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Marvelous Patric

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Freaks N Squeaks Kickstarter now! Www.fnscomic.com Cartoonist behind Freaks N Squeak, a comic about smart kids in our dumb world. www.freaksnsqueeks.com Exclusive ebooks videos and more at www.patreon.com/marvelouspatric

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Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 20d

It's the end times! No, not the rapture, my Kickstarter for the new Freaks N Squeaks book!

It's your last chance to preorder for a $5 discount! After Friday, the price goes up!

Back it now!

https://bit.ly/47DQRqa

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Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 1d

Day 2 of Fallcon and the kids are here today!

Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 2d

The best part of Fallcon is reconnecting with old friends and making new ones!

I always get so energized and fall in love even more with comics at these things!!

Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 2d

Likewise!!

Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 2d

Set up at Fallcon in row Q across from JD comics! Come say hi and pick up the new book!

Daughter is selling bracelets!

Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 3d

whenever i return from something, even for a short time, i have trained my kids:

me: dad is back...
kids: ALRIGHT!

Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 4d

WEIRD AL YANKOVIC

Who else is able to put lyrics that are funny and clever into ANY GENERE of music, even fitting them into pre-existing structures as well as his own?

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 7d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 4d

This past year, I've been cartooning and a whole new level.

And, it totally shows in the numbers of the people reading my strip!

BUT even if it didn't, I feel so good about it!

Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 4d

I was flipping through the new Freaks N Squeaks book. Not to sound like Tim Apple, but it's my best book ever. The strips in it are funnier and prettier than anything else. The move to full color nailed it.

Seriously, a dang good book!

Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 4d

I really like the strip that goes up on the site two weeks from today.

it's got one of my favorite kinds of jokes in it. the middle panel is one of my favorite panels i've done in a LONG time!

(patrons can read it now at www.patreon.com/marvelouspatric - but that's not the point of this post.)

The Marvelous Patric | Patreon

creating Comics and Novels and ART!

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Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 4d

There are new friendships in today's Freaks N Squeaks??

https://bit.ly/4mZpUS5

Panel 1: Ian bends down behind the counter and reaches into a box while Janie leans over to look.

Ian: Tell you what kid… I got something special in here.

Panel 3: Janie is astounded.

Janie: Like me? You didn't sell me what I wanted a few minutes ago over $1.06 in tax!

Panel 4: Ian smiles at Janie who is upset.

Ian: Like my toe fungus, you've substantially grown on me!

Janie: You made me weep!

Ian: Just like my open sores!

Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 6d

this reminds me of the late 90s when Photoshop hit and everyone was like, "just Photoshop it!"

Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 6d

i currently have a client who thinks AI is magic and the answer to *everything*. he is "writing" software with AI (but it's got all these bugs!) and let's AI the SEO so it happens next week! And just AI the wordpress! and....

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Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 6d

not on it. still on it.

Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 6d

guys, over my career, not counting floppy comics, i've published 15 books of my work.

Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 6d

Insides look great!

Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 6d

Look what I got today!

Yes I know the kickstarter only ended a few days ago. But, I also know my audience. These were already ordered. I’ll have them at Fallcon this weekend.

Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 6d

When I was in HS, my nephew (1 year younger than me) said, "how come there's no superhero who's 'the marvelous' whatever, like the amazing spider-man?" and I liked it, so I took it and said I would use it.

it became my branding as the internet hit in the late 90s / early 2000s and ever since.

Tea’s so happy being Teddy Roosevelt @teaberryblue.net · 6d

Explain your user name:

Tea is my first (nick) name, I like Teaberry Gum and Berry-Blue Jell-o, and I have been using this as a handle since college, that’s really all there is to it.

Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 6d

Explain your user name:

Our original last name had no vowels so we chose a more pronounceable (but still Jewish) one when they let us in here. And that’s my handle because I need to be findable online for professional reasons.

Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 6d

Janie wants the good stuff in today's Freaks N Squeaks

https://bit.ly/47c2jbX

Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 9d

Violet just relaxing while boy and i Beyblade.

Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 9d

imagine Raul Julia in his prime during the MCU / DCU era.

There would have been our Doom.

Mike @thegiggas.bsky.social · 9d

imagine the incredible acting performances that Raul Julia could have done

what a legend, gone far before his time

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Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 10d

holy buckets! Sluggy is still going??

(checks it)

and the art hasn't changed since the early 2000s??

I mean... how do you *never* grow as an artist??

that takes real effort.

TrackerOC @trackeroc.bsky.social · 10d

At least we've still got Pete Abrams (I think)

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 12d

You guys, I took a Tylenol and my glottis fell out.

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Ben [Spooky-Name-Here] @ben.vampirefriday.org · 16d

The year is 2031. Society has collapsed. All previous political, racial, and gender divisions have faded into obscurity. Political factions are based solely on which McDonald's dipping sauce is your favorite. Spicy Buffalo has ceded 12% of its territory to Tangy Barbecue after months of bloodshed.

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Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 16d

The Cartoon Art Museum could survive indefinitely on a single $3 million endowment.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17d

ZUCKERBERG: “If we end up misspending a couple of hundred billion dollars, I think that that is going to be very unfortunate, obviously. .. But what I’d say is I actually think the risk is higher on the other side.”

$META
youtu.be/23FyskyFoP8?...

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Marvelous Patric @marvelouspatric.bsky.social · 16d

We have been grossly misinformed about Aligator Alcatraz.

Lætus @bajamothblast.bsky.social · 17d