Rachel Merrill Artist for Gil Thorp and Death To Pachuco!
@ohhhaeee.bsky.social
Artist for the sydnicated cartoon Gil Thorp
Co Creator with Henry Barajas of Death To Pachuco from Image Comics
Illustrator, animator, storyboard artist, Cartoons at New Yorker
Full portfolio at http://www.rachelmerrill.net
Email @ merrillrach @ gmail.com
Co Creator with Henry Barajas of Death To Pachuco from Image Comics
Illustrator, animator, storyboard artist, Cartoons at New Yorker
Full portfolio at http://www.rachelmerrill.net
Email @ merrillrach @ gmail.com
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Figure its time to repeat my ongoing xmas wish for the last 3 years-all I want for Christmas is to work with @criterion.bsky.social someday!!
Happy Sunday from this perfect prince
January 4, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Happy Sunday from this perfect prince
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nyc local news vibe shift
Mamdani been mayor for five minutes & is pulling up on slumlords, tearing up flooring himself, disgusted, and took the whole media with him.
He is HIM 😭
He is HIM 😭
January 4, 2026 at 2:53 AM
nyc local news vibe shift
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"After a very long period of pretense, there is clearly no distinction between America First and neoconservatism," writes @attackerman.bsky.social
A Criminal Empire
The United States launches a conquest and occupation of Venezuela to extract its oil wealth. The neocon dream is the America First dream
www.forever-wars.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
"After a very long period of pretense, there is clearly no distinction between America First and neoconservatism," writes @attackerman.bsky.social
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
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Paradoxically, a good sign:
♦️Obviously, Trump's team tried to gain Machado's cooperation. And obviously, it fell through: She'd been lobbying for an invasion, but presumably the price (give me your oil!) was too high.
So Trump failed in his quest to utterly discredit #Venezuela 's legit opposition.
♦️Obviously, Trump's team tried to gain Machado's cooperation. And obviously, it fell through: She'd been lobbying for an invasion, but presumably the price (give me your oil!) was too high.
So Trump failed in his quest to utterly discredit #Venezuela 's legit opposition.
Trump on María Corina Machado: "I think it'd be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn't have the support or the respect within the country. She's a very nice woman but she doesn't have the respect."
January 3, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Paradoxically, a good sign:
♦️Obviously, Trump's team tried to gain Machado's cooperation. And obviously, it fell through: She'd been lobbying for an invasion, but presumably the price (give me your oil!) was too high.
So Trump failed in his quest to utterly discredit #Venezuela 's legit opposition.
♦️Obviously, Trump's team tried to gain Machado's cooperation. And obviously, it fell through: She'd been lobbying for an invasion, but presumably the price (give me your oil!) was too high.
So Trump failed in his quest to utterly discredit #Venezuela 's legit opposition.
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Trump just posted this photo of the sharpest minds in our intelligence community hard at work during the Venezuelan operation.
January 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Trump just posted this photo of the sharpest minds in our intelligence community hard at work during the Venezuelan operation.
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The notion that everything Trump does is about envy/anger towards Obama/Biden just got another big piece of evidence
oh my god he posted so many action shots from the makeshift mar a lago situation room and they were just looking at tweets together on a gigantic screen
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
The notion that everything Trump does is about envy/anger towards Obama/Biden just got another big piece of evidence
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So Rubio, the dumbest boy in debate class saw what we did in Iraq and was like "yea more of that but MUCH closer to home!!"
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
So Rubio, the dumbest boy in debate class saw what we did in Iraq and was like "yea more of that but MUCH closer to home!!"
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On his first day in office, the Mayor of New York toured the crumbling apartment of one of his constituents.
On his 348th day in office, the President of the United States shops for marble and onyx for a ballroom nobody wants.
On his 348th day in office, the President of the United States shops for marble and onyx for a ballroom nobody wants.
January 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
On his first day in office, the Mayor of New York toured the crumbling apartment of one of his constituents.
On his 348th day in office, the President of the United States shops for marble and onyx for a ballroom nobody wants.
On his 348th day in office, the President of the United States shops for marble and onyx for a ballroom nobody wants.
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This whole Venezuela war thing feels like a “Break glass in case of emergency” tactic. people.com/mar-a-lago-s...
Mar-a-Lago Spa Would Send Teen Workers on House Calls to Jeffrey Epstein's Mansion: Report
Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago spa sent teen workers on house calls to Jeffrey Epstein's mansion, according to a new report
people.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
This whole Venezuela war thing feels like a “Break glass in case of emergency” tactic. people.com/mar-a-lago-s...
One reason I cant take Ezra Klein seriously is because he was in COLLEGE when Iraq happened and was still stupid enough to support it while I got beat up in middle school for vocally NOT supporting it.
History rhymes but it gets dumber everytime.
History rhymes but it gets dumber everytime.
I was 14 when the US invaded Iraq. I can’t overstate how dumb 14 year olds are in general, but it still was clear that the stated reasons were fake and the whole thing would be a disaster. I was confused why so many people were ignoring the obvious.
Anyway, shoutout to the 14 year olds of today.
Anyway, shoutout to the 14 year olds of today.
January 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
One reason I cant take Ezra Klein seriously is because he was in COLLEGE when Iraq happened and was still stupid enough to support it while I got beat up in middle school for vocally NOT supporting it.
History rhymes but it gets dumber everytime.
History rhymes but it gets dumber everytime.
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Oh, yeah… For those who maybe weren’t alive for previous military adventurism… This is a thing a whole lot of the press/pundits love. Lots of fawning over the “efficiency” and might of the military. You will ask yourself how many of the ppl talking about it are sexually aroused by it.
I turn on MSNOW and hear Gen. McCaffrey being too admiring of the operation as an operation: "unbelievable, audacious, complex, and successful military operation."
January 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Oh, yeah… For those who maybe weren’t alive for previous military adventurism… This is a thing a whole lot of the press/pundits love. Lots of fawning over the “efficiency” and might of the military. You will ask yourself how many of the ppl talking about it are sexually aroused by it.
So Rubio, the dumbest boy in debate class saw what we did in Iraq and was like "yea more of that but MUCH closer to home!!"
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
So Rubio, the dumbest boy in debate class saw what we did in Iraq and was like "yea more of that but MUCH closer to home!!"
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It feels like 20 in NYC so once again I am dreaming about Plant Bitch
January 2, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It feels like 20 in NYC so once again I am dreaming about Plant Bitch
Applied to CAKE Chicago with 90 min to spare on the deadline 🥲
a girl in a pink shirt is making a heart shape with her fingers
ALT: a girl in a pink shirt is making a heart shape with her fingers
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Applied to CAKE Chicago with 90 min to spare on the deadline 🥲
It feels like 20 in NYC so once again I am dreaming about Plant Bitch
January 2, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It feels like 20 in NYC so once again I am dreaming about Plant Bitch
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reminder that the "Baltimore Sun" sounds like a venerable institution, a paper of record, but was hollowed out by a succession of corporate raiders and then sold to a right wing crank from the Sinclair media empire:
January 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
reminder that the "Baltimore Sun" sounds like a venerable institution, a paper of record, but was hollowed out by a succession of corporate raiders and then sold to a right wing crank from the Sinclair media empire:
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I'm so lucky that friends like @jpvtarot.bsky.social always supporting my work. Thank you!
@ohhhaeee.bsky.social
@comixbychloe.bsky.social
@ohhhaeee.bsky.social
@comixbychloe.bsky.social
I got my Kickstarter reward copies of Death to Pachuco no. 1, written by my awesome friend @henryjbarajas! One has a cover by David Lapham and Lee Loughridge. The other extra spicy cover (that I didn’t know I was getting) is by Chloe Brailsford.
I’m sure it’ll be great!
@henrybarajas.bsky.social
I’m sure it’ll be great!
@henrybarajas.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I'm so lucky that friends like @jpvtarot.bsky.social always supporting my work. Thank you!
@ohhhaeee.bsky.social
@comixbychloe.bsky.social
@ohhhaeee.bsky.social
@comixbychloe.bsky.social
One of my favorite memories of 2025 was at Anyone Comics with @henrybarajas.bsky.social and @alexsegura.com nerding out over jazz.
So much so the comic book nerds around us were like "this is getting too dorky".
So much so the comic book nerds around us were like "this is getting too dorky".
January 2, 2026 at 3:59 PM
One of my favorite memories of 2025 was at Anyone Comics with @henrybarajas.bsky.social and @alexsegura.com nerding out over jazz.
So much so the comic book nerds around us were like "this is getting too dorky".
So much so the comic book nerds around us were like "this is getting too dorky".
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My first Nancy strip, for New Year’s Day 2026❣️
January 1, 2026 at 10:27 PM
My first Nancy strip, for New Year’s Day 2026❣️
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Realizing that this movie is the live action v of Don Bluths Anastastia aka both include adorable animals and fuckbois with great hair
Following up with another hangover/ennui film-Marie Antoinette
January 1, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Realizing that this movie is the live action v of Don Bluths Anastastia aka both include adorable animals and fuckbois with great hair
I can tell I'm finally getting over this flu cause I'm craving a baking project (biscuits for tonight)
January 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I can tell I'm finally getting over this flu cause I'm craving a baking project (biscuits for tonight)
Realizing that this movie is the live action v of Don Bluths Anastastia aka both include adorable animals and fuckbois with great hair
Following up with another hangover/ennui film-Marie Antoinette
January 1, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Realizing that this movie is the live action v of Don Bluths Anastastia aka both include adorable animals and fuckbois with great hair
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.