JD, you can’t eat comics.

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JD makes comics and teaches kids but not at the same time. Vancouverite, librarian, cartoonist, and history enthusiast. He/they www.phobos-comic.com

“New idea” cards for the scientific method, castles, Mansa Musa’s journey, Zheng He’s voyages, coffee, Columbus’ voyage, public school, and greek fire.
Phobos and Deimos Volume 1 by J Dalton
Cyclops doing his optic blast thing
Ba Sing Se, where the girls are pretty but the fengshui is rancid
“New idea” cards with inventions from the classical age such as pineapples and suspension bridges.
A Minoan priestess in a fancy dress flanked by many shirtless guys. As was the style of the time, women are painted to look pale (white-passing) and men are dark brown, because artists cared a lot about gender but not at all about race.
Movie poster for Don’t Look Up
Arnold Schwartzeneger as the Terminator rips off his flesh arm to reveal the hamburger helper arm underneath.
Zaynab! With her cat Daisy! Who is actually my cat Pingguo! Coloured with markers!
Strega Nona warning Big Anthony not to use the magic pasta pot.
George W Bush talking about how great he’s going to be for education.
Rom from Star Trek Deep Space Nine saying to his brother (who is his boss), “Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!”
A map of existing and planned Skytrain lines with the extra line added as described. Oh, what a good idea, JD. They should definitely build this.
Screenshot of a book layout app with the open project saying “Do you want to revolutionize the world?”
Laurelei and her extremely online boyfriend from that City of a Thousand Planets movie, standing around in a desert looking like they’re thinking about how to pivot to an ad for Better Health
Pingguo the cat sits on a windowsill cutely.
The Earth at night, looking gorgeous even in the dark.