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Kris Straub (كريس)

@krisstraub

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LOCAL58TV, Candle Cove, All Houses Matter. Cartoonist, presenter, humor scientist. K’thriss on #acqinc . He/him.

Seattle, WA
Joined March 2007
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1 year
i’m active on bluesky — this message will repeat until there are none left to read it
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1 year
incredible to say goodbye to a place, destroyed by one man’s hubris, where 60,000 people follow me. y’all can find me at . thank you for your interest and your kindness ❤️
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2 years
there was a superman story where joker hid bombs in metropolis and superman found them *immediately* bc they were the only objects perfectly shielded by lead
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Google maps removed Kavanaugh's house from Street View and the other justices as well but I love how this just confirms which house is Kavanaugh’s lmfao -______-
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8 years
black lives matter “actually ALL lives matter” ok. happy holidays “NO. MERRY CHRISTMAS ONLY”
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8 years
dear nintendo, please put super rare pokemon at polling places this november
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2 years
congrats @youtube on the decision to auto-designate @LOCAL58TV ’s “show for children” as FOR KIDS despite my having set it as inappropriate for kids. i also can’t change it voluntarily without an *appeal*
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2 years
rejoice
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good night 🤍
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4 years
hidden movie details
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3 years
it's far from over. genuinely surprised no one has found something that's been sitting for months with no comment.
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3 years
Just so you all know, this is the greatest piece of horror media I have seen in years. Please check out the whole channel. Kris Straub pls come back bro.
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2 years
i’ve blocked a lot of advertisers to get here
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7 years
the real subtext of “baby it’s cold outside” is that she knows she will turn into a werewolf soon
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8 years
big announcement, i’m working on a new horror property
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3 years
this was the original image. the bummer is, i wanted to be subtle with the chainsawsuit logo because i saw the verisimilitude of the bottom credits/production logos as much a part of the gag as the title? but man if they can clip attribution out of something, they 100% will
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7 years
hey artists, silhouette clarity is important
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3 years
i think i blew it with local58tv by not having an iconic villain or stylish mascot figure
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2 years
how long before youtube says “hey you skirted the content rating!!” and bans the channel entirely
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2 years
the ability to restrict your own video to an adult audience has been disabled due to the video having been unrestricted by youtube
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5 years
as conventions and shows get postponed or cancelled, have a little extra care for small creators and artists who are now out those sales and may now be in a financial hard place as a result ❤️
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8 years
RT @chainsawsuit : all houses matter: the extended cut
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5 years
“maybe i’m depressed” -person who has been depressed for the last decade
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5 years
beyond belief..........
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5 years
i’ve been quiet for a few days — my mom died suddenly on sunday and i have been in LA since helping my family out. love you omi. مع السلامه❤️❤️❤️
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1 year
bold of them to make the announcement look like garbage
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Coming soon. #AHStories
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3 years
bonne année 🖤🖤🖤
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4 years
hi all, if you got any april fools goofs involving covid-19, it’s an instant block from me. thanks
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3 years
ghostbusters afterlife trailer had everything i associate with the series: children coming of age; small-town melancholia; wide-open farmlands whistling with grain; reverent deification of the ghostbusters
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thank you for watching
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8 years
Are Millenios Ruining Breakfast?
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5 years
you’re not “just playing devil’s advocate” if you actually fully agree with and support the devil
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5 years
i miss paying a large sum once for a product, not a modest sum monthly for the rest of my life
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2 years
@malki all we get is “ok, but i’m very tired” and then a kind of tactical narcolepsy occurs
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@bimbotoad
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what's the biggest impact you've made on the internet? I am the reason nigel thornberry became a meme, and I also made this gif
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5 years
trying out an aesthetic
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3 years
“i have bad news, dad. youtubers have taken over your friend’s idea, siren head.”
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4 years
pic taken mid-shamble
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2 years
it never means to do harm, insomuch as it can comprehend harm
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2 years
bummer. a game i wrote a ton of flavor text for just went into early access, and from what i can tell my work isn’t in there. i was paid, but that wasn’t the point
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what’s a creature/monster design that’s scary that avoids the usual, staid elements (sharp teeth/claws, diseased-looking, tentacles-as-signifier-of-alienness, etc)? i seek ✨inspiration✨
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does anyone else watching E3 presentations interpret phrases like “our amazingly devoted fanbase” as “a vehemently monstrous fanbase we’re scared of”
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5 years
your new defense against the dark arts teacher
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“dada, what comes after the age of humans?” -my 4-year-old, and i wish this was made up
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2 years
never before have i seen such hateful violent threatening harassment
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he’s taking away our free speech
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5 years
what if the next movie let us like superman, and didn’t make us sad and afraid of superman
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Warner Bros. has less clarity on what to do with #Superman . However, there have been discussions with Michael B. Jordan and J.J. Abrams to help make the Man of Steel more relevant
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i was planning to buy bungie so this sucks
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4 years
what has capitalism done to earn our allegiance
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5 years
“why does robocop have big beautiful lips” -our son
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3 years
oh NO i’m accidentally tweeting this and can’t delete it
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3 years
modern business model: “get everyone to give me money until they realize they shouldn’t have”
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3 years
something i would love to do in an analog horror context is make something beautiful that is also horrifying. not a misshapen staring face or a clawed creature. something that is so inviting and awe-inspiring that you ignore all the warning signs
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5 months
hello all, just checking in with an "i have no idea who this is, claiming that they created candle cove with me"
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6 years
ruin this man
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6 years
dear scary story writers, i’m so sick of reading this kind of opening. delete it and just start the story.
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4 years
i can’t believe liberals would stoop so low as to give the president a hoax virus
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1 year
this is a preroll ad from a podcast, featuring a series of words that convey a thought-shaped vacancy, an anticoncept
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5 years
maybe it’s not from female empowerment but that everyone has 4 shitty gig jobs and comes home exhausted
@TheEconomist
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America is seeing a spike in celibacy fuelled by economics, technology and female empowerment
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4 years
the boy asked me to draw this. you may also have it
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2 years
kind humans: what is your favorite thing i’ve done?
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4 years
happy to be the most groundbreaking d&d artist in history #dndartists
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8 years
RT @chainsawsuit : indy's last adventure
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4 years
does anyone want to invite me into their d&d game D;
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6 years
every eligible american following me on twitter has two options: (a) register to vote and then vote, or (b) unfollow me
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4 years
what makes me most upset about america right now is that the money to fix everything is here. it’s all here. but our system lets a handful of private citizens keep it.
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4 years
oof
@LaurenAirriess
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The reason why democrats, not the republicans are expected to reconcile, is the same reason that the bullied, not the bullies are expected to go to therapy.
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the amount of work i’ve been doing on @LOCAL58TV while being unable to discuss it is so frustrating to me. it is very much still a thing
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5 years
@ChrisPerkinsDnD “Another Part of The Curse That Strahd Forgot From Earlier, But Now He Remembered”
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4 years
please let me know if you’d like me to get involved w body playground, thx
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4 years
is there a way to say “hi i was just thinking about you, miss you, no need to respond ❤️” but like, in a cool detached way
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3 years
halloween isn’t over, i was just getting into it
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4 years
good morning! i had an elaborate nightmare about this fellow
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4 years
thank you all for following. i promise i’ll make content again
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6 years
merry k’thrissmas to us all — the fathomless eidolon ignore us, every one! #cteam
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2 years
reunited
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6 years
hi all, i have generalized anxiety and depression, and learned 3 years ago i’ve had ADHD my whole adult life. i am medicated and go to therapy. i’m fortunate to not be ashamed of it (mostly). but it’s important and i support you too #WorldMentalHealthDay
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3 years
i can't (and wouldn't) demand ~compensation~ for this goof. it would just be nice to share something freely and not immediately have the serials filed off
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4 years
sorry for bad quality but it took me a while to find a VCR to play it @pawpawchan48 (could not resist adding an affiliate station)
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6 years
@PatrickRothfuss oof, the illustration for this scary story chilled me to the bone
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1 year
meanwhile, i’m looking forward to this treatment
@DiscussingFilm
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A feature film adaption of ‘THE BACKROOMS’, based on the viral YouTube horror series, is in the works at A24. Kane Parsons will direct the film over his Summer vacation, with James Wan & Shawn Levy set to exec produce.
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had a dream that contained a joke so funny that i told friends about it in a subsequent dream. remembered it upon waking: the joke sucks
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why can’t men be cool witches too, enough with baba yaga, i’m ready for bobo yogo
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3 years
@slimyswampghost thank you! it’s been difficult not making local58 a local58 knockoff
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6 years
dreamed i was a cultural archivist witnessing a feud between two families of witches. a ritual to bring peace involved exhuming the two matriarchs and posing the bodies together in a handshake. but one was still so angry that even in death she moved and spoke, cursing us all
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today i helped jumpstart a car, angrily counted “1.. 2..” at the boy, then rebuilt a level switch arm in our dishwasher. i have arrived at full dad. do not make eye contact
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3 years
i feel bad for everyone who just likes hexagons
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3 years
i fraudulently devalued the NFT apes by looking at them with my eyes and deciding they were worthless with my mind. lock me up
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2 years
hello, thank you for following. i’m very grateful for it
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2 years
someday in the near future you will get to see what i have been doing and having to keep secret for like a year, aughhh
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2 years
tonight was an experiment in dread and ambience, but very much canonical
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3 years
i have never seen a matt berry impression that was any good, until now
@The_Stuart_H
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This is so fucking good
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