RealityBytesMe← 2026

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September 2026

Seven-panel cartoon: President Evil, in a blue suit and red tie, dismisses AI dangers while his cabinet is gradually replaced by Homo Silicus robots in suits, dresses and badly fitting wigs. A robot with a Brainless Intelligence badge invites him to order pizza using a red button whose crossed-out Launch All Nukes label remains visible.

Super Intelligence

An overheated stickman robot wearing an AI Agent badge raises its hands during an AI risk and compliance review. It refuses to answer on grounds that it may incinerate itself. An auditor and two worried colleagues watch; a fire extinguisher stands nearby and a mug reads Thank You.

AI Agent

RBM corporate archetypes pose by a mountain lake beneath a Leadership Offsite banner. The Barnacle clings to a pole, the Klingon takes credit, AI threatens takeover, and an engineer requests removing AI safeguards. The PM shifts left 360 degrees; HR bans obvious backstabbing and firearms while daggers and handguns lie at her feet; CEOs pitch blockchain and hypnotic trust. A photographer asks everyone to say synergy.

Leadership Offsite

A lakeside company outing brings together familiar workplace archetypes beneath a Teamwork banner. A photographer asks everyone to say synergy while the group brings its office habits into the mountains.

Company Outing

Six-panel RBM stickman cartoon: suited barnacles multiply beneath a corporate ship, require approvals for their removal, and recommend fewer crew. The ship sinks while the crew escapes; the barnacles move on to another ship with impressive CVs.

Barnacles on the Corporate Hull

Reality Bytes Me artwork: The Klingon

The Klingon

Reality Bytes Me artwork: The Barnacle

The Barnacle

Reality Bytes Me artwork: President Evil

President Evil

Reality Bytes Me artwork: Homo Silicus

Homo Silicus

Fourteen-panel RBM political satire featuring President Evil with wavy yellow hair and his bespectacled aide Gimp. They discuss invasion targets, NATO, Epic Fist merchandise, Fistcoin, fabricated distractions, and renaming the San Andreas Fault to Joe Biden’s Fault.

Lake Inferior — Blame Canada

Eight-panel RBM stickman cartoon: a confident CEO declares travel to Mars solved, dismisses an engineer’s practical objections, switches the destination to Planet Alpha, and demands arrival in three months despite Alpha Centauri being over four light-years away.

3 Minutes to Mars

Eight-panel workplace cartoon: managers introduce AI to reduce engineering headcount, but the robot identifies management as redundant, promotes itself to CEO, and retains the engineers while the managers leave carrying boxes.

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A smiling manager stands atop a struggling human pyramid and points to an apple at the very top of a tree, calling it the lowest-hanging fruit. Signs on the trunk promise quick wins, easy gains, and low effort.

The Lowest Hanging Fruit

Reality Bytes Me artwork: AuditorIOU

AuditorIOU

Reality Bytes Me artwork: Homo Sapiens Engineer Technicus Minimus

Homo Sapiens Engineer Technicus Minimus

Reality Bytes Me artwork: Homo Sapiens HR Sanctimonious

Homo Sapiens HR Sanctimonious

Reality Bytes Me artwork: Homo Sapiens Engineer Cassandricus

Homo Sapiens Engineer Cassandricus

Reality Bytes Me artwork: Homo Sapiens PM Obfuscatus

Homo Sapiens PM Obfuscatus

A cartoon CEO wears dark, understated tailored clothing reminiscent of a preacher, without a clerical collar. Three-day stubble and shining hypnotic eyes define his face. The standalone character portrait contains no dialogue or captions.

Homo Sapiens CEO Hypnoticus

Reality Bytes Me artwork: How Everything Is Going

How Everything Is Going

A grinning, long-haired blond stick figure wears black sunglasses, a white shirt with rolled sleeves, a loose black tie, khaki cargo shorts, a belt and hiking boots. The character stands with feet apart and hands at the pockets, combining executive clothing with an outdoors sporting outfit. The portrait contains no dialogue or captions.

Homo Sapiens CEO Sportacus

Reality Bytes Me artwork: Cross-Team Alignment

Cross-Team Alignment

Reality Bytes Me artwork: The Absence of Evidence Dashboard

The Absence of Evidence Dashboard

Reality Bytes Me artwork: Moonbraker

Moonbraker