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Nick Wright
@nickthewright.com
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I make the webcomic Treading Ground (a raunchy romcom about broke people), videos, games, and burritos. I talk about Star Trek, lefty stuff, and old anime. he/they

Comic! - https://treadingground.com
NSFW! - https://patreon.com/treadingground
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Nick Wright @nickthewright.com · Oct 17
Hey, Bluesky!

I'm a cartoonist, writer, video maker, and Star Trek fan. I do fan panels at conventions and help run Trek Track at Dragon Con.

My romcom webcomic Treading Ground came back LITERALLY TODAY after 13 years. Talk about timing!

Comic: treadingground.com
Other Crap: nickthewright.com
A comic strip featuring three grocery store employees. The first panel shows the exterior of a grocery store called "Food Baron" with a parking lot and cars. A speech bubble from a character off-screen says, "Sup, Kate. Is that the new schedule?" The second panel shows a woman with purple afro hair (Kate) looking at a schedule, responding, "Yep. Freshly squeezed from Corbin’s teat." A man next to her says, "Wow, I’m closing on Saturday night AGAIN??" In the third panel, a woman with glasses, named Tracy (per her name tag), sarcastically teases, "Aww, so poor widdle Natey-Wate has to work a Saturday? Suck it up, buttercup!" The man, Nate, rolls his eyes, replying, "Ugh, here we go." The next panel shows Tracy smirking, continuing, "I bet he schedules you like that because he knows there’s no chance you’re out hooking up on weekends." Nate responds, "Isn’t it time for you to slither off to lunch, Tracy?" The final panel zooms in on Tracy, waving and smiling as she walks away, saying, "Toodaloo, incel!" with a heart symbol. A four-panel comic featuring my OC Aya, a woman with short, dark blue hair, sitting in front of a laptop. In the first panel, she looks thoughtful, with her hand on her chin, thinking, "Hmm... Am I posting too much and annoying people in the chat?" In the second panel, she smiles confidently and responds to herself, "...Of course not! Can't be annoying if nobody ever THINKS about you!" In the third panel, her expression shifts to one of shock, eyes wide, as she realizes the implication of her own statement. In the final panel, she covers her face with both hands in despair. Art of my OC Kate King. She has punkish hair with dark red locs over a black undercut, dark skin, freckles, purple nail polish and maroon-ish lipstick. She's wearing a black (hopefully fake) leather vest, dark blue jeans and a burgundy tank top. She's looking away embarrassed while handing you a heart-shaped red box with a black bow on it that says "Happy V-Day". A six-panel comic featuring a man (my OC Nate) and a woman (my OC Rose) sitting at a table in a restaurant with drinks. In the first panel, Nate holds his cup and looks behind him, saying, "Be right back, grabbing a refill." Rose asks, "Oh, can you get me one too?" In the second panel, Nate turns back and awkwardly asks, "Sure. Can you take your top off?" The third, fourth and fifth panels focus on Rose, who looks surprised and confused at first, then appears to blush while considering the request, and finally grins mischievously and starts to lift her shirt up. In the sixth panel, Nate, flustered and blushing, hurriedly clarifies, "The DRINK! The top of your DRINK!" Rose reaches offscreen for her cup and simply responds, "Ah."
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Commission Price Sheet
(Digital • Comic-Style • Full Color)

• Black & White / Lineart
Bust / Portrait: $30
Half-Body: $45
Full-Body: $65

•Full Color (Cel-Shaded / Comic Style)
Bust / Portrait: $50
Half-Body: $80
Full-Body: $120
Spock drawing in color, portrait/bust. Spider-Mork, waist up, simple background, text. Marceline vs Batman, two full figures, scenic background, text, full color. Artist and two models bickering, three figures, black and white, waist/knees up, black and white.
December 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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I drew Rose from @nickthewright.com's comic Treading Ground, because I like it and her and everyone should draw everyone's OCs really, and have OCs of their own
December 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Place your hands on the steering wheel at 10 and 2 before slumping and sighing heavily

Chapter 2 | Page 7: Ugh

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(EXT. AYA'S HOUSE, a reasonably large and nice two-story suburban home) (AYA is wearing her Loco Mocha Uniform shirt and approaching her car, wearing a bookbag and looking at her phone) Aya: Ugh, guess I'm eating while driving again today. (Aya enters the car and sets her bag down next to her) (Aya closes her eyes and leans forward on the steering wheel, sighing heavily) (Rose pops up from the back seat, surprising Aya) Rose: Took you long enough. Aya: GAH!
December 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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December 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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I swear to fucking god mozilla, *everyone hates this idea*. Do NOT succumb to The Fear & the Monetization Disease. You don't need to have a "modern AI browser", at all, ever. You need to be th comany that respects user privacy, meaningful consent, & choice; the one w/ The Browser That Fucking Works
Mastodon post from february 28th 2025 by username TheZeldaZone. "Hello, We're firefox, The Only Browser that Hasn't Hit Itself in The Dick With A Hammer. For years now, folks use us because of our unhammered dick. Now, you may be wondering why today we've brought this hammer and pulled out our dick. Well I'm glad you asked--"
December 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Coffee is the unseen machinery that powers all industry

Chapter 2 | Page 6: Adequate

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(Tracy and Nate standing by the coffee urns at the deli) Tracy: Ah, adequate coffee. Nate: It gets caffeine into the body. Tracy: I have to say, I'm glad you're here. Nate: Oh yeah? Tracy: It'll be good for me to not have to open every day. Marie and I were the only ones who knew how to do the morning close. Nate: Ah. Well, glad to help, I guess. (Miranda appears, leaning on the counter behind them. Her nametag says "Deli Clerk | Miranda".) Tracy: Miranda, this is Nate. He's the new Bookkeeper. Miranda (looking at Nate's cup): "Boss Bitch"? Nate: It's aspirational.
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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It’s legit easy to spin up your own, too. Unlike video, MP3s can run on basically any computer you have lying around, and you can stream music to your devices with all the features they offer, all totally legal.

For real: you don’t need these services at all. They offer zero actual value.
bcmerchant.bsky.social Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 17d
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.

So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Is this a professional relationship?

Chapter 2 | Page 5: Opportunities

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(Tracy showing Nate the safe and explaining something) NARRATION: This isn't so bad. She's had plenty of opportunities to fuck with me, but she hasn't. Tracy: Time for another coffee. Nate: I'd join you but I don't want to pay three bucks for a paper cup. Tracy: Oh, hang on. I might be able to help with that. (Tracy rooting around in the cash office, Nate looking off behind her) NARRATION: It's been almost four years. I've changed. Maybe she has too? (Close-up of Tracy handing Nate a sparkly tumbler with "Boss Bitch" on it) Tracy: Here you go. Shauntae left it when she quit. Nate: Ha, thanks.
December 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Club Pink Taco updated: clubpinktaco.com/comic/boom/

Bonus panel for the NSFW tiers on my Patreon. Bonus panels are NSFW, but not needed to get the joke/etc. in the more SFW version. www.patreon.com/zombieroomie
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Just tried to say "have a good one" and "see you next time" at the same time and it came out "I'll have you next time"
December 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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They're off to a great start

Chapter 2 | Page 4: Waiting

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(Nate following Tracy into the store) Tracy: Normally I like to get in a little earlier on a day I have to open. Tracy: Nobody can go into the store alone, so try not to keep managers waiting too long. Nate: Got it. Tracy: Daisy always works the first cashier shift during the week. Tracy: She'll be here in a few, and Miranda will be in the Deli, so we'll have coffee. Tracy: It's not free, but it's fifty cents if you bring your own cup. Tracy: Here's a shirt for you. I assume you're still an L. Nate: Yeah. (Nate holding his FB shirt) Nate: Hey, are we, uh, cool? (Tracy from behind) Tracy: We're here to do a job, Nate. We don't have to like each other.
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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If Linus Torvalds disgraced me this way I would toss myself in to the sea.
batarong.com Bringus Studios @batarong.com · Nov 17
Linus Torvalds being unfathomably based
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Linus Torvalds being unfathomably based
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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It's wild* how Pichai's takeaway from realizing his bubble's wobbling is "prop up AI!" & not "gosh why do we keep weaving speculative hype through fundamental systems to the almost sole benefit of the already-wealthy, & what does that say about our economic system?"
(*Not wild at all; v predictable)
Google boss says trillion-dollar AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'
In an exclusive BBC interview, Sundar Pichai hailed artificial intelligence as an "extraordinary moment" but said no company would be immune if bubble burst.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Reunited and it feels no good

Chapter 2 | Page 3: Hello

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(Nate exhales and walks towards the store as Steve's car pulls away in the background) (From-behind shot of Nate approaching Tracy, who is shrouded in darkness, standing under the eave outside the store) Nate: Um, hello. Tracy (close-up, slightly devious): Welcome back, Nate. Let's get started.
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."

JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · Nov 12
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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John Fetterman is like if you asked AI to make an unlikable American Shrek.
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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There's blood in the water

Chapter 2 | Page 2: Jaws

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(Nate is exiting Steve's car with a worried expression.) Steve: Look, just do this job for now. It can't be so bad that you can't put up with it for a few weeks until you find something better. Nate: Dude, you know how bad shit broke with me and Tracy. This is a nightmare scenario for me! I'm in JAWS and my boat is not nearly big enough. Steve: What I know is that she's a manager, so she's under more scrutiny than you are. If she treats you like shit, just go over her head and file a complaint. Nate: Ugh. Maybe. Steve: It'll be fine. I'll see you around three. Nate (leaning into the car): Abandoning me in shark-infested waters? Terrible maritime protocol. Steve: The Captain of THIS boat needs some more fucking sleep.
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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There's blood in the water

Chapter 2 | Page 2: Jaws

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(Nate is exiting Steve's car with a worried expression.) Steve: Look, just do this job for now. It can't be so bad that you can't put up with it for a few weeks until you find something better. Nate: Dude, you know how bad shit broke with me and Tracy. This is a nightmare scenario for me! I'm in JAWS and my boat is not nearly big enough. Steve: What I know is that she's a manager, so she's under more scrutiny than you are. If she treats you like shit, just go over her head and file a complaint. Nate: Ugh. Maybe. Steve: It'll be fine. I'll see you around three. Nate (leaning into the car): Abandoning me in shark-infested waters? Terrible maritime protocol. Steve: The Captain of THIS boat needs some more fucking sleep.
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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The Lego you stepped on this morning has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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There was a discussion about Artemis, and it led to talking about the fully interactive, full costumed campaign @wackomedia.bsky.social filmed and recorded in 2013.
It was Critical Role before Critical Role
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Costume Malfunction
Rose (wearing a sexy devil costume, standing behind Aya): I 'unno, is the old "bedsheet ghost" sexy enough for a sexy costume party? Aya: This is the shortest dress I've ever worn, so it better be. Aya: Shit! I cut the eye hole too low! I don't have time to figure out another costume! Rose (closeup): Well, I have a solution for you... but you might not like it. [Bex standing in a skimpy lumberjack costume with a tied flannel shirt, cutoff shorts, and a hatchet, shocked and spilling her drink. Aya is standing there with her face entirely covered and her breasts poking through the "eyeholes" of the ghost costume. Nipples are obscured by electrical tape (but not for Patreon). You can see her blushing through the sheet.]
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Costume Malfunction
Rose (wearing a sexy devil costume, standing behind Aya): I 'unno, is the old "bedsheet ghost" sexy enough for a sexy costume party? Aya: This is the shortest dress I've ever worn, so it better be. Aya: Shit! I cut the eye hole too low! I don't have time to figure out another costume! Rose (closeup): Well, I have a solution for you... but you might not like it. [Bex standing in a skimpy lumberjack costume with a tied flannel shirt, cutoff shorts, and a hatchet, shocked and spilling her drink. Aya is standing there with her face entirely covered and her breasts poking through the "eyeholes" of the ghost costume. Nipples are obscured by electrical tape (but not for Patreon). You can see her blushing through the sheet.]
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I don't dance now, I make money moves

Chapter 2 | Page 1: Balance

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EXTERIOR, NEAR FOOD BARON SIGN, SUNRISE (Steve dropping Nate off) Steve: You know, when I dragged you out of Franklinburg I didn't know I'd be cursing myself to a 6:30 wakeup call. Nate: It'll just be this once. I'm going to tell them this was a mistake and quit. Steve: You got the bank account balance for that, Mr. Financial Freedom? Nate: Seventy-seven dollars and thirty-four cents. Steve: You'll be lucky if that lasts until your first paycheck. Nate: It'll last me three months living on credit. Twenty-five dollar minimum payment! (Steve sinks into the steering wheel)
October 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM