You Did! Just Saw It Over Here 😊 Also Sorry I Posted That Last Reply From The Wrong Blog Omfg

Making friends at Rhode Island Comic Con :)

Hi! I'm SpideyPunx (or just "Punx") and I started cosplaying in 2024. Basically, my interest in punk rock and Marvel comics had been entirely separate things before Across the Spider-Verse came out, and now I simply will not shut up about Hobie Brown. I'm also an anarchist and an activist, and I try to find ways to pay homage to left-wing protests and movements, both historical and modern-day, in my Spider-Punk cosplay.

He/they please, both in and out of cosplay—unless you want to she/her or neopronoun my version of Hobie in a fun gay way 😂

All photo credits and other cosplayers’ accounts are tagged in my Instagram posts where possible.

Non-cosplay posts: @spideypunxposts

RP blog: @ask-spideypunx

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Some leftist resources I recommend checking out:

The Slingshot Collective's Radical Contact List (worldwide list of local leftist organizations!)

Your local Democratic Socialists of America chapter

Your local Jewish Voice for Peace chapter

National Students for Justice in Palestine if you're a college student

Your local Food Not Bombs chapter

Crimethinc

It’s Going Down

Your local anarchist book fair

From the river to the sea 🇵🇸

Alright folks, gather around and I’ll tell you why we need to overthrow the government!

Spider-Verse #2 (2014, which might have actually been before Trump started using the same slogan)

And then Spider-Punk assassinates him. 🤘🏴🎸

📍 Graffiti Alley, Cambridge, MA

It’s actually legal to graffiti the walls here. Don’t post evidence of crimes!

Almost done with Hobie’s guitar! This is my first time making a prop out of EVA foam, and I’m really happy with it. Just gotta add the strings and it’ll be all done 😊

And it’s not really visible in the pics, but there’s actually a compartment inside to hold my things when I’m walking around at cons. If I gotta carry this big thing around, I might as well make it useful lol

realized I forgot to make this post oops....

How to involve yourself in offline political activism without being on the ground at a protest

featuring advice beyond "call your representatives"

for a lot of people, and especially for disabled people, being on the ground at a protest is risky, difficult, or downright impossible. this discourages a lot of people from getting involved in offline political activism because they don't know where else to go and what else to do. activism-and especially direct action-require a whole lot more than just bodies on the ground.

[US centric but may apply elsewhere] Involve yourself in jail support. when your comrades get arrested they need support upon getting out [and sometimes with getting out, depending on your state]. organize or participate in getting support to those people. show up for the arrestees in your community.

victims of police brutality and their families need support! sign up for or organize meal trains to keep people fed while they/their family recover from traumatic experiences. work to fundraise to pay rent while people are out of jobs.

get involved in the community-focused side of the activism. get involved in free markets, unhoused outreach & solidarity, free meals, etc. it's community, not charity.

graffiti, y'all, graffiti. make stencils if you need to be fast, wheatpaste, sticker bomb, these are all important parts of sending a message. graffiti artists are valuable and you can become one!

if you can't do graffiti (or you can but want to do more) create materials so other people can do graffiti. create and print flyers for wheatpasting, design & print stickers, create stencils.

protests and actions often require materials that need to be bought, created, or assembled. getting involved in any part of this process is hugely helpful.

Car support- if you are capable of driving and/or own a car you can get involved in car support for marches and other actions. many actions require car support to protest activists, whether that be by blocking traffic for a march or participating in holding a roundabout while barricades are set up

Be the extraction plan- also requires driving and/or a car. when people leave actions they need a way out. sometimes they need a fast way out. sometimes they need help driving home because they have a chemical weapon in their eyes. being on standby to pick people up is a hugely important role in activism.

Not all direct action looks like a protest or march

the relevant direct action in your area is going to depend on where you live so unfortunately I cannot give you specific recommendations but I can tell you that you are capable of participating in direct action. direct action looks like so much and does not have to be a rally or march or other protest. you can find a way to participate that accommodates you.

I am definitely forgetting a lot so additions are welcome

Canon

Ok, so we all know about the whole things about the United Healthcare CEO, right

Me and my sister were talking about it 2 days ago and she was like, “Hobie would 100% support this”

And yk HELL YEAH

Like United Healthcare literally made money off of people’s deaths

Not to mention the fact the person who killed him was literally an Ivy League graduate, from an upper class family, AND WAS STILL a victim to the United States healthcare system, (cause it’s all the way screwed up)

Hobie literally offed a police officer, he’d be 100% for it

I’ve been working on an upgraded version of Spider-Punk’s pants, and I’m so happy that I got to debut them at Rhode Island Comic Con this last weekend!

Shoutout to @hobiesdump for helping me figure out what some of the patch designs were! Couldn’t have done it without ya :)