Dave Chisholm
@davechisholmcomics.com
Rochester, NY. Cartoonist w/ a doctorate in music. Eisner-nominated and Ringo winner. I give readers synesthesia.
IS TED OK? issue 1 FEB 2026!
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IS TED OK? issue 1 FEB 2026!
[email protected]
http://davechisholmcomics.com/links
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IS TED OK?
Issue 1
Feb 2026
@madcavestudios.com
Written, drawn, colored, and lettered by me.
✅GET SOME POSITIVE PARANOIA IN YOUR LIFE.
(Have your LCS preorder now. You need this book)
Issue 1
Feb 2026
@madcavestudios.com
Written, drawn, colored, and lettered by me.
✅GET SOME POSITIVE PARANOIA IN YOUR LIFE.
(Have your LCS preorder now. You need this book)
Reposted by Dave Chisholm
Exclusive: Chisholm’s IS TED OK? arrives from Mad Cave in February
Mad Cave Studios has announced Is Ted OK? a new limited series from award-winning creator and musician Dave Chisholm.
Mad Cave Studios has announced Is Ted OK? a new limited series from award-winning creator and musician Dave Chisholm.
Exclusive: Chisholm’s IS TED OK? arrives from Mad Cave in February
Mad Cave Studios has announced Is Ted OK? a new limited series from award-winning creator and musician Dave Chisholm.
www.comicsbeat.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Just TWO days left to order chibi commissions from me before I close my commissions for the rest of the year.
7 slots remain!
Money goes toward groceries now that I was able to get tires.
Sorry it's gonna take me awhile to work through my backlog of things!
7 slots remain!
Money goes toward groceries now that I was able to get tires.
Sorry it's gonna take me awhile to work through my backlog of things!
Special Chibi Commission slots now open!
I'm trying to get some money together to help cover new tires for my car!
Please consider buying a commission and email me if you're interested.
I can NOT draw NSFW art.
$35 each!
Email me at: SarahNeilaElkins AT Gmail.com
#Commissions #Chibi #Cute #Art
I'm trying to get some money together to help cover new tires for my car!
Please consider buying a commission and email me if you're interested.
I can NOT draw NSFW art.
$35 each!
Email me at: SarahNeilaElkins AT Gmail.com
#Commissions #Chibi #Cute #Art
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Just TWO days left to order chibi commissions from me before I close my commissions for the rest of the year.
7 slots remain!
Money goes toward groceries now that I was able to get tires.
Sorry it's gonna take me awhile to work through my backlog of things!
7 slots remain!
Money goes toward groceries now that I was able to get tires.
Sorry it's gonna take me awhile to work through my backlog of things!
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Reposted by Dave Chisholm
This also goes for *making* art. Telling the A.I. computer “Make a picture of [whatever]” eliminates the opportunity to make discoveries along the way.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This also goes for *making* art. Telling the A.I. computer “Make a picture of [whatever]” eliminates the opportunity to make discoveries along the way.
Reposted by Dave Chisholm
I read some of this and its amazing. Dave is one of the most interesting creators in comics and it's not only that it's an original and cool story, it's really well written and he's one of the best artist doing comics
Exclusive: Chisholm’s IS TED OK? arrives from Mad Cave in February
Mad Cave Studios has announced Is Ted OK? a new limited series from award-winning creator and musician Dave Chisholm.
Mad Cave Studios has announced Is Ted OK? a new limited series from award-winning creator and musician Dave Chisholm.
Exclusive: Chisholm’s IS TED OK? arrives from Mad Cave in February
Mad Cave Studios has announced Is Ted OK? a new limited series from award-winning creator and musician Dave Chisholm.
www.comicsbeat.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I read some of this and its amazing. Dave is one of the most interesting creators in comics and it's not only that it's an original and cool story, it's really well written and he's one of the best artist doing comics
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I double checked and, yes—the DELUXE OVERSIZED edition of SPECTRUM is half off right now. $20 for basically one full shitload of the best form-busting, trippy-as-hell music comics available anywhere.
madcavestudios.com/product/spec...
madcavestudios.com/product/spec...
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I double checked and, yes—the DELUXE OVERSIZED edition of SPECTRUM is half off right now. $20 for basically one full shitload of the best form-busting, trippy-as-hell music comics available anywhere.
madcavestudios.com/product/spec...
madcavestudios.com/product/spec...
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I can't even imagine the number of knives out for Hegesth up and down the whole chain of command, and you gotta figure some Republicans like this guy are locked into "when a Troop talks, I listen" mode even now
November 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I can't even imagine the number of knives out for Hegesth up and down the whole chain of command, and you gotta figure some Republicans like this guy are locked into "when a Troop talks, I listen" mode even now
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This is murder. Hegseth thinks he will get away with it because the people around him are more committed to aiding and abetting his crimes than upholding the rule of law. I wouldn't take that bet if I were him, or the people around him. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is murder. Hegseth thinks he will get away with it because the people around him are more committed to aiding and abetting his crimes than upholding the rule of law. I wouldn't take that bet if I were him, or the people around him. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Read this whole thread!
I’ve seen a change in the last 2 years, much less 5.
I’ve seen a change in the last 2 years, much less 5.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Read this whole thread!
I’ve seen a change in the last 2 years, much less 5.
I’ve seen a change in the last 2 years, much less 5.
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Yes, & also:
Write down ALL your fun ideas and keep em in one place (notes app, notebook, word doc, etc). Including the ones you end up *not* using for your story.
Refer to it next time you get writer’s/artist’s block. You’ll find a perfect use for each idea eventually, be it now or 5 yrs from now
Write down ALL your fun ideas and keep em in one place (notes app, notebook, word doc, etc). Including the ones you end up *not* using for your story.
Refer to it next time you get writer’s/artist’s block. You’ll find a perfect use for each idea eventually, be it now or 5 yrs from now
WRITING TIP, something simple but it catches many of us out: if you have a great/fun idea for your story, *use it now*.
Don’t save your ideas for some nebulous other story you might write tomorrow. I promise you’ll have more.
Break your story’s status quo. Go a step further. Use the big idea.
Don’t save your ideas for some nebulous other story you might write tomorrow. I promise you’ll have more.
Break your story’s status quo. Go a step further. Use the big idea.
May 21, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Yes, & also:
Write down ALL your fun ideas and keep em in one place (notes app, notebook, word doc, etc). Including the ones you end up *not* using for your story.
Refer to it next time you get writer’s/artist’s block. You’ll find a perfect use for each idea eventually, be it now or 5 yrs from now
Write down ALL your fun ideas and keep em in one place (notes app, notebook, word doc, etc). Including the ones you end up *not* using for your story.
Refer to it next time you get writer’s/artist’s block. You’ll find a perfect use for each idea eventually, be it now or 5 yrs from now
Reposted by Dave Chisholm
That is the most gangsta answer to this question I have heard so far 😂😂😂🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
That is the most gangsta answer to this question I have heard so far 😂😂😂🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Reposted by Dave Chisholm
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
Reposted by Dave Chisholm
“I’m doing this so my granddaughters will have the future that their grandmothers had.”
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
www.motherjones.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I’m doing this so my granddaughters will have the future that their grandmothers had.”
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
Reposted by Dave Chisholm
IS TED OK?
Issue 1
Feb 2026
@madcavestudios.com
Written, drawn, colored, and lettered by me.
✅GET SOME POSITIVE PARANOIA IN YOUR LIFE.
(Have your LCS preorder now. You need this book)
Issue 1
Feb 2026
@madcavestudios.com
Written, drawn, colored, and lettered by me.
✅GET SOME POSITIVE PARANOIA IN YOUR LIFE.
(Have your LCS preorder now. You need this book)
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
IS TED OK?
Issue 1
Feb 2026
@madcavestudios.com
Written, drawn, colored, and lettered by me.
✅GET SOME POSITIVE PARANOIA IN YOUR LIFE.
(Have your LCS preorder now. You need this book)
Issue 1
Feb 2026
@madcavestudios.com
Written, drawn, colored, and lettered by me.
✅GET SOME POSITIVE PARANOIA IN YOUR LIFE.
(Have your LCS preorder now. You need this book)
Reposted by Dave Chisholm
Hey! Since @cbccpodcast.bsky.social is donating their Patreon proceeds for Nov/Dec to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network...
I'll gift a 1 month membership ($5/Dearly Beloved tier) to the first six people who reply👇 (one membership for each episode they graciously devoted to covering SPECTRUM). 🦋
I'll gift a 1 month membership ($5/Dearly Beloved tier) to the first six people who reply👇 (one membership for each episode they graciously devoted to covering SPECTRUM). 🦋
For the month of November & December, we'll be donating all proceeds from our Patreon & TeePublic shop to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network in honor of Lisa's father. Grab a cool T-shirt or enjoy ad-free & bonus episodes & help fight this awful disease.
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hey! Since @cbccpodcast.bsky.social is donating their Patreon proceeds for Nov/Dec to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network...
I'll gift a 1 month membership ($5/Dearly Beloved tier) to the first six people who reply👇 (one membership for each episode they graciously devoted to covering SPECTRUM). 🦋
I'll gift a 1 month membership ($5/Dearly Beloved tier) to the first six people who reply👇 (one membership for each episode they graciously devoted to covering SPECTRUM). 🦋
Reposted by Dave Chisholm
Yup. 20 bucks usd.
Um I think this means you can order the SPECTRUM DELUXE for a pretty great price. Might as well P the T on it, as they say
It's time to get gifted -- Black Friday is here!
From Nov 29–Dec 1, save 50% on your favorite Mad Cave titles site-wide at madcavestudios.com! Be sure to stock up on your favorite comics, graphic novels, and exclusive variants before the deals disappear!
From Nov 29–Dec 1, save 50% on your favorite Mad Cave titles site-wide at madcavestudios.com! Be sure to stock up on your favorite comics, graphic novels, and exclusive variants before the deals disappear!
November 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Yup. 20 bucks usd.
I double checked and, yes—the DELUXE OVERSIZED edition of SPECTRUM is half off right now. $20 for basically one full shitload of the best form-busting, trippy-as-hell music comics available anywhere.
madcavestudios.com/product/spec...
madcavestudios.com/product/spec...
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I double checked and, yes—the DELUXE OVERSIZED edition of SPECTRUM is half off right now. $20 for basically one full shitload of the best form-busting, trippy-as-hell music comics available anywhere.
madcavestudios.com/product/spec...
madcavestudios.com/product/spec...
Um I think this means you can order the SPECTRUM DELUXE for a pretty great price. Might as well P the T on it, as they say
It's time to get gifted -- Black Friday is here!
From Nov 29–Dec 1, save 50% on your favorite Mad Cave titles site-wide at madcavestudios.com! Be sure to stock up on your favorite comics, graphic novels, and exclusive variants before the deals disappear!
From Nov 29–Dec 1, save 50% on your favorite Mad Cave titles site-wide at madcavestudios.com! Be sure to stock up on your favorite comics, graphic novels, and exclusive variants before the deals disappear!
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Um I think this means you can order the SPECTRUM DELUXE for a pretty great price. Might as well P the T on it, as they say
Reposted by Dave Chisholm
The 2025 CBCC Comic Book Holiday Gift Guide is Here! www.comicbookcouplescounseling.com/post/comic-b...
Comic Book Holiday Gift Guide 2025
We've packed our Comic Book Holiday Gift Guide 2025 with some of our favorite stories and trinkets, hoping to bring you and your friends and family some joy this year.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The 2025 CBCC Comic Book Holiday Gift Guide is Here! www.comicbookcouplescounseling.com/post/comic-b...
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen —
Fiona Apple
Radiohead
Paul McCartney
NIN
Wayne Shorter
Fiona Apple
Radiohead
Paul McCartney
NIN
Wayne Shorter
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen —
Fiona Apple
Radiohead
Paul McCartney
NIN
Wayne Shorter
Fiona Apple
Radiohead
Paul McCartney
NIN
Wayne Shorter
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I can't decide whether this is doubling or tripling down on racism.
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I can't decide whether this is doubling or tripling down on racism.
Reposted by Dave Chisholm
If they want to slow down the Trump administration, Democrats should begin promising this *now*
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If they want to slow down the Trump administration, Democrats should begin promising this *now*
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A Surveillance State. A Fractured Mind. A Single Act of Empathy That Breaks the World Open. Is Ted OK? #comics #comicbooks
A Surveillance State. A Fractured Mind. A Single Act of Empathy That Breaks the World Open. Is Ted OK?
When Ted’s mental state begins to crack, Sarah compassionately intervenes to help, and things go catastrophically wrong.
graphicpolicy.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A Surveillance State. A Fractured Mind. A Single Act of Empathy That Breaks the World Open. Is Ted OK? #comics #comicbooks
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Is Ted OK?, Penny The Yeti, The Definitive Slaine Volume Two & New Print Manga
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Is Ted OK?, Penny The Yeti, The Definitive Slaine Volume Two & New Print Manga
From Mad Cave Studios, Papercutz, Rebellion, and Kodansha
comics.3millionyears.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Is Ted OK?, Penny The Yeti, The Definitive Slaine Volume Two & New Print Manga
From @madcavestudios.com, @papercutzgn.bsky.social, @rebellionunplugged.bsky.social, and @kodansha.us
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