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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 1m

we also finally got his COBRA offer and to continue our health insurance (that I adore!! it's the best we've ever had!!) for the two of us would be

$1700 a month.

lol

lmao

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 1m

we've been waiting to hear back from WA's ESD to hear whether or not he qualifies for unemployment for about a week now and it is Very Stressful, do not recommend

Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 7d

Since it's now news within our immediate circles, I can share: my partner got abruptly fired from his job (we had no idea it was coming; his boss chose to circumvent the normal steps you're supposed to go through to fire him while we were in Hawai‘i).

Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 10d

just kidding times two, my partner and I got blindsided by some pretty bad news the day I posted this, I'll be fully back in office and online here on Monday.

if, in the meantime, you feel like supporting me by reading Keeping Time or joining my Patreon/SubStar, that would be a welcome reprieve.

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 4m

me TOO

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Kuuranen🌨️ @kuuranen.bsky.social · 9m

Untitled cat

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 9m

AGH AUGH AHH I love everything about this!! the character design, the pose and composition, the colors, your LINES

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 23h

Denver Leary spent the last three (3!!) chapters of KEEPING TIME trying to get the reserved, attractive pianist he used to know to (re)join his band. He FINALLY succeeded except it's, uh, off to a rough start

#KeepingTime #webcomics

🎸 Latest update: keepingtimecomic.com
🎸Start from the beginning

A panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME. Three dudes in a band are in their practice space experiencing a full range of emotional reactions to a new band member joining them. The bassist, Stef, crosses his arms surlily, Tomás, the drummer, is an excitable toddler, and Denver holds his hands out at Stef in a 'dude, what gives' gesture as he asks, "Stef, buddy? You wanna say hi back, or...?"

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Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 16h

The 2024 numbers are crunched, data visualised, and insights SHARED!

Here's the findings of the 2024 Comics Worker Survey!

Anyone can read these findings on income, rates, royalties and more--online or as a PDF.

The Cartoonist Cooperative

Making comics better for everyone!

cartoonist.coop

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Nero Villagallos O'Reilly @itsnero.com · 16h

IT'S TIME :)

Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 16h

The 2024 numbers are crunched, data visualised, and insights SHARED!

Here's the findings of the 2024 Comics Worker Survey!

Anyone can read these findings on income, rates, royalties and more--online or as a PDF.

The Cartoonist Cooperative

Making comics better for everyone!

cartoonist.coop

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scary bravo @sierrabravoart.bsky.social · 17h

oh my god it's #PortfolioDay again and i really want to get to do another comic soon, please let me do some history and mythology stuff thanks

www.sierrabravoart.com
email: [email protected]

promotional art for the tenth anniversary of Hans Vogel is Dead! Hans and Reineke walk through a birch forest, Hans looking behind him at the viewer.

an illustration of the chimera from Greek mythology, walking through some ruins overgrown with ivy and a charred stone wall.

a comic page from HANS VOGEL IS DEAD, showing a dogfight between multiple German and Polish aircraft.

a comic page from HANS VOGEL IS DEAD, showing a boxing match between Princess Glückskind and the leshy. The leshy attempts to turn into multiple animals, unsuccessfully.

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 16h

THIS IS HIGH ART

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Nicky (🦵🏼🔑) Rodriguez looking for a new agent @artofnickyrdrgz.bsky.social · 23h

🏳️‍🌈🇵🇷 it's #PortfolioDay yet again! still looking for an agent and/or editor for this GN (QRP'd) & general comics work! i'm interested in creating and working on NA & adult GNs & other select illustration work (general illustrations & illustrating select children's/YA works) 💛
artofnickyrodriguez.com

5 panel comic aboard a pirate ship during sunset

written by akira b!

5 panel comic aboard a pirate ship during dusk/nightfall

written by akira b!

nicky holding a copy of Latinx Comics Studies: Critical and Creative Crossings edited by Fernanda Díaz-Basteris & Maite Urcaregui in which Nicky has a short comic

an excerpt from the short comic featured in Latinx Comics Studies: Critical and Creative Crossings

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jade 🫀 comms closed @yellghoul.bsky.social · 21h

#portfolioday again !! hello hello im jade 🥀 i like drawing unsettling horror, magic, and all kinds of comics

available for long/short term comic work, covers, posters, and private commissions ~

web🧡 jadezhang.art
shops🧡 jadezhang.art/shop
commissions🧡 jadezhang.art/comms
email🧡 [email protected]

elden ring fanart of the dancing lion with the grandam. they are resting in the dancing lion arena together, the illustration is in a decorative frame depicting the phases of the moon, and stylized elements

illustration of a girl walking through a forest fire with a giant wolf made of smoke

3 panel comic of a woman in the forest fire, she is choking on the smoke. text overlayed reads "(1) rather stifling infernos that rage from sun to sun (2) and coats your tongue with the taste of singed fur (3) and corpse ash"

elden ring fanart of mohg being stabbed through the chest, he and the tarnished are in mohg's arena which is surrounded by fire. the illustration is framed by a border of thorns and roses

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay - I am Kim Hu
Freelance Illustrator & Concept Artist

Looking for cool new projects to work on in 2026 💫

Portfolio: kim-hu.com
✉️ [email protected]

Cover of Killtopia Comic Anthology, featuring a despairing man in a tech helmet.

The cover to Blister City
In the background in orange and pink tones sits a massive city, behind which orange mountains rise into a dusty orange sky
In the foreground 3 punks perch on the edge of a building, surrounded by litter and soda cans. The punk on the left wears a blue jacket that says die young on the back.

The text Blister City can be seen in the sky above the city.

Illustration of Clippy the Paperclip in a Mad Max style truck, blasting through the wasteland; Done for Autonocast.com

Photo of a shirt, showing a girl with a nailbat on top of a smashed robot, holding up its severed head. The text says: Destroy AI; Done for Aftermath
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#kimgakaku

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 17h

the phrase "megafauna of formative media" just took up permanent residence in my brain, i can feel it

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Hika/Tām | HK★TMK @hikatamika.com · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay. I'm Tam/Hika, a Graphic Designer and Web Designer with 5+ years of professional experience.
I have overlapping skill in motion graphics, video editing, illustration, and comic art.

💼: hikatamika.art/
💌: [email protected]

#GraphicDesign #WebDesign #BlackSky

Square social media post for Structure Groups

Sketchbook tumblr theme in media grid view.

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 17h

Danny, this is awesome!!!

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 17h

from @bussyconnoisseur.bsky.social --

screenshot of a youtube video where cat whispere jackson galaxy explains in the subtitles 'wheels got taken off a little fast when it comes to step by step introduction technique'
to the left, text reads
step by step intro technique
1. scent
the bandmates smell each other
2. sight
the bandmates see each other
3. touch
the bandmates be physically near each other

of course this is supposed to say cats and was badly edited

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 17h

I'm fucking wheezing at "WHEELS GOT TAKEN OFF A LITTLE FAST" and "the bandmates may be physically near each other"

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 17h

nico is, as always, on target

bsky.app/profile/kody...

Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 23h

Denver Leary spent the last three (3!!) chapters of KEEPING TIME trying to get the reserved, attractive pianist he used to know to (re)join his band. He FINALLY succeeded except it's, uh, off to a rough start

#KeepingTime #webcomics

🎸 Latest update: keepingtimecomic.com
🎸Start from the beginning

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 17h

yes I made these screenshots just to shitpost about my webcomic ( keepingtimecomic.com ), but nico started it

screenshot of a Jackson Galaxy video about how to introduce cats to each other where Jackson is saying, "so many times I hear, 'just put them in a room together, they'll work it out'

Jackson Galaxy is exhausted and finishes, "they will not work it out"

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 17h

LMFAO

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certified malewife @bussyconnoisseur.bsky.social · 17h

somebody tell denver leary that you shouldnt just throw two cats together like this, the proper way is not to allow direct eye contact yet and introduce them only by smell and shared meal time with a screen in between ...

Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 23h

Denver Leary spent the last three (3!!) chapters of KEEPING TIME trying to get the reserved, attractive pianist he used to know to (re)join his band. He FINALLY succeeded except it's, uh, off to a rough start

#KeepingTime #webcomics

🎸 Latest update: keepingtimecomic.com
🎸Start from the beginning

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 17h

LMAOOO thank you Mangsney!! I'm so excited to finally be here on the main site!!

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 17h

who has two thumbs and is regretting saying yes to joining the band (it's Daniel)

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 17h

every time someone compliments Tomás, my heart grows three sizes 🥹🥹

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