Midnight Pals: :U (Patreon)

Since Twitter is in the slow process of imploding, I've been trying to cross post Midnight Pals to other platforms, including Mastodon, Tumblr, and Substack. Seems weird that I DON'T post it here, right? I mean, it does make sense to post it here as well? So that said, I'm also going to be cross posting here. Hope you all enjoy! Here's today's thread:

[mysterious circle of robed figures] JK Rowling: hello children Rowling: I have big newssss Rowling: hogwartsssss legacy hassss received its biggesssst celebrity endorsement Rowling: allow me to introduce Rowling: the man who made it cool to be racissst Rowling: William F buckley

Timothy Buckley: that’s not me Buckley: it’s timothy Buckley: timothy buckley Rowling: what? Then what do you do? Buckley: I make a web comic Buckley: a little thing called Control Alt Delete Buckley: you might have heard of it Buckley: it’s kind of a big thing

Rowling: ooo! Finally an endorsement from a famousssss cartoonissssst! Nina Paley: Tatsuya Ishida:

Buckley: I invented the idea of making webcomics about video games Buckley: well I didn’t actually invent gaming webcomics Buckley: I just automated production

Buckley: see, I was the first person who thought Buckley: what if instead of drawing a comic Buckley: I just assembled it from a collection of computer generated mouths and eyes Buckley: observe! Buckley: :U Rowling: wow! Now THAT’S art!

Buckley: now I don’t know anything about “politics” Buckley: or “issues” Buckley: or “the world” Buckley: I’m just a simple man Buckley: a simple gaming man Buckley: the media keeps talking about transphobia Buckley: I just wanna grill for god’s sake!

Buckley: have you guys heard of video games? Buckley: now I don’t know much about things that aren’t video games Buckley: but I DO know about video games Buckley: I like things that let me play video games Buckley: and I dislike things that prevent me from playing video games

Buckley: after thoroughly researching all the issues around hogworts legacy Buckley: I have determined that I have nothing to say about it Buckley: I better make a cartoon so everyone knows that

Buckley: in conclusion, gaming is a land of contrasts Rowling: this really wassssn’t the full throated endorsssement I wassss hoping for Rowling: hey, remember that time threatened to beat up gore vidal on air? Buckley: again, that was William f buckley