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be kind.
stay weird.
read books.

a series of pictures of agent scully from the hit television series "the x-files" wearing glasses. each picture gradually has a slightly more serious expression and more dramatic lighting

formal proposal of a replacement for the vince mcmahon meme format

To say nothing of "idea exploration"
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What is "coloring assistance," exactly?
Are backgrounds not part of comic art?
What "effects"?
And "animation"? What about, you know, those people who are animators?
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Left this in a comment on @comicbookyeti.com’s thread, but it bears its own post.
Others have addressed this, but the dissonance between “never fully remove the human from the workflow” & AI being ok for “coloring assistance, idea exploration, background generation, effects, animation” is HUGE.
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To say nothing of “idea exploration”

What is “coloring assistance,” exactly?
Are backgrounds not part of comic art?
What “effects”?
And “animation”? What about, you know, those people who are animators?

Others have addressed this, but the dissonance between “never fully remove the human from the workflow” and AI being ok for “coloring assistance, idea exploration, background generation, effects, animation” is HUGE.

Excellent thread about the new owners of GlobalComix, venture capital firm Point72.

Happy March from The Floating Bookshop! It’s time once again for Buoyant News!

Our March newsletter is here!
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Surprise popcorn for later!

One of our favorite books by one of our favorite writers is available for $1.99 at bookshop dot org right now!

Here’s our direct link if you’d like to buy it and help out The Floating Bookshop:

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Welcome/Welcome Back to Buoyant News! it's been a while

Will wonders never cease?
It's an actual newsletter from TFB!
Welcome/Welcome Back to Buoyant News!

2020 Academy of American Poets Prize On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin

Renée Nicole Good’s prize-winning poem from 2020.
May her memory give us strength.

poets.org/2020-on-lear...

Show @bookshop.org some love here, folks, so they give the social media platform not owned by billionaires more attention!

You can shop with The Floating Bookshop through bookshop dot org here:
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Or find you local indie bookstore and support them!

I am envious of you discovering more of their catalog for the first time.

Here’s a little guy I’ve befriended while walking around a small town in Portugal

Gray kitty, looking at you with a "you did what" face.

Caturday. Hoggle says "You did what to Venezuela"?
Stoopid Hoomans.

WOW!!!!!!!

A photo of the very careful little cross-eyed kitty I met on a walk in Portugal.

Met this very careful little cross-eyed kitty on my daily walk here in Portugal.

Happy new year / feliz ano novo

Happy 2026, #booksky!

Do you like scrappy little indie bookshops?
We’re a home for poetry, horror, libros en español, queer books, science writing, ttrpgs, fantasy, scifi, book clubs, zine making, author events & much more in downtown OKC
We’re helping build the kind of culture we want in the city

A photo of 2026 Slingshot planners in various colors with the text “it’s time to ORGANIZE” and “a slingshot planner can help” overlaid.

2026 is a year to ORGANIZE, and we’ve got a few Slingshot planners left to help do it.
While supplies last, you can save 10% on these radical planners.
Plus most everything else is 10% off, AND all hardbacks are 20% off through Wednesday, December 31!

be kind.
stay weird.
organize.

We need to hear some wins right now.
Please share victories for collective action, cooperation, etc.
Human artists doing great things on a small scale, communities finding their unhoused members homes, local foodways, pedestrian & bike friendly projects, strange guerrilla art, moments of joy.

Attn:
@tanglman.bsky.social
@regularcandy.bsky.social
@absurdistzines.bsky.social
@notarealghost.com

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Free shipping and 20% off a future order at @bookshop.org today!
Shop with TFB here:

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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

Coming soon: Dreamhouse: An Existential Suspense Graphic Novella A couple is challenged with a test of their relationship and survival in the form of a mid century modern house.

The Kickstarter campaign for my first solo comic, DREAMHOUSE launches tomorrow! I am equal parts stoked and anxious. I've got 104 followers on the project, I would LOVE to get to 150 by launch tomorrow.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...

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The response to our first ever art show call has been awesome!
We’re gonna close the call Monday, Sept 29 at noon, so we can notify those selected & make sure they can pick up their race kits with plenty of time before 9th Street Derby Day on November 22.
Details & entry: forms.gle/ksqSnTcJ9ipq...