solilo guy @dirk@computerfairi.es

Just came home from a mourning ceremony for Jutta Harms, who died shortly before Christmas.

#Comics people know her well, though most of you may not. At least in Germany, the recent, growing acceptance of comics as an art form as well as as a platform for feminist discourse is unthinkable without Jutta laying the groundwork since the early 90‘s, tirelessly translating, curating, shepherding artists and connecting the dots of local comic scenes dispersed all over Europe.

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Hey, some of these #manga-esque screentones I use in my current #comics project look pretty cool in their own right! 🙃

#panelpreview #comic #graphicnovel #makingcomics #art #mastoart #creativetoot #penandink

Window Doodling.

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

Yasssss! 🎉

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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. 🚀 🌕

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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.

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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