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July 26, 2023

This is the best explanation I’ve found of how terrible the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is. It’s…

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The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online


This is the best explanation I’ve found of how terrible the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is. It’s probably worse than you thought, even in its amended form. Please call your reps now!


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Published on July 26, 2023 13:20

Thanks, WGA. Thanks, The Nib. (And you can always make more of these comics possible on Patreon.)

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I grew up in a very film-centric household. My mum's worked as a script analyst since I was tiny. My dad, to the joy of every nerd I've ever befriended, wrote Highlander. (Yes, that Highlander.)ALTSo when people ask me: Wouldn't it be awesome if Hollywood picked up one of your comics? This is what they're thinking: Iron Man, packed movie theaters, explosions, giant dollar signs.ALTAnd this is what I'm thinking about: Let's say your screenplay is like a baby. You put a lot of time and effort into your baby. You love your baby. You spend months troubleshooting the second act discrepancies of your baby.ALTYou determine, after much backbreaking mental labor, that your baby is solid. It is ready. And then Hollywood comes to call.ALTA smarmy executive bursts into the room, yelling "This baby is gonna be huge!" You receive a moderate advance for your baby. Months pass. Then years.ALTThe executive returns, bowling over the writer by yelling "Great news! This is your baby!"ALTA poster with Baby 2: The Reckoning of Curly's Boogaloo in huge letters. The baby has aviators and a beard and tattoos and there are explosions and fighter jets and a woman in a bikini.ALTThe writer says "That's not my baby." The executive says "But if you don't say it's your baby, you won't get paid." The writer says "What." That's Hollywood, baby!ALT

Another piece I did for The Nib back in 2015! Gonna keep posting these until they shut down at the end of the summer. It was such a treat to hear that Matt and the whole editorial team just won an Eisner for their work on the magazine and website. Much-deserved.


Anyway: this is a parody and isn’t representative of every screenwriter’s experience, but it certainly feels relevant with all the strikes rolling out right now. Did you know what kind of credit you g...


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Published on July 26, 2023 11:30

July 22, 2023

Literally what is being protested right now.

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THe CRITIC had it right YEARS AGO……..in the roasting of Ted Turner through the character of Duke Philips.


Literally what is being protested right now.


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Published on July 22, 2023 07:50

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THe CRITIC had it right YEARS AGO……..in th...

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THe CRITIC had it right YEARS AGO……..in the roasting of Ted Turner through the character of Duke Philips.


Literally what is being protested right now.


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Published on July 22, 2023 07:50

July 21, 2023

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Published on July 21, 2023 13:20

July 19, 2023

A recent cartoon for New Scientist.

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Image descriptionA graph entitled 'My Contact with Aliens'.The X axis is time and the Y axis is communication.A green line begins very low (labelled 'First Contact') then rises (labelled 'Initial Enthusiasm') before reaching its apex (labelled 'Realisation that we don't have very much in common') and dropping down low again for the rest of the graph (labelled 'Pretty much just Christmas cards now'). ALT

A recent cartoon for New Scientist.


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Published on July 19, 2023 07:50

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ALTA recent cartoon for New Scientist.

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Image descriptionA graph entitled 'My Contact with Aliens'.The X axis is time and the Y axis is communication.A green line begins very low (labelled 'First Contact') then rises (labelled 'Initial Enthusiasm') before reaching its apex (labelled 'Realisation that we don't have very much in common') and dropping down low again for the rest of the graph (labelled 'Pretty much just Christmas cards now'). ALT

A recent cartoon for New Scientist.


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Published on July 19, 2023 07:50

July 18, 2023

Keith Haring in his studio, photographed by Alen MacWeeney (c. 1980s)

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Keith Haring in his studio, photographed by Alen MacWeeney (c. 1980s)


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Published on July 18, 2023 07:51

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Keith Haring in his studio, photographed by Al...

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Keith Haring in his studio, photographed by Alen MacWeeney (c. 1980s)


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Published on July 18, 2023 07:51