Fritz Rieke
@greengrendel.bsky.social
Aspiring comics writer (He/Him)
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sorry everyone but this might be a good time to announce that my artbook is just not gonna happen; my backlog is too big and I can't stop working, I have no savings and I'll either completely burn out or will never stop working on commissions until I die; sorry for the disappointment
made a terrible mistake on a couple deadlines and now I find myself w a 1k debt, so I'll be taking more commissions
November 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
sorry everyone but this might be a good time to announce that my artbook is just not gonna happen; my backlog is too big and I can't stop working, I have no savings and I'll either completely burn out or will never stop working on commissions until I die; sorry for the disappointment
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the reason 101 dalmations looks like that is because disney incorporated xerography (ie early photocopying technology) into the animation process. rough pencils (by mostly male animators) were copied onto the cels so that disney could fire the (mostly female) inkers. remember that art can lie to you
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
the reason 101 dalmations looks like that is because disney incorporated xerography (ie early photocopying technology) into the animation process. rough pencils (by mostly male animators) were copied onto the cels so that disney could fire the (mostly female) inkers. remember that art can lie to you
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMhI... WE'RE LIVE!
Toonami Abridged | Sailor Moon (PART 1)
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November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMhI... WE'RE LIVE!
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Abolish ICE. Deny all those who worked for them any honors or employment in government ever again.
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Abolish ICE. Deny all those who worked for them any honors or employment in government ever again.
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TFcon Chicago speical VA print.
Colors by the super talented @dyemooch.bsky.social
Enjoy
#Transformers #TFcon #Beastwars #Starscream #Devastator #cyberverse #knockout
Colors by the super talented @dyemooch.bsky.social
Enjoy
#Transformers #TFcon #Beastwars #Starscream #Devastator #cyberverse #knockout
October 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
TFcon Chicago speical VA print.
Colors by the super talented @dyemooch.bsky.social
Enjoy
#Transformers #TFcon #Beastwars #Starscream #Devastator #cyberverse #knockout
Colors by the super talented @dyemooch.bsky.social
Enjoy
#Transformers #TFcon #Beastwars #Starscream #Devastator #cyberverse #knockout
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I’m a hack to who just really loves doing homages! (Cover is a(n) homage to FF #49, of course) #TransformersOne #FantasticFour
October 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I’m a hack to who just really loves doing homages! (Cover is a(n) homage to FF #49, of course) #TransformersOne #FantasticFour
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I can finally show off my exclusive cover for #Transformers issue 25 by @skybound.bsky.social
It was a lot of fun working on this cover and being able to provide something for the 25th issue that @robertkirkman.bsky.social will be writing. Exciting times :D
Cover Colors by @dyemooch.bsky.social
It was a lot of fun working on this cover and being able to provide something for the 25th issue that @robertkirkman.bsky.social will be writing. Exciting times :D
Cover Colors by @dyemooch.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I can finally show off my exclusive cover for #Transformers issue 25 by @skybound.bsky.social
It was a lot of fun working on this cover and being able to provide something for the 25th issue that @robertkirkman.bsky.social will be writing. Exciting times :D
Cover Colors by @dyemooch.bsky.social
It was a lot of fun working on this cover and being able to provide something for the 25th issue that @robertkirkman.bsky.social will be writing. Exciting times :D
Cover Colors by @dyemooch.bsky.social
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Transness is not about mental illness, hormones, or surgery--though it is the most obvious expression of trans identity.
Trans identity is the gift of autonomy over your gender.
While transness is most easily identifiable through gender dysphoria, its heart is self-exploration and empowerment.
Trans identity is the gift of autonomy over your gender.
While transness is most easily identifiable through gender dysphoria, its heart is self-exploration and empowerment.
September 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Transness is not about mental illness, hormones, or surgery--though it is the most obvious expression of trans identity.
Trans identity is the gift of autonomy over your gender.
While transness is most easily identifiable through gender dysphoria, its heart is self-exploration and empowerment.
Trans identity is the gift of autonomy over your gender.
While transness is most easily identifiable through gender dysphoria, its heart is self-exploration and empowerment.
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Commissions are open!
You can find all info here
You can also message me if you have any doubts!
Reposts are welcome!
#commissionsopen
You can find all info here
You can also message me if you have any doubts!
Reposts are welcome!
#commissionsopen
ArtofPonara Commission Information
Commission and contact info
ponaracommission.carrd.co
June 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Commissions are open!
You can find all info here
You can also message me if you have any doubts!
Reposts are welcome!
#commissionsopen
You can find all info here
You can also message me if you have any doubts!
Reposts are welcome!
#commissionsopen
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If you’re a punk venue, and you cancel a band’s upcoming shows because they were glad a virulently racist fascist died, I don’t think you’re gonna be a punk venue much longer.
Bob Vylan gig in Netherlands cancelled after frontman makes comments about death of Charlie Kirk
The 013 venue in Tilburg says ‘new statements go too far’, while band responds that ‘at no point was Kirk’s death celebrated’
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If you’re a punk venue, and you cancel a band’s upcoming shows because they were glad a virulently racist fascist died, I don’t think you’re gonna be a punk venue much longer.
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ai slop has further enabled reactionaries to become not just post-truth but post-coherence, mashing their various grievances and cinematic vignettes together and extruding them into an incomprehensible sludge golem
It cannot be stressed enough that AI "art" is the aesthetic of modern-day fascism
September 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
ai slop has further enabled reactionaries to become not just post-truth but post-coherence, mashing their various grievances and cinematic vignettes together and extruding them into an incomprehensible sludge golem
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Look, they do not have the capacity or competence to do this at the scale they want you to fear they do, and your fear is precisely their greatest force multiplier. Everybody who is cowed into silence by their threats allows them a smaller pool to focus on.
Stephen Miler is open about what's coming: a federal law enforcement crackdown on its political opponents
September 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Look, they do not have the capacity or competence to do this at the scale they want you to fear they do, and your fear is precisely their greatest force multiplier. Everybody who is cowed into silence by their threats allows them a smaller pool to focus on.
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i will never forgive any of these silicon valley people. i will never, ever forgive them for unleashing their own misery and insecurities upon the rest of the world like this
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
i will never forgive any of these silicon valley people. i will never, ever forgive them for unleashing their own misery and insecurities upon the rest of the world like this
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'Our Soot Stained Heart' #1 coming in December!
Co-written by Joni Hagg and yours truly. Colored by Ropemann, lettered by Hass.
Co-written by Joni Hagg and yours truly. Colored by Ropemann, lettered by Hass.
September 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
'Our Soot Stained Heart' #1 coming in December!
Co-written by Joni Hagg and yours truly. Colored by Ropemann, lettered by Hass.
Co-written by Joni Hagg and yours truly. Colored by Ropemann, lettered by Hass.
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One thing I'll say about DC not only canceling Red Hood, but recalling the first issue and refunding stores for buying it, is that you can still get Neil Gaiman's work through them. They still work with Otto Schmidt. Eddie Berganza worked there for years AFTER the formation of a policy that no women
September 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
One thing I'll say about DC not only canceling Red Hood, but recalling the first issue and refunding stores for buying it, is that you can still get Neil Gaiman's work through them. They still work with Otto Schmidt. Eddie Berganza worked there for years AFTER the formation of a policy that no women
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I love making comics, but the industry and the people running it are so full of ridiculous shit. We deserve better and we don't owe them shit.
If you're a big name, you owe it to your colleagues being mistreated to push back against the dudes in charge and fight for better working conditions.
If you're a big name, you owe it to your colleagues being mistreated to push back against the dudes in charge and fight for better working conditions.
September 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I love making comics, but the industry and the people running it are so full of ridiculous shit. We deserve better and we don't owe them shit.
If you're a big name, you owe it to your colleagues being mistreated to push back against the dudes in charge and fight for better working conditions.
If you're a big name, you owe it to your colleagues being mistreated to push back against the dudes in charge and fight for better working conditions.
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I regret nothing, I don't apologize, kiss my ass.
September 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I regret nothing, I don't apologize, kiss my ass.
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They don't print this 'til the VERY LAST PARAGRAPH:
"In some cases, the government appeared to rely on unverified tabloid reports about Khalil. In others, its claims were factually incorrect due to inconsistent timelines and mischaracterizations of his work history."
"In some cases, the government appeared to rely on unverified tabloid reports about Khalil. In others, its claims were factually incorrect due to inconsistent timelines and mischaracterizations of his work history."
BREAKING: Judge orders Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria, alleging he omitted information from his green card application.
Immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria
“It is no surprise that the Trump administration continues to retaliate against me for my exercise of free speech," Khalil, a former Columbia University grad student, said in a statement.
nbcnews.to
September 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
They don't print this 'til the VERY LAST PARAGRAPH:
"In some cases, the government appeared to rely on unverified tabloid reports about Khalil. In others, its claims were factually incorrect due to inconsistent timelines and mischaracterizations of his work history."
"In some cases, the government appeared to rely on unverified tabloid reports about Khalil. In others, its claims were factually incorrect due to inconsistent timelines and mischaracterizations of his work history."
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You can tell Charlie Kirk was beloved because it requires the full force of the American government and law enforcement to force the people to mourn his passing.
September 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
You can tell Charlie Kirk was beloved because it requires the full force of the American government and law enforcement to force the people to mourn his passing.
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If you haven’t already, now is the perfect time to start building your indie shit
September 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you haven’t already, now is the perfect time to start building your indie shit
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unfortunately the only footage they could find of charlie kirk not saying evil things was when a pint of blood was gushing out of his neck like a fountain
#BREAKING: Sinclair says it will air a one-hour tribute to Charlie Kirk on its ABC-affiliated stations in the time slot that is usually occupied for "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The special will air on Friday, per a Sinclair spokesperson.
September 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
unfortunately the only footage they could find of charlie kirk not saying evil things was when a pint of blood was gushing out of his neck like a fountain
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All the liberals who went out of their way to mourn the nazi pez dispenser are now upset about Kimmel and not any of the teachers or service workers who got fired for not bending the knee.
I hate you. I hate you so fucking much you stupid dense tv brained motherfuckers.
I hate you. I hate you so fucking much you stupid dense tv brained motherfuckers.
September 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
All the liberals who went out of their way to mourn the nazi pez dispenser are now upset about Kimmel and not any of the teachers or service workers who got fired for not bending the knee.
I hate you. I hate you so fucking much you stupid dense tv brained motherfuckers.
I hate you. I hate you so fucking much you stupid dense tv brained motherfuckers.
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It’s gonna be so weird watching establishment dems be performatively sadder about this than they were about the colleague and her husband and dog who got shot and killed
September 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It’s gonna be so weird watching establishment dems be performatively sadder about this than they were about the colleague and her husband and dog who got shot and killed