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Eisner nom'd cartoonist + educator in MPLS Creator of EXTRA LARGE (NEW!) and BUTTON PUSHER (both from First Second) ADHD, science, education, social + civic issues, etc. Rep: Britt Siess Links and Other Stuff: https://linktr.ee/tylerpagecomics

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · Mar 19

📚NEW INTRO POST📚

I'm a Minneapolis-based cartoonist and educator. I've cartooned about my experiences growing up with #ADHD in RAISED ON RITALIN and BUTTON PUSHER.

My newest book, EXTRA LARGE, deals with bullying, body image issues, and gendered expectations.

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Picture of a book cover for a graphic novel called Extra Large by Tyler Page. Primary image is of a boy smiling with his arms folded within a graphic triangle and the title words.

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

Golden rule: he should be treated as they are treated. I don't think he'd like that.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson — man of deep faith, we are told — wants pastors to be shot in the head with pepper balls.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

The fact Tr*mp wasn't held accountable for collaborating with another head of state when he wasn't president (among all the other crap he's done) is one of the reasons we are where we currently are. At the highest levels, highest stakes, there is no accountability!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

expand my talents without too much interruption or inconvenience by the “real world.” (Getting experience in the real world is important too of course, but having that time to be selfish can be immensely helpful.)

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Should I Go to Art School?

The question “should I go to art school” comes up and goes around every year. Usually asked by kids who are already making art and thinking ...

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

But think about the broader sense of the value of that education and what it might include.

It became very clear to me in the middle of my college years that a lot of what I was paying for was the time and privilege to live in a little bubble and indulge my interests + desires and explore and 11/

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

What are they reading? What are they doing with their free time, etc.? Or just being able to lean over to a friend’s studio and ask, “Hey, does this look right?”

It’s still an expensive question to be sure. It’s not one you should answer lightly. 10/

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

Yes u can watch or read tutorials to learn specific things but a lot of learning is what you pick up from others, or what they decide to impart to you. A lot of school is socializing. It’s figuring out how to be a person, and also how to be a person in your field. What are the art students doing? 9/

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

And their most pressing question is one of value: is college “worth it?” especially if they think they can learn those things online. It’s a fair question to ask. But again think about the broader question of why go to college or school at all? 8/

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

It would seem like my kid had that experience when they did the summer program at my school. They found their people!

Now these questions are asked by kids who have access to YouTube video tutorials and all kinds of other online resources to learn specific skills or techniques. 7/

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

good broad-based education was a good idea.

More importantly, when I toured and visited schools I went by what felt "right." When I visited the college I ended up attending it was because it just felt like that was where I belonged. 6/

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

I was a creative kid, I’d been making my own comics for years so I thought about pursuing that as a career. But I was also academically talented and very interested in the sciences. Since I wasn’t sure about either path I figured going to a liberal arts college where I would get a 5/

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

I think the first question is really, “should I go to college?” I know when I was nearing the end of high school that wasn’t an option. I knew for certain I would go to college. That’s just what was next. 4/

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

Even as a person who works at an art school there is still some hesitation on my part to recommend it. Maybe that's because I went to a "real" college myself. But in the time I've been here I've seen students learn, grow, and mature in the same ways I saw friends do that when I was in college. 3/

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

Currently it seems like that question is asked most often by kids who are looking at animation, illustration, or comics.

I'm thinking abt this on a personal level bc my oldest kid is a high school senior. I got all ready with a list of schools they might want to visit or look at and consider. 2/

tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 1d

The question “should I go to art school” comes up and goes around every year. Usually asked by kids who are already making art and thinking about turning that into a career, whether that’s as an animator, illustrator, graphic designer, etc. 1/

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Brandon Schorsch @bschorshy.bsky.social · 2d

I think the wealthy of this town are trying to rewrite history with their Precarious State circle jerk on all their corporate stations & papers

I think they don't want us to realize our PBS is telling the accurate history of Mayors & Cops in this town.

Watch Paradox next Tuesday at 7pm on TPT2!

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 2d

I would love to delete all my apps and just call people when I need to. But the news and info I'm getting here about what's really going on locally, nationally, and internationally isn't in the mainstream media or news.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 2d

Pretty sure I say this every Columbus Day, but getting hauled back to Spain for excessive brutality in 1500, just as the Inquisition was really getting fired up, is some genuinely Evil Guys Hall of Infamy material

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 2d

So there’s a Chauvin apologist heading CBS News now??? That ain’t good.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 3d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 3d

Garfield endorses walkable neighborhoods.

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 3d

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3d

7/ Caught in a lie, Frey never apologized. Instead, we got his famously weasely “Language became more casual, including my own.” BTW this is the 1st election voters can hold Frey accountable for lying & Locke dying, but the incident is almost memory-holed in coverage. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

Minneapolis Mayor Frey Admits To Being Misleading On 'No-Knock' Policy Changes

"Language became more casual, including my own, which did not reflect the necessary precision or nuance. And I own that," Mayor Jacob Frey said.

www.cbsnews.com

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Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social · 3d

“In 2024, the Minneapolis Police Department solved just 23 percent of nonfatal shootings. But a remarkable shift is under way in St. Paul. The city is on track for a 70 percent drop in homicides by the end of 2025. And they’re solving more than 70 percent of crimes.”

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tyler page @tylerpage.bsky.social · 3d

Because I needed to know:

www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 4d

Four years ago today: @jasonmcgrath.bsky.social’s screed on Frey

Letter to the Star Tribune, 10-11-2021

MINNEAPOLIS MAYORAL RACE
To change city, ditch Frey

Jacob Frey ran for mayor with a promise "to regain our citywide swagger." Aside from its sexist premise (the mayor at the time was a woman averse to showboating), the promise looks ever more grotesque in retrospect. Under Frey's leadership Minneapolis became known throughout the world as the place where racist cops apparently thought themselves free to murder and brutalize in broad daylight with impunity. Swagger, indeed.

Now we know from recently released bodycam footage that in the days following George Floyd's murder, police officers continued to view our residents as enemies to be indiscriminately hunted rather than people to be served ("Frey says body-cam footage 'galling,' front page, Oct. 8). Meanwhile, Mayor Frey talks abstractly about "justice" and "reform" while showing zero backbone in standing up to the Police Federation, which our cops seem to take as their real boss.

A few days ago I attended a neighborhood meeting at which virtually everyone present had a story of the Minneapolis Police Department failing to take any effective action when help was needed following a theft or assault. If Minneapolis is to have any chance of redeeming itself in the eyes of the world, Frey must go, and we must create a new Department of Public Safety that actually serves the people rather than treating them as enemies to be subdued.

JASON McGRATH, Minneapolis

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