Ted (& technically Ro)
@brandtandstein.com
We write & draw comics! DC, Marvel, most others. Currently:
#WorstManOGN
(skeets probably by Ted)
“The fancy cheese of comics creators” - Phoebe Hedges
Web: https://bio.site/brandtandstein
Agent: @stephaniewinter.bsky.social
#WorstManOGN
(skeets probably by Ted)
“The fancy cheese of comics creators” - Phoebe Hedges
Web: https://bio.site/brandtandstein
Agent: @stephaniewinter.bsky.social
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Hi new friends! We make comics, and for the last year we’ve been making a smart, hella gay romcom about weddings, crime, and how shitty rich people can be.
Check out the cover and full synopsis in the link, check the hashtag for a bunch of WIP stuff, and maybe give it a preorder?
Check out the cover and full synopsis in the link, check the hashtag for a bunch of WIP stuff, and maybe give it a preorder?
I’ve had personal messages that made me tear up because our script bringing Connor Hawke out of the closet as ace meant so much to people. It was written around my own experiences; the art connected us & gave us both a moment of beauty. Even *if* this scab’s slop moved someone what would that mean?
The whole article is repulsive but this passage is at the core of it. She has no interest in writing books, she wants to win some kind of competition that nobody entered
February 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I’ve had personal messages that made me tear up because our script bringing Connor Hawke out of the closet as ace meant so much to people. It was written around my own experiences; the art connected us & gave us both a moment of beauty. Even *if* this scab’s slop moved someone what would that mean?
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ah i can answer this trick question actually. novels are not a race
I'm going to win.
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
ah i can answer this trick question actually. novels are not a race
Might start pronouncing Aristotle like Chipotle, just to feel something
February 7, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Might start pronouncing Aristotle like Chipotle, just to feel something
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Chief O'Briens Big Lovely Head
February 7, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Chief O'Briens Big Lovely Head
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I’m angry enough about the gatekeeping discourse that fuck it, despite being exhausted I’m reopening DMs to any new or aspiring comics creators for advice or feedback regarding writing, art or the industry at large. Indefinitely.
I can’t promise a quick response but I will get to them
I can’t promise a quick response but I will get to them
February 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I’m angry enough about the gatekeeping discourse that fuck it, despite being exhausted I’m reopening DMs to any new or aspiring comics creators for advice or feedback regarding writing, art or the industry at large. Indefinitely.
I can’t promise a quick response but I will get to them
I can’t promise a quick response but I will get to them
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I watched 12 ANGRY MEN (1957) for the first time this past week and I've determined we lost our way when men in movies stopped being drenched in sweat.
February 7, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I watched 12 ANGRY MEN (1957) for the first time this past week and I've determined we lost our way when men in movies stopped being drenched in sweat.
Less than a week until we get to do a pretty fun WM reveal, and I’m equal parts excited and terrified. That’s normal, right?
February 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Less than a week until we get to do a pretty fun WM reveal, and I’m equal parts excited and terrified. That’s normal, right?
Fallout is so much of a better show than it has a right to be, and plays right into my belief that Jonathan is the more interesting Nolan
February 7, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Fallout is so much of a better show than it has a right to be, and plays right into my belief that Jonathan is the more interesting Nolan
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For those that can't escape Photoshop, (such as myself RIP) request an agent to speak with on their virtual assistant to switch your plan not listed on the site. I requested to REMOVE generative AI "features" or extra apps -- it took me about an hour, but my plan went from 22.99 to 15.99 a month.
a girl sits at a desk in front of a computer screen
ALT: a girl sits at a desk in front of a computer screen
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:45 PM
For those that can't escape Photoshop, (such as myself RIP) request an agent to speak with on their virtual assistant to switch your plan not listed on the site. I requested to REMOVE generative AI "features" or extra apps -- it took me about an hour, but my plan went from 22.99 to 15.99 a month.
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Hey UK ladies, have you signed this?
Eighty thousand signatures 💛🩷🩵🤍🎉
Eighty thousand trans allies.
Eighty thousand voices saying clearly: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community
✍️ Sign and share: notinourname.org.uk
Eighty thousand trans allies.
Eighty thousand voices saying clearly: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community
✍️ Sign and share: notinourname.org.uk
February 7, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Hey UK ladies, have you signed this?
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New on FT website:
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Starmer faces questions over visit to Palantir office alongside Mandelson
Former ambassador was also shareholder in lobbying group that counted US tech firm as a client
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:20 AM
New on FT website:
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.
www.ft.com/content/5bba...
We took a risk on a ridiculous idea and now WORST MAN is coming out later this year. Sometimes the only way is forward. Make the thing.
Seems like a good day to post this again.
Print it out.
Frame it.
Hang it on your wall.
Make your comic.
Print it out.
Frame it.
Hang it on your wall.
Make your comic.
February 6, 2026 at 9:52 PM
We took a risk on a ridiculous idea and now WORST MAN is coming out later this year. Sometimes the only way is forward. Make the thing.
I have been told that I sound a lot more relaxed and confident than I did a year ago. I credit this entirely to two things: finding a supportive friendship group that I could learn to be vulnerable with, and Ro and I spending a year making the most soul-baringly US book that we could
February 6, 2026 at 9:40 PM
I have been told that I sound a lot more relaxed and confident than I did a year ago. I credit this entirely to two things: finding a supportive friendship group that I could learn to be vulnerable with, and Ro and I spending a year making the most soul-baringly US book that we could
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Lotta Dropout shows sound like grA+ Legion of Substitute Heroes chars. Game Changer? Totally useless power but he means well. Make Some Noise? She deafens some folks but... Dirty Laundry? Frustrating! Gastronaut, Dimension 20, Crowd Control! Um, Actually got shot and killed his first time out.
February 6, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Lotta Dropout shows sound like grA+ Legion of Substitute Heroes chars. Game Changer? Totally useless power but he means well. Make Some Noise? She deafens some folks but... Dirty Laundry? Frustrating! Gastronaut, Dimension 20, Crowd Control! Um, Actually got shot and killed his first time out.
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February 6, 2026 at 9:24 PM
DS9 watch with @aplante.com has reached the season 1 finale, and the introduction of Vedek Winn. Both Ro and I glared at the screen IMMEDIATELY
February 6, 2026 at 8:45 PM
DS9 watch with @aplante.com has reached the season 1 finale, and the introduction of Vedek Winn. Both Ro and I glared at the screen IMMEDIATELY
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But the one thing that is certain about making art is that you have tried, and the trying gives you a sense of agency in your own life if you care to see it that way. Everything else is wallpaper
February 6, 2026 at 7:26 PM
But the one thing that is certain about making art is that you have tried, and the trying gives you a sense of agency in your own life if you care to see it that way. Everything else is wallpaper
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Rhyme a word, ruin a classic
The Talented Fister Ripley
The Talented Fister Ripley
Rhyme a word, ruin a classic...
Bye, Claudius
Bye, Claudius
Rhyme a word, ruin a classic...
Escape from the Planet of the Vapes
Escape from the Planet of the Vapes
February 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Rhyme a word, ruin a classic
The Talented Fister Ripley
The Talented Fister Ripley
I’m angry enough about the gatekeeping discourse that fuck it, despite being exhausted I’m reopening DMs to any new or aspiring comics creators for advice or feedback regarding writing, art or the industry at large. Indefinitely.
I can’t promise a quick response but I will get to them
I can’t promise a quick response but I will get to them
February 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I’m angry enough about the gatekeeping discourse that fuck it, despite being exhausted I’m reopening DMs to any new or aspiring comics creators for advice or feedback regarding writing, art or the industry at large. Indefinitely.
I can’t promise a quick response but I will get to them
I can’t promise a quick response but I will get to them
Only 16 pages of Worst Man lines left to hand in
February 6, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Only 16 pages of Worst Man lines left to hand in
As much as anything else who says you need to make art solo? Ro and I would each be WAY less good at shit if we tried to go it alone. But we put aside a degree of ego, combined forces and each do the parts of the job we’re good at. Easier than each of us trying to get good at everything
February 6, 2026 at 7:40 PM
As much as anything else who says you need to make art solo? Ro and I would each be WAY less good at shit if we tried to go it alone. But we put aside a degree of ego, combined forces and each do the parts of the job we’re good at. Easier than each of us trying to get good at everything
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"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
I’m absolutely not sharing the main character because she deserves no more attention but she seems convinced that art is for the rich. Without hyperbole: we couldn’t make comics if we didn’t live cheaply with family. We have few luxuries, we literally couldn’t afford to live if we rented
February 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM
I’m absolutely not sharing the main character because she deserves no more attention but she seems convinced that art is for the rich. Without hyperbole: we couldn’t make comics if we didn’t live cheaply with family. We have few luxuries, we literally couldn’t afford to live if we rented
I have this shirt. I love this shirt. Buy lots of shirts designed by Jay, they literally all rule
Current Discourse (TM) makes me think that it may be a good time to inform you that I designed this shirt with ink on paper and you can buy and wear it www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2356...
make bad art by chekhovsraygun
you have permission
www.teepublic.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I have this shirt. I love this shirt. Buy lots of shirts designed by Jay, they literally all rule
If you believe genAI use is justified because art is gatekept by the talented, I have bad news for you: it IS gatekept, but not by artists. It’s gatekept by YOU for being too lazy or insecure to be bad at something and learn
February 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
If you believe genAI use is justified because art is gatekept by the talented, I have bad news for you: it IS gatekept, but not by artists. It’s gatekept by YOU for being too lazy or insecure to be bad at something and learn