Phil McAndrew
@philmcandrew.bsky.social
Illustrator / cartoonist / writer. Making books, comics, zines, & more. Wrote and/or drew stuff for MAD Magazine, WFMU, The New Yorker, Penguin Random House, Cartoon Network, punk bands, etc
Buffalo, NY
philintheblanks@gmail.com
linktr.ee/philmcandrew
Buffalo, NY
philintheblanks@gmail.com
linktr.ee/philmcandrew
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Phil McAndrew
@philmcandrew.bsky.social
· Oct 10
HELLO, I'm an illustrator, cartoonist, and writer. You can find links to my portfolio, my books, merch, events, and more right here: linktr.ee/philmcandrew
I was talking music with a bud earlier today and we got to talking about bands that aren't active anymore that we wish we could see play live and his top pick was "the talking heads, but specifically the talking heads in like 1978" and then he sent me a link to this and, uh, yeah, good pick:
Psycho Killer (Live at The Agora, Cleveland, OH, 12/18/1978)
YouTube video by Talking Heads - Topic
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January 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM
I was talking music with a bud earlier today and we got to talking about bands that aren't active anymore that we wish we could see play live and his top pick was "the talking heads, but specifically the talking heads in like 1978" and then he sent me a link to this and, uh, yeah, good pick:
This is a relief to hear! I'm glad I'm not just imagining it!
January 7, 2026 at 7:30 AM
This is a relief to hear! I'm glad I'm not just imagining it!
There's something about the vocal stylings of a lot of current popular music that I find very grating but my musical vocabulary is not sophisticated enough to explain it
January 7, 2026 at 7:27 AM
There's something about the vocal stylings of a lot of current popular music that I find very grating but my musical vocabulary is not sophisticated enough to explain it
am I just an old crank who is a tiny bit stoned or did popular music people mostly sing in a less annoying way before the turn of the century
January 7, 2026 at 7:25 AM
am I just an old crank who is a tiny bit stoned or did popular music people mostly sing in a less annoying way before the turn of the century
Elliott Smith could also rock with the best of 'em! Before his solo career took off, he had a band called HEATMISER, a band that I think should be mentioned more when we talk about cool bands in the 90's.
Flame!
YouTube video by Heatmiser - Topic
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January 7, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Elliott Smith could also rock with the best of 'em! Before his solo career took off, he had a band called HEATMISER, a band that I think should be mentioned more when we talk about cool bands in the 90's.
David Berman could also rock, in his own wonderful way youtu.be/MDjcQpJ3GsE?...
Punks In The Beerlight
YouTube video by Silver Jews - Topic
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 6:30 AM
David Berman could also rock, in his own wonderful way youtu.be/MDjcQpJ3GsE?...
I think I was about 17 years old when I first heard this album. Every track on it is as familiar as an old friend at this point.
Elliott Smith - Speed Trials (from Either/Or)
YouTube video by Kill Rock Stars
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January 7, 2026 at 6:21 AM
I think I was about 17 years old when I first heard this album. Every track on it is as familiar as an old friend at this point.
It really doesn't get much better than this
Silver Jews "Random Rules" (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Drag City
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January 7, 2026 at 6:08 AM
It really doesn't get much better than this
For me it's probably a tie between Elliott Smith and David Berman. They both had incredible bodies of work, they were both less celebrated in life than they should have been, and they both were guys who I want to imagine would have continued to make interesting music well into old age.
What music artist’s death hurt the most?
January 7, 2026 at 5:31 AM
For me it's probably a tie between Elliott Smith and David Berman. They both had incredible bodies of work, they were both less celebrated in life than they should have been, and they both were guys who I want to imagine would have continued to make interesting music well into old age.
Interesting! Wolf Parade never really hit for me, even back then. But Feist has at least a couple albums that I enjoyed a bunch and that have only grown on me over the years!
January 7, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Interesting! Wolf Parade never really hit for me, even back then. But Feist has at least a couple albums that I enjoyed a bunch and that have only grown on me over the years!
I'm told young folk are suddenly listening to wolf parade because of the gay hockey show, but as a guy who was a young folk in the early 2000s I am here to say that y'all will get way more mileage digging into the discography of Feist, who is also prominently featured in the gay hockey show
January 7, 2026 at 4:15 AM
I'm told young folk are suddenly listening to wolf parade because of the gay hockey show, but as a guy who was a young folk in the early 2000s I am here to say that y'all will get way more mileage digging into the discography of Feist, who is also prominently featured in the gay hockey show
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Republicans: WE NOMINATE SKELETOR
Democrats: We dislike Skeletor but we will vote to confirm him. Please give us between 5 and 50 dollars.
<Later>
Democrats: I stand before you to condemn the actions of Skeletor. He should have never been given this power. Please give me between 5 and 50 dollars.
Democrats: We dislike Skeletor but we will vote to confirm him. Please give us between 5 and 50 dollars.
<Later>
Democrats: I stand before you to condemn the actions of Skeletor. He should have never been given this power. Please give me between 5 and 50 dollars.
June 13, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Republicans: WE NOMINATE SKELETOR
Democrats: We dislike Skeletor but we will vote to confirm him. Please give us between 5 and 50 dollars.
<Later>
Democrats: I stand before you to condemn the actions of Skeletor. He should have never been given this power. Please give me between 5 and 50 dollars.
Democrats: We dislike Skeletor but we will vote to confirm him. Please give us between 5 and 50 dollars.
<Later>
Democrats: I stand before you to condemn the actions of Skeletor. He should have never been given this power. Please give me between 5 and 50 dollars.
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TONIGHT! It's the first figure drawing session of the year at Revolution Gallery here in Buffalo. 7 pm, $15, 21+. Come draw with us!
January 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
TONIGHT! It's the first figure drawing session of the year at Revolution Gallery here in Buffalo. 7 pm, $15, 21+. Come draw with us!
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Just adding myself to the chorus of artists who have had to endure absurd graphic novel deadlines from a big traditional publisher. Won't be doing that again. My body still hurts, years later, from being in a position where I was expected to draw 500 full color comic pages very quickly.
I wish I'd thought sooner to explain to tradpub editors that illustrating a graphic novel is not like writing a prose novel or illustrating a picture book, a 250-page GN is actually like illustrating eight picture books.
January 6, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Just adding myself to the chorus of artists who have had to endure absurd graphic novel deadlines from a big traditional publisher. Won't be doing that again. My body still hurts, years later, from being in a position where I was expected to draw 500 full color comic pages very quickly.
TONIGHT! It's the first figure drawing session of the year at Revolution Gallery here in Buffalo. 7 pm, $15, 21+. Come draw with us!
January 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
TONIGHT! It's the first figure drawing session of the year at Revolution Gallery here in Buffalo. 7 pm, $15, 21+. Come draw with us!
Woke up early to spend my morning volunteering as a judge for my hometown region's entries into the scholastic art awards. My 6th year volunteering as a judge. Winning some scholastic art awards as a teenager definitely put some juice in young Phil's tank 🥲
January 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Woke up early to spend my morning volunteering as a judge for my hometown region's entries into the scholastic art awards. My 6th year volunteering as a judge. Winning some scholastic art awards as a teenager definitely put some juice in young Phil's tank 🥲
I'm in a big zoom meeting with a bunch of high school art teachers and someone who doesn't have their mic muted just said "dang, I can't get my zoom to google...."
January 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I'm in a big zoom meeting with a bunch of high school art teachers and someone who doesn't have their mic muted just said "dang, I can't get my zoom to google...."
uh oh, I started playing mtg arena again
January 5, 2026 at 5:02 AM
uh oh, I started playing mtg arena again
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The only way you can be a liberal instead of a leftist is if you have deliberately shut off your brain because you were beginning to learn things that scared you and destabilized your sense of a safe and rational world.
January 5, 2026 at 3:47 AM
The only way you can be a liberal instead of a leftist is if you have deliberately shut off your brain because you were beginning to learn things that scared you and destabilized your sense of a safe and rational world.
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Hire Phil! This stuff is amazing. I’m actually sad that it isn’t already in a rulebook on my shelf.
I feel very strongly that someone should hire me to illustrate a fantasy ttrpg
January 4, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Hire Phil! This stuff is amazing. I’m actually sad that it isn’t already in a rulebook on my shelf.
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Just going to repost this roughly once a month until it actually happens
I feel very strongly that someone should hire me to illustrate a fantasy ttrpg
March 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Just going to repost this roughly once a month until it actually happens
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You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
January 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.