I commissioned an artist to recreate the I LOVE BEING STRONG horse portrait but with Matt, our cat, and me getting smooshed instead. The artist requested that I not share their identity if I decided to post the piece publicly.

Snippet of an Oh Joy Sex Toy comic showing Matt, a white man, smiling up at a slinky (coiled wire) that arches above his head with either end resting in his open palms on either side of his head. The slinky makes the sound effect 'slinnn'

The weight of the slinky falls strongly to his left hand, with the sound effect 'slnnnk!'

The slinky ends are still supported in Matt's hands on either side of his shoulders, but the body of the slinky droops with a 'sling-a-sling' sound effect. Looking at the viewer, Matt asks, "Does this make you horny?"

Unearthed this OJST snippet while digging through some 2019 folders and had to share. YOU'RE WELCOME.
(From our review of The Spinner masturbation sleeve www.ohjoysextoy.com/spinner)

Learning to Relax with the Pelvic Wand by Alyssa Read is drawn in a cartoony style with a color palette primarily composed of purples, grey-greens, magenta, and yellows. "When I hit 30, I started having a lot of pelvic pain." Alyssa announces, holding her belly. She is a chubby disabled woman with green hair and glasses, as well as surgical scars. Her green hair is shaved into an undercut with curly locks on the top of her head. When walking, she uses a modified cane that supports her forearm at a bent angle. "It didn't really come out of nowhere. I've had Ehlers-Danlos, Endometriosis, and PCOS for years." Gesturing to a floating pelvis bone that's engulfed in flames, she explains, "Ehlers-Danlos is a connective tissue disorder, Endo and PCOS cause lots of pain. All these issues meant I had a VERY angry pelvic floor. It felt like my hips were on FIRE all the time!" "Even after evicting my misbehaving uterus for its crimes," She says, booting an angry anthropomorphic uterus. "...my poor body didn't know how to let go of all the tension it was holding!" Alyssa is shown lying on her back in bed, grimacing in pain. Her black cat lays curled by her arm and her phone sits discarded. Pill bottles and medical lotions rest on the nightstand next to her. Narration: My hips hurt all the time: sitting, walking, even lying down wouldn't stop the spasms when they started. None of my usual pain-fighting tools were working. My muscles were TOO TIGHT! The scene transitions to her doctor's office. Narration: Finally, on my gynecologist's recommendation, I decided to try seeing a pelvic floor therapist. "It just feels like everything is so tight. Honestly wish I could get a massage in, like, my GUTS!" She bemoans to her PT, who is a thin woman with brown hair and wearing a jean jacket. "It sounds like you've got a tight pelvic floor, so of course your muscles are tired and need relaxation!" The doctor replies cheerfully. "I know just the thing..."

Even after a hysterectomy, @missalyssaread.bsky.social's pelvis was in constant pain. She needed a massage... deep in her GUTS. Enter (literally) The Pelvic Wand by Intimate Rose! This curvy tool isn't a sex toy, it's to relieve pain!
www.ohjoysextoy.com/learning-to-...

Oooooh I was OBSESSED with that show as a child!!

In spite of all the evidence, I am not, in fact, a furry.

Not for lack of trying!!!!

I played CDD at @helioscopepdx.bsky.social's movie night & a studiomate said that as soon as the girl cat came on, he could TELL he was witnessing one of the moments of my desire awakening as a child and it made him feel really uncomfortable, like “oh no, I shouldn’t be seeing this, this is private”

In the late 90s, I ran the largest Roger Rabbit fansite on the internet U_U

A pile of drawings of cartoon cats from the animated movie Cats Don't Dance, drawn with the prowess and enthusiasm of a young teenager.

he official movie poster for Cats Don't Dance with all the characters drawn on-model]

Cats Don’t Dance fanart that I drew in the last century, circa 1997-1999 when I was about 13-15 years old.

Title: Art & Comics A row of four image previews showing various illustrations and comics. Title: The Lost Daughter of Sparta Image: Watercolor painting in sepia tones of two Ancient Greecian women and a mythical bird creature. It is fanart of The Lost Daughter of Sparta by Felicia Day and Rowan MacColl Title: Legible Arrangement by Gretchen McCulloch Image: Black and white drawing of a cluster of open books surrounded by foliage. Title: How to Disclose Your STI Image: A person struggles to hold up a gooey green mass on her back. Title: Felicia Day: A Day with Felicia (and me!) Image: Watercolor painting of a redheaded woman holding up a giant dragon egg triumphantly.

Comics about herpes, fanart I gave Felicia Day in person, whining about recent professional disappointments, very dumb dad jokes crafted specifically for the textile industry, and a whole lot more await you in this recap of my last month: www.patreon.com/posts/155123...

OMG thank you!! ❤️❤️❤️

Title: Art & Comics A row of four image previews showing various illustrations and comics. Title: The Lost Daughter of Sparta Image: Watercolor painting in sepia tones of two Ancient Greecian women and a mythical bird creature. It is fanart of The Lost Daughter of Sparta by Felicia Day and Rowan MacColl Title: Legible Arrangement by Gretchen McCulloch Image: Black and white drawing of a cluster of open books surrounded by foliage. Title: How to Disclose Your STI Image: A person struggles to hold up a gooey green mass on her back. Title: Felicia Day: A Day with Felicia (and me!) Image: Watercolor painting of a redheaded woman holding up a giant dragon egg triumphantly.

Comics about herpes, fanart I gave Felicia Day in person, whining about recent professional disappointments, very dumb dad jokes crafted specifically for the textile industry, and a whole lot more await you in this recap of my last month: www.patreon.com/posts/155123...

Photo taken as reference for a comic: I'm gesturing wildly and screaming with a prop gun in my hand.

Photo taken as reference for a comic: I'm on my elbows and knees on a couch with my ass up in the air while Erika Moen takes a picture. Ron Randall photo bombs in the background.

At @helioscopepdx.bsky.social, sometimes @stevelieberart.bsky.social has you pose as a robber, and sometimes @erikamoen.bsky.social tells you to arch your back and lift your skinny ass higher.

A risograph print of a unicorn sitting in an alpine meadow full of various wildflowers found in the pacific northwest. A purplish mountain looms in the horizon

Risographed this one after some difficulty - this print is now up on my shop! kendrap.com/shop/paradisepark

There's a yellow roller mark that I couldn't fully remove from this run, so I've discounted the riso print.
Perfect digital prints are also available if that's your jam

Text: Sally does not like sleeping on any of her studio beds... Image: Photo of a greyhound dog laying on the floor, next to two different dog beds. Text: ...because she knows what Steve Lieber does when she is away. Image: Steve Lieber the human sprawls across both dog beds. 2013

Lucy Bellwood holds the lid of a paper shredder in her hands. The body of the machine sits on the floor. Paper shreds are spilled everywhere. 2013

Jonathan Case paints at an easel in 2012

Cartoonists holding up shot glasses around the studio lunch table. L-R: Ron Chan, Terri Nelson, Cat Farris, Jeff Parker, Laura Hudson, Erika Moen, Colleen Coover 2012

2012-2013 @stevelieberart.bsky.social @lubellwoo.bsky.social @jonathancase.bsky.social @rondanchan.bsky.social @jeffparker.bsky.social @laurahudson.bsky.social @colleencoover.bsky.social #helioscope24

Helioscope is not merely a studio space, and not only for comics: it's a community of friends, a resource hub, a professional network, a goldmine of practical advice & education.
We have been cartoonists, writers, zinesters, storyboard artists, designers, illustrators, memoirists, historians...

Steve Lieber using a rotary tool(?) to scratch in details onto his original ink illustration for Mad Men. 2011

Steve Lieber's desk, showing a photo that has been taped over it. It is Steve Lieber's face photoshopped onto Justin Bieber during his enormous bowl of bangs phase. 2011

Ben Dewey working on a Tragedy Series illustration in 2011.

Erika Moen, Cat Farris, and Natalie Nourigat stand arm in arm, with their free hands each holding a mug of booze. Steve Lieber sits at his desk in the background. 2011

@helioscopepdx.bsky.social in 2011, featuring: @stevelieberart.bsky.social @benjamindewey.bsky.social @cattifer.bsky.social @natalienourigat.bsky.social

@helioscopepdx.bsky.social is 24 years old today! This has been my studio for 18? years now- most of my 20s, all of my 30s, and now cracking into my 40s. I cannot imagine life without this hodgepodge family and I'm beyond grateful for the last two decades with them. #helioscope24

Helioscope on the front page of the Oregonian newspaper's O! section in July 18, 2010 https://www.oregonlive.com/O/2010/07/spaces_to_create_portland_arti.html

Erika Moen, a white woman in her 20s with short brown hair and glasses, laughs at her drawing table in her art studio. The Sunday Oregonian O! Section, front page!, July 18, 2010 Written by Ben Stabler Photography by Beth Nakamura Article: http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2010/07/spaces_to_create_portland_arti.html

A film crew films Ron Randall at his desk in Helioscope for the segment OPB ArtBeat, August 2010. Also in the photo are Dylan Meconis, Karl Kesel, and Cat Farris.

October 21, 2010, Steve Lieber, Ron Chan, and Jeff Parker sign a stack of Underground books at the lunch table in Helioscope.

Photos in @helioscopepdx.bsky.social from 2010 #helioscope24

10 members in 2005, seating on the stairs.

Paul Guinan and Jeff Parker shooting at each other. Behind Paul, we see that oceans are now battlefields.

Morgan Beem, Ariela Kristantina, & Jorge Corona, all lined up diagonally, laughing.

Dylan Meconis rehearsing for a client meeting.

Helioscope, the workspace I share with two dozen other cartoonists, is celebrating its birthday today. 24 years as a studio, 3 buildings, 76 mentees, 1200 etsy orders, & many, MANY thousands of pages of comics. I'll be posting photos in this thread throughout the day. @helioscopepdx.bsky.social

Bringin' this enormous pre-ordered puppy to @dresdencodak.com's book release party on April 17th at the Portland Liberation Center (6529 NE Sandy Blvd) 😎

Lilo and Stitch in the Gilded Age, Lilo has a boa, Stitch a top hat and monocle

Yes, Stitch does sport a monocle

That little alien STITCH busting through a book holding a paint brush. The cover of THE STITCH BOOK: TOP SECRET ADVENTURES

I've just finished writing drawing and lettering a 200 PAGE BOOK for people who love the original LILO & STITCH as much as I do. Please Get it!

Eff yessssss I can't wait to get my copy! Leila's comicking is fucking STELLAR, I get lost in her pages.

Narration: When I first started my transition ten years ago... Ravi walks with a doctor's note in their hand and pure bliss on their face. Captions with arrows pointing at them: 18 year old baby just moved away from home. Narration: I was so sure of who I wanted to be.

In a daydream, a super chiseled version of Ravi flexes their muscly arms, showing off their top surgery pectoral scars and ripped abs in their heart-covered boxers. They have a sleekly styled beard and mustache with a sweet swoop in their pompadour hair. "Yeah!" The Ideal Ravi grunts while dancing around to the song "Macho Man" by The Village People. Narration: But testosterone made some changes I didn't expect...

Narration: Now, where I never had them before... Ravi floats across the length of the page, demurely displaying their full, plump, nude body. Their long curly black hair pillows around their head with their eyes shut and the bottom half of their face covered in short, patchy hair as their legs are. Stretch marks curve down their hips to their thighs. Narration: I had BOOBS! And an ASS!!! And a TUMMY! Panels float around Ravi, showing close-ups of each of those features.

Narration: All this SELF I didn't know what to do with. Could this body really be ME? Clothed Ravi gestures over their shoulder with their thumb at their floating nude form, asking, "And can I really be a MAN if I look like this? Read the rest on OhJoySexToy.com

@raviteixeira.bsky.social dreamed of what their new muscle-bound, masculine body would look like once they started testosterone, but it had some surprises in store for them. Can they really be a man when they look like this?
www.ohjoysextoy.com/transfat-rav...

Woman in cocktail dress holding on to a branch with both hands, her bag hangs from a lower branch, illustration.

Hello Tuesday.
🖼️ Edward Gorey

I need to say that (a) this skeet absolutely fixed me when it comes to weaving terminology and (b) i have repeated it in pedagogical settings 3 times since it was posted

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