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Ray Michels
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STEAM Fan and Cartoon Hobbyist. I've yet to meet a bad pizza.
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emolinsky.bsky.social
This week, a trio of conversations that track the history of animation in my lifetime, and my life in animation. Act I: Acid Tab Cartoons. Act II: Looking Like SpongeBob. Act III: Saving Nimona. These stories come from Between Imaginary Worlds, which is available to listeners who pledge on Patreon.
Episode 291: This Animated Life — Imaginary Worlds
As longtime listeners know, I worked in the animation industry before switching careers and going into broadcasting. Today’s episode features a trio of conversations that trace the history of animatio...
www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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adamrothman.bsky.social
Absolutely incredible graphic from 1880 tracing the history of political parties in the United States.
From Smithsonian description: "This ambitious chart presents U.S. political history on a single page. Moving from left to right, a timeline of parties, policies, persons, and events courses like a river through graphic space marked in four-year intervals. The analogy between politics and springs and rivulets (that jump and rejoin their banks) is the most conspicuous feature of the timeline. The parties appear in different colors. The ascendance of a party is gauged as its stream rises above the centerline, and above the streams of other parties. The thickness of a stream indicates the party’s strength. The diagram is meant to dramatize U.S. political history in a more accessible shape for educators and to offer a ready reference for scholars, statisticians, and statesmen. The chart itself, titled “Diagram of the Rise and Fall of American Political Parties, from 1789 to 1880, inclusive,” is from the Conspectus of the History of Political Parties and the Federal Government, by Walter R. Houghton, 1880"
July 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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drewhayesnovels.bsky.social
So long as you’re not trying to make a living off it, art doesn’t have to be good.

It just has to be yours.
June 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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weratedogs.com
Congratulations, the universe sent you this dog because you have been chosen. Joy awaits. 13/10
June 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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drewhayesnovels.bsky.social
But wait, there's more!

Villains' Vignettes: Volume II (Villains' Code #3.5) is out today on kindle! As with Volume I, these stories will play a part on the main series.

Though I may have added a *bit* more world lore for Volume II 😁
amzn.to/3HW1ppZ
Villains Vignettes: Volume 2 (Villains' Code)
Amazon.com: Villains Vignettes: Volume 2 (Villains' Code) eBook : Hayes, Drew: Kindle Store
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June 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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davekellett.bsky.social
Here’s a story-segment NBC did on my college comics collection. I’d forgotten about this! Ha ha ha I look and sound like a wee child!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej7s...
1996 Dave Kellett Early "Sheldon" NBC Interview
YouTube video by SmallFishStudios
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July 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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oxfordinary.bsky.social
Poor Yana.
This original will serve as a constant reminder of how she ABSOLUTELY MURDERED that poor, defenseless lizard.
June 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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oxfordinary.bsky.social
New Alpacomic!

The Hair Do That You Do!
July 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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loosepartsguy.bsky.social
I'm all about this repurposing thing. #Repurposing #Comics #Cartoons #Cartooning
May 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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devongeorgeart.bsky.social
Being a Transformers and Pokemon fan really preps you for birding.
May 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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devongeorgeart.bsky.social
Oop and another because I didn't put a link in the previous... s-skeet? www.tumblr.com/averydaycomic
June 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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devongeorgeart.bsky.social
An example and a shameless plug to go read my comic, A Very Day!
June 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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neildegrassetyson.com
In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet.

Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
May 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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sagan.bsky.social
The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
May 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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iniquitousfish.bsky.social
Microsoft 360 decided to send me a customer survey.
And that was a fucking mistake.
May 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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abstracto.bsky.social
Redesign of an old character of mine.

#comicart #illustration #neurodivergent #fantasy #adventure #magic #cartoon #graphicnovel #webcomic #sword #sorcery #dnd #ttrpg #adhd #autism
March 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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abstracto.bsky.social
Finished the first page of the sketchbook! Which part is your favorite? Mine is the tortoise, but I may be a bit bias lol.

#comicart #illustration #neurodivergent #audhd #adhd #autism #mentalhealth #mentalillness #copingskills #webcomic #graphicnovel
March 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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abstracto.bsky.social
I should probably go to bed.

#comicstrip #cartoon #cartoonart #neurodivergent #audhd #adhd #autism #bpd #bipolar #ptsd #weird #funny #psychological #mentalhealth #mentalillness #hashtags
March 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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alepresser.com
Of course I just spotted the typo now that the comic is all over.

Meh. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
October 29, 2024 at 10:47 PM
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alepresser.com
A really important matter on this week's Side Quested.

#webcomics #comics #pockets

Read our webcomic. It has pockets.
sidequested.com
This is a really quick sketched comic. It goes like this: Panel 1: a sketch of me, hair tied up in s ponytail, bored face. "It was brought to my attention that the readers are wondering if Charlie's new trousers have pockets. So I'm here to clarify some things." Panel 2: my pointing at Charlie, looking nice, and with her hands in her pockets. "Firstly, of COURSE it has pockets! Are you kidding me!?" Panel 3: me pointing at a placed panel from page 77 of the webcomic, where Leopold takes a potion from his pocket. "Secondly, you should remember that even Leo's yoga pants have pockets!" Leopold is at the corner of the panel, saying "yoga?" Panel 4: a cute Robin, hands on her dress' pockets. Me, screaming "you know what? So does Robin's cute dress!!" Panel 5: i have my finger up, closed eyes, and say "as a matter of fact..." And Boopsie is there, eyes wide, smiling maniacally, saying in a spellcasting voice "ALL CLOTHING SHALL HAVE POCKETS! IT IS THE LAW!"
October 29, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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friskymakes.bsky.social
For those wondering about Tavern Wenches, that my webcomic I made! Did the website with Hugo and NetlifyCMS. I have an example project of what I did to build a comic site using Hugo over at github.com/sfrisk/webco... if you ever want to check it out.
February 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
raymichels.bsky.social
@davekellett.bsky.social do you know of this critter? 😄
sapphixy.bsky.social Serenity "Season Your Food" Dee 🍜 @sapphixy.bsky.social · Feb 4
submitted for your approval: the potoo bird

it escalates quickly
February 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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larsenproject.bsky.social
So folks can download the whole thing, here is a link to my inking tutorial: https://www.dropbox.com/s/l0e5lwku0p63voj/Ink%20Tips%20ABBR.pdf?dl=0
August 19, 2023 at 11:05 AM
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matthtaylor.com
The Matrix fan art from a few years ago
fan art for the Matrix: a lone free human crouching, hugging her legs and trying to stay out of sight of a Machine Sentinal. The Sentinel itself is lifting broken pieces of bricks and rebar, searching for anything that needs to be destroyed. its radar dish unfurled above the humans head. the image is rendering mostly in green same image as before: fan art for the Matrix: a lone free human crouching, hugging her legs and trying to stay out of sight of a Machine Sentinal. The Sentinel itself is lifting broken pieces of bricks and rebar, searching for anything that needs to be destroyed. its radar dish unfurled above the humans head. this version of the image is rendering with a striking amount of red, similar to the way the Sentinel's eyes are red in the movies.
January 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM