solilo guy @dirk@computerfairi.es

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

Grundarfjörður ❤️

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

Goodness - every page of
Julia Wertz’s Impossible People is an unflinchingly honest exploration of the human condition, painful, poignant & laugh out loud funny - and super smart cartooning. I kept trying to read it in short chunks and found it impossible to put down. 1/2

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfnlkiPCVA #AllemagneZeroPoints #Eurovision

Purgatory 8/5/2023
Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.
http://patreon.com/worldender
#Comics #DiaryComics

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

#Illustration #ComicInvasion

Today, April 30, is Dromiceiomimus's birthday. Happy birthday, Dromiceiomimus! (Dinosaur Comics, Ryan Q. North)

#Comics #Webcomics #DinosaurComics

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

@histodons

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

Just two bros sharing a beer and some smoldering gazes 🍻
#vintageAd #gay #beer