Sam Sharpe
@samsharpe.bsky.social
I teach and make comics. I co-create a comic called VIEWOTRON: Comics and Stories, published by Radiator Comics. https://www.samuelbsharpe.com
”I’d take a bullet for you, just like dad did for that pot roast he heroically saved…”
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
”I’d take a bullet for you, just like dad did for that pot roast he heroically saved…”
I‘m in the love camp. I have this original daily on my wall and I look at it almost every day.
September 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I‘m in the love camp. I have this original daily on my wall and I look at it almost every day.
Hot priest making a human chain to protest ICE detentions in Illinois . (photo credit: Jamie Kelter for the NYTimes)
Internet, do your thing
Internet, do your thing
September 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Hot priest making a human chain to protest ICE detentions in Illinois . (photo credit: Jamie Kelter for the NYTimes)
Internet, do your thing
Internet, do your thing
Two great skeets that go great together
August 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Two great skeets that go great together
I assume “America’s Independent Democracy Station” was already taken
August 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I assume “America’s Independent Democracy Station” was already taken
I just learned that the Jetsons ONLY RAN FOR ONE 24 episode SEASON in 1962-1963.
Is there ANY show with as much of a permanent cultural footprint that only ran ONE season?
Is there ANY show with as much of a permanent cultural footprint that only ran ONE season?
August 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I just learned that the Jetsons ONLY RAN FOR ONE 24 episode SEASON in 1962-1963.
Is there ANY show with as much of a permanent cultural footprint that only ran ONE season?
Is there ANY show with as much of a permanent cultural footprint that only ran ONE season?
Tired: George W Bush was a born painter who got into politics seeking his emotionally distant father’s approval.
Wired: Trump is born comic letterer who got into politics because his emotionally distant father never let him read comics.
Wired: Trump is born comic letterer who got into politics because his emotionally distant father never let him read comics.
June 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Tired: George W Bush was a born painter who got into politics seeking his emotionally distant father’s approval.
Wired: Trump is born comic letterer who got into politics because his emotionally distant father never let him read comics.
Wired: Trump is born comic letterer who got into politics because his emotionally distant father never let him read comics.
Some old-ish gouache work. I was really inspired by 1950’s children books at the time — I retained the rights to these and I hope to make a comic with them someday.
June 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Some old-ish gouache work. I was really inspired by 1950’s children books at the time — I retained the rights to these and I hope to make a comic with them someday.
An old slide I made for a lecture about writing. You have my full permission to use it if you would want to.
May 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
An old slide I made for a lecture about writing. You have my full permission to use it if you would want to.
The choice of the name Leo XIV is a wonderful sign. The previous Leo was extremely pro labor and pro social reform at the turn of the last century. This probably means he sees him role as a bulwark against the forces of capitalism in our second gilded age.
May 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The choice of the name Leo XIV is a wonderful sign. The previous Leo was extremely pro labor and pro social reform at the turn of the last century. This probably means he sees him role as a bulwark against the forces of capitalism in our second gilded age.
I liked this one too
April 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I liked this one too
Reference Tip: if you want to draw something, see if there is a toy/model version of it for sale, the pictures will be cleaner, the photographs will have almost no distortion on them and there is almost no chance of running into AI (if you find pictures on a sales site).
April 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Reference Tip: if you want to draw something, see if there is a toy/model version of it for sale, the pictures will be cleaner, the photographs will have almost no distortion on them and there is almost no chance of running into AI (if you find pictures on a sales site).
I did not know Al Williamson was a stone cold fox.
March 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I did not know Al Williamson was a stone cold fox.
Most of what I draw are anatomy and figure studies. I find it meditative.
March 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Most of what I draw are anatomy and figure studies. I find it meditative.
I got this notebook/sketchbook in Tokyo and I wish I hadn’t taken off the ribbon that it was sold with. I have no idea what the brand is and can’t find it anywhere. If you recognise this blank book brand let me know.
March 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I got this notebook/sketchbook in Tokyo and I wish I hadn’t taken off the ribbon that it was sold with. I have no idea what the brand is and can’t find it anywhere. If you recognise this blank book brand let me know.
Once in a TCJ interview Gary Panter talked about his sketchbook practice and said something like “I’m not an artist who just draws pretty girl’s heads over and over--that would bore me to tears” and I felt bad about being one of those boring artists for, like, a decade. I’m getting over it.
March 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Once in a TCJ interview Gary Panter talked about his sketchbook practice and said something like “I’m not an artist who just draws pretty girl’s heads over and over--that would bore me to tears” and I felt bad about being one of those boring artists for, like, a decade. I’m getting over it.
I have had an on again off again daily sketchbook practice for the last 15 years. I have extremely mixed feelings about posting anything in my sketchbooks online, but I want to experiment with posting some stuff here and just see how it feels...
March 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I have had an on again off again daily sketchbook practice for the last 15 years. I have extremely mixed feelings about posting anything in my sketchbooks online, but I want to experiment with posting some stuff here and just see how it feels...
Comics nerds, I have a question. Online the art in Miss America #42 (sept 1951) is attributed, for some reason, to Dan DeCarlo. This seems obviously incorrect. Does this look like Boody Rogers to you? He retired in 1952.
March 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Comics nerds, I have a question. Online the art in Miss America #42 (sept 1951) is attributed, for some reason, to Dan DeCarlo. This seems obviously incorrect. Does this look like Boody Rogers to you? He retired in 1952.