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David Mariotte

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Writer of Transformers Wreckers: Tread & Circuits, TF/Terminator, etc! Prev at IDW, BOOM! Studios. He/Him. Icon by my husband, @beccabeean aka Rebecca Ann! For more, including contact, davidmariotte.com!

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David Mariotte @davidmariotte.bsky.social · Jun 13

Quick resume: I've edited things like Transformers, Sonic the Hedgehog, Godzilla, Power Rangers, Hello Darkness, Wynonna Earp, Canto, D&D, Lawful, Profane, The Last Boy, Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine, and tons more, including plenty of crossovers, events, specials, anthologies, and more!

The cover to the recent Power Rangers Prime/VR Troopers FCBD flipbook. Featuring the 5 Prime Rangers: Red, Yellow, Black, Pink, Blue. Art by Dan Mora.

The cover for the Eisner Nominated (right now) Godzilla 70th Anniversary Special I was one of the editors on with Jamie S. Rich and Jake Williams at IDW. This one's a big spooky Godzilla lit in orange from below. Art by Sophie Campbell.

The art to the first collection of IDW Sonic comics, Fallout. Sonic and Tails hanging out having fun. Sonic's holding out a finger as a big 1. Art by Tyson Hesse.

The cover to Hello Darkness #4 featuring cover girl Darcía on top of a pile of jack-o-lanterns with spooky screaming faces in the background. Art by Frazer Irving, Hello Halloween variant.

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The Devil’s Reyn! @machsabre.bsky.social · 4h

#Portfolioday!

My name’s Dave. I’m a cartoonist and I’ve drawn a bunch of stuff here and there. Currently working on my comic Stargazer and being a little too obsessed with drawing the recent Transformers CyberWorld toys.

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Angela Wu - Schedule Full @li-vermin-il.bsky.social · 4h

✨Hey apparently it’s #portfolioday again ✨
I’m Angela a cover artist whose clients include - DC, BOOM! , IDW, Vault and Titan Comics. My schedule is full for this year but you can enquire for next year ~

📩 [email protected]
Portfolio: www.artstation.com/angela_somet...

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Joey Esposito @joeyesposito.bsky.social · 14h

We've been working on MADAM for a long time and the book is DONE and LIVE NOW on @kickstarter.com along with some truly macabre pinup art!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/joe...

W: Me
A: @pandamusk.bsky.social
C: @brainpulp.bsky.social
L: @paulallor.bsky.social

MADAM — An Original Horror Graphic Novel

A full-color 164 page supernatural horror comic from Eisner and Ringo-nominated writer Joey Esposito and fan-favorite artist Pandamusk.

www.kickstarter.com

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Eileen Widjaja 爱凌 @eileenwdj.bsky.social · 3h

Hello #PortfolioDay ✨️
I'm Leen and I'm a comic and cover artist who's done work for IDW, Mattel, Bad Egg, and Dauntless to name a few. Looking for new comic and publishing work for 2026!

💌 [email protected]
🎨 eileenwidjaja.com

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Jordan Alsaqa @jordanalsaqa.bsky.social · 3h

Received my contributor copies of Samidoon tonight, and the book came out wonderfully! Thanks to @davidmariotte.bsky.social for coordinating this project, @jacobysalcedo.bsky.social and Fortune Wesson for collabing with me to tell a personal story, and for everyone who supported the book.

Copy of Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine charity comic anthology

Page of "The Men I've Known" by Jordan Alsaqa, Jacoby Salcedo, and Fortune Wesson from Samidoon

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 14h

Whaddup #portfolioday, I'm a comic artist, writer, character designer, and a jack off all trades who's worked with Critical Role, Dimension 20, Dark Horse, and many others. I would love to do some covers, more writing work, and longterm projects ✨
📇 kendrawcandraw.com
🖼️ patreon.com/kendrawcandraw

The author at a convention table surrounded by books and stickers

An excerpt from Real Hero Shit 2. A large wild cat fishes in a stream while the characters have a conversation that does as follows:
"Should we-?"
"No, we should be fine. They are not interested in prey our size."
"Strange. It reminds me of a dream I had last night. "
"Ooh, think it's an omen?"

Character designs from season two of The Unsleeping City from Dimension 20.

An illustration of the titular character from the video game Slay The Princess being grappled by many many ghostly hands. The text reads "This is a love story."

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Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 7h

The 2024 numbers are crunched, data visualised, and insights SHARED!

Here's the findings of the 2024 Comics Worker Survey!

Anyone can read these findings on income, rates, royalties and more--online or as a PDF.

The Cartoonist Cooperative

Making comics better for everyone!

cartoonist.coop

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boney🔞💖 @boneyhag.bsky.social · 9h

reminder that free speech is a privilege and not a right—those in power will challenge your right to free speech at every turn if you do not stand up for yourself and those around you

make your calls!! in the US, KOSA is back on the floor. use the 5calls app to contact your state reps!

boney🔞💖 @boneyhag.bsky.social · Aug 5

he hasn't stopped calling~ have you? 🫵

how to call: stop-paypros.neocities.org

info and resources on pay discrimination: cartoonist.coop/censorship-p...

drawing of a man laying on bed with an old school phone in hand. he has a speech bubble that says "I'm so confused~ is what i'm buying illegal?" the text on the page says "keep calling and writing until payment processor censorship is reversed. one call a day makes a difference! mastercard and visa's statements aren't good enough. let's keep up the pressure together!"

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Bruka Jones @brukajones.com · 15h

Happy #portfolioday

I make comics and drawings of my original characters and it makes me happy ✨

Hit me up if you wanna work make cool shit together 💕
brukajones.com/contact-me

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 20h

I'm castpixel, a senior illustrator and art director with more than 20 years of experience (ok, it's 21 years). One of the best pixelartists working today. I'm looking for a project.

Clients: WB Games, Minecraft, SEGA, HASBRO

Hire me! I make your game look good.

[ #portfolioday ]

My cover illustration for the game Space Jam a New Legacy, which I also art directed and animated #art

Screenshot from a pitch for a TMNT point-and-click adventure game featuring April o Neil as a mystery investigator

Isometric pixelart illustration for Minecraft, while I was working at Mojang. This is meant to show off the world and it's thrills. It lives in the how-to-play section in-game

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Rebecca Ann • レベッカアン @beccabeean.bsky.social · 8h

Happy #portfolioday everyone! My name is Rebecca and I’m a cartoonist! Looking for work!! Currently available for line art, covers, promotional illustration, album art & commissions. I have done work on SAMIDOON, GODZILLA, PRESS GUARDIAN and more!

Album art of a pierced girl with pink and yellow hair sitting in a room of speakers with a crowd dancing behind her

A person in a boat wading through the water while standing on the bow

A girl walking and chatting in the phone in the city while carrying a bouquet of tulips

A shirtless man with long white hair sitting on the ground with both legs bent, one upward toward his chest and one relaxed and on the ground.

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 11h

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 13h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 11h

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#SaveSpeech

If you're like me and you are struggling to contact your senators re: KOSA via their phone lines this week, I recommend attempting to send physical letters or emails in the meantime.

Here is a script you can use to contact your reps!

www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...

Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [LOCATION]
I'm messaging to demand [SENATOR] oppose S. 1748, the Kids Online Safety Act, also known as KOSA. This broad legislation does not protect anyone and instead will be used to block any speech that the Trump administration’s partisan FTC disagrees with. It pushes the “duty of care” onto websites and social media platforms to remove content that is “harmful to children”. It would lead to overcompliance, mass censorship, and remove access to crucial information re: everything from mental health, LGBT topics, substance abuse, eating disorders and more.
Additionally, while large, corporate platforms like X can shoulder the weight of “duty of care”, smaller websites cannot, leading to greater and greater concentrations of power online into giant corporate platforms rather than small and medium sized businesses.
KOSA will not make kids safer. It will make the internet more dangerous for anyone who relies on it to learn, connect, or speak freely. Lawmakers should reject it, and fast.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
IF SENATOR COSPONSORED KOSA: Additionally, I want to remark on [SENATOR]’s cosponsorship of this bill. I think it is shameful that [SENATOR] has backed a bill as transparently bad as KOSA. This will not keep kids safe, it is an excuse to censor the free and open internet. I will not be voting for nor donating to [SENATOR] in any future campaigns if they do not drop their co-sponsorship of this bill, and I will encourage everyone in my life to do the same.
Do the right thing.

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David Mariotte @davidmariotte.bsky.social · 9h

As a person who hires for comics professionally, I absolutely have. Almost never that day, but it has put people on my radar who I then reached out to when I had a project.

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Sandy the Friendly Ghost @sandyjarrell.com · 10h

Hello, I’m Sandy Jarrell and I draw and color. Here’s some sequential work! On this #portfolioday, unlike most, I’m actively seeking gigs.

Full portfolio here: sandyjarrell.myportfolio.com

Norse Mythology 2 issue 6, breakdowns by P. Craig Russell, letters by Galen Showman.

The Legendary Lynx! Colors by Grey Allison, Letters by Jack Morelli. Words by Alex Segura.

Legion of Superheroes dance party, from Jimmy Olsen’s SuperCyclopedia

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David Mariotte @davidmariotte.bsky.social · 11h

More of the stuff I worked on!

Plus edits on VR Troopers; Samurai Jack; Canto; The Kill Lock; Dune; Lawful; Profane; ROM; M.A.S.K.; Micronauts; Wynonna Earp; The October Faction; Princess Royale; x-overs with MLP, Ghostbusters, Star Trek, TMNT, Back to the Future, and way way more!

The cover to Transformers vs. the Terminator #1, art by Gavin Fullerton. It depicts Optimus Prime in stark red with a blue eye, but part of his face is torn off, revealing at T-800 endoskeleton in blue with a red eye. I co-plotted this series with John Barber & Tom Waltz, and co-wrote it with John.

The cover to the first volume of Hello Darkness, the horror anthology series from BOOM! Studios. Art by Paolo Rivera. It depicts the cover girl, Darcia, on the edge of a clawfoot bathtub. She's blowing out a candle, but the smoke is revealing a bunch of spooky stuff in the darkness around her. I was one of the original editors on the series and still have stories coming out that I edited.

The cover for the collection of Scarenthood by Nick Roche. Art by Nick Roche. It is a stark, graphic cover of a man taking his child out for a walk in a stroller in front of an ominous looking building. Buried in the ground is a statue covered in thorns, which are extending to follow the father and child. I edited this series too!

The cover to Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine by Dania Omari. It depicts a Palestinian man on a boat pushing himself forward through a swirling tide that is superimposed over the landscape, but he remains steadfast. This charity anthology has raised money for the Palestine Red Crescent Society. I organized, edited, and wrote a short story for it.

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David Mariotte @davidmariotte.bsky.social · 11h

Hi #portfolioday, I'm David! I'm a writer & editor! Currently looking for comics writing work (licensed or original--I've got pitches, webcomics okay, NSFW okay) and long-term employment in editorial or a related gig! Hire me!

[email protected]
www.davidmariotte.com

The A cover to Transformers Wreckers: Tread & Circuits by Jack Lawrence and Candice Han depicting the "IDW2" version of the Wreckers. They're showing off for the cameras. Clockwise: Thunderclash, Ricochet, Minerva, Circuit, Aileron, and Hot Shot. One of several Transformers projects I wrote. I also edited the entire line of Transformers comics for several years.

The cover to the Eisner-Award Winning Godzilla 70th Anniversary book, by E.J. Su who also has a fantastic story inside. Godzilla is destroying a town and chomping on a train. In the background, a silhouette of light in the destruction makes a giant 70. A comic I co-edited with Jake Williams at IDW (and one story edited by Jamie S. Rich). I was the Godzilla editor for a bit working on other titles as well.

The cover to Power Rangers Prime #5 (which makes the Pink Ranger look more purple than he really is). Depicting the Prime team. Clockwise from top: Red, Yellow, Black, Pink, and Blue! Art by Dan Mora. I am also the former Rangers editor at BOOM! Studios.

The cover to the Sonic the Hedgehog 2022 Free Comic Book Day special. Art by Adam Bryce Thomas featuring Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails. I was the editor on Sonic at IDW from 2018-2023, as well as writing some additional materials for the book, including a recap back-up story in this very issue!

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Duke BooCum @dukenucum.bsky.social · 11h

Hi #portfolioday! I'm Duke! I write & letter NSFW comics (& sometimes prose)! I'm open for work and would love to collaborate on some cool, sexy stuff!

[email protected]
Portfolio & Digital Comics: bit.ly/DukeNuCum
Comic & short story OF: onlyfans.com/dukenucomix

The first page of an upcoming comic with Venti (see it on my OF first this Saturday)!

Panel 1: Two shadowy outlines of furry guys discuss a really hot lady with a big butt. The guy on the left says "Do you...do you think that's her, Stellan?" The guy on the right agrees, "Oh, it's gotta be, Egbert. Wombat chick with a big ass at this gym?"

Panel 2: They're looking at their phone for info, but also ogling the wombat lady. Stellan's eyes are hearts as he says "She's 100% the girl Byron hooked up with." Egbert holds the phone as he says "And he said she's like always DTF, right?"

Panel 3: It's obvious that the hot wombat lady can hear them talking behind her. She knows what they're up to. Stellan says "Yeah dude, he think she's a...breeder." Egbert responds "We gotta do it before the dome goes up."

Art & colors by Venti. Script & letters by me.

A page from Monster Under the Bed #1, written & lettered by me, art by James Marsh. 5 panels, all from the POV of under the bed. The first panel is an empty room at 12:00 P.M. The second is the feet of Alexa, the cute girl, stripping as she goes off to the shower. She says "Fuck it's hot! I sweat so much I need another shower!" 2:56 P.M. The third is her kneeled down to sort through a duffel bag in front of the bed. She says "Tank top, tank top, tank--ooo! I had forgot I brought this too! Tonight's gonna be fun." 3:28 P.M. Panel 4 is much later. The bedroom is dark, illuminated only by the light seeping through the crack under the door. Outside, Alexa says "Dylan, text me baaacck!" A voice under the bed whispers "Just a little longer..." 8:16 P.M. The room is softly lit, as if by candles or a very low light setting. Alexa speaks from above the POV, on the bed. "Oh no, Dylan, you're the killer?! But that means you're both the killer! And you're both going to share my...It's stretching so much...AAAAAAAH!" 12:41 A.M.

A book promo square post for Leave Only Footprints. It features the cover art of Karl Costa, a trans man park ranger, being held in the ferocious, but friendly (?) grasp of a strange femme monster. The monster's got a crown of antlers and branches, big pointy teeth, and is covered in what might be foliage or fur or both!

There's another copy of the title, a set of strange footprints, and a tag declaring it "A Duke NuCum joint."

Bullet points include:
Trans man x femme monster romance
A park ranger who's good at his job!
West Virginian cryptid mythology with a little drawing of a hidebehind.
Magic dick
Big sexy monster. 8 ft & worth the climb
First it's scary, then it's horny (monster face) but still kinda scary too
Cover by DarkChibiShadow

A page from Rivals: Deluxe Edition. Written and drawn by Rebecca Ann. Colors & letters by me.

Panel 1: Laurie, the goth bimbo, has the fires of hell behind her and demon horns. Above her head in flaming letters is "SCARY". She says the devastating "Sorry, but...I don't speak subreddit incel girl. But, thanks."

Panel 2: Laurie's friend laughs at her sick burn. "Ha! Ha! Ha!"

Panel 3: Freddie, the aforementioned "subreddit incel girl", turns away angry and embarrassed. She thinks "Fucking bimbos!" and you can tell where her mind's at because her thought balloon has big tits.

Panel 4: Freddie also pops a boner. She thinks "Oh, shit! Not now, why now?!"

Panel 5: Freddie is trembling in her seat. Laurie's curious about why. "What's that all about?", she thinks.

Panel 6: The bell rings, letting their college class out. BRRRRRIIIIINNNNGGGG

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Angel "Mrs. Movies" Perez @michelleperez.bsky.social · 12h

My surgery is in December, please help me maintain my place in the transgender bourgeois

Angel "Mrs. Movies" Perez @michelleperez.bsky.social · Nov 15

I'm gonna do more in depth stuff and outtreach to make sure this is knocked out of the park but here goes: the crowdfund for my transition care stuff. I've finally got my consults! i am gonna need some help to make this work! Please circulate and give if at all possible, thank you!

Donate to Help Angel Perez Access Essential Trans Care, organized by Michelle Jane Perez

Hello! I'm Angel Perez, you may know me previously as Michelle Perez!… Michelle Jane Perez needs your support for Help Angel Perez Access Essential Trans Care

gofund.me

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Erika Moen @erikamoen.bsky.social · 12h

LOLLL This reminds me of when Amazon shut down @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social's affiliate account with them and refused to give us the money we had made because they they deemed our site as "porn" (citing specific comics), while THEY WERE SELLING OUR BOOKS WHICH CONTAINED THOSE EXACT SAME COMICS 😂

Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 13h

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 13h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

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Lorenzo Hall 🍉 @lorenzohall.com · 13h

#PortfolioDay

Hi, my name's Lorenzo Hall. I'm a comic writer and novelist, previous work includes IDW's TMNT and an upcoming title I can't talk on just yet (🤫).

Looking for writing work in comics or prose.

Five page comic panel in black, white and green, showing Raphael angry after an argument with his brothers. The turtle is shown htting things in his room before going to bed angry, dark energy approaching in his dreams.

Illustration by Gigi Dutreix. Lettering by Nathan Widick.

Other credits are also visible in panel 2

Page from "The Outer-Space." Illustrated and co-created by FrogletComics depicting Pascal's ability to read minds.

Birthday Comic for Jon "Y'all Come Eat" Gray, featuring him and his characters. Scripted by me, Illustrated by FrogletComics

Art of Ariiisan featuring the reveal of Ardan. Illustrated by Cal Saiyan/ScourgeFrontiers and scripted by myself. Ardan is shown in fiery attire wielding a blazing blade.

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Tango @tiredsai.bsky.social · 18h

Hey #PortfolioDay - It's Tango, Comics Writer/Artist. Origin story set in New York. Always invested in big action, gritty noir, and survivor stories.💛 Drop me a line to discuss Cover Art, Scripts, & Sequentials :
akatango.carrd.co
💌[email protected]

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 18h

Hi #PortfolioDay - I am Kim Hu
Freelance Illustrator & Concept Artist

Looking for cool new projects to work on in 2026 💫

Portfolio: kim-hu.com
✉️ [email protected]

Cover of Killtopia Comic Anthology, featuring a despairing man in a tech helmet.

The cover to Blister City
In the background in orange and pink tones sits a massive city, behind which orange mountains rise into a dusty orange sky
In the foreground 3 punks perch on the edge of a building, surrounded by litter and soda cans. The punk on the left wears a blue jacket that says die young on the back.

The text Blister City can be seen in the sky above the city.

Illustration of Clippy the Paperclip in a Mad Max style truck, blasting through the wasteland; Done for Autonocast.com

Photo of a shirt, showing a girl with a nailbat on top of a smashed robot, holding up its severed head. The text says: Destroy AI; Done for Aftermath
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#kimgakaku

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Anas Abdulhak - أنس عبدالحق @anasabdulhak.bsky.social · 13h

We just hit 100 backers on ETHERES: Deluxe Edition‼️😭
Thank you all for helping us reach this milestone. We're less than 40% away from achieving our goal and making this book a reality

@dennismenheere.bsky.social

www.kickstarter.com/projects/den...

Etheres: Ringo Award Nominated One-Shot Comic Returns

Anas Abdulhak and Dennis Menheere invite you to journey into Etheres, a realm where souls go when they don't belong anywhere else.

www.kickstarter.com

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caitlin rose boyle (COMMS OPEN!) @caitlinroseboyle.com · Apr 8

hi #PortfolioDay!
I'm caitlin rose boyle, a storyboard artist/revisionist looking for work.

I've worked for dtva, crunchyroll, pixar, netflix, and most recently nickelodeon, + assorted freelance.

I'm fast and I'm friendly! caitlinroseboyle.com

Please contact me for more samples! Email in bio!

a cleanup storyboard panel of the Amphibia episode Fixing Frobo

a c/u panel of storyboard from the Rugrats episode The Lambster

$A c\u panel of storyboard from the Rugrats episode No Talking$ A storyboard panel from the Disney World animatronic show Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy

A storyboard panel from the Disney World animatronic show Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy

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