Today I remembered ppl commenting on a dub of my comics being weirded out by my Pep having black nails. So I decided to be even more self indulgent and dress the man up in my comfort fits, too 👍
Damage to the environment of Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression amounts to 60 billion USD. A total of 4,200 instances of environmental crimes committed by Russia have been documented in Ukraine.
Not gonna lie, my morale is at the lowest point it's been since the beginning of the invasion. Russians are successfully occupying more and more territories and shell frontline regions every day. People are dying, our culture and herritage is destroyed. International aid dwindled significantly because of american bullshit. Mobilization law has been signed and there is a chance that my family members get conscripted soon. Don't even get me started on internal political problems. A bunch of articles in foreign media talking about our defeat and "peace talks" (what a joke).
It feels like there were no at least moderately good news in a while. On top of that, the feeling that we are screaming into the void is stronger than ever. I'm happy when I see a foreigner online supporting us and spreading the word, because it gets rarer. Ukrainians feel like none of what's happening gets outside our info bubble. Most likely no one but Ukrainians will see this post either. Honestly don't know what to make of all of this.
[Screenshot from Queering the Map, the mark in Zhytomyr region I Ukraine, saying "If I knew bombs would have rained down on us the following morning, I would have never stopped kissing your fragile skin the night before".]
You've been inactive for a while. I hope you're okay
Hi, I hope I didn't cause too much worry with my inactivity. I am alive, but I don't think I'll be posting on tumblr anymore.
This blog began with the intention of making the ukrainian perspective on war in Ukraine visible for the foreign audience, and with most of the interaction coming from other Ukrainians, I feel like I'm in an echo chamber.
Not to dissmiss the foreigners who still care - rest assured, your support is seen, appreciated and much needed.
But the majority of people on this website are actively hostile, condescending and dissmissive towards Ukrainians, and my time is better spent elsewhere than arguing with privileged teenagers who think the peak tragedy of the war in Ukraine is that "russian culture is being destroyed" (reality check: russian artists are thriving in Europe on foreign grants, while ukrainian artists and art are being destroyed every day, together with everything we have).
If anyone still cares, please donate to any trustworthy initiative (if you don't know any, United24, BackAndAlive, Serhiy Prytula Foundation and Hospitaliers are always sound choices). The word "desperate" fails to describe the atmosphere right now. We feel like we are left to die.
"Since the beginning of their unprovoked war of aggression, the Russians have completely destroyed 60,000+ hectares (150,000-acres, 600 sq-km) of forests worth approximately UAH 14 billion ($360 million) in the occupied territories." - NGL media investigation
Cut down every tree, sell all the grain abroad, steal everything that is even remotely valuable, destroy what you can't steal. This is what the russians do to Ukraine. And they have no problems finding buyers in other countries through intermediary companies.
A locust swarm country, a plague country, a terrorist state that never faces enough consequences for its crimes.
This is the reason we're constantly talking about our need of more air raid defense systems. This is a footage of the Ukrainian city Kharkiv being attacked by russian-iranian drones also known as shahed drones. Kharkiv has been attacked almost non-stop with shahed drones, ballistic missiles and other weaponry for a long time, with the attacks becoming more and more frequent these past few weeks. As other cities like Odesa, Kryviy Rih, Dnipro, Khmelnytsky are also being actively targeted by russian air attacks, and as Kyiv, the capital, is a constant high risk target for these attacks, there is an urgent need in more defense systems to protect the civilians in cities all over Ukraine. Even such major cities like Kharkiv and Odesa are suffering civilian losses and tragedies from these attacks, which shows exactly how urgent and important your support is to us
when i say i wish people started using the reblog button more i don't mean it in a 'i want more notes' kind of way i mean it in a 'i want to read about your thoughts on this particular thing' and 'i want to have conversations in the tags' and 'i want this to feel like a community again and not like any of those boring social media platforms where artists are content creators and interactions never goes beyond a like'
Me and my wonderful girlfriend @pepperedstarz got on a longggg call yesterday and somehow created a comic collab on whiteboard outta nowhere? No planning went into this. Enjoy!
Every Noise appearance was drawn by @pepperedstarz!!! Peppino, Noisette and Fakey are drawn by me :)