Monetizing attention-seeking behavior/"content" really was a death knell for creativity online, huh.

Out today! Two things I made at @MarvelComicsHQ ! First of course is Marc Spector : Moon Knight #7!! Colors by Rachelle Rosenberg! Written by this guy called @jedmackay.bsky.social . Very tall, I hear. Second is my incentive cover for Iron Man #8 !! Go get incentivized ! Colors by Alex Guim!!

UPCOMING DJ SETS: THU 8/13 8pm DNA Lounge (Upstairs) SF www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2026/08-13d.html SAT 8/15 1pm sharp! San Jose Doubletree magwest2026.sched.com/artist/alice_knows_karate.87a32rg

okay now he's gone too far

I keep seeing arguments for games being expensive due to hyper realistic expectations for art, or simply lots of art. What I don’t see is the actual most costly reason: Indecision Iteration is good, but the yearly rebuilding of entire characters, storylines, and levels, is the most expensive thing

Arvy@arvy.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Many factors at play here - not the least of which is higher-ups (in their infinite wisdom) not being able to commit to anything, or knowing good from bad All the while the economy at large expects the profit line go infinitely up, absolutely ignoring its undeniable tendency to do the opposite

I would like to point out that he is also an opportunistic, exploitative, abusive son of a bitch. The first I ever heard of him was from some guests (me as a regular attendee at the time) of how poorly he treats convention staff. Like, verbally abusive, demanding, absolutely vile. This was 2005.

Diana Soreil@silencedrowns.bsky.social · yesterday

it is 2006. I am warning my friends that Vic Mignogna is unsafe and not to be trusted. it is 2026. I am warning the internet that Vic Mignogna is still unsafe and still not to be trusted. WHEN WILL THIS END?!

it is 2006. I am warning my friends that Vic Mignogna is unsafe and not to be trusted. it is 2026. I am warning the internet that Vic Mignogna is still unsafe and still not to be trusted. WHEN WILL THIS END?!

Somebody asked me on Reddit why people who use AI to generate Recomp projects are currently being rejected from the communities and what they can do to fix this. I might tweak parts of this to be a more general blog post at some point, but this should be of help to anyone in a similar situation.

QRP with your most popular piece on bsky ~

Babe&Oak@babeandoak.bsky.social · yesterday

QRP with your most popular piece on bsky ~ 🎨

SOME GOOD NEWS! continue to contact your reps re: KOSA and the KIDS Act, but also give yourself a pat on the back if you called! Your voice mattered!

Free Speech Coalition@fsc.bsky.social · 9h ago

SCREEN Act, which would have required mandatory age-verification for sites (like this) that allow "material harmful to minors" failed to pass out of committee after thousands and thousands of people called their Senators. More work ahead!

Getting real sick of slop midwives pleading for a 'respectful discussion' of AI as relates to the arts. Your use of AI to 'make art' is not respectful. It benefits from stolen art, destroys the planet, and does not make you an artist any more than someone driving 26.2 miles is a marathoner.

Re: slop, I saw this other take today

It is slightly insane how a really, really good sandwich can make you happier. I'm not even a huge sandwich person (despite my 26 year old email address), but I had a banh mi for dinner that was essentially perfect? I felt refreshed for an entire hour afterwards.

Reading the replies to this post made me feel better in a lot of ways, but also increased my anxieties over the protections that got us here disappearing. *long, silent stare at the FDA*

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 23h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Recently read a skeet on here that was like "It's theorized men are more vulnerable to LLMs/chatbots because women are more thoroughly socially conditioned to be instantly suspicious of fawning, complimentary, compliant attention," and. Thinkin' about that, tonight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtvI...

The Hank Green Situation is Weird and Sad

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Medicine. Medicine has grown by leaps and bounds. You cannot introduce vaccines that crater cancer rates, cure AIDS, and cure sickle cell, and then tell me things have only gotten worse. Also: Food. To a HUGE degree. I eat what I once considered rare treats every day, now.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 23h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

I will absolutely take credit for @warframe.com putting that description into the game. 🤣 And to those who don't know, yes, she is a fully functional Bluetooth speaker; and, yes, that is how you charge the batteries. (No, she didn't really meow when I plugged the power cord in.)

Tomorrow! MARC SPECTOR: MOON KNIGHT #7! Five costumed maniacs drive a demonic muscle car into a haunted house and fight a dragon, don't say I never did anything for you A: @thewarblazer.bsky.social C: Rachelle Rosenberg L: Cory Petit

New abstract, “Rubber Ducky”. Acrylic on 24”x12” canvas.

Hahaha this entire thread is an absolute dogshit take. Like I don't even know where to begin and I don't even think it's worth bothering but my god what uneducated drivel

Seth Rutledge@eldritch48.bsky.social · 5d ago

"Art" these days means very different things to people. For many, it's something they can contribute to the TTRPG / video game / animation / tv industries - NOT something to express their humanity and POV. They don't want to talk about the human condition, they want to get paid to paint dragons.

So if you weren't aware this is how non-industry focused art programs treat design and illustration. Seth isn't wrong, the thing is no one is interested in paying for an opinion of the 'human condition', no matter how novel or poignant, but the dragon people are happy to.

Seth Rutledge@eldritch48.bsky.social · 5d ago

"Art" these days means very different things to people. For many, it's something they can contribute to the TTRPG / video game / animation / tv industries - NOT something to express their humanity and POV. They don't want to talk about the human condition, they want to get paid to paint dragons.

This is exactly how covid deaths were downplayed

Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d ago

When people die and the media says they had “pre-existing conditions”… they’re pacifying the public. Anyone could die from Cyclosporiasis, but they want you to believe it can’t happen to you. It can only happen to the weak, the disabled, the elderly. The expendable people. Eugenics.

Hopping lanes. Marc Spector : Moon Knight #7 preview. Out Wednesday.

when little creature is occupying entire bed 😭

I cannot state clearly enough how I don't WANT to be sharing relevant/important news items on this kind of social media. I want dumb shitposts, mundane posts, art, random thoughts, some chaos, etc. i want a place like a weird city park, not times fuckin' square (IYKYK)

Darryl Mott@gamerstavernshow.com · 2d ago

Quite literally the reason most of us are here - the robust muting and blocking tools. This isn't about being in an "echo chamber", it's that this is NOT my fucking job and NOT my fucking duty to be here. This is RECREATION. I don't want to deal with bullies and assholes while having fun.

Quite literally the reason most of us are here - the robust muting and blocking tools. This isn't about being in an "echo chamber", it's that this is NOT my fucking job and NOT my fucking duty to be here. This is RECREATION. I don't want to deal with bullies and assholes while having fun.

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remember how last week i said the kind of person who replaces you with AI is the exact kind of asshole you dont want to take as a client anyway?

Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉@scumbelievable.bsky.social · 2d ago

"I'm entitled to whatever I want whenever I want it for any reason and I don't care what satisfying these urges does to me or the world" well okay dude, seems like there's something deeper going on here, but that's just my take

Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."