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I finished the drawing

I’ve also drawn a classroom-friendly (SFW) version if you want to share the comic with kids theoatmeal.com/comics/naked_m…

We need to talk about naked mole rats theoatmeal.com/comics/naked_m…

Shoutout to my dog for being in Variety Magazine, even after death variety.com/2026/film/news…

How Matthew Inman’s Viral Cartoon ‘My Dog: The Paradox’ Came to Life as a Short Film variety.com/2026/more/news…

dang the @Oatmeal on AI art goes hard theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

The trailer for My Dog: The Paradox just dropped youtu.be/ZL1lcP_oY08

February 2026

✝️unashamed

Shots fired by the Oatmeal. Long read, but necessary.

The @Oatmeal puts beautiful pen to paper here. This is how so many of us feel when everyone cheers about the latest Sora or Grok Imagine sludge. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art?…

Holy shit @Oatmeal is a fucking genius. Finally an AI curmudgeon after my own tastes (Also: I’m totally going to prompt the AI: remake this loser thoughtboi thread in the style of an Oatmeal comic. hahaha). theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

Come for the Butt Rat, stay for the nuanced take on the way AI art removes much of the purpose of art itself.

An excellent breakdown of AI art from @Oatmeal (with the killer phrase "emotional nutrition") theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

Great post, here's a couple of highlights

@andyinsdca My friend @AllieBrosh came up with that part!

I wrote a comic about AI art theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

What you think your brain is supposed to do

Pants + spooky season is my favorite thing