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Joshua Dysart

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Writer. Goodnight Paradise. Unknown Soldier. BPRD: 1946/1947. Harbinger. Imperium. Living Level-3: Iraq & South Sudan. Óðinn's Eye, Brood X, Orc Island.

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Joshua Dysart @joshuadysart.bsky.social · Dec 17

My struggle as a comic book writer is a simple one. I don't believe in broad strokes. Things are good because of the details. There are only a handful of plots/story beats. Variation comes from nuance. But @ 22 pages, details are the 1st to go.

4 images from comics I've written. Credits in thread.

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 21h

Lori Petty in Kathryn Bigelow's POINT BREAK (1991)

Petty was BOTD in 1963

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Joshua Dysart @joshuadysart.bsky.social · 9h

Few men are as weak and soulless as Speaker Johnson. He's the perfect little Fauntleroy chode tool for authoritarianism. He'll say and do anything to make Dom Don Daddy happy.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 12h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 14h

Again, the reason you can tell the legal theory underpinning these strikes is b.s. is that, if it were taken seriously, it would allow Venezuela to drone yachts off the coast of Florida.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 16h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Joshua Dysart @joshuadysart.bsky.social · 11h

Sorry to assume! If anything, that doc will back up your argument 100%

Joshua Dysart @joshuadysart.bsky.social · 11h

"We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive…”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Joshua Dysart @joshuadysart.bsky.social · 12h

And this is his lesser known work

Joshua Dysart @joshuadysart.bsky.social · 12h

This is a good thread. Authoritarianism hates satire, silliness, and surrealism. But it has to be framed against authoritarian imagery to be meaningful.

talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 12h

as charming and whimsical as some will view this, it bears noting that absurdity—not militancy or might—are what people have chosen to repeat from the portland standoffs against ICE.

why is that?

what purpose does this serve?

a mini 🧵:

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 12h

The Earth is also terrible, and dark, and cruel. The rabbit shrieks dying in the green meadows. The mountains clench their great hands full of hidden fire. There are sharks in the sea, and there is cruelty in men’s eyes.

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Joshua Dysart @joshuadysart.bsky.social · 12h

Oh wow... I thought for sure it was about this... which is a really interesting watch.

Riefenstahl (2024)

Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting awareness of the regime's atrocities.

letterboxd.com

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Alison Sampson A-21 MCM London Artist Alley @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay, I'm Alison, an artist and sometimes writer from London, UK, and I draw comics, book covers and editorial. Can't show you the sequentials I'm drawing right now but I'm open for covers (especially books), comic writing and to discuss the next thing.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13h

Republican Rep. Cory Mills allegedly threatened to release nude images of a 26-year-old woman and to harm her future boyfriends after she ended their relationship.

Now, a judge just ordered Mills, 45, not to come within 500 feet of the defendant & ruled that she is “a victim of dating violence.”

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 12h

More fantasy art by Jennell Jaquays (1956-2024).

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Joshua Dysart @joshuadysart.bsky.social · 12h

Drew Struzan posters you might not see others post today... rest in peace, king.

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Joshua Dysart @joshuadysart.bsky.social · 12h

This is obvs for the doc, and I feel like there was a lot of that sort of vibe coming off of those reviews.

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Cully Hamner @cullyhamner.bsky.social · 18h

Sad news about the maestro, Drew Struzan. Back in the early '90s when I was new to the business, I had a very lucky experience visiting him in his studio in Pasadena with a group of other artists. To this day, I am amazed at the originals I got to look at that day.

RIP, sir.

Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 20h

RIP Drew Struzan
A master.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 18h

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Joshua Dysart @joshuadysart.bsky.social · 18h

I use the "Don't Recommend This Chanel" feature A LOT... and it works for maybe a week before they start recommending the channel again.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 18h

I recruited Janet Mills to run for Senate because, at 72, Susan Collins is too young for the job.

by Chuck Schumer

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 5d

I would have liked to have filmed the inking of this tiny wren and the shrub's very fine branches with this brush, but I needed to get especially close to the piece for this and it would have been too awkward.

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Detail from a silhouette drawing in black ink of a tiny bird perched on a small, leafless shrub. The head of a hen just makes it into the crop, opposite the bird. The drawing is very fine and intricate. The detail shown is roughly comparable in size to two postage stamps, and is photographed with a penny and the traditional Chinese brush the piece was drawn with.

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Joshua Dysart @joshuadysart.bsky.social · 1d

There is a very real chance that Trump, who is normalizing having the federal military in our streets, will use the military to confiscate and "count" poll results in blue states in 2026. If that happens... what will we do?

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing a lot of "No Kings" protests groups using AI images lately

You aren't resisting fascism by using their tools

Be better than that

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|Nick|Name|Nick|: Claymation Homunculus @p0ph3r3t1c.bsky.social · 1d

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Joshua Dysart @joshuadysart.bsky.social · 1d

Holy fuck... this is a huge human rights violation.

borgpup ✈️ SF 10/22-11/19 @borgpup.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 URGENT U.S. TRAVEL ALERT 🚨
Heads up, everyone. A critical rule change goes into effect TOMORROW, Oct 14, that will prevent people with an "X" gender marker on their passport from flying to, from, or through the United States. Please read and share!!! (1/9)

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