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Cartoonist https://www.nytimes.com/by/mike-dawson The Hidden Dominion of Geordie James (2026) 🗞️ News http://mikedawson.substack.com 📔 Minicomic Club http://patreon.com/mikedawwwson 🏫 School Visits https://www.cartooninglessonswithmikedawson.com

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Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 18h

One week left to back my Kickstarter to fund the creation of two 'Zine Storage Boxes. Here's a public post with an updated look at the different designs and my plans to ship each box with additional extras www.patreon.com/posts/zine-s...

'Zine Storage Boxes, updated designs | Mike Dawson

Get more from Mike Dawson on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 1h

I like these facts!

Malachi Ward @malachiward.bsky.social · 7h

Facts About Cartoonists

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 18h

Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.

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-indy ✨ (it/follows) @indigo-k.com · 1d

Woohoo! I just backed The 'Zine Storage Box by Mike Dawson on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

The 'Zine Storage Box by Mike Dawson

Self-publishing is a power, it's a gift. Store all your 'zines in this artist designed box, made to look sharp sitting on your shelves.

www.kickstarter.com

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Mr. Tyler Crook @mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 20h

Drew Struzan was so good that he made the He-Man movie look rad as hell.

The movie poster for the he-man movie it looks sick

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Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 18h

'Zine Storage Boxes, updated designs | Mike Dawson

Get more from Mike Dawson on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Jason Song Quinn @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 23h

Yo! It’s #PortfolioDay! My name is Jason, I’m a cartoonist who loves comics and ttrpg design. I focus on weirdo filled fantasy and candy coated horror. You can checkout my stuff at:
www.jasongquinn.com/portfolio
Or hulkhoquinn.itch.io

Also trying to use my Patreon more
www.patreon.com/u3199234

Illustration of various aquatic salamanders

Illustration of a big pack of dogs chasing rabbits

Fan art of Tree sentinel from Elden Ring

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Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 1d

Thankyou!!

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Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 1d

😀😀😀

Legoguy515 @legoguy515.bsky.social · 2d

I just backed The 'Zine Storage Box by Mike Dawson on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

The 'Zine Storage Box by Mike Dawson

Self-publishing is a power, it's a gift. Store all your 'zines in this artist designed box, made to look sharp sitting on your shelves.

www.kickstarter.com

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Drew "I never drink..." Weing @drewweing.bsky.social · 1d

New page, y'all:
www.drewweing.com/comic/page-3...

Page 337 - Zipped - drew weing dot com

www.drewweing.com

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Nick Abadzis @nickabadzis.bsky.social · 2d

Announcing the title and presenting the cover of mine and Angela Watson’s forthcoming book, #MyBelovedOther
#comics #graphicnovels #BookSky #book #books #book2026 #antiracism #BlackSky

More info and links:

www.nickabadzis.com/blog/2025/10...

The cover to My Beloved Other by and copyright (c) Nick Abadzis and Angela Watson. It shows two hands forming a “heart” symbol. The hand on the left is Angela’s (who is Black), the hand on the right is mine (which is white. Sort of Greek, actually, but please read the book to find out more about that.) All rights reserved under protection of EU copyright laws.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 2d

There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 3d

Eugenics, all the way down www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 2d

A little more than a week left to back my 'Zine Storage Box Kickstarter. Help me produce some functional and nice looking boxes specifically made to hold 5.5x8.5" digest-sized self-published minicomics. Every box ships with a print and a 24 page full color 'zine www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

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Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 3d

I guess I’m just wondering how much of my kids college tuition I can pay for with having “kept it real” and rarely “selling out”

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Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 3d

In the 90’s my biggest fear was being “stuck in some soulless desk job” but now that dream has become reality, dang if the alternative doesn’t sound pretty sweet sometimes

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4d

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 4d

Haha

Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 4d

We all know writing is harder, arting is more labor intensive

Jason Song Quinn @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 4d

They should do a comicbook Nobel Peace Prize and it should be given to me for not trying to start up the Writer vs Artist discourse this year even though we all know they deserve it.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 5d

Shit is so bad that the best American news of the week is that Dolly Parton didn't die.

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Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 4d

I'm looking forward to it too! 😁 Right now most of my 'zines are just tossed in random boxes

Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for the support, Tyler!

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Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 4d

These boxes are designed for holding digest-sized (5.5x8.5") minicomics, and each one will come with a complimentary 24 page full color 'zine along with a nice print of a comic about the power of self-publishing

The 'Zine Storage Box, a print with a comic about Self-Publishing and a 24 page full color 'zine entitled "A Part, Apart", which features two complete cartoon essays

Mike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 4d

As I'm moving from hoping to meet my funding goal into actually producing my 'Zine Storage Boxes I have been revising the design. This one is "A Love Letter to Self-Publishing", very similar to what I mocked up initially, but less messy and busy, and I think nicer www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

A mockup of the Love Letter to Self-Publishing 'Zine Storage Box. Mostly pale yellows, pinks and purples, the design mimics the famous Marvel Comics 25th Anniversary edition covers, except is filled with all your favorite characters from the world of self-published and indie comics. Yes, SMILE was originally a minicomic.

A better view of the 25th Anniversary design. Text on the graphic states, "A 'Zine is something homemade, personal, not created with mass-appeal in mind. maybe your 'zine only means something to a small group of people, but to those people it means so much"

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 5d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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