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This is the first-ever video version of the AIPT Comics podcast. This video features Dave and Alex discussing their favorite cover art out on September 24, 2025.
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[Music]
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Come on.
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Moving on to our next segment. Judge for
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the cover Junior. Our favorite cover art
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out next week. Uh the cover art. You
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know, cover artists don't get enough
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credit around here. I mean, they do at a
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cuz we have a our longest running column
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judging by the cover. But honestly, when
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people review comics, they're not like,
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"Hey, the cover also was good." Um, and
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what's funny is it's what sells the
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goddamn book. So, why don't we lift it
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up and give these amazing creators the
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credit they deserve. I was about to say,
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these days, if I'm buying a floppy, it
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is because of the cover. I I can read
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the comics digitally. I I want the art
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that is up there. Um,
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true. So, as you can see, Dave is Dave
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has already brought up I always have to
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pick two. It's really hard for me to
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pick one because I just freaking love
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cover three this week to outdo you.
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Thank you. I'm very proud of you. Um, so
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next week is the finale of uh
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James Ty in the fourth. Wow. Do I like
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him a lot? I guess I didn't realize I
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picked two James.
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You're such a homer for James. I am a
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massive I have a raging homer for
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diamond in the fourth. Um
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it's uh the wind the power of blood
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number five the final issue of this
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series of wind and potentially the final
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issue of the entire series. Um overall
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the first cover that you're seeing is by
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Torin Clark. I just think it's so
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beautiful. It almost reminds me of like
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if wind was mixed with Wiccan from
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Marvel. Like the magic uh visuals around
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his hands are really giving me Wiccan.
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And you know the the art itself by
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Michael Dionis which is amazing is is
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very like cartoonish. And this is such a
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hyper realistic vision of wind. Like if
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wind descended into our world this is
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what he would look like. And he's a
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terrifying child with wings and glowing
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eyes. And it really holds his like his
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innocence and the horror of his
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existence in like a really beautiful
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piece of art. Um, so yeah, I really love
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this.
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The use of the leaves in the for the
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foreground is amazing and the blur
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effect on it, it really adds a depth to
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it that just draws you in.
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I do think you mean feathers, not
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leaves, but
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Oh, sorry. Feathers.
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The one at the bottom is totally a
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feather. You don't know.
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Very leaf coated.
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It's leaf coated. Then your second
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cover.
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The second cover. I mean, do I even need
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to say who this is? It is like the most
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recognizable art style in all of comics
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these days. Um, cover by Peach Mamoko.
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You know, just like her covers for her
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Ultimate X-Men run, her interiors, while
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beautiful, are often less detailed than
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her covers, because she does like
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legitimate handpainted watercolor.
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Insane. I've seen her do it on these
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massive pieces of paper. Her covers her
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covers are just stunning. Um,
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I need a peach tattoo more than I've
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needed like anything in my life.
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Yeah. This is just really giving me like
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wind mixed with Howell's moving castle
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like those shooting stars and Howell
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like clutching hit the star in his
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heart. It's just beautiful. The visuals
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are great. Definitely going to be buying
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this variant and putting it up in my
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like variant cover case that I put on my
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wall. I like
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that you never look at because it's in a
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case and in a package.
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Right.
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Exactly. It is in a package and every
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month
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every month I change my my comic that I
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have in my like wall hanging case.
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Oh, that's nice.
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Yeah, it's my my favorite variant of
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that month. It's fun.
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Um, what are your favorite covers coming
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out next week, Dave?
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So, I was really thirsty this week and
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uh
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I really liked um shoot I actually don't
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know the number of the issue. Oh, Harley
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Quinn number 54. Uh, this cover is by
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David Nakyama. David's been doing
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Catwoman and Harley covers and among
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others of course um for quite some time,
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but he always has this like um nice
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lighting and rubbery texture to
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uh which you know, bam on the butt. And
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also he's got the butt and the boobs,
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right? So I know that's a problem for a
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lot of people cuz you'd have to break
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your back to show both. I think it's
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possible from this angle. Anyway,
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I think this is more realistic than a
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lot of like cheesecakey art. Her her
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chest is not this like terrifyingly
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ginormous like very like realistic
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and you can only see the side of her.
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Anyway,
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no, this is this is realistic. I think
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her carrying that huge mallet is less
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realistic. I'm like, that's 800 lb,
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right? And again, go to acom.com if
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you're listening. You can see the cover.
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I'm sure you're getting thirsty for it.
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Uh there's also wild animals running in
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the background in like a blurriness.
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That's really cool. Again, adding an
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interesting depth to the book uh to the
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cover. Uh and her facial expression is
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fascinating to me. I'm not sure what
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she's saying with it exactly, but I'm
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intrigued.
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She's seducing you. That's what she
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said.
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Oh my god, that's what happened. So then
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my h my second pick was also a thirsty
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book by Tom Riley. Superman number 30
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cover. Um I love this. Superman isn't in
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his costume. Also, there are leaves at
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the bottom. I want to point out there
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aren't feathers at the bottom. And I'm
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so mad. No. Um, Superman is shirtless.
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Uh, he's he's got the flannel around his
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waist like every good lumberjack should
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be wearing. And there is just a ton of
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wood and an axe. Of course, in the back
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of my mind, I'm like, why didn't he just
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use his laser eyes to cut all that wood?
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But I also want to know how long did it
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take him to cut all that wood if he's
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Superman. Probably not very long.
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Anyway, he's tired. He's tired.
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I love you for being a self-identified
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straight man. You have the most bisexual
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taste in comic art. You are always going
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to have a sexy man and a sexy woman. And
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I just really appreciate uh that
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dichotomy. I mean, this is a that chest
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hair is crazy.
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Um
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I'm like, God, it really could be like
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the Batman logo in a certain light,
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which is kind of fun. like him and I
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know Superman, but I'm like I could the
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Superbat fans are probably gonna love
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this cover.
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It's definitely uh part of the not
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Halloween, but the fall cover line that
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we talked about last week with the
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Nightwing pumpkin.
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Hell yeah.
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And then my third pick uh is from
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Alexander Lozano uh for Ultimate
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Spider-Man number 21. I only picked this
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because good lord, when I saw it in the
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solicits months ago, I was like, "What
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is this cover?" and I had to like lean
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in. It's so bizarre.
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Her lips, her her the skinniness of her
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wrists, her her position. She's like
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jumping, but then there's a plate of
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sushi that she was sitting on, I guess.
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And then
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she's fighting for a piece of sushi with
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the cat.
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It's so And then we got Spider-Man in
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the reflection. It's just And then the
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bricks are so white that it's like the
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sun is just beaming on it, which is so
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cool. And yet it's so awkward and
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strange. like it doesn't look realistic,
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but yet I'm so drawn to it and it's it's
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just crazy.
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I Yeah, I I almost picked this one, too.
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It's honestly so unlike the Mary Jane
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from the Ultimate Universe. I'm like,
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this artist just wanted to go all out.
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And I'm so glad the editors were like,
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do whatever the hell you want, cuz that
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cat is so cute.
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The cat has an expression, too. I mean,
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he wants that goddamn sushi.
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You know what's funny is the sushi he's
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going for doesn't even seem to have fish
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in it. It's just avocado.
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That's just avocado.
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Yeah. Cucumber. Avocado. I bet.
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[Music]
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Come on.
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[Music]
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