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Toronto based Comics/Illustrator. Recovering brit. IDW Sonic, Dreamworks' Felix the Cat. Sega fan. Shiny thing collector. Good vibes change lives. Making fun, ethical, sustainable comics. [email protected] / www.RikDraws.com

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Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 25d

i did it

Sonic the Hedgehog news and updates! @tailschannel.com · 25d

Here's #IDWSonic: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, cover B, by @rikdraws.com. #SonicNews

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Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 1d

Now to commence shameless crowing!

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✪ daniel barnes ✪ @danny8bit.bsky.social · 1d

I managed to record the final minute of the ENDLESS FANTASIA Kickstarter!

Mission Accomplished, y'all! Thank you for your enthusiasm, support, and for spreading the word! This is all happening because of YOU! We did it!

Super excited for what happens next. Stay tuned.

Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 1d

a group of people are dancing in a forest and a man is holding a woman 's hand .

Alt: Gandalf dancing with all the hobbits with the caption "time to party"

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Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 2d

w/o downloading anything new - where are you mentally?

Bilbo from The Hobbit, with the c aption "After all, why not?....Why shouldn't I believe in myself and work hard for my dreams"

Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 2d

So I shouldn't tell everyone he's the megabus man?

Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 3d

Also if they have any spare can you get me one that would be great thanks <3 Just uh maybe don't ship it here right now, between tariffs and the canada post strike maybe just hold onto it for me kthx

Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 3d

Fun fact, if you're at #NYCC right now you can swing by IDW's booth (#4551) and nab yourself a copy of this Sonic CrossWorlds print done by some me you might know!

A bunch of swag at the IDW NYCC booth, including the Sonic Racing CrossWorlds cover I did for the upcoming comic, made into a big print! OOOoOoOooOoOo

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Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 4d

Something something Yuri Buckyballs, no wait Yaoi Buckyballs

Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 5d

3 days left to get in on the ground floor and help make Danny's dream project a reality! And who knows, maybe if it hits 40k something cool might happen?

✪ daniel barnes ✪ @danny8bit.bsky.social · 5d

We've got just 3 DAYS LEFT on the ENDLESS FANTASIA Kickstarter, y'all! Now's the time to back to get yourself a comic and some exclusive prints, before it's too late!

Can we reach $40K before the campaign ends, I wonder? 🤔

Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 6d

It's officially the bustin' season!

John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 6d

I did not post this on October 1st, I am slacking.

Bustin

YouTube video by Neil Cicierega

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Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 8d

Is this that Cardi-P I keep hearing the kids talking about?

Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 8d

Louder for those in the back

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 10d

This is nothing but one big set of leading questions, be prepared to correct and rebuke every single approach they're using to peddle this poisonous snake oil.

Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 11d

Can I be similarly trite and do the reverse? Get Weird Al to do a polka version of O Fortuna - Carmina Burana? Make a movie about a killer ska band and call it 'Ska'd for life''/Ska'd to death' or something?

Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 12d

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Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 12d

Raccoon Appreciation Day addendum, Ring by Evan and Mauro (both from Sonic #64!) and Tracy!

Ring gets a speaking line in Sonic #64! Art by Evan Stanley!

Ring running home to tell her ma that she got a speaking line, again in Sonic #64! Art by Mauro Fonseca!

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Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 12d

Happy Raccoon Appreciation Day (RAD) a day late because she slept in.

A very happy Raccoon holding a copy of the vinyl exclusive album 'Lake Freeze: The Raccoons Songtrack' (1983) featuring songs from the canadian cartoon series The Raccoons. $3!!

A short webcomic type strip about a Raccoon finding a notGameboy in the garbage, terribly drawn and even more terribly self indulgent.

Y'know I legit forget doing these or what they were for. They don't even look like I did them? Weird huh. Anyway, some sketches of Ring the Raccoon and the Pinguin.

A model sheet for Ring the Raccoon my old OC who I made to try and get a job doing Sonic when Archie Comics had the license.

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Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 13d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyix... Very cool doc on how the sfx were done! It still looks impressive all these years later and some of the techniques were ingenious!

Flight of the Navigator | VFXcool

YouTube video by Captain Disillusion

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Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 14d

September 30th/October 1st

A penguin doing a jaunty pose in a santa hat.

Student Loans @rikdraws.com · 14d

SURPRISE 🕶️🐧 It's the last of the month, aka Zineday! This month we're having a party to celebrate! Don't worry, the inside is all sketches, only the cover is this garish! I did it, I did a Sonic cover! Now, having achieved my goal, I'm going off to have an existential crisis. (patreon.com/rikdraws)

An almost blindingly garishly colourful cover depicting a happy little penguin guy wearing 3d glasses, a hat and an ugly orange shirt. It is the cover to Mackazine #86 wherein I celebrate myself for getting to draw a hedgehog and friends for IDW/Sega. Good job me. You did it. Now I'm going off to have an existential crisis.

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Fred McNamara But He's Spooky Now, I Guess. @commandermac.bsky.social · 15d

Happy 60th anniversary to Thunderbirds! Let's take a deep dive into the series' remarkably epic production history and inspiring nature of its optimistic spirit of techno-driven adventure.

gerryanderson.com/blogs/blog/c...