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Maki Scare-O
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The forever Halloween profile of feral cartoonist and graphic journalist Maki Naro. Work In Progress & Crucial Comix.

Formerly @sciencecomic on the bad site.
He/Him

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Maki Scare-O @makinaro.com · Mar 6
‪Hi, I'm Maki!
I'm a comic artist, editor, graphic journalist, science communicator, and self-employment advocate with a body of work spanning over 10 years!

I'm currently available for all comic and illustration work!

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A painted cartoon family portrait of various multicellular organisms complete with studio lighting and classic brown mottled backdrop. In the back are two bluish balls of cells and a string of filastereans all with beady eyes and cute mouths. Flanked by a pair of green choanoflagellates with long lash-like purple tails, are a big happy sponge and a comb jellyfish with iridescent "combs" running up its pink, translucent body. They have their arms and tentacles on a trio of modern animal "kids." A white goose, a blue eyed, orange kitten, and a particularly surly goth lizard in black and white makeup and a skull t-shirt. A large man in brown in mishmashed bits of green armor over brown padded clothing stands holding a large club in front of him horizontally like a barbell. The club is a long wooden branch capped with a large studded iron weight made to look like a clenched fist. The fist grasps a long spike, which acts as the weapons serious business end. He wears a red and yellow shirt with a dark stripe running diagonally through it, bearing the mark of his company, the Sons of Drfus: A green muscled arm bent at the elbow and holding a club. His armor is all embellished with grotesque faces. From the sneering goblins on the back of his wrists, the fanged beast on his one pauldron, to his helmet, a 15th century sallet made to look like a goblin face with long flat tusks on the visor, which is lifted slightly. Two small yellow eyes peer out of the darkness inside the helmet. A painted bust of woman in a futuristic armored space suit. Her helmet is spherical yellow glass lit from inside the lower portion, which is made of the same metal armor as the rest of her suit and extends to protect the back of her head. She is looking out from underneath a neon green visor that is partially flipped up. The background is dark with a soft neon purple light behind her. The looming, judgy face of a cartoon cat dramatically lit from above in bright teal light and from below in scary red. Her big stylized eyes look down at you with pity.
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boxbrown.bsky.social
Post a banger not in English
youtu.be/C35DrtPlUbc?...
February 10, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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nicolablack.bsky.social
I treated myself to some treasure for my birthday this year. It was just delivered and...it's GORGEOUS. @pamwishbow.bsky.social is so incredibly talented! The calendar is everything. I also love the little extras included like the divination card! Is there a full deck?! 😍
A few beautiful treasures that came in the post, laid out on a black table: A calendar, divination card, business card, and postcard. All artwork by Pam Wishbow. The divination card that was added as a little extra to the package. It's numbered "9" at the bottom. On the shield is a key, a ribbon, some leaves, and a skull. Artwork by Pam Wishbow. The calendar is flipped to show the current month, February. Illustration of a skull as the focus with various accompanying illustrations: dagger, candle, pot/cauldron with steam, chain, hand, snake, fly, and moon (I believe?).
February 9, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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Tuned in to the halftime show (fantastic) and meanwhile every commercial I've managed to catch a glimpse of so far has felt so dystopian. Real fork in the road type vibes.
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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junkycosmonaut.bsky.social
"not only do these men not understand the franchise, but they have never really seen it" #startrek
February 8, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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Thank you, Matt 😌
February 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Gotta climb higher up on the pyramid!
February 8, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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josie.zone
Watching the "Genghis Khan" video for anxiety relief upon waking
Miike Snow - Genghis Khan (Official Video)
YouTube video by Miike Snow
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February 7, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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This made me realize that it isn't even my first tiny microbe butt-- going back to a Nib comic about covid.

Which went completely unchanged from the original sketch 🫡
an anthropomorphized covid virus crawls on the ground, reaching to get into a house that says "closed." It has dramatically lit butt cheeks A black and white doodle of the previous image, pretty much unchanged
February 8, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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Fun behind the scenes trivia: One of the only notes I received on this was to make their butt cheeks less defined.

I can't help myself!
February 8, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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Here's the full thing from the original Knowable Magazine publication of the article
In front of the olympic rings, three microrganisms that look like translucent green blobs in white snowsuits and cute little faces, stand on podiums waving. Behind them, other microbes careen across the page, speed skating, skiing, bobsleeding, and even curling.
February 8, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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That Amber Dance article about some of the speediest microbes on earth is up on Smithsonian Magazine with my artwork if you missed it the first time around

www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
If Microbes Entered the Olympics, These One-Celled Superstars Would Win Gold
They race, they spin, they shoot. Meet the organisms for which physical prowess is more than sport—it’s a matter of life and death
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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That makes today a great day to join my Patreon or book me for a writing or editing gig.

I’m very good at what I do.

(If you have a seamstress gig for my wife, even just needing some alterations — in the LA area — that works, too.)

www.patreon.com/DavidAvallon...
David Avallone | Patreon
Writer, Filmmaker, Etc.
www.patreon.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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It's wild how quickly that took hold. I heard people talking about "the alien spaceship" before I learned a new comet had been spotted
February 5, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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Yesterday we kicked off NYC’s Free Tax Prep season. That means filing your taxes at zero cost, keeping every dollar of your refund, and not getting ripped off by for-profit companies. 
 
Nearly half of all New Yorkers qualify. Get help—virtually or in person—at nyc.gov/TaxPrep
Mayor Mamdani stands behind a podium with other administration officials and community leaders with large signs saying Free Tax Prep. Dr. Nichola Davis smiles at Mayor Mamdani while speaking behind a podium. Mayor Mamdani speaks to reporters while behind a podium.
February 4, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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D I S K

(not coincidentally panels from the last comic Matthew and I did about 'Oumuamua)
A comic panel of an early solar system. Surrounded a disc shaped cloud of dust and gas is a blazingly bright sun. Nascent planets carve ring-like channels in the dust. In the foreground set among the clouds are various rocky bodies casting harsh shadows In another illustration from a similar point of view, we look over the shoulders of far off asteroids to see the center of the solar system has been cleared of dust by the inner planets.
February 5, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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My only regret is that in a comic that talks about comet formation, I didn't draw a protoplanetary disk.

I fuckin love drawing protoplanetary disks.
February 5, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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Look at these goobers stunting on our unsuspecting solar system.
bowlerhatscience.org Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 6d
THEY CAME FROM OTHER STARS! A new all-ages comic by @makinaro.com and me about 3I/ATLAS, `Oumuamua, and Borisov: why they're exciting, and why they're both familiar and alien at the same time. www.snexplores.org/article/inte...
Interstellar objects: Visitors from other stars! [COMIC]
Only three interstellar objects have ever been spotted. Here’s what we know about them and why they’re so cool.
www.snexplores.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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bowlerhatscience.org
Space is big and empty, but our Solar System has still played host to three visitors from other stars! They aren't spacecraft: they're comets and (maybe) an asteroid, and they tell us about distant star systems. Read more! 🧪🔭🐡
bowlerhatscience.org Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 6d
THEY CAME FROM OTHER STARS! A new all-ages comic by @makinaro.com and me about 3I/ATLAS, `Oumuamua, and Borisov: why they're exciting, and why they're both familiar and alien at the same time. www.snexplores.org/article/inte...
Interstellar objects: Visitors from other stars! [COMIC]
Only three interstellar objects have ever been spotted. Here’s what we know about them and why they’re so cool.
www.snexplores.org
February 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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bowlerhatscience.org
THEY CAME FROM OTHER STARS! A new all-ages comic by @makinaro.com and me about 3I/ATLAS, `Oumuamua, and Borisov: why they're exciting, and why they're both familiar and alien at the same time. www.snexplores.org/article/inte...
Interstellar objects: Visitors from other stars! [COMIC]
Only three interstellar objects have ever been spotted. Here’s what we know about them and why they’re so cool.
www.snexplores.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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dandock.bsky.social
"Now, on Fox Kids, it's Eek! The Cat. And after that, a former child star grapples with a physical condition that keeps her from ever growing up and forces her into a state of psychosis that shatters her ability to process reality. And then, Bobby's World!"
February 7, 2024 at 8:48 PM
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I was telling Amber I need to do another run if only to have the odd copies around to give to people
February 4, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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I had no idea he was involved! I loved that show
February 4, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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Much belated congratulations to Dr. Higley on the recognition! She and Phil both were such great sports 😁
February 4, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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Absolutely humbled to find out that this silly comic made enough of an impression to be mentioned all these years later 🥹

It's been out of print for a long time, so I published the full thing on my portfolio if you want to give it a read: makinaro.com/fw-portfolio...
Fall Guy Fan Adventure - Maki Naro - Artist, Illustrator, and Educator
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February 4, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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This made my day!
@knowablemag.bsky.social writer Amber Dance informed me of this lecture where I was mentioned by name in the intro!

I interviewed Dr. Higley in 2016. She costarred with @funranium.bsky.social in a book I drew about radiation.

Watch her here:
media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/1_fx...
University Distinguished Professor Lecture: Kathryn Higley
media.oregonstate.edu
February 4, 2026 at 1:13 AM