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Nathan Fairbairn

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I make comics! Writer, colorist, letterer, and co-creator of the PAWS graphic novel series from Putnam Penguin Random House! Volume 5 of PAWS, The Trouble With Leo, will be in stores March 3, 2026! nathanfairbairn.com

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If you’re in Vancouver, please join me and Michele at Kidsbooks on Thursday to celebrate the launch, talk about the making of the series and sign books! Doors open at 6:45. Hope to see some of you there! ❤️

03.03.2026 21:35 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Here comes trouble! 🥳 The fifth volume of PAWS, The Trouble With Leo, from Penguin Random House, is in stores now! Available wherever books are sold! 🥳

03.03.2026 21:35 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

He did? I thought that was just his dad!

03.03.2026 00:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

okay but hear me out:

Walman - Bouchard
Ekholm - Murphy
Stastney - Emberson
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Nurse

02.03.2026 22:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you for the thoughtful review and the support! ❤️

02.03.2026 22:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is so dope

02.03.2026 22:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

it's giving Jake Busey

02.03.2026 22:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Such a great cover!

28.02.2026 00:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yeah, Canada was unquestionably the better team 5 on 5, but they squandered some golden opportunities, Hellebuyk was phenomenal, and once you send it to 3 on 3 the outcome is a coin flip.

22.02.2026 17:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm surprised by how little that result bothered me. Once I saw that it was going to 3 on 3, I kinda checked out. Ending any consequential game with 3 on 3 is bonkers. Not quite as bad as a shootout, but close.

22.02.2026 17:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

(I love that I thought that I'd never be able to find this image, but I just searched my hard drive for "Quitely girl" and it popped right up. Filename: Quitely_gal.jpg) 😂

21.02.2026 06:48 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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She's the most Quitely looking person since whatever this pizza commercial was I saw and had to screencap 12 years ago:

21.02.2026 06:46 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

Ha! That's pretty fun. I have a terrible visual memory so I was pretty happy with my first effort of 43.65

17.02.2026 22:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My last name is pronounced *exactly* as it's spelled and I am constantly befuddled when people get it wrong.

17.02.2026 19:36 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man is riding a skateboard on a field with the words `` dont you forget about me '' written on it . ALT: a man is riding a skateboard on a field with the words `` dont you forget about me '' written on it .

haha .. exactly!

17.02.2026 19:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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If you happen to be here in Vancouver and have a little one who is a fan of the series, Kidsbooks on Broadway will be hosting a book launch event with Michele and me to celebrate the release. Please join us! ☺️

kidsbooks.ca/events/45311...

17.02.2026 19:17 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.

As a huge fan of the CBC and supporter of public radio, I was thrilled to sit down yesterday with On The Coast to talk about The Trouble With Leo, the fifth book in the PAWS series, which will be in stores in two weeks!

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

17.02.2026 19:17 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

haha that is so awesome

17.02.2026 17:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Aw, cheers, man! That's so nice to hear. As much as I've enjoyed my pivot to making comics for kids, it's very removed from what I did before, and I sometimes worry that my friends and peers think I just retired or something. 😅

17.02.2026 17:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks, man! I don't even really do much color work anymore but I'll always make time for Scotty. He's my favourite idiot. 😄

17.02.2026 17:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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This Valentine's Day, press start on romance 💘

Go on a date (or double date 👀) across time-warped Toronto! Scott Pilgrim EX's demo is live NOW on Steam!🌀 #ScottPilgrimEX

14.02.2026 15:00 👍 97 🔁 33 💬 3 📌 6

And you can read the whole comic online here!

www.instagram.com/p/DUtNJrWjrQU

17.02.2026 17:19 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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I had an absolute blast coloring the mini-comic for the new Scott Pilgrim game from @tributegames.com.

If you like Scott Pilgrim and you like video games, then do yourself a favor and go check it out!

17.02.2026 17:18 👍 72 🔁 17 💬 3 📌 2

haha, I absolutely love this kid but that is not how you make a fist

14.02.2026 00:01 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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two men are standing next to each other in a room . one is wearing a red shirt . ALT: two men are standing next to each other in a room . one is wearing a red shirt .

I didn't know that! It really was the whole band back together!

11.02.2026 22:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

And (not to toot my own horn) I got to do some background assists! It's a fun one. Very happy to have played a small role in Supes/Spidey!

11.02.2026 22:06 👍 38 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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I am utterly delighted to share that @mattfraction.bsky.social @stevelieberart.bsky.social @claytoncowles.bsky.social and I briefly got the Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen band back together to do a back-up story in Superman/Spider-Man #1. In stores March 25!

11.02.2026 19:16 👍 83 🔁 23 💬 3 📌 2

Definitely dodged a bullet. I regret the time I spent watching that. 😂

10.02.2026 21:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Every single one of these creeps is illiterate. I don't think I've come across a single complete sentence in any of these emails.

02.02.2026 19:08 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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And of course a huge thanks to newcomer Rafael Pérez, who knocked it out of the park. I was initially only planning to write this story, but once Rafa's pages started to come in I realized I wanted to color it, too! Such a strong DC debut. Can't wait to see what's next from him!

28.01.2026 17:51 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0