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Phil McAndrew

@philmcandrew.bsky.social

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Illustrator, cartoonist, writer. Making books, comics, zines, & more. Wrote and/or drew for MAD Magazine, The New Yorker, Penguin Random House, Cartoon Network, Ahoy Comics, punk bands, etc Buffalo, NY [email protected] linktr.ee/philmcandrew

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · Oct 10

HELLO, I'm an illustrator, cartoonist, and writer. You can find links to my portfolio, my books, merch, events, and more right here: linktr.ee/philmcandrew

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 54m

I've heard those here before too, I love those guys!

Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 1h

😮!!!!!!!!!

Screenshot of the merlin bird app detecting a GREAT HORNED OWL outside my house!!!!

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 1h

there's an owl hooting somewhere outside my house!!!!!!

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 1h

(first episode of the chair company is extremely funny)

Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 2h

I'm howling

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 2h

I swear I have the worst pillow in town

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9h

ai is a fascist tool. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Ilyasah Shabazz didn’t want to look at the AI-generated videos of her father, Malcolm X. The seemingly realistic clips — made by OpenAI’s new video-maker Sora 2 — show the legendary civil rights activist making crude jokes, wrestling with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and talking about defecating on himself.

“It is deeply disrespectful and hurtful to see my father’s image used in such a cavalier and insensitive manner when he dedicated his life to truth,” Shabazz, whose father was assassinated in front of her in 1965 when she was 2, told The Washington Post. She questioned why the developers were not acting “with the same morality, conscience, and care … that they’d want for their own families.”

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 1d

I was just thinking that it's amazing this game is still only 1 - 0 considering how bad the sabres look tonight, and then one of our D guys went and tipped it into our own net 😑

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👻 Pope BoniSkeetz of Avignon 🎃 @tjay56.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. Manhattan, on mars, th Sabres don’t have a power play

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 1d

They looked great in the one game I watched

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 1d

here we go again!

Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 1d

wowweeee sabres power play game is so embarrassing

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 1d

Some truly unbelievable penalty calls in that first period of Buffalo vs Boston

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 1d

I loved this band a lot, but fully lost enthusiasm for them when they did an AI generated music video for one of the songs on this album (and then dug their heels in to defend AI when fans expressed disappointment)

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 2d

Spanish "How to Report ICE" zines now available:

#Chicago
#Florida
#LosAngeles
#Marin County, CA
#Massachusetts
#NewYork
#Philadelphia
#Portland
#Sacramento, CA
#SanFrancisco
#SanDiego

drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Zines en Español - Google Drive

drive.google.com

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Michael DeForge @michaeldeforge.bsky.social · 2d

I'm very sad to say that this event has to be cancelled!

Yesterday, I was among 8 arrested at an action demanding:

- The safe return of Freedom Flotilla members currently being detained in Israeli prisons, including Mskwaasin Agnew

- A two way arms embargo

- Immediate sanctions on Israel

Michael DeForge @michaeldeforge.bsky.social · 20d

Buffalo! I'll be in town to read at @gutterpopcomics.bsky.social on October 10, alongside @philmcandrew.bsky.social, Gia Ligammari and Max Weiss

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 2d

It's a real man!

Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 3d

yeah, I do get the sense that he loves to wield his power as a filmmaker in fun ways

Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 3d

Yup. He's a dipshit, it turns out.

Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 3d

Peacemaker definitely isn't for kids, but I appreciate that he recognizes that a bunch of superhero obsessed ten year olds who are being raised by actual nazis will probably watch this shit in a few years

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 3d

He knows how to deliver the fun stuff in a superhero story (big fights and action, large monsters, C-list weirdos with powers, guys who have rocks for skin, etc) and he gets that superheroes at their best are simple moral stories for children that reflect the times

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 3d

I'm pretty neutral on James Gunn as a filmmaker, he does some things that I like and some things that I hate, but I think he is doing a better job of "reading the room" than anyone else making superhero tv/movies right now.

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 3d

More thoughts: In a superhero ecosystem dominated with the outdated "my daddy was murdered and in response to that I will wage war on bad guys" trope, I like that Gunn's DC universe seems to favor "my daddy was a bad guy and now I have to figure out out to be a normal human with help from friends"

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 3d

I do love a story that focuses on the losers in a world where superman exists

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 3d

my feelings about the peacemaker tv show are that it's very corny and tries wayyy too hard to be funny and offbeat (it does actually sometimes succeed), but it also somehow has more soul than any other superhero thing in recent memory, which makes it stand out.

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