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Paul Hammond, but better

@paulghammond.bsky.social

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Artist & Illustrator & occasional comics drawer & other stuff. (he/him) Represented by Advocate Art • NO AI • http://paulghammond.com

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Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 13h

They've changed a lot in the last few years.

Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 21h

Yup! East Coast baby! (I also follow a lot of US and UK illustrators!)

Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 23h

I've been calling him Chuck Dee. ❤️

Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 23h

Most (maybe all?) of these are also available through Halifax Public Library on Hoopla & Kanopy by the way! Great list so far!

Michael Rancic @therewasnosound.bsky.social · 18d

31 DAYS OF HORROR! every day this month i'm going to recommend a different horror film available through Toronto Public Library, via streaming services Hoopla or Kanopy.

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Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 23h

Chickadee is safely on his way to the chickadee hospital. I forgot to take a picture, but trust me he was cute.

I texted my dad to tell him about the volunteer opportunities for Hope For Wildlife and he wrote back "Actually, I might enjoy that, unless there are skunks involved".

Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 1d

We have a little chickadee in a box in our kitchen, who flew into our window. I think he's ok, but he's chilling with us for now until Hope For Wildlife gets here to take him to what I imagine is the chickadee hospital.

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Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 5d

Yup. Exactly.

Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 5d

I say this as a straight cis dude. If you're swapping to make the song queer, that rocks, that's punk, I'm all for it. If you're swapping to make it straight, that has major "I'm not gay though" vibes that I DO NOT care for.

Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 5d

My subway take is that gender-swapping covers of love songs, if it's done to maintain hetero lyrical content is cowardly and uncool.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 11d

FanTASTIC news let’s get this done

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 13d

Enjoy! Let me know if you scream with delight at the end!

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Shawn @shawnhils.bsky.social · 16d

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Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 17d

Incredibly this is exactly where my mind went also!

Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 17d

Hell yeah now we're talking

The Searchers "Needles And Pins" on The Ed Sullivan Show

YouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show

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Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 18d

Big Shannon & the Clams fan over here, and even I can't believe how much I love this song.

Shannon & the Clams - The Boy [Official Video]

YouTube video by Easy Eye Sound

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Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 18d

A friend of mine is convinced that this scene was specifically inspired by and meant to reference Bean Dad & I have to say I really think she's onto something.

Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 18d

The New York Times continues to prove itself to be a conservative propaganda machine wearing a "progressive" hat.

Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 25d

Carla just described a song as sounding like "music I'd hear at a store".

Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks Laura! It'll go out this week!

Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · 28d

I know I'm 45 because the most upsetting part of the movie Weapons (which ruled) was watching the little kid struggling to use a can opener.

Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · Sep 19

Oh hell yeah! I'm pretty swamped for the next 3 weeks, but hopefully starting in Nov I'll have a little more regular free time!

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Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · Sep 19

Stupidly, it's the current nazification of the US administration that put the Ramones on my mind (Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World)

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Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · Sep 19

Uh Oh, I can feel another Ramones hyperfixation period coming on. (I'm not mad about it)

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Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · Sep 19

I don't want to brag, but when you order enamel pins from my shop (no US orders still, sorry) this tiny pizza box is what they ship in (inside an envelope).

A hand holding a tiny kraft Brown box that is shaped like a miniature pizza box, stamped in green ink with an illustration of a cat holding a giant pencil, and the words "BE NICE, HAVE FUN, MAKE GOOD STUFF" on the top.

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Paul Hammond, but better @paulghammond.bsky.social · Sep 19

No shade to the editors at all, they supplied reference images for literally hundreds of things.

But can you imagine the indignity of living to be the world's oldest cat, only to be immortalized with a portrait of an entirely different cat who looks nothing like you? Rude!