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#marvelmonday 081125 Fantastic Four mashup with Herbie… the Love Bug ^_^

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#pungeonsanddragons • Bad puns of Dungeons & Dragons monsters: 081025 • Chokers •Chokers were hideous monsters that hid underground and strangled their prey to death. Their arms were more like tentacles.

•Clowns to the left of me, Chokers to the right… (btw i’m not a big fan of artichokes…)

•Keep smiling and stay safe, everyone! 🙂

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#forcefriday 080825 An elderly R2-D2 with a walker (a Sky-walker? An AT-AT Walker?) We discussed at Comic Jam Hawaii how you know when you’re a certain age when you start receiving a ton of physical mail and emails from AARP ^_^; • Keep smiling and stay safe, all! ^_^

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Aloha, all! This comic was inspired when I posted that my shoe was falling apart. There were many great solutions, feedback, and stories! Ultimately, it led to this comic! Have a great weekend, everyone!

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Aloha! Please help us Kickstart "The Duck Knight!" Beautifully written and colored by Napua Ahina, with stunning backgrounds and characters drawn by Drew Gutierrez, and some duck doodles by Jon J Murakami, this graphic novel needs your help to be printed! Join us in reaching our goal and get your very own copy of the book and some great stretch goals! Let’s make this happen together! Mahalo! 😊

https://shorturl.at/Xr2sg

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I tried the Fantastic Four pizza special at @littlecaesars, which features four topping combos on one large pie: classic cheese, pepperoni, Italian sausage & bacon, and pepperoni & jalapeño! In Hawaii, it’s $9.99 (mainland $7.99). Plus, spend over $20 and get $4 off a movie ticket for “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.” Also there are 4 different boxes you can get.

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Cleaning up the old studio, and discovered this lil gem: In 1995, I first met voice actor Robert Paulsen at the Warner Bros. store in Ala Moana. I was hesitant to meet him because I was quite starstruck, but I decided to create an homage of his characters. Rob has such a distinct voice, and I loved the range of characters he voiced. The internet was still fairly new (remember Geocities and HotBot?), and Google didn’t exist yet. I went through dozens of VHS tapes I taped of Saturday morning cartoons and Cartoon Network specials, pausing them to reference all of his characters! Kudos if you can name them all! Rob, I’m glad I got to see you again over the years when you visited Oahu! 😊

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It's been forever since I did a #marvelmonday 063025 • Spider-Man in Hawaii •Most of us know that Spider-Man taps an area in his palm to shoot a web. OK, comic nerds, I was wondering if Spider-Man ever gets caught up in his own web? ^_^ Keep smiling and stay safe, all! ^_^

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A quick sketch of the Kpop Demon Hunter Demon Tiger (aka Derpy Tiger.) Initially I had the Cheshire Cat, but I felt it was more fun to put Garfield in there ^_^

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Just a quick sketch of the Kpop Demon Hunter Demon Bird with Woodstock from Peanuts. Both wearing little hats 😊

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Unfortunately, the Duck Knight didn't make it past the first round of the Webtoons contest. A big Mahalo to Napua Ahina and Drew Gutierrez for being such incredible partners on this amazing project. We also appreciate everyone who voted, liked, and shared the comic strip. Your support means a lot to us! However, we're not done yet! There's one more story arc that we will be posting soon, so stay tuned! ^_^

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I thought this guy was hilarious 😊

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I redrew this sketch and improved the gag at Comic Jam Hawaii today. Super Chicken & Fred in Hawaii.

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Hey! Here’s a recent commission I drew for Patricia Erdely! She requested Daffy Duck & Donald Duck as The Blues Brothers! 😊 Craziest crossover since the dueling pianos in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?! It’s been a while since I’ve seen the Blues Brothers, so it took me a little while to figure out how to draw this one. I screwed up on the music as I started laying down the first few notes, then realized - oh shoot - I should try to have the actual music! So after the first 3 notes is the passage for “I Can’t Turn You Loose” 😊

Mahalo again, Patricia, for always requesting fun commissions! Really appreciate the support and your patience as I always take a while to get to them! ^_^;

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#pungeonsanddragons • Bad puns of Dungeons & Dragons monsters: 051625 Invisible Stalker • Invisible stalkers, as their name suggests, are beings that can only be perceived as shimmering masses of air across various planes. Often summoned by mages for specific tasks, they harbor deep resentment toward these assignments. If a task takes longer than a week to complete, they begin to distort the essence of the command and search for loopholes, making careful wording essential.

• You may remember this monster from before. I need to replenish many of the sold originals with new puns and gags for Tabletop Oahu Con in a few weeks.

•Keep smiling and stay safe, everyone! 🙂

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I have a Facebook album showcasing ancient finds while cleaning my old studio at my parents' house. Check out this nostalgic treasure someone gifted me way back when: Sea-monkeys!

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ALOHA! This weekend, find me at:

** Dragon's Lair, LLC, Mililani**

** Free Comic Book Day ** 🎉

(I'll have limited product)

Sat, May 3, 9A-7P (may leave earlier) ⏰

** Hawaii Comic and Toy Expo ** 🐉

Sun, May 4, 8A-4P

Ala Moana Hotel ($5 admission) 🎟️

Hope to see you there! 😊✨