Tony Cliff

Psychic lance

Whoooaaaa, “Exact Audio Copy,” that takes me back.

comic-book colour image of a girl in a filthy dress riding a horse down a dirt road, dust swirling behind her

Practical Defence Against Piracy
⚔️ CHAPTER SIX ⚔️

…begins right now!

Come find out whether Alexandra's desperate ride delivers her to safety!

🏇 www.patreon.com/posts/152715...

#DD4 #PDAP

Ahh, kind of you to say, thank you.

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Got me thinking about coffee over here.

This is great. Man, getting up to speed with Krita is high on my list once I don't have a project where sticking with the same old familiar tools is really, really beneficial.
I've tried Clip Studio, but if I have to retrain myself, the FOSS option seems so much more appealing, on principle.

Ha ha ha ha, thank you kindly. 😆

I feel uncertain, posting things like that, but pushing back against the "lone hero" narrative was Theme Number One from Day One on PRACTICAL DEFENCE.
Lone Hero is a seductive idea, but hasn't done our society any favours.
Can I sell that theme AND have explosions and sword fights? TIME WILL TELL

Thank you, David Petersen!!! High five emoji!

Rebecca Solnit quoted on kottke.org, “One of the great weaknesses of our era is that we get lone superhero movies that suggest that our big problems are solved by muscly guys in spandex, when actually the world mostly gets changed through collective effort. Thich Nhat Hanh said before he died a few years ago that the next Buddha will be the Sangha. The Sangha, in Buddhist terminology, is the community of practitioners. It's this idea that we don't have to look for an individual, for a savior, for an Übermensch. I think the counter to Trump always has been and always will be civil society. A lot of the left wants social change to look like the French Revolution or Che Guevara. Maybe changing the world is more like caregiving than it is like war. Too many people still expect it to look like war.”

If I may be so bold…

If this thought from Rebecca Solnit speaks to you, you might be on board with my fun little cartoon book. Or at least, that is my humble goal, in the end.

(As quoted at kottke.org/26/03/the-hi... )

Practical Defence Against Piracy (Delilah Dirk, Book Four) — Tony Cliff The newest graphic novel in the Delilah Dirk series, a full-colour adventure in which young Alexandra Nichols simply tries to have a nice birthday while nobody lets her. Currently being published onli...

"Hey TC, what is all this?"

I am MAKING A BIG COMIC BOOK, a chapter at a time, and posting the finished pages as I go! It's about friendship, finding yourself, and figuring out who the real enemy is.

www.tonycliff.ca/delilahdirk/...

comic-book colour image of a girl in a filthy dress riding a horse down a dirt road, dust swirling behind her

Practical Defence Against Piracy
⚔️ CHAPTER SIX ⚔️

…begins right now!

Come find out whether Alexandra's desperate ride delivers her to safety!

🏇 www.patreon.com/posts/152715...

#DD4 #PDAP

Coincidentally, I’m sure, if you scroll down on the timeline, you’ll find Ryan recommending Fastmail.

(I am eyeing the escape hatch, personally.)

My brain is tricking me into thinking A is basically B, it’s wild.

You know what’s weird, is from a quick glance I can barely tell the difference between A and B. So if you want to save yourself some time, maybe just A it.

Literally, you are leaving a behind (as pictured)

Worth sharing on International Women’s Day. Fucking hell.

It’s all stomach-churning, but the passage about, “designs too many options; seems like she’s trying too hard; asks too many questions,” as negatives, I just, I dunno, I’m so mad.

Believe it or not, it was *a gift!* A perfectly normal and good gift, as I'm sure Dan will agree.

I bet you could go a lot of ways with “yoda x lion” and this is basically perfect

@galegalligan.bsky.social whoof, I’m only one installment in and that BLAG newsletter is already paying dividends

… though it is perhaps useful as a bright, glowing flag for books that are "definitely not for me."

same same same same same same same

I bought one for a friend and I think about borrowing it every now and then, Just Because

What I’m saying is, I support this

Yesterday I saw two ads for different companies saying “we’ve made it easier to talk to a REAL HUMAN,” so unless there’s some sort of monkey’s-paw thing happening there (likelihood: high), maybe it will happen sooner rather than later (though I feel foolish for daring to hope)

Practical Defence Against Piracy Production Diary Roundup, March 2026 Edition — Tony Cliff Wondering what’s been happening with the fourth DELILAH DIRK book? Follow the ups and downs of its progress over the last year or so by diving into the Production Diary!

"Hey TC, where's that comic book you've been working on?"

ALL THE ANSWERS AWAIT YOU
within this whopping great update to the Production Diary, stuffed with links to all of the great posts from the last year.

👉 www.tonycliff.ca/blog/product...

#DD4 #PDAP

b&w line art of a girl riding a horse through a stand of treeeeees

The short answer is, though, that if you want to read Chapter Six as I finish the pages, you can do that over on the ol' Patreon…

📖 www.patreon.com/tonycliff 📖

As always, thank you to all the lovely patrons who make this giant project possible.

Practical Defence Against Piracy Production Diary Roundup, March 2026 Edition — Tony Cliff Wondering what’s been happening with the fourth DELILAH DIRK book? Follow the ups and downs of its progress over the last year or so by diving into the Production Diary!

"Hey TC, where's that comic book you've been working on?"

ALL THE ANSWERS AWAIT YOU
within this whopping great update to the Production Diary, stuffed with links to all of the great posts from the last year.

👉 www.tonycliff.ca/blog/product...

#DD4 #PDAP

Lucy, NO ONE KNOWS who made that comic, it could have been anyone.
I do remember that “Tri-Star Entertainment” made Vera B laugh, which I assume would be rewarding for whoever it was.