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quarrel. i will back thee.

probably thinking about OutKast, Flannery O'Connor, or Steve Ditko.
"Negro from necro, meaning death: I overcame it so they named me after it."
likes to draw when it's sketchy.

beloved.

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I don't really talk about my day job cuz I believe in the separation of church and state, but I used to write about comics at 4thletter! and ComicsAlliance.
I've always been doing side projects and have a fair amount in 2024 for you.
A picture of the writer at his keyboard, and a thread of works:
thanks to @hotspringsummer.bsky.social for the tip. GDQ is live this weekend. Crash Bandicoot 3 right now: www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick
February 7, 2026 at 8:19 PM
one weird thing about twitch is seeing people play games they clearly don't want to because they think the chat demands it. I don't mean in a funny way, "I'm laughing while being tortured by PS1 Fear Effect," but genuinely giving themselves a lot of stress and headache instead of changing games
February 7, 2026 at 1:11 AM
y'all can't be on here talking about "woke 2" during black history month. that's like remaking The Wiz with an all-white cast
February 6, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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#InTheStacks at @thirdeyecomics.bsky.social: @iamdavidbrothers.com (of Mangasplaining) names Vinland Saga as one of the great comics/manga. Chip Zdarsky co-signs.

Watch The Stacks Season One Now. Season Two starts streaming Tuesday (2/10).
February 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
wow. I'm really good at this!!
#InTheStacks at @thirdeyecomics.bsky.social: @iamdavidbrothers.com (of Mangasplaining) names Vinland Saga as one of the great comics/manga. Chip Zdarsky co-signs.

Watch The Stacks Season One Now. Season Two starts streaming Tuesday (2/10).
February 6, 2026 at 11:11 PM
if I'm watching a Street Fighter 6 clip and it looks like Zangief might lose or Ken might win, I turn it off. I don't need that in my life. fight probably wasn't even that entertaining anyway
February 6, 2026 at 12:12 AM
watching gouache tutorials while I work, but still looking forward to figure drawing later today
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
easily one of the best games to drop last year
Elden Ring Nightreign (PS5) is $20 at Walmart (based on local availability) buff.ly/HAylSLE #ad
February 4, 2026 at 5:46 PM
this recap thread is a delight. Kenoh is truly Mr Pain in the Butt
"Hiromu is off towards a new dream, huh? I wonder if that means there are no more dreams left in New Japan Pro Wrestling..."

Damn okay Kenoh.
February 3, 2026 at 5:54 PM
sketchboard.co is doing figure drawing at 1730 this thursday at OMCA, featuring black models in honor of black history month. sure to be a good time
museumca.org/event/thursd...
ThursDates at OMCA with Sketchboard Co. Live Figure Drawing & Gold Beams Game Night - Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)
Ease into the cozy, after-hours atmosphere of ThursDates at OMCA as Gold Beams—in partnership with The Black Neighborhood, Regulars Only, and Timothy B.—hosts Game Night. Known for cultivating warm, w...
museumca.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
"Hey, I know you saw a lot of stuff in the paper over the past few years, but it's okay. The me you liked is back. btw, I have a new project for you to buy."
last week, Kanye West. this week, Neil Gaiman.
next week: Bowser says that Mario's beef was taken out of context, & you should visit Koopaland
February 2, 2026 at 8:34 PM
getting online like "I never read the story itself but Helen of Troy was from uhhhhhhh Troy? Obviously????" is extremely funny. like, "no, they aren't allowed to call him the Man of Steel if he wasn't made of steel."
February 2, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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leave it to a bunch of people who never read the Iliad to not notice that it says in the poem itself that Helen of Troy “bears the resemblance of Lupita Nyong’o”

a line that had puzzled linguists and historians for thousands of years. Until now
February 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
blah blah blah, LeBron is still too scared to get back on Tekken ranked
February 2, 2026 at 3:01 AM
new tekken trailer on the first day of black history month? 2026 is looking up www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSbC...
TEKKEN 8 - Season 3 Trailer
YouTube video by Bandai Namco Entertainment America
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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[me, after spending hours cleaning up my line art]: Great, now it looks like I did it in a single effortless stroke.

[me, seeing someone else's art]: Wow they must've done that in one single effortless stroke, I wish I could do that.
February 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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I get fired from the romance tv show writers room because my storyline suggestion is “main character tells her crush how she feels”
February 1, 2026 at 3:57 AM
sic semper darby allin
Clark Connors is here! #AEWCollision
February 1, 2026 at 1:07 AM
DDT's Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship, currently held by Mahiro Kiryu of TJPW, is the greatest, most electrifying belt in pro wrestling. it has to be defended 24/7 against human beings, bicycles, other wrestlers, mahjong competitors, pieces of paper, cell phones, etc.
January 31, 2026 at 3:24 AM
the arc of history or whatever has convinced me that this was a Babe Ruth level home run. they should name a candy bar after me, but not racist-ly
Dang over a decade ago @iamdavidbrothers.com was writing about how posts about "look at how this racist is reacting to a thing" is ultimately just privileging the racist whether you mean for it to or not.

It's definitely no way to live your life.
"I wonder how the chuds on Twitter are reacting to the LGBT options in Tomodachi Life"

I'm not! I don't care what they have to think or say! Fuck em!
January 31, 2026 at 2:29 AM
catching up, lotta interesting replies below.
I'm mostly seeing thru the lens of having been taught about a fair number of writers/figures mostly uncritically, & how crap it felt to discover otherwise as an adult. spending jackson 20s. I think we lose a lot by sanding down history for decorum's sake
I really thought there'd be more conversation about Dave Sim in the Eisner hall of fame.
I was thinking about Halls of Fame, and I think they should do little essays about why various creators made the hall, with context for readers. More than a bit that says "they were good; here's their books."
January 31, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Happiness looks like this today
January 31, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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Dang over a decade ago @iamdavidbrothers.com was writing about how posts about "look at how this racist is reacting to a thing" is ultimately just privileging the racist whether you mean for it to or not.

It's definitely no way to live your life.
"I wonder how the chuds on Twitter are reacting to the LGBT options in Tomodachi Life"

I'm not! I don't care what they have to think or say! Fuck em!
January 31, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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This looks great. I love seeing panels in progress, particularly when the artist is taking full advantage of the stark, expressive quality of black and white lineart
January 30, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I saw 3,600 cards and read,
"The returning cards were created by a generative AI model called “AI KANEKO,” that would generate new art trained on works from Kaneko [...] Kazuma Kaneko’s Tsukuyomi for the Nintendo Switch is an offline title and does not utilize generative AI to create new cards."
Kazuma Kaneko’s Tsukuyomi announced for Switch

COLOPL has announced Kazuma Kaneko's Tsukuyomi, a premium deckbuilding tower dungeon game based on the free-to-play title Tsukuyomi: The Divine Hunter. It will launch for Switch on April 23 for $24.99 / 3,960 yen.
Kazuma Kaneko’s Tsukuyomi announced for Switch
COLOPL has announced Kazuma Kaneko's Tsukuyomi, a premium deckbuilding tower dungeon game based on the free-to-play title Tsukuyomi: The Divine Hunter. It will launch for Switch on April 23 for $24.99 / 3,960 yen.
www.gematsu.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:32 PM