Ben Passmore @DAYGLOAYHOLE Twitter profile

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Ben Passmore

1 year

Last tweet before I’m off the platform again for good. My virtual door is always open to anyone working in comics currently, or even wanting to get into it. Predatory industry relies on us not sharing information with each other. Hmu

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Free The Land, Free Palestine

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the fact i gotta train 3-5 days a week to keep my body at “moderately broken” while my cat sleep all day and can do parkour with ease is a crime.

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Gd idk

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5 years

Can’t win.

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7 years

Your Black Friend was nominated for an Ignatz award, you can imagine why I'd be the most hyped for an award that's a brick.

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7 years

"Your Black Friend" by Ben Passmore (1/3) Mail-order:

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ACAB

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Ben Passmore

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5 years

Cut down at the barber shop.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

4 years

Shout-out to people locked up and their loved ones this year. Special S/O to the #vaughn17 who have been kept in solitary since their revolt 4 years ago. #freethemall #firetotheplantations follow @phlbailfund for info on the V17

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Ben Passmore

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4 years

Yo. sales of Your Black Friend and Other Strangers are going to Anarchist Black Cross in Philly. It’s a good time to remember some of us get locked up for life in this fight and that there are dedicated ppl working to support us when that happens. S/0 @phillyabc #FreeThemAll

Silver Sprocket

@silversprocket_

4 years

For Juneteenth month, proceeds from Your Black Friend and Other Strangers by Ben Passmore @DAYGLOAYHOLE will be donated to @phillyabc

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Ben Passmore

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1 year

Who is comic for…sincerely?

Blobby and Friends

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1 year

Is that how it works? 🤔

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Ben Passmore

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3 years

YOOOOOOOOO I WON?!!!

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Ben Passmore

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5 years

“Let me see how this rebuttal strike you...”

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Ben Passmore

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2 years

@inkhat @anniebellet i’m positive she thinks of me as her can opener.

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Ben Passmore

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2 years

if there was a god she’d have to wrestle these fucking free weights with me.

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Ben Passmore

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3 years

I can always tell which comics will get me all the unfollows.

The Nib ✒️

@thenib

3 years

New from @DAYGLOAYHOLE – Super mad:

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

4 years

I did a comic a while back about the conflicting narratives about what MLK believed in and a bit about the hierarchies of activism.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

7 years

check this tight animated short of Your Black Friend done by Doggo Studios.

Silver Sprocket

@silversprocket_

7 years

Ben Passmore’s "Your Black Friend" indie comic premieres as a 3-minute animation by @DAYGLOAYHOLE & Doggo Studios

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Ben Passmore

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4 years

Can’t believe it.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

4 years

Got to do a comic for the @MuseumModernArt this month, very very very hyped how it came out.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

5 years

If you were a full grown fascist, promoting it in a real active way for a while, I’m gonna need to see an equal amount (no, actually a million times more) of energy disavowing and resisting fascism to believe it was “just a phase.”

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Ben Passmore

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3 years

Yo I can’t believe it, Sports is Hell won the #eisnerawards for Best Single Issue. Thanx so much for everyone’s support, especially @AnnieKoyama and @Eagles for putting a inspirational riot on. This is a lot dreams come tru, really.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

3 years

Lol Kwame the goat.

L E F T, PhD ⚫️

@LeftSentThis

3 years

Kwame Ture on Colin Powell (1995):

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Ben Passmore

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3 years

Fear and Loathing movie rly just two hours of grown men bein shitty to service workers.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

7 years

this is wild, rly honored. thx y'all. rly nvr expected this one-off comic I made over a week to travel this much. s/o to everyone feelin YBF

Silver Sprocket

@silversprocket_

7 years

Congratulations Ben Passmore for the Eisner Award nomination in “Best Single Issue/One-Shot” for Your Black Friend

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Ben Passmore

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2 years

since this goin off lemme say my cat parkour over the bodies of the wealthy 🔥🏴😻, ACAB (All Cats Are Beautiful), support your local bail fun and antifa. Free tha Land

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Ben Passmore

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3 years

Sports is Hell got nominated for an Eisner Award? Gd.

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Ben Passmore

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7 years

Whose Free Speech? Black Lives Matter, the ACLU and Respectability Politics via @thenib

Whose Free Speech? Black Lives Matter, the ACLU and Respectability Politics

When it comes to trying to live in a just world, debate is often just not enough.

thenib.com

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

6 years

Cartoonists Who Draw in Order to Be Heard

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

5 years

many of you know i was being sued for defamation along with 10 other cartoonist. some of our suits have been dropped but not all and the rest really need our support. we ain't free til we all free.

Hazel Newlevant

@HNewlevant

5 years

The defamation lawsuit has been dismissed against the 8 defendants who don't live in New York State! That just leaves Whit, Morgan, and me. We're immensely grateful for the support that's afforded us a great lawyer. Donate to our legal defense fund here:

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3 years

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

1 year

Could not be more crushed that the @thenib is closing its doors. They took a risk on me before anyone was really reading me. I doubt I’d be where I’m at if they hadn’t let me go off on subjects no one else would pay me to make.

The Nib ✒️

@thenib

1 year

After ten years of publishing, The Nib is going to close down this summer. The new issue of our magazine, the Future issue, will be our last. Read the full statement from our editor here:

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Ben Passmore

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3 years

New comic for @thenib

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

4 years

I’ve done two comics about MLK and his ideas. The most recent one was about his conflict with Robert F Williams and the subject of self-defense. It’s actually my favorite ones and was a lot fun to research.

The Debate for Violence

In the pages of The Liberator Magazine, MLK Jr and lesser-known NAACP chapter president Robert F. Williams debated: was violence necessary for Black liberation?

thenib.com

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

4 years

Ppl need to stop with the backdoor racist “outside agitator” mess. they think black people are just sheep to whatever energy is out there. We are the formentors of our own dreams and revolts. This is what that is.

MACC NYC

@macc_nyc

4 years

Undercovers surveilling militants = real Undercovers planted in protests = real Undercovers encouraging illegal activity in groups to make a case = real Undercover "agent provocateurs" actually attacking property to "incite a riot" to make demonstrators more arrestable = NOT real

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

2 years

Alex i’ll take fake ass fliers a pig made for 300.

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@odonnell_r

2 years

This is what’s being circulated in & around the NYC underground. Watch your backs and I’d recommend staying away from public places.

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Ben Passmore

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2 years

one of the major points of departure between the largely white and middle-class (culturally, if not finically) anarchists and adherents to Black radicalism is the fundamentally different relationship to criminality.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

4 years

I’m very very very hyped to be working with @blkagendareport and getting to be part of a platform that facilitates radical discourse for our community.

Black Agenda Report

@blkagendareport

4 years

Please join us in welcoming @blkagendareport 's new political cartoonist and the newest member of the @blkagendareport team: The brilliant Eisner Award nominee Ben Passmore ( @DAYGLOAYHOLE ) Check out his first cartoon below and on this week's @blkagendareport !

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

5 years

just to get in front of the inevitable exasperated cries of "then what can i draw" from white comics dudes this craig Thompson convo will bring up at some show i'm at, the answer is not your weird racist boners.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

3 years

wish my girl Chinaski luck, we headed to a vet visit. she got diagnosed with cancer last month.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

7 years

Thx to @SPXcomics and everyone that voted for Your blk Friend, honored to receive an Ignatz n b recognized by my community.

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Ben Passmore

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3 years

Who on the moon?

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

3 years

Bought a Gil Scott Heron record when i was 22 and really never been the same.

AMERIKA IN BLACK

@AmerikaInBlack

3 years

DC-based poet Gil Scott-Heron shows off his side of the city, the side most outsiders may not know about (1982)

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Ben Passmore

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7 years

Happy Birthday to one of the greats, James Baldwin. He's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

5 years

ppl mad at Sam Bosma better be keeping this energy for these for the real live nazi problem walkin around. my lord.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

3 years

It’s never a good feeling when a comic I made bit ago stay relevant.

The Nib ✒️

@thenib

3 years

All the King's Rent. @DAYGLOAYHOLE ✒

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6 years

Run So I Can Shoot You via @thenib

Run So I Can Shoot You

I’ve had guns pointed at me about three times in my life by cops. Do I act tough, or do I become a mess?

thenib.com

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

5 years

I’m probably begging to get sued again...but whatever fuck nazis.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

5 years

Bump Solange while reading for full effect.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

8 years

new comic: Your Black Friend

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Ben Passmore

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4 years

Libs really scrambling to find antifa’ s number rn.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

8 years

wrote bout police shooting on my tumblrz:

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

2 years

i feel like ppl’s whole perspective would shift if they understood what mutual aid actually was. it’s actually tighter then venmoing ppl cash.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

4 years

Had a lot of fun/triggered my own damn self makin this.

MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

@MuseumModernArt

4 years

Breaking up at the Museum 💔 Ben Passmore illustrates a relationship at its end in our latest installment of Drawn to MoMA →

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Ben Passmore

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3 years

@Sack_a_potatoes That’s almost it. We talking about ppl acting your oppressor looking like you is an improvement. It’s a voluntary position ppl justify being in, as well as supporting.

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Ben Passmore

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2 years

the most counterrevolutionary thing about most breadtube yters is that they don’t link things to existing movements, just other content creators and academics. it’s just a spiral of content without hearing what ppl could do irl

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

5 years

wanna share my love for @ssbcpunk for taking a chance on publishing DAYGLOAYHOLE after mad years of not much love for the book, right before they picked it up I’d decided to give up on comics in general cause I wasn’t making enough to keep printing them and doing shows.

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Ben Passmore

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6 years

this is the most magical @SPXcomics i've ever had.

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Ben Passmore

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6 years

thanks for a very lit weekend everybody. very honored/floored to be a featured guest for @SPXcomics and to be the one to hand @richiepope his brick. congratulations to @DELTAHEAD_ , @WhitTaylorComix , @HNewlevant , @squinkyelo , @CartaMonir , all tha winners n nominees.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

3 years

Russell Maroon Shoatz is finally gonna be able to be free. Here’s a short comic I did on him a lil while back.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

5 years

there are grassroots anti-fascist groups in your community monitoring and fighting white supremacists rn. if you aren't able to join them, at the very least figure out a ways to support them.

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Ben Passmore

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7 years

Your Black Friend was based off a real incident where a lady bragged about calling the police on a man who was walking out of the backyard of a house that seemed "too nice" to be his according to the lady. unlike the comic, I flashed out on her.

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Ben Passmore

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3 years

You’d be surprised how many drunk white cartoonists thought riffing off “Your Black Friend” was real funny late night after comic shows…jk, no you wouldn’t.

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Ben Passmore

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6 years

if anyone is wondering bout my mood rn i'll remind you i've been shot at. home boy is chillin at home building magic decks like a grown up. #ifyouknowyouknow

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

7 years

prolly important context: @comicsandcola was tha first person to distro Your Black Friend and i was broke and it paid my rent.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

2 years

i wish ppl would stop talking about being “pro-gun”. i’m deeply invested in revolutionary movements and community defense, but i’d toss the strap in the trash the minute i didn’t think i needed it anymore.

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Ben Passmore

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2 years

sometimes i wish we could make white ppl forget MLK so they could actually learn about what he, and that era, was actually about. failing that, just forget about him so i don’t have to hear watered down takes on him.

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Ben Passmore

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6 years

It shouldn't have to be said that going at marginalized ppl that accuse you of predatory behavior is, to say the very veeeeeery least, not the move. clapping back makes it obvious you don't understand what's at stake for folks that feel hurt.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

7 years

no no, WE'RE the snowflakes that wanna censor ppl.

Silver Sprocket

@silversprocket_

7 years

Alt-Right bro's got the "Your Black Friend" video banned from Facebook after 130,000 views. Know anyone at FB who can fix it? That's some racist algorithm Mark. Until then, here's the YouTube link:

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Ben Passmore

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5 years

Hey y’all as many of you know I was sued, along with several other amazing comics people, by a total trash bag. All but three ppl’s charges were dropped but the last three ppl really need financial support for legal fees. Shit is mad money and they need all our help for this.

Rob Clough

@RobCloughHighLo

5 years

Folks, this is serious crunch time for my friends Hazel, Morgan, and Whit. There is a BIG need now for donations, so please consider contributing:

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Ben Passmore

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5 years

09-19 At least I leveled up past the feather in the dreads phase 🤣

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

2 years

Wtf, I’m 39?!!! RIP my youth.

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Ben Passmore

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8 years

new comic about takin down old racist stuff for @thenib special thanks to @AndyComics

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

6 years

i'm so grateful for this comics community and @SPXcomics for having our backs.

SMALL PRESS EXPO

@SPXcomics

6 years

SPX ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF FUNDRAISER TO #DEFENDTHE11 -- Please consider making a donation to our @gofundme campaign to support the 11 members of the independent comics community fighting a defamation case:

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

5 years

My comic about the intersection of Football fandom and black radicalism called Sports Is Hell is out this month published by @koyama . Peep this brief interview about it that generous folks at Newsarama featured if u wanna.

Newsarama

@Newsarama

5 years

Politics & War Through the Lens of Football in Ben Passmore's SPORTS IS HELL

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

6 years

there's some parallel between my distress at @DerfBackderf ignoring my core point during SPX (maybe conveniently) and my distress at having to drop my love of Crumb as a teen because he obviously didn't think i was human. both started me off to where i am now.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

7 years

Right after every break-up I'm like "this would be a great comic" then after I start I'm like "the world really doesn't need more sad man comics." I know I'm a hero, you don't need to tell me.

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Ben Passmore

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5 years

am i the only cartoonists that learned in grade school that i can't fight? build a different and more important skill, like emotional maturity.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

5 years

the mayo comin in hot this morning.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

2 years

i forget i love comics sometimes. gonna limit my picks to what’s in my crib.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

3 years

I only believe ppl’s enthusiasm for new societies if they’re down to be the garbage collector and not the president.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

6 years

someone invite me to a party so i can brood in a corner until someone brings up one of my two interests.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

3 years

i’m endless grateful to @ssbcpunk for picking this book up and giving it a second life. its still wild to me that anyone really like this book😅

Silver Sprocket

@silversprocket_

3 years

Announcing our 2022 Spring Season! First up: 🏈Sports Is Hell🔥 by @DAYGLOAYHOLE "A lacerating, darkly hilarious howl against racism, sports fandom, and tribalism in general by an artist with a distinct and necessary vision.” - Library Journal

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2 years

always was pretty proud of this comic about the debate around violence during the civil rights movement. there wasn’t a monolithic preference for non-violence despite what most ppl are led to believe.

The Nib ✒️

@thenib

2 years

Should violence be met with violence?

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

4 years

There’s maybe an impression some folks have that the fash are on the run rn cause their man was voted out, but it’s clear they are very much coming into themselves in this moment. The only solace I have rn is that they are huuuuge weenies.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

2 years

ngl imperialism anywhere is a threat to anyone anywhere. sorry for the controversial take.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

6 years

if someone needs help w/ paying for travel to SPX. i can't help u with the hotel but i'll get your bus/train/plane ticket. i got one person in my budget. get @ me.

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

5 years

S/o the homies @ezracdaniels , @ElSub , @marikotamaki , @hirosemaryhello , @BenjiNate , @Nate_Powell_Art , @jukeboxcomix , @MattBors , @elerimai , @Lubchansky , @CarolynCNowak , @michael_deforge for their Ignatz nominations. Honored to know so many talented ppl.

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Ben Passmore

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6 years

scene report from Puerto Rico. i'm not comin back.

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Ben Passmore

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7 years

Lol Who is cutting Howard Chaykin his checks for this garbage? Also who is Howard Chaykin! Ok back to pizza

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Ben Passmore

@DAYGLOAYHOLE

5 years

This is exciting.

Fantagraphics

@fantagraphics

5 years

Nominees for the 2019 @HarveyAwards are up! Congrats to @ezracdaniels for TWO books in the running for Book of the Year, Upgrade Soul, and BTTM FDRS with @DAYGLOAYHOLE !

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5 years

I’m really proud of this comic I did for the @nib about a debate on violence during the Civil Rights era. S/o to @WhitTaylorComix for editing.

The Nib ✒️

@thenib

5 years

In the pages of the magazine "Liberator," Martin Luther King, Jr and lesser-known Monroe, North Caroline NAACP chapter President Martin F. Williams had it out: is violence necessary?

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4 years

Someone’s been reading my dream journal.

Iron Spike

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4 years

Delicious.

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