Sam Benc 🐟
@nonvieta.bsky.social
Cartoonist. Adult Teenage Dirtbag 🌱 Friend of shrimp 🦐
She/her 🏳️🌈
Philadelphia
Making a GN, LAST SHIP TO MARS (Henry Holt, 2026)
💌 Samantha.benc@gmail.com
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She/her 🏳️🌈
Philadelphia
Making a GN, LAST SHIP TO MARS (Henry Holt, 2026)
💌 Samantha.benc@gmail.com
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Sam Benc 🐟
@nonvieta.bsky.social
· Nov 26
I feel like I forget to talk about it but here's a reminder that I have a comic coming next year called Last Ship to Mars 🚀 that is not even a little concerned about Mars and is instead a love letter to the Earth and the huge importance of staying and doing the work. It's also gay. ✨
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Hey people if you’ve been wanting to get off Spotify but don’t know how or what to do after, i wrote this guide for @fightforthefuture.org - with tiered steps from alt-casual to ultimate DIY nerd!
How To Ditch Spotify and Support Music in the Age of AI Slop
There’s no shortage of reasons to quit Spotify in 2025. Artists and fans have been departing the platform in droves because they’re fed up with the company paying artists virtually nothing, using algo...
touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Hey people if you’ve been wanting to get off Spotify but don’t know how or what to do after, i wrote this guide for @fightforthefuture.org - with tiered steps from alt-casual to ultimate DIY nerd!
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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A middle school boy created deepfake AI CSAM of his fellow classmate, a 13 year old girl. The girl pleaded with the school but they did nothing and instead put her on a bus with the perpetrator. She ended up hitting him and was expelled but nothing happened to the boy.
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
Girl, 13, expelled for hitting classmate who made a deepfake porn image of her, lawyers say
A 13-year-old student was expelled from a Louisiana middle school after hitting a male classmate who she said created and shared a deepfake pornographic image of her, according to her family’s lawyers...
www.wsaw.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A middle school boy created deepfake AI CSAM of his fellow classmate, a 13 year old girl. The girl pleaded with the school but they did nothing and instead put her on a bus with the perpetrator. She ended up hitting him and was expelled but nothing happened to the boy.
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
www.wsaw.com/2025/11/12/g...
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An amazing ALTIPLANO review by the one and only @brokenfrontier.bsky.social !!! ALTIPLANO will be debuting at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend!! 🤖🤖🤖🐆😊
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! Altiplano – @gustaffovargas.bsky.social Gustaffo Vargas’s Universally Acclaimed Peruvian Cyberpunk Series Collected. @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 www.brokenfrontier.com/altiplano-va...
Altiplano - Gustaffo Vargas's Universally Acclaimed Peruvian Cyberpunk Series Collected – Broken Frontier
Broken Frontier's Andy Oliver looks at Gustaffo Vargas's collection of 'Altiplano', available at Thought Bubble this weekend.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
An amazing ALTIPLANO review by the one and only @brokenfrontier.bsky.social !!! ALTIPLANO will be debuting at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend!! 🤖🤖🤖🐆😊
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Humans are so funny. We just love to look at images (photos, drawings, films) of other humans so much, we go bananas for it all day every day!!
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Humans are so funny. We just love to look at images (photos, drawings, films) of other humans so much, we go bananas for it all day every day!!
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Starbucks strike begins TOMORROW—don’t cross the picket line!
Don't forget to NOT BUY STARBUCKS while we're on ULP strike, tomorrow and beyond!
Pledge to not cross a picket line - nocontractnocoffee.org
Pledge to not cross a picket line - nocontractnocoffee.org
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
nocontractnocoffee.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Starbucks strike begins TOMORROW—don’t cross the picket line!
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Great, tell them we said welcome to 2015.
69% of Americans support raising the federal minimum wage to $15/hr, according to YouGov.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Great, tell them we said welcome to 2015.
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We made an ad for my book! howtonotbuyacar.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We made an ad for my book! howtonotbuyacar.com
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Following from our announcement that Quindrie Press will be closing at the end of 2026, I want to make people aware that in Spring 2026 we will be opening a one-off comic fund for UK creators. More details will be released next year.
Sign up to our newsletter: quindriepress.com/newsletter
Sign up to our newsletter: quindriepress.com/newsletter
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Following from our announcement that Quindrie Press will be closing at the end of 2026, I want to make people aware that in Spring 2026 we will be opening a one-off comic fund for UK creators. More details will be released next year.
Sign up to our newsletter: quindriepress.com/newsletter
Sign up to our newsletter: quindriepress.com/newsletter
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
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i listened to a woman on npr this morning cheerfully state we're racing towards 5 degrees of warming and lost my shit
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
i listened to a woman on npr this morning cheerfully state we're racing towards 5 degrees of warming and lost my shit
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When you say you need good art to make comics and that's why you need generative ai, it signals to me the narrowness of your understanding of comics and why it is that you think you can't make them
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
When you say you need good art to make comics and that's why you need generative ai, it signals to me the narrowness of your understanding of comics and why it is that you think you can't make them
I woke up from a dead sleep with an idea for the thematic glue missing from a graphic novel pitch I’m working on so everything’s looking pretty rosy today
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I woke up from a dead sleep with an idea for the thematic glue missing from a graphic novel pitch I’m working on so everything’s looking pretty rosy today
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Our Artist Fellowship applications are officially open! 🌟🎬✨
We are looking to fund 2-3 eager BNA members to create their original short films and provide the professional support they need to bring their visions to life.
Apply today at blacknanimated.com/programs! (Apps close Wed, Jan 7)
We are looking to fund 2-3 eager BNA members to create their original short films and provide the professional support they need to bring their visions to life.
Apply today at blacknanimated.com/programs! (Apps close Wed, Jan 7)
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Our Artist Fellowship applications are officially open! 🌟🎬✨
We are looking to fund 2-3 eager BNA members to create their original short films and provide the professional support they need to bring their visions to life.
Apply today at blacknanimated.com/programs! (Apps close Wed, Jan 7)
We are looking to fund 2-3 eager BNA members to create their original short films and provide the professional support they need to bring their visions to life.
Apply today at blacknanimated.com/programs! (Apps close Wed, Jan 7)
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Realistically? Build community networks. Research local charities. Learn low cost food recipes and make physical copies. See what services your library offers. Consider access to media, including physical. Find a rec center. Greet your neighbors, borrow things if you can. Learn local tenant laws.
if you were wondering how to prepare for a recession, the advice on the internet is “have a lot of liquid savings” and “don’t lose your job” 👍 very helpful, who could have predicted “having money saved” and “having income” would help a situation
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Realistically? Build community networks. Research local charities. Learn low cost food recipes and make physical copies. See what services your library offers. Consider access to media, including physical. Find a rec center. Greet your neighbors, borrow things if you can. Learn local tenant laws.
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Derek's Patreon is really great 👇
thanks for reading my comics! plz consider leaving a one time tip if you wanna. it is becoming increasingly more & more challenging (impossible🙃) to support 3 kids alone in this collapsing country heh oof
ko-fi.com/derekmballard
ko-fi.com/derekmballard
Buy Derek M Ballard a Coffee
Become a supporter of Derek M Ballard today!
ko-fi.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Derek's Patreon is really great 👇
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I’ve been working really hard on this! I was sick of my super talented, award winning artist friends being broke every month so I wanted to find a way to put my years of web and retail sales to work helping us all, so we can spend less time grinding and more time creating
A Rude Awakening is a collective storefront for six friends and artists living in New York. As the world becomes increasingly hostile to the arts we have come together to make cool shit that will not only sustain us financially but also nourish us creatively
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I’ve been working really hard on this! I was sick of my super talented, award winning artist friends being broke every month so I wanted to find a way to put my years of web and retail sales to work helping us all, so we can spend less time grinding and more time creating
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BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
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Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
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GUILLERMO DEL TORO & MIKE FLANAGAN: Well...we think maybe the classic horror novel should be different...
STANLEY KUBRICK: You think "maybe" it should be different. How do you think "maybe" it should be different?
DEL TORO & FLANAGAN: ...a nicer ending?
KUBRICK: a NiCeR eNdiNg???
STANLEY KUBRICK: You think "maybe" it should be different. How do you think "maybe" it should be different?
DEL TORO & FLANAGAN: ...a nicer ending?
KUBRICK: a NiCeR eNdiNg???
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
GUILLERMO DEL TORO & MIKE FLANAGAN: Well...we think maybe the classic horror novel should be different...
STANLEY KUBRICK: You think "maybe" it should be different. How do you think "maybe" it should be different?
DEL TORO & FLANAGAN: ...a nicer ending?
KUBRICK: a NiCeR eNdiNg???
STANLEY KUBRICK: You think "maybe" it should be different. How do you think "maybe" it should be different?
DEL TORO & FLANAGAN: ...a nicer ending?
KUBRICK: a NiCeR eNdiNg???
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Both parties actively endorsed Andrew Cuomo and he STILL couldn't beat a vocally pro-Palestine, pro-trans, socialist, Muslim immigrant. The vindication I feel IS a part of that obvs coz I'm a petty little cunt. But I mostly feel intense joy and relief that another way has been shown to be possible.
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Both parties actively endorsed Andrew Cuomo and he STILL couldn't beat a vocally pro-Palestine, pro-trans, socialist, Muslim immigrant. The vindication I feel IS a part of that obvs coz I'm a petty little cunt. But I mostly feel intense joy and relief that another way has been shown to be possible.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.