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Dustin Weaver

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A working professional comic book artist, making comics on the side. https://www.patreon.com/c/DustinWeaver

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · Jan 3

Get to know me with a series of post threads.
You could start with this thread about the comic book series "PAKLIS."

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · Nov 26

What is PAKLIS?
PAKLIS is an ongoing anthology comic series that I make (mostly) on my own and publish through Image Comics.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 12h

THE JUNIPER LODGE (coming in 2026)
The next PAKLIS collection will include “They’ll Bury You Where You Stand!”, “Mushroom Bodies”, “An Empty Shell In The Ocean”, “The Juniper Lodge”, “Defects In The Hand-Drawn Line”, “Seventeen”, & “Quitting Comics.”
Hardcover with a lot of extras.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 12h

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the whole image.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 2d

DAMN!

Brian Michael Bendis @brianmbendis.bsky.social · 3d

Back in ye ol' Tumblr days, I was posting Art Adams art like it was my job. Eventually, he heard about it and he and Joyce started sending me commissions and other pieces he thought I might enjoy posting. I just found the folder. wow.

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 2d

In my top 3 comics of all time. This comic is many things, among them, an amazing war comic.

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 2d

He was super fun to draw.

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 2d

My pleasure! Thanks.

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 2d

I aimed to show a lot of respect to Art without doing an impersonation.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks! 🙏

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the whole image.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 2d

My original idea for this cover looked like this, but I decided to not use this because I knew the characters would have a bit of a redesign and, at that time, I didn't know what they would look like. Also, I learned that Longshot himself was not a major part of the story.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 2d

I had no idea what the logo and all the dressing would look like, so I just used an old Longshot cover.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 2d

I scan my sketches, put it together digitally and put some tones in so I can see the composition. I then remove all the tones and print the sketch in blue.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 2d

I always draw in a sketchbook. Sometimes I draw parts of a piece separately like this.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 2d

I'll share some process pictures.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 2d

Longshots #1 is out. It's got this cover by me.

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 9d

Longshots #1 cover (2025)

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 2d

Jim has inked himself plenty of times.

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Matthew Perpetua @fluxblog.bsky.social · 3d

ENO UNIVERSE playlist! A retrospective of Brian Eno’s body of work from 1972-1995 including his solo rock and ambient records and his collaborations with Bowie,Talking Heads, U2, Devo, Fripp, etc! All links and annotated tracklisting in the newsletter issue fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-5...

Fluxblog 566: ENO UNIVERSE

A retrospective of Brian Eno's music 1972-1995

fluxblog.substack.com

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 3d

I was literally just wondering if you'd done an ENO UNIVERSE playlist and I missed it.

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 4d

Gyo is so good. One of my faves too.

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 4d

Junji Ito's Dissolving Classroom? Lots of people melting in that.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 4d

Nice! Very cool to see your take on these characters.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 5d

I missed that one! HA. Yeah, it's not good!

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 5d

Sorry about that.

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 5d

While a mainstream/commercially styled, creator will use a term like "writer/artist."
I think the dichotomy in American comics between being commercial and being art is its unhealthiest trait.

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