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Charming

by David M Willis on September 4, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Birthday Pursuit
└ Tags: amber, mike, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    September 4, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    p sure Mike’s into that, Ambs

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      September 4, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

      (I totes paid, too, alt-text)

      [no, MORE than a nickel]

      • butts
        butts
        September 4, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

        $9.99 a month, as i recall

        • LeslieBean4shizzle
          LeslieBean4shizzle
          September 4, 2019 at 1:05 am | #

          I prefer ~$50 for 6 months.
          Never been a fan of monthly reoccurring fees.

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            September 4, 2019 at 4:24 pm | #

            That does sound like a better arrangement. If they would actually take my money, that is.

            • Yet_One_More_Idiot
              Yet_One_More_Idiot
              September 4, 2019 at 6:51 pm | #

              Dumbing of Age book 10: You can eat my ENTIRE ass.

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    September 4, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    The Most Epic of HateEats.

    • Rex Vivat
      Rex Vivat
      September 4, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

      Hatejobs?

    • Walky_Talky
      Walky_Talky
      September 4, 2019 at 5:22 pm | #

      Title of the next Slipshine

      • Yet_One_More_Idiot
        Yet_One_More_Idiot
        September 4, 2019 at 6:52 pm | #

        Title of the book 10. 😀

  3. JetstreamGW
    JetstreamGW
    September 4, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Don’t threaten him with a good time, Amber.

    • LeslieBean4shizzle
      LeslieBean4shizzle
      September 5, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

      Yeah… is it me, or is Mike sexier than he used to be? Like, drawing wise. I don’t remember him being this hot until recently.

  4. StClair
    StClair
    September 4, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    Yes, alt-text, I thought of that too.

  5. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    September 4, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    HARRY MORGAN: MY ASS! (Support Your Local Gunfighter)

    • pienapp1e
      pienapp1e
      September 4, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

      YES! love those 2 movies (SYL Sherriff being the other)! thank you for the ref!

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        September 4, 2019 at 12:38 am | #

        Great movies, both of them!
        Also Harry Morgan: “HORSE HOCKEY!”

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          September 4, 2019 at 2:00 am | #

          MULE FRITTERS!

          • Yet_One_More_Idiot
            Yet_One_More_Idiot
            September 4, 2019 at 6:53 pm | #

            Ass.
            ASS.
            ASS!
            ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

            (I’m trying to get a new FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE started xD)

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              September 4, 2019 at 10:09 pm | #

              Stop the ASSSSES!

  6. poofdepoof
    poofdepoof
    September 4, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    Penultimate panel Mike, I just… as they say on the internet, I can’t even

  7. butts
    butts
    September 4, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    haha… alt-universe sexual tension

  8. BBCC
    BBCC
    September 4, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    Belt him one, Amber. Please.

    Honestly, he’s not even doing anything that bad here, he’s just been so generally unpleasant I still want it.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      September 4, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

      How is turning him on going to do anything?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 4, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

      I dunno, hitting him was fine in the other ‘verse where he’s a super strong metahuman with violent tendencies, and she’s an ordinary person, but here he’s a normal guy who’s just kind of a dick and she’s the one with an unhealthy capacity for violence.

      Kinda changes the tone of the whole thing.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        September 4, 2019 at 7:26 am | #

        Nah, Mike’s definitely more than ‘just kinda a dick’ and since he’s fictional, I don’t care about violence against his person.

      • Clif
        Clif
        September 4, 2019 at 11:03 am | #

        After he came back from death and started working for Glasgo it wasn’t clear he was still a superstrong metahuman. He was still into pain though and Amber blackmailing him into a relationship turned him on. But in any case, I don’t think that hitting him was okay because he was super strong. Hitting him was okay because he was Mike.

        • Clif
          Clif
          September 4, 2019 at 11:09 am | #

          Only Willis could make all that sweet.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          September 4, 2019 at 11:17 am | #

          He was when he got in a fight with the Giant Frosted Mutant Honeybun.

          Regardless, you’re right about why it’s okay to hit him.

        • Touchfuzzy
          Touchfuzzy
          September 4, 2019 at 11:29 am | #

          He had the fight with the giant cake thing during Shortpacked and after he was dating Amber, so he does indeed still have his powers.

    • WingedBeast
      WingedBeast
      September 8, 2019 at 10:40 pm | #

      I would say his “I hope you didn’t internalize that” bit is, in and of itself cruel. If he really had turned over a new leaf, pretending he didn’t really think he could do harm wouldn’t be an option.

  9. Fart Captor
    Fart Captor
    September 4, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    ALL OF EVERY LAST BUTT, MIKE

  10. Johan
    Johan
    September 4, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    Will Amber and Mike be a thing in this universe? I really hope so.

  11. Sofiya
    Sofiya
    September 4, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    Is this how Mike is dealing with his feelings for Ethan?

    • Newllend(henryvolt)
      Newllend(henryvolt)
      September 4, 2019 at 1:26 am | #

      Having Ethan as a morality pet my do Mike some good.

  12. Bathymetheus
    Bathymetheus
    September 4, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

    Pretty sure he’s lying. His earlier comments to Walky don’t suggest a new, improved Mike.

    • Clif
      Clif
      September 4, 2019 at 10:31 am | #

      Sometimes you have to lie to make the truth hurt enough.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        September 4, 2019 at 11:31 am | #

        Or sometimes just to hurt.

  13. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    September 4, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

    I suddenly have the idea that Mike will be the one to foil Blaine’s nasty little scheme.

    • AntJ
      AntJ
      September 4, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

      It’s a decent prediction. Otherwise, why would we have that whole storyline where Blaine is outmaneuvered by Mike right after Blaine’s sinister plot begins?

      • EmCaCo
        EmCaCo
        September 4, 2019 at 3:15 am | #

        I really want some Perils of Penelope Pitstop-esque (or Courage the Cowardly Dog) wacky maneuvers where ToeDad and Blain try to destroy a blissfully unaware Amber/Amazigirl and are constantly foiled by Mike through well-planned traps and improvised hijinks.

        • Ron
          Ron
          September 4, 2019 at 5:32 am | #

          While it looks like mike is just pissing off everybody

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      September 4, 2019 at 12:28 am | #

      It’s certainly possible, given Mike’s done it to Blaine before without Amber even knowing about it at the time.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      September 4, 2019 at 7:25 am | #

      Last thing I want. If Mike’s not going to be just an asshole, I want actual character development, not a revelation he was really just helping by being a jerk.

      • AntJ
        AntJ
        September 4, 2019 at 10:31 am | #

        The way I read that storyline, it seemed like Mike actually DOES care about Amber, and especially Ethan. He made the asshole excuse to Blaine to throw him off the trail so he wouldn’t hurt his friends, and he’s kept it up because when other people know how you feel about others they can exploit that. So he minimized his weak spots, though it led to Ethan breaking his heart.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          September 4, 2019 at 11:20 am | #

          Maybe, but that means he’s spend the last 5 years tormenting Amber and Ethan to minimize his weak spots. Which leaves him an asshole.

          I still don’t want a secret hero asshole. If he wants to stop being an asshole, he can start by not being an asshole, not by some contrived master plan to save the day by being one.

          • Matticus
            Matticus
            September 4, 2019 at 12:29 pm | #

            I could see it ending with Mike thwarting Blaine’s plan by doing something genuinely nice and/or doing something that exposes real, human emotions behind his assholishness. Because that’s the last thing Blaine would expect.

            HOWEVER, the reveal isn’t treated as a “get out of previous behavior free” card by the rest of the cast, and he has to start rebuilding his relationships from scratch.

            • Clif
              Clif
              September 4, 2019 at 1:53 pm | #

              Mike won’t help with Ross, but he’d be happy to send him links like https://thegailygrind.com/2019/09/03/conversion-therapy-group-founder-comes-out-as-gay-issues-apology-to-lgbt-community/

              • Bathymetheus
                Bathymetheus
                September 4, 2019 at 10:52 pm | #

                Yeah, I saw that headline. My reaction is “Oh sure, now you might be subject to what you’ve been doing to others for years, NOW you decide it’s torture”.

          • Matticus
            Matticus
            September 4, 2019 at 2:33 pm | #

            Alternatively, part of the plot of Book 10 is that Mike actually IS trying to turn over a new leaf, but nobody believes it because a) it’s Mike and b) New Mike is still a dick because old habits and all that. Ultimately the only way he can prove that he’s trying to be better is by thwarting Blaine’s plan in a way that leaves him hurt and/or in trouble of some kind, which hits the reset button on his relationships with everyone.

            But that’ obviously speculation based off of my personal reading of Mike’s backstory chapter. As in I think that deep down he does care for Amber and especially Ethan, and that the Mike we see today is a mask he originally wore to throw Blaine off his trail. The fling with Ethan made him realize that he hates what he’s become.

    • Captain Whoever on the Planet of Things
      Captain Whoever on the Planet of Things
      September 4, 2019 at 9:05 am | #

      He’ll foil it more out of distain for it being so poorly constructed and executed compared to something Mike would have done than anything else.

  14. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    September 4, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

    Now if wasn’t in a serious mood after the last 4 strips I’d express how thirsty I am by saying that I’d take her up on the ass eating offer and I’d enjoy it like it was groceries… but again some Insidious shit is going on and I’m too focused on that right now.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      September 4, 2019 at 12:52 am | #

      But that would be unsanitary.

      • Sunny
        Sunny
        September 4, 2019 at 8:45 am | #

        AND I’m pretty sure cannibalism is illegal even if the eaten person consents to it.

        • vlademir1
          vlademir1
          September 4, 2019 at 11:11 am | #

          At least here in the US it isn’t explicitly illegal to consume human flesh, but murder, abuse of a corpse and assault with a deadly weapon are all charges that could be leveled depending on the method of procurement and all can be charged regardless of the consent of the person whose flesh was being procured.

          • newllend(henryvolt)
            newllend(henryvolt)
            September 4, 2019 at 1:25 pm | #

            You guys let your minds go to some very dark places.

            • MatthewTheLucky
              MatthewTheLucky
              September 4, 2019 at 1:31 pm | #

              They’re just putting their mind where your mouth is.

  15. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    September 4, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

    “…for a nickel.”

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      September 4, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

      Amber’s mom is already banging Joe’s dad, unless he and Mike do a deal.

      • abysswatcher1993
        abysswatcher1993
        September 4, 2019 at 12:26 am | #

        If it’s about making Amber a mom in the alternate universe, I am sure one day Mike will give his own son a nickel.

  16. Ohmsford
    Ohmsford
    September 4, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

    Not gonna lie, I thought that last line was Walky, and I thought we were going SERIOUS AU for a second.

  17. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    September 4, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

    We get it, Willis. Joyce x Walky, Amber x Mike, Billie x Danny and other ships aren’t happening in this universe… except Dina x Becky because of some reason I don’t understand related to the weird canon of the Walkyverse.

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      September 4, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

      Though Joyce x Walky could be a a big unexpected surprise.

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        September 4, 2019 at 12:42 am | #

        You make it sound like Dina x Becky was a thing in the Walkyverse, but that never happened. I don’t recall the two of them ever meeting, since Becky was never in SEMME, and I don’t think was introduced until long after Dina’s death.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          September 4, 2019 at 12:45 am | #

          I assume it happened after Dina got tossed back into the universe at the end of Shortpacked.

        • MatthewTheLucky
          MatthewTheLucky
          September 4, 2019 at 12:45 am | #

          Someone didn’t read the Shortpacked! April strips.

          • Cholma
            Cholma
            September 4, 2019 at 1:11 am | #

            Oh! Shortpacked! Okay, yeah, that’s Walkyverse too. I was just thinking of Roomies! and IW! leading up to the J&W stories, where Becky’s soon to be introduced. So, he’s talking about Alt-Dina & Alt-Becky, who are from a different universe.

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              September 4, 2019 at 2:11 am | #

              Yeah, so far there’s no reciprocal rule about DoA relationships getting backported to the Walkyverse.

              As much as I’d like to see Joyce and Walky together again, I like the pseudo-frenemy bickering they do as it is.

            • RacingTurtle
              RacingTurtle
              September 4, 2019 at 3:44 am | #

              Walkyverse Dina and Becky were an item for precisely one drawing’s worth of bonus content after Shortpacked! was over, iirc.

              • RacingTurtle
                RacingTurtle
                September 4, 2019 at 3:47 am | #

                …By which I mean, the DoA relationship pre-dated the Walkyverse relationship, plus there’s no actual exploration of the relationship in the Walkyverse, it’s just that one drawing.

                • NickG
                  NickG
                  September 4, 2019 at 6:31 am | #

                  There’s the motorcycle pinup that DYW declared canon and the 2018 April 1st comic.

                • RacingTurtle
                  RacingTurtle
                  September 4, 2019 at 10:38 am | #

                  @NickG: Oh, right, I totally forgot they’re presented as a couple in the 2018 April 1st comic. Two drawings, then! Thanks for the reminder.

                • Marsh Maryrose
                  Marsh Maryrose
                  September 4, 2019 at 10:41 am | #

                  Is this motorcycle pinup in a public space, or paid content? If the latter, where does one pay?

                • Marsh Maryrose
                  Marsh Maryrose
                  September 4, 2019 at 10:47 am | #

                  Nevermind, found it on the itswalky tumblr.

      • bejouled
        bejouled
        September 4, 2019 at 8:38 am | #

        The very last strip of the last universe was Joyce and Walky talking about whether or not they would have fallen in love if they met in a normal environment like college, so I’m really hoping that that ship is what this comic is leading to.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      September 4, 2019 at 7:59 am | #

      The main exception is Ruth and Billie, though their Walkyverse relationship was mostly retconned flashbacks, IIRC.

  18. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 4, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

    awww. a happy, smily amber after several days of blaine is a comfort for sore eyes… and not in any way forboding.

    • Clif
      Clif
      September 4, 2019 at 10:36 am | #

      Not at all.

  19. William Leonard Reese Jr.
    William Leonard Reese Jr.
    September 4, 2019 at 12:27 am | #

    . . . .Man these two have QUITE the interesting friendship huh? I would love to see more of their developing days and how they came to be so loyal to each other even despite the biting words.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 4, 2019 at 4:22 am | #

      FWIW, I’m not sure if it is a friendship or if Mike and Amber know each other well enough that they can anticipate each other and are comfortable,/i> with each other because they know what to expect in interactions. Whether that classifies ‘friendship’ I’m less sure.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        September 4, 2019 at 8:01 am | #

        I don’t think either friendship or comfortable are words I’d use. Amber knows what to expect from him, that’s true enough.

        • Clif
          Clif
          September 4, 2019 at 10:40 am | #

          Amber tolerates him. Mike hangs around. Sounds like friendship to me given Amber’s antisocial tendencies and Mike being Mike.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            September 4, 2019 at 11:30 am | #

            Amber tolerates him for Ethan’s sake, near as I can tell. She never seeks him out, she never says anything nice about him. (other than his abs)

            Mike doesn’t have friends, but he is willing to stand next to her.

  20. Architex
    Architex
    September 4, 2019 at 1:08 am | #

    Where’s Yotomoe, I suddenly have an idea for a commission.

    • Clif
      Clif
      September 4, 2019 at 10:41 am | #

      I wonder what that could be,

  21. Keulen
    Keulen
    September 4, 2019 at 1:28 am | #

    Next Slipshine: Mike Eats Amber’s Entire Ass.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      September 4, 2019 at 1:32 am | #

      Also, DoA Book 10: You Can Eat My Entire Ass

  22. Tacos
    Tacos
    September 4, 2019 at 1:46 am | #

    Well now alt-text, now you just gave the readers their next idea for what they want the next bonus strip to be.

    • Zaxares
      Zaxares
      September 4, 2019 at 5:58 am | #

      Hopefully it was figuratively because I am NOT a guro fan. 😛

  23. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    September 4, 2019 at 1:46 am | #

    The eye squiggle makes me think he’s using sarcasm to tell the truth.
    “I’m REAAAL concerned about your mental health.”

    “I VALUUUE our FRIENDSHIIIP”

    “I’m SCAAARED of DYIIIINNG ALOOOONE.”

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      September 4, 2019 at 2:15 am | #

      I TREAT others like SHIT because I am SCARED that maybe I HATE myself.

  24. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 4, 2019 at 2:08 am | #

    Maybe Ethan walking away really was a Road to Damascus moment for Mike? After all, his behaviour finally got him what he wanted… and then took it away again. It isn’t beyond possibility that he really is turning over a new leaf!

    • Clif
      Clif
      September 4, 2019 at 10:45 am | #

      As exemplified by his previous conversation with Walky? Mike IS turning over a new leaf. With your mom. For …

  25. Mr.Morningstar
    Mr.Morningstar
    September 4, 2019 at 3:07 am | #

    In another universe he does! With gusto

  26. Ron
    Ron
    September 4, 2019 at 6:06 am | #

    I am really curious as to how Walky’s gonna react. The AG/Walky shenanigans the evening before left at an open end so hopefully we get some light on how that went when we have a walky/amber interaction.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 4, 2019 at 6:41 am | #

      “Which one are you this morning?” would be in-character in its insensitivity and presumption that Amber knows as much as he and Amazi-Girl do.

  27. Pocky
    Pocky
    September 4, 2019 at 7:26 am | #

    the best of friends

  28. Cope
    Cope
    September 4, 2019 at 7:33 am | #

    I do like Mike better in this continuity.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 4, 2019 at 8:50 am | #

      All the characters in the Walkyverse tended to have 60-foot shipping containers of mental and emotional issues.

  29. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    September 4, 2019 at 7:49 am | #

    See if he were still mean he would say something like “But your ass is so big that would take all day and midterms are coming up! Ask Walky to do it. He’s got plenty of freetime since he’s already a lost cause.” But isn’t mean anymore so he’s letting that be implied through silence.

  30. Makkabee
    Makkabee
    September 4, 2019 at 8:23 am | #

    Here they are arguing with one another, and suddenly in the last panel she’s flirting…

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 4, 2019 at 8:52 am | #

      I don’t think that’s flirting unless Mike’s issues are far worse than they seem.

      • Clif
        Clif
        September 4, 2019 at 10:49 am | #

        Mike’s issues have issues, but it wasn’t flirting.

    • DSL
      DSL
      September 4, 2019 at 5:45 pm | #

      The context isn’t there for this to be insult-flirting.

  31. hof1991
    hof1991
    September 4, 2019 at 9:58 am | #

    It is set up for more Mike back story. We got a taste of it and its time for more. Plus Mike could be a valuable ally vs the Dumb Dads. Last we saw kid Mike, he was standing up to adults to protect kid Amber. He can think like and out-think assholes. That would resonate well. I’m holding to that as more Ross and Blaine just makes me sick to my stomach.

  32. Seregiel
    Seregiel
    September 4, 2019 at 11:16 am | #

    Is Ethan’s niceness an STD or did Mike get broken when he realized his crush ain’t settling for a jackhole?

    • Brotato
      Brotato
      September 5, 2019 at 2:17 am | #

      IS ETHAN’S NICENESS AN STD NCSKFSKGDGLDLDOT

  33. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    September 4, 2019 at 11:51 am | #

    That’s a lot of ass

  34. eskimolos
    eskimolos
    September 4, 2019 at 4:02 pm | #

    for a brief period of time, I forgot that in another universe they did actually hook up, and also have a baby? babies? IDK. There were babies in that other universe. So many babies. It’s almost a shame to make dumbingverse an alternate reality instead of just all the offspring of the cast. Well, Ruth would still be dead, and Dina, so that would certainly suck. Sigh.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      September 4, 2019 at 7:26 pm | #

      One baby. Her name was Donna and she’d be 7 now.

  35. 3-I
    3-I
    September 4, 2019 at 7:19 pm | #

    Aw shit, is Mike drunk?

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      September 4, 2019 at 7:25 pm | #

      Nope. No rosy cheeks.

  36. Morrison
    Morrison
    September 4, 2019 at 11:25 pm | #

    Did anyone else notice that David Willis’ Twitter feed is down on the dumbing of age site?

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Can’t believe nobody wants to go to a soccer game to be kidnapped by ICE
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FIFA Club World Cup ticket sales tank dramatically after the Dept. of Homeland Security bragged that agents would be “suited and booted" at the stadium in a now-deleted social media post
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 8h
www.ebay.com/itm/23615364... selling my studio series 86-11 perceptor! with *jazz hands* instructions!!!
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I think you mean the Slug-Maker
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
today in #9chickweedlane i guess we're memory-holing again that 1997 story where amos and edda kissed for the first time after she, uh, got shot at school
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this has real "leia comforting luke for losing a guy he just met after her planet got exploded" energy
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It’s been awhile since I’ve more seriously read up on Ugaritic and Canaanite religions (alas, w/semi dated scholarship), but this is interesting, and not in a peaceful matriarchal fantasy kind of way.
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If you do a close read not only of the Bible but the archeology, it starts to look like the Israelites, & all but a couple of Judean kings, worshipped a goddess for pretty much the whole First Temple era. The implications of this are... far ranging-- & her name might not be what we've believed.
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fellas, is hasbro trying to make toys for children again
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Erase Soundwave's mouth! Recolor him light blue! ...don't correct Ratbat's miscolored face in the next panel
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So, I put my mind to it and retaught myself 3D modeling.
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WIP: Taking a break for dinner, and then back to finish this later tonight:
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
I will say for the umpteenth time that the Democratic establishment is terrible at understanding enthusiasm math. An energized base is crucial to winning fights-- electoral and otherwise-- because they will drag the low info folks out to vote and protest and engage. You NEED that energy.
gwensnyder.bsky.social's user avatarGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
It's not just that he and his policies are unpopular, there's a clear and demonstrated enthusiasm differential now. His base is energetically absent, ours is livid and out in the streets.
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Pretty good Spider-Man figure, I don’t care what they say.
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Turns out the guy was Chuck Ayers, a nationally recognized cartoonist and creator of Crankshaft. He had a lot to say but the thing that struck me was that when he talked about whats going on now, I could see he was holding back emotion. All this still hurts him to see 55 (!!) years later.
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Right now, these sweet kids have no clue how impactful this period in history will be for them, but I hope they will be proud of the time they made the best protest sign ever: The green one that says “Trump eats boogers” #NoKings
Kids and adults standing on a pedestrian bridge over the highway with protest signs that say fascists out and no Trump no ice. The best one is green and says Trump eats boogers.
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We can’t make the actual event at the capitol today, so you’ll find us with the kids on University with our signs (and I might bring the megaphone too). Even if you can’t make it to the capitol - come out in your own neighborhoods, even if it’s for a few minutes. Be seen. Be heard. #nokings
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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
At Comic-Con 2009 I was getting misgendered a fair bit and feeling anxious AF about it. Robert Downey Jr. was doing a press conf for Sherlock Holmes. I wanted to shout out a question but hated drawing attn to myself. I did it anyway. He gestured at me: "the lady in the blue shirt." I was so happy.
bolt451.bsky.social's user avatarHunter S Schafer @bolt451.bsky.social ⋅ 4d
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
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dawn these are not the same things you had an abusive boyfriend wilbur had a live-in sex stranger who he chose over your safety because he was getting laid, until the moment something almost happened to HIS GOLDFISH
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