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Mario Candelaria

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The greatest to never do it

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Is anyone else seeing MAXXXINE tonight?

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New York noire is classic, but there’s something about Los Angeles noire that’s intoxicating. The city is flat and ugly, and the air is brown, but I love the vibrations. Art from the Los Angeles crime story “One True Love” by Jeremiah Schiek and I.

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“I know there’s safety in IP, but I want the industry to move towards more original storytelling” - M. Night Shyamalan

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Thanks to everyone who shared or sent feedback on my latest Substack post.

Being able to handle rejection is a huge part of the game, especially because it will happen waaaaay more often than not.

open.substack.com/pub/theother...

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On my newsletter this week, I am tackling “rejection” and how that makes or breaks creators, complete with art from a failed pitch or two featuring illustrators who are current industry darlings.

Sign up below 👇🏼

theothermarioc.substack.com

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Today I celebrate the end of my favorite X-Men era.

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A new entry of my newsletter is dropping later today, and this one is focusing on the power of recommendations.

A lot of us in comics owe much of what we were able to do because someone put in a good word for us, and I want to highlight that.

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theothermarioc.substack.com

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We are getting close to the end of line art production for One True Love!

I am excited for people to start reading @schiekapedia.bsky.social and I's love letter to Los Angeles.

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Now that my new website is done (theothermarioc.com), I am getting ready to relaunch my newsletter.

Please sign up at the link below to be notified of any upcoming projects I have as well as free monthly comic pages (I already posted the first one)

theothermarioc.substack.com/subscribe

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This was my entire childhood in four images

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WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW? Page 60

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I woke up worried I wasn’t promoting my kickstarter enough. But then I realized I don’t even have one going on right now. That’s comic industry ptsd.

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I went out out tonight wearing a bloody Jon Moxley shirt under a Fallout Vault 101 hoodie 😎

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I created some new graphics for my next book, but I think I’m going to steal this theming for my new website design.

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I have published comics that are available in English, Spanish, Arabic, and now in Italian. I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given and for the support I have seen from readers around the globe. Not bad for some kid from Brooklyn.

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People ask “why did guys you make a comic about pizza?”

The answer is simple: we knead the dough.

Slices of Life, an interconnected antho set in a world where pizza has been outlawed - now on @Kickstarter

LINK - www.kickstarter.com/projects/sli...

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I reunited with @illaurastrates and @jaocanola, my creative partners from “Tethered” in The Color of Always, for a tale about a pizza delivery gone wrong…

“No Toppings for Old Men” is a story in SLICES OF LIFE, currently funding on @KickstarterRead

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sli...

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Running a kickstarter is like sending invites to your birthday party and hoping people like you enough to show up.

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This is a good way to kick off a chill weekend at home

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One True Love is probably going to be my swan song comic. I am pulling out all the stops and leaving nothing in the tank for this one.

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This is where I keep all my industry gossip 🤫

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“Anyone who helps you steal, no matter how well you take care of them, can never truly be trusted…”

Here’s another GORGEOUS panel by @schiekapedia.bsky.social from our Los Angeles crime book “One True Love”, printing & shipping later this year

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Into the Santa-Verse Merry Christmas from Erin and I

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i'd love nothing more than to be able to not have to use social media, but as marketing & publicity departments continue to be slashed and removed and limited to only support *certain* people, there's not really much else for us to do as creatives who need an avenue for discoverability.

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I started out wanting to do romance comics (like black comedy mumblecore type stuff), but was told even recently that stuff doesn’t sell when I pitched something.

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Any comics people (creators, critics, bloggers, YouTubers) out there interested in checking out the first three chapters of WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW? Looking to spread the word as we head into the final two chapters. I’ve got a PDF for anyone interested ✌🏻

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The silent night is dark and full of terrors…

Check out Holiday Spirits vol 3, a fresh batch of Christmas themed horror stories featuring a brand new take on La Befana by mio fratello Vasco Gioachini and I

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ora...

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