winston rowntree
@winstonrowntree
writing/drawing no AI ever (except for Autistic Inertia)
Sell your book in five words: Year 3000 neurodivergent serial killer
Here's all of peopleWatching in one YouTube video! I didn't realize we'd produced *5 hours* of this series, but we have, and that's pretty great. I'm so glad it's out there to show what independent shows can achieve. Watch here: youtu.be/MmheeYgaUV8?...
It's a combination of two Amano pieces for FFVI-- "Tower of Rubble," aka Kefka's tower (in the image in the guide the art is reversed), and character art of Sabin.
Subnormality returns! New comic available-- read it here, if the wholly deliberate juxtaposition of words and pictures is your thing: viruscomix.com/page600.html PS: join me on Patreon to read these early! Link in bio etc. PPS: song: "One by One," Connie Converse
Vote for peopleWatching for the Webby Awards -- we're the ones up against Netflix *and* Disney, somehow, RIP, but it's honestly just cool to be there representing the independent arts, the finest place one can be. vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
SEASON FINALE-- watch the last episode of peopleWatching season 3, the happiest ending i could justify writing! Like any show, it's a miracle that ours exists to begin with and any episode could be the last ever, so thanks for watching this season and i hope it was alright! youtu.be/8m_BQm9V8fI?...
Hey check out the episode of peopleWatching where the actor came out of retirement just to read my three-page monologues about how even though you're poor you still matter, set to multiple songs from the amazing YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN -- now on youtube, it's a banger: youtu.be/-7kqPcuJuss?...
peopleWatching season 3 brings you... the Performance. A long time in the planning, this was one of the few ideas i salvaged from years in TV Development Hell. Huge thanks to @pilotpriest.bsky.social for the use the song "I Am You"-- if nothing else, listen to PILOTPRIEST! youtu.be/1ncnUBbVCqE?...
Today on peopleWatching-- the fun and joy of the world getting between people who like each other, as well as the significant writing challenge of making it interesting when the entire episode is just two characters standing in a room. Judge for yourself: youtu.be/ccBvif8ScRk?...
Experience the anti-escapism of a story about people who hate each other, with the latest episode of peopleWatching! Take a chance on indie shows and find out what you're missing-- see it here: youtu.be/KtHZlucgZDg?...
New comic soon-- bristol board, pencils, ink, coloring with outdated software, then up on my website for everyone, like i was doing in 2007, and like i'll be doing next year. Be the lack of change you wish to see...
peopleWatching season 3 continues with "Ask For Janis," a favorite episode of mine about people with Issues finding each other in this stupid world... Watch it here and be somewhere else for 13 minutes: youtu.be/oq-tlCJF6Ks?...
peopleWatching season 3 continues-- watch episode 2 now! Why not compress the entire dating experience into one day... Why date, when you can TURBODATE... Why ignore lovely, heartfelt indie shows when you can watch them for free: youtu.be/Qc-3FWnHZr0?...
Season 3 of peopleWatching is finally rolling out on youtube-- watch episode 1 now! My #1 artistic advice is "make what you wish existed," so here's the kind of show i wish existed, which now, in fact, exists, thanks to endless work from many great people-- see it here: youtu.be/_ZcVG2CSC0U?...
Here's a comic i made once about communication differences-- when people have something to say but they live on others' terms. And sometimes what you create is your preferred voice. I'll always relate to this one.
Would love to! This is our peopleWatching season 3 cast (image from credits, w/character art), most of whom started in S1, and they're the most wonderful and talented group you could hope for. I can write whatever i want, but people will only care if it's being delivered by really good actors!
Re-live peopleWatching Season 1 today, and receive the gift of being distracted from reality for like 75 minutes! Actually the show repeatedly refers to reality and how fucked we all are, but it's at least pretty funny..! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Artists: quote with your night time art www.viruscomix.com/page593.html
peopleWatching has a new home on youtube! Find us at PART-TIME CULT-- Season 1 is currently uploading, with S2 to follow and then the new Season 3 debuts in March! Please subscribe and re-experience the OG episodes as well-- your views and comments make a difference! www.youtube.com/@parttimecul...
This book is vital modern history from @juliaioffe.bsky.social Read it, especially the unbearable parts. Learn from history- how misogyny is inherent to authoritarianism, and the total oblivion of the human spirit for *all* people at the end of patriarchy's dark corridor. This is the human struggle.
I rarely feel strongly enough about things to write a review, but this 80-page book by Emily Dickinson's niece, describing what her aunt was like, is easily my favorite thing i read this year, and i highly recommend it.
I still believe in the webcomics dream of 20 years ago when the "infinite canvas" of the computer screen let comic strips be as long and as weird and as horizontal-scrolling as possible, before phone screens began to reign in the medium again. As always read for free: viruscomix.com/subnormality...