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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 08/07/2026

For reference, the last time I went to SDCC I looked like this (pictured here with my S.H.O.O.T. First co-creator Nicolas Selma). (I no longer look like this.)

S.H.O.O.T. First co-creators Justin Aclin and Nicolas Daniel Selma

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 30/06/2026

I don't know, I prefer the another sport.

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 15/05/2026

Quote-post something with horns! 😈 (That time Ed McGuinness drew Brutal, from my first comic, Hero House with artist Mike Dimayuga)

Ed McGuinness art of Brutal from the graphic novel Hero House

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 24/03/2026

I didn't bother looking up what SFX they use for lightsabers in other Star Wars comics...I had my own thoughts on how it would sound.

A page from Star Wars - The Clone Wars: Defenders of the Lost Temple, drawn by Ben Bates and written by Justin Aclin. The lightsaber clash SFX reads "KSSH"

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 14/02/2026

If you see this, post a dragon.

The cover art to SHOOT First #3 from Dark Horse Comics, art by Nicolas Selma and Marlac. Text reads: ROBOT VS. DRAGON!

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 18/11/2025

Oh wow. I didn't realize the anniversary was so close when I was checking out the exhibit this past weekend!

The original art for the first Calvin and Hobbes strip, photographed at the Fenimore Museum in Cooperstown, NY.

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 01/11/2025

I don't know what I did to deserve the world's most cursed ad, but now I'm sharing the curse with you.

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 27/08/2025

I wish I could make this a reality!

Last night I dreamed that all of the Golden Girls except for Bea Arthur were in a movie together before the Golden Girls called "Your Majesty," and as a running gag on the TV show Blanche and Rose would always suggest they watch the movie and Dorothy would make a face and say that the movie stinks. Which I find hilariously plausible. Then I dreamed I was Paul McCartney, which is less plausible.

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 25/08/2025

I got to sample dishes created by WWE superstars!

Justin eating some food on an episode of Dinner: Impossible.

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 28/06/2025

Flashback to 2014 and the single most mystifying thing I've ever seen in my local paper.

A column in a local paper called "Inquiring Photographer." They've asked two small children "If you could be a character in a movie, who would you be?" The girl says "Ana from Frozen." The boy says "Jordan Belfort."

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 25/06/2025

What's a poster you had in your room growing up? I don't remember a time before this one was on my wall. How did they know?

Vintage poster circa Return of the Jedi reading "Star Wars is Forever"

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 24/06/2025

This is very cool but what I really need is a GamePro 2.5 shirt. That way when someone asks me how I'm doing these days, I can just point to the shirt.

The old GamePro Rating system, featuring cartoon faces from 1.0 to 5.0

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 23/06/2025

My timeline should not look like this In These Times when this is about sports, sorry.

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 06/06/2025

It's been a crazy few weeks, folks. I'm as exhausted and gratified as I look in this photo from two weeks ago. This was my first time helping to launch a new console, and I'm feeling grateful to everyone who I get to work with - colleagues and media friends alike. Enjoy Nintendo Switch 2! #client

Justin smiling in Super Nintendo World Orlando at night.

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 30/05/2025

The windows that slam shut on you as soon as you annoy them!

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 09/04/2025

Repost with a favorite book from childhood

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 25/02/2025

One of my favorite Twisted ToyFare strips was when we tore Episode III a well-deserved new one.

Four panels from the Twisted ToyFare Theatre strip "Sith Sandwich" from ToyFare #98.
Panel 1: Mace Windu: While we grant you a seat on this council, we don't grant you the title of master.
Anakin: WHAT?!?
Anakin: How dare you deny me a rank I clearly haven't earned?

Panel 2:
Mace: Also, while we grant you a metaphorical seat on the council, there is no physical seat for you.
Mace: You'll have to use this stool.
Mace: You'll need the Force...it wobbles.

Panel 3:
Anakin: What about Johnny Conehead?
Anakin: He's a hologram, why does he even need a chair?
Ki Adi Mundi: My holographic feet hurt.

Panel 4: Mace holds a dunce cap reading "not a Master"
Mace: And here's your *snicker* special council-member hat.
Yoda from off-panel: Good one, that is.

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 02/12/2024

Every so often, my wife and kids wonder aloud why this post from @chrisward.bsky.social didn't become a viral classic.

A picture of a cat wearing a tuxedo with the caption "BREAKING: CAT TUX TAX CUTS GUTS TUX TAX FOR FAT CATS"

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 27/11/2024

Hi, new Bluesky followers! Three things to know about me: 1) I'm working on a MG graphic novel for @madcavestudios.bsky.social/Papercutz with @maxbare.bsky.social that's going to be fantastic, in several ways. 2) In 2013 I wrote the hottest Star Wars comic of Dec. 2020. 3) Also, I do PR for Nintendo

Clone Trooper Glitch holding a lightsaber and saying "I'd forgotten I was holding this." from the graphic novel Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Defenders of the Lost Temple.

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 20/11/2024

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you:

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 18/11/2024

Late in ToyFare Magazine's lifespan, we started working with new cover photographers who did these really dramatic, eye-catching cover images. Later I would discover that these "Gorman Brothers" had previously made up half of Belly.

The cover art to ToyFare #158, featuring Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes as photographed by Tom and Chris Gorman.

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 27/10/2024

I don't throw the word "hero" around lightly, so I won't. I am heavily an #earlyvotinghero

The author, with beard, bearing a sticker that says "I voted!"

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 19/10/2024

Wizard people, dear reader! Only spent one afternoon at NYCC but managed to catch up with @agentm.bsky.social, @samicorn.bsky.social , @seantcollins.bsky.social , @stevesunu.bsky.social , @alejandrobot.bsky.social and the not on bsky Zach Oat and Adam Tracey. Good good folks!

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 17/10/2024

Hi, Sky. I wrote some Star Wars books you can't access anymore (legally...) plus a comic book called S.H.O.O.T. First about a team of atheist monster hunters which you can read for free if you have Hoopla. (You should have Hoopla.) New middle grade GN coming soonish from Papercutz!

A comic book image of three figures - a robot and two humans - clambering on a giant rocky hand, against a red background.

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Justin Aclin @justinaclin.com · 24/09/2024

LOOK OUT! Something big is coming your way! The incomparable @maxbare.bsky.social and I are cooking up a fantasy middle grade graphic novel, coming from Papercutz. I can't wait to share this with everyone. Watch this space!