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

Monkey Skull says: "My apologies. I forgot you were... allergic to human contact."
Screenshot of the Nerd Emergencies Kickstarter page showing the backer count at 99.
Sorry. Don't know how to put the captions in here. Hope they come in all right on the screen. This is a video of me showing my computer screen with my design files all over it.
Me sitting on my deck talking about why I'm doing this. Captions in video. Apologies if they don't come through well.
Video explaining the Nerd Emergencies Kickstarter as an effort to fund the printing of a neurodivergent comix anthology in order to get as many copies out in front of as many people as possible.
It's All A Nerd Emergency! Promo slide for the Nerd Emergencies comix anthology on kickstarter
Image of a flyer announcing the Nerd Emergencies Kickstarter launch.
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.
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."
Seated profile of a middle aged white man facing a desktop computer monitor. A word ballon says "But Where to begin?"
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.
Screenshot of the Kickstarter page for The ADHD Coping Skills Deck & ADHD FAQ.
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."
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."
Photo of RFKjr showing off his bear chest and cum gutters while asking "Where's Kid?"
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?"
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.
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!"
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."
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."
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."
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!"
Pencil drawing of a short statured bigfoot smiling with hand raised.
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.
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!"
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."
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!”
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!”
Comix panel with Monkey Skull saying: “Hairy Earl and Discount Moby.” “Settle down, or I’m going to have to disqualify you guys… again.”
Comix panel. Hairy Earl points his finger and shouts “Blasphemy” while slackjawes Discount Moby looks on and tries not to spill his beer.
Pencil drawing of Monkey Skull, arms raised, saying: “I had a plan.” “It just turned out not to be compatible with what actually happened.”
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.”
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.”
Comix panel, close up of Monkey Skull, with little Monkey Skulls in his eyes. Word Balloon: “I STRONGLY recommend it!”
Comix panel with Monkey Skull holding a microphone. Word balloon: “If your team has two open spots, recruit these nerds.”
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!”
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?”
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!”
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.
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.)”
Comix panel with Booger Bear, nostrils flared and pupils shrunk down to pinpricks. Word Balloon: “There are othet things?!”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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!”
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.”
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.”
Comix Panel with Booger Bear and Drew. Drew says: “There actually are laws in a lot of places to that effect. But laws are subject to interpretation.” Booger Bear says: “And lapses ib enforcement, I bet. And funding shortfalls.”
Comix panel with Drew and Booger Bear. Drew: “So, yes. Ideally a government should be looking out for its more vulnerable citizens.” Booger Bear: “Like the disabled.”
Comix panel. Drew and Booger Bear are in the foreground with their backs to the viewer. They frame an iconic tableau of person in an inflatable frog costume facing off against an armed paramilitary figure. Drew says, “I don’t know what to tell you. The government’s going through some tough times right now.” Booger Bear says: “Aren’t they always?”
Comix panel with Booger Bear and Drew. Booger Bear: “You’re equivocating again. You know I hate that. Drew: Sorry. Drew: Not sorry.
Comix panel. Drew, looking a little downcast, says: “um… well… There’s what’s ‘supposed to be,’ and then there’s what actually happens.”
Comix Panel. Drew and Booger Bear pass through the doorway of the Stygian Lamplighter bar. Drew says: Well, here goes nothing. Booger Bear says: Trivia, hunh. Can’t we bail and come back on karaoke night?
Comix panel. Title in bold: HELP?! A Drew & Booger Beat Thing Illustration of Booger Bear asking: “So, the government’s supposed to help you if you have a disability, right?”
Comix panel. Drew and Booger Bear, in silhouette, stand in front of the entrance to a bar called “the Stygian Lamplighter.” Above the door reads the warning: ABANDON ALL CASH, YE WHO ENTER
Comix panel of Jerry Herben (in tin foul hat) carrying watermelon. “Whatever. I told you guys all I’m authorized to. I’m outta here.
Comix panel with Drew. Word balloon: “But I do. There’s this business thing we need to settle.”
Comix panel with Booger Bear holding his palms out in front of him. Word balloon: “That’s okay. I don’t really want to talk to him.”