Tara
@taracomics.bsky.social
Author of This is Not a Pipe. Posts comics at taracomics.substack.com (they/them: tangata Tiriti)
Archive of live drawings (2017-2024) available at the National Library: https://natlib.govt.nz/records/55900477
Archive of live drawings (2017-2024) available at the National Library: https://natlib.govt.nz/records/55900477
Pinned
#hourlycomicday 1/? It begins. Have I got the hashtag right? I’ll figure it out.
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PM Christopher Luxon, and his self-inflicted affliction, the architect of the Treaty Principles Bill, David Seymour.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #Waitangi #ToitūTeTiriti
My #cartoon today #NZpol #Waitangi #ToitūTeTiriti
February 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
PM Christopher Luxon, and his self-inflicted affliction, the architect of the Treaty Principles Bill, David Seymour.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #Waitangi #ToitūTeTiriti
My #cartoon today #NZpol #Waitangi #ToitūTeTiriti
My hourly comic day 2026, where I don't grapple with anything serious.
Hourly Comic Day 2026
Drawings from every hour I was awake on 8 Feb 2026
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February 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
My hourly comic day 2026, where I don't grapple with anything serious.
#hourlycomicday 1/? It begins. Have I got the hashtag right? I’ll figure it out.
February 7, 2026 at 6:10 PM
#hourlycomicday 1/? It begins. Have I got the hashtag right? I’ll figure it out.
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Treasury's advice and forecasts are clearly not working.
Even the jobseekers numbers broke above forecasts despite tight MSD rationing - although pushing people off ACC might be having an impact the other way. It's a long way off the target the Govt, drunk on their own misplaced confidence and nonsense advice from Treasury, set a year ago. (2/n)
February 6, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Treasury's advice and forecasts are clearly not working.
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So, Mr Seymour's 'poorest amongst us' most definitely do not live like kings or queens. In fact, 13.4% of NZ's children live in poverty that leaves them with less than an Ancient Egyptian tomb builder, let alone a king
And those kids aren't even the poorest amongst us
In short, Get Fucked Seymour
And those kids aren't even the poorest amongst us
In short, Get Fucked Seymour
February 6, 2026 at 1:52 AM
So, Mr Seymour's 'poorest amongst us' most definitely do not live like kings or queens. In fact, 13.4% of NZ's children live in poverty that leaves them with less than an Ancient Egyptian tomb builder, let alone a king
And those kids aren't even the poorest amongst us
In short, Get Fucked Seymour
And those kids aren't even the poorest amongst us
In short, Get Fucked Seymour
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Shit the latest @emilywrites.co.nz newsletter bums me out ☹️
This government is such a fucking useless empathy void
This government is such a fucking useless empathy void
Inclusion is over
Last week, my eldest son began high school. He was so excited - he was absolutely fizzing. I volunteered to take him and his friends to school, and they leapt out of the car when we arrived, racing to...
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February 2, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Shit the latest @emilywrites.co.nz newsletter bums me out ☹️
This government is such a fucking useless empathy void
This government is such a fucking useless empathy void
Book book.
A book
Sometimes these things just happen
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February 1, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Book book.
Hauntings and anxieties.
Introductions
A Blue Fury comic strip
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January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Hauntings and anxieties.
Follow @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social's substack if you aren't already.
Humid Rivalry: The Uninspiring Election Battle Streaming Now!
Like, you feel obligated to keep up because of the world burning, but it's not good viewing.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Follow @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social's substack if you aren't already.
More Frame and Mansfield hauntings.
Literary Taste
A Blue Fury comic strip
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January 18, 2026 at 7:24 PM
More Frame and Mansfield hauntings.
Happy New Year
New Year
I’m sure I’m not the only who does this
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January 12, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Happy New Year
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This week's Three Themes episode of Off Panel seemed to have struck a nerve (in a good way!), so I wanted to reshare it, as my guests brought some fascinating themes to the table which led to some great discussion. Plus: It's fun!
In case you missed it, this week's episode of Off Panel finds Steve Anderson from @thirdeyecomics.bsky.social, @comixace.bsky.social from @comicsbeat.bsky.social, and @ashcanpress.com joining me to share and discuss their big themes for 2025 in comics. It's a big one! Listen up!
Off Panel #530: Three Themes with Steve Anderson, Heidi MacDonald, and Matthew Rosenberg - SKTCHD
In a special year end episode of Off Panel, we look at the defining themes of 2025 in comics with the help of retailer Steve Anderson from Third Eye Comics, The Beat’s Heidi MacDonald, and writer Matt...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This week's Three Themes episode of Off Panel seemed to have struck a nerve (in a good way!), so I wanted to reshare it, as my guests brought some fascinating themes to the table which led to some great discussion. Plus: It's fun!
Spotted: Shout out to @pipadam.bsky.social on @mealofthorns.bsky.social
A Meal of Thorns 27 – 40,000 IN GEHENNA with Arkady Martine (and a 4th Street Fantasy Report)
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December 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Spotted: Shout out to @pipadam.bsky.social on @mealofthorns.bsky.social
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Y’ALL. PATHA RELEASED THE NEW GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GUIDELINES. THE ONES THE GOVT SUPPRESSED
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Y’ALL. PATHA RELEASED THE NEW GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GUIDELINES. THE ONES THE GOVT SUPPRESSED
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A game to play.
The Mystery Note
A lyric game in comic form
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November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A game to play.
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The pledge me campaign is already close to $81k and still 28 days to go.
Well done folks
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Well done folks
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The pledge me campaign is already close to $81k and still 28 days to go.
Well done folks
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Well done folks
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
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A full year of electioneering about slurpluses and deffyzits ahead. Worth asking why all the media time is given to that little pink stub on the left.
October 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
A full year of electioneering about slurpluses and deffyzits ahead. Worth asking why all the media time is given to that little pink stub on the left.
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there's a lot of talk of erotic horny chat gpt and sora slop, but this piece on webworm today from @tworuru.com gets into the infuriatingly deluded and dangerous headspace of those pushing on this "AI" (it's not AI) pathway: www.webworm.co/newgods/
October 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
there's a lot of talk of erotic horny chat gpt and sora slop, but this piece on webworm today from @tworuru.com gets into the infuriatingly deluded and dangerous headspace of those pushing on this "AI" (it's not AI) pathway: www.webworm.co/newgods/
Some depression for your morning.
Silicon Valley Has a God Problem
And we're all up for sacrifice.
www.webworm.co
October 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Some depression for your morning.
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One of the many evils the tech industry has inflicted on our lives is that when an Act of God forces everyone to stay home from work (wild weather, earthquake, pandemic), we're now expected to Work From Home (rather than have a day off like God intended).
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 AM
One of the many evils the tech industry has inflicted on our lives is that when an Act of God forces everyone to stay home from work (wild weather, earthquake, pandemic), we're now expected to Work From Home (rather than have a day off like God intended).
