Rachel Merrill at CALA Table 16A
@ohhhaeee.bsky.social
Artist for the sydnicated cartoon Gil Thorp
Co Creator with Henry Barajas of Death To Pachuco from Image Comics
Illustrator, animator, storyboard artist, Cartoons at New Yorker
Full portfolio at http://www.rachelmerrill.net
Email @ merrillrach @ gmail.com
Co Creator with Henry Barajas of Death To Pachuco from Image Comics
Illustrator, animator, storyboard artist, Cartoons at New Yorker
Full portfolio at http://www.rachelmerrill.net
Email @ merrillrach @ gmail.com
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Figure its time to repeat my ongoing xmas wish for the last 3 years-all I want for Christmas is to work with @criterion.bsky.social someday!!
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I even dedicated DTP #2 to the band. @baysideband.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I even dedicated DTP #2 to the band. @baysideband.bsky.social
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"Don't miss the last one: I'll claw my way out of the grave."
Almost done putting DTP #4 to bed.
Preorder today!
bindings.app/read/Y5jVaWmp
Almost done putting DTP #4 to bed.
Preorder today!
bindings.app/read/Y5jVaWmp
December 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"Don't miss the last one: I'll claw my way out of the grave."
Almost done putting DTP #4 to bed.
Preorder today!
bindings.app/read/Y5jVaWmp
Almost done putting DTP #4 to bed.
Preorder today!
bindings.app/read/Y5jVaWmp
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Cool whippersnappers are always like "back in my tumblr years" meanwhile us LiveJournal crones are like
a cartoon witch is sticking her head out of a hole in the wall
ALT: a cartoon witch is sticking her head out of a hole in the wall
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Cool whippersnappers are always like "back in my tumblr years" meanwhile us LiveJournal crones are like
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Bluesky Wrapped and it's how many times your own joke was explained to you
December 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Bluesky Wrapped and it's how many times your own joke was explained to you
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Scott Wills paints a background for the first run of Samurai Jack (2001–2004), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Cartoon Network Studios
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Scott Wills paints a background for the first run of Samurai Jack (2001–2004), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Cartoon Network Studios
Cool whippersnappers are always like "back in my tumblr years" meanwhile us LiveJournal crones are like
a cartoon witch is sticking her head out of a hole in the wall
ALT: a cartoon witch is sticking her head out of a hole in the wall
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Cool whippersnappers are always like "back in my tumblr years" meanwhile us LiveJournal crones are like
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Eventually I'm going to make it myself but in the meantime does anyone have any animated shows/movies that are Daria-adjacent?
I've met plenty of women who love Daria but dont know what else to recommend which is probably why I should just animate IzzynJean soon..
I've met plenty of women who love Daria but dont know what else to recommend which is probably why I should just animate IzzynJean soon..
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Eventually I'm going to make it myself but in the meantime does anyone have any animated shows/movies that are Daria-adjacent?
I've met plenty of women who love Daria but dont know what else to recommend which is probably why I should just animate IzzynJean soon..
I've met plenty of women who love Daria but dont know what else to recommend which is probably why I should just animate IzzynJean soon..
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Justice for Paul Dano, damnit!!
a picture of a man with the words " be still and know that i am god "
ALT: a picture of a man with the words " be still and know that i am god "
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Justice for Paul Dano, damnit!!
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
COMICS FOLKS MOVIE THORP
(would watch)
(would watch)
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
COMICS FOLKS MOVIE THORP
(would watch)
(would watch)
Justice for Paul Dano, damnit!!
a picture of a man with the words " be still and know that i am god "
ALT: a picture of a man with the words " be still and know that i am god "
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Justice for Paul Dano, damnit!!
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More drawn & painted animation, please.
If not, I'll settle for anything that doesn't look like bobbleheadded digital ass.
If not, I'll settle for anything that doesn't look like bobbleheadded digital ass.
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 AM
More drawn & painted animation, please.
If not, I'll settle for anything that doesn't look like bobbleheadded digital ass.
If not, I'll settle for anything that doesn't look like bobbleheadded digital ass.
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Post production is extremely complex -- every final version of a show is comprised of multiple elements. VFX, sound, color. If you're doing a massive transfer/remaster like this, PAY PEOPLE who understand how post works to supervise. You can't just cut and paste.
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Post production is extremely complex -- every final version of a show is comprised of multiple elements. VFX, sound, color. If you're doing a massive transfer/remaster like this, PAY PEOPLE who understand how post works to supervise. You can't just cut and paste.
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Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
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every comics guy congratulating Mamdani on his all-female transition team better bring that same energy to your projects over the next four years, too
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
every comics guy congratulating Mamdani on his all-female transition team better bring that same energy to your projects over the next four years, too
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you can draw a direct line from the complacency with the status quo to the current crisis of non-licensed comics in the direct market, but we're not ready for that conversation
there are so many qualified women who aren’t given the same chances because of the complacency with the status quo and that’s just not good enough anymore
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
you can draw a direct line from the complacency with the status quo to the current crisis of non-licensed comics in the direct market, but we're not ready for that conversation
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Boys need more friends who are girls, not girlfriends.
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Boys need more friends who are girls, not girlfriends.
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started What's Up, Doc? (1972) and forget manic pixie dream girls, we want a bugs bunny coded possibly nightmare girl
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
started What's Up, Doc? (1972) and forget manic pixie dream girls, we want a bugs bunny coded possibly nightmare girl
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Since I was out, the last issue of the series was solicited. Covers by Vanessa Del Rey, @jgonzo.bsky.social, and introducing @bizarropizarro.bsky.social.
With your help, we can make more Ricky Téllez comics if you preorder the single issues or the TPB. Preorder here bindings.app/read/Y5jVaWmp
With your help, we can make more Ricky Téllez comics if you preorder the single issues or the TPB. Preorder here bindings.app/read/Y5jVaWmp
December 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Since I was out, the last issue of the series was solicited. Covers by Vanessa Del Rey, @jgonzo.bsky.social, and introducing @bizarropizarro.bsky.social.
With your help, we can make more Ricky Téllez comics if you preorder the single issues or the TPB. Preorder here bindings.app/read/Y5jVaWmp
With your help, we can make more Ricky Téllez comics if you preorder the single issues or the TPB. Preorder here bindings.app/read/Y5jVaWmp
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I've been silent cuz I've been dealing with a viral infection. This comes as the expense of promoting my comic Death to Pachuco I've co-created with @ohhhaeee.bsky.social. Tell your LCS you need to add DTP to your pull!
@scarygorgon.bsky.social
@benpassmore.bsky.social
@sweeneyboo.bsky.social
@scarygorgon.bsky.social
@benpassmore.bsky.social
@sweeneyboo.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I've been silent cuz I've been dealing with a viral infection. This comes as the expense of promoting my comic Death to Pachuco I've co-created with @ohhhaeee.bsky.social. Tell your LCS you need to add DTP to your pull!
@scarygorgon.bsky.social
@benpassmore.bsky.social
@sweeneyboo.bsky.social
@scarygorgon.bsky.social
@benpassmore.bsky.social
@sweeneyboo.bsky.social
Everyone hyped up All The Presidents Men that "oooo Robert Redford is soooo dreamy" and meanwhile I cant get enough of Farrah Fawcett styled Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Everyone hyped up All The Presidents Men that "oooo Robert Redford is soooo dreamy" and meanwhile I cant get enough of Farrah Fawcett styled Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein
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Excerpts from today’s Patreon post, up now.
Wrestling with how to save the world through a podcast about country music. You know, the usual.
Wrestling with how to save the world through a podcast about country music. You know, the usual.
November 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Excerpts from today’s Patreon post, up now.
Wrestling with how to save the world through a podcast about country music. You know, the usual.
Wrestling with how to save the world through a podcast about country music. You know, the usual.
I know this has been posted endlessly but I can't stress enough...if your band that just followed me is using AI to promote shows why should I a visual artist give a shit about your music?
November 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I know this has been posted endlessly but I can't stress enough...if your band that just followed me is using AI to promote shows why should I a visual artist give a shit about your music?
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Figure its time to repeat my ongoing xmas wish for the last 3 years-all I want for Christmas is to work with @criterion.bsky.social someday!!
December 13, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Figure its time to repeat my ongoing xmas wish for the last 3 years-all I want for Christmas is to work with @criterion.bsky.social someday!!