solilo guy @dirk@computerfairi.es

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Dear followers and new arrivals from #India: once you have settled in, I would love to be educated about current Indian #comics that you love.

Not necessarily of the Amar Chitra Katha kind (where the gods are fair-skinned and the darker demons sport Muslim-style beards), but unique voices like [i]A Gardener in the Wasteland[/i], political work like [i]Kashmir Pending[/i], or queer fiction like [i]Kari[/i], be it print or webcomic.

Thank you!

Abandoned website header design.

This weekend, the hunting season for ptarmigans has begun in #Iceland.

There is an unfortunate asynchronicity between the ptarmigan feathers (which are already moulting from camouflage brown to white alpine realness) and Iceland’s actual weather changes – snow is usually a couple of more weeks away.

I had an encounter with a particularly fierce and gutsy ptarmigan mom this summer, so here’s hoping she's keeping all her fluffballs safe during these dangerous weeks ahead 🌨️🤞

#PanelPreview

Die Nummer mit den #Elfen.

https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=67m862WMcUw

#Elves #ObjetTrouvé

#TodayILearned: Closed source is the new carbon!

At least when it comes to #IoT:
German startup Locumi Labs files for bankruptcy, shutting down its servers and turning all of its “Nello one” smart locks into heaps of e-waste.

https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Smarter-Tueroeffner-Nello-Ab-18-Oktober-ohne-Funktion-4545084.html

So... what's our closed source phase-out plan again...?

#TIL #BitsUndBaeume #NelloDarknessMyFriend

Eventually I received an official certificate with my name on it, which felt like finding the Last Golden Ticket to the chocolate factory: a palpable reservation confirmation for my trip to the moon!

Down at the bottom, in small print, it was signed by the travel agency: #ThomasCook.

So… as much as I feel for the people stuck in their holiday resorts right now – they have no idea what it feels like to be stuck on Earth. For good. 🚀 🌕

2/2

As a kid the #moon was very dear to me.

One day I discovered this article in a magazine, detailing plans about setting up a touristic infrastructure up there, and how you could already be waitlisted for the first civilian flight in 2028.

There were numerous adultist obstacles to overcome, but I moved heaven and hell to get on that list. I knew it would be incredibly expensive, but I also knew that I would become that famous comic artist and that I still had decades to figure that out.

1/2

Pride.com’s priceless advice on how gay guys get a second date:

Find “silly“ and “taboo“ common interests like “still reading comics as adults“.

Nothin’ like a weird-ass kink to bond with one another, right? 🙄

#ComicShaming #comics #comix #GraphicNovels

In light of U.S. Vice president Mike Pence’s recent visit to #Iceland to re-establish a military presence there, let me share with you the rusted remains of the WWII naval base in the Hvalfjörður fjord, destroyed by #Elves in 1944 for basically interdimensional imperialism and trespassing.

#TrueStory #PanelPreview #comic #comics #comix #graphicnovels #art #mastoart #makingcomics

Yesterday, unelected PM Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson likened Britain to the Hulk, bound in EU shackles.

“[i]Hulk always escaped, no matter how tightly bound in he seemed to be - and that is the case for this country. The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets[/i]”

(Further reading:
“Planet Hulk”, where Hulk gets launched into space because he is deemed too dangerous to stay on Earth at all, and its followup storyline, “World War Hulk”.)

#ukpol #comics

Also #Brazil:
Rio's fascist mayor Crivella attempts to censor a gay kiss in Marvel's Avengers, which gloriously backfires.

https://screenrant.com/avengers-gay-kiss-brazil-marvel-comics/

In my comics I try to be mindful about what kind of computer brand/OS/app I draw on the pages.

The default of too many colleagues is to depict a computer by drawing an apple on a square - or a pear if they want to appear funny/critical.

Well it's not critical, it's still an ad, and an unpaid one at that.

Don't get me wrong, there might be stories where it's fitting for the character to use a Mac, but mostly it's just a mindlessly repeated code. 🐑 🐑 🐑

Tired and happy and back.

#SupportYourLocalAdmin

Hæ there!

If this toot is still pinned, I am AFK on my #Iceland mission – chasing Elves and Walking Children in Nature.

It also means that I’m not able to see DMs or review follower requests atm.

Wish me luck and have a great summer!✨

If they think we’re merely raising humble tax payers here, they’re in for a reeeal treat. 🤫

#privacy #cryptopartyTNG @cryptoparty

Fellow comic artist looking at my calling card: “Ah, you’re listing all Hex color codes you’ve used – that’s so meta, I love it!”

Me: “Thanks, um, plus, it’s my fingerprint.”

@everyhexcolor

For years I saw this car in my neighborhood, assuming its owner simply attached some pre-printed ornamental foil.

Then one day recently, I saw this young lady squatting in front of it, edding marker in hand, carefully adding line for line.

And I realized: the whole sprawling floral madness of sea-horses, algae and jellyfish is completely handmade!

Kudos, unknown neighbor – this is what determination looks like.

#ObjetTrouvé

On the bright side, it's June now and that means years of yearning and longing are over: in a few weeks I will be able to see #Iceland again!

I have some research to do there for my comics project, especially on the eastern coast (Seyðisfjörður, Borgarfjörður Eystri). *And* some serious catching up with my favourite place on Earth.

It's been too long and I'm getting excited!

#panelpreview #comics #mastoart #art #creativetoot #penandink #comic

Good night, all you sleepless Mastodonians.

#panelpreview #comics #mastoart #art #creativetoot #penandink