Eli Bishop
LightNews LightNews
banner
errorbar.bsky.social
Eli Bishop
@errorbar.bsky.social
210 followers 190 following 1.8K posts
Button-pushing by day, comics & theater by night. http://errorbar.net [he/him]
Posts Replies Media Videos
errorbar.bsky.social
You know how sometimes you copy text from a webpage and some ad material shows up in the middle of it, so you end up with a nontraditional version of "O Death" that has a couple of jarring shifts in tone and subject (even though the first line of the ad weirdly has the right meter)?
Screenshot of part of the lyrics to "O Death" (as sung by Ralph Stanley), interrupted by some ad text from the website the lyrics were copied from. "Death, I come to take the soul / Leave the body and leave it cold / To drop the flesh off of the frame / The earth and worms both have a claim / See upcoming country shows / Get tickets for your favorite artists / You might also like / Oh Death - MercyMe / Take It Off - The Donnas / [Chorus] Oh, Death / Whoa, Death / Won't you spare me over till another year?"
October 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
errorbar.bsky.social
And estrangement is a thing that really has to be done from an uncomfortably close distance.
Simpsons screenshot of Principal Skinner saying "I was only in there to get directions on how to get away from there." (from "Bart After Dark")
August 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
errorbar.bsky.social
Here's what you wrote. Nothing about commenting on homophobia. Just Thiel is gay and he's evil, and Vance is one of "his boys." Your other explanation, after someone asked, doesn't make it *not* inflammatory to talk this way. Which I guess you're going to keep on doing since you think it's so clear.
Screenshot of Funkybat's first two comments from the thread.
August 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
errorbar.bsky.social
Bay Area: so much special SF Neo-Futurists theater real soon! This weekend, our mysterious site-specific HOLE. Next month, the first ever BLACKEST WRENCH on Juneteenth; then, our reliably fabulous Pride special! It's all here: www.sfneofuturists.org (and I'm back in the regular show June 13)
Collage of three theater posters for the San Francisco Neo-Futurists. Upper left: photo of a large hole in sand with the captions "HOLE", "workshop performance", "May 31/June 1". Lower left: photo of several African-American SF Neo-Futurist ensemble members on stage, including Jordan Williams joyfully raising her hands, with the caption "June 19: Blackest Wrench." Right: collage of stage photos with the captions "Infinite Pride: 30 Gay Plays in 60 Gay Minutes", "June 23 - El Rio, SF - Doors 7 pm, Show 8:30 pm", "June 24 - Oasis - Doors 6:30 pm, Show 7 pm, and Doors 9 pm, Show 9:30 pm", "50% of all tix proceeds benefit LGBT Asylum Project".
May 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
errorbar.bsky.social
Actually five times:
Screenshot from a section of p. 306 of the HHS "Treatment for Pediatric Gender Identity Dysphoria" report PDF, showing five bibliographic entries. The first three are for pieces by "Byrne, A." in Archives of Sexual Behavior: "More on 'gender identity'", "The origin of 'gender identity'", and "Another myth of persistence?" The fourth is for a book by "Byrne, A.": "Trouble with Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions", from Polity Press. The fifty is for an article co-authored by "Byrne, A., & Gorin, M.": "A deafening silence: Bioethics and gender-affirming healthcare", in "The War on Science" from Post Hill Press.
May 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
errorbar.bsky.social
My two best self-published comics, BUSYBODY #1 and NINE FACES OF NOTHING, are now for sale as e-books on itch.io instead of the crappy place where they used to be. There are still a few paper copies of these available, but I'm unlikely to print more. eli-the-bishop.itch.io
Cover image for the comic book "Busybody 1" by Eli Bishop. A pencil drawing, with digital flat colors, of the exterior of a small Victorian-style two-story house like you might find in San Francisco. In the upper bay windows, a cranky-looking person is writing something elaborate on a giant sheet of paper. A big brightly colored bird is perched outside looking in. Instead of showing the same room, the left side of that bay window shows a tree, and the right side shows a dark room with a telescope pointing out. The lower left bay window has the shades drawn; the window is slightly open at the top, with a naked leg trying to get out. The lower right bay window shows a dark room illuminated by a disco ball; a large amount of hair is coming out of the bottom of the window. The lower middle bay window is blocked by a curtain, and has signs taped to the window saying: "In this issue: true love; bad dreams; physical assessment; urban fashion; personal growth; Shift Report", and "mature readers." On the roof, a large crow or raven is trying to look in the window from above, a dove is sitting on an air vent, and a cat is stretched out asleep above the attic window. A rope ladder leads out of a door on the roof. The top and sides of the house are disappearing into fog, with just some tall plants visible on the side. Cover image for the comic book "Nine Faces of Nothing" by Eli Bishop. The background is a medium warm gray square. The left two-thirds of the cover have the nine letters of "Nine Faces" shown as cut-out capital letters within square black and white images that are excerpted from different images in the book, but shown in extreme close-up so they look like abstract black and white lines and textures. At the right, the letters in "of nothing" appear as smaller white capital letters arranged in a two-column grid. The subtitle "(depression comics) by Eli Bishop" appears in smaller white capital letters.
April 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
errorbar.bsky.social
Perfect series of faces as Dern's character starts to realize "oh no, could it be... he just doesn't give a shit??"
Film still from The Master (2012) with subtitles. Philip Seymour Hoffman's character, a satisfied-looking man in a business suit, at a publicity event for his cult, is saying "We are invoking a new, wider range to account for the new data." Sitting next to him, Laura Dern is listening with a slightly uncertain smile. Another dilm still from The Master (2012) with subtitles. Hoffman continues: "'Can you imagine?' allows for a more creative pathway to the mind." Laura Dern is still listening patiently but looking away for a moment as if trying to process this. Another film still from The Master (2012) with subtitles. Dern started to ask "But if the new..." but Hoffman has interrupted with an impatient hand gesture, saying "What do you want?" Dern is taken aback, eyes wide, mouth open. Another still from The Master (2012) with subtitles. Hoffman puts his face in his palm, exasperated by this exchange, and says "Helen..." Dern is looking away with a very uncomfortable expression as if starting to realize that things are worse than she thought.
April 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
errorbar.bsky.social
This is the start of my 4th year writing & performing with the San Francisco Neo-Futurists. Other than meeting my spouse, there aren't many life changes that have been so important to me. It's a joy & an honor to know these people & make stuff with them. That's all! www.sfneofuturists.org
Photo of Eli Bishop in a stage production by the San Francisco Neo-Futurists. A middle-aged white man with short hair in a button-down shirt is sitting in a chair in front of two black wooden stage blocks, in front of a black backdrop, gesturing and looking up at the audience a little anxiously. On the shorter block there is a laptop computer. On the taller block, a large computer screen connected to the laptop is showing some bright blue text in a large font, which the man was in the process of typing. The visible part of the text says "WHY? WHO? WHY? WHO? WHY"
April 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
errorbar.bsky.social
Because it's important to imagine that a better world is possible, here's my homage to the cover of STARSLAYER (THE LOG OF THE JOLLY ROGER) #2 (1982), after Mike Grell. #comiccovercover #fanart #coloredpencils #spacepirates
A reimagined comic book cover image for STARSLAYER #2 - ink drawing plus colored pencils in a textural cartoon style, by Eli Bishop. Two heroes, both with long black hair, and both scantily clad— a grimacing man with a mustache and a golden space-eyepatch, and a stern woman with a top-ponytail and high-heeled boots— are fighting off a group of monsters, in a spaceship. The man is wielding a glowing sword and a ray gun; the woman has two ray guns. They are firing the guns in various directions without looking. The monsters include a green lizard-person with red eyes and fangs, wielding a knife; a werewolf, wielding a knife; and a mottled orange lizard-person with a long scaly tail. TV screens inside the spaceship show the faces of some unknown observers. In the background outside, a futuristic monochrome city and glittering stars. The title says "Starslayer: The Log of the Jolly Roger" but it is partly obscured by the sword so we only see "Starslar: The Log of Roger." In the foreground, a panicky robot is running around and saying "For the NEW Era in Comics." The cover price is $1 US, $1.25 Canada. A 1982 comic book cover image for STARSLAYER #2 - ink drawing with process colors in an adventure style, by Mike Grell. Two heroes, both with long black hair, and both scantily clad— a grimacing man with a mustache and a golden space-eyepatch, and a stern woman with a top-ponytail and high-heeled boots— are fighting off a group of monsters, in a spaceship. The man is wielding a glowing sword and a ray gun; the woman has a ray gun. They are firing the guns in various directions without really looking. The monsters include a green lizard-person with red eyes and fangs, wielding a knife; a werewolf, wielding a knife; and a mottled orange lizard-person with a long scaly tail. TV screens inside the spaceship show the faces of some unknown observers. In the background outside, a futuristic monochrome city and glittering stars. The title says "Starslayer: The Log of the Jolly Roger." The publisher's logo says "PC: For the NEW Era in Comics." The cover price is $1 US, $1.25 Canada.
March 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
errorbar.bsky.social
Revised the coloring a little, after figuring out one of the 50 things that was bothering me. This is still a ridiculous approach of course—don't do any of these things! (unless you want to)
March 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
errorbar.bsky.social
Got an urge to draw some goofy drama, so here's my homage to the cover of CAPTAIN MARVEL #51 (1977), after Al Milgrom & Irv Watanabe (original at right). I took the liberty of recoloring Mercurio and creating a more intimate fighting style. #comiccovercover #fanart #gratuitouscursive
A reimagined comic book cover image for Captain Marvel #51 - ink drawing with digital colors in a clear-line cartoon style, by Eli Bishop. A square-jawed blond superhero in a bright red and blue costume is wrestling, in a very close and somewhat suggestive pose, with a space alien who is jet black on one side and gray on the other and who wears skimpy white armor. They are on a roof, with vague skyscrapers in the background. The alien's grip is causing one of Captain Marvel's arms to catch fire and the other to freeze. The captions say "The Hour of Flame and Frost" and "Cosmic Power versus Mercurio the 4-D Man." A caption on Captain Marvel's head indicates that he is "spaceborn." Some of the captions are in elaborate cursive lettering for no reason. A 1977 comic book cover image for Captain Marvel #51 - ink drawing with process colors in an action comic style of the time, by Al Milgrom and Irv Watanabe. A square-jawed blond superhero in a bright red and blue costume is wrestling, about two feet apart, with a space alien who is blue-black on one side and red on the other and who wears skimpy white armor. They are on a roof, with vague skyscrapers in the background, and Captain Marvel is accidentally kicking chunks of concrete off of the roof with one foot. The alien's grip is causing one of Captain Marvel's arms to catch fire and the other to freeze. The captions say "The Hour of Flame and Frost" and "Cosmic Power versus the Fantastic Force of Mercurio the 4-D Man." A caption above the title calls Captain Marvel "Marvel's Spaceborn Superhero!" One word in the captions is in cursive lettering for no reason.
March 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
errorbar.bsky.social
I wonder if Batman ever manages to zip up to a high precipice that he can't figure out how to get down from, so he just yells and yells until Superman shows up to help, in the middle of the night. Unrelated: here's a picture of a darling cat who lives with me
Close-up photo of the face of a fluffy black cat with a serious expression
February 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
errorbar.bsky.social
A little further down, the same ad reappeared, showing that the same cheerful gentleman had adapted effortlessly to the new machine-led regime.
Another screenshot from Camestros's blog. The same ad image as in the previous screenshot is now appearing under a passage about how humanity in the future will serve its machine masters. The ad caption is "Leading the way to a better future through innovation and mentorship."
February 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
errorbar.bsky.social
I thought you might enjoy this screenshot, in which the ad service helpfully provided an illustration of the gentry a.k.a. the pinnacle of evolution.
Screenshot of a web browser viewing a section of Camestros's blog. An auto-generated ad box is showing a cheerful man in a business suit raising a cup of coffee or tea.
February 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
errorbar.bsky.social
Hey SF Bay Area friends! Among the million events at
#sfsketchfest this month, this one on Jan. 22 has me in it with 5 other Neo-Futurists doing some ridiculous things. It's BITS OUT, a special edition of The Infinite Wrench for Sketchfest. Tickets: sfsketchfest2025.sched.com/event/1rbR0
Promo image for the Bits Out show: some Neo-Futurist ensemble members dancing chaotically and looking like cool people who are good at comedy. There are party lights.
January 16, 2025 at 3:20 AM
errorbar.bsky.social
A while back, I made this collage of all of the exclamations that were used in issues #140-150 of Swamp Thing, written by Mark Millar. My only reason was that I was bored & irritated by Millar, but it was weirdly satisfying and now I feel like it kind of works as a general statement about things.
January 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
errorbar.bsky.social
At least they have someone to talk to besides this guy. (If you know, you know)
October 13, 2024 at 7:34 AM
errorbar.bsky.social
Three historic Doggie Diner heads touring California
September 14, 2024 at 11:20 PM
errorbar.bsky.social
July 29, 2024 at 11:27 PM
errorbar.bsky.social
New personal goal: to be as unconcerned about the lack of demand for my creative efforts, and their uneven quality, as the apple tree next to my parents' back patio is.
July 29, 2024 at 6:45 PM