Tim Sniffen
@mistersniffen.bsky.social
jackbox director | NYer writing & cartoons | magic tavern VO | 🏳️🌈🤘
With all the #Frankenstein talk being thrown around, please enjoy this story of another writer present for Lord Byron's scary-story contest. (It goes badly.) 🏰🖊️
How Mary Shelley Ruined My Vacation
Mary Shelley conceived Frankenstein while visiting Lord Byron in Lake Geneva. But who else was there?
mistersniffen.medium.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
With all the #Frankenstein talk being thrown around, please enjoy this story of another writer present for Lord Byron's scary-story contest. (It goes badly.) 🏰🖊️
I'd love a pin to wear that signals "There's no need to interact with me, retail person. No smile, no chit chat. You can ignore me. You SHOULD ignore me."
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'd love a pin to wear that signals "There's no need to interact with me, retail person. No smile, no chit chat. You can ignore me. You SHOULD ignore me."
New essay for McSweeney's! 🧝🚨
"When my agent gave me the news, I hugged him so hard he had to catch his breath before saying he couldn’t represent me anymore."
I’m Thrilled to Announce I’ve Been Cast as Stickles the Gender-Policing Elf in HBO Max’s New Harry Potter Series
The rumors are true: I’m overjoyed and not at all ashamed to share that I’ll be joining the HBO Max Harry Potter family as Stickles the Gender-Poli...
buff.ly
August 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
New essay for McSweeney's! 🧝🚨
August 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
NYT #connections making some wild choices lately
July 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
NYT #connections making some wild choices lately
In a recent @sevendaysvt.bsky.social! Shout-out to the ONLY type of pizza delivery box I saw during my Long Island youth. #cartoon #pizza #inclusivity
June 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In a recent @sevendaysvt.bsky.social! Shout-out to the ONLY type of pizza delivery box I saw during my Long Island youth. #cartoon #pizza #inclusivity
June 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NPR is dear to my heart and after @arnieniekamp.bsky.social pointed out my tendency to recommend Fresh Air episodes, I’ve realized it’s about 90% of my personality. As lawmakers attempt to defund it, some @npr.org cartoons:
June 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NPR is dear to my heart and after @arnieniekamp.bsky.social pointed out my tendency to recommend Fresh Air episodes, I’ve realized it’s about 90% of my personality. As lawmakers attempt to defund it, some @npr.org cartoons:
Bummer it's ending, especially with a shortened season, but if anyone exemplifies "I was expecting a little more time than this" it's Pike 🖖
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ to End With a Shortened Season 5
Paramount+ orders a final season of the series ahead of its third season premiere.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Bummer it's ending, especially with a shortened season, but if anyone exemplifies "I was expecting a little more time than this" it's Pike 🖖
Scam texts getting closer to mapping out my entire motivational system
June 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Scam texts getting closer to mapping out my entire motivational system
June 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It's Cartoon Covers day where New Yorker cartoonists "cover" each other's work, and I had the great pleasure of trying out the supreme badassery of @ngoziu.com!
Original on the right. Follow #nyercartooncovers to see them all.
Original on the right. Follow #nyercartooncovers to see them all.
May 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It's Cartoon Covers day where New Yorker cartoonists "cover" each other's work, and I had the great pleasure of trying out the supreme badassery of @ngoziu.com!
Original on the right. Follow #nyercartooncovers to see them all.
Original on the right. Follow #nyercartooncovers to see them all.
(every #severance thread I'm seeing right now)
Ok, I’ll be unpacking that last ep for years. Anyone struggling with the mysteries of this show: try Bluey, this is NOT for you. Can’t get into ALL things I instinctively intuited from this episode, but some reactions: (1/6)
Ok, I’ll be unpacking that last ep for years. Anyone struggling with the mysteries of this show: try Bluey, this is NOT for you. Can’t get into ALL things I instinctively intuited from this episode, but some reactions: (1/6)
March 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
(every #severance thread I'm seeing right now)
Ok, I’ll be unpacking that last ep for years. Anyone struggling with the mysteries of this show: try Bluey, this is NOT for you. Can’t get into ALL things I instinctively intuited from this episode, but some reactions: (1/6)
Ok, I’ll be unpacking that last ep for years. Anyone struggling with the mysteries of this show: try Bluey, this is NOT for you. Can’t get into ALL things I instinctively intuited from this episode, but some reactions: (1/6)
Saw in a post office & the sheer incongruity with the world right now left me no choice but to buy them
March 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Saw in a post office & the sheer incongruity with the world right now left me no choice but to buy them
February 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
From a Dec '24 issue of @sevendaysvt.bsky.social (Wow, does that seem like a long time ago.) #cartoon #wildlife #hubris 🦌♟️🦌
January 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
From a Dec '24 issue of @sevendaysvt.bsky.social (Wow, does that seem like a long time ago.) #cartoon #wildlife #hubris 🦌♟️🦌
Reposted by Tim Sniffen
Hi Bluesky! I’m an illustrator based in DC and I like to draw animals 👋
January 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Hi Bluesky! I’m an illustrator based in DC and I like to draw animals 👋
The industrious @ngoziu.com created a starter pack of NYer cartoonists! Follow people who have many, many more published cartoons than me! (It's not a contest / success looks different to everyone / scavenger hunt not marathon / life is a highway) ✒️🍌❤️ #cartoons
January 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The industrious @ngoziu.com created a starter pack of NYer cartoonists! Follow people who have many, many more published cartoons than me! (It's not a contest / success looks different to everyone / scavenger hunt not marathon / life is a highway) ✒️🍌❤️ #cartoons
I always forget how Christmas Carol starts kinda weird
December 23, 2024 at 6:05 PM
I always forget how Christmas Carol starts kinda weird
December 19, 2024 at 6:40 PM
During the holiday season, remember that some people are on their own with very few visitors. If you get a chance, reach out & try to learn how they achieved this
December 5, 2024 at 8:13 PM
During the holiday season, remember that some people are on their own with very few visitors. If you get a chance, reach out & try to learn how they achieved this