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Valigarmander
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Valigarmander @valigarmander.bsky.social · Nov 14
Hi there! I'm some schmuck who likes drawing and reading comics.

I'm the author of 'Because I'm Depressed', a black comedy webcomic that has been running since 2013: bcdecomic.com

And I also make nonfiction comics about history, science, democracy, and social justice: comicschronicle.com
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A drawing of a woman who is very tired. In the background a dog pees on the words “all the projects I want to do”
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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853/900 with 8 days until release!

Like werewolves, dissonant music, and hand-drawn art? Help out 👀 - store.steampowered.com/app/2772940/...
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Haunted Safari #comics
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Fractions: part 3 - (1/5)
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Because I'm Depressed #603: "On Student Clubs"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/603/
A four-panel comic. Panel one: Chel and Eve are sitting next to each other on the living room sofa. Chel is reading a community college newsletter while Eve is on her phone. Chel says, “Latine Student Union… Photography Club… Robotics Team… Students for Environmental Action… I never joined any -clubs- in high school. I wonder if I should try it now that I’m in college.” Eve glances up from her phone and says, “Go for it! I think you’ll enjoy it.” Panel two: Chel asks, “Were you in any student clubs?” Eve replies, “Not many. I regret not joining more of them when I had the opportunity.” Panel three: Eve, smiling and gesturing towards herself proudly, continues, “But I -was- vice president of my high school’s official -fujoshi club.-“ Panel four: Chel asks incredulously, “Your high school had an official fujoshi club?” Eve, returning to her phone, says, “It did, until the principal learned what ‘fujoshi’ meant.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Every time I get an email or read a post about how "AI is inevitable" and so you need to do X or Y to get ready for it, I screenshot it. I've saved them all. When the bubble bursts, I'm going to be a menace. I will be unstoppable. I will be taken to prison for the harassment I am going to do.
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Because I'm Depressed #603: "On Student Clubs"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/603/
A four-panel comic. Panel one: Chel and Eve are sitting next to each other on the living room sofa. Chel is reading a community college newsletter while Eve is on her phone. Chel says, “Latine Student Union… Photography Club… Robotics Team… Students for Environmental Action… I never joined any -clubs- in high school. I wonder if I should try it now that I’m in college.” Eve glances up from her phone and says, “Go for it! I think you’ll enjoy it.” Panel two: Chel asks, “Were you in any student clubs?” Eve replies, “Not many. I regret not joining more of them when I had the opportunity.” Panel three: Eve, smiling and gesturing towards herself proudly, continues, “But I -was- vice president of my high school’s official -fujoshi club.-“ Panel four: Chel asks incredulously, “Your high school had an official fujoshi club?” Eve, returning to her phone, says, “It did, until the principal learned what ‘fujoshi’ meant.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Sailors' Wisdom
(Beartato and Reginald are reading books on Sailors' Wisdom) REGINALD: "Red sky at night, sailors delight." BEARTATO: "Red sky at morning, sailors take warning." REGINALD: "Red sky at dawn, a storm's coming on." BEARTATO: "Red sky at noon, a storm's coming soon." REGINALD: "Red sky at dusk? That counts as night. Refer to previous wisdom, all right?" REGINALD: "Red sky tomorrow fills sailors with sorrow." BEARTATO: "Red sky today? That's prob'ly okay." REGINALD: "Red sky on the ground: you're upside-down." BEARTATO: "Reader beware, you're in for a scare." Oops, wrong book. REGINALD (tossing book away): I'm getting nothing. BEARTATO: Same. (They peed outside. Turns out they were on a boat! The sky is swirling purples and greens with some yellow orange spirals). REGINALD: Curse you, sailors
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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WHAT'S UP #PitchYaGame I have some brand new hot-off-the-press screenshots of Amadeus Episode 1's release build!

🌑 Hybrid VN/Point-and-Click
🌒 16-year-old werewolf makes bad life decisions simulator
🌓 All art hand-drawn on paper
🌔 BANGIN electroacoustic soundtrack also by me
🌕 Coming NOVEMBER 21!
Amadeus: A Riddle for Thee ~ Episode 1 ~ Waltz title screen Screenshot of Amadeus talking to the Witch. His dialogue reads "Listen. I will be blunt—I have no idea what in heaven's name you're doing here. Yet this meeting may be beneficial." Screenshot of Amadeus transforming into a werewolf with the text "Where am I?" Screenshot of a point-and-click screen depicting a pencil-drawn tower and a colored inked dragon superimposed. There is a prompt to "Check" the dragon with a hand cursor that has a porcelain-patterned forearm pointing at it.
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Because I'm Depressed #602: "On Purpose"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/602/
A three-panel comic. Panel one: Eve and Ben are in the kitchen together. Eve is standing over the sink, rinsing off dishes and placing them inside the dishwasher. Ben is leaning against the counter, eating canned apricots straight from the can. Ben says, “Man… sometimes I worry that my life has no purpose.” Panel two: Ben continues, “I feel like I haven’t accomplished a single worthwhile thing this week… Heck, this -entire year.-“ Panel three: Eve turns to face Ben while wiping a cup, and says with a frown, “If you’re looking for -purpose-, you could start by helping me with these dishes.” Ben replies, “I mean. I don’t need a purpose -that- bad.”
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Captain Torture
A four frame comic about Captain Torture. The first frame shows the sign "BREAKING NEWS" and the drawing of a man, with the words "CAPTAIN TORTURES PASSES AWAY" near him. The second frame shows a journalist holding a mic, as she says "A controversial and divisive figure, Captain torture will be remembered for his key role in history." The News title is "Mourning day for Captain-". The third frame shows three posts on social media. The first one is by a man called Paul James @Paulitician. He writes: "I didn't always agree with Captain Torture but he sure was a man who believed in something." The second post by James Paul @Avegetable reads: "I pay my respects to Captain Torture and his family. His heart was in the right place- with our country." The third post is by SonicVomit @SonicBleh , and reads "HE TORTURED PEOPLE". The fourth frame shows an interview on TV. An angry man on the right is saying: "Let me tell you something, Jen. I think it's SICK to celebrate Captain Torture's death. These people should be LOCKED UP, and also tortured-". The news below says: "Every president on earth pays homage-".
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Because I'm Depressed #602: "On Purpose"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/602/
A three-panel comic. Panel one: Eve and Ben are in the kitchen together. Eve is standing over the sink, rinsing off dishes and placing them inside the dishwasher. Ben is leaning against the counter, eating canned apricots straight from the can. Ben says, “Man… sometimes I worry that my life has no purpose.” Panel two: Ben continues, “I feel like I haven’t accomplished a single worthwhile thing this week… Heck, this -entire year.-“ Panel three: Eve turns to face Ben while wiping a cup, and says with a frown, “If you’re looking for -purpose-, you could start by helping me with these dishes.” Ben replies, “I mean. I don’t need a purpose -that- bad.”
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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[Please share so more comic creators can see!]

ComicFight is coming on January 2026!

Comic Fight is an art trading game for comic creators who are split into teams. You can draw for anyone in any team, counter attacks by drawing back or choosing to draw the character of someone else!

More info ⬇️
A picture that says "Comicfight 2026" Moonlight VS Sunshine Comic Celebration Event @WebcomicsParty on Bluesky! It has a picture of a moon with clouds and stars on the left side, with the hues of green and blue, and on the right side it has a sun with pastel orange and yellow, with a pink-orange background. There are borders which are plants.
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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RELEASE DATE

AMADEUS MCWEREWOLF'S BAD LIFE DECISIONS COMING TO YOU THIS MONTH

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Image with porcelain patterns framing either side and a picture of Amadeus on the left. Text reads "A tale of Witches, Werewolves, and Memories. Receive the first Tome: November 21, 2025"
November 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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"Ha ha that's right reader, you've noticed the ingenious character quirks that I definitely put there intentionally."
April 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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we at the Wolfe den have decided to start donating money to the Utah Food Bank. i have ranted enough about the shortcomings of the Trump administration, but letting SNAP fall through the cracks is Marie Antoinette levels of uncaring. support your local food banks, please. 💜

#snap #foodstamps
three kids, my little kabouter family, little q. with a carrot, Zöe with an apple, and Quinn with bread (of course) in their hands. the caption reads "NO FAMILY SHOULD EVER GO HUNGRY" in all caps.
November 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Often feel obligated in 2025 to say these facts I figured out in 2001:

Poor people should be allowed to have nice things

Trans rights are human rights

Evolution is undeniable, the backbone of biology.

People with more money than Smaug's treasure horde are worse for the community than he was.
November 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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paddywolfe.bsky.social
happy Halloween from Zeke and Clarice.

#comics #penandink #happyhalloween #halloween2025
a spooky girl in a hoody with two toned hair (Clarice) speaking to a floating apparition wearing a banshee mask and carrying a skull. "Too Scary, Dad" she says. "Ah, beans" the floaty skull of death replies.
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Classic Halloween iconography on display in Haunted Safari.
October 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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love when someone you're campaigning against is like "yeah, it's working"
acvalens.net Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.net · 17d
Source familiar with MasterCard‘s internal workings: The company finds the censorship focus from consumers “profoundly irritating“ amid larger political issues — they want the controversy around paypros censorship to quietly disappear
October 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Because I'm Depressed #601: "On Departures, Pt. 9"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/601/
A ten-panel comic. Panel one: Diego, Ben and Eve are standing in Chel’s bedroom, looking around. The walls of the room have been stripped bare. A number of boxes are stacked around the room, some taped shut and labeled, and others still open and only partially filled. Diego rubs the back of his neck and asks, “So, what’re we gonna do in here when Chel moves out?” Ben notes, “It’s a decent-sized room…” Panel two: Eve, making the “money gesture” with one hand, says, “I say we SUBLET it. Housing is expensive. We could squeeze A LOT of money out of some desperate schmuck!” Panel three: Diego, looking unimpressed, replies, “Do we really want another person living here? I can barely stand sharing a roof with YOU two.” Ben, with his hands on his hips and a big grin on his face, says, “I was thinkin’ we could turn this into a recordin’ studio.” Panel four: Eve asks Ben, “Why on earth would you need a recording studio? You barely ever make music.” Ben responds, “YEAH, ‘cause I don’t have a RECORDIN’ STUDIO!” The three fail to notice as Chel walks into view in the hallway. Panel five: Eve, Diego and Ben turn their heads in surprise as they notice Chel standing in the doorway. Panel six: Chel, wearing a dull expression, says, “Change of plans. I’m not moving out.” Panel seven: Diego and Ben look at Chel with surprise. Diego says, “R-Really?” Eve, with a supportive smile, says, “Well, that’s great news! What made you—“ Panel eight: Diego, Eve, and Ben stumble into the hallway as Chel pushes them out of her room. Chel says, “I’ll tell you about it later. Please get out of my room.” Panel nine: The three turn to look back at the bedroom door as it slams shut. Panel ten: Diego smiles faintly. Eve smiles and shouts, “Glad we get to keep you around, Chel!” Ben lowers his head and pouts, “My recordin’ studio…”
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
valigarmander.bsky.social
Hearing somebody say one of my comics made them laugh, taught them something new, or helped them through a difficult time.
charliestickney.bsky.social Charlie Stickney @charliestickney.bsky.social · 18d
Comic creators, what is success for you?

For me, it's having built an audience that empowers me to tell a long-form story. By January we'll have completed the equivalent of 35 DM issues of the White Ash Saga. Not many indie series reach those #'s. And we're just getting started.
We're not alone...
October 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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PaRappa's Number
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Because I'm Depressed #601: "On Departures, Pt. 9"
#becauseimdepressed #comics

bcdecomic.com/comics/601/
A ten-panel comic. Panel one: Diego, Ben and Eve are standing in Chel’s bedroom, looking around. The walls of the room have been stripped bare. A number of boxes are stacked around the room, some taped shut and labeled, and others still open and only partially filled. Diego rubs the back of his neck and asks, “So, what’re we gonna do in here when Chel moves out?” Ben notes, “It’s a decent-sized room…” Panel two: Eve, making the “money gesture” with one hand, says, “I say we SUBLET it. Housing is expensive. We could squeeze A LOT of money out of some desperate schmuck!” Panel three: Diego, looking unimpressed, replies, “Do we really want another person living here? I can barely stand sharing a roof with YOU two.” Ben, with his hands on his hips and a big grin on his face, says, “I was thinkin’ we could turn this into a recordin’ studio.” Panel four: Eve asks Ben, “Why on earth would you need a recording studio? You barely ever make music.” Ben responds, “YEAH, ‘cause I don’t have a RECORDIN’ STUDIO!” The three fail to notice as Chel walks into view in the hallway. Panel five: Eve, Diego and Ben turn their heads in surprise as they notice Chel standing in the doorway. Panel six: Chel, wearing a dull expression, says, “Change of plans. I’m not moving out.” Panel seven: Diego and Ben look at Chel with surprise. Diego says, “R-Really?” Eve, with a supportive smile, says, “Well, that’s great news! What made you—“ Panel eight: Diego, Eve, and Ben stumble into the hallway as Chel pushes them out of her room. Chel says, “I’ll tell you about it later. Please get out of my room.” Panel nine: The three turn to look back at the bedroom door as it slams shut. Panel ten: Diego smiles faintly. Eve smiles and shouts, “Glad we get to keep you around, Chel!” Ben lowers his head and pouts, “My recordin’ studio…”
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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dodostad.bsky.social
Silent hill f comic based on the legendary gag manga biyori
Comic title: Girl power. First panel: Hinako is surrounded by a powerful aura and flowers while Fox mask is standing to the side. Hinako yells: Uaagh! I can feel the power overflowing! Fox mask! What is this! Second panel is a close up on baffled Fox mask. He says: I don't know... That's scary...
October 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM