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John A Dracula Cullen

@nellucnhoj.bsky.social

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · Oct 17

Helloooooo, new followers!

I suppose I should do an intro post.

I john. I comics. Also patreon.

patreon.com/nhoj

4 panel comic

P1: A little one-eyed robot lies in a bed, tucked under a floral pattern quilt. Two scientists stand in the background, looking confused. The older one on the left, holding a tablet device in his left hand, says "I... I don't understand..."

P2: Close up on the scientists, as the older one says "I didn't program them to be capable of sleep, see?" as he hands the tablet over to the younger scientist. The latter looks down at the tablet with a look of bemusement, as he says "HUH. And they even..."

P3: The older interjects with "INDEED. I switched them on, and they immediately constructed a bed..." The younger guy raises the tablet for a closer look, with obvious shock on his face.

P4: Closeup on the robot, looking utterly snug and content. The older scientist finishes with "...then they just crawled right in. That was two weeks ago."

A four panel comic, with each panel being narrow, while filling the height of the page. Each panel shows a serene looking scene, with fluffy clouds filling the skies in each.

The first panel starts with a caption box which reads "This too--," while the fourth panel ends on "--shall pass."

16 panel comic, laid out --depending on how you look at it-- either on the outer or inner surface of a cube. I'm doing my best impression of Scott McCloud

A page from my comic "Land of NOJ," which was published in The Phoenix. Way too much to describe here. It's basically a kind of choose your own adventure comic, where the reader makes their way along either a red or blue path to try and make it to a good ending.

The setup is that a character called Suze is obsessed with games, so she uses a six-sided die to make a decision. The reader also requires a die to make their way through the comic.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 4h

Yuuuuup.

John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 4h

After watching Peacemaker, I wish to leave the big eagle offerings of slices of the nastiest cold meats.

old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 4h

veteran's memorial, city hall (1851-1852), parks falls, wisconsin, 2003

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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 7h

Doomed we’re all doomed!

Doctor doom pencil drawing. Raising a fist.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · Oct 27

why does every photo from fan/comic cons look like this

An ink drawing of two guys. The one on the left is a fairly ordinary looking young fella with a mop of hair. He has a smile on his face, as he is dwarfed by the other guy on his right.

The latter is extremely muscular, and extremely bald. He has a pair of shades on, and a 'tache. His facial expression is somewhere between a scowl and a smile. His right hand is on the other fella's right shoulder, while he points directly at the younger fella's face with his left hand.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 4h

Fan-bloody-tastic.

John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 4h

Hell yes.

PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 7h

Doomed we’re all doomed!

John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 4h

That Moebius sketch is perfection.

The man probably just farted that out like it was nothing.

Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 4h

TRON [1982]
Not only the visual and SFX were way ahead of its time, but legends of art & illustration worked on it. Here some concept art from Syd Mead and Moebius and some behind the scene photos of Jeff Bridges & Cindy Morgan in costume.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 4h

Every single time. Reminds me of the Chewbacca mask lady.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, I was ready to dislike it at the start, but it gradually went to some very interesting places. The team building episode was when I knew it'd be good.

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_Mostly_Ghostly_ @mostlyghostly.bsky.social · 6h

I miss these little fuckers 👹🛠️💀🔋

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 6h

Whenever season 3 happens, we had better get Milchick absolutely losing it --and doing a face turn-- or I riot.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 6h

That last episode, though. I didn't think they could possibly top the final episode of season one, but how wrong I was.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 6h

I went into this season thinking the worst, but a few episodes in it grabbed me.

Only trouble is, I don't know where they go from here. Part of me thinks they should just end it here, unanswered questions and all.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 6h

In. Credible.

...

the episode was fine as well, I suppose.

John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 7h

Right, finishing up this week's work while I stick on the final episode of Severance season 2.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 7h

Right, finishing up this week's work while I stick on the final episode of Severance season 2.

John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 7h

I only just now realised I can set my VPN to my own country.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 8h

Same. One of the biggest music festivals in Ireland recently announced their headline act for next year, and my reaction was "who... ?"

John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 9h

Out of morbid curiosity, I decided to try Dark Souls. It boots, and I could get as far as the character creation screen, but the game instantly crashes after the intro cinematic.

John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 9h

I take back what I said about not playing Switch games on the RG406H.

The excellent Sega Ages version of Phantasy Star runs flawlessly. With some minor tweaking of both emulator and in-game settings, it can run at 4:3 with the (basically, essential) minimap added in this version.

The Switch Sega Ages version of Phantasy Star, running on a see through purple handheld, cupped in the palm of my left hand.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 9h

Doctor Doom!

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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 10h

Still not busy. Slobbery wolverine.

Pencil drawing of wolverine. Heavy pencil shading. Slobbery mouth. Claws popped.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 22h

SPONG

have a sad in head? SPONG here

SPONG good, SPONG great

Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · 22h

I already thought these looked like cool little guys before I saw what their name is

I think they're garlic grinders or something, but they affix to the table and you turn a handle to either rotate a drum in the front or grind whatever's in a sort of basin they've got - which means they all have wide bases, thin forward-leaning necks and robot heads with different kinds of mouth. The name for all of these is given as "SPONG"

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · Apr 4

Bleh.

Anyways.

Another sketchbook comic. 4 panels

P1: title panel. FORK + FROG. beside each word, a lil fork and a lil frog

P2: The fork and frog begin to magically combine into--

P3: FORG. The frog just has the fork strapped to their back

P4: Forg stands in front of a raging fire, backlit and facing us.

In all lower case the text "burn it all down"

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 11h

Just remember to report the post in question before blocking.

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Skybrush Threepwood @skybrush.bsky.social · 11h

For people who haven't gotten the account in question injected into their feed, it's @jennbudd.bsky.social, for your blocking needs.

John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 11h

That "resistor" account sharing a genAI video (faking a reporter being detained by ICE) and then shutting down their comments after everyone tried to tell them, is precisely why I block those accounts on sight.

They pretend to care, but they don't. All they want is for their numbers to go up.

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