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Eisner-winning artist (comics/apparel/illustration) · @Fangamer.com, @TalkSimpsonsPod.bsky.social, @Rifftrax.com, Sparks!, Simpsons Comics, GCCX
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nina matsumoto 🍂 @spacecoyote.com · Nov 10
I do art & design for official video game merch (apparel, pins, toys, albums, etc.) and draw comics!
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Sparks! volumes 1 through 3. Sparks is children's graphic novel series drawn by me and written by Ian Boothby, published through Scholastic. Visit SparksComic.com for more info! Two official Deltarune posters I drew featuring the cast. Available at Fangamer.com An official Castlevania enamel pin I designed featuring Dracula, mimicking stained glass windows by using transparent paste. Sold through Fangamer.com A tie-dye T-shirt featuring Nyx from Hades, drawn by me. Official merchandise sold through Fangamer.com
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I contributed to this, as did many other wonderful Rise from the Ashes enthusiasts. Don't miss out! 👇
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The SL-9 Files
The SL-9 Files is an unofficial fanbook celebrating the 20th anniversary of the western release of Ace Attorney.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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that's right, I drew the 54 unique doodles that make up this official Homestar Runner playing card deck! Don't let these hilarious drawings ruin your poker face!!
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Homestar Runner playing cards flying around the tuck box packaging, showing that each card has a unique illustration
November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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drew/designed a bunch of goodies for Fangamer's Black Friday releases this year, starting with this Balatro mat!
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[Adds a colorful play mat to 1 selected tabletop.]

The Clairvoyance Play Mat, available now in our official Balatro collection: www.fangamer.com/collections/...
Photo of the Clairvoyance play mat on a dark wood tabletop, with cards on one side. The blue and yellow play mat is designed to resemble spectral cards from Balatro, with cards flowing from the Joker's hands.
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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perfect wallpaper
Screenshot of my lock screen wallpaper. It's the photo of Bob recreating the Perfect Days poster and he's looking up at the time
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-forced to play games & the punishment is death
-this woman can't escape loneliness, but maybe she'll be okay
-we're trapped in outer space and sometimes there's an alien
-nothing happens for 2 hours and life is beautiful
-time loop. time loop. time loop.
piaguerra.bsky.social Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 20h
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Smart people! Solving problems! In Space!
- Witty murder mystery in messy class dynamics.
- Mind bending time travel adventure.
- Let's smash this dystopia!
- Much ado at this crazy wedding.
joannestarer.bsky.social Joanne Starer @joannestarer.bsky.social · 21h
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-this romp through the jungle made me realize I love you
-the big muscle guy is actually funny
-we're sarcastic and we steal shit
-I'm a woman who enjoys sex, so of course my life is a mess
-even Disney princesses hate their moms
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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accidentally created a shoebill manzai duo
Two capsule toys of shoebill storks with a capsule toy of a mic on a stand. One of the shoebills is looking at the other one, which has its wings and bill open. "Manzai" is a form of Japanese stand-up comedy usually consisting of two people doing humorous banter, where one is the straight man and one is the clown
November 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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I also sat on the Perfect Days bench and took a picture of the trees
Me on the bench in the Yoyogi Hachiman-gu shrine grounds, as seen in the movie Perfect Days Worm's eye view of the tall trees in Hachiman-gu, as seen from the aforementioned bench
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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misc beautiful sights from our trip
A long distance view of a red bridge over a bridge in Takaoka, framed by trees The Design Festa gallery in Shibuya, Tokyo. A building coloured with bright pastels and little murals A tiny cave called "Reikosen" at the Sasuke Inari Shrine in Kamakura. It's filed with spirit water. Hundreds of little porcelain fox statues surround the area A serene garden pond with a walking path across the water. Oyama Shrine, Kanazawa
November 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Bob and I always immediately unpack and put away everything as soon as we return from a trip because we're maniacs. Doing so after a Japan vacation is always a fun series of "oh right, we bought this" reminders
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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we're back home and I've upgraded my bathroom with Power
A figure of Power from Chainsaw Man in her casual outfit, sitting on a toilet and holding up three fingers. I placed it on my toilet tank next to my fake plant
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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I love CoCo Ichibanya so much that I captured their mascot to take home with me
Necoichi, the mascot of the Japanese curry chain CoCo Ichibanya. It's a cat that's half white, half brown, like a plate of curry rice. There's a deep fried breaded pork cutlet on its head. A mini plush of Necoichi that I put in a clear vinyl pouch
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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karaoke with @miluda.bsky.social! (I'm the Kuromi. Bob is the CoCo Ichibanya curry cat)
"Eyes on Me" from FF8 "Giroppon" by Nezumi Sempai, specifically the English cover by Andrew W.K. (I had done the original Japanese version earlier)
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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we didn't recognize Kojima at first because he's not in a T-shirt
A poster featuring Hideo Kojima wearing an untucked white dress shirt, smiling at the camera. This is plastered all over the Parco department store in Japan. The English text says "SPECIAL IN YOU" and the Japanese text is a message from Kojima, talking about talent and effort and the power of curiosity. We're not sure what this has to do with a department store
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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I tend to find Beck CDs I've never seen before in Japan. This one sounds awesome
A "Beck Live in Japan 2000" CD found in Tower Records. A recording of his Budokan live from May 2000. There are 2 discs
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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cute couples' omamori amulet set with ducks! I couldn't resist. From Oyama Shrine in Kanazawa
A boxed set of blue and red embroidered amulets from Oyama Shrine in Kanazawa. There's a male mandarin duck on the blue one and a female duck on the red one
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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love me some hebi metal
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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won her on my first try (200 yen)
Me holding up a plush of Kuromi I won from a crane game in a GiGO arcade
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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join us!
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Shiodome, an underrated neighbourhood
A street along the train line full of restaurants A tall wedge building with two drink vending machines cleverly designed to fit the wedge edge The Little Italy area of Shiodome Restaurants built into the archways beneath the raised train tracks
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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a month later, fulfilled my vow to buy Banshimoku's album while in Japan
CD of the Banshimoku album "Monku Hitotsu mo Iitai" purchased at Tower Records in Shibuya
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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chill afternoon in Shimo-Kitazawa, one of my fav neighbourhoods
A large wall in a quiet side path in Shimo-Kitazawa has a painting of the three main girls from K-Pop Demon Hunters wearing the traditional Korean garb normally worn by the demons, depicted in broad brushstrokes. This is the first and only KDH representation we've seen in Japan so far on this trip. Colourful children's art mural on a wedge building Soup curry from Rojiura Samurai Curry, one of my fav places to eat in Tokyo. They specialize in soup curry, which comes from Hokkaido, and are known for piling on tons of beautiful vegetables. Crispy chicken thigh with 12 kinds of vegetables. There's a small bowl of rice off-camera Bob going up a covered outdoor escalator with people depicted on the windows. He's framed perfectly to blend in with the artwork
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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the Aladdin musical was so good! The Arabian folk setting, American jazz music & dance style, and Japanese humour and mannerisms made for an interesting mash of cultures. All the magic effects kept making me wonder "how did they do that??"
The billboard for the Aladdin live stage musical at the Shiki Theatre in Shiodome, Tokyo The view of the stage from our seat
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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he has become toilet man
Poster for the movie "Perfect Days" showing Koji Yakusho as a public toilet cleaner, sitting on a bench at the Yoyogi Hachimangu shrine Bob on the same bench, posing like the protagonist
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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we were fortunate to catch another shoebill fan event! Much bigger than last year -- table after table of shoebill merch by at least 15 local indie artists. It was so hard to decide what to get. Bought some shirts and a cute sculpt
A big sign at the Hashibiro Lovers (Shoebill Lovers) pop-up market advertising a meet and greet event with Soejima Shinsuke, a zoo keeper who takes care of shoebills. He's often seen in YouTube videos and social media posts, so he's a bit of a celebrity among Japanese shoebill fans. Me wearing a shirt I bought from a the artist Peach-face (peach-face.jp). White line art of a large front-facing shoebill face on a black shirt, with swirl patterns in the background Another shirt I bought. By SHOEBILL JAPAN (IG: shoebill_mania). Realistic ink drawing of a front facing shoebill face on a dark grey shirt Palm-sized sculpture of a shoebill with its wings open. By hashibirokoubou on Instagram
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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it's chaos in Kabukicho, but I love the vibes
The famous bright red gate of Kabukicho, the red light district in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It's nighttime but everything is lit up by large screens and signs. The streets are bustling with locals and tourists The Kabukicho parking lot, which is surrounded by many billboards advertising host clubs and hostess clubs (places where customers spend lots of money to chat and drink with the attractive employees) A web of telephone wires hang above a narrow pathway in Golden Gai, the heart of Kabukicho. These streets are lined with tiny bars often big enough to seat only 4-8 people Bob standing in a very narrow alley in Golden Gai. He's backlit by a lamp behind him and he's casting a long shallow on the ground. The walls are covered in stickers and graffiti.
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM