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Dakota Brown

@dakotabrown

Writer of "Death Comes for the Toymaker" (winner of the 2024 CBR ComiCrown for Best Graphic Novel) and more. TMNT collector. writerdakotabrown@gmail.com

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Issue three of “Something Beyond the Petrichor” is back in stores next Wednesday, 3/11. Is it on your pull list?
Words by me
Art by @neridacomic.bsky.social
Published by #red5comics

07.03.2026 04:07 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2

Thanks so much!

07.03.2026 04:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great book. You should check it out.

07.03.2026 04:09 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Issue three of “Something Beyond the Petrichor” is back in stores next Wednesday, 3/11. Is it on your pull list?
Words by me
Art by @neridacomic.bsky.social
Published by #red5comics

07.03.2026 04:07 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2
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24 written comic pages, 50 film script pages, and 100 hours at the day job in two weeks means that I get to buy myself a toy.

Maybe it’s time to complete my Universal Monsters/Turtles collab collection with these guys.

07.03.2026 03:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In stores now!

13.02.2026 18:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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have you checked out Something Beyond the Petrichor yet? Releasing with #Red5comics this spring in your #LCS

08.02.2026 22:03 👍 40 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

Dude, you got it wrong. There’s a 1 and a 3 in the date. It’s John Carpenter’s “Halloween” Day, because Halloween is the 31st. Duh.

13.02.2026 15:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Temporarily shelved pitch time!
“Dimensions Disturbed” is a reverse D&D series with kids from a fantasy world discovering that they’re characters in a tabletop RPG.
Pencils and inks: @sethdamoose.bsky.social
Colors: @treecolour.bsky.social
Letters: @micahmyers.bsky.social

07.02.2026 19:09 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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The real “Dakota Incident” will be when @dc.com hires me to write a single issue and it leads to a longstanding creative relationship. I doubt that would get its own History of the DC Universe one shot, though.

01.02.2026 21:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Shares appreciated!

01.02.2026 16:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Issue 2 of Something Beyond the Petrichor is back in comic stores on February 11th!
Find out what’s next for Jocelyn and her talking stuffed turtle Quigley after surviving an encounter with a Bible Belt cryptid.

01.02.2026 16:28 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 3
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With #marvel and @dc.com making big shifts, it’s a great time to remind the comic-sphere that I’m open and available for work. I’m an award-winning graphic novelist whose newest release is getting a hugely positive critical response. Publishers, I’d love to work on your IP!

01.02.2026 14:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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…and I’m so sorry.

31.01.2026 00:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I've seen copies in the US, Canada, England, and Australia. Is Something Beyond the Petrichor in your store today (1/14/26)?
Let's see some pics!

Art by @neridacomic.bsky.social
Published by #red5comics
#comics
#indiecomics
#newcomicbookday

14.01.2026 18:00 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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I've seen copies in the US, Canada, England, and Australia. Is Something Beyond the Petrichor in your store today (1/14/26)?
Let's see some pics!

Art by @neridacomic.bsky.social
Published by #red5comics
#comics
#indiecomics
#newcomicbookday

14.01.2026 18:00 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

It’s also worth noting that issue 1 of “Something Beyond the Petrichor” is back in stores tomorrow (1/14). Be sure to grab a copy!

13.01.2026 23:57 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy #portfolioday
Dakota Brown here, writer of the 2024 CBR ComiCrown winner for Best Original Graphic Novel “Death Comes for the Toymaker” (@magmacomix.bsky.social), “Grandma Tilly’s Hell-Tech Mech”, and “Something Beyond the Petrichor” (#red5comics)
Open for work!

13.01.2026 23:56 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Winnie the Pooh loves honey and hates a police state.

11.01.2026 00:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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My son’s new Duplo set wants to remind you that midterms aren’t far away.

11.01.2026 00:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It’s starts with stoking fear and promising safety. And in that manufactured safety, fascism stands shoulder to shoulder with us, unmasked and welcomed.

Again, I’m a child of the early 90s, so I’ll share a great quote: No Fear.

10.01.2026 01:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Growing up in the 80s and early 90s, I never understood the over-the-top villains on TV who had the confidence to call themselves “evil” or “bad”.
But it’s become apparent in the last decade or so that villains get to oppress because they convince the people that they enjoy being oppressed.

10.01.2026 01:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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some panels from Something Beyond the Petrichor #1 re-launching in comic stores January 15th!! So ask your #LCS for it if they don't already carry Red 5 Comics pretty please 🥹

They can search the Lunar disto catalogue for the title! Simple as that ;)

#comicsky #red5comics #neridacomic

08.01.2026 13:48 👍 49 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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"Something Beyond the Petrichor" is about a lot of things. It stars a young woman and her talking stuffed turtle travelling a landscape destroyed by acid rain and full of monsters, but is truly about one thing: finding your place in a world you didn't build.

Issue 1 is back in stores on 1/14/26.

08.01.2026 18:07 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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"Something Beyond the Petrichor" is about a lot of things. It stars a young woman and her talking stuffed turtle travelling a landscape destroyed by acid rain and full of monsters, but is truly about one thing: finding your place in a world you didn't build.

Issue 1 is back in stores on 1/14/26.

08.01.2026 18:07 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Leslie Jordan (R.I.P.) spoke at the graduation of my theatre conservatory class and made me touch his Emmy. The award had broken in half after years of making people touch it.
(He was genuinely as sweet and funny as he appeared to be on tv and in interviews.)

29.12.2025 23:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy Ea’s Day to all!

The award-winning Death Comes for the Toymaker is now 20% off in @magmacomix.bsky.social’s web store.

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25.12.2025 17:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Book Review: Death Comes for the Toymaker by Dakota Brown Death Comes for the Toymaker by Dakota Brown is a graphic novel about the Toymaker and his deal with Death. In this story, Death and the Toymaker were once friends. Their relationship now revolves …

Book Review 75 of 2025: Death Comes for the Toymaker by Dakota Brown is a good book to close out Christmas. An epic tale of Gods and traditions. 4.5 out of 5 stars #booksky #Christmas #graphicnovel #comics #bookreview @dakotabrown.bsky.social

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25.12.2025 03:52 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Just completed this awesome graphic novel. It was so good a perfect for the #Christmas season. My full review to come. The book is a can't miss. #graphicnovel #booksky @dakotabrown.bsky.social

17.12.2025 23:38 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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MAGMA’s HOLIDAY SALE is LIVE! 🎄

Enjoy 20% off EVERYTHING on our site!

Featuring: DEATH COMES FOR THE TOYMAKER
An epic twist on the traditional Santa Claus legend from writer @dakotabrown.bsky.social and artist
@ryancody.bsky.social

09.12.2025 17:29 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0