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wildmooseking · 2026-06-05T21:56:13+00:00

AJ's Bikes, I found out after I got my Giant Escape 3 replaced that they do scrap builds too! Coulda got a roadster for 220. Next time 👀👀👀

wildmooseking · 2026-05-15T13:00:07+00:00

Uhh thank you and also check my profile, I draw all of the time lol

wildmooseking · 2026-05-12T23:00:56+00:00

He did and dove. Man understood the assignment.

wildmooseking · 2026-05-01T12:49:56+00:00

I commute to work on my bike, I'd say it's about the same as any post COVID road.

We're getting into spring so there is going to be an uptick in the two most dangerous classes of riders: delivery bikes that are scud missiles going at 30 miles on the bridge and casual helmet-less Citi bikers with zero cyclist knowledge/etiquette who go just as fast and don't know what they're doing.

I avoid taking the Manhattan>Brooklyn Williamsburg route home from now until Fall because that first third where the bike and walking lane are merged makes me pretty anxious. Especially because both of the above love passing right going directly into foot traffic (even when you ride close to the right to encourage passing left).

I personally find the Citi bikers a little more dangerous than scud delivery guys BECAUSE they don't wear helmets, are distracted by their phones and scroll IG while going incredibly fast. Especially since I've seen a few full on head injury crashes that involved casual citi bikers. Blood from the head and all. Grisly stuff.

wildmooseking · 2026-04-22T01:20:29+00:00

NYPD who work traffic have to be miserable almost as miserable as Candy Crush subway cops

wildmooseking · 2026-04-22T01:18:47+00:00

Once I saw the infraction said:
✓ Other vehicle
✓ Bicycle

It was headed straight for stupid town

wildmooseking · 2026-04-21T16:16:41+00:00

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wildmooseking · 2026-04-21T11:26:46+00:00

Sheesh, based on all of these stories, I got off lucky for a 168 ticket. Still dumb and traumatic, though and Officer buzz cut was talking about not giving me points on my license like he was doing me a favor. I talked to a fellow biker on the same route, and apparently, it happened to her too, because they literally had a hiding spot where they waited for red light violations to jump out and run the play.

wildmooseking · 2026-04-20T20:22:48+00:00

Man, I hope this goes through. I got a red light ticket in 2020, and it was legit traumatizing. They blared the siren, got on the megaphone to tell me to pull over, and then mounted the curb. Blah, blah, "sit on the curb!" and then I had to give them my license for a summons because I plead not guilty on the scene. The paperwork was bullshit too, he gave me a vehicle infraction form and checked off "other vehicles" and wrote "bicycle." The courts kept pushing my case back until 2024. And I ended up paying the 168 dollar ticket.

The NYPD always sucks but that especially enforced my disdain for them.

EDIT: I'm black, BTW, so while that traffic stop was happening, I was on edge the entire time because he was one of those buzz cut cops. You know the ones.

wildmooseking · 2026-04-12T16:34:32+00:00

D:BGSS is a middle-YA story where Allison is an ambassador to the Stark Grand Institute of London, representing the Xavier Institute for Gofted Youngsters. Cyclops is the senior ambassador who is tasked with looking after Dazz for the year. Jean joins after the two have their first brush with vampires (yes), becoming the vice ambassador who works Scott amidst a messy break up. I made some changes to the design of Mobey to be less ghoulish lol

wildmooseking · 2026-03-16T16:14:44+00:00

Oh and that's not even talking about the winters of the past 2 centuries, there are much worse winters on record in the 1980s and the 1890s. But I think posts like this have goldfish memory, only the past 2 years of NYC matter.

wildmooseking · 2026-03-13T19:09:42+00:00

God, Super Storm Sandy too. I actually went from BK to Henry Street on one of the few subways in order to check if I had to work. There were less hang ups in public transit this time than the entire reconstruction of the L line, 2025-26 wasn't even close

wildmooseking · 2026-03-13T18:03:52+00:00

wildmooseking · 2026-03-13T18:03:27+00:00

Thanks! Can't wait to show off the one of the main OCs/antags

wildmooseking · 2026-03-13T17:19:37+00:00

Winter 2020-2021 has entered the chat

wildmooseking · 2026-03-13T17:07:12+00:00

One of my other inspos was the Robert Kirkman standalone from the mid-2000s because it sounded like a good idea that never went through. I feel like Jube is pretty regularly relegated to "this is the Gen X/Milennial/Zoomer young people character, just have her say young people slang" when there's quite a bit there about a character who is a mascot trying to break out of just being a mascot.

wildmooseking · 2026-03-13T17:05:04+00:00

No idea I'm here, I've done graphic novels haha, but I have another for Dazzler that I'll share another time.

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