Pranas T. Naujokaitis

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Comic Panel 1: Max and I are back on Smuggler’s Run, holding up our pilot tickets. We are excited. Caption: We take one final run on the Falcon before we have to catch our planes. Pranas: Sweet! We got pilot again! Cast member (off panel): Now boarding the blue group! Panel 2: We stand in line with a mom and her three kids behind us. She’s struggling to hold her toddler while the other two are pleading with her. She’s at the end of her rope. Boy: Aww, why can’t WE be pilots? Girl: Yeah!
Comic Panel 1: Out of breath I hold up my Magic Band as the cast member scans it. Caption: I RUN back to the ride as fast as I can. Pranas: Phew! Made it! Cast member: Bright suns! Enjoy your mission! Panel 2: I walk through the front entrance archway to the ride line, giddy.
Comic Panel 1: It’s the next day, I’m in the backseat of a car nervously refreshing my phone. Caption: Morning of the ride opening, I hop in a Lyft at 6 AM and try joining in he virtual queue on the app. Pranas: UGH, you have to physically be IN the park to join! And they’re already on boarding group fifteen! Panel 2: I’m now in Hollywood Studios, still nervously refreshing my phone. Caption: I finally get on boarding group 42. Says it’ll board in the afternoon. Pranas: I leave for the airport at five! This is gonna be CLOSE!
Comic Panel 1: I walk through Batuu, alone, admiring everything. Caption: Max has to do journalism stuff, so I go explore Batuu on my own… Panel 2: In a toy shop I point to a plush Porg. Pranas: Merch! Panel 3: With a mouth full of food I juggle Blue Milk, a Ronto Wrap, and a themed bottle of Diet Coke above my head. Pranas: FOOD! Panel 4: Me with heart eyes, admiring the Dok-Ondar animatronic. Pranas: Animatronics!
Comic Panel 1: Young me sits in a crowded movie theater eating popcorn. Caption: I first saw Star Wars in 1997 when I was 11 years old… Obi-Wan (off panel): Use the Force, Luke! Panel 2: I watch the Death Star blow up on screen in awe. Caption: As the Death Star blew up, I knew what I wanted to do with my life. Panel 3: Close up of my excited face. Young Pranas: I want to tell stories!
Phone lock screen showing a black cat with a white spot on her chest on a yellow-orange background.
Boo Berry
Two cats being a couple of ol’ goofballs (in a box).
Cover for graphic novel History Comics: The Challenger Disaster. Top shows the seven crew members backlit walking towards you with an American flag waving behind them. Bottom is the space shuttle lifting off with a giant plume of smoke. In the center is a red banner going from edge to edge with the book title.