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Becky Hawkins
@postcardsbybecky.bsky.social
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I draw watercolor postcard journal comics and SuperButch, a 1940s lesbian superhero history noir webcomic
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 2h
There was much rain at the street fair, but at least I looked good 🤷🏻‍♀️
Selfie with my face painted like a tiger. If I may say so, the tiger stripes look great with my black button down shirt with orange flowers.
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 11h
Today!
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 1d
I’ll be face painting here tomorrow, rain or shine! (Hopefully not too much rain)
Poster with black and orange lettering around a Jack o lantern. The Inaugural Gored Gourd Gala On Glisan. Sunday October 12, noon to 5pm NE 70TH-74TH Glisan Fall specials at participating businesses Local craft vendors Food, live music at Hinterland Costumes encouraged!
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 23h
🫣 It was jarring to see the unipiper unmasked and speaking! I was unprepared to lose the mystery.

He unipiped down my street wearing a hazmat suit back in March 2020 🥲
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d
Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 1d
🥱 Thank you, birds! Thank you, squirrels. Thank you, turt… 😴
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 1d
🫣 We put off doing dishes for a couple days and now we’re gonna need some woodland friends
a cartoon scene with squirrels sitting around a table with plates and cups
Alt: Snow White’s woodland friends doing piles of dishes
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Lauren Hudgins @laurenhudgins.bsky.social · 1d
There are two protest rides in Portland tomorrow. One with and one without clothing.

Naked: www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...

Clothed: www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
Calendar
Rides calendar
www.shift2bikes.org
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Laura Bifano @bifanoland.bsky.social · 1d
They look very cute side by side.
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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 1d
Conversation with hotel front desk after a few days of New York comic con:

Me: Hi, could I get housekeeping on my room today?

Clerk: Sure, was your room set to D&D?

Me: …Sorry, what?

Clerk: “Do Not Disturb?”
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 1d
😧😬🫡
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 1d
From this cartoon:
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 6d
They Think They Own The Road!

By me and @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social

Read more cartoons! #PoliCartoon
Help us make more! patreon.com/barry

#bikesky #safestreets
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. PANEL 1 A car and a pickup truck are pulled over on the side of an overpass. There’s an exit ramp with white and green stripes going across it, which in some cities indicates pedestrian and bicyclist crossings. The driver of the car, a woman in an orange top, is walking towards the driver of the pickup, who has gotten out of the truck. He's wearing a blue cap and a red tshirt. WOMAN: Hey there. I see you're pulled over. You need me to call for help?MAN: Thanks. I'm having the worst day ever! PANEL 2 A closer shot of the truck driver as he rants. His face is framed by two yellow caution signs with bicycle icons and arrows pointing to the green and white crosswalk lines. The concerned woman is behind him. MAN: I was just driving along and bam! A bike came out of nowhere! No chance for me to see it coming! Stupid bike riders think they own the road! PANEL 3 Looking worried, the man points to a dent on his truck's front grill.  MAN: I got a big truck so I'd be safe on the road — and see what happens? Just look at this ding on my truck! PANEL 4 From the ground in front of the truck, a hand comes up, forefinger raised to get attention. The woman is shocked; the man is annoyed. BIKER (weak shaky voice): Sorry to interrupt but could you call me an ambulance?MAN: Hey! It's not all about you! CHICKEN FAT WATCH Chicken fat is obsolete cartoonists' lingo for unimportant but amusing details in the art. PANEL 2: A highway sign says "Highway to Heck." The font is called "Highway Gothic."(“Highway to heck” is a reference to a Foxtrot comic. “Some songs just weren’t made for Muzak.” “Some ears weren’t, either.”) PANEL 3: The logo on the front of the truck says "Dodge SLAM."
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 1d
I thought this image told a clear story, but people in the Facebook comments theorized that the cyclist who got hit by the truck must have run a stop sign and should have been in a bike lane anyway 🤦🏻‍♀️
Comic panel: A man gesturing wildly says “I was just driving along and bam! A bike came out of nowhere! No chance for me to see it coming! Stupid bike riders think they own the road!” Behold him are two yellow “bike and ped crossing” signs, flashing lights, and green and white street striping to indicate a bicycle/pedestrian crosswalk. I’ve circled the crosswalk and signs in highlighter.
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 1d
I’ll be face painting here tomorrow, rain or shine! (Hopefully not too much rain)
Poster with black and orange lettering around a Jack o lantern. The Inaugural Gored Gourd Gala On Glisan. Sunday October 12, noon to 5pm NE 70TH-74TH Glisan Fall specials at participating businesses Local craft vendors Food, live music at Hinterland Costumes encouraged!
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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 5d
LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 1d
Compare:

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social yesterday.

New York Times headline, today.
NY Times Pitchbot ‪@nytpitchbot.bsky.social‬ News footage from Portland shows a calm, tranquil city. But an AI video that Stephen Miller texted to Donald Trump shows the city as a burning hellhole. The truth may lie somewhere in between. October 10, 2025 Photo of the paper edition of the New York Times. Headline says "Comparative Calm or 'Hellscape'? In Portland, Depends on the Narrator."
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 1d
🫣 We put off doing dishes for a couple days and now we’re gonna need some woodland friends
a cartoon scene with squirrels sitting around a table with plates and cups
Alt: Snow White’s woodland friends doing piles of dishes
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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d
I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 1d
Luckyyy!
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 2d
🍺 🍺
a woman in a denim jacket has the word do tell in front of her
Alt: Alexis Rose from Schitt’s Creek leaning forward and saying do tell
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 2d
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
October 10,1949
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- NANCY: NANCY OH, DEAR - - I SHOULD HAVE MET SLUGGO TWO HOURS AGO P2-NANCY: HE'S TAKING ME TO A COSTUME PARTY P3-NANCY: HELLO, SLUGGO--BEEN WAITING LONG? P4-NANCY IS SURPRISED WHEN SHE SEES SLUGGO, HE HAS A BEARD THAT REACHES THE GROUND
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 2d
🚲 🏆 Brought the Heavy Duty Raincoat This Morning 🏆 🚲
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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d
My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 2d
This is, no lie, one of my greatest professional accomplishments.
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 2d
Genuinely Poor

Reposting because I've added a kicker panel. Thanks to @schraubd.bsky.social for the suggestion!

Read more cartoons! #PoliCartoon
Help us make more! patreon.com/barry
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. Each panel shows two men: A not-wealthy looking man with shaggy hair and some stubble, and a bald man in glasses, wearing a business suit and tie. Each panel shows them at a sidewalk with grass growing in the background. PANEL 1 Shaggy is wearing a wrinkled collared shirt and jeans. Necktie is wearing a gray suit with a tie with a dot pattern. It’s bright daytime. Shaggy, with his back turned to Necktie, is looking at and poking a smartphone, and, in the helpful way people so often do in the first panel of my cartoons, talking aloud to himself. Necktie is turning to look at, and yell at, Shaggy. SHAGGY: I can’t find a job and I’m out of money… Time to google “food stamps.” NECKTIE: Food stamps are for people who are genuinely poor. If you were poor, you wouldn’t own a smartphone, would you? PANEL 2 A caption says “one week later.” From the light, it appears to be early evening. Shaggy is wearing a plaid shirt and Black pants, and has a backpack; Necktie is wearing a pinstripe suit and a tie with horizontal stripes. Shaggy is looking worried and has a hand on his chest; Necktie is sternly talking to, and pointing at, Shaggy. SHAGGY: I sold my phone, but now I’m out of money again. NECKTIE: So sell your car. No one who owns a car is poor. PANEL 3 A caption says “one month later.” The same two men, on a similar patch of sidewalk. Shaggy is sitting on the curb, slumping. Necktie looks very cheerful. SHAGGY: Now I’ve got no money for food, no phone for job hunting, and no car to get to a job! NECKTIE: Excellent! Now you’re genuinely poor! PANEL 4 The same scene, a moment later. Shaggy, looking hopeful. Necktie grins. SHAGGY: So now you’re okay with me getting food stamps? NECKTIE: Nope! TINY KICKER PANEL UNDER THE CARTOON Shaggy is talking to Barry the Cartoonist. SHAGGY: So how do I get food stamps, anyway? BARRY: Call them for an appointment, then drive to their office to apply.
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Rose Lerner @roselerner.bsky.social · 2d
This made me so happy
Screenshot of Claire's last skeet with one from the Frog and Toad bot underneath of Frog saying "don't be silly"
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 2d
I probably could have hit Send about an hour ago, though, with the same result. RIP my morning.
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 2d
I was being good! I ignored the trolls and the smug dudes who "simply don't walk mindlessly into traffic, and know where every car is when they bike, so they don't get hurt"! I saved it for the person I have a relationship with, who supports cycling but had a framing I find unhelpful as advocacy! 🙃
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Becky Hawkins @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social · 2d
I wish I didn't feel like finding the right words and presenting the most compelling argument will save us.

...I may have spent 90 minutes on one Facebook comment about bicycling in cities instead of meal planning or doing the art-admin tasks I had planned 🤦
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