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Took me really long to finish reading this because I always scrolled back to the angry tapping dog and giggled

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thank you for this!

so many great moments here!

fiddle solo!

overalls!

my aching is cured!

bed!

plus everything else!

thanks for sharing! beautiful work!

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I am nearly overwhelmed with the joy your comics bring me. So relatable! The late night creativity, the ADHD, the dreaded out-of-sync with partner for staying up late, parasocial podcasts. And your evening with Molly sounds so friggin' lovely. I'm so happy for you Nate, you are so cool and I adore your comics!

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"big project"

yES PLEASE I CRAVE CONTENT

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Me the first few panels: just like me fr

Me the rest of the comic: this is all I’ve ever wanted

(Your comics bring such a light joy to my day, always look forward to reading them!)

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the pup’s expressions are killing me their so good!!!!!! also same, my cat loves me when she doesnt know where she is lol

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Already in bed!

Sadly, with a two year old who doesn't want to sleep ever.

I wonder if I can persuade *him* to read Moby Dick

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I feel your pain. Currently in the car with 3 year old who just passed out now. She refuses to have naps despite being so exhausted that she drunk walks around and slurs her words- only letting her sleep for 15 min because my good god it is nighttime hell when she sleeps after 230.

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That's the Moby Dick I read! XD

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I need more of the Moby Dick recap, it's definitely more entertaining for me. lol

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ooh I see you fellow nocturnal creative! the owl tendencies are hard to maintain but the quiet // darkness is so delicious

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Bahahaha i entirely relate to all of this- bedtime whomst?! Literally go to bed anywhere between 1-3am. Except i have a small child who has decided that 5am is peak playtime and demands i be awake. So my words tend to not make sense half the time because apparently brains need sleep to function, who knew??

Also is Moby Dick just historical queer fanfic??? Sign me up <3

You and Molly’s night is like my idea of the perfect romantic date . You are now officially the best couple ( lets be honest you two always were) and are my ultimate relationship goals.

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Honestly this is really inspirational to start working on shit again! Love ur comics nate, hope tha world is beautiful for you right now, it seems like it is 👍

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Totally relatable. Sometimes I just wanna stay up all night and all day and create stuff. But something happens and I always end up crashing.

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I related to so many things here, damn.

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I'm totally here for the trash baby representation.

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Absolute garbage boy hours out here god I have never felt so seen. Moby Dick is so fun but I read it before I knew I was gay so I like just didn’t pick up on any of that it’s like not hidden at all my brain was just like lol we’re not even gonna look at that and tossed it out the window. Future comic: Favorite Shanties???

Love it as always dude

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Also yes you should get a punching bag. BOB is fun practice strikes where they’re supposed to land!

He’s a bit unsettling to happen upon in the dark I will say.

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I can’t help myself I am returning to this. each type has benefits. Bob is good for the hand positioning and target accuracy. The swinging ones are like good to practice like body positioning for incoming attacks but the joys of unscrewing the Wave master style and whapping eachother cannot be overstated... better if you have two to fight tho.

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