More Work Done For Paizos Pathfinder

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Ridiculously honored to have been able to do today’s doodle for Sally Ride’s 64th birthday. First female US astronaut, first LGBT astronaut, youngest astronaut to date, physicist, professor, author, and champion of interesting STEM programs for kids, especially girls. 

You can read more about her here, including a guest blog post from her partner Tam O’Shaughnessy. You can also find a video animated by the amazing Nate Swinehart, and narrated by myself and Tam, detailing some of the process work that went into everything.

“i want an anime with non binary characters!!”

“i want an anime with a visibly disabled character!!!”

“no, a visibly disabled POC!!! and make them a woman!! and dealing with extreme poverty and homelessness!”

“well, what about a POC with severe mental and emotional trauma? and a narrative about the horrors of war and imperialism, and race supremacy!!”

“give me a woman who is as strong as the men in the power structure of her society!!! but don’t sexualize her!!!”

“give me an anime with a cast that’s diverse in terms of gender representation!!!!”

“show me the most successful anime of the past 30 years…that’s been written by a WOMAN!!!!”

“give me an anime with a cast of different races and religions!!! and show me a narrative that includes the way imperialistic white-dominated power structures oppress and devastate minority groups based on racism and destructive actions of war!!”

“give me an anime with character development and intense personal narratives!!”

“strong female characters and a narrative without sexism!!!”

“the best anime of the past twenty years!!!!! if not one of the top animes of all time!!!!!!”

“what should i watch next?????”

A note handed to the men guarding a prisoner we were trying to free…

Different Stories Resonate with Different People

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happy pokemon day be safe ok enjoy this very old drawing of some primeapes

Retour en France, entre tristesse, soulagement et appréhension

Ça y est, alors que j’écris ces lignes, je vis mes dernières heures sur le sol anglais.

J’ai dit au revoir à mes amis, mes collègues (et non, pas mes amours), et j’emballe mes derniers effets, lentement, en savourant chaque secondes.

  J’ai appris à l’aimer ce pays. Oh, je ne suis pas un Globe-trotter, je n’ai même pas tant visité le pays, au final. Mais l’ambiance, les gens, les pubs, les rues, le brouhaha sonore (anglais), l’architecture, la nourriture (si, quelque part…), le thé, les paysages, la pluie, le brouillard, tout ça me manquera terriblement.

  Mais je pense à nouveau à la France. Enfin, je n’ai jamais vraiment cessé d’y penser. A travers le hublot Internet, je me suis tenu au courant de ce qu’il s’y passait. A travers les couloirs blanc immaculés de ses fibres optiques, j’ai reçu les échos scandaleux de slogans haineux et de harangues nationalistes, homophobes et rétrogrades.

  Néanmoins, je suis bien conscient que de par sa nature, on n’a qu’une vision très extrême de l’info à travers les réseaux sociaux. Colères, scandales, pétitions, articles fumeux, brulots mal écrits, juste indignation, etc… c’est cela que l’on retrouve en 140 caractères sur Twitter, ou en une poignée de lien sur Facebook.

  Je sais que j’ai une vision déformée. Et pourtant, je n’ai pas envie que cela cesse. J’ai peur, même, de voir disparaitre ces luttes et ces indignations se diluer dans la masse oppressante du quotidien. Mais si ma vision n’était pas si déformée ? Si Lundi j’assiste à un acte raciste ou sexiste, au travail ou dans la rue, oserai-je élever ma voix et m’interposer?

  C’est terrible, avoir des (semi-)opinions et n’en faire rien. Encore pire, avoir des opinions et ne faire qu’en parler.

New superhero comic, Spark!

Hey, everyone! This is the creator of Little Girls Are Better At Designing Superheroes Than You, here with a post I thought you all might like. Writer Ted Anderson and I have made a pitch for a superhero comic!

The comic is about nine-year-old Lucia Marquez-Miller, who loves engineering, and uses her telekinetic powers to build and take things apart with her mind. She calls this power her spark!

As Spark, the world’s youngest superhero, she’s a junior member of a superhero team while also trying to live a normal life. Can Lucia juggle her friends and family while also saving the world from supervillains?

We’re posting a 15-page standalone comic here on tumblr to give readers an idea of what the book would be like.

Click “read more” below to continue reading the comic!

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