Illustrations of the “utsuro-bune” (hollow ship), complete with inhabitant, reported to have washed up on the coast of Japan in 1803. Was this a castaway from the West? An embellished folktale? Or even, as some suppose, an extraterrestrial visit? https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/utsuro-bune #ufo
After a blatantly racist work was nominated for four #EisnerAwards, it’s time to change how nominations for the comic book industry’s most prestigious awards are made. In an open letter to the Comic-Con International Board, Mariah McCourt and I are asking for greater transparency and changes to this process to reduce systemic bias in order to maintain awards’ prestige and relevance. Please read and sign on if you’re part of the #comics community and agree! https://jenniferdeguzman.com/blog/2023/5/25/the-eisner-awards-transparency-and-diversity-an-open-letter
Artists criticize sponsoring of #Dimensions exhibition by Palantir in #Leipzig as "Artwashing". Over 300 already signed open letter: https://artwashing-leipzig.de/open-letter/
Palantir’s products recently experienced setbacks in the German courts. The software HessenData has come under criticism for its multiple police database pooling that also has people indirectly linked to a case – say, members of a sports club – automatically checked.
Purgatory 8/5/2023
Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.
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Am nächsten Wochenende findet in #Berlin die Comic Invasion statt und ich werde mit Freund*innen einen Stand dort haben.
Da gibt es auch einen neuen Siebdruck (DIN A3) – den ABER!
Am 6./7. 5. im Museum für Kommunikation:
https://comicinvasion.de
And once you're there, visit me and my students at booth number 49 - "Werkstatt für Comics".
They've worked so hard for months to put together "Memory Palace", a 108-page anthology about unforgettable places and inner worlds.
Come say hi and get yourself a signed copy!
Come and join us this weekend in #Berlin for the #ComicInvasion festival 2023! ✏️🌈
@clairikine, @carlito and the others have put together an amazing program, with exhibitions, readings, kids' workshops and over 90 exhibitors.
As always "für alle und für umme" – for everyone and for free!
Today, April 30, is Dromiceiomimus's birthday. Happy birthday, Dromiceiomimus! (Dinosaur Comics, Ryan Q. North)
We are so happy to announce this memorial event to reclaim the space where the Institute of Sexual Sciences used to stand until May 6 1933. With this remembrance event exactly 90 years later we want to center Trans and Jewish perspectives and histories.
Saturday May 6, 12-17, Berlin Tiergarten near the Hirschfeld memorial
#queerberlin #jewishhistory #transhistory #may61933
Painting by Hani
#ComicInvasion is fast approaching! Satellite events start this Friday all over #Berlin, with the main festival incl Artist Alley taking place at the Museum for Communication on May 6+7! I am extremely proud of this team and can’t wait for y’all to see what we’ve been working on.
Say hi!! comicinvasion.de #CIB23
Six years on Mastodon this month, and not once have I told you about this neighbor's daily visitations, bargaining lap time for the power of beans. ✨
Happy #caturday to you, and happy #fediversary to me! 🎉
Reading up on the late Rachel Pollack.
Two major takeaways for #comics people on Substack like Jonathan Hickman, Molly Knox Ostertag or Michael Avon Oeming from the Decoder interview with #Substack CEO Chris Best:
1️⃣ Your platform does not consider it appropriate to moderate overt racism like “all brown people are animals”.
2️⃣ Your platform allows you to leave at any given moment and take all your subscriber information with you.
Draw your own conclusions.
#Ghost #Steady #WriteFreely #Friendica #WordPress #BlackMastodon
Berlin-based comic artist (he/him, white) trapped in a tech bubble.
Tooting for help in 🇬🇧 / 🇩🇪 about comics, infosec, queerness, and Elves.