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Juan Navarro's 13 Rules for being a Comic Artist

1. Draw to entertain yourself first If you’re bored, the viewer will feel it too. Even with client work, find a way to amuse or challenge yourself. Hide little jokes in the panels, try new textures, or push poses farther than needed. When you’re engaged, the work breathes. When you’re pandering, it just lays there like a dead fish. 2. Steal useful rules from other artists Borrow tricks…

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Here Lies the Unknown Artist…

So, a friend/fan of my work hits me up and says: “Hey, these sketchcards you did for CLERKS and MARVEL MASTERPIECE? They’re going for huge money now.” I’m like, “Cool, nice to know my art is paying someone’s rent… just not mine.” But whatever—people are collecting them, that’s neat. Then I see the real kick in the pants: UNKNOWN. My name’s in the title. I’m one of maybe three Juan Navarros…

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Commission your very own, made-to-order FWACATA sketchcard—any character, any bust, all mixed-media original art by Juan Navarro. Browse sample cards and place your order at [FWACATA.com] https://fwacata.bigcartel.com/product/sketchcard-commission

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MM 27 - Unleash the Chaos: Creating Without Limits

The raw power of making something just for the hell of it—and why you should do it anyway. Hey hey kids. Yeah, I said it Krusty the Clown–style. It’s Monday Motivation time, and you know what that means: caffeinate your soul, slap yourself awake with a paintbrush, and prepare to scream into the void—in the most beautiful, artful way possible. This week on FWACATA, we’re talking total artistic…

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FWACATA #1 FREE!

Dive into the madness with a FREE PREVIEW of FWACATA #1, an indie comics anthology blending horror, humor, and supernatural thrills! Issue 2 is OUT, and Issue 3 is coming soon to Kickstarter! Read here 👉 https://bindings.app/read/Am4EYoFP?page=end-cap

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ART TO THE FACE 19 is up

So much going on… Wow, this week is my first week back to school and…. WHAT. DA. FUCK. Sure! Here’s a fun, engaging blog post version of your update to promote your new sketchbook via Patreon, DriveThruComics, or GlobalComix: This week has been a blur—like trying to do yoga in a hurricane while juggling cookies and deadlines. Life came in hot with a thousand little fires to put out, but you…

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Hey! I’m Juan Navarro, indie comic creator behind FWACATA, a Latinx-powered anthology now on Kickstarter! Issue #2 just launched, and it’s packed with wild stories���vigilantes in Miami, occult detectives, and unicorns in office jobs. Think Tarantino meets comics, but weird. Would love it if you could check it out or share it with your followers! 🙏🔥

If you’d like to review PDFs sent, please don’t hesitate to contact me! Fwacata@gmail.com Thanks so much!

#FWACATA #IndieComics #LatinoCreators #KickstarterComics

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FWACATA #2 is live! Come get yourself drawn into the comic or get our DKR homage variant and more!

BACK AGAIN! Comics Hit Back with FWACATA #2 Kickstarter Launch by Juan Navarro! El Paso, Texas – Fresh off the success of FWACATA’s debut issue, creator Juan Navarro returns swinging with the Kickstarter for Issue #2 of his punchy, multi-genre comic anthology. Inspired by the expressive Cuban Spanish interjection meaning “WHAM!”, FWACATA perfectly embodies Navarro’s bold storytelling…

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COMICS RULE EVERYTHING AROUND ME

Thought for 4 seconds “C.R.E.A.M.” → “C.R.E.A.M. (Comics Rule Everything Around Me)”A Miami Latino Nerd Parody [Chorus]C.R.E.A.M., C.R.E.A.M.Comics rule everything around meC.R.E.A.M., C.R.E.A.M.Comics rule everything around meGet the book—Sólo un dólar, billete, ¡venga ya! [Verse 1]I grew up bajo el sol de Miami,Flip the pages while the heat keeps me sandy.Spider-Man swingin’, X-Men team in…

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Higher

I saw the peak, a flicker far—not a beacon, just a blur,like a rumor of a starhid behind some cosmic slur.And I marched—not brave, but sore—hopin’ each ache meant more. I fell through valleys slick with doubt,mud-mouth full, my lungs inside out,where shadows stretched like sins confessed,and maps were lies I once professed.But gravity, that ancient guide,it drags you low to teach you high. You…

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FUCK.

Just Fuck, thats all.

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Spell Slingers

Ridlee yanked Tora into a doorway as the air cracked like glass. Two figures—cloaked, faceless—hovered midstreet, weaving sigils in the rain with fingers like lightning. One hurled a fire serpent; the other dissolved it with a snap, turning flames into birds. Tora gaped. Ridlee whispered, “Spell slingers. Duelin’. Probably over a name, a debt, or love—same thing, really.” Sparks lit the…

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haiku on haikus

Seventeen heartbeats,a world blooms in quiet lines small storms in stillness.

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BUT I'VE BEEN BUSY (spread the word)

I regularly post every weekday but recently been enamored with making my next issue of FWACATA while working on the Kickstarter for it! Sign up for new stuff and everything I’m doing here This is what I think about every time I come back to the crowd with comics under my arm to share and explore! After the success of the 1st issue of FWACATA, it was a hard road to get issue 2 out. It’s SO hard…

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Thought while looking at Mountains

Fail, and you will learn.Learn, and you begin to grow.Grow—to truly live.

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The Navigators’ Tune (A Ballad of Salt and Steel)

(Verse 1)
Oh the Navigators sail with a map in one hand,
And a dagger in the other for a quick reprimand,
They chart the unknown, where the sea beasts sleep,
And drink like devils in the dark and deep!(Chorus)
So hoist the sail and brace the mast,
They’ll find the wind or make it fast,
With a spell in their teeth and a grin full o’ lies,
The Navigators laugh where the coward dies! (Verse 2)
They…

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The Thousand Scarred Blade.

Tora stepped off the barge with the weight of steel on her back and the scent of salt and soot filling her lungs. Oceanforge’s harbor was as loud and fragrant as ever: fish guts, wet ropes, spice smoke, and people shouting like they were all owed money. She cracked her neck to the left. Then to the right. “Gods, I hate boats,” she muttered, ignoring the sailor who dove out of her path after…