Hey! Monster Boy
@heymonsterboy.bsky.social
Ezekiel Strange ✨ He/Him ✨ Queer ✨ Live, learn, do better
Designer, Illustrator, Thaumaturgist
Living at the crossroads of the eerie, whimsical, and weird
Designer, Illustrator, Thaumaturgist
Living at the crossroads of the eerie, whimsical, and weird
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Hello! I'm Ezekiel (or Zee, or Zeke). I'm an illustrator and designer who loves the spooky, strange, and whimsical.
My webcomic (currently on hiatus): www.noxhillcomic.com
I am also @heymonsterboy on Cohost, Tumblr, and Mastodon.art, but I'm mostly active here on Bluesky.
My webcomic (currently on hiatus): www.noxhillcomic.com
I am also @heymonsterboy on Cohost, Tumblr, and Mastodon.art, but I'm mostly active here on Bluesky.
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Now MIND YOU I think there's just a loneliness crisis happening in general? I don't think it's just men who feel isolated but don't know how to go about making friends and community? But it really doesn't help that the social role assigned to men is one that kinda derides deep friendship
YUP
A lot of manosphere types talk about it as though it's only about Needing A Wife but like. That's bound up in the whole "but men can't be friends with *each other*" thing, innit. Which is kinda the whole point.
A lot of manosphere types talk about it as though it's only about Needing A Wife but like. That's bound up in the whole "but men can't be friends with *each other*" thing, innit. Which is kinda the whole point.
I’m so sick of otherwise smart people falling apart in public by declaring that the so called male loneliness crisis is about SEX
GOD DAMN
THERE ARE NO COMMUNITIES
THERE ARE NO THIRD SPACES
STOP PICKING YOUR PETTY VENDETTAS ABOUT HOW MEN SUCK
GOD DAMN
THERE ARE NO COMMUNITIES
THERE ARE NO THIRD SPACES
STOP PICKING YOUR PETTY VENDETTAS ABOUT HOW MEN SUCK
December 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Now MIND YOU I think there's just a loneliness crisis happening in general? I don't think it's just men who feel isolated but don't know how to go about making friends and community? But it really doesn't help that the social role assigned to men is one that kinda derides deep friendship
YUP
A lot of manosphere types talk about it as though it's only about Needing A Wife but like. That's bound up in the whole "but men can't be friends with *each other*" thing, innit. Which is kinda the whole point.
A lot of manosphere types talk about it as though it's only about Needing A Wife but like. That's bound up in the whole "but men can't be friends with *each other*" thing, innit. Which is kinda the whole point.
I’m so sick of otherwise smart people falling apart in public by declaring that the so called male loneliness crisis is about SEX
GOD DAMN
THERE ARE NO COMMUNITIES
THERE ARE NO THIRD SPACES
STOP PICKING YOUR PETTY VENDETTAS ABOUT HOW MEN SUCK
GOD DAMN
THERE ARE NO COMMUNITIES
THERE ARE NO THIRD SPACES
STOP PICKING YOUR PETTY VENDETTAS ABOUT HOW MEN SUCK
December 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
YUP
A lot of manosphere types talk about it as though it's only about Needing A Wife but like. That's bound up in the whole "but men can't be friends with *each other*" thing, innit. Which is kinda the whole point.
A lot of manosphere types talk about it as though it's only about Needing A Wife but like. That's bound up in the whole "but men can't be friends with *each other*" thing, innit. Which is kinda the whole point.
I very much need my Local Mouse to stop being as brave as it is and also to get stupider so it will go into the trap and I can take it down to the garage
December 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I very much need my Local Mouse to stop being as brave as it is and also to get stupider so it will go into the trap and I can take it down to the garage
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imagining an all night diner in a redwall world. little rat smoking while cooking on a flaptop. burned coffee in an acorn mug. the whole thing is inside a pumpkin
December 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
imagining an all night diner in a redwall world. little rat smoking while cooking on a flaptop. burned coffee in an acorn mug. the whole thing is inside a pumpkin
And all that was left at the bottom of the box was hope
December 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
And all that was left at the bottom of the box was hope
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I dunno I feel like maybe my bank's authentication processes have gone a bit far
December 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I dunno I feel like maybe my bank's authentication processes have gone a bit far
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
I do love that the answer to "whatever happened to the dinosaurs" is just "they got small and kinda round"
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I do love that the answer to "whatever happened to the dinosaurs" is just "they got small and kinda round"
SOOooo kinda thinking about visiting Norway next summer. I'd probably have 5 days to see the sights. Fjords and hiking would be priorities for me. Anybody been there or from there? Any thoughts?
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
SOOooo kinda thinking about visiting Norway next summer. I'd probably have 5 days to see the sights. Fjords and hiking would be priorities for me. Anybody been there or from there? Any thoughts?
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Screeeeeeeeeming and kicking my feet bc LOOK at the glorious author portrait @heymonsterboy.bsky.social made for my Enchanting Alter Ego what writes romantasy!! 💃💃💃
Going to have all kinds of fun setting this persona up with some social medias in the new year 😎
Going to have all kinds of fun setting this persona up with some social medias in the new year 😎
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Screeeeeeeeeming and kicking my feet bc LOOK at the glorious author portrait @heymonsterboy.bsky.social made for my Enchanting Alter Ego what writes romantasy!! 💃💃💃
Going to have all kinds of fun setting this persona up with some social medias in the new year 😎
Going to have all kinds of fun setting this persona up with some social medias in the new year 😎
What's that? I just signed up to try a medieval European sword/dagger fighting class? YES! Yes I did
December 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
What's that? I just signed up to try a medieval European sword/dagger fighting class? YES! Yes I did
this greatly pleases me to look at
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
this greatly pleases me to look at
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Do not attempt to trap a cranberry goblin under any circumstances. They'll think you're playing a game and then they'll trap your soul in a mason jar for a hundred years to keep the game going.
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Do not attempt to trap a cranberry goblin under any circumstances. They'll think you're playing a game and then they'll trap your soul in a mason jar for a hundred years to keep the game going.
A friend invited me to play wheelchair basketball today & altho I'm bad at basketball in general, it was a good time! Wheelchairs are shockingly intuitive to use (tho I guess sports chairs are lighter/easier to handle, which makes sense). My fave was when everyone stopped bothering to keep score c:
November 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
A friend invited me to play wheelchair basketball today & altho I'm bad at basketball in general, it was a good time! Wheelchairs are shockingly intuitive to use (tho I guess sports chairs are lighter/easier to handle, which makes sense). My fave was when everyone stopped bothering to keep score c:
Companies that do this should be forced to pay taxes into UBI, and the amount should increase per position eliminated by "AI"
Chilling piece on employment effects of AI on early careers. Includes this line, which will probably become the norm for many firms: "Managers at Shopify must now justify hiring a human by first explaining why AI can’t do the job."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
‘There’s Just No Reason to Deal With Young Employees’
AI is taking entry-level jobs. What happens when Gen-Z-ers can’t start their careers?
nymag.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Companies that do this should be forced to pay taxes into UBI, and the amount should increase per position eliminated by "AI"
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Bandit Crab
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Bandit Crab
Just realized nobody can stop me from drawing homoerotic finance bros 🤠
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Just realized nobody can stop me from drawing homoerotic finance bros 🤠
Anyhoo off I go to spend time punching things
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Anyhoo off I go to spend time punching things
Been getting very into Canadian Dad Rock lately. Big Wreck, OLP, Tea Party, Great Big Sea, Headstones, etc. Just found out Finger Eleven are Canadian?? Wild.
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Been getting very into Canadian Dad Rock lately. Big Wreck, OLP, Tea Party, Great Big Sea, Headstones, etc. Just found out Finger Eleven are Canadian?? Wild.
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If there's one episode of TV I wish I could force everyone to watch and internalize, it's the 30 Rock where Liz, who has always seen herself as a bullied nerd underdog, finds out she's actually been hated all her life because she's mean.
July 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If there's one episode of TV I wish I could force everyone to watch and internalize, it's the 30 Rock where Liz, who has always seen herself as a bullied nerd underdog, finds out she's actually been hated all her life because she's mean.
(Blowing the dust off the box in my head labeled "Loving To Draw Actually") Let's fuckin GO
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
(Blowing the dust off the box in my head labeled "Loving To Draw Actually") Let's fuckin GO
I FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT
I am so tired of the way people are about politics.
Me: "Yeah I don't like the party in power, but there's no progressive alternative right now and the conservative alternative is WAY worse."
Someone with no reading comprehension: "You support EVIL policies!!! Here's why the party in power sucks!"
Me: "Yeah I don't like the party in power, but there's no progressive alternative right now and the conservative alternative is WAY worse."
Someone with no reading comprehension: "You support EVIL policies!!! Here's why the party in power sucks!"
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I am so tired of the way people are about politics.
Me: "Yeah I don't like the party in power, but there's no progressive alternative right now and the conservative alternative is WAY worse."
Someone with no reading comprehension: "You support EVIL policies!!! Here's why the party in power sucks!"
Me: "Yeah I don't like the party in power, but there's no progressive alternative right now and the conservative alternative is WAY worse."
Someone with no reading comprehension: "You support EVIL policies!!! Here's why the party in power sucks!"
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Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.
When people hear that I'm returning to part time work they often ask "are things not going well with your art?"
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
November 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.