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Douglas Laubacher
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Draws the comic strip "Unbound." Cartoonist, teaching artist & member of the National Cartoonist Society. I share my comics and talk about videogames here. (He/Him) Website - iNKWiTs.com Newsletter - iNKWiTs.substack.com Shop - iNKWiTs.bigcartel.com
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · Sep 1
I drove around this weekend and did my thing - I dropped off copies of my new book Unbound: Lost On Shelf in Little Free Libraries throughout NE Ohio! And as of today, you can snag a copy for yourself here: inkwits.bigcartel.com/product/unbo...
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 10h
Do people still "do" Cliffsnotes? #comics
Unbound 198 - Panel #1: A police officer arresting a mouse in the foreground. The mood is sullen. Medium Porcupine, "Whoa, Galley. What did he do?" Galley, "He was caught cheating in the Summer Reading program." Panel #2: "He was listening to audiobooks at 1.5 times speed..." Panel #3: Outside. The mouse is being hauled off in a paddy wagon. Galley, "And he had Cliffsnotes." Medium Porcupine, "People still do Cliffsnotes!?"
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 1d
I remember learning as a kid that my local library didn't have a limit on how many books you could take out on an adult card. There is such a thing as too much power. #comics
Unbound 197 - Panel #1: Leaf and Galley stand in the foreground. Leaf speaks to Tab, "Are you going to participate in the Summer Reading Program, Tab? Panel #2: Tab, "Maybe. How many books can I check out at once?" Panel #3: Tab is surrounded by piles of books. Leaf and Galley hold large stacks menacingly. Leaf, "How many can you handle?"
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 20h
Was this through the online archive? I'm always looking for pencils for illustration assignments.
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 23h
Thank you to my University for allowing me to participate in this faculty show. And thank you to Mike Schmidt for doing such an awesome job putting it together. It feels special to have comic strips hang in a gallery.
A sign hanging in a gallery displaying the participants in the annual faculty exhibit at the University of Mount Union. Comic strips framed and hanging in a gallery.
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 1d
I remember learning as a kid that my local library didn't have a limit on how many books you could take out on an adult card. There is such a thing as too much power. #comics
Unbound 197 - Panel #1: Leaf and Galley stand in the foreground. Leaf speaks to Tab, "Are you going to participate in the Summer Reading Program, Tab? Panel #2: Tab, "Maybe. How many books can I check out at once?" Panel #3: Tab is surrounded by piles of books. Leaf and Galley hold large stacks menacingly. Leaf, "How many can you handle?"
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Kim🌸 @kpossibles.bsky.social · 1d
🚀 DC Comics is hiring an Associate Editor, Young Reader.

Full time, hybrid in Burbank, CA, $45.5k-84.5k. Would be working for DC’s Books for Young Readers. #comicjobs #artjob #jobalert

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Associate Editor, Young Reader in Burbank, California, United States of America | Creative, Content & Editorial at
Apply for Associate Editor, Young Reader job in Burbank, California, United States of America. Creative, Content & Editorial at Warner Bros. Discovery
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 2d
I'm going to be posting up a storm for a few weeks here. So enjoy an Unbound every weekday for the rest of October! Anybody read anything good over the Summer? #comics
Unbound 196 - Panel #1: Tab talking to the small porcupine, "I love the library because it's quiet." Panel #2: Music notes are surrounding our two characters .Tab, "Oh no." Small porcupine, "What?" Panel #3: Leaf and Galley are parading through the library with a crowd of people. Galley holds a touch in her hands and Leaf waves a flag. Tab in the foreground to his porcupine friend, "The opening ceremony for the summer reading program."
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 2d
I'm going to be posting up a storm for a few weeks here. So enjoy an Unbound every weekday for the rest of October! Anybody read anything good over the Summer? #comics
Unbound 196 - Panel #1: Tab talking to the small porcupine, "I love the library because it's quiet." Panel #2: Music notes are surrounding our two characters .Tab, "Oh no." Small porcupine, "What?" Panel #3: Leaf and Galley are parading through the library with a crowd of people. Galley holds a touch in her hands and Leaf waves a flag. Tab in the foreground to his porcupine friend, "The opening ceremony for the summer reading program."
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Charles Brubaker (NEW BOOK PRE-ORDER) @bakertoons.com · 4d
A Peanuts strip I remade for #peanutsreillustrated collab project! Part of the 75th anniversary thing
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 5d
I don't care for the inverted balloon tail either. But then again, I'm a real stickler for good word balloon etiquette. None of these are even pointing toward her mouth! That first balloon is pointing toward her forehead. Then her neck. And then her forehead. So it's anarchy all around!
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 5d
Yeah, this is a fairly standardized manga convention and you just have to know what it means through context and experience. You see it a lot in One Piece. The other convention I see that's never explained is black panel gutters meaning you are reading a flash-back.
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 6d
As a guy who teaches a lot, Bluesky has taught me something today - Y'all have terrible study habits.
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 6d
Thank you for 500 followers!

Do you realize how long it took me to get to 500 followers over at the other place?
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 8d
I just bought Affinity Publisher 2 in the last year. My new book is the first book I've made entirely without Adobe products. This is what I was trying to avoid! What an absolute bleak market for creative software.
Questions swirl over Affinity's future as Canva teases an announcement
Affinity has stopped selling its software ahead of "big changes" coming on October 30.
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 9d
I've never claimed that my tastes were "mainstream," so maybe I've always been out of touch. But I'm continually shocked at which books actually get read by the most people.
Unbound 195: Panel #1 Leaf, "This book has been checked out so many times. Panel #2 "It's so beat up." Panel #3 "It has been so LOVED." Panel #4 Galley, "*Sigh* Is it that nose-picking book?" Leaf, "Yeah."
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 8d
Possibly my favorite comic of all time! I think I'm missing one volume. It's not available in English, but there's a French edition. (Because of course there is) I believe the author is also active planning indie conventions in Japan, but it's hard to confirm that because of the language barrier.
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 9d
I've never claimed that my tastes were "mainstream," so maybe I've always been out of touch. But I'm continually shocked at which books actually get read by the most people.
Unbound 195: Panel #1 Leaf, "This book has been checked out so many times. Panel #2 "It's so beat up." Panel #3 "It has been so LOVED." Panel #4 Galley, "*Sigh* Is it that nose-picking book?" Leaf, "Yeah."
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 9d
I'm in the same place. I'll have to look into the neocities thing. Thanks for the lead. I'm in need of a whole new website anyway.
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Lúdica @ludica.cat · 11d
CATALUNYA | @bcngamefest.bsky.social reunirà més de 200 videojocs a la seva primera edició
🗞 ludica.cat/bcn-game-fes...
La nova fira que substitueix a l’exitós IndieDevDay es farà els dies 10, 11 i 12 d’octubre.
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 9d
bart simpson from the simpsons is sitting at a table with a plate of food and a glass of water
Alt: bart simpson from the simpsons is sitting at a table with a plate of food and a glass of water. He is waving his hands in the air being moved by the spirit saying, "testify!"
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 10d
I've never read a Harry Potter book. Not a one.
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 10d
As a guy who teaches a lot, goddamn that *hurts* to hear. Yikes.
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 10d
In regards to #2, I think it's important to keep audience in mind. I've had moms come up to my booth and ask, "Are your comics in color? Little Johnny will only read comics in color." Kids genuinely like it. It's appealing to that demographic.
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 10d
Welp. I learned a new word today. I hate this.
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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 10d
Hot take: The money to be made in comics has always been in licensing, not in the comic itself. Japan does it right when they sell a book for 500 yen. Print is cheap, but it's not about the ROI. You can still turn a profit on print, but that shouldn't be the point - you are buying mind-share.