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Ken Mahon

@detectiveken.bsky.social

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Emits a deadly aura, not unlike a dagger's edge. I make a hell of a lot of comics. https://linktr.ee/detectiveken

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 5d

Purgatory 6/10/2025

Everyone has their towering walls of prints and stickers, but I make heavy ass books and need to innovate on my presentation.

Anyway online I don’t have to build any shelves linktr.ee/detectiveken

October 6 2025.
This week, Ken has a colonoscopy and he’s still getting over it. The prep took days and the sedation didn’t work but even now, a week later, he’s still adjusting back.
Elsewhere DCAF happened. Ken’s been iterating on his table set up to add some verticality but it still needs a lot of work. Meanwhile, his tablemate had been getting street passes on a 3DS and Ken was struggling to keep up sales wise

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Ian Fay @ianfay.bsky.social · 1h

If you're looking for artists from or connected to the Irish art/ animation communities, here's a starter pack I made.

Not a definitive list, but it's people I know and can vouch for being good follows

go.bsky.app/FKgwzPG

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Christine Binzel @christinebinzel.bsky.social · 6h

Horrific testimony by Greta Thunberg

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 6h

Half these games just wound up in my library somehow... some I buy for preservation's sake, but god damn. My New Year's Resolution will be to not buy any video games in 2026

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 6h

I've gone off video games

Ken has two thousand five hundred and seventy seven games listed in Steam alone.

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 5d

Gubbus

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 5d

Cowboy shit
@hangmanpage.bsky.social

A two tone illustration of AEW Men’s World Champion Hangman Adam Page. In the image he is hunched over, holding up a chain in his fist, blood streaming from his head and fire blazing behind him. Apart from heavy black shadows, Adam is a dusty brown with a blazing orange behind and reflected in his blood.

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 5d

Purgatory 6/10/2025

Everyone has their towering walls of prints and stickers, but I make heavy ass books and need to innovate on my presentation.

Anyway online I don’t have to build any shelves linktr.ee/detectiveken

October 6 2025.
This week, Ken has a colonoscopy and he’s still getting over it. The prep took days and the sedation didn’t work but even now, a week later, he’s still adjusting back.
Elsewhere DCAF happened. Ken’s been iterating on his table set up to add some verticality but it still needs a lot of work. Meanwhile, his tablemate had been getting street passes on a 3DS and Ken was struggling to keep up sales wise

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 5d

Cowboy shit
@hangmanpage.bsky.social

A two tone illustration of AEW Men’s World Champion Hangman Adam Page. In the image he is hunched over, holding up a chain in his fist, blood streaming from his head and fire blazing behind him. Apart from heavy black shadows, Adam is a dusty brown with a blazing orange behind and reflected in his blood.

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 5d

Looking through a Google doc now. It really does be favouring a type of game. I'll have to take a few chances

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 5d

Eden. Has a little tree and sunset icon in the Play Store

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 5d

Had to try it when the emulator went live and saw some people talking about how baffling it is PS2 emulation is still tough, but Switch can be a breeze

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 5d

Anyway, probably good for phones too. The Eden emulator is in the play store. Just needs prod keys and firmware to load a game

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 5d

Obvious downside is the 4:3 screen for widescreen games, but hey. Some of the least intensive games on that console cost way too much so I'll take the alternative to do a bit of night reading

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 5d

Reporting in because I got my Anbernic RG406H to play Switch games. Haven't tried anything more intensive than a visual novel but even without the power boost, results are so far outstanding.

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 5d

Gubbus

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 5d

Purgatory 6/10/2025

Everyone has their towering walls of prints and stickers, but I make heavy ass books and need to innovate on my presentation.

Anyway online I don’t have to build any shelves linktr.ee/detectiveken

October 6 2025.
This week, Ken has a colonoscopy and he’s still getting over it. The prep took days and the sedation didn’t work but even now, a week later, he’s still adjusting back.
Elsewhere DCAF happened. Ken’s been iterating on his table set up to add some verticality but it still needs a lot of work. Meanwhile, his tablemate had been getting street passes on a 3DS and Ken was struggling to keep up sales wise

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 6d

Shout out to the several years I had a faulty cable on my Bamboo and my lines were incapable of even tapering. This pen does that, so I have zero complaints.

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 6d

It apparently doesn’t have pressure sensitivity (like the current cheapest first party Pencil) but it does kinda? Something to watch for when doing anything other than what I always do… stone cold inking. Really, I’m just the kind of artist who’ll survive without.

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 6d

Upgraded my iPad (Literally moved from the 2017 iPad Pro to the 2018, and it feels several generations newer) and it supports some cheaper Pencil alternatives, so I grabbed one for €20 and here’s a Bret Hart I doodled with it.

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Little Deer Comics @littledeercomics.bsky.social · 6d

International folk who'd like to support the Irish indie comic scene: this is a great way to do it!

You get a lovely portrait of your pet by an Irish artist and The Dublin Comic Arts Festival raises enough money to cover our deposit for our 2026 dates!

ko-fi.com/dublincomica...

Dublin Comic Arts Festival @dublincomicarts.bsky.social · 6d

DCAF FUNDRAISER! From €5! Pet portraits now available! Our very talented committee members have donated their time for a 5-min portrait fundraiser. To help cover the cost of running DCAF in 2026.

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 7d

The Basic Income news has sadly reignited my social media relationship. Apologies, I have to leave again. It's tax month after all.

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 7d

Realised last night that I'm the only one sleeping on the same mattress as when we moved into this house 20 years ago, and waking up with a sore back every morning has become (thankfully) my only major health problem of late.
Real surprised that mattresses cost a lot less than €800 actually.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 8d

Posted to the Southern Reach Reddit...

Southern Reach told me Area X keep eatinh his expeditions so I asked how many expeditions he has and he said he just goes to the shelter and gets a new expeditions afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding expeditions to Area X and then his daughter started crying.

(adapting a tweet about coyotes eating cats)

Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · 8d

This program has proven to be a net good, returns the investment and overall improves artistic output and lives. I just think this is a half measure to do less work by doing the pilot scheme 2: electric boogaloo