Brett Hamil
@bretthamil.bsky.social
Cartoonist and comedian in Seattle. Buy my comix at BrettHamil.BigCartel.com, see my comedy at JOKETELLERS UNION every 2nd Wednesday at the Clock-Out Lounge
![GUY AT BBQ (thinking to self): This is the most boring barbecue I've ever experienced
-i gotta get out of here! but it'd be rude to leave so early
-I know, I'll create a distraction then dip out. But what?
[has an idea]
GUY: (to other partygoers) So...how do you guys feel about the Blue Angels?
[ducking out back gate while they all argue]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:carj4mhaflwfubqzioy5wxl3/bafkreihs52a4yc7g3qdxmycppfy5jw3lsnwjkd3ncl4mfv4xdtrdt6h5lq)
If you're wondering why the South Seattle Emerald doesn't do endorsements it's because it's a 501(c)3 and it's literally illegal for them to do so under federal tax code. Good luck with that, Treeactionaries!
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · yesterdayTree Action Seattle, a sponsored organization of the Seattle Parks Foundation - a 501(c)3 org - put up an Instagram post last night promoting candidates who had been endorsed by TreePAC. I do not believe that little disclaimer at the bottom is going to cut it here.
what if the paint they use for new bus lanes is actually killing baby orcas? something to consider
Lefty Cheat Sheet — Aug 2026 Primary
A quick guide on how to vote lefty using sources YOU trust!
electioncheatsheet.org
Claire@baseball-broad.bsky.social · 3d agoIf you’re in WA and haven’t mailed your ballot yet, it’s too late for that, get it in a drop box! Here’s a link to find the one closest to you ⬇️
VOTE: Hannah Sabio-Howell (LD 43) Ron Davis (LD 46) Kelabe Tewolde (LD 37) Kshama Sawant (US 9) Tatiana Brown (LD 37) YES on Library Levy
KUOW, the station the originally platformed Christopher "Haitians are eating cats!" Rufo repeatedly, are really going on air saying "Don't listen to bLoGgErS"? Come on now
ask them what they're mad about. that she fired the police chief? that she took too long to hold a press conference because she had to wait for the police chief who was flying back from yet another conference? do you hear how that sounds when you say it out loud
Brett Hamil@bretthamil.bsky.social · 4d agoIt couldn't be clearer what's happening with local legacy media trashing Mayor Wilson: the reactionary centrist majority is about to melt away & they're trying to bake in a narrative that she has fucked up in some catastrophic--but also indefinable--way, to hamstring the coming progressive majority
Today's DOOM LOOP for @soseaemerald.bsky.social: "The Beacon Hill Goodbye" See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/...
Person with the most rancid vibes in the city calling for a "just vibes recall"
Robert Cruickshank@robertcruickshank.com · 4d agoFormer Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison, who lost her reelection bid by 34 points last year, absurdly calls for a recall of Mayor Katie Wilson
ICE is conducting its first kidnapping raids in city limits last couple weeks and the mainstream press has been completely preoccupied with meaningless palace intrigue. Great work team.
West Seattle Bike Blob@westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 4d agoThere are some incredibly tragic stories resulting from ICE actions in West Seattle that aren't in the news. It can be hard to get the 411 on these situations, but I implore people to learn more and support however they can. @waisn.bsky.social is a good place to start
It couldn't be clearer what's happening with local legacy media trashing Mayor Wilson: the reactionary centrist majority is about to melt away & they're trying to bake in a narrative that she has fucked up in some catastrophic--but also indefinable--way, to hamstring the coming progressive majority
I firckin LOVE this review of my new book, Front End Loader, by @paulconstant.com paulconstant.com/2026/07/17/c...
Cartoonishly Sublime, or Sublimely Cartoonish?
Local cartoonist and comedian Brett Hamil typically produces comics in two styles. First, he’s a gag strip artist: Hamil has a pair of comic strips in local media, one dealing with parenthood issue…
paulconstant.com
Do y'all know about @electioncheatsheet.org? It's a nifty little customizable endorsement aggregator & makes it pretty clear who you should vote for in the **AUG 4 PRIMARY** (folks like @ronpdavis.bsky.social & @hannahsabiohowell.bsky.social) Go check it out: electioncheatsheet.org
83% of Will Dreher's campaign money is from out of state, much of it from employees of OpenAI & Anthropic, & he has a grand total of *20 donors* in his district. Totally normal, not at all sus, I'm sure it's fine. But you might wanna go ahead and choose @ronpdavis.bsky.social for the 46th LD anyways
I want to be on the SPD Chief search committee as the person designated to roast each candidate
This needs a link to purchase the dang thing! bretthamil.bigcartel.com/product/fron... Thanks be to @stergbot.bsky.social and, of course, the lovely and talented @bretthamil.bsky.social
Front End Loader
Three new short stories about visions, regrets, and dumb luck. 5x7, 36 pages, b&w, staplebound
bretthamil.bigcartel.com
Stergios Botzakis@stergbot.bsky.social · 7d agoMore recent comics I have loved: Front End Loader by @bretthamil.bsky.social. This trio of short stories ranges from “How Burl Became a Taoist,” with a punchline that made me LOL, “Goblin,” a relationship story about a strange-shaped penis, to “Lady Stetson,” a longer comic about nostalgia and love.
![RESIDENT: [in front of sign that says Residents For Thoughtful Growth] We're not opposed to growth, we just want to be more *thoughtful* about it!
-Example: What if scientists discover a way to transmute matter to another dimension?
-Wouldn't that’d be a great place to put the affordable housing! think of all the trees we'd save!
-or multiverse theory: what if there are infinite alternate versions of our universe, each of them slightly different?
-if so, why not make *this* the one where everything in Seattle stays the same forever?
-See there? A whole world of possibility opens up when you're *thoughtful* about growth!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:carj4mhaflwfubqzioy5wxl3/bafkreibhdlmzrfxu3wqiccvlrdnttnhjxkm2j5764m67fxhf6hwoadgpum)
heck yeah new police chief just dropped
Brett Hamil@bretthamil.bsky.social · last wk.this is my favorite SPD command staffer to draw
83% of Will Dreher's campaign money is from out of state, much of it from employees of OpenAI & Anthropic, & he has a grand total of *20 donors* in his district. Totally normal, not at all sus, I'm sure it's fine. But you might wanna go ahead and choose @ronpdavis.bsky.social for the 46th LD anyways
My neighbor, who basically never talks about local politics and has probably never read Publicola, brought this up unprompted. It's out there folks
Mike Eliason@holz-bau.bsky.social · 7d agothere were only 105 working days between january 1st and today
More recent comics I have loved: Front End Loader by @bretthamil.bsky.social. This trio of short stories ranges from “How Burl Became a Taoist,” with a punchline that made me LOL, “Goblin,” a relationship story about a strange-shaped penis, to “Lady Stetson,” a longer comic about nostalgia and love.
The Rivera Premise: "Just because we have different opinions it's not like we don't all love [thing I'm actively opposing at every opportunity]"
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · last wk."I don't want it to be said that I don't care about building housing faster, I do," Rivera says, really echoing her own comments on the Seattle Transit Measure.
Do y'all know about @electioncheatsheet.org? It's a nifty little customizable endorsement aggregator & makes it pretty clear who you should vote for in the **AUG 4 PRIMARY** (folks like @ronpdavis.bsky.social & @hannahsabiohowell.bsky.social) Go check it out: electioncheatsheet.org