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Mark Naff
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Writer, Director, Article Scribe
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Hello, all. Since I'm using this account more nowadays, here's the web series My Life as a Stranger, which we made a couple of years ago. It stars Kasey St. John, Maiko Luckow, and Lindsay Sparks. www.youtube.com/@mylifeasast...
My Life as a Stranger
My Life as a Stranger is a Romantic Comedy Drama webseries. Written, produced and Co-Directed by Mark Naff, it stars Kasey St. John, Maiko Luckow, and Lindsay Sparks.
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
For this week's drawings, I drew Quentin Tarantino because I was interested in this interview with him on Howard Stern about the Hateful Eight.
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
For this week's drawings, I decided to draw John Sharian from his role in The Machinist.
November 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
For this week's drawings, I thought I would draw Josh Hartnett, who I first really noticed in The Black Dahlia, but have seen recently in Oppenheimer and Trap.
October 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Thread: I want to talk about journalism for a sec. In any enterprise, there's always a tension between covering what your readers care about and covering what you want them to care about. To do only the first is to pander; to do only the second...well, you'd better know your readers VERY well. >
October 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
For this week's drawings, I decided to draw YouTuber Christena Reckless.
October 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
For this week's drawings, I decided to draw Amy Poehler from her appearance on Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend.
October 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter’s Desk Set
Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter’s The Four Seasons
Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter's Cats

John Carpenter's Woodstock

John Carpenter's Jaws

John Carpenter's Duck Soup

John Carpenter's Coconuts

John Carpenter's Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
October 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
For this week's drawings, I decided to draw Winona Ryder, who I saw in many movies as a kid. I also have seen her in Stranger Things.
October 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
October 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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If you’ve never seen the comic, here it is:
October 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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If you can help, please do. Pretty monstrous stuff here. Arrested at her scheduled green card meeting after having gotten married. We are in Hell.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-barba...
Donate to Help Barbara Fight for Her Future After ICE Detention, organized by Nikki Groton
Support Barbara’s fight to stay with her family and community!!!! … Nikki Groton needs your support for Help Barbara Fight for Her Future After ICE Detention
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September 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
For this week's drawings, I decided to draw comedian and actress Aisling Bea, who I think I first saw on 8 Out of 10 Cats.
September 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
For this week's drawings, I decided to draw Robert Zemeckis, who directed Forrest Gump, Contact, and Castaway.
September 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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We already have 1000+ reasons to hate """artist""" James C Mulligan (see below), but it was extra enraging to see him stealing and taking credit for the work of actual Bambi artist and all-around Disney legend Tyrus Wong, so here's a mini Ted Talk 🧵
September 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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I’ve been rewatching the Coen Bros filmography this month and while drawing a Barton Fink illustration, it struck me how much their films feel like Far Side cartoons: funny, strange, clever, yet frequently inscrutable. Anyway here’s a thread!
September 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
For this week's drawings, I decided to draw Ben Affleck, who I probably first remember seeing in Good Will Hunting or something from the early 2000s.
September 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
For this week's drawings, I decided to draw Nicki from Popcorn Roulette. This screenshot is taken from her reaction to Cheers.
September 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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I think, in light of all the rotten people out there spreading terf nonsense, today would be a good day to support trans creators.

Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!
September 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
For this week's drawings, I decided to draw Pete Docter, who is the Chief Creative Officer at Pixar and has directed Monsters Inc., Up, Inside Out, and Soul. He was recently on an episode of Mike Birbiglia's Podcast.
August 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
For this week's drawings, I decided to draw Angela Dohrmann, who was on Seinfeld as Donna Chang. This still is taken from This Podcast is Making Me Thirsty.
August 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I hear he treats patients with Déjà vu.
When will the MCU introduce Dr Strange's arch nemesis... Dr. Familiar???
August 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The one that comes to mind is them making fun of The Touch of Satan's credit font by saying "The Touch of Satan softens your hands while you do the dishes."
Does anyone else have an MST3K line they use regularly, even if it makes no sense out of context?

Because I have both "That'll keep your panfish down for a while." and "Come come, boys, we must confound Jerry at every turn!" from MST3K the movie alone.
August 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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August 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM