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Dimitra Rizou

@ahoyuniverse.bsky.social

Comics, doodles and writing https://linktr.ee/ahoy_universe @ahoy_universe on Instagram

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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · yesterday

Our culture is not your costume #comic

A 4-panel comic. 1st panel: In a political rally, an angry politician in a suit surrounded by armed flag-carrying men shouts "kick out anyone who goes against our heritage and religion!" Attendants look confused and look up information in a screen. Panel 2, zoom in on people surrounding a screen that shows a list: OUR HERITAGE: Democracy, Equality, Individual liberty, Human rights, Separation of church and state, Freedom of religion, Scientific Rationalism, Critical thinking, Education, Art, and more. In the 3rd panel they look up another list: OUR RELIGION: Unconditional love, Compassion, Helping everyone, Generosity, Humility, Integrity, Pacifism, Anti-wealth accumulation and more. In the final panel everyone surrounds a catapult by the sea and are cheering, while the politician from the 1st panel and the armed men are inside, about to be kicked out as instructed. The politican says 'Now wait a minute.'

Talk London @talklondon.bsky.social · 2w ago

📚 NEW: Did you know London has 325 libraries? And did you know you can help make them even better and more accessible for Londoners? You can also win a £50 voucher for taking part. Take our survey with London Libraries now: www.london.gov.uk/talk-london/...

Holborn Library photo, showing a mural, large bookcases, and furniture, including armchairs and tables

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Burning your legacy to briefly lick boots #cartoon

Cartoon. A bunch of men kneel to an unseen ruler. One of the men says to the other “when he’s gone, do you think we will be remembered for anything other than this?”

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 2y ago

Your country needs you (to wave a flag) #comics #politics #patriotism

A comic of a dialogue between two people. The first wears a T-shirt and a hat with the word 'Flag' written on it, as well as holding two flags that also have the word 'Flag' on them. The second person next to him doesn't have any flags. The flag holder is shouting "I LOVE MY COUNTRY". The second person says "Great, me too. So let's feed its kids." Flag holder says "No". Second person: "Make sure everyone in it is healthy, safe and educated. Protect them from being exploited. Give them a fair chance." Flag holder: "Pass". Second person: "Protect its nature, its clean air, its rivers, create green jobs and communities, buy local, become energy independent with renewable resources." Flag holder: "Hippy shit." Second person: "Take back control of essential utilities from private monopolies and profiteers." Flag holder: "Nah." Second person: "Strengthen alliances, build bridges, exchange knowledge, help each other." Flag holder, eye rolling: "Yawn." Second person, increasingly exasperated: "Fund its iconic institutions, its culture, arts and letters, the best things it's known for, learn from its real history so we get better." Flag holder: "Woke." Second person: "Ok, what it is specifically that you love about this country? And what have you ever done for it?" They stare at each other. Flag holder, angry: "You HATE your country."

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · last mo.

Solutions to all the world's problems #cartoon

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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Protecting women #cartoon

A cartoon of two protestors with English flags who are shouting at an injured woman entering a victim support centre with the caption 'was it an immigrant or did you deserve it?'

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Shout it from the rooftops 👏🏻 another excellent thread by @doctorow.pluralistic.net

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 2mo ago

AI has democratized solipsism, a privilege that was once the exclusive purview of billionaires, whose belief that most other people weren't fully *real* let them inflict the kind of mass pain on millions that is a prerequisite for amassing a truly vast fortune: pluralistic.net/2025/08/18/s... 16/

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The best political system #cartoon

A cartoon of an interview of a wealthy man by a fancy fireplace. The man says 'The best political system is the one where almost everyone works hard all their life, so that people like me don't have to work at all.' The interviewer says 'Fascinating'. The wealthy man then says 'Anyone who disagrees with this is a dangerous woke socialist who hates their country.' The interviewer says 'Indeed.'

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The best political system #cartoon

A cartoon of an interview of a wealthy man by a fancy fireplace. The man says 'The best political system is the one where almost everyone works hard all their life, so that people like me don't have to work at all.' The interviewer says 'Fascinating'. The wealthy man then says 'Anyone who disagrees with this is a dangerous woke socialist who hates their country.' The interviewer says 'Indeed.'

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Burning your legacy to briefly lick boots #cartoon

Cartoon. A bunch of men kneel to an unseen ruler. One of the men says to the other “when he’s gone, do you think we will be remembered for anything other than this?”

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Behold! The patriots #cartoon

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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · last yr.

Please join the queue to shout into the void

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 2y ago

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Dimitra Rizou. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/eALDi3I

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The Belladonna Comedy @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“Can you delete an image from your memory?” By @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/existential-...

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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Thoughts #comic - published in Gigantic Sequins magazine

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 9mo ago

It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · last yr.

The art of war #cartoon

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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The only topic #cartoon

A cartoon of a TV panel with 4 people. The presenter says "In our panel today, four very wealthy people discuss why poor people should just fight other poor people forever."

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · last yr.

The true curse on humanity #cartoon

A cartoon of the Fall from Genesis, with Adam and Eve being kicked out of Eden by God and the caption “And I condemn you to share the Earth with people who vote against their own best interest!”

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Enablers logic #cartoon

A cartoon showing a group of prisoners chained together in a camp with a sign behind them saying 'journalists'. One of them says to another "yes we're all being sent to camps, but for a while there we had some really good ratings."

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · last yr.

A basis for a system of government?

A cartoon showing a mad baby king on a throne with an evil smile, spinning a wheel with several symbols on it, including a dollar, yen, golf, hamburger, nuclear power and a hamburger. A courtier whispers to another: "I'm starting to worry that a mad baby king ruling on a whim is not basis for a system of government."

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Protecting women #cartoon

A cartoon of two protestors with English flags who are shouting at an injured woman entering a victim support centre with the caption 'was it an immigrant or did you deserve it?'

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 10mo ago

My #cartoon for the latest issue of Private Eye

A cartoon of a conspiracy meeting around a table with pawns and a marked map in the background. There are several figures in robes and masks and one alien. A person in a suit with a pyramid head is saying "...and lastly, let's add symbols, acronyms, and other clues, so that brilliant sleuths can connect the dots and expose us."

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · last yr.

Amazing coincidence #cartoon

A cartoon of a male podcaster holding a graph of a pyramid with his face at the top. The caption is "And in this natural hierarchy I came up with, people like me are, coincidentally, at the top."

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Behold! The patriots #cartoon

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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Another cartoon published in @smallprint.bsky.social

1-panel cartoon showing two academic men fighting each other on the ground and two women observing them. One woman explains to the other "they developed competing theories on conflict resolution."

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Election cycle #cartoon #ukpolitics

A cartoon of Keir Starmer begging a Reform voter. The voter says 'I would still never ever vote for you, not in a million years.' Keir says 'And if I move EVEN further to the right?' There are arrows creating a circle to show they keep repeating the same two lines

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 11mo ago

My cartoon for @smallprint.bsky.social

A 1-panel cartoon showing two women with laptops at a café. The first is standing up while saying to the second "could you please keep an eye on my laptop while I go outside for a bit to scream?"

Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · last yr.

Balanced #cartoon

A 1-panel cartoon of a man talking to a woman at a bar. The man says “I'm politically balanced. Conservativefor others' rights, liberal for my own.”