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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚨🎃 new spooky podcast alert 🎃🚨 Tune in EVERY DAY OF OCTOBER as Marissa and I explore a new halloween maze, haunt or other spooky event! One by one. Haunt by Haunt. Link to subscribe below 👇 sl1nk.com/5fj0nsk #halloween #hauntedattraction #themeparks #spooky #podcast

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pitching a script doesn't have to be inside baseball. Those Who Can't Teach ✏️ Writing Advice from a Failed Writter #screenwriting #scriptsky #comedy #pitching #baseball

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Out of original ideas? Those Who Can't Teach ✏️ Writing Advice from a Failed Writter #screenwriting #scriptsky #comedy #IP

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here's a tip! Those Who Can't Teach ✏️ Writing Advice from a Failed Writter #screenwriting #scriptsky #comedy #bellpeppercrunch

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

One more spot! Come write an animated pilot in a fun and supportive online class starting SUNDAY! 11am-2pm PT! Wow we're gonna have a great time making your idea a reality. I truly can't wait. heyjustinmichael.com/class

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Coming Soon ✏️ Those Who Can’t Teach Writing Advice from a Failed Writter #screenwriting #scriptsky #comedy

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm teaching a new animation pilot writing class online! It's genuinely one of my favorite things to do, would love to see you there. We're gonna have fun! Got a few spots left, sign up at: heyjustinmichael.com/class

Writing the Animated Pilot with Justin Michael // Sept 27 - Nov 1 Online 11am-2pm PT

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Will Heff @willheff.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

My girlfriend recently lost her job from Disney and is selling these Ernie and Bert stained glass pieces if your interested. I’m biased but I think they’re sick www.etsy.com/listing/4555...

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Bert & Ernie Stained Glass Hanger - Etsy

This Panels & Wall Hangings item by VyVyTran has 12 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Burbank, CA. Listed on Aug 20, 2026

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Owen Dennis: Infinity Train/Among Us Show creator @owendennis.com · 26/08/2026

Willy B. Dumpquat is @heyjustin.bsky.social! A friend and writer on Infinity Train AND Among Us. He also played the turtle always arguing with someone on the phone in Infinity Train and Funshine Bear! With cameos from @briamgilbert.bsky.social and @karenhan.bsky.social! Everyone else is just me 🤷

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

As the creator of the celebrated TV series and lifestyle brand The Flintstones™️ this is news to me and they WILL be hearing from my lawyers.

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I’ll be voice acting ~live~ at this Animation Guild table read show on Saturday in Burbank! Come!

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A couple years ago I designed a haunt. A couple days ago Knott's Scary Farm announced their own version of the idea. So here's the story of the one we cooked up: TOONY TERROR. A haunted house that warps a love and knowledge of old-school animation into jump scares and practical gags.

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Toony Terror - Designing a Haunted House

What happens when a theme park makes your idea first?

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Jump scared by a pigeon, happy Tuesday from my nervous system to yours!

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The coolest name and the coolest practical effects! My favorite Screaming Mad George work managed to give gross out gags a playfulness.

Brian Yuzna, “a real butthead” from Society and Screaming Mad George

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

COME TO ME BOY, TAKE THE DRAGON'S EYE Love to see the new Indy ride going full 1990s Universal Studios Conan show. I love a giant animatronic serpent.

D23 preview of the new giant animatronic serpent monster in the Indiana Jones ride at Animal Kingdom.

Still from the 1990s Universal Studios Conan Stunt Show with a giant serpenty animatronic dragon that looks... very similar.

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Shooting something new! It's fun to make things, highly recommend it.

A zoomed in close-up of a still from a live-action shoot. Hands clasped atop a desk with a placard that reads "FAILED WRITTER."

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Thor - Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma (2026, Dir. Jane Schoenbrun)

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Andorks Podcast @andorkspod.com · 09/08/2026

Do you like shows about traitors and murderers in space? We know you do! That’s why we’ve brought in an expert: @heyjustin.bsky.social from the new @amongus.innersloth.com show on @paramountplus.com to help us discuss ANDOR Episode 9 “Nobody’s Listening”! 🎧 @ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I went to Comic Con and all I got was this lousy newsletter!! Comic Con's easy to make fun of, but it's a bastion of creative inspiration and human made art if you look beyond the brands. I wrote about getting inspired by the little things at SDCC.

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The Church of San Diego Comic Con

Dunk me in your nasty water and baptize me, Pale Man.

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Hell yeah. Extremely happy to see title cards make a triumphant return.

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Wow season 2 of Among Us is a whack-a-mole game very avante-garde choice.

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70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Here's a classic for Sci-Fi Cutaway Saturday: A 1970s cutaway view of a Toroidal Colony, by NASA artist Rick Guidice

The interior of a ring-like space habitat includes a city, parks, and agriculture, with a star-filled cosmos outside.

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Great job 👏

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King Cockroach @bossbugkc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Tonight we're watching promos from the 1990s Console Wars on VHS with special guest @heyjustin.bsky.social! Live on www.twitch.tv/bossbugkc and www.youtube.com/@BossBugKC

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Background paintings by Jenny Gase-Baker for Batman Beyond (1999–2001), created by Paul Dini, Bruce Timm and Alan Burnett, Warner Bros. Television Animation

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Owen Dennis: Infinity Train/Among Us Show creator @owendennis.com · 06/07/2026

I strongly believe that, in comedy, you have to make as many of the weird jokes as you can. That's where the voice actually is. Broadest jokes possible in order to not alienate anyone are boring because it's the same joke anyone can think of, no surprise or subversion to be found. Boring boring!

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Why do so many supervillains wear purple and green? In this hard-hitting essay* I answer a question that's plagued comic book readers for millennia. Read it below! *mostly a casual list with some crackpot color theory

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Supervillain Summer

My favorite purple and green supervillains.

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Teaching a new animation writing class at UCB! It's genuinely one of my favorite things to do, would love to see you there if you live in LA. We're gonna have fun! Got a few spots left, sign up here: shorturl.at/E1M1T

Writing or Animated Television with Justin Michael - Class Starts July 12th at UCB Franklin

Poster art by Peter Tabus via @70sscifiart.bsky.social

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

From the very first animated series I made with Harry Chaskin and Dan Lippert! The initial pitch was simply a stop-mo sitcom all about Ron Perlman and Guillermo del Toro living together as roommates. NORMAL. Mostly fueled by how much we loved seeing their real life friendship play out at comic con.

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I've been reflecting on how you safely introduce kids to scary stuff by exploring the hidden horrors of my own childhood. Come for the N64 Zelda and Batman: The Animated Series, stay for the Disneyland dark rides and Universal Tram Tour!

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Scaring the Children

Zelda, Batman, Disney and the hidden horrors of childhood.

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70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Ed Lindlof's 1985 cover art for Neil Postman’s "Amusing Ourselves to Death"

A nuclear family with their heads all surreally missing sit on a couch in front of a TV set.

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Rediscovered this old Infinity Train promo I made in between writers meetings aka 🎵 come on baby do the locomotion 🎵

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Rambled about writing for Among Us, I Love Boosters and why I love cartoony gags with something to say!

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Cartoony Gags with a POV

Among Us, I Love Boosters and gags with a POV.

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

AMONG US IS HERE! Thrilled to write for this confidently bonkers sci-fi comedy murder mystery made by the best crew of artists and one secret impostor trying to undermine the creative process (def not me 🤫). First ep is free on YouTube, full season is avail to stream nowwww!

Poster for the Among Us show, now streaming on Paramount+

Obligatory self-indulgent picture of my writing credit onscreen

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I Love Boosters (2026, Dir. Boots Riley)

Marge Simpson in an overcoat stuffed with candy from the episode Homer Badman.

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Tom Smith @tomsmithcartoon.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Last year I started my own indie animated show called King Cockroach Live!, an outline-driven improvised livestream with story arcs, reoccurring characters, and interactivity. Our little team of 3 puts a ton of work into this each week - hope to see you there! twitch.tv/BossBugKC

King Cockroach, a bug-themed supervillain from a platforming game, meets virtually with his Men's Group - Bonky Dong (a purple gorilla), Kramos (Kratos' other brother) and Bobjob (the Australian Oddjob)

King Cockroach, dressed in post-apocalyptic raider attire, auctions off some precious loot he scavenged from the wasteland (a Mr. Peanut mug)

King Cockroach and his Elite Intern CUNK rallies his minions (controlled by chat) to help him fight a boss battle against the mutated mad scientist Dr. Grimy.

King Cockroach hosts a dating game segment with Star Fox villain Pigma. The eligible bachelor in question is Ganon from The Legend of Zelda.

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Wrote about the dangers of world building this week. Come for the Backrooms, stay for The Dark Crystal!

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The Dangers of World Building

Backrooms, The Dark Crystal and the pitfalls of world building.

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Dana Terrace @danaterrace.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

“Creative breakthroughs happen when visionary storytellers are given access to transformative tools”-- Actually, creative breakthroughs happen when people don't have to drink brown water from data center waste. This is not cool or accessible, this is disingenuous & disappointing.

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70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Nicole Claveloux, "Le Chat de Simulombula," 1971

A very surreal, abstracted version of a cat with a collar. Biblically accurate cat.

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I can’t wait for people to see this.

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Don’t worry guys everything is gonna be okay, Bowfinger is getting a 4k physical media release.

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Genie, for my third and final wish I’d like a supercut of all the college grads booing out of touch commencement speakers proselytizing AI. Preferably backed by something like yakety sax.

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Lindsay Katai @lindsaykatai.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Justin Michael, my long time friend and fellow Infinity Train writer, is starting a newsletter. You should subscribe!

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Got a Bluetooth lightbulb and… it loves pod racing??

Screencap of a smart light bulb labeled “SeBULBa”

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Justin Michael @heyjustin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The Paul Williams crossover we NEED

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