Jimmy (Jayson)
@toomanyjs.bsky.social
Some kinda catman (temporarily ott)
Ahh, cause it's different. Comfortable creation is always going to be familiar. Doesn't have to be an essay either, but essay is the easiest (imo) when you're putting down feelings and emotions and events one-by-one. Meaning often comes at the culmination.
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Ahh, cause it's different. Comfortable creation is always going to be familiar. Doesn't have to be an essay either, but essay is the easiest (imo) when you're putting down feelings and emotions and events one-by-one. Meaning often comes at the culmination.
share the essay later, if you realize that you've vented the artistic need through its creation).
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
share the essay later, if you realize that you've vented the artistic need through its creation).
different shape. That way, you've got the sharpest knife of emotional creation out of the way--putting it down, shaping the ideas. After that, adaptation is much, much easier. Essay to comic feels like it would be transformative enough that you'd still have that spark, too. (And you can always just
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
different shape. That way, you've got the sharpest knife of emotional creation out of the way--putting it down, shaping the ideas. After that, adaptation is much, much easier. Essay to comic feels like it would be transformative enough that you'd still have that spark, too. (And you can always just
Yeah, I got into this when I was doing some essay writing a few years back (essay like Johnson and Baldwin, not just class, lol). Writing as an essay is almost always a really personally focused thing--tight, specific view. Might help to put down your feelings that way, then transition it into a
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Yeah, I got into this when I was doing some essay writing a few years back (essay like Johnson and Baldwin, not just class, lol). Writing as an essay is almost always a really personally focused thing--tight, specific view. Might help to put down your feelings that way, then transition it into a
"Fun Home" actually made me come out. I emailed her about it and told her and thanked her, and she gave me the nicest reply. Fantastic person.
November 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Fun Home" actually made me come out. I emailed her about it and told her and thanked her, and she gave me the nicest reply. Fantastic person.
Mentioning cause it seems like it might be a useful or thought provoking in a good way, as far as figuring out how you want to portray your experiences to others. (Also, Bechdel is just... a damn good writer. Fun Home changed me in ways I can't easily articulate.)
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Mentioning cause it seems like it might be a useful or thought provoking in a good way, as far as figuring out how you want to portray your experiences to others. (Also, Bechdel is just... a damn good writer. Fun Home changed me in ways I can't easily articulate.)
I was reading a comic script recently and giving feedback on it. The author and I got into a similar discussion about personal involvement and everything related to it. It reminded me of Allison Bechdel's sequel to Fun Home (amazing, btw), "Are You my Mother?" It's literally about therapy.
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I was reading a comic script recently and giving feedback on it. The author and I got into a similar discussion about personal involvement and everything related to it. It reminded me of Allison Bechdel's sequel to Fun Home (amazing, btw), "Are You my Mother?" It's literally about therapy.
I don't draw, but I make Silus do the same thing.
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I don't draw, but I make Silus do the same thing.
Caesar's conquering chariot, but instead of whispering "Only a man," it instead whispers "You're an artist, you're an artist, you're an artist."
November 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Caesar's conquering chariot, but instead of whispering "Only a man," it instead whispers "You're an artist, you're an artist, you're an artist."
Not for long, at least.
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Not for long, at least.
Me: you had a sexy phase?
Asdrubael Vect: *eye sparkle ping*
Asdrubael Vect: *eye sparkle ping*
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Me: you had a sexy phase?
Asdrubael Vect: *eye sparkle ping*
Asdrubael Vect: *eye sparkle ping*
Wanna come to my BBQ?
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Wanna come to my BBQ?
I'm throwing a Like on there in acknowledgement of the presented evidence. Not cause I like it. Yuck.
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I'm throwing a Like on there in acknowledgement of the presented evidence. Not cause I like it. Yuck.
TIL Ryan North is the voice of T-Rex in my head. Huh.
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
TIL Ryan North is the voice of T-Rex in my head. Huh.
There's a joke here about being a reverse unicorn, I just know it.
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
There's a joke here about being a reverse unicorn, I just know it.
This sucks so bad. He seemed so nice and even tempered when I met him. Just a normal decent guy. Is this what Fox News and conservative echo chambers do to people?
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This sucks so bad. He seemed so nice and even tempered when I met him. Just a normal decent guy. Is this what Fox News and conservative echo chambers do to people?
He's never really over it. Ask him to show you the special art I got him... ;)
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
He's never really over it. Ask him to show you the special art I got him... ;)
Girldinner was so powerful.
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Girldinner was so powerful.
Holy cow, what was that like? Did you ever get feedback on something she really loved delivering? Did she ever tell you a favorite line she'd done? ("Pure and potent as sunshine" lives rent free in my writing cortex, tainting everything, but that might have been before your time.)
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Holy cow, what was that like? Did you ever get feedback on something she really loved delivering? Did she ever tell you a favorite line she'd done? ("Pure and potent as sunshine" lives rent free in my writing cortex, tainting everything, but that might have been before your time.)
Did you ever get to work with the Destiny people in that capacity? I don't think I've ever stopped and imagined you on the other side of the glass from Morla Gorrondona as she literally bit Hive words out of the air like a shark trawling prawn.
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Did you ever get to work with the Destiny people in that capacity? I don't think I've ever stopped and imagined you on the other side of the glass from Morla Gorrondona as she literally bit Hive words out of the air like a shark trawling prawn.
We had a word for directors that never took suggestions: puppeteers. Sooner or later, people stopped showing up for auditions when they were directing. I've got stories, but I think everyone who's ever done stagework does.
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
We had a word for directors that never took suggestions: puppeteers. Sooner or later, people stopped showing up for auditions when they were directing. I've got stories, but I think everyone who's ever done stagework does.
Someone wants to be the lion idddooolllll.
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Someone wants to be the lion idddooolllll.
Conservatives don't give to Go-Fund-Me's. Those are empathy campaigns. Only liberals donate to them. A millionaire with a vested interest is her only hope, and antigay doesn't pull like it used to.
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Conservatives don't give to Go-Fund-Me's. Those are empathy campaigns. Only liberals donate to them. A millionaire with a vested interest is her only hope, and antigay doesn't pull like it used to.
Yeah, man! Did you not know the specifics? That was part of why I thought it wasn't gonna fly. Can you IMAGINE the optics?
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Yeah, man! Did you not know the specifics? That was part of why I thought it wasn't gonna fly. Can you IMAGINE the optics?