Jason Bradley Thompson
@mockman.bsky.social
Artist, RPGer, manga & horror fan. Creator of Mangaka, Cartooner, D&D walkthrough maps, Manga The Complete Guide, Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath GN. Spouse & parent. Current project is Dreamland RPG at dreamrpg.com.
If you're going to @kublacon.bsky.social this weekend, I'm running two games of Dreamland RPG on Friday and Saturday night! There's still spaces so please sign up!!
The first game, Friday 8PM, "The House of the Gnoles"! (Inspired by the Lord Dunsany story) tabletop.events/conventions/...
The first game, Friday 8PM, "The House of the Gnoles"! (Inspired by the Lord Dunsany story) tabletop.events/conventions/...
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
If you're going to @kublacon.bsky.social this weekend, I'm running two games of Dreamland RPG on Friday and Saturday night! There's still spaces so please sign up!!
The first game, Friday 8PM, "The House of the Gnoles"! (Inspired by the Lord Dunsany story) tabletop.events/conventions/...
The first game, Friday 8PM, "The House of the Gnoles"! (Inspired by the Lord Dunsany story) tabletop.events/conventions/...
I’m just walking in the daycare yard to pick up my kid, with my normal blank default expression, and some other kid asks me (cheerfully) “Why do you look so angry?”
Sigh
Sigh
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I’m just walking in the daycare yard to pick up my kid, with my normal blank default expression, and some other kid asks me (cheerfully) “Why do you look so angry?”
Sigh
Sigh
Lately I look at almost any art, but especially any unnecessarily detailed art with fine textures or backgrounds or something, and think: how did they find the time. How did they make this worth money. Where were they in their life that they could take time to do this and be rewarded
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Lately I look at almost any art, but especially any unnecessarily detailed art with fine textures or backgrounds or something, and think: how did they find the time. How did they make this worth money. Where were they in their life that they could take time to do this and be rewarded
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I feel like people on Bluesky who have convinced themselves that the institutional Left in the United States is pro Trump and falling over backwards to credit Trump should have to reckon with the fact that the only Palestinian in Congress, and a DSA member, says (rightly) that the ceasefire is fake.
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I feel like people on Bluesky who have convinced themselves that the institutional Left in the United States is pro Trump and falling over backwards to credit Trump should have to reckon with the fact that the only Palestinian in Congress, and a DSA member, says (rightly) that the ceasefire is fake.
There are quite a lot of “reality is created by consensus” stories and RPG settings but I bet if this was real it’d be something pathetic like reality would end if the New York Times stopped publishing
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
There are quite a lot of “reality is created by consensus” stories and RPG settings but I bet if this was real it’d be something pathetic like reality would end if the New York Times stopped publishing
Our 2 year old said that groundhogs who die come back as squirrels
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Our 2 year old said that groundhogs who die come back as squirrels
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Talked at length with Beshara Doumani about how olive harvest season has turned from a celebratory time to a time of strife and bloodshed because the attacks by settlers in the West Bank.
As he put it, they want to create “a million little Gazas.”
www.merip.org/2025/11/the-...
As he put it, they want to create “a million little Gazas.”
www.merip.org/2025/11/the-...
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Talked at length with Beshara Doumani about how olive harvest season has turned from a celebratory time to a time of strife and bloodshed because the attacks by settlers in the West Bank.
As he put it, they want to create “a million little Gazas.”
www.merip.org/2025/11/the-...
As he put it, they want to create “a million little Gazas.”
www.merip.org/2025/11/the-...
Hippie mysticism is where the washed up remnants of the Symbolists regrouped. Hippie mysticism is the alternate universe where Lord Dunsany actually smoked the marijuana cigarettes Aleister Crowley sent him
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Hippie mysticism is where the washed up remnants of the Symbolists regrouped. Hippie mysticism is the alternate universe where Lord Dunsany actually smoked the marijuana cigarettes Aleister Crowley sent him
This sequence from D’Aulaire book “Trolls” embodies motherhood to me. 👶🏼 I love the look on the troll mother’s face in the last 2 panels. My parents must have read this to me when I was very young
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This sequence from D’Aulaire book “Trolls” embodies motherhood to me. 👶🏼 I love the look on the troll mother’s face in the last 2 panels. My parents must have read this to me when I was very young
Almost done with the first 23 fairy illustrations for Dreamland: Fairytale Portal Fantasy #ttrpg . This was a fun challenge in designing the game cuz Lovecraft doesnt have fairies & (sorry) I didn’t use much of Dunsany’s brief writeups. I pretty much made up a fairy ecology from folklore & scratxh
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Almost done with the first 23 fairy illustrations for Dreamland: Fairytale Portal Fantasy #ttrpg . This was a fun challenge in designing the game cuz Lovecraft doesnt have fairies & (sorry) I didn’t use much of Dunsany’s brief writeups. I pretty much made up a fairy ecology from folklore & scratxh
"Slaughterhouse Five" is a good book. This reminds me that in the last 2 years, numerous conservatives and fake-liberals have defended the WW2 Dresden bombing as "that's just how you fight a war".
Vonnegut's 60-year-old Dresden book makes the counterargument "No it's not and you're a sicko"
Vonnegut's 60-year-old Dresden book makes the counterargument "No it's not and you're a sicko"
Get unstuck in time with us as we begin Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, a profound novel about war, trauma and plunger-shaped aliens.
New, FREE show! (link in comments)
New, FREE show! (link in comments)
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"Slaughterhouse Five" is a good book. This reminds me that in the last 2 years, numerous conservatives and fake-liberals have defended the WW2 Dresden bombing as "that's just how you fight a war".
Vonnegut's 60-year-old Dresden book makes the counterargument "No it's not and you're a sicko"
Vonnegut's 60-year-old Dresden book makes the counterargument "No it's not and you're a sicko"
Ken & Robin answered my question about Alejandro Jodorowsky!
New KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF podcast episode drops, feat. my unmet needs in PAGE TURNERS, Matt Orr of @wetinkgames.bsky.social, 2000s Fantasy Film Essentials, and the occultism of Alejandro Jodorowsky!! www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ep...
Episode 674: As I Used to Pronounce It « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
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November 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Ken & Robin answered my question about Alejandro Jodorowsky!
"The Brass Bottle" (1900 novel): Edwardian urban-fantasy comedy about a young guy who releases a genie, which proceeds to screw up his work & love life with its well-intended magic. I laughed a few times, but it's pretty bland. Apparently it (loosely) inspired the sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie"! 1/x
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"The Brass Bottle" (1900 novel): Edwardian urban-fantasy comedy about a young guy who releases a genie, which proceeds to screw up his work & love life with its well-intended magic. I laughed a few times, but it's pretty bland. Apparently it (loosely) inspired the sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie"! 1/x
My dad left my mom with a ton of model trains and she (and we) have discovered the sad truth: model trains are a fandom that has died out to the point, they've lost collectible value. The collectors got old and died, and the value of the trains has sunk to 1/10th of what it was a generation ago.
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My dad left my mom with a ton of model trains and she (and we) have discovered the sad truth: model trains are a fandom that has died out to the point, they've lost collectible value. The collectors got old and died, and the value of the trains has sunk to 1/10th of what it was a generation ago.
Me to our 5 year old: “I love you with all of my heart. And all of my mind. All of me except this little finger. It’s very angry”
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Me to our 5 year old: “I love you with all of my heart. And all of my mind. All of me except this little finger. It’s very angry”
People say that AI will make you dumb, but even without it, I’m worrying that Google Imagesearch already is functioning as sort of an outsourced part of my brain
November 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
People say that AI will make you dumb, but even without it, I’m worrying that Google Imagesearch already is functioning as sort of an outsourced part of my brain
There's much I don't like about the art direction for #dnd 5.5, but I have come to appreciate their direction to draw (at least) two genders of each humanoid monster in the Monster Manual. I'm following it now for something I'm working on and it's helping me expand my idea of the creatures involved.
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There's much I don't like about the art direction for #dnd 5.5, but I have come to appreciate their direction to draw (at least) two genders of each humanoid monster in the Monster Manual. I'm following it now for something I'm working on and it's helping me expand my idea of the creatures involved.
My 81-year-old mom got COVID. Luckily she is vaxxed and so is doing fine. I visited briefly wearing a mask but she’s basically ok so there wasn’t much I could do but tell her to take care of herself🤞
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
My 81-year-old mom got COVID. Luckily she is vaxxed and so is doing fine. I visited briefly wearing a mask but she’s basically ok so there wasn’t much I could do but tell her to take care of herself🤞
Over on Twitter even some of the most (usually) bitter, despairing lefty anti-electoralists are celebrating Mamdani’s win and marveling that it happened. Exciting times!! 🥳❤️ I hope Mamdani can keep his values, deliver results & escape the inevitable sabotage & fake scandals ginned up by jerks.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Over on Twitter even some of the most (usually) bitter, despairing lefty anti-electoralists are celebrating Mamdani’s win and marveling that it happened. Exciting times!! 🥳❤️ I hope Mamdani can keep his values, deliver results & escape the inevitable sabotage & fake scandals ginned up by jerks.
🥳🥳🥳 Good on you, New York City!!! Go for it Mamdani!
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
🥳🥳🥳 Good on you, New York City!!! Go for it Mamdani!
I haven’t fully read this yet, but it’s an academic study on the history of Arabic anime fansubbing! 😮
Written by Yasmin El Ali, Amer Al Adwan & Hanan Al Jabri. Sent to me by Mikhail Koulikov www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Written by Yasmin El Ali, Amer Al Adwan & Hanan Al Jabri. Sent to me by Mikhail Koulikov www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Exploring the landscape of arabic fansubbing: dynamics and emerging trends
Academic interest in audiovisual translation within the Arab world is a relatively recent development. While Arab scholars are increasingly recognising the importance of audiovisual translation stu...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I haven’t fully read this yet, but it’s an academic study on the history of Arabic anime fansubbing! 😮
Written by Yasmin El Ali, Amer Al Adwan & Hanan Al Jabri. Sent to me by Mikhail Koulikov www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Written by Yasmin El Ali, Amer Al Adwan & Hanan Al Jabri. Sent to me by Mikhail Koulikov www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Labyrinth - Magic Dance (Lyrics!)
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November 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Why does Adobe Acrobat have a page on the Adobe website where you can drag & drop images to convert them to PDFs, but you can't just literally insert an image directly into an Adobe Acrobat file and have it be converted to PDF 🤔
November 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Why does Adobe Acrobat have a page on the Adobe website where you can drag & drop images to convert them to PDFs, but you can't just literally insert an image directly into an Adobe Acrobat file and have it be converted to PDF 🤔
Theres never anyone who draws D&D dwarves with super long mole noses. That is. Until now
November 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Theres never anyone who draws D&D dwarves with super long mole noses. That is. Until now
I don’t know how it is with other artists, but I’ll often conceive something but not really know what it will look like till I physically draw it. The hand conceives as much as the inner eye.
(Or to put it more bluntly, my artistic abilities & weaknesses determine the final design)
(Or to put it more bluntly, my artistic abilities & weaknesses determine the final design)
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I don’t know how it is with other artists, but I’ll often conceive something but not really know what it will look like till I physically draw it. The hand conceives as much as the inner eye.
(Or to put it more bluntly, my artistic abilities & weaknesses determine the final design)
(Or to put it more bluntly, my artistic abilities & weaknesses determine the final design)