Daniel Mauleón

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Comic Writer + Educator | He/Him | Mexican-American | Banner art by Fran Bueno for The Fifth Dungeon | Rep'd by Sara Crowe | danielmauleon.com 🇺🇸🇲🇽

Animated gif of Lisa staring at her empty plate. Occasionally she blinks.
Photo of mini-comic on top of a journal page. Mini-comic is B+W, journal is a manilla color with black ink and a pop of color from a purple post-it note used to edit a panel. Mini-comic cover: Text: Lessons in 1994's Sailor Moon S Footer: Desperation Title has a Sailor Moon Silhouette matching the Sailor Moon S logo from the 90s B+W illustration of Jupiter, sweating, charging up her right fist with electrical energy. Journal: A comic journal page also titled Lessons in 1994's Sailor Moon S. There are a few text boxes, and small chibi illustrations of Jupiter fighting.
Illustrated and colored poster featuring 2XKO and other League of Legends champions at a fantasy wrestling arena. Mainstage shows Ahri and Ekko clashing, while a Referee Illaoi watches. Caitlyn and Darius stand ready to tag in. Braum in a tux is casting along with Teemo in a woodsy suit. The remaining casts (plus a few others) cheer from the crowd.
Single panel of a journal comic Title "Game 2" Caption "Note: Teemo fucking died" "At the start of both rounds Dingle made sure I couldn't play Teemo." Art: Sequence of four moves in a longer combo utilizing the DeLuca effect to travel across the panel (i.e. into the corner) Characters are drawn simply. Teemo is wearing the bee outfit hat - Vi punches Teemo with an overhead "2" - Braum knocks Teemo up with his door "6" - Braum hits Teemo with his lariat "7" - Braum brings the door down on Teemo in the corner, Teemo now has Xs for eyes "12"
Inked sketch of a SMS Sailor Jupiter charging Lighting Punch
Poster design: link to Start.gg event will be posted below
Illustrated and colored poster featuring 2XKO and other League champions at a fantasy wrestling arena.
Composite image of a comic cover. Text: Lessons in 1994's Sailor Moon S Title has a Sailor Moon Silhouette, the O in sailor is a moon. The O's in Moon are fighting game inputs for a 360 and Punch.
Text from Congress website. Official Title To require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms. Sponsor Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] Introduced April 3, 2025 Latest Action May 20, 2026 - POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 2616, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Walberg demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced. (Source: Floor proceedings)
Four panel comic made up of screen shots from the 'Give me my hat back Jordan' vine and cutouts of the bear from Jon Klassen's 'I want my hat back'. Panel 1: Bear looks out car window. Bear is wearing a red hat. Panel 2: Bear moves further into car, bear's hat is grabbed by the window now rolled up Panel 3: Bear looks at camera, the hat has come off Panel 4: Bear, upset. Everything is tinted red.
Pencil sketches of a series of comic panels featuring inputs for a fighting game.
Diagram. Left Side: 1. Pika 2. Chu Right Side A. Image of pikachu without a tail B. Image of just pikachu's tail
Two scans of cartoon Darius in B&W and Grayscale
Cartoon Illaoi dressed as a referee with a giant whistle
Cartoon chibi Vi, her gloved fist raised high
Cartoon Caitlyn her top hat is falling off. Hard to tell exactly but she has a psuedo WWE outfit on.
Cartoon Braum with a mic and tuxedo
Cartoony teemo in a tux
Pen and ink illustration of a fantasy boxing arena. The arena is on a large cubed gemstone similar to the League of Legends' Nexus.
A 3x3 grid Headers: Thought / Voice Over / Narration Left side: Thought Balloon / Caption/ Flash Balloon/ 'TEXT' (i.e. floating , unbound text) Bad version of table in text: TYPE :Thought / Voice Over / Narration Thought Balloon: YES / NO / NO Caption: NO (Red) / NO (Red) / YES (Two examples with different outlines) Flash Balloon: YES / YES / NO Text: YES / NO / YES
B+W Pen on paper illustration. A Top 8 placement posting for a weekly 2XKO Local. Each placement includes a headshot/shoulders of the two characters in varying degrees of abstraction. 1st. Winters : Caitlyn, Warwick, Blitz (FS: Freestyle) 2nd. Uber: Yasuo, Ahri (FS) 3rd. DGI Twist 4th. Uller: Ahri + Darius "Headless" 2XA 5th. Swillion : Ahri + Illaoi 2XA 6th. The Gahmur: Darius and Vi (DD) 7th. Borderless: Teemo (with glowing eyes and a mischievous expression) and VI (DD + Pulse). Word balloon to Teemo "Legally this counts as Top Eight!" Chibis of a sad Ekko, and 'over-it' Jinx leaning against Braum's shield. Chibi Braum rests on the shield and looks longingly at the placements. EKKO: "Not my time" TEXT: NXKO TOP 8 BP 2XKO WEEK 29 4/10/26
Screenshot of the YouTube studio page for my comic lessons livestream vod. On the side is a list of 5 quiz questions: Quiz 1: Which of these sound effects would make the bell appear to sound LOUDER? Quiz 2: Who would you LEAST expect to use this word balloon? Quiz 3: What is mostly likely to use this word balloon? Quiz 4: What is mostly likely to use this word balloon? Quiz 5: What is a technique used in the manga that is also used in the anime to sym...
Screenshot of youtube studio showing a video edit in progress. Also shows a screenshot of the lecture with Akane-banashi art, a pngtuber Daniel, and a chat box.
3 panel comic on paper with black pen. Panel 1: a frog sits in pot on a stove, unbothered. The dial is set to off. Panel 2: the frog looks worrying over the edge of the pot as a disembodied hand moves the dial to 7. The burner is now lit with a large flame. SFX: click click click Panel 3: The frog returns to the pose from panel 1, unbothered. The burner flame is smaller. There is a little steam rising from the pot. The dial is set to 2. Frog: "Could've been worse."
Two standees for the Akane-Banashi event! One a life size Akane and the other a large poster for the anime
Headline from satirical site Brookline Turkey. Coolidge Theatergoer Learns Too Late 70mm Not Runtime Then he said, "Then what’s the second m doing there." By Jah W.
Ms Paint Kermit with a top hat
A anime waifu Kermit with big sparkly eyes and pink hair sitting on the beach
Screenshot of youraislopbores.me I requested: Hot anime waifu. HD. 4k. Pretty eyes. Not Kermit. Beautiful. Anime. 8k. -Kermit -Frog -the -green. Hide hands. -muppet -puppet -top hat. Cute pose. Stop generating pictures of Kermit in a top hat I received an ms paint drawing of Kermit
[Infographic about the ICE Out comics Image of comic pages, pencils, and ink pens. ] ICE OUT: Cartoonists against ICE! Calling on cartoonists and artists to tell your stories about the ICE occupation of your towns and cities! *4-panel comics* *3:4 Instagram format* Use this blue: Use these hashtags: #iceout[your city] #iceoutmlps #iceoutcomics
A 4-panel Comic watercolor + pen, with digital lettering. Panel 1: The panel is split nearly in half-diagonally. Top/Left is in various shades of blue and depicts a Metro Transit Blue Line Train, the train is bisected at the diagonal. Bottom/Right in various shades of gray is a Boston Green Line train. Caption 1 [Typeface is emulates handwriting, above the train]: I read that the light rail to the general strike rally in Minneapolis was so packed some people had to wait for up to four trains to pass before they could board. Caption 2 [Below the train]: A day later, I boarded a Green Line train in Boston to an emergency protest after Alex Pretti's execution. Panel 2: Interior of a Green Line Train, in shades of gray. We're looking straight on at a row of empty seats. Caption: I easily found a seat. I tried listening in to learn if anyone one else was heading to the protest. Shalee and I had been back in Boston for less than a week. We had to keep reminding people that "no, our winter break in Minneapolis was not relaxing." Panel 3: Interior Park Street Station, from the bottom of the stairs, and looking up and out of the station*. It is dark outside. The wide stairwell is empty, and the scene is colored in shades of gray. Four, spiked word balloons travel down the panel originating from outside. The balloons and tails are deteriorated, but they are colored bright blue. The text inside is also blue and blurred. Panel 4: Exterior. Boston Commons. A crowd, in various shades of bright blue, gather in front for the Boston Common Tablet at the NE side of the park. The crowd wears winter gear and holds up (wordless) signs. The background is shades of gray, and the crowd breaks free of the panel borders, bleeding out to the edge of the image. Crowd [Balloons have thick blue outlines, typeface looks like painted letters, words are also a vibrant blue] : WE'RE NOT COLD WE'RE NOT AFRAID! 'MINNE' TAUGHT US TO BE BRAVE! Caption: For the first time in weeks, I cried.
First of four panels. Watercolor + pen, with digital lettering. Title: PARK STREET STATION By: Daniel Cole Mauleón #ICEOUTCOMICS #ICEOUTMPLS #ICEOUTBOSTON Panel 1: The panel is split nearly in half-diagonally. Top/Left is in various shades of blue and depicts a Metro Transit Blue Line Train, the train is bisected at the diagonal. Bottom/Right in various shades of gray is a Boston Green Line train. Caption 1 [Typeface is emulates handwriting, above the train]: I read that the light rail to the general strike rally in Minneapolis was so packed some people had to wait for up to four trains to pass before they could board. Caption 2 [Below the train]: A day later, I boarded a Green Line train in Boston to an emergency protest after Alex Pretti's execution.
Want to have a better DFL caucus experience tonight? TL:DR- Become caucus chair and stick to the rules. 1. Nominate yourself for caucus chair to run the meeting. 2. If contested, your speech should be that you respect everyone's time and your focus is keeping things quick. You have 60 seconds, only use 30. 3. Keep visitors to their 2 minute speaking time 4. Before considering resolutions, remind people that nitpicking language is unnecessary at this stage since these will be combined and rewritten at future DFL events. 5. Keep resolutions discussion to 3 speaking for and 3 speaking against, 1 minute each. 6. Start delegate voting as early as possible, and use breaks when counting votes for other items.
Three text boxes against a tilted blue grid. "My phone is a window into the horrors of occupation." "I struggle to find the line between witnessing and doomscrolling." "So I am playing a lot of Tetris."
Screen shot of Tumblr: tpwrtrmnky: "Block this ad" isn't good enough, I need a feature that directly tells the company "this was so shit that it lowered my opinion of your product" My reply: Give me a button that sends the CEO a postcard with the ad with the text "YIKES"
Eight Zines of various sizes! 1. Must-See Hong Kong Martial Arts Movie Fight Scenes & 2. Stuntman Randy Issue One by Randall Trang 3. Sending This Message Was Important To Us, 4. Ship's Cat, 5. Zone Fest 3000 by Erin Roseberry 6. How To Have A Lettering Glow Up by Jess Ruliffson 7. The Creator's Guide to Comics* Devices by Reimena Yee 8. Resisting 2 Years of Genocide & what you should know about what really happened on Oct 7, 2023
Two panels from Akane Banashi. In one panel, a speaker's speech balloon is across the panel and closer to another character in frame. However the balloon tail is doubled, as in it comes to a point but a second tail pops off from there and points to the character speaking. The shape resembles a bounce or even folded paper.
Screen shot of notes app: 23,000 chicken 13,000 cheese sticks +14,000 cheese balls = 40,000 food + 30,000 ~ 2 rounds of drinks = 70,000 won * 85 patrons = 5,950,000 won to pay for everyone in the restaurant Concert to USD 4,163.43 to pay for everyone in the restaurant 200,000,000,000 Networth of these individuals ÷ 4163 = 48037315.3866 how many times they can do this \365 = 131609 years of paying for one restaurants meals
Photo of a journal page filled out with a comic. Title: Lessons in 1994's Sailor Moon S (SMS) By Daniel M [Borderless] PANEL ONE. Borderless. Illustration of a printed and stapled cover of Jackie Sparkles’ Sailor Moon S Booklet for New Players CAPTION: Jackie Sparkles' makes it clear in their guide that Jupiter's Desperation Move is bad. Text on the guide: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Booklet for New Players Quote: "(Lightning Strike) is the worst Desperation Move in the game!" "I will continue to use it. (You, on the other hand, should use this with great caution.)" PANEL TWO. Infographic featuring a two part doodle of [1] a 2D Sailor Jupiter charging her fist with lightning -> [2] Her flying forward with a punch. It is accompanied by icons for fighting game motion inputs: Quarter-Circle-Back / Half-Circle-Forward + Heavy Punch {2141236HP} Caption: Desperation moves are strong attacks that can only be used when you have less than 20% HP or if there are less than 10 seconds in the round. Jupiter's DM has a charge animation, before she flies across the screen. It's easily telegraphed & easier to counter. Again, use with great caution... PANEL THREE: Borderless. Includes two sequences of four inset panels (a-d) and (e-h). 3a-d show the DM motion inputs performed on a leverless controller, 3e-h show same inputs performed on fightstick (mirrored for a left facing character). There are lines attached 3b-3d to 3e-3g indicating they are input at the same time. CAPTION: Unless you are in a mirror match with another new SMS player, you're both rocking 5 HP. PANEL FOUR. One doodle Sailor Jupiter is flying through the air, she is just about to hit a second Jupiter who is charging up her fist. CAPTION: There is only one reckless choice you're both going to make... And I made it faster!
A protest sign that reads "EXISTING IS NOT A CRIME" Sign is white cardboard with blue, purple, yellow and pink letter cutouts.
Footage of the 2025 Minneapolis DFL convention showing the moment Omar Fateh wins the endorsement. He starts doubled over in shock, and is cheered on by his friends and supporters. He rights himself and raises a fist in the air.
Close up of a panel from Akane Banashi showing Akane's eyes
Full-bleed Comic page , X-TREME close up on Akane's left eye. Her iris is replaced with an image of her from behind looking at the crowd. She is observing herself from an "out of body" perspective.
Screen shot of word doc. Header: M98 Scrivener File, Daniel Mauleon 14 Text is: [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]? CAP (translation): [][][][][][][][][][][][][]buttons[][][][][][][] ALE nish) ALE nish) ALEJANDRA,(Spanish)(OP) : (OP) :[][][][](OP) :[][][][](OP) :]]]]]]] ALE nish) ALE nish) ALEJANDRA,(Spanish)(OP) : (OP) :[][][][](OP) :[][][][](OP) :]]]]]]]
Video of 4 pages of page featuring 20 pencil sketched thumbnails of a comic.
Cover for Next Level Super Mario Trivia Subtitle: Secret Unofficial Guide for Superfans! by Daniel Mauleón The cover is hot pink with a ? Block in the center. Additional pixel stylings
Audio in the video catches the unidentified officers debriefing and appearing to make light of the stun gun use. “You’re funny, bro,” one officer can be overheard saying to another, followed by laughter. Another officer says, “They’re starting to resist more now,” to which an officer replies: “We’re going to end up shooting some of them.”
Selfie inside the Target Center at the Minneapolis DFL City convention, sporting a Omar Fateh tshirt
Instagram image of Projections on a screen in a theatre. Projection is of black text on white and white text on black, used as a reference for the projection designer Text reads: "This is me eyeballing the best are to project in "(black on white) "This is likely hitting actors" (white on black) There is a small line of text on the floor " This is touching the floor?” Instagram caption "Just text things"
Text from Hennepin County Library website Printing is available from library computers at all Hennepin County libraries or you can print from your own device. Fees Cost per page (cash only): Black and white – 10¢ | Color – 50¢ Hennepin County Library cardholders can print up to 50 black-and-white pages or 10 color pages (or any combination up to $5 in value) every week at no charge.
My name is Daniel Cole Mauleon. I am a resident of Minneapolis and an author of over 25 books for children. These days we are all pulled in many directions, so thank you for taking the time to be here. I initially ignored the request for authors to speak tonight. I didn’t feel like my voice was needed and didn’t feel I had the time. But then I thought of my brother, who certainly doesn’t have time and whose doctor just put him on vocal rest for at least a week. No speaking, not even whispering. This is especially challenging for him because he’s a law professor and parent. His days are packed with preparing and delivering lectures as well as caring for his two kids: a toddler, and a newborn. It was exhausting already but right now he can’t speak because he severely injured his vocal cords trying to suppress a cough while putting his youngest to bed. Many of you are or know of a parent whose story is like this. Parents drowning in obligations, who don't have the time to read a book for their own pleasure much less to check if the content is appropriate for their children.
Press Release on Education Minnesota - St. Francis schools agree to settle lawsuits over book bans filed by ACLU, union
School auditorium with maybe 100+ people
An overcooked but thankfully not burned, Jacks pizza cools off on a pan Alternatively, a metaphor for the prison of ADHD.
Screenshot of a table of contents Chapter 19: I've Got a Gut Feeling: GASTROENTEROLOGY Chapter 20: Just a Stone's Throw: NEPHROLOGY Chapter 21: When You've Gotta Go: UROLOGY Chapter 22: Head and Shoulder, Knees and Toes: ORTHOPEDICS AND REHABILITATION
3 Second gif of the drive thru skit meme from I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson. Tim's character is leaning out of a car window shouting. There are alternate captions: 55 Gliders 55 Maps 55 Emotes 55 Wraps
Screenshot of the post with the text: "But then I realized that I was made for this moment. Not because of what everyone has told me my entire life, but because of what I believe."
Two big boxes of Giant fluffy 2ft+ big marshmallowy Pikachus plushies
Screenshot of a library dashboard with the text: Video Game Victors by Maddox, Jake Downloadable Graphic Novel All copies in use Holds: 0 on 2 copies