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willcaron.bsky.social
Artist and writer. Aspiring graphic novelist. Hawai‘i social justice communications work. Former journalist and editor. O‘ahu-born settler. Editorial cartoons every Sunday in Honolulu Civil Beat. More at willcaronhawaii.com #art
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Life’s a beach. But at least there’s a new cartoon coming this Sunday in Honolulu Civil Beat. #cartoon #cartoons #art #artwork #artist #editorialcartoon #editorialcartoons #illustration #linesofattack #beach #policy #politics #hawaii

You should lose all respect for designers who use AI without apology or even vague concern that it’s cooking the planet while using stolen art, because people in that field *absolutely know better*

@willcaron.bsky.social Hits it, on target truth.

A poem my brain wrote as I was waking up this morning.

Follow @willcaron.bsky.social and check out his amazingly astute works: www.civilbeat.org/2025/02/will...

“Don’t Fear the Reefer,” 2/16/25, Honolulu Civil Beat Honolulu Prosecutor Steve Alm continues to put the weight of LaW eNfOrCeMeNt behind stopping cannabis legalization in #Hawaii instead of focusing on things that are actually dangerous #art #editorialcartoon #linesofattack #illustration #cartoon

When there’s something dank in your neighborhood, please do not call Steve Alm. That’s just me gearing up for my next editorial cartoon 🥴 Coming Sunday, 2/18/25, in Honolulu Civil Beat #EditorialCartoon #Cartoon #Art #Artwork #DigitalArt #Illustration #Hawaii #Politics #Cannabis #LinesOfAttack

Happy Valentine’s Day, my loves 🖤🧡

When there’s something dank in your neighborhood, please do not call Steve Alm. That’s just me gearing up for my next editorial cartoon 🥴 Coming Sunday, 2/18/25, in Honolulu Civil Beat #EditorialCartoon #Cartoon #Art #Artwork #DigitalArt #Illustration #Hawaii #Politics #Cannabis #LinesOfAttack

Nova decided she wanted to eat breakfast up on the table like dad.

“Once Upon A Time In Honolulu,” 2/9/25, Honolulu Civil Beat News that three former public officials will be pleading guilty to #corruption charges means an end to the 11-year #KealohaScandal. So says Kirk Caldwell. #art #editorialcartoon #linesofattack #illustration #digitalart #artwork #cartoon

“Once Upon A Time In Honolulu,” 2/9/25, Honolulu Civil Beat News that three former public officials will be pleading guilty to #corruption charges means an end to the 11-year #KealohaScandal. So says Kirk Caldwell. #art #editorialcartoon #linesofattack #illustration #digitalart #artwork #cartoon

A real look at my X feed

🙈🙉🙊 Full #cartoon this Sunday, 2/9/25, in Honolulu Civil Beat 👊 #linesofattack #editorialcartoon #art #artwork #artist #illustration #digitalart #cartoons #politics #hawaii #corruption

Help ensure critical #housing policies to protect renters and fund infrastructure and affordable housing development get hearings in the HI legislature! These bills must be scheduled and heard before Feb 11! Take action with a few taps here: p2a.co/lm3qm27

Oh NOW, some of y'all want students to protest? Chuckleheads.

What a shitshow.

Arundhati Roy famously described the pandemic “a portal” thru which we’d emerge one kind of society or another: one w a broad safety net & an ethic of care & public health, or one that increasingly viewed all life disposable in the name of capital accumulation. She was right.

Literally say he can't clear Pit level 10. Just say it in a news conference. Elon will immediately start walking toward you muttering "uh, cringe, uh, untrue. Cringe uh, no. This is criminal"

Google published principals in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.

This would be an unlawful seizure of territory in violation of the United Nations Charter, and the forcible transfer of the population of Gaza would constitute crimes against humanity. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

The absolute glee some are displaying in blaming Palestinians, and people who protested on their behalf, for their own ethnic cleansing is a strategic error (obvs you target the decision maker), a political error (obvs you need those votes), and a moral error (obvs fix your hearts or die).

“Snake Oil & Tin Foil,” 2/4/25 #RFK jr on track to oversee public health with committee vote cleared? We live in the dumbest timeline, so yep 👍 #art #artwork #digitalart #cartoon #cartoons #editorialcartoon #illustration #linesofattack #politics #policy #publichhealth #health #grift #brainworms

Musk has subjected federal workers, Twitter employees, trans people and their healthcare workers, and countless others to death threats and harassment by posting or amplifying posts that reveal their names. But one gets to know the names of the toddlers he sent to hack the government.

I hope other future converts require less immolation 🔥😬😅

When we wrote this guide two months ago, it seems like we did not overestimate the chaos and the vindictiveness to come. Hope it’s useful.

turns out when transphobes said we need to “follow the science” what they meant is delete it and hide all traces of it

the grammy winner for best new artist just dedicated her speech to calling out how disruptive and dehumanizing it was to lose her health insurance coverage and we’re still getting “the democratic party has no idea what their new message should be” headlines every other day.

Concerning.