Share the comics or the links. It's hugely appreciated! The big social media companies use algorithms to bury material like this. We're making these comics so ordinary people can help get the word out.
Several dozen of my peers in comics got together to make explainer comics about #Project2025, The Heritage Foundation's blueprint for dismantling American democracy.
Seth Meyers tweeted a link to our comics on Saturday and it has been WILD to see the Republican bot swarm of lies & abuse in response.
A whole lot of comic book writers & artists got mad about Project 2025, The Heritage Foundation’s plan to consolidate power under authoritarian rule. I'm one of them! We've made a bunch of comics to explain their agenda and move you to vote against it. http://stopproject2025comic.org
I visited an ad agency art director to show my work. He had some comics in his office so I mentioned that I drew comics and that I could draw comps and storyboards quickly and accurately without any reference. He slammed my portfolio shut and said “So? That doesn’t make you more of a man.”
And here’s that finished Swamp Thing sketch! It’s not gonna do anyone any good sitting in my backpack, so I handed it over to Helioscope’s etsy store, where it is now available. https://helioscopepdx.etsy.com/listing/1594738086
When I talk to comic book artists I always emphasize the importance of clearly separating their planes of depth. This rule is only for comics and does not apply to Turkish photographer Sami Uçan.
@kissane Great piece. I've watched my entire industry bounce of off mastodon because of the UX.
Hundreds of my peers would like to leave twitter and have made accounts on one instance or another. But they left out of frustration that simple things like clicking a follow button would sometimes instead send them to a login page. And when they expressed concern or confusion about this, someone would helpfully tell them it's actually a feature of federation, that really it's like email.
comicbook #artist: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, One-Star Squadron, Whiteout, Undreground, Superior Foes of Spider-man & more. I also manage Helioscope, a comics art studio/co-working space in #Portland. Expect #protip threads for emerging #comics artists, plus cat pics, 20th century #illustrators.