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*bone sounds* here comes jacob
@moderncarapace.bsky.social
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this place is "the toilet of my ideas"

Otherwise I have a comic, written and illustrated by me, called Modern Carapace and it's about a park ranger in a mech who protects kaiju from a hostile world.
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Eli Cash from The Royal Tenenbaums reaching upwards
November 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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"You have appeared in recent searches, my lord..."
Grima Wormtongue whispering in frail old King Theoden's hairy ears
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Very fond of this page from "Her Paw Sore Wreathed In Blight." We could all use a helping lift.
Page from Modern Carapace: "Her Paw Sore Wreathed In Blight" Esther wearing her helmet and poncho grabs onto the hand of the Tarantula Hawk 2, her big blue mecha. The T-Hawk 2, in an autopilot state, says "up you go" with the voice of WED, Esther's robotic companion. She is lifted to its shoulder, where she enters an open hatch and descends. "To the cliff" she tells the T-Hawk 2. She's removed her helmet and poncho and prepares to descend into the Concord chamber, the pilot seat of the T-Hawk 2. "Controls to me" she commands. The final panel shows the armored foot of the T-Hawk 2 approaching the edge of the cliff, where a massive fleshy tail whips in the air.
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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70 years old, what can you say? Happy birthday big guy :)
Godzilla (specifically his incarnation from Godzilla Minus One) swims through the blue-green ocean. His head pokes just above the surf, one angry eye visible. Behind his head, a forest of jagged spines.
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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This is like, I dunno, Zeus saying he likes my work—Arthur Adams is one of the best to ever do it
On Instagram I posted my fifth form of Shin Godzilla and Arthur Adams liked it
October 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Ichabod Crane on a windy autumn night outside of Sleepy Hollow
Vine where the guy on the phone says “so no head?” Then breaks the phone and jumps on his skateboard, breaking it too
October 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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materializing again to tell my wife something else I remembered about The Silmarillion
October 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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After two consecutive weeks of shows, I'm back home and have opened my online store again. So if you need physical copies of Modern Carapace, whether it's the newest issue or the original first two, now's your chance!
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A pile of the three Modern Carapace comic books.
October 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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"sir, the Muppets have taken Manhattan"
it's that photo of the guy whispering in Bush's ear on 9/11
September 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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We are not about to whitewash over Captain Hook and his various crimes—do better
From SFGATE: “the record-breaking performer who once lived inside Disneyland - he performed nearly 40,000 shows at the park”
September 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Really beautiful record but the art kind of makes it look like Gavin did it…
Album cover for Gavin Bryan’s’ eerie, beautiful “The Sinking of the Titanic.” A collage of his face with some sort of map imposed over it, next to an inverted color photo of the Titanic rising into the air before its descent
September 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Big Chap and Working John, drawing I did in 2019 or 2020, but I've been looking at my work without the shading and highlights and liking how some of that looks better now, so enjoy if you're an Alien: Isolation head.
Against a light blue background, a Working Joe android from Alien: Isolation stands facing to the right, arms down, but head turned toward the viewer. wrapped around his side is the tail of a xenomorph, facing away from the viewer, dwarfing the android.
September 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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I’m gonna be tabling twice in October so if you want to pick up my comics I’d love to meet you in Meatworld!!
My schedule of in-person appearances: Fall 2025 St Paul Art Crawl at the Schmidt Artist Lofts in St Paul MN, October 10-12. Then at SLICE 2025 at the Sheldon in St Louis MO.
September 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Yeah I love Deafheaven
Portrait of comedian John Early
September 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Am hesitant to post this here because last time I got a bunch of fake commission requests and I don't necessarily love that, but if you want me to draw a character, person, or pet of your choice, DM me and we can talk about it! They start at $50 and don't get THAT much pricer from there. Thanks!
Fall Commission list for me, Jacob. Commissions start at $50 and come in four tiers: 1. Basic portrait 2. Portrait with shading 3. Full body 4. Full body/portrait with landscape. The line art for a commission I did in the winter of the EVA-01 is in this image as well.
September 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Illustration of Shin Godzilla I did all the way back in the unremarkable year of 2020. Beady eye is white, teeth yellow, little arms out as if to say "please kill me I'm begging you." Against a deep red backdrop.
September 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Cover and first couple pages of Modern Carapace: "Her Paw Sore Wreathed In Blight" which you can read in its entirety in a matter of seconds! Just gotta go here:
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Just keep in mind it's the third in this series so you may as well read the first two.
Cover of comic Modern Carapace: “Her Paw Sore Wreathed In Blight” Esther, in her helmet and poncho, steps into the shade of green kaiju viscera as the sun rises behind her. The stars are still visible. First page of "Her Paw Sore Wreathed In Blight." A title reads WEST COAST: Year 15 designated Spore Quarantine Zone. The first three panels show detritus on an abandoned, cracking road. A single shoe rests on its side. As the the massive foot of the mecha Tarantula Hawk 2 passes by, its step jogs the shoe up into the air and back to the ground. Then, a panel showing the Tarantula Hawk 2 delicately walking between long abandoned rusting cars, along a scenic road next to the sea. It is early morning. Page 2 of "Her Paw Sore Wreathed In Blight." The Tarantula Hawk 2 (piloted by Esther) inspects what looks like a massive muddy paw print on the cliffside. Something is growing in the print...a glowing, orange spore. The T-Hawk 2 continues its investigation, and finds a wrecked car, split down the middle by a neon green substance. She fingers it, and brings it to her eyes. All the while she chats with WED, an automaton who serves as her advisor and mechanic back home.
September 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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If I told you there was a kaiju called the Osst that was a bat/opossum/cat hybrid with bone plate and could vomit out her own intestines onto enemies to melt their flesh, would you read my comic?
Panel from Modern Carapace: “Her Paw Sore Wreathed In Blight” in which the mecha Tarantula Hawk 2 is dwarfed by a hungry feline kaiju called the Osst. A piece of crab meet hangs from her mouth. Vomit flecks her tusks.
September 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Kind of look my dog gives me when I catch her being bad
Big ass Mephistopheles guy from Murnau's silent film version of Faust
September 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Here's how I would describe my comic series Modern Carapace in screenshots from my phone:
Headline: "Mushroom learns to crawl after being given robot body" Subhead: "Biohybrid machine ushers new era of robotics, scientists say" Tweet from @blackisjesus_: "Shark infested waters".... you mean their home????😭 Tweet from @th0ttty: "my bat always rushes to greet me when I come home" and underneath is a photo of a blurry bat flying towards the camera Screenshot of Hayao Miyazaki, a cigarette dangling from his lips. He's saying "Hideaki Anno? Interesting." I am not shy about my influences...
September 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Kind words regarding my comic which you can download below!
Review for comic Modern Carapace: “Her Paw Sore Wreathed In Blight” This book resonates with me deeply. There's a sense of movement to the panels that are right up there with the works of Dean Haspiel and David Aja in my mind. The art is unique and eye catching. The slow burn world building is intriguing. And the fights...oh man, the fights are something else. I adore this series. Please give it a shot
September 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Just one more thing
Illustration of Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo. The Columbo title card hovers in front of him. He lowers his head, touching his hand to his temple (while still holding a cigar. His other hand is behind his back.
September 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Mr. President, I wouldn’t—ahh forget it
Very real photo of Richard Nixon raising the deadly Demon Core to his lips, perhaps to claim its atomic power to do Quaker things
September 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Modern Carapace: “Her Paw Sore Wreathed In Blight” is available to read now!

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Cover of comic Modern Carapace: “Her Paw Sore Wreathed In Blight” Esther, in her helmet and poncho, steps into the shade of green kaiju viscera as the sun rises behind her. The stars are still visible.
September 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Nooooo they were endgame!
Headline from LinkedIn News: Kraft Heinz to break up
September 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM