@plasticsouls
Comicker in Seattle. He/They Illustration, character design, etc. Poking at gamedev? Open for freelance, commissions closed atm Buy me a coffee? Buy my stuff: https://ko-fi.com/mmmmmike/shop mmmmmike.com | plasticsoulsstudios.com
Are you a trans person in the US looking to relocate from a high-risk state to a lower risk state?
Did you know there’s a $10,000 no-interest loan you can apply for to help you do that?
Link here and more info in thread below
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I deserve a video game (and also money and to be hired)
Always read Tegan O'Neil.
My bookshelves of more tintin style books. Also my tarot cards
In my opinion, we would do better with this slightly larger format has a few advantages
1. Shift the narrative. Let our graphic novels be more of a coffee table book vibe
2. Still fits on bookshelves, so you can keep that vibe if you prefer
3. The pictures are bigger. Cannot overstate this
When a comic convention’s ownership/management starts caring more about size & headcount over anything else, comics inevitably lose. The industry can’t compete against film, television, video games, music. Comics become a footnote at the conventions they were founded to celebrate & made successful.
Neon orange cover of Plastic Souls #4, with a cyborg birdman peeking through a sniper rifle
Pages 60-61 of MERCS, in the 2nd half of Plastic Souls #4
Pages 62-63 of MERCS, in the 2nd half of Plastic Souls #4
Page 64 of MERCS, in the 2nd half of Plastic Souls #4
Late to posting but I'm in artist Alley at #ECCC this weekend with an all new issue 4 of #PlasticSouls .
Booth F-27! Come say hi!
🩷 ɪᴛ'ꜱ ꜱᴜᴘᴇʀ ᴇꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ! 🩷
If you need to read this, soak it in.
It's always been this way. We always had to make ourselves. Just some folks had a tougher run of it. Maybe still do. I can only hope they keep fighting for it.
"Balancing this tension through a specific rhythm of images, a flatness of image, and a contortion of anatomy, Ballard demonstrates his capacity to compel his reader visually... Ballard doesn’t tell jokes, he renders them. They are funny–when you see them." - @solrad.bsky.social
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Reposting, albeit with a lot of sadness, with alt text
Weird times we're living in
the official gambling app of United States democracy
It’s don’t kill yourself Monday.
DO NOT USE CHAT GPT.
I'm already sick of "It's all a distraction from Epstein" replies. This regime is killing innocent people because our leaders are all power-hungry tyrants and war profiteers. When you say it's "just a distraction" you minimize the gravity of what's happening and the lives lost.
I’m going to piss on the grave of anyone in my life that voted for this
We out here doodling
Snapshot of midstream lettering from my current comic with blue flats in clip studio pro
Mmmmm...5am lettering...
JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court. The United States enjoys sovereign immunity and cannot be sued without its consent. By means of the Federal Tort Claims Act, Congress waived that sovereign immunity for certain tort suits based on the conduct of Government employees. See 28 U. S. C. §§2674, 1346(b). But, in the provision at issue in this case, Congress retained sovereign immunity for a wide range of claims about mail. Specifically, the FTCA’s postal exception retains sovereign immunity for all claims “arising out of the loss, miscarriage, or negligent transmission of letters or postal matter.” §2680(b). This case concerns whether this exception applies when postal workers intentionally fail to deliver the mail. We hold that it does.
The Supreme Court's second and final ruling of the day, USPS v. Konan, bars lawsuits against the Postal Service for maliciously and intentionally refusing to deliver someone's mail. It's 5–4, with Gorsuch joining the liberals in dissent. Bad decision! www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Remember when I said NYC Mayor is one of the most powerful executive offices in the country? Honestly a lot of it is this kind of stuff. In many jurisdictions "I'm gonna hire 1000 people for a couple days for $30/hr" would require months hearings and council votes to actually do.
The Toxic Fan Cycle.
- What is this?
- I like this.
- I LOVE this!
- I OWN THIS.
- I... don't own this???
- ...I hate this.
- I WILL DESTROY THIS.
It's actually pretty comparable to all kinds of toxic love.
"If I can't have you, no one will."
"Reject my needs and desires? I will make your life hell."
Last week at Broken Frontier... Fantagraphics to Publish New Investigative Graphic Journalism on the Plight of Displaced Palestinians in Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco’s ‘Requiem for Gaza’. www.brokenfrontier.com/fantagraphic...
How the fuck is anyone’s takeaway from the last several months “the economy is bad” and not “the government is building concentration camps and subjecting people to wildly inhumane and often homicidal conditions” ???? How can you serve voters if you’re not even able to say that with a full throat?
In my day we didn't have all this autism.
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So there's this really obscure Danish fantasy series from the early 00s, that doesn't really have a translation as far as I'm aware that I think about a lot (periodically, but again right now), because the plot goes as follows:
Call your house rep and tell them to support HB 2540 which will increase the amount disabled people can save from $2k to $10k and remove the marriage penalty where you lose your only source of income if you get married regardless of how little they make. Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
This post is going around again so I will add this excellent resource: leavesubstack.com