likes, 1 comments - theundergroundyarnandbooks on January 15, 2026: "We love running numbers and are so astonished at the number of books we have sold in these short 5 1/2 months of 2025. We are so...
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January 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM
my book Green Eggs And Ham Take a Hike was the #2 best-selling book of 2025 at The Underground Yarn and Books in Hershey, PA. (And the #1 was a series with multiple titles, so maybe I was the REAL #1 haha.)
www.instagram.com/reels/DTjY61...
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Vampyres From Africa Manifesto
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(I always love a manifesto.)
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(I always love a manifesto.)
January 16, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Vampyres From Africa Manifesto
jackycougarthevampyresfromafrica.bandcamp.com/album/jacky-...
(I always love a manifesto.)
jackycougarthevampyresfromafrica.bandcamp.com/album/jacky-...
(I always love a manifesto.)
The Battle of the Staircase
-rough sketch-
Illustration for Moondream novella
-rough sketch-
Illustration for Moondream novella
January 15, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The Battle of the Staircase
-rough sketch-
Illustration for Moondream novella
-rough sketch-
Illustration for Moondream novella
if you think maybe you should subscribe to my Patreon so you can read all the new American Elf comic strips, you probably should! There's almost 300 of them now...
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January 15, 2026 at 4:31 AM
if you think maybe you should subscribe to my Patreon so you can read all the new American Elf comic strips, you probably should! There's almost 300 of them now...
www.patreon.com/posts/148256...
www.patreon.com/posts/148256...
Another good morning drawing for my fam bam
January 14, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Another good morning drawing for my fam bam
Draw with bold confidence. You can actually learn to fake this. If you draw like nothing matters you end up with a drawing that really matters.
January 14, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Draw with bold confidence. You can actually learn to fake this. If you draw like nothing matters you end up with a drawing that really matters.
I can’t believe my good luck, reading these two amazing books back to back.
Exiles by Mason Coile
There Is no Anti-Memetics Division by QNTM (pronounced Quantum)
Exiles by Mason Coile
There Is no Anti-Memetics Division by QNTM (pronounced Quantum)
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I can’t believe my good luck, reading these two amazing books back to back.
Exiles by Mason Coile
There Is no Anti-Memetics Division by QNTM (pronounced Quantum)
Exiles by Mason Coile
There Is no Anti-Memetics Division by QNTM (pronounced Quantum)
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Come test my massively-multiplayer online drawing world, Grapheeti 🎨
- One shared canvas for the whole world
- Everyone gets their own unique color
- Draw with your friends!
www.bxfoundry.com/grapheeti/
If it crashes I'll fix it tomorrow 😁
- One shared canvas for the whole world
- Everyone gets their own unique color
- Draw with your friends!
www.bxfoundry.com/grapheeti/
If it crashes I'll fix it tomorrow 😁
January 13, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Come test my massively-multiplayer online drawing world, Grapheeti 🎨
- One shared canvas for the whole world
- Everyone gets their own unique color
- Draw with your friends!
www.bxfoundry.com/grapheeti/
If it crashes I'll fix it tomorrow 😁
- One shared canvas for the whole world
- Everyone gets their own unique color
- Draw with your friends!
www.bxfoundry.com/grapheeti/
If it crashes I'll fix it tomorrow 😁
Moon Duke Fragonard Pours a Glass of Ancient Wine
(Rough sketch for my as-yet unpublished illustrated novella Moondream)
(Rough sketch for my as-yet unpublished illustrated novella Moondream)
January 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Moon Duke Fragonard Pours a Glass of Ancient Wine
(Rough sketch for my as-yet unpublished illustrated novella Moondream)
(Rough sketch for my as-yet unpublished illustrated novella Moondream)
Gentle Observation set 64 just dropped
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January 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Gentle Observation set 64 just dropped
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