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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 23h

Drew Struzan! That one hurts. What a loss.

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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 8d

This is REALLY worth a read! It avoids getting stuck on some quick surface level problems with AI art and gets to the heart of things.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14d

What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.

More pointedly, the pope said, "Someone who says, I'm against abortion, but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life. Someone who says, I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don't know if that's pro-life."

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 16d

Violence in a church is a wound to the faithful everywhere. No one should be afraid inside of a place of worship, a school, anywhere. It doesn’t have to be this way in the United States.

KUTV2News @kutv2news.bsky.social · 16d

After searching through the wreckage, officials confirmed four people were killed in a shooting and massive fire at a Latter-day Saint church in Michigan.
MORE: kutv.com/news/local/m...

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · 16d

“out of the three mass shooting today”

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 17d

Iraq War veteran Thomas Sanford has been identified as the gunman who attacked Grand Blanc Mormon church, killing 2 people and setting it ablaze. Out of the three mass shootings today, two of them have been carried out by Iraq war veterans.

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is the best post on this website this evening.

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Matt Acuña @acunamattata.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Rain Rain Barkles @dagnificent.bsky.social · Aug 27

Oh do people love cartoons? You wouldn't know it by how cartoons are treated

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · Aug 26

"KPop Demon Hunters" is now the most-streamed movie in Netflix history (236 million views).
variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Aug 16

I need you to understand that if you heard a song you liked in the 80s, you couldn’t Shazam it. You couldn’t Google the lyrics. You had to sing it to the guy at Tower Records.

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · Aug 11

Another library haul gem. Beanie the Bansheenie by Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl" series)and illustrated by Steve McCarthy.

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · Aug 1

AI has only been useful to me as an artist when kept on a VERY short leash. After the Pixar layoff, I joined a startup making new animation tools. We just released this video reference to anim blocking converter. I hope this helps speed along your blocking first pass! Try it out at getcartwheel.com

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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · Jul 20

Our feature artist/tutorial for today is this wonderful idea on creating COLOURFUL, STYLISED FOLIAGE by the talented @cysketch! Love that in just THREE STEPS you have a bold, characterful approach to your backgrounds and plant life! #conceptart #clipstudio #digitalpainting #manga

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · Jul 20

Part of the reason MAGA doesn’t like Colbert is because he lives out the values of an actual Christian, which looks nothing like nationalist evangelicalism. It exposes how much of their faith is just performance, driven by ego, and fear.

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · Jul 18

Today's newsletter (please subscribe) is about the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert www.readtpa.com/p/stephen-co...

Stephen Colbert's Cancellation Is Exactly What It Looks Like

Mock a Trump bribe on Monday, get canceled by Thursday. The Late Show's death reveals how billionaires and presidents are reshaping American media.

www.readtpa.com

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · Jul 20

"Common Side Effects" sequences animated by Ricard Ubach.
www.instagram.com/mr.ubach

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Kevin Parry @kevinbparry.bsky.social · Jul 17

Exploring some of my interests in morphing LEGO builds

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · Jul 14

I'm trying to think about how I would have reacted if shown this headline five years ago

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · Jul 13

You’re not “ politicizing a tragedy” if the tragedy is a result of bad policy.

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · Jun 25

Totally

Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · Jun 25

KPop Demon Hunters! WOW!

Rock on Sony Pictures Animation friends!

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Jun 25

A Muslim son of immigrants might become mayor of NYC in part because he cross endorsed and supported a Jewish candidate and Black candidate, and vice versa.

It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)

It's so New York.

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · Jun 22

Elio was the most expensive Pixar film ever made.

Ain’t no business like show business! 🎬

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · Jun 22

‘ELIO’ had the worst box office opening for a Pixar film ever with $21M domestically.

Read our review: bit.ly/ElioDF

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · Jun 19

Happy Juneteenth bluesky!

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · Jun 15

This month, a team endorsed by Guillermo del Toro released Mexico's first stop-motion feature. It's 2 hours of pure imagination.

The film is called I Am Frankelda, and we've taken a deep look into how it came to be: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-film-a...

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Alex Graudins @toonyballoony.bsky.social · Jun 12

I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️

toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf

The cover spread from a one page zine printout. The left (back cover) features images of a scale and gavel, with notes on First Amendment and filming rights, and the advice to “shut the fuck up.”

On the right is the cover, a megaphone with the title text “PROTEST SAFELY.” Behind it are faceless protestors. The subtitle notes, “A brief collection of tips from around the internet.”

A spread from one page zine printout.
On the left is an illustration of a protestor with the title “What to Wear,” including a helmet, goggles, ear plugs, gloves, a mask, a backpack, and layers/long sleeves/pants. Each have additional notes explaining their use.

On the right is “What to Bring,” featuring illustrations of a backpack, money, water bottles, a mask, a granola bar and bag of trail mix, a first aid kit, folded shirt and pants, and an ID, with “DIY Defense” listed underneath it showing one protestor using a luggage case, one holding a trash can lid, and one using an open umbrella as a shield.

A spread from one page zine printout.
On the left is “Protect Your Identity,” advising to cover up identifying features, avoiding photography of protesters, deactivating biometric phone-unlocking tools, and writing emergency contact and counsel numbers on your arm.

On the right is “Be Like Water,” the motto of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, and the text “BEWARE THE BAIT” with images of a palette of bricks and a masked man holding a crowbar toward a protestor with a sign, “Psst, free crowbar?” encouraging the reader not to engage with traps and undercover agents.

A spread from one page zine printout featuring the hazards of protest opposition, including tear gas, rubber bullets, and LRAD sound cannons and flash bangs. Caution tape images accompany the text explaining the dangers of each, how to flush out eyes that have been maced/etc, and how to extinguish a gas canister with a traffic cone.

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Cat Hicks @cathicks.bsky.social · Jun 13

Robert Reich on what A Bugs Life teaches us about Oligarchy.

youtu.be/0Xi4PHki1jY?...

What ‘A Bug’s Life’ Teaches Us About Oligarchy

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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