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Dustin Weaver

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A working professional comic book artist, making comics on the side. No Ai! https://www.patreon.com/c/DustinWeaver

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · Jan 3

Get to know me with a series of post threads.
You could start with this thread about the comic book series "PAKLIS."

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · Nov 26

What is PAKLIS?
PAKLIS is an ongoing anthology comic series that I make (mostly) on my own and publish through Image Comics.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 14h

I don't mean monetarily successful. Just to be clear.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 14h

I think it's probably true that it's easier to create good work in comics than it is in animation. It's a very flexible medium, with very little restraints. I think the conclusion is that comics are better.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 14h

Sure. I'm sure it has happened more times than that animation guy knew.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 14h

I heard an animator once point out how artists who work in animation, but then make a move into comics, are more successful than artists going from comics into animation. He took this as evidence that animation was the better medium, which is a weird conclusion.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 18h

Struzan's stuff is like magic. He could put just layers of life into his work. I had a phase where I obsessed over Struzan. I think about his work often.

Comic Book Club @comicbookclub.bsky.social · 19h

Drew Struzan, iconic poster artist of Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, and Star Wars, among others, has died at age 78.

Drew Struzan, Iconic Poster Artist Of Star Wars And Indiana Jones, Dead At Age 78

Drew Struzan, iconic poster artist of Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, and Star Wars, among others, has died at age 78.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 4d

THE JUNIPER LODGE (coming in 2026)
The next PAKLIS collection will include “They’ll Bury You Where You Stand!”, “Mushroom Bodies”, “An Empty Shell In The Ocean”, “The Juniper Lodge”, “Defects In The Hand-Drawn Line”, “Seventeen”, & “Quitting Comics.”
Hardcover with a lot of extras.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah. You can be listening to a podcast about something totally innocuous and suddenly get traumatically wrenched back to that election year by one comment.

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 3d

That's true. Not long ago I caught up with a podcast that has been going for about 10 years and listening to them go through lockdown and all that was kind of rough. I was fascinated by my feelings about it.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 3d

Listening to podcasts from 2010 is kind of weird. Even for something like a movie podcast. I can't stop thinking about what these podcasters haven't experienced yet and how their feelings will change.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 6d

Here's the whole image.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 6d

DAMN!

Brian Michael Bendis @brianmbendis.bsky.social · 7d

Back in ye ol' Tumblr days, I was posting Art Adams art like it was my job. Eventually, he heard about it and he and Joyce started sending me commissions and other pieces he thought I might enjoy posting. I just found the folder. wow.

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 6d

In my top 3 comics of all time. This comic is many things, among them, an amazing war comic.

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 6d

He was super fun to draw.

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 6d

My pleasure! Thanks.

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 6d

I aimed to show a lot of respect to Art without doing an impersonation.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks! 🙏

Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 6d

Here's the whole image.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 6d

My original idea for this cover looked like this, but I decided to not use this because I knew the characters would have a bit of a redesign and, at that time, I didn't know what they would look like. Also, I learned that Longshot himself was not a major part of the story.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 6d

I had no idea what the logo and all the dressing would look like, so I just used an old Longshot cover.

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Dustin Weaver @dustinweaver.bsky.social · 6d

I scan my sketches, put it together digitally and put some tones in so I can see the composition. I then remove all the tones and print the sketch in blue.