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A drawing obsessive who is obsessively drawing
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"Today we saw the bravest man in the world bullied by a guy who got a podiatrist's note to avoid the draft"-Andy Borowitz ("POST TRUTH 2017,4'10"x8'9", charcoal&graphite on paper... with close-ups) @gtconway.bsky.social @joncooper-us.bsky.social @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @mollyjongfast.bsky.social

Do not go gentle into this good night. Rage, rage against the lying of the right. ("MOUTHPIECE 2017", 37.5"x56.75", charcoal & graphite on paper, with details) #economicblackout @alfranken.bsky.social @mollyjongfast.bsky.social @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @therickwilson.bsky.social @molly.wiki

"Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand" @stephenking.bsky.social #resistanceisNOTfutile #spendingblackout ("CLOSED CIRCUIT 2007", 67"x51", charcoal&graphite on paper, with close-ups)

"Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand" @stephenking.bsky.social #resistanceisNOTfutile #spendingblackout ("CLOSED CIRCUIT 2007", 67"x51", charcoal&graphite on paper, with close-ups)

"Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. The grave will supply plenty of time for silence"- Christopher Hutchens ("SURVEILLANCE 2010", 28"x39", charcoal&graphite on paper) #resistanceisNOTfutile

"How does fascism start? First they fascinate the fools, then they muzzle the intelligent"-Bertrand Russell ("FOLLOWERS 2020", 3ft8"x5ft9", charcoal & graphite on paper) @gtconway.bsky.social @mollyjongfast.bsky.social @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @alfranken.bsky.social @therickwilson.bsky.social

“There will come a time when the rich own all the media, & it will be impossible for the public to make an informed opinion”- Albert Einstein ("HAPPY 2015", 6'x9', charcoal&graphite on paper... with close-ups) #socialmedia

"The greatest danger to our future is apathy"-Jane Goodall ("INFO GLUT 2010", 20"x23", charcoal & graphite on paper)

Our economy should be measured by how the bottom 30% are doing in the grocery store, & not by how the top 1% are doing on the stock market (“WEAPONS OF MASS DELUSIONS 2006", 51”x34”, charcoal & graphite on paper) @occupydemocrats.bsky.social @alfranken.bsky.social @beingliberal.bsky.social

🔥Hot off the drawing table: "POSTING MEMES ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD WHILE THE WORLD ENDS 2025", 21.9"x34.5, charcoal&graphite on paper @alfranken.bsky.social @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @molly.wiki

"It's usually futile to try to talk facts & analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance"-Thomas Sowell ("AMERICA! AMERICA! 2022", 5ft10"x7ft10", charcol&graphite on paper) @therickwilson.bsky.social @gtconway.bsky.social @muellershewrote.bsky.social

#ValintinesDay💖 One day you'll meet someone who loves you, & you'll be able to accept yourself. Then once they get to know you, they'll find you unbearable & leave...but the important thing is to stay hydrated ("ORGAN GRINDER 2010", 51.5"x38", charcoal & graphite on paper)

#ValintinesDay💖 One day you'll meet someone who loves you, & you'll be able to accept yourself. Then once they get to know you, they'll find you unbearable & leave...but the important thing is to stay hydrated ("ORGAN GRINDER 2010", 51.5"x38", charcoal & graphite on paper)

"Deregulation" means I get to poison you as long as it's profitable ("EFFLUENCE 2009, 34"x43", charcoal & graphite on paper) @lincolnproject.us @louisianamuseum.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social

#workinprogress What I'm working on now: "POSTING MEMES ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD WHILE THE WORLD ENDS 2025" 21.9"x34.5, charcoal & graphite on paper

‼️ECONOMIC BLACKOUT FEB 28, 2025… TAKE PART AND SHARE THIS‼️ If you haven’t heard: there will be an economic blackout Feb 28, nationwide.This means don’t buy ANYTHING, unless it’s from a small business. No gas, no fast-food, & definitely nothing from places like Target, Amazon, or Walmart. Repost!

I love getting lectured about patriotism & morality by a draft dodging bigot tabloid scandal king & criminal who conspires with our enemies, obstructs justice, lies constantly & pays hush money to porn stars. Don't you? ("SMILE‼️", pencil on paper) @therickwilson.bsky.social @gtconway.bsky.social

#doomscrolling Just checking to see how fucking insane everything is getting ("SCROLLING 2024, 41.75"x32.5", charcoal & graphite on paper) @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @gtconway.bsky.social @muellershewrote.bsky.social @therickwilson.bsky.social

"Our civilization is being sacrificed for the opportunity of a very small number of people to continue making enormous amounts of money"-Greta Thunberg ("COLLATERAL DAMAGE 2005", 39"x34", charcoal&graphite on paper) @lincolnproject.us @mollyjongfast.bsky.social @joncooper-us.bsky.social

MAGA= Morons Are Governing America ("*POST TRUTH 2017", 4'10"x8'9", charcoal & graphite on paper) @gtconway.bsky.social @joncooper-us.bsky.social @mollyjongfast.bsky.social @therickwilson.bsky.social @pattonoswalt.bsky.social @molly.wiki

Our democratic habits have been killed off by an internet kleptocracy that profits from disinformation, polarization, & rage ("NEWSFEED 2019, 38.5"x55.5", charcoal&graphite on paper, with details) @gtconway.bsky.social @molly.wiki @therickwilson.bsky.social @muellershewrote.bsky.social

"Good evening, news masochists" ("PRIME TIME 2007", 26"x23", pencil on paper)

"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything"-Albert Einstein ("INFO GLUT 2010", 20"x23", charcoal & graphite on paper) @philamuseum.bsky.social @lincolnproject.us @joncooper-us.bsky.social @mollyjongfast.bsky.social

"If you're living a life so full of hatred & judgement, how "free" are you? Lord deliver us from your followers"-- Jeff Green ("FOLLOWERS 2020", 3ft8"x5ft9", charcoal & graphite on paper, plus details) @therickwilson.bsky.social @joncooper-us.bsky.social @muellershewrote.bsky.social @lacma.org

"There will come a time when the rich own all the media, & it will be impossible for the public to make an informed opinion"- Albert Einstein ("ALONE IN A ROOM, SOCIALIZING 2018", 29"x31.5", charcoal & graphite on paper, plus details) @gtconway.bsky.social @molly.wiki @muellershewrote.bsky.social

It's only been 1 week since tRump took office, & let me tell you: "I'M FINE, THANKS‼️", 5ft4"x7ft, charcoal & graphite on paper

People posting all the terrible things that are happening. Reacting instead of acting. Sleepwalkers self-manipulated into compliance by accepting the status quo:"I've posted a meme on social media! There! I've done something!! Let's go get coffee" ("HAPPY 2015", 6ftx9ft, charcoal&graphite on paper)