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Andrew Coltrin

@partlyrobot.com
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Autistic (and now ADHD, too, because I’m neurotrendy like that) author, scribbler, self-publisher, advocate. kickstarter.partlyrobot.com

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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 15/08/2026
Hey! My book, "The ADHD FAQ" is really here! In typical ADHD fashion it arrived at Spoke & Word Books barely just in time for the first bookstore event. Tell your favorite local bookstore to order you a copy (or contact me to arrange a Q&A and signing). Or order dirctly from @microcosm.bsky.social
Photo of a physical copy of "The ADHD FAQ" by Andrew Coltrin
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 03/08/2026
The Return of Whatever Happened to Monkey Skull!! Page 10 Panel 2. "My apologies. I forgot you were... allergic to human contact."
Monkey Skull says: 

"My apologies. I forgot you were... allergic to human contact."
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 13/07/2026
Who wants to get us over the 100 backer threshold? There's still time. 47 hours to go. Kickstarter.partlyrobot.com #comics #neurodivergence #disabilitypride
Screenshot of the Nerd Emergencies Kickstarter page showing the backer count at 99.
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 11/07/2026
A little movie I made talking about the Nerd Emergencies neurodiverto comix anthology I'm crowdfunding the printing of. kickstarter.partlyrobot.com #comix #neurodivergent
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 07/07/2026
Video about why I'm crowdfunding a neurodivergent comix anthology at this unsettling moment in history. kickstarter.partlyrobot.com
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 02/07/2026
Check out the campaign at kickstarter.partlyrobot.com
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 18/06/2026
I may not be famous enough to pull this off, but I'd like to pretend to be. kicstarter.partlyrobot.com #comix #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #comics
It's All A Nerd Emergency! 
Promo slide for the Nerd Emergencies comix anthology on kickstarter
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 12/06/2026
I made a wee bitty poster announcing the launch of the Nerd Emergencies comix anthology. Cheaper than a share of SpaceX. Not only is it about neurodiversity, it has a signifigant percentage of LBGTQIA+ creators. Pride and stuff. kickstarter.partlyrobot.com #comix #neurodivergent #neuroqueer
Image of a flyer announcing the Nerd Emergencies Kickstarter launch.
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 03/06/2026
It's been too long since I did a "Whatever Happened to Monkey Skull?" panel. Page 9, panel 7. #comix
Image Description: Booger Bear with word balloon. "It's been linked to everything from auditory hallucinations to Congenital Tylenol Exposure to Irritable Bear Syndrome."
Overlaid with "watermark" tag and "A.I. Slop is Slavery" tag.
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 25/04/2026
Finally another Monkey Skull panel. What's the hold up? Don't ask. Or do ask. Short answer: I've got like 5x more work to do to finish up the "Nerd Emergencies" anthology than I thought I did. Also, the complications of being a toddler parent.
Comic panel with Booger Bear staring right through the fourth wall. In a word balloon he says: "Oh, yeah. Studies have show that too much Kirby Krackle can cause all kinds of things."
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 20/04/2026
Starting Monday with some naïve watercolor comix making. Image descripition: Seated profile of a middle aged white man facing a desktop computer monitor. A word ballon says "But Where to begin?"
Seated profile of a middle aged white man facing a desktop computer monitor. A word ballon says "But Where to begin?"
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 16/04/2026
Don't worry. I'm still working on stuff. So much stuff! Here's a piece I'm doing to show how I'll do stuff even when it scares me.
Photo of a randomly painted piece of watercolor paper. The following words are written in black ink. "To be clear, I'm not afraid of colors themselves. I'm afraid of using color badly. I'm afraid of my own ignorance." There is also a little scrap of paper with the word "watermark" laid on top of the composition.
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 10/04/2026
I'm struggling with working up the executive function to go to the gym. But I read somewhere in a book I wrote that exercise can be helpful for ADHDers in all kinds of areas, including executive function. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mic...
Screenshot of the Kickstarter page for The ADHD Coping Skills Deck & ADHD FAQ.
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 05/04/2026
My Taco Dog salute to the first American Pope is back on my etsy shop. Everything's 25% off in the etsy shop for Get Okay With Autism Month. partlyrobot.etsy.com/listing/4315...
Photo of a pile of sticker featuring Taco Dog, a chihuahua, with a word ballon saying "¡Yo Quiero Papa León!"

Overlaid text:

"He is Rizzin'"
"Taco Dog is a big fan of Pope Leo. Buy this sticker to help gim spread this message of lets's don't blow up people on Easter."
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 01/03/2026
Tryng to get back into the swing of a panel a day.
Comix panel with Monkey Skull and Podcast Ben. MS says "It's no mistakr, Benny boy. You're a winner."
Ben says "I really don't see how."
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 19/02/2026
What is going on? What the hell is going on? These are from yesterday's HHS video, not from the Epstein Files, if you can believe it.
Photo of RFKjr showing off his bear chest and cum gutters while asking "Where's Kid?"RFKjr and Kid Rock cheersing with glassed of whole milk in and indoor swimming pool.
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 23/01/2026
Two panels. Yesterday and today. "Who run Barter Town?" Analogue watermark to mess with the pirates and scraper bots. #comix #PanelADay
Two comix panel:
Panel One, a grinning Monkey Skull asks:
"Booger Bear, for all the marbles, can you answer me this?"
Panel Two, Booger Bear on the left, Monkey Skull on the right from the rear.
Monkey Skull says: "WHO RUN BARTER TOWN?"
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 20/01/2026
Everything's so heavy. Monkey Skull had to break character for a minute. #comix #PanelADay
Comix panel featuring the skeletal fo of Monkey Skull.
He says: "I'm struggling right now. I want to be productive. I want to spread knowledge, whimsy, and joy.
I want to be useful.
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 15/01/2026
Did this panel without a photo reference. Kind of messed up and made Polo Shirt Ben look happy. Was it wishful thinking? #comix #PanelADay
Comics Panel with Polo Shirt Ben, a white guy with short hair and glasses wearing a polo shirt. A meowing cat sits on Ben's shoulder.
Word balloon: "Long time, no see!"
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 14/01/2026
A vaguely familiar new player has entered the trivial discourse at the Stygian Lamplighter! #comix #PanelADay #KeepMakingArt
Comix Panel with Drew, Booger Bear, and a new character, Polo Shirt Ben.
Drew: "Yikes! There's so much drama here."
Booger Bear: "Too much drama."
Polo Shirt Ben: "Oh, hey guys."
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 12/01/2026
And Monkey Skull's back. Not super happy with the lettering. Switched nibs mid word balloon and, oh well. Gotta keep moving, though.
Comix panel with Monkey Skull character. 
Monkey Skull says:
"Hey, now. No need for shame. Just take it down a notch and we're good. And maybe do some square breathing."
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 08/01/2026
Monkey Skull has a bone to pick
Comix panel with Monkey Skull in the background, finger raised. Drew is in yhe foreground, pencil in hand.
Monkey Skull says: "Drew, You haven't drawn me at all this year!"
Drew says, "uh... It's only January. Gimme a minute."
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 08/01/2026
Today Faith Harper gave me an idea for a new revenue stream: Neurodivergence Peer Confirmation Consultation. So far all I've really done to get it going is this Charles Schulz fan art. Baby steps.
Comix panel in the style of Charles Schulz's Peanuts. A Peanuts-style Booger Bear sits at a lemonade stand with the sign reading: "Neurodivergence Peer Confirmation 5,000¢" on top. Below the opening it reads "The guy with a B.A. in Creative Writing is [out]"
Thought ballons read: "When is Drew gonna get back? I'm not qualified to confirm anything!"
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 29/12/2025
Been a few days since I sat down with a pencil. Don't worry. It's just holiday family busy time. Not existential ennui. Here's a little guy to lift our spirits, Chet, the Littlest Sasquatch! Maybe he'll end up on a coffee mug, or something.
Pencil drawing of a short statured bigfoot smiling with hand raised.
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 22/12/2025
Just drawing little guys
Drawing of several whimsical creatures: a frogoid, a karaoke gremlin, a worm reading a book, and a fish with legs. A phantom Monkey Skull shows through from the page beneath.
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 18/12/2025
I did a panel today! Monkey Skull continues!
Comix panel with totally bald Discount Moby in a pose reminiscent of the foreground figure in Münch's "The Scream." Hairy Earl is next to him trying to tear his beard out.
Discount Moby: "Not the Tot Tax!"
Hairy Earl: "We are sore ashamed!"
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 16/12/2025
Oh... habits... how to have good habits... when everything's busy and it's December. Have a happy December-time, if you can.
Comix panel with Booger Bear and Drew. Booger Bear has his hands up in a quizzical expression.
"Drew, what happened to that panel-a-day streak we had?"
Drew, crouched over a laptop computer:
"umm... not now.  I got a deadline for a paying gig."
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 09/12/2025
Bonus Panel! A little sidebar from the Monkey Skull’s narrative. Also, procrastinating from editing the ADHD book. More to come on that! #potato
Comix panel of Booger Bear, wearing a turtleneck sweater and holding a tater tots.
Word balloon:
“RELAX, IDAHO! I’m not really allergic to tater tots. But I will say just about anything to avoid being body-snatched by a trivia cult!”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 09/12/2025
Monkey Skull continues to have none of Hairy Earl and Discount Moby’s shenanigans. A penalty is exacted! #comix
Comix panel of Monkey Skull’s hand grabbing tater tots from the basket on Hairy Earl and Discount Moby’s table.
Word balloon:
“And I’m taking a Tot Tax!”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 08/12/2025
Oh boy. December is the season for crashing my social battery and needing extra recovery time. So, a couple days late, but here’s a Monkey Skull panel. #comix
Comix panel with Monkey Skull saying:
“Hairy Earl and Discount Moby.”
“Settle down, or I’m going to have to disqualify you guys… again.”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 05/12/2025
Hairy Earl is having none of it. “Whatever Happened to Monkey Skull” continues… #comix
Comix panel. Hairy Earl points his finger and shouts “Blasphemy” while slackjawes Discount Moby looks on and tries not to spill his beer.
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 04/12/2025
Today kind of got away from me.
Pencil drawing of Monkey Skull, arms raised, saying:
“I had a plan.”
“It just turned out not to be compatible with what actually happened.”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 03/12/2025
Sorry about the brief hiatus. Puking kiddo. Thanksgiving. Yadda yadda. Getting back on that panel a day horse. #comix #tatertots
Comix panel with Booger Bear surrounded by the repeated phrases “join us” “one of us” and “tots.”
Booger Bear says, “Sorry, dudes. I’m allergic to tater tots.”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 21/11/2025
Will Drew and Booger Bear join these guys’ trivia team? Will it even matter? Find out eventually as the saga of “Whatever Happened to Monkey Skull?” continues. #comix
Comix panel of a bald guy and a bearded guy.
Bald guy: “Join us…”
Bearded Guy: “So say’s Monkey Skull.”
Bald Guy: “So says Monkey Skull.”
Bearded Guy: “Join us.”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 20/11/2025
Behold the depths of the unknowable Monkey Skull! #comix
Comix panel, close up of Monkey Skull, with little Monkey Skulls in his eyes.
Word Balloon: “I STRONGLY recommend it!”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 19/11/2025
Trivia Host Monkey Skull stacking the deck. #comix #inky
Comix panel with Monkey Skull holding a microphone.
Word balloon: “If your team has two open spots, recruit these nerds.”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 18/11/2025
Just when you thought I’d forgotten all about Monkey Skull. Here he is! #comix #PanelADay
Comix panel. Establishing shot of the interior of the bar. Drew and Booger Bear are in the left foreground, facing away from viewer. Monkey Skull is at a table on the right, mid ground. He has his laptop and microphone.
Monkey Skull says: “Well, look what the three-headed dog dragged in!”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 17/11/2025
“Why Not Both?” Today’s illustration. Not sure what it means, but I had fun drawing it.
Cartoon illustration of Drew and Booger Bear standing beside a giant frog statue. 
Drew says: “This is new.”
Booger Bear says: “Should we fear it? Or worship it?”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 17/11/2025
Ooops. Yesterday didn’t happen. But I did get 2 panels done the day before. I guess it all evens out. Here’s the final panel, panel 18, of “Help?!” Of course the story will continue. But Monkey Skull’s been waiting in the wings for a couple weeks. Gotta get back to that dude. #comix
Comix panel with Drew giving Booger Bear a side hug.
Drew, word balloon: “The people you build authentic community with can actually be way more helpful than any government agency. Just try not to accidentally join a cult.”
Booger Bear, thought balloon: “Woah! When did Drew become a hugger? I’ve been asking for a hug for years!”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 15/11/2025
“HELP?!” Panel 17. I did two panels today! #comix #community #saveGarrett
Comix Panel. Booger Bear and Drew continue the conversation.
Drew: “Anywhere you can build community is a great placento start.”
Booger Bear: “COMMUNITY is my favorite TV show!”
Drew: “Me too! I love me some Abed.”
cool. cool cool cool. cool.
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 14/11/2025
“Help?!” Panel 16. All kinds of things. Just a list, not necessarily an endorsement. #comix #PanelADay #Advocacy
Comix panel with Booger Bear and Drew. Drew says: “There are all kinds of things. From friends and family, to non-profits and faith-based orgs, to grassroots advocacy groups. I’ve been pretty lucky in that I’ve always had strong family support. (Even when they didn’t understand.)”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 13/11/2025
“Help?!” Panel 15. Booger Bear’s mind is blown. #comix #PanelADay
Comix panel with Booger Bear, nostrils flared and pupils shrunk down to pinpricks.
Word Balloon: “There are othet things?!”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 12/11/2025
“HELP?!” Panel 14. Screwed? Not Screwed? Just burnt out? #comix #PanelADay
Comix panel with Booger Bear and Drew.
Booger Bear says, “Wow! So you’re kinda screwed, hunh?”
Drew says: “Not totally. The government isn’t everything.”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 12/11/2025
“Help?!” Panel 13. Behold the disability services bureaucrats. #PanelADay
Comics panel with two disability services bureaucrats.
Caption: “And then there’s all the bureacratic skepticism that gets applied to people with invisible disabilities like ADHD, ‘low support needs’ autism, MS, fibromyalgia, and many others.”
Bureaucrat 1: “Excellent work filling out the forms.”
Bureaucrat 2: “But we just don’t see you as disabled.”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 10/11/2025
“Help?!” panel 12. One day I’ll actually place them on pages. Hopefully it still works. Can I wrap up it up in 6 more panels? No one knows! #comix #PanelADay
Comix panel with Booger Bear & Drew standing behind a surface loaded with a couple stacks of paper labeled “Forms” and “More Forms & Doctor’s Notes.”
Booger Bear: “That’s an intimidating amount of paperwork.”
Drew: “It really is.”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 10/11/2025
“Help?!” Panel 11. That’s right. I did 2 panels today! #paperwork #comix #PanelADay
Comix panel with Drew holding a sheaf of IEP meeting note.
Drew says: “But even when elected officials and government employees ARE doing their due diligence, there can be a whole lot of confusing, heartbreaking, and counterproductive paperwork involved.”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 10/11/2025
“Help?!” Panel 10. Will this narrative turn around? Where are we heading? Did I even finish the script? All will be revealed. Hopefully by panel 18. #comix #PanelADay
Drew holding a protest sign with a picture of Kang the Conqueror crossed out. Words on the sign read “NO KANGS” “COMIC BOOK NERDS AGAINST TYRANNY”
Drew says, “ugh… Don’t get me started.”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 08/11/2025
“HELP?!” Panel 9. It’s gonna be a busy weekend. I’m going to try to stop by the Portland Zine Symposium. @pdx_zines But, you know. Life with a toddler makes things logistically interesting. (Full disclosure, I am not the toddler in question)
Comix panel. Booger Bear, with swirls in his eyes and arms thrown wide, says:
“Next you’re going to tell me that these laws also depend on the WILLINGNESS of government officials to UPHOLD them!”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 07/11/2025
Help?! Panel 8. I started thumbnailing the next Monkey Skull panel, but wouldn’t you know it, I got a more ambitious design than I was comfortable committing to in the amount of time available. Oh, time. If only I wasn’t trying to do everything all at once. #comix #PanelADay
Comix panel with Booger Bear and Drew. Booger Bear is examining the empty contents of his wallet.
Booger Bear says: “I don’t think I can afford a lawyer. You?”
Drew says: “Nope.”
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Andrew Coltrin @partlyrobot.com · 06/11/2025
Help?! panel 7. With any luck, I’ll do a Monkey Skull panel tonight. Fingers crossed. #comix
Comix panel, Drew, wearing his trademark flat cap and hoodie is looking a little unsettled.
Word balloon: “Yeah… all that. Plus, people who can afford lawyers are generally the ones who can get laws interpreted to their liking.”
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