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Pranas T. Naujokaitis
@pranas.bsky.social
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Cartoonist. Ignatz nominated. Still trying to figure it out. he/him

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Rise of the Resistance 5/5
Comic Panel 1: Max and I are back on Smuggler’s Run, holding up our pilot tickets. We are excited. Caption: We take one final run on the Falcon before we have to catch our planes. Pranas: Sweet! We got pilot again! Cast member (off panel): Now boarding the blue group! Panel 2: We stand in line with a mom and her three kids behind us. She’s struggling to hold her toddler while the other two are pleading with her. She’s at the end of her rope. Boy: Aww, why can’t WE be pilots? Girl: Yeah! Comic Panel 1: Max and I turn to face the kids. I give a wink and finger gun. The two kids are so excited. Pranas: Say… I heard you two are hotshot pilots. Wanna take our spots? Boy and girl: YEEAAAH! Mom (whispering): Thank you! Panel 2: We all load into the cockpit. The two kids in the pilots seats, so excited. Smiling, Max and I take our seats in the back. Caption: THIS is what Star Wars is all about. It’s for kids, and those young at heart. Girl: Look! I’m Chewbacca! Boy: This is so cool! Comic Panel 1: The ride starts. I push a button on n the wall. Caption: And now… we get to LIVE inside of it! Pranas: I’ve got a GOOD feeling about this… Panel 2: The kids are pretty bad at this, immediately crashing the ship. Lights inside the cockpit go crazy and huge explosions outside. We all have worried looks. SFX: CRASH! Pranas: Uh oh… Hondo (on the speaker): What are you doing to my ship?!
December 6, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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Rise of the Resistance 4/5
Comic Panel 1: Out of breath I hold up my Magic Band as the cast member scans it. Caption: I RUN back to the ride as fast as I can. Pranas: Phew! Made it! Cast member: Bright suns! Enjoy your mission! Panel 2: I walk through the front entrance archway to the ride line, giddy. Comic Panel 1: I excitedly take photos while in line. Everyone around me is doing the same. We are all smiles. Pranas: Oh wow! Panel 2: Group of images from the queue. The Rey hologram. BB-8, Nien Numb, and Lt. Bek. The Resistance transport. The First Order hanger filled with Stormtroopers. Caption: I don’t want to spoil too much, but here are some highlights from JUST the queue… Holograms! The ship! Even more animatronics! The huge hanger scene! Comic Panel 1: I sit in the actual ride vehicle, giddy. A cast member does the seat belt check. Caption: It’s like fifteen minutes before we even board the actual ride vehicle! Cast member: Can everyone tug on their yellow straps? Panel 2: Our vehicle zips along the ride, with a general overview of what you see on the ride. General Hux, Stormtroopers, Kylo Ren, probe droids, an AT-AT, and two Finn animatronics. Pranas: WEEEEEE! Comic Panel 1: Max and I are in Batuu. He has a cup of green milk, I a cup of blue milk. I am still in awe, just staring blankly ahead. Caption: I meet up with Max and cool off with some blue milk, processing what I just experienced. Max: So… what’cha think? Panel 2: I start drinking my blue milk. SFX: Glug glug glug Pranas: Those crazy Imagineers did it! It’s not just a ride… It’s a whole EXPERIENCE!
December 6, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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Rise of the Resistance 3/5
Comic Panel 1: It’s the next day, I’m in the backseat of a car nervously refreshing my phone. Caption: Morning of the ride opening, I hop in a Lyft at 6 AM and try joining in he virtual queue on the app. Pranas: UGH, you have to physically be IN the park to join! And they’re already on boarding group fifteen! Panel 2: I’m now in Hollywood Studios, still nervously refreshing my phone. Caption: I finally get on boarding group 42. Says it’ll board in the afternoon. Pranas: I leave for the airport at five! This is gonna be CLOSE! Comic Panel 1: I stand in line for Star Tours, nervously looking at my phone. Caption: I kill time in the park but it stalls at groups 10-20 for a few hours. Pranas: Sigh… Panel 2: I’m in front of the Chinese Theater, still nervously looking at my phone. Pranas: Sigh… Panel 3: I’m riding Slinky Dog Dash, still nervous and sad. Pranas: Sigh… Panel 4: I’m in line for the Toy Story Alien Swirling Saucers ride, looking down at my phone, devastated. I’m talking with some fellow Disney adults. Woman: I heard ‘Rise’ broke down but it’s finally back up! Pranas: Boarding groups are moving but it says I’m not loading until evening! I’m not gonna make it… Comic Panel 1: Devastated I walk out the entrance of Hollywood Studios. I’m hunched over, one hand clenched my heart, the other like a long noodle drags on the ground. Pranas: I came all this way… So close… And yet… Panel 2: I turn into a crying, crawling slug monster. A man walks behind me, with a disappointed look. Pranas: SOB! IT’S JUST NOT FAIR! BOO HOO BOO HOO! Guy: Yikes! Comic Panel 1: Still a slug monster I look down at my phone on the ground. Phone: DING! Pranas: Huh? Panel 2: Still the slug, I hold up the phone. Phone: Group 42 now boarding. You’re ready for your journey! Panel 3: I explode out of my slug self, back to normal. A mom shield her young son away from me. Pranas: YIPPEE! Mom: Don’t look at him, honey…
December 6, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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Rise of the Resistance 2/5
Comic Panel 1: I walk through Batuu, alone, admiring everything. Caption: Max has to do journalism stuff, so I go explore Batuu on my own… Panel 2: In a toy shop I point to a plush Porg. Pranas: Merch! Panel 3: With a mouth full of food I juggle Blue Milk, a Ronto Wrap, and a themed bottle of Diet Coke above my head. Pranas: FOOD! Panel 4: Me with heart eyes, admiring the Dok-Ondar animatronic. Pranas: Animatronics! Comic Panel 1: sadly, I watch a parent and kid with a just purchased lightsaber. Caption: There’s lots of things you can’t do here unless you pay extra for… Pranas: Wish I could at least watch the lightsaber making show… Panel 2: Sadly, I watch a kid hold up their just bought droid. Pranas: Wish I could get closer to the droid building area… Panel 3: Sadly, I watch people go into Oga’s Cantina. Pranas: Wish I’d made a reservation so I could just see DJ-Rex… Panel 4: Dejected, I walk away. Pranas: Being poor at Disney World sure has its drawbacks… Comic Panel 1: I walk into the Star Wars themed bathrooms, excited. Pranas: GASP! Even the bathrooms are themed! I can take a POOP in Star Wars! Panel 2: I nervously hold up my phone while an annoyed guy at a urinal looks over at me. Pranas: Would…it be weird if I took a picture in here? Urinal Guy: What the…? Comic Panel 1: Max and I sit in the waiting area for the Smugglers Run ride. Caption: Meet up with Max and we hop on Smuggler’s Run. Pranas: Ha ha! I’m INSIDE the Millennium Falcon! Panel 2: We are now in the cockpit of the ride. Max and I are in the pilot seats. TIE Fighters are on the view screen. Max: Punch it, P-Man! Pranas: Ha ha! I’m FLYING the Millennium Falcon!
December 6, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of Rise of the Resistance at Walt Disney World. I got to go to the opening & cover it thanks to @maxevry.bsky.social

Wanted to do more of this sort of theme park/pop culture journalism through comics but then the pandemic happened. Oh well!

1/5
Comic Panel 1: Young me sits in a crowded movie theater eating popcorn. Caption: I first saw Star Wars in 1997 when I was 11 years old… Obi-Wan (off panel): Use the Force, Luke! Panel 2: I watch the Death Star blow up on screen in awe. Caption: As the Death Star blew up, I knew what I wanted to do with my life. Panel 3: Close up of my excited face. Young Pranas: I want to tell stories! Comic Panel 1: Present day me sits at a drafting table drawing a comic. Random Star Wars stuff is scattered around the studio. I look over at my phone ringing. SFX: RING! Pranas: Huh? Why is Max calling? Panel 2: I answer the phone, smiling ear to ear. Max (on phone): Yoooo! Disney is flying me out for the opening of Rise of the Resistance. Wanna come with? Comic Panel 1: Max and I stand in front of the archway that leads to the Star Wars area of Disney Hollywood Studios. Random park goers are around. Max: You ready for this? Pranas: I… I think so… Panel 2: Max pulls out his phone while my face is shocked. Max: Hold on, gotta get this on video! Comic Panel 1: Giant full page panel of me walking into Batuu for the first time. Max keeps filming in his phone while I’m in awe. Pranas: Oh. My. GOD!
December 6, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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Drop the Lock Screen 📱
Phone lock screen showing a black cat with a white spot on her chest on a yellow-orange background.
November 27, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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I just think these guys are neat!

#monstercereals #adicons #booberry #countchocula #frankenberry
Boo Berry Count Chocula Franken Berry
November 21, 2024 at 12:27 AM
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My cats are just a couple of ol’ goofballs.
Two cats being a couple of ol’ goofballs (in a box).
November 15, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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Intro time!

My name is Pranas T. Naujokaitis. I’m a cartoonist specializing in kid-lit and minicomics.

Notable works include History Comics: The Challenger Disaster by FirstSecond, Dinosaurs in Space: Out of This World by Blue Apple Books, and my self-published minicomic Laffy Meal.
Cover for graphic novel History Comics: The Challenger Disaster. Top shows the seven crew members backlit walking towards you with an American flag waving behind them. Bottom is the space shuttle lifting off with a giant plume of smoke. In the center is a red banner going from edge to edge with the book title. Cover for Dinosaurs in Space: Out of This World. Planets floating on a yellow star filled black sky. Random small spaceships and asteroids. A stegosaurus and a T-Rex in spacesuits float near the top third. On the bottom left are three kids with a telescope looking up in wonder. On the bottom right, a planet with a triceratops in a spacesuit. The minicomic Laffy Meal. Five small minicomics and a white paper bag that are meant to look like items you’d find in a typical fast food meal. The five books look like fries, a drink, a kids meal toy, a burger, and a packet of ketchup. Cartoon self-portrait of the cartoonist Pranas T. Naujokaitis. White Caucasian male with dirty blonde hair and beard, glasses, wearing a brown sports jacket with a crooked red and green tie all on a blue background.
November 14, 2024 at 8:22 PM