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Maki Scare-O

@makinaro.com

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The forever Halloween profile of feral cartoonist and graphic journalist Maki Naro. Work In Progress & Crucial Comix. Formerly @sciencecomic on the bad site. He/Him Art feed: #makifeed 🎨 makinaro.com 🗹 joinwip.com

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Maki Scare-O @makinaro.com · Mar 6

‪Hi, I'm Maki!
I'm a comic artist, editor, graphic journalist, science communicator, and self-employment advocate with a body of work spanning over 10 years!

I'm currently available for all comic and illustration work!

🎨 makinaro.com
💸 patreon.com/maki
🐶 nicolablack.com/nikkimaki

A painted cartoon family portrait of various multicellular organisms complete with studio lighting and classic brown mottled backdrop. In the back are two bluish balls of cells and a string of filastereans all with beady eyes and cute mouths. Flanked by a pair of green choanoflagellates with long lash-like purple tails, are a big happy sponge and a comb jellyfish with iridescent "combs" running up its pink, translucent body. They have their arms and tentacles on a trio of modern animal "kids." A white goose, a blue eyed, orange kitten, and a particularly surly goth lizard in black and white makeup and a skull t-shirt.

A large man in brown in mishmashed bits of green armor over brown padded clothing stands holding a large club in front of him horizontally like a barbell. The club is a long wooden branch capped with a large studded iron weight made to look like a clenched fist. The fist grasps a long spike, which acts as the weapons serious business end.

He wears a red and yellow shirt with a dark stripe running diagonally through it, bearing the mark of his company, the Sons of Drfus: A green muscled arm bent at the elbow and holding a club. His armor is all embellished with grotesque faces. From the sneering goblins on the back of his wrists, the fanged beast on his one pauldron, to his helmet, a 15th century sallet made to look like a goblin face with long flat tusks on the visor, which is lifted slightly. Two small yellow eyes peer out of the darkness inside the helmet.

A painted bust of woman in a futuristic armored space suit. Her helmet is spherical yellow glass lit from inside the lower portion, which is made of the same metal armor as the rest of her suit and extends to protect the back of her head. She is looking out from underneath a neon green visor that is partially flipped up. The background is dark with a soft neon purple light behind her.

The looming, judgy face of a cartoon cat dramatically lit from above in bright teal light and from below in scary red. Her big stylized eyes look down at you with pity.

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Maki Scare-O @makinaro.com · Mar 27

What a legend!

My favorite bit of trivia about the iconic Goonies poster is that he created 7 different versions that could be swapped in for the promotion of the film.

A series of illustrations made for promotion of Goonies, where the cast hangs from a cave stalactite and each other in a descending chain. There are 6 different versions on blank backgrounds that featured each cast member at the foremost position of the chain. Also included is the clean background, the final version used most often, and Drew's signature.

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Maki Scare-O @makinaro.com · 18h

RIP
One of my favorite follows back on twitter for the peeks behind the scenes on all his artwork.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 20h

Just saw on IG that Drew Struzan has died. RIP to the man who painted my childhood.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom by Struzan

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Maki Scare-O @makinaro.com · 4d

incredible!!

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lacey @byelacey.bsky.social · 4d

it's that time of year, it's time to get your flu and covid booster shot unless you're from massachusetts then it's time for your flu and covid borcester shot

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Maki Scare-O @makinaro.com · 6d

I cannot yell about this magical girl ghost detective series enough

Spoopy Larsen @larsenproject.bsky.social · 6d

Netflix has MoNoNoKe series and movies T_T

The medicine seller from the series MoNoNoKe

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Maki Scare-O @makinaro.com · 6d

I either lost mine or it's buried in a box of DVDs somewhere 😭

Maki Scare-O @makinaro.com · 6d

I owe my entire career to twitter--or more importantly the science writer "tweet-ups" where we'd all meet.

Social media was so different then! And combined with moving away from the city and covid, I can't help feel like I lost everything that had kept me connected and successful.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 7d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Maki Scare-O @makinaro.com · 6d

I've been holding off on watching the second movie until my plate clears a little so I can properly lose my shit over it

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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 6d

In unrelated news, here's @juliesulabor.bsky.social writing for @msnbc.com about how Amazon mistreats its package handlers and delivery drivers: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Maki Scare-O @makinaro.com · 7d

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Greg van Eekhout @gregvaneekhout.bsky.social · 7d

“You can always recognize a place in which no one is feeling much or any grief for a lost loved one & death, dying, & everyone you love decomposing to bones is just a joke.” Joyce Carol Oates

Photo of a two-story house with two gigantic inflatable purple octopus arms emerging from windows.

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 8d

yet again, I win my bet that "three white men win the Nobel Prize in physics", so pay the fuck up

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Maki Scare-O @makinaro.com · 8d

My favorite x-files has always been slightly silly x-files so this episode was my fave

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skele-tuna 💀‼️ @artbytuna.bsky.social · 8d

If you need me, I’ll be in the forest 🌲

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skutch @skutchdraws.bsky.social · 13d

A Great and Terrible Wrath, Title Page

A young girl floats ominously, illuminated by peculiar lights. She glances upward, her skirt flows gently in the wind

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Nicola Black @nicolablack.bsky.social · 9d

Our wonderful little sun dog is enjoying the morning. ☀️🐶

A small, black-and-white dog, laying down with his head up, eyes closed, basking in the morning sunshine. He is sitting on a deck with a green, plastic lawn chair in the background.

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Maki Scare-O @makinaro.com · 12d

My dad read me the odyssey as a child and let me tell you, the Nobody joke killed

Maki Scare-O @makinaro.com · 12d

We only get a smattering of trick or treaters every year, but see postings for "trunk or treats" where a bunch of people gather in a parking lot and hand out candy from their cars.

It reeks of "tHe cITy isN't SaFe" but also suburban neighborhoods insulating themselves within... themselves???

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 13d

Next Friday at New York Comic Con I'll be signing with Fred Harper at the ComicXposure booth.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 13d

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."

All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14d

‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’

The birth of AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood has caused a backlash in Hollywood and has sparked conversation from Guardian readers

www.theguardian.com

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Graham Stark @graham.loadingreadyrun.com · 14d

We made this absurd sketch so please enjoy.

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The Crossing || Crapshots 809

YouTube video by LoadingReadyRun

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George @hannahtempler.com · 15d

if you ever are doubting your own intelligence in the face of being gaslit by billionaires just remember about NFT's

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Maki Scare-O @makinaro.com · 15d

A few weeks before, my cousin visited with some of their friends who were in DC and I was like "Oh, you should check out this show"

Sure enough, they came by my table, arms full of comics and looking like they were having an amazing time. It was beautiful 😭

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Maki Scare-O @makinaro.com · 15d

Uaughuahgh Jamie is so good at this!
If you've never been to SPX, you really need to check it out. There has never been a more important time in this cursed nation for it to exist.

Jamie Noguchi | Draw Day and Night Like I’m Running Out of Time @jamienoguchi.bsky.social · 16d

I've been feeling rather shit about making comics with the world doing what the world has been doing lately. This year's @smallpressexpo.bsky.social was a welcome recharge and reminder of why I make the thing.

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Small Press Expo, Defeating Imposter Syndrome With Indie Comics

YouTube video by Draw Jam

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