John Kovalic
@muskratjohn.bsky.social
Bespoke cartoonist. Currently working on games (mostly for Steve Jackson games) and books (fiction, non-fiction, kidlit…the usual).
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(This was last year's November Patreon Collector Card. Should I make it into a free mini-print for the Dork Friday sale..?)
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate from the Dork Tower crew!
Happy Thursday to everyone else!
Happy Thursday to everyone else!
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
(This was last year's November Patreon Collector Card. Should I make it into a free mini-print for the Dork Friday sale..?)
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Annual rewatch of the WKRP Turkey Drop complete!
How did it take this long for it to click to me that THEY DIDN'T TELL LES ABOUT THE HELICOPTER OR DROPPING THE TURKEYS BEFOREHAND?!
He's just going along thinking they're gonna drive up & unload turkeys, then BLAM! "Sacks of wet cement."
How did it take this long for it to click to me that THEY DIDN'T TELL LES ABOUT THE HELICOPTER OR DROPPING THE TURKEYS BEFOREHAND?!
He's just going along thinking they're gonna drive up & unload turkeys, then BLAM! "Sacks of wet cement."
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Annual rewatch of the WKRP Turkey Drop complete!
How did it take this long for it to click to me that THEY DIDN'T TELL LES ABOUT THE HELICOPTER OR DROPPING THE TURKEYS BEFOREHAND?!
He's just going along thinking they're gonna drive up & unload turkeys, then BLAM! "Sacks of wet cement."
How did it take this long for it to click to me that THEY DIDN'T TELL LES ABOUT THE HELICOPTER OR DROPPING THE TURKEYS BEFOREHAND?!
He's just going along thinking they're gonna drive up & unload turkeys, then BLAM! "Sacks of wet cement."
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate from the Dork Tower crew!
Happy Thursday to everyone else!
Happy Thursday to everyone else!
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate from the Dork Tower crew!
Happy Thursday to everyone else!
Happy Thursday to everyone else!
I just backed @terrymooreart.bsky.social How To Draw 2026 on Kickstarter.com because I need all the help I can get!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ter...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ter...
Terry Moore's How To Draw 2026
Lessons for the New Artist and the Seasoned Veteran
www.kickstarter.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I just backed @terrymooreart.bsky.social How To Draw 2026 on Kickstarter.com because I need all the help I can get!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ter...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ter...
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YES! Reminds me of the first time I saw Joan Jett do this at the Orange County Fair in the 90s. Can't find the video but this one on Letterman is close youtu.be/zWQHhKrdtSA?...
Joan Jett - Love Is All Around (Live Letterman)
YouTube video by marcelterra
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November 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
YES! Reminds me of the first time I saw Joan Jett do this at the Orange County Fair in the 90s. Can't find the video but this one on Letterman is close youtu.be/zWQHhKrdtSA?...
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hi i bet you need to hear Hüsker Dü performing the Mary Tyler Moore song live in 1985 today
Love Is All Around
YouTube video by Husker Du - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
hi i bet you need to hear Hüsker Dü performing the Mary Tyler Moore song live in 1985 today
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Aunt’s new partner: oh you do a comic? What’s the name?
Me: questionable content
Him: oh great I’m gonna look it up!
Me: [frantically trying to remember if today’s comic is a dick joke] h-haha yeah cool hope you like it
Me: questionable content
Him: oh great I’m gonna look it up!
Me: [frantically trying to remember if today’s comic is a dick joke] h-haha yeah cool hope you like it
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Aunt’s new partner: oh you do a comic? What’s the name?
Me: questionable content
Him: oh great I’m gonna look it up!
Me: [frantically trying to remember if today’s comic is a dick joke] h-haha yeah cool hope you like it
Me: questionable content
Him: oh great I’m gonna look it up!
Me: [frantically trying to remember if today’s comic is a dick joke] h-haha yeah cool hope you like it
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Happy Fake Friday everyone
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Happy Fake Friday everyone
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Agreed.
And this is why I love @tomtaylormade.bsky.social's Nightwing.
He'd be Mackenzie Scott if she could kick your ass using circus acrobatics while her money funds good causes. :)
And this is why I love @tomtaylormade.bsky.social's Nightwing.
He'd be Mackenzie Scott if she could kick your ass using circus acrobatics while her money funds good causes. :)
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Agreed.
And this is why I love @tomtaylormade.bsky.social's Nightwing.
He'd be Mackenzie Scott if she could kick your ass using circus acrobatics while her money funds good causes. :)
And this is why I love @tomtaylormade.bsky.social's Nightwing.
He'd be Mackenzie Scott if she could kick your ass using circus acrobatics while her money funds good causes. :)
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I did something I shouldn't. The chart is from 2021 and I looked up how much the personal wealth of some of these people has gone up in 4 years.
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I did something I shouldn't. The chart is from 2021 and I looked up how much the personal wealth of some of these people has gone up in 4 years.
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nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
Today is Charles M. Schulz’s birthday.
Here’s a comic I drew in the early 2000s. (Link to the full strip in the comments.)
Both his son and grandson got in touch to thank me, after this ran.
Yes, I was blown away.
Full comic here: www.dorktower.com/2022/11/25/g...
Here’s a comic I drew in the early 2000s. (Link to the full strip in the comments.)
Both his son and grandson got in touch to thank me, after this ran.
Yes, I was blown away.
Full comic here: www.dorktower.com/2022/11/25/g...
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Today is Charles M. Schulz’s birthday.
Here’s a comic I drew in the early 2000s. (Link to the full strip in the comments.)
Both his son and grandson got in touch to thank me, after this ran.
Yes, I was blown away.
Full comic here: www.dorktower.com/2022/11/25/g...
Here’s a comic I drew in the early 2000s. (Link to the full strip in the comments.)
Both his son and grandson got in touch to thank me, after this ran.
Yes, I was blown away.
Full comic here: www.dorktower.com/2022/11/25/g...
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The pizza at this place better be great because I've heard one too many creed songs.
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The pizza at this place better be great because I've heard one too many creed songs.
NOBODY needs a billion dollars, let alone dozens or hundreds of billions.
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
NOBODY needs a billion dollars, let alone dozens or hundreds of billions.
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The side-eye is perfect!
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The side-eye is perfect!
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Oh, the wishful thinking of the punch line.
But I suspect the object is still too costly even at that price, sigh.
But I suspect the object is still too costly even at that price, sigh.
It's a Black Friday DORK TOWER WEDNESDAY! Cheap at half-price, new strip up now at the Mothership:
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/26/1...
Repost/Reblog/Repeat, thanks so much!
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/26/1...
Repost/Reblog/Repeat, thanks so much!
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Oh, the wishful thinking of the punch line.
But I suspect the object is still too costly even at that price, sigh.
But I suspect the object is still too costly even at that price, sigh.
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This legit made me laugh out loud. 🤣
It's a Black Friday DORK TOWER WEDNESDAY! Cheap at half-price, new strip up now at the Mothership:
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/26/1...
Repost/Reblog/Repeat, thanks so much!
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/26/1...
Repost/Reblog/Repeat, thanks so much!
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This legit made me laugh out loud. 🤣
It's a Black Friday DORK TOWER WEDNESDAY! Cheap at half-price, new strip up now at the Mothership:
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/26/1...
Repost/Reblog/Repeat, thanks so much!
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/26/1...
Repost/Reblog/Repeat, thanks so much!
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It's a Black Friday DORK TOWER WEDNESDAY! Cheap at half-price, new strip up now at the Mothership:
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/26/1...
Repost/Reblog/Repeat, thanks so much!
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/26/1...
Repost/Reblog/Repeat, thanks so much!
This is where I am currently at.
No actual fucks to give when it comes to fascist bullshit.
It's the old guy who wouldn't kneel before Loki in the first Avengers movie.
Shit. I just ruined it, didn't I?
No actual fucks to give when it comes to fascist bullshit.
It's the old guy who wouldn't kneel before Loki in the first Avengers movie.
Shit. I just ruined it, didn't I?
those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is where I am currently at.
No actual fucks to give when it comes to fascist bullshit.
It's the old guy who wouldn't kneel before Loki in the first Avengers movie.
Shit. I just ruined it, didn't I?
No actual fucks to give when it comes to fascist bullshit.
It's the old guy who wouldn't kneel before Loki in the first Avengers movie.
Shit. I just ruined it, didn't I?
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those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
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This is how you do it.
Council member criticizes St. Paul police conduct during federal arrest
Hundreds of demonstrators confronted dozens of federal agents and St. Paul police Tuesday as authorities arrested a man at a home on Rose Avenue on the East Side.
sahanjournal.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This is how you do it.
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I'd heard "Whiskey Pete" a number of times, but "Captain Jagermeister" is _way_ better.
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I'd heard "Whiskey Pete" a number of times, but "Captain Jagermeister" is _way_ better.
This is the way.
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is the way.
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There's a part of learning, which generative AI completely turns into dogshit, which is *doing something you could not have done before*
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There's a part of learning, which generative AI completely turns into dogshit, which is *doing something you could not have done before*
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming