Ben Hutchings
@benhutcho.bsky.social
Comic artist from Squishface Studio
Main Books:
Sons of Comtec
Follow Your Gut
The Invisible War
Mini Mel & Timid Tom
Walking to Japan
Avanti! Tutta
Peko Peko
Also: 3D photography, retro gaming and the bootleg toy scene.
Canberra and Melbourne
Main Books:
Sons of Comtec
Follow Your Gut
The Invisible War
Mini Mel & Timid Tom
Walking to Japan
Avanti! Tutta
Peko Peko
Also: 3D photography, retro gaming and the bootleg toy scene.
Canberra and Melbourne
Finished Peko Peko 2 last night! It taught me never to work digitally again haha. But it looks good eh?
September 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Finished Peko Peko 2 last night! It taught me never to work digitally again haha. But it looks good eh?
Have you heard the big comic news? Me and Patrick Alexander have done a comic all about business.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/zpx...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/zpx...
SONS OF COMTEC · a comic about srs business ppl
AT LAST, a graphic novel to celebrate society's invisible heroes: extremely well-paid corporate executives!
www.kickstarter.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Have you heard the big comic news? Me and Patrick Alexander have done a comic all about business.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/zpx...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/zpx...
Look! You can now get these at Sticky Institute or from me! What you do is say hey Ben I want one, and then we talk pesto.
June 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Look! You can now get these at Sticky Institute or from me! What you do is say hey Ben I want one, and then we talk pesto.
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Coasters make very good canvases. They are tiny and spongey amd nobody wants them! They soak up colour good and are nice for small, fine pens.
June 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Coasters make very good canvases. They are tiny and spongey amd nobody wants them! They soak up colour good and are nice for small, fine pens.
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Marvel could pay for my healthcare for the rest of my life for a fraction of 1% of profit from Spider-Man Noir, a character whose original comics I edited. For Peter David to die in medical debt, co-creator of Spider-Man 2099 and writer of countless seminal Hulk and X-Factor comics—that's a disgrace
May 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Marvel could pay for my healthcare for the rest of my life for a fraction of 1% of profit from Spider-Man Noir, a character whose original comics I edited. For Peter David to die in medical debt, co-creator of Spider-Man 2099 and writer of countless seminal Hulk and X-Factor comics—that's a disgrace
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We don’t need AI to create abominations
Finally I created a perfect blend of Popeye and Donald Duck:
May 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
We don’t need AI to create abominations
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quotes are disabled but this is also how i feel about 80% of the husbands of my friends
May 18, 2025 at 4:15 AM
quotes are disabled but this is also how i feel about 80% of the husbands of my friends
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squishfacestudio.etsy.com/listing/4299...
Duper Hero cards are popular as heck! Get yours from Etsy now, if you reckon you've got the mettle.
Duper Hero cards are popular as heck! Get yours from Etsy now, if you reckon you've got the mettle.
May 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
squishfacestudio.etsy.com/listing/4299...
Duper Hero cards are popular as heck! Get yours from Etsy now, if you reckon you've got the mettle.
Duper Hero cards are popular as heck! Get yours from Etsy now, if you reckon you've got the mettle.
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Wanna see something cool?
At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.
The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥
At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.
The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥
May 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Wanna see something cool?
At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.
The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥
At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.
The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥
Yay, a bit of good news at last :D
May 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Yay, a bit of good news at last :D
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Hi. Elon Musk says that empathy is "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization." In this episode, we look at why the right hates empathy and how they're trying to get more Americans to approve of their antisocial behavior. youtu.be/dwdAEkJks8A
April 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Hi. Elon Musk says that empathy is "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization." In this episode, we look at why the right hates empathy and how they're trying to get more Americans to approve of their antisocial behavior. youtu.be/dwdAEkJks8A
They're here! They look so good. The packets are tiny and all sort of.... packy. I will set em up on my shop then let ya know.
May 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
They're here! They look so good. The packets are tiny and all sort of.... packy. I will set em up on my shop then let ya know.
A Korean edition of Follow Your Gut is out! It's hard cover and looks great. The Australian edition is available from Scribe and an American edition will be out later this year!
May 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A Korean edition of Follow Your Gut is out! It's hard cover and looks great. The Australian edition is available from Scribe and an American edition will be out later this year!
Here's a few more Duper Heroes from my NOW ARRIVED card decks! Look forward to the launch in April! These are mockups but they are nice hey.
April 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Here's a few more Duper Heroes from my NOW ARRIVED card decks! Look forward to the launch in April! These are mockups but they are nice hey.
Bit o' life drawing never hurt anybody.
April 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Bit o' life drawing never hurt anybody.
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oh you mean like every other time they've tried this? everywhere else in the world?
A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.
German experiment gave people a basic monthly income – the effect on their work ethic was surprising | CNN
A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.
www.cnn.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
oh you mean like every other time they've tried this? everywhere else in the world?
My friends keep moving slightly further away from me as if I'm not the very jewel of Melbourne.
April 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
My friends keep moving slightly further away from me as if I'm not the very jewel of Melbourne.
A few more Duper Heroes from my upcoming Duper Heroes card deck. How fun it is just to keep saying Duper Heroes.
April 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A few more Duper Heroes from my upcoming Duper Heroes card deck. How fun it is just to keep saying Duper Heroes.
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We already have a reliable predictor of who will end up murdering another person - it's called "a history of domestic violence" and cops will do whatever they can to ignore it
UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
Exclusive: Algorithms allegedly being used to study data of thousands of people, in project critics say is ‘chilling and dystopian’
The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the people most likely to become killers.
Researchers are alleged to be using algorithms to analyse the information of thousands of people, including victims of crime, as they try to identify those at greatest risk of committing serious violent offences. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We already have a reliable predictor of who will end up murdering another person - it's called "a history of domestic violence" and cops will do whatever they can to ignore it
I am very excited to have my Duper Heroes playing card deck finally in production!!!
April 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I am very excited to have my Duper Heroes playing card deck finally in production!!!