@theilluminerdi.bsky.social
Wake up, be a dad, work 9-5, write stories and repeat. https://substack.com/@illuminerdi?r=4jcr&utm_medium=ios
remember that time when @jamesfergcomics.com and @mattmanbegins.bsky.social and @theilluminerdi.bsky.social and i wrote a comic where a certain president got mad at talk show hosts making fun of him and passed a stupid law banning pizza?
i didn’t realize we were writing history
art by dan buksa
but thank you to everyone involved. for @jamesfergcomics.com for being the captain and to @mattmanbegins.bsky.social for bringing heart and for @theilluminerdi.bsky.social for being the frontman.
to @scottewen.bsky.social for lettering and @pacillustration.bsky.social for designing everything
and all I wanted to do was to come home to NY and have pizza. Hope you’ll join myself, Dan Buksa, @pacillustration.bsky.social, @jamesfergcomics.com, @theothermarioc.com, and @theilluminerdi.bsky.social at 4th World Comics for it!
23.04.2025 17:15 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Slice(s) of Life James Ferguson, Matt Summo, Mario Candelaria, Pete Collins, Dan Buksa
Was so happy to get Slice(s) of Life in the mail this week! Love the concept behind this one
Huge shoutout to the creative guys behind this awesome comic @jamesfergcomics.com @theothermarioc.com @mattmanbegins.bsky.social @theilluminerdi.bsky.social @pacillustration.bsky.social
I have a variant cover on the new issue of Holiday Spirits homaging "Thor Ages of Thunder" cover by Marko Djurdjevic ( @sixmorevodkastudio.bsky.social )
NOW on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ora...
Thanks to @jayboy495.bsky.social @travisgibb.bsky.social and @theilluminerdi.bsky.social
For a long time, I dreamed of having my local comic book shop advertise my name for their Free Comic Book Day event.
Guess what I unlocked?
Me staring at a carousel’s puffin seat.
I asked this penguin how it feels to be tariffed and they said “what’s a tariff? Also I’m a puffin.”
They also didn’t know what a comic was, but Rise of the Flightless is still accepting submissions!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
💙📚👀
#writingcommunity #comics
I want to thank @travisgibb.bsky.social for giving me and Dan the opportunity to create Agent Peppermint Fudgesparkle and tell his stories.
We have 4 stories in HOLIDAY SPIRITS: CHRISTMAS IN JULY Vol 4. Now on Kickstarter!
When a team of great creators collaborate on an original idea, you get tremendous results.
10/10 concept, design, execution.
Just look at that death of Superman bag design. 💋💯
Great work @jamesfergcomics.com @theothermarioc.com @theilluminerdi.bsky.social @pacillustration.bsky.social & team!
Thank you so much!!!!
22.04.2025 01:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I’m excited to share that my Agent Peppermint Fudgesparkle stories with Dan Buska are now on Kickstarter! Also, our character is getting his own cover by Ignacio DiMeglio.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ora...
Don't be a “writer” and invest in yourself.
Your time is valuable.
Your talent deserves nurturing.
Your dreams are worth fighting for.
Writers invest time in creating a writing family
“Writers” think about their stories and never actually finish a script.
Writers want to tell bold stories.
“Writers” chase distractions.
The cover for Slice(s) of Life, a comic book anthology set in a world where pizza has been outlawed. It features a chef, like the one on a pizza box and a pizza delivery boy in the vein of X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Slice(s) of Life has officially gone to print! This comic is a labor of love and it's taken a long time to get to this point, but I am so happy with what we've put together with friends. @theothermarioc.com, @mattmanbegins.bsky.social, @theilluminerdi.bsky.social and I are pumped! In Pizza We Trust
27.03.2025 16:42 — 👍 15 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 2Dear Up and Coming Comic Writer,
Today is a good day to write! If you're having issues with starting, I recommend using a puke draft:
One page, one sentence.
Then do one page, one sentence per panel.
You will find a piece of gold in your pile of garbage.
You got this!
TIL Max Kellerman hosted Around the Horn...
08.03.2025 00:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We are 5 followers from 15!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ora...
Just found out my 3 Agent Peppermint Fudgesparkle stories are being collected together for the first time!!!! Art by Dan Buksa #comicthreads
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ora...
Have you ever written a scene as emotional as this moment
04.03.2025 02:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Can anyone explain the internet downfall of Emilia Pérez? At first, everyone loved it. That's not the case anymore. What did I miss?
03.03.2025 03:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Just me or the audience ruined this moment?????? Zero life when Cena turned.
02.03.2025 03:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What does this mean to you?
27.02.2025 21:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Does the right amount of work-life balance make you happy? Or do you want more outside this mundane life?
26.02.2025 18:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A piece of my childhood just died.
nypost.com/2025/02/26/e...
Happy NCBD!!! What is everyone reading today???
26.02.2025 12:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0But you know what? Shit happens. Life gets tough. Deal with it. I firmly believe that you'll be a better writer and a better person if you handle disappointment. Remember to let it lead to your growth as a human and as a writer.
26.02.2025 04:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0You need to fail in order to grow as a creator! I know that it can be hard. I bitch that things can be hard!
26.02.2025 04:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Think about failure like a scale. The small stuff that you brush off on one end. There are big ones that make some creators quit entirely. I've faced both ends and trust me it can get really rough.
26.02.2025 04:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0You know what? They work hard! You'll need to fail over and over again to get to where you want to be. Failures are everywhere!
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