Thomas Clemmons

Self-published cartoonist & illustrator. The most hilarious person I know. Old fart.

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

@AshWriting97 From my point of view, I kinda see it the other way around :)

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

@_CameronLane It's just like today. The times you live in are as fun as the money you have to live that life. In other words, sure, if you had the money to party on the beach on spring break it was fun. For the rest of us, it's like any other decade, just with less technology.

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

@guy193442407 @ClayTravis Yeah, but what HR department has the balls to actually stand up and say that? Crazy women want things both ways, and today, they usually get it.

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

@ClayTravis I'd like to think that there is some courage still left in the world and these men aren't going along with insanity, but I won't hold my breath on that.

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

I often hear how online gaming stunts human communication, but some of the most in depth and human conversations I've ever had were while playing World of Warcraft or Battlefield online. I don't know if it's the game or the somewhat anonymous nature of the medium, but it works.

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

@EricDJuly I didn’t like ep 1. It was boring. Decided to give ep 2 a chance to get better. After ep 3. My wife and I both are out, and she watches everything.

[Eric July @EricDJuly]

To further explain some of the recent videos I've done about entertainment:

My point is that there's been a significant imbalance when it comes to entertainment in America. People right-of-center have an abusive relationship with the mainstream, which is why they always find themselves reacting to whatever it does.

There was a streaming and content creation boom that started around 2016 and peaked in 2020. Since then you've seen a major influx of commentators, podcasters, and pundits talking about the landscape of entertainment. That was a net positive. People found community in hearing someone effectively communicate what they couldn't verbalize themselves about the direction of American entertainment. I, too, benefited from this. Though I'd been creating 10 years prior, it was how many people discovered me.

The problem is that an entire economy got built on the talking. Same as the right has done in a lot of areas over recent decades, you ended up with an oversupply of commentary and an undersupply of purposeful action. Over the last decade you've seen some successes come out of it, Rippaverse included, but it hasn't turned into an actual industry. The mainstream, which many of you believe is run by people who hate you, still controls the conversation. That's what keeps their authority intact.

The issue isn't that people are voicing their gripes. It's that attention isn't getting routed toward the alternatives in a way that would accelerate change. People act like the problem will correct itself. That's not how it works. The people in power took that power from people who didn't realize they had it in the first place, and nobody hands that back. You need to do what your grandfathers' generation did: innovate and create. BE the change you want to see, and hit a more apathetic stage when it comes to the mainstream.

We have an oversupply of complaining and no answer to "now what?" Normies flock to whatever is in. That's exactly why the people who are aware have to build.

It's the same thing I said to black folks griping about how the mainstream handled black characters. You have to build your industry and be part of the change you want to see. Those who can create, should. Don't fear failure. Those who are customers should put more energy into discovery.

We need purposeful action.

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

Ditch the mainstream and go indie, guys!

[Charlie McFarland @Charlie_Kilo93]

Indie comics are so cool. I’m making a book about a cowboy shrimp. But then you’ve got other people with sci-fi superhero comics. People with fantasy crime comics. Romantic fiction comics. Comics about Greek gods. There’s literally something out there for everyone!

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

@DCUBrief So, basically, Tom and Damon are saying, "Hey, don't blame us for this nonsense."

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

@Fenrirtheicewo1 Another classic example of the Hollywood Left having zero clue about gun etiquette.

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

As we grow older I think a lot of us adopt Gary's reaction in this last panel more often than not. It's not that we don't care about things any more - I mean, there is some of that - it's just that we're selective of the things we actually put effort into caring about, is all.

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

@sola_chad But this distaste is not an overnight change either. Just like sin is often accepted through small acquired tastes, so too is the disgust. It takes time. Don’t hate yourself for not reforming immediately.

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

@worthitorwoke By the logic of this episode, shouldn’t they have dropped him off in an all white neighborhood? That is, after all, the unsafest place in America for a black man these days, isn’t it?

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

@__RiseAgain__ What’s even worse is that a black woman wrote this episode.

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

@oelma__ Flavor

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

@comicbooklundy @marco_napolitan @Romo2Art @andehdrawz @themorganverse @rudetoonsart @RegalCityMedia @Reckoningcomics @goodbadgeeky @Dave84891465 @Ozzdog12 @CLIFFTONIC_ARTS @hydenfrank @TheLethalBreed Thanks for the shout out, Steve 🙂

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

Till all are one.

[Glenn Beck @glennbeck]

Thank you, Peter Cullen, for giving us a hero worth looking up to. Your brother was 100% right when he said a leader must "be strong enough to be gentle."

Real leadership requires you to have compassion, empathy, and kindness. Or else you're not a leader. You're just a jerk with power. That was the difference between Megatron and Optimus Prime. One was the loudest and toughest guy in the room, but the minute he looked weak, he was in danger of being double crossed. But Optimus stood up for others no matter the cost, so his team stood by him no matter the cost.

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

@comicartistchat https://t.co/uC4GzJJu5j

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

@adamcarolla This is the same Target that sold toddler tuck swim suits. Fuck target.

[Thomas Clemmons @clemmonsart]

@JonsCrazyTweets thanks for the RT today 😁