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James Kochalka Superstar
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The first Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont. Eisner, Ignatz, and Harvey award winner. Rock star, cartoonist, wild berry picker. https://linktr.ee/kochalka
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Good Frog is available for streaming everywhere!
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It's anti-fascist fun time!
watercolor painting with digitally inked line-work of frog with a pink heart on his chest
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Gentle Observation 331 - Love is sweeter than money dipped in honey. patreon.com/kochalka
Watercolor and India ink, cartoon guy dipping money in honey and licking it, text says "Love is sweeter than money dipped in honey."
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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I always thought I was my own #1 fan. But actually, I'm only #3! #spotifywrapped

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"You're the number 3 top listener of James Kochalka Superstar globally. Welcome to the big leagues. Share this story" (and then a squiggly white line)
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Observation 330 - I don't make mistakes...I buy them.
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Watercolor and India ink, cartoon guy throwing paper money in the air, text says "I don't make mistakes...I buy them."
December 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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the lyrics of Skibidi Christmas barely make any sense just one year later. lol and ho ho ho youtu.be/KBy4DfiJ1eE?...
Skibidi Christmas
YouTube video by James Kochalka
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December 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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sweet! I'm just below The Clash!
December 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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I always thought I was my own #1 fan. But actually, I'm only #3! #spotifywrapped

open.spotify.com/artist/0a2cA...
"You're the number 3 top listener of James Kochalka Superstar globally. Welcome to the big leagues. Share this story" (and then a squiggly white line)
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Spotify Wrapped

this guy is just trying to steal clicks haha, but the song is actually good IMO open.spotify.com/track/6njBU3...
Spotify Wrapped
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December 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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i need to record a real one but, here it is live
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December 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Observation 330 - I don't make mistakes...I buy them.
patreon.com/kochalka
Watercolor and India ink, cartoon guy throwing paper money in the air, text says "I don't make mistakes...I buy them."
December 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Gentle Observation set 58 www.patreon.com/posts/gentle...
Gentle Observation set 58 | James Kochalka
Get more from James Kochalka on Patreon
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December 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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best Christmas song ever?

I wrote Beautiful Christmas Lights while asleep, dreaming. And with a fever of like 102. Literal fever dream of a song. open.spotify.com/track/1dgWtD...
Beautiful Christmas Lights
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December 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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One of the great joys in life is getting together with the whole extended family and they all sing along to my crazy Thanksgiving song.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Observation 329 - It was just an AXE-ident.
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Watercolor and India ink, cartoon guy with an axe and a chopped up table, text says "It was just an AXE-ident."
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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I made sushi with lemon pickled eggs, mushrooms and onions fried in butter and chinkiang vinegar, avocado and pickled red little peppers. Mix and matched.
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Observation 329 - It was just an AXE-ident.
patreon.com/kochalka
Watercolor and India ink, cartoon guy with an axe and a chopped up table, text says "It was just an AXE-ident."
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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James Kochalka Superstar in Seven Days newspaper. Photo by Sam Simon.

Good Frog extended single (Good Frog, Easy Love, Fascist Bikes)...3 anti-fascist songs streaming now, everywhere:
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James Kochalka on the mic, photo by Sam Simon newspaper clipping: Speaking of fighting for democracy, Burlington's own resident cartoonist and rocker JAMES KOCHALKA has released a trio of new tracks under his moniker JAMES KOCHALKA SUPERSTAR. The extended single is called Good Frog and features the title track, along with "Easy Love" and "Fascist Bikes." "We just wanted to do something, anything, to combat the rise of fascism," Kochalka wrote in an email to Seven Days. "And making music seemed like something within our power." The single is a tribute to the activists in inflatable frog costumes who have been ON THE BEAT » P.52 newspaper clipping: On the Beat « P.51 spotted at protests of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Portland, Ore., and elsewhere. "I'm a good frog / I love my mom,' Kochalka sings on the title track. "I'm a good frog and I don't back down / When bad men come to Froggy Town." "Good Frog" and "Fascist Bikes" were both produced by Grammy Award winner PETER KATIS (the NATIONAL, KURT VILE), and Kochalka produced "Easy Love" himself. They're all up on major streaming services now.
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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I drew 50 portraits today at Phoenix books in Burlington VT to raise money for Very Merry Theatre. (Dan Abdo (Barb the Barbarian) was with me doing barbarian portraits!) Here are a few of mine.
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Signed copy of Fungus: The Unbearable Rot of Being. (This book is probably “out of print” but I don’t know!)
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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I wear suits so rarely, but I went to a memorial service and it turns out my jacket in the closet was covered with cat hair...(excerpt from new American Elf): www.patreon.com/kochalka/col...
Comic strip panel. Me wearing jacket covered with cat hair. Thought balloons say "The whole jacket is covered with it?! How did I not notice?"
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Observation 327 - You could be a gold medal whiner.
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watercolor and India ink, cartoon guy with gold medal, text says "You could be a gold medal whiner."
November 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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I was planning to be rich in my old age…but I’m much more likely to be poor. Oh well, fuck it. I’ll rock the fuck out either way.
November 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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James Kochalka Superstar in Seven Days newspaper. Photo by Sam Simon.

Good Frog extended single (Good Frog, Easy Love, Fascist Bikes)...3 anti-fascist songs streaming now, everywhere:
tr.ee/1z5xYXHeam
James Kochalka on the mic, photo by Sam Simon newspaper clipping: Speaking of fighting for democracy, Burlington's own resident cartoonist and rocker JAMES KOCHALKA has released a trio of new tracks under his moniker JAMES KOCHALKA SUPERSTAR. The extended single is called Good Frog and features the title track, along with "Easy Love" and "Fascist Bikes." "We just wanted to do something, anything, to combat the rise of fascism," Kochalka wrote in an email to Seven Days. "And making music seemed like something within our power." The single is a tribute to the activists in inflatable frog costumes who have been ON THE BEAT » P.52 newspaper clipping: On the Beat « P.51 spotted at protests of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Portland, Ore., and elsewhere. "I'm a good frog / I love my mom,' Kochalka sings on the title track. "I'm a good frog and I don't back down / When bad men come to Froggy Town." "Good Frog" and "Fascist Bikes" were both produced by Grammy Award winner PETER KATIS (the NATIONAL, KURT VILE), and Kochalka produced "Easy Love" himself. They're all up on major streaming services now.
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Observation 328 - Yay! There's more of myself to love.
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watercolor and India ink, cartoon guy on scale says "Yay!" Text below says "There's more of myself to love."
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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TESTS #CreatedwithFab #UE5 #gamedev #インディーゲーム #スーパーゲ制デー #UnrealEngine #indiedev #indiegames
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Observation 326 - Sometimes it's nice to stare into the void.
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watercolor and India ink, cartoon guy looking at self in mirror, text says "Sometimes it's nice to stare into the void."
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM