scott⚡️mccloud
@scottmccloud.bsky.social
Understands comics… mostly… Now on sale: THE CARTOONISTS CLUB, co-created with the legendary Raina Telgemeier! https://bit.ly/CartoonistClub And I'm also working on a massive book about visual communication; learn more at scottmccloud.com.
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After 3+ years, I have FINISHED this chapter on the origin of the universe!! A circuitous journey that has led to our home, in which that history of the universe is carried (and in all of us). This page recaps key moments & points forward to the next chapter - Life. Onward... #Nostos #Unflattening 2
December 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
After 3+ years, I have FINISHED this chapter on the origin of the universe!! A circuitous journey that has led to our home, in which that history of the universe is carried (and in all of us). This page recaps key moments & points forward to the next chapter - Life. Onward... #Nostos #Unflattening 2
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-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
December 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
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All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
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We can live without billionaires but billionaires cannot live without us, in the same way that a body can live without cancer, but cancer cannot live without a body.
December 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
We can live without billionaires but billionaires cannot live without us, in the same way that a body can live without cancer, but cancer cannot live without a body.
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It's been announced! There's a story written and drawn by me in this Godzilla one-shot from IDW, and all the other stories and art are by my buds! Check out these sweet covers by Ben and Caitlin!
ANNOUNCEMENT: #GODZILLA TAKES ON PORTLAND!
The Portland Tribune announces #GodzillaVsPortland. Read more: https://ow.ly/eihb50XMEoe
#GodzillaVsAmerica: Portland is set to hit stores on March 11, 2026.
A: Benjamin Dewey
B: Caitlin Yarsky
#GodzillaComics #Portland
The Portland Tribune announces #GodzillaVsPortland. Read more: https://ow.ly/eihb50XMEoe
#GodzillaVsAmerica: Portland is set to hit stores on March 11, 2026.
A: Benjamin Dewey
B: Caitlin Yarsky
#GodzillaComics #Portland
December 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It's been announced! There's a story written and drawn by me in this Godzilla one-shot from IDW, and all the other stories and art are by my buds! Check out these sweet covers by Ben and Caitlin!
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An extremely satisfying set of videos is coming in a few years.
December 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
An extremely satisfying set of videos is coming in a few years.
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If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them?
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them?
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
NSFW—But fascinating!
New Delhi-based trans artist Shubnam sent me a link to her 2018 digital comic (on Behance) titled "Sediments".
It includes some daring expressionistic passages and wild uses of both color and typography—in three languages, no less! (translation at bottom of each frame).
1/3
New Delhi-based trans artist Shubnam sent me a link to her 2018 digital comic (on Behance) titled "Sediments".
It includes some daring expressionistic passages and wild uses of both color and typography—in three languages, no less! (translation at bottom of each frame).
1/3
December 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
NSFW—But fascinating!
New Delhi-based trans artist Shubnam sent me a link to her 2018 digital comic (on Behance) titled "Sediments".
It includes some daring expressionistic passages and wild uses of both color and typography—in three languages, no less! (translation at bottom of each frame).
1/3
New Delhi-based trans artist Shubnam sent me a link to her 2018 digital comic (on Behance) titled "Sediments".
It includes some daring expressionistic passages and wild uses of both color and typography—in three languages, no less! (translation at bottom of each frame).
1/3
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Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
A great Xmas gift!
I just bought one!
(...okay, technically I bought it for the house, not as a gift for a person—although the house does have a lot of personality. 🤷♂️)
I just bought one!
(...okay, technically I bought it for the house, not as a gift for a person—although the house does have a lot of personality. 🤷♂️)
Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
December 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A great Xmas gift!
I just bought one!
(...okay, technically I bought it for the house, not as a gift for a person—although the house does have a lot of personality. 🤷♂️)
I just bought one!
(...okay, technically I bought it for the house, not as a gift for a person—although the house does have a lot of personality. 🤷♂️)
To enjoy over a nice bowl of Grape Nuts!
Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
December 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
To enjoy over a nice bowl of Grape Nuts!
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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I’m guessing there’s going to be a lot of wild speculation, so please remember:
![[BREAKING NEWS CONSUMER'S HANDBOOK]
1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.
2. Don't trust anonymous sources.
3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information.
4. There's almost never a second shooter.
5. Pay attention to the language the media uses.
• "We are getting reports"... could mean anything.
• "We are seeking confirmation"... means they don't have it.
• "[News outlet] has learned"... means it has a scoop or is going out on limb.
6. Look for news outlets close to the incident.
7. Compare multiple sources.
8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers.
9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.
ON [THE MEDIA]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qpogm67ybm5xhnp4edlvuzwu/bafkreih6qjg73gdnrqmoh5rgfhzalkt4rtjpenmpwrdf4smex57rhwlja4@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I’m guessing there’s going to be a lot of wild speculation, so please remember:
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This area is reserved for wheelchair users, the deaf, the blind, and... actors (???)
December 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This area is reserved for wheelchair users, the deaf, the blind, and... actors (???)
Where I am right now.
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Where I am right now.
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Yikes! That REALLY IS half-true and half PURE HALLUCINATION. 🥺
Looking at AI summaries of things you know is like reading news reports on events or topics you have firsthand experience with, only magnified 1000x.
December 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Yikes! That REALLY IS half-true and half PURE HALLUCINATION. 🥺
I approve this message.
December 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I approve this message.
I don't know how many people know *both* these albums well, but nothing better sums up my values as a barely-adult music fan/struggling artist in the early '80s than the fact that I had pirated both on either side of a C-90 cassette and nearly always listened to both albums back to back.
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I don't know how many people know *both* these albums well, but nothing better sums up my values as a barely-adult music fan/struggling artist in the early '80s than the fact that I had pirated both on either side of a C-90 cassette and nearly always listened to both albums back to back.
All strapped in for Boston—and MICE!
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
All strapped in for Boston—and MICE!
It’s true, Alas, that Raina will be unable to join me this weekend in Boston, but I hope to share with MICE attendees why I’m so excited about visual communication these days—and of course, talk a bit about my collab with Raina on our very special book, The Cartoonists Club!
We regret to inform everyone that due to schedule changes, Raina Telgemeier will no longer be attending MICE with us this year :(( Our excitement still stays because we now get a huge opportunity to witness Scott McCloud give a full visual communications talk! www.micexpo.org/events/scott...
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
It’s true, Alas, that Raina will be unable to join me this weekend in Boston, but I hope to share with MICE attendees why I’m so excited about visual communication these days—and of course, talk a bit about my collab with Raina on our very special book, The Cartoonists Club!
Just for fun, click on the "Mike Johnson" trending topic in a desktop browser and scroll slowly down to see him make that same head dip over and over and over again like an old school "Drinking Bird" toy.
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Just for fun, click on the "Mike Johnson" trending topic in a desktop browser and scroll slowly down to see him make that same head dip over and over and over again like an old school "Drinking Bird" toy.
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Schmitt’s argument is unintentionally revealing.
The “color revolutions” were non-violent, pro-democracy political movements aimed at ending autocratic regimes in former Soviet bloc nations.
If the Democrats are leading a “color revolution,” then Trump is an autocrat & Schmitt is pro-autocrat.
The “color revolutions” were non-violent, pro-democracy political movements aimed at ending autocratic regimes in former Soviet bloc nations.
If the Democrats are leading a “color revolution,” then Trump is an autocrat & Schmitt is pro-autocrat.
Sen. Eric Schmitt: "This is the language of a color revolution where you're calling on military men and women to disobey orders."
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Schmitt’s argument is unintentionally revealing.
The “color revolutions” were non-violent, pro-democracy political movements aimed at ending autocratic regimes in former Soviet bloc nations.
If the Democrats are leading a “color revolution,” then Trump is an autocrat & Schmitt is pro-autocrat.
The “color revolutions” were non-violent, pro-democracy political movements aimed at ending autocratic regimes in former Soviet bloc nations.
If the Democrats are leading a “color revolution,” then Trump is an autocrat & Schmitt is pro-autocrat.
Magnificent as always!
Completed popup card for my boy turning from 6 to 7! My ongoing birthday tradition of overly complicated cards continues! I abandoned trying to make this a functioning popup early on, and just went for the drawings - it’s more a paper diorama - but he was pleased, and so am I! Onward!
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Magnificent as always!