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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Dangaioh still looking amazing after 30 years.

David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

The Fryno Therapy sketch was started at Vicarious Visions by the Narrative and Cinematic team. We wanted to play with the toys we created in unexpected ways. Our experiment kicked off a whole set of these vignettes. (Including 1 never released!) This has been a #Skylanders Fact

Fryno of Skylanders Swap force points at an annoying fly as he tries to do well in anger management therapy.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Wow. What a waste of a great character so far. This card is straight trash and has more ways to make it useless than useful. Hoping for a patch that makes him cool. #MarvelSnap

Spider-Man Noir card for Marvel Snap. He is a 4/6 pile of trash.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

ME: "Hmm I'm going to play a Cerebro deck with the new cards." EVERY LOCATION:

Image of Jason Bateman say "The Fuck you are"

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Haven't had a birthday party in at least... 15 years? And haven't dressed up for Halloween since the Marvel vs DC party at work in 2019. This year will be different. This year, Disco is making a comeback.

I am dressed as dead Robin being cradled by friend dressed by a despondent Batman crying into the night as we recreate the Death in the Family cover.

A cropped picture of the back of a Disco Nightwing Costume.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

THEM: "What was your favorite part of Superman?" ME: "There's so many great parts." MY BRAIN: -

image of a dude, wielding another dude as a weapon to hit someone. "I'll beat a motherfucker with another motherfucker"

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Even before his current vocalizations, he was absolutely the worst Superman. Behind Broadway Superman.

A grid of the cinematic supermans that reads "Thank you for being (NOT YOU over Dean Cain's face) a great superman.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

MARVELSNAP: "We pre-craft all of these decks and do not adjust them based on the game or cards we are facing. ALSO MARVEL SNAP: "What... this is a totally normal set of cards to be together."

A board shows an egregiously ridiculous deck with Sunspot, Sif, Professor X and Wave.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

If you see this, post a sword 🗡️ Anniversary reward from my tenure at Blizzard entertainment.

Me holding the anniversary sword from Warcraft from Blizzard.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Finished the first pass of blocking out BattleMex #3. Which is great! Now I have to cut 3-5 pages. (Which is fooey for me, great for Stefano) But here is one of our new stickers too.

Top down view of "The Omen" the owl themed jet of Team BattleMex. It has two viewports that act as eyes and the gems are reflected in a pattern on the "head".

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

"All those things I can do. All those powers. And I couldn't even save him." Superman isn't Superman because he's the strongest. Him knowing he is so powerful AND also knowing that he can't save everyone while, not letting that break him is why. I don't know that we've ever needed a movie more.

Clark Kent in the 1978 movie speaks to Ma Kent in the cornfields of Kansas after his father died of a heart attack.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

"I wasn't representing anybody except for me... and doing good." Saying Superman is hard to write because he's so powerful frames every conflict around power levels and metrics. But the magic of this character was outlined quite clearly in 1978.

Superman is helped out of a crater by an onlooker. Superman looks to the sky.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Back in the 80's this was referred to in Chicago as "Winnin Ugly"

An old school Chicago White Sox log made up to look like the Pope and reading "Pope Chicago"

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I have a 786 day streak on #Duolingo and I didn't hesitate to delete my account over this shit. I can't do a lot to fight this, but I won't throw my money at them.

This is Duo asking why I canceled my subscription and this is me telling them how they are fucking garbage for firing all their people and replacing them with AI.

I had a 786 day streak and I canceled my account over this.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Excited for my first appearance at Jetpack Comics in New Hampshire for #FCBD! I hear there is a Diablo IV comic available too. 😈

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The message that plays in my head whenever I see more generated bullshit and people defending it. This is literally someone in a cave, doing this shit from memory, 30,000 years ago... making you look sad and weak. Weak.

An ancient bear cave painting with amazing line weight, details and proportions posted originally on alpinelake.

Obadiah Stane yelling how Tony Stark was able to build the arc reactor in a cave with a box of scraps.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

"Bad news Chris... you will not be playing the part of 'handsome officer'.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Today's #SkylanderFact is that I once met the very awesome @jpkarliak.bsky.social at SDCC when I was signing Issue 0 of the comic. He is a terrific person and the voice actor for Wolfgang, coincidentally one of the first characters I wrote in the comic!

I stand with JP Karliak, voice actor and awesome dude, at the SDCC, IDW booth for the release of the first Skylanders Comic. We are smiling with visible teeth.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Love that. Counterproposal. Drive to Milwaukee then.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The final board from my 2 cube Infinite win tonight in #MarvelSnap. A little anti-climactic but I did think the Space Throne was going to do me in. As you can see I was running the Cap Squared deck that was pretty reliable for my climb with a 61.9% win rate. (I still hate Arishem...)

The final score in in Marvel Snap 12/6 (The Space Throne) 23/24 (Asteroid M) and 8/25 (FEAST). They had a move deck and I had both Caps, Red Guardian, Dom, Ant Man, Spectrum and Blue Marvel on my side.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 20

A Roman sword, shield and mail drape a stone wall along with a banner bearing the red Pendragon of King Arthur in this historical based retelling of the legend by Parks Godwin.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 19

The cover to "The Destroyer" book 1, featuring Remo Williams and Chiun, master of Sinanju.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 18

A young boy looks into multiple mirrors, each mirror has a horrible creature lunging out towards the camera on the cover to "Nightmare Store" a Plot Your Own Horror Story

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 17

Two masked figures, one in white with a sword and one in black with a sickle, duel on the cover for The Stand by Stephen King.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

We got an antennae just so my son and I could return to watching @svengoolieofficial.bsky.social on Saturday nights. We are really enjoying the new cast members on #HouseOfSvengoolie too! 3rd generation of rocking with Sven since WFLD Chicago.

Classic publicity photo of Rich Coz as the Son of Svengoolie in 1979.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 16

A massive and powerful black horse adorns the cover of The Black Stallion by Walter Farley.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 15

The Daughters of Eve frolic with Aslan on the cover to the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Preview of a very special, limited-edition cover, for BattleMex issue 2! We continue to pull from Mexican culture with the villainous Loteria. Featuring amazing art by my friend Salvador Velazquez! We are going very 90s with this one and making it pop with some crazy effects! Check it out soon.

A close up of the creepy wooden jester mask of the Villain Loteria while cards featuring classic imagery of the Loteria game hover around him with energy.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 14

Cover to "Clan of the Cave Bear" by Jean M. Auel

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 13

Battery dust jacket cover of a young boy pitching to a batter. "Hang Tough Paul Mather" by Alfred Slote.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 12

A dude with long blond hair holding a staff and a fantasy guitar on his back stands on a boat with turtle, an otter and red haired swordswoman on the cover for the first Spellsinger book.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 11

A chair sits in a mostly empty room, a tattered book on its seat. Drawn in red behind it is "On Writing" from the cover by Stephen King's semi autobiographical/writing manual.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

‪Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 10

A young Matt Murdock holds the limp and bloody body of his father, an image of Daredevil ghosted into the background on the cover of Daredevil: The Man Without Fear by Frank Miller and John Romita JR

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

‪Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 9

The Grim Reaper is in a yellow sports car on his way to collect a soul on the cover for Piers Anthony's "On A Pale Horse".

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

‪Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 8

A cruciform dagger adorns this early 90's copy of the first book in the only vampire series I read more than one book of, "Of Saints and Shadows".

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

‪Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (I may have missed a day but we persevere) #booksky #bookchallenge Day 7

Creepy as Tim Curry style Pennywise adorns the cover of Stephen King's It.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The cover to my side of the mountain, featuring Sam and Frightful, his pet falcon.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

‪Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 5

The cover of "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

‪Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 4

Classic cover of the Dell Yearling edition of Beezys and Ramona.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Came across the scene from the #Skylanders comic "Secret Agent Secrets". I loved doing this 3 parter featuring some meta-rage between the Skylanders. I'm glad people responded to it!

Ghost Roaster explains why he went to the dark side after being passed over for newer, shinier sky landers.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

‪Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 3

The cover to Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 2

The Black Cauldron. Book 2 in the Chronicles of Prydain. Sporting the Disney cover when the movie came out.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #bookchallenge Day 1

The Dark Rider on his black steed terrifies Will Stanton on the cover to "The Dark is Rising" book two in Susan Cooper's magnificent series.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

In light of, what I hope to be a massive exodus to this platform, I want to share this moment of pure joy I experienced once at SDCC.

My face is open in shock and joy as I met up with Fozzy Bear and he checked out my Skylanders comic.

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

I will have a small supply of blank #Skylander Sketch Covers on hand at RetroGameCon in Syracuse this coming weekend. So if you are in town for the show and would like to get one of these rare books for yourself to get arted up, come say hello! (Oh, and then give me some money)

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

Excited to announce I'm working on this new comic with Stefano Simeone! BattleMex is an Aztec Super Sentai, available in English and Spanish on launch, and is already a "Project We Love" Please follow our KS page for all the updates and adventures! tinyurl.com/BattleMex-KS

A luchadora in a bird styled costume plants her foot on a defeated luchador in a grinning skull mask. He is knocked cold!

Three heroes, a Hispanic woman in Aztec inspired hummingbird armor, a Hispanic man in jaguar armor, and an anglo woman in Unicorn armor, battle a horde of robot bulls on the cover for BattleMex issue 1!

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David A. Rodriguez @rodriguezwrites.bsky.social · 29/08/2023

My workout buddy is a terrible spotter. But that's cool. She's also in the way.

My Cat sits on the workout bench staring at the TV. She is an asshole.

My cat, still sitting on my bench, looks at me demanding pets before I lift.

My cat demands attention and sits on my workout bench not even trying to spot properly.

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