Nathan Nun

Nathan Nun

@nathannun.bsky.social

Artist ✭ history, politics & fantasy illustration, especially world-famous #sovcat art ✭ socialist, ex-PhD ✭ rpg, boardgame lover ✭ working cats of the world unite! Patreon: patreon.com/nathannun Etsy: nathannunart.etsy.com Linktree: linktr.ee/nathannun

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I was taken off the waitlist for Anime North Halloween show! Preparing some additional quick prints with spooky themes for tonight. (This show is only one night and requires tickets online should you want to attend.) Also means no art challenge drawing for today.

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I know it’s sorta cheesy but someone posted this from Paris on Reddit and I felt this immediate rush of hope

Will not be completing a drawing today but take a look at this creepy The Masque of the Red Death cat poster illustration done in '23 (a tale that intersects class society and horror).

The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare...

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In incredible spooky news, the latest edition of @gothamguillotine.bsky.social is now out, featuring a manifesto for Gothic Marxism written by me and @sanktmaxtci.bsky.social gothamguillotine.com/2026/10/19/g...

Veterans of the Great War organizing and protesting. "The masses of soldiers who were driven to the slaughterhouse for four years for the sake of capitalist profits, the masses of workers who were drained, squeezed, starved for four years, they have risen." - To the Proletarians of All Countries

I'm going to post horror and spooky drawings from previous years as we get closer to Halloween! Should still have a drawing later today. First up, The Murk.

"My mind raced to ascertain what diluvian beast was thrashing about in the flood waters of the shelled dyke. Fevered imaginings could not prepare me for the horrors that rose from the murk."

Come up from the mine, Descend from the hills, Comrades! Take out of the straw The rifles, the machine guns, The grenades... Hey! killers, With bullet and knife, Kill quickly! Hey! saboteur, Watch your burden: Dynamite!

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That’s my girl! She’s now an official member of the International Union of Biscuit Makers!

Spent some time on shop updates and US fans can purchase nearly all print works again, including cat movie posters, prints of working cat paintings, drawing prints, and most mini-prints.

Kill it with hammer and fire. Cat workers battling AI appearing as a half-flesh half-machine abomination producing slop and demons. So no, I don't use AI.

He stood with pride, he stood with right, Standing, fighting against a line of tyrants. A drawing from the 1919 uprising. #traditionalart #cats #inkdrawing

An illustrated Chant Des Partisans (verse 1) the popular French resistance song from 1943 for today's drawing. If you have never given it a listen, it's a very powerful song. If people like it maybe I'll illustrate the whole song.

Friend, do you hear the black flight of crows over our plains? Friend, do you hear the muffled cries of the land being chained? Hey! Partisans, workers, and peasants, it's the alarm! Tonight the enemy will know the price of blood and tears…

Soldiers pulling a field gun for today's drawing challenge. This was done more or less directly from a period reference photo and I am trying to draw fast(ish) with still a lot of detail.

If anyone is wondering why all the WW1 drawings? Besides being of special interest, I'm still practicing for a larger project dealing with the cat world version and its aftermath. Each is a nice piece in its own right and a little lesson on the period beyond and within the artwork.

Poster illustration "No Slave Under Him and No Master Overhead" with line from Brecht (1934) for today's art challenge drawing. (After finishing this, realized it's a Brecht-fast, a Brecht quote, drawn relatively quickly, and includes food).

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The Cats are Building Better Biscuits - we can too! A favorite poster from my Cat Republic archives. If you like this you can follow me here for more and visit my print shop on Etsy nathannunart.etsy.com Thanks for taking a look! Thank you, Cats of Yore, for the show.

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THURSDAY ART SHOW! If you are a working artist (i.e. you depend on income from your art) just respond to this post with your non-pornographic, non-violent, non-Al generated CAT-RELATED art/crafts and I will repost! From now until 10:30 pm EDT. Include any relevant links like your website or etsy!

Crawler attack! As the mechanical beast approached, the earth rumbled terribly. Loose dirt tumbled down the trench walls. Meters away the chugging roar made the air so full it felt as if it might also collapse upon us. Against this monster, we had only discipline, an explosive charge, and a plea.

Let's Go To Distant Stars Together. Would you travel the stars with cosmonaut comrades? Drawing for today's #artober challenge. #cats #spacecats

Light in our Thoughts, Fire in our Hearts, Power in our Paws. A new poster illustration for day 2 of the October art challenge. #artober #inkdrawing #cats

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highly recommended!

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Here's one of my cat propaganda posters. If you like what you see please follow me here for more and visit my print shop at nathannunart.etsy.com - Thank You, Cats of Yore.

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THURSDAY ART SHOW! If you are a working artist (i.e. you depend on income from your art) just respond to this post with your non-pornographic, non-violent, non-Al generated CAT-RELATED art/crafts and I will repost! From now until 3:30 pm EDT. Include any relevant links like your website or etsy!

To start off the October drawing challenge, an illustrated verse from Robert Burns, Now Westlin Winds, with a cat theme. #inkdrawing #artober #cat

Havn't updated much about any recent show happenings but here's a thing: "Literacy Parts the Clouds of Ignorance" was sold at Danforth East Arts Fair within the first hour or so. A great start for a great weekend. Paintings tend to hang around for a bit but this one took wings!

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The Ontario government is aggressively privatizing surgeries and medical imaging—core hospital services My new @policyalternatives.ca research study evaluates whether this policy direction reduces wait times and serves the public interest www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #onpoli

policyalternatives.caNot adding up: Surgical and diagnostic privatization in Ontario | CCPAThe Ontario government favours for-profit delivery of surgeries and medical imaging, but the evidence shows this isn't good health policy