Jeffrey T. Darlington
@gpfjeff.bsky.social
Creator of General Protection Fault, the Comic Strip (https://www.gpf-comics.com/). Developer with 25+ years of pro experience. Husband, father, possibly human. Sanity may not apply to all posts.
It is finished. The final page of "Surreptitious Machinations II" is finally in the update queue. The "epic" over two decades in the making finally concludes on November 17, 2025.
October 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It is finished. The final page of "Surreptitious Machinations II" is finally in the update queue. The "epic" over two decades in the making finally concludes on November 17, 2025.
Mikasa Ackerman from "Attack on Titan". Autodesk Sketchbook, Samsung Galaxy Tab S7. Full sketch with "pencil" roughs available exclusively through GPF Premium (www.gpf-comics.com/premium/).
August 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Mikasa Ackerman from "Attack on Titan". Autodesk Sketchbook, Samsung Galaxy Tab S7. Full sketch with "pencil" roughs available exclusively through GPF Premium (www.gpf-comics.com/premium/).
GPF is currently down due to an issue with our service provider. Techs are on the case, but I have no ETA for the fix.
July 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
GPF is currently down due to an issue with our service provider. Techs are on the case, but I have no ETA for the fix.
Reposted by Jeffrey T. Darlington
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
Reposted by Jeffrey T. Darlington
Leave it to me to discover a major time-saving drawing trick only after the story is 85% completed and there's only a handful of pages left to draw...
June 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Leave it to me to discover a major time-saving drawing trick only after the story is 85% completed and there's only a handful of pages left to draw...
"Generative AI works the same way as gambling addiction. Spin the gacha! Just one more spin, bro, I can feel it!"
Generative AI runs on gambling addiction — just one more prompt, bro!
You’ll have noticed how previously normal people start acting like addicts to their favourite generative AI and shout at you like you’re trying to take their cocaine away. Matthias Döpm…
pivot-to-ai.com
June 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"Generative AI works the same way as gambling addiction. Spin the gacha! Just one more spin, bro, I can feel it!"
Reposted by Jeffrey T. Darlington
A recent cameo from another webcomic has been spotted in the #webcomic of "General Protection Fault" by @gpfjeff.bsky.social, thereby prompting an update to the comic's entry in the #CameoArchive (crossovers.dragoneers.com)! 😎
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The Webcomic Crossover & Cameo Archive - Keeping track of your webcomic characters since 14th February 2005!
crossovers.dragoneers.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A recent cameo from another webcomic has been spotted in the #webcomic of "General Protection Fault" by @gpfjeff.bsky.social, thereby prompting an update to the comic's entry in the #CameoArchive (crossovers.dragoneers.com)! 😎
crossovers.dragoneers.com/index.php?co...
crossovers.dragoneers.com/index.php?co...
It involved months of intense study over an ancient, dusty, weathered text call "the Atlas", and making a sacrifice of oil, tire rubber, and chicken blood to the great gods Rand and McNally.
I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
June 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It involved months of intense study over an ancient, dusty, weathered text call "the Atlas", and making a sacrifice of oil, tire rubber, and chicken blood to the great gods Rand and McNally.
Walmart is playing dirty, tricking people into canceling their Nintendo Switch 2 orders. If you get a message saying there is something wrong with your payment method, do NOT try and change it. They will claim you are a scammer/scalper and cancel your order.
June 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Walmart is playing dirty, tricking people into canceling their Nintendo Switch 2 orders. If you get a message saying there is something wrong with your payment method, do NOT try and change it. They will claim you are a scammer/scalper and cancel your order.
Is it wrong for me to see it as delicious irony that GMail, Google's flagship web mail client, flagged an e-mail from Google itself touting the marvels of its very own AI assistant, Gemini, as spam...?
May 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Is it wrong for me to see it as delicious irony that GMail, Google's flagship web mail client, flagged an e-mail from Google itself touting the marvels of its very own AI assistant, Gemini, as spam...?
Today, I am no longer Tin. I am now Antimony. I am a lustrous gray metal commonly used in alloys with lead, as well as flame retardants and semiconductors. I can be toxic with effects similar to arsenic, but can also be found in some medicines. I've been know since the days of ancient Egypt.
May 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Today, I am no longer Tin. I am now Antimony. I am a lustrous gray metal commonly used in alloys with lead, as well as flame retardants and semiconductors. I can be toxic with effects similar to arsenic, but can also be found in some medicines. I've been know since the days of ancient Egypt.
Me, working on "Surreptitious Machinations II":
Writer Me: I wrote this two decades ago, so all I have to do now is fix grammar and pacing!
Artist Me: The art here is challenging, but with all these special effects, I can leave most of it to the coloring phase!
Colorist Me: I hate you both.
Writer Me: I wrote this two decades ago, so all I have to do now is fix grammar and pacing!
Artist Me: The art here is challenging, but with all these special effects, I can leave most of it to the coloring phase!
Colorist Me: I hate you both.
May 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Me, working on "Surreptitious Machinations II":
Writer Me: I wrote this two decades ago, so all I have to do now is fix grammar and pacing!
Artist Me: The art here is challenging, but with all these special effects, I can leave most of it to the coloring phase!
Colorist Me: I hate you both.
Writer Me: I wrote this two decades ago, so all I have to do now is fix grammar and pacing!
Artist Me: The art here is challenging, but with all these special effects, I can leave most of it to the coloring phase!
Colorist Me: I hate you both.
See Todd. See Todd run. Run, Todd, run! (For your life!)
May 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
See Todd. See Todd run. Run, Todd, run! (For your life!)
Uh, oh... did I just draw Sam & Max? Tell me I didn't just draw Sam & Max.
I think I just drew Sam & Max.
I think I just drew Sam & Max.
April 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Uh, oh... did I just draw Sam & Max? Tell me I didn't just draw Sam & Max.
I think I just drew Sam & Max.
I think I just drew Sam & Max.
I spy with my little eye...
April 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I spy with my little eye...
Which of your comic's characters is *most* like you? (Like, duh. Who woulda guessed.) #comics #webcomics #comiclab
April 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Which of your comic's characters is *most* like you? (Like, duh. Who woulda guessed.) #comics #webcomics #comiclab
It may be mixing metaphors, but I am clearly "lawful good" on the "grocery cart scale of morality". Not only do I always return my cart to the corral, I frequently gather other people's wayward carts, and will even take mine back in the store if the corral inside is empty.
April 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It may be mixing metaphors, but I am clearly "lawful good" on the "grocery cart scale of morality". Not only do I always return my cart to the corral, I frequently gather other people's wayward carts, and will even take mine back in the store if the corral inside is empty.
"You DID say 'Get beer cheese.'"
In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo.
#sixwordstory #WritingCommmunity #writing #prompt
#sixwordstory #WritingCommmunity #writing #prompt
April 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"You DID say 'Get beer cheese.'"
Reposted by Jeffrey T. Darlington
Cartoonists, I'm begging you: have your own website with your comics on it. You can post them elsewhere too if you want, but I'm telling you, do not ever rely on a social media platform to keep you afloat. They're not there to make you money, they're there to make money off you.
April 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Cartoonists, I'm begging you: have your own website with your comics on it. You can post them elsewhere too if you want, but I'm telling you, do not ever rely on a social media platform to keep you afloat. They're not there to make you money, they're there to make money off you.
And the Abyss stared back.
In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo.
#sixwordstory #WritingCommmunity #writing #prompt #cats
#sixwordstory #WritingCommmunity #writing #prompt #cats
February 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
And the Abyss stared back.
[Queue intense battle music]
February 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
[Queue intense battle music]
GPF has always been scripted ahead of time, and usually the script was "final" by the time the words went into the strip. But every now and then, something didn't work, I came up with something better while I was drawing, or I had to scale back text to make room for the art, so things were flexible.
Do you script your comics word-for-word or wing it as you draw? 📝🎨 Tell us your approach! #writingcomics
February 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
GPF has always been scripted ahead of time, and usually the script was "final" by the time the words went into the strip. But every now and then, something didn't work, I came up with something better while I was drawing, or I had to scale back text to make room for the art, so things were flexible.
Back in the saddle... complete with saddle sores. (Ouch.)
January 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Back in the saddle... complete with saddle sores. (Ouch.)
Just a quick reminder that "Surreptitious Machinations II" starts TOMORROW! and will update weekly, every Monday, throughout most of 2025!!!
January 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Just a quick reminder that "Surreptitious Machinations II" starts TOMORROW! and will update weekly, every Monday, throughout most of 2025!!!