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My Life Without A Jetpack
My Life Without A Jetpack
If I don't have a jetpack, I'm making comics.
Last update: 19th May 2023, 2:00 PM
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My Life Without A Jetpack is a biographical webcomic about MaGnUs' life, written by him, with art by Taibox (and sometimes colored by Mindy Lopkin). Published weekly in English and Spanish.
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Martín A. Pérez (AKA MaGnUs) writes short stories, articles, comics and radio plays. One of his short stories has been published in the book Contagion: War Stories, and an essay of his apears in "Teenagers from the Future: Essays on the Legion of Super-Heroes.". His articles have appeared online or in print magazines like Inforol, Ururol, Kryptonian Cybernet, and Strange Days, while he's currently writing for GeekGirls Online, G.A.S. Comics, and other sites. He co-produces and co-hosts a radio show about comics and related subjects, Perdidos en el Eter. An active part of Uruguay's fan scene, he's one of the creators of Montevideo Comics, the first local convention (since 2002), and one of the founders of Caballeros de Montevideo, which promotes RPGs through charity events. MaGnUs works in tech support, and is happily married to his wife Cindy, with whom he has a son, Gabriel, who ever since his birth has been marked to become yet another nerd... just like daddy!
Martín A. Pérez (AKA MaGnUs) writes short stories, articles, comics and radio plays. One of his short stories has been published in the book Contagion: War Stories, and an essay of his apears in "Teenagers from the Future: Essays on the Legion of Super-Heroes.". His articles have appeared online or in print magazines like Inforol, Ururol, Kryptonian Cybernet, and Strange Days, while he's currently writing for GeekGirls Online, G.A.S. Comics, and other sites. He co-produces and co-hosts a radio show about comics and related subjects, Perdidos en el Eter. An active part of Uruguay's fan scene, he's one of the creators of Montevideo Comics, the first local convention (since 2002), and one of the founders of Caballeros de Montevideo, which promotes RPGs through charity events. MaGnUs works in tech support, and is happily married to his wife Cindy, with whom he has a son, Gabriel, who ever since his birth has been marked to become yet another nerd... just like daddy!
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There's not much to say about this one, just that my kid was 11 going on 12, and he wouldn't have been allowed in the theater, even with an adult with him. It's not that I thought there was going to be anything particularly unfit for him to see in Deadpool, since we raised him to differentiate fiction from reality, and the film ended up being pretty tame. Come to think of it, however, I don't know if he eventually saw it later (I know he didn't see it with me, because I haven't rewatched it), since he's not really a superhero fan... he'll go see the big Marvel and DC movies with me, but less blockbuster-y films with minor characters like Deadpool don't hold his attention much. It was more a case of the "lure of the forbidden". (Oh, sorry the strip is late, it's my fault, not Lisandro, who's already even drawn the next one.)
This time, music is Bunica Bate Toba (Grandma Plays The Drum), from Fanfare Ciocarlia's 2016 album Onward To Mars!, because Balkan brass bands are wacky fun:
This time, music is Bunica Bate Toba (Grandma Plays The Drum), from Fanfare Ciocarlia's 2016 album Onward To Mars!, because Balkan brass bands are wacky fun:
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I don't remember much (or anything) about my trip to Europe with my parents, so any stories I tell about it are from what they told me. In this case, we were visiting some friends of them in Madrid. It might even be the same place and time I met one of Uruguay's most famous writers, Mario Benedetti, and invited him to play with my "acshun figgers".
Music this time is "La Caca de Colores", from Siniestro Total's 1983 album Siniestro Total II: El Regreso. The song's name means "Color Poop":
Music this time is "La Caca de Colores", from Siniestro Total's 1983 album Siniestro Total II: El Regreso. The song's name means "Color Poop":
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Back in June 2018 I broke my ankle, both bones, falling down a flight of stairs and landing on one foot with all my weight. Luckily, it was a clean break above the joint, altough I required surgery. I now have some titanium in my leg, turning me into a veritable cyborg! After they gave me the anesthetics (through a nasty injection to the base of my spine), they just left me on a gurney in the storage room while the drugs took effect and they prepped for the operation.
Discovering the labels in Comic Sans while high on the morphine they'd also given me was not a good moment. What's wrong with Comic Sans? It's not really a BAD font, although it's got bad kerning (the space between characters), but it's been overused to death, and there are tons of free great fonts you can use if you want to letter your comics. And if you're not lettering a comic, choose another font for your workplace fridge sign, please.
This time, music is It's A Sin, an Erasure cover by Ghost, from the deluxe version of their 2018 album Prequelle:
Discovering the labels in Comic Sans while high on the morphine they'd also given me was not a good moment. What's wrong with Comic Sans? It's not really a BAD font, although it's got bad kerning (the space between characters), but it's been overused to death, and there are tons of free great fonts you can use if you want to letter your comics. And if you're not lettering a comic, choose another font for your workplace fridge sign, please.
This time, music is It's A Sin, an Erasure cover by Ghost, from the deluxe version of their 2018 album Prequelle:
Author Note
I've told you about my grandpa Carlos before (strip 175), and here we are, sharing one of our favorite beverages, tonic water. I loved to have lunch with him and listen to his stories about his childhood, and after he died I learned about things he did as an adult, and I wish I could talk to him about that. I'd also love to listen to his stories with the perspective and knowledge I've gained since.
He was 83 or almost when he passed, and the other day my uncle and godfather, his last surviving child, turned 80. That really made me think. A lot has happened since my grandpa left us, like me becoming a writer and journalist... among other things, my grandpa was a high school literature teacher, and I'd love to talk about books with him, and have him read what I've written. Or ride a giant flying Mr. T together...
Incidentally, Lisandro's version of my grandpa looks more like my uncle. Too much hair, my bad for not sharing enough references. :> Also, I wonder if my grandpa was even aware of Mr. T's existence. I only remember him watching the news on TV, although he was a movie fan. When he was a teen, he painted signs for the local movie theater in exchange for free tickets, and an as an adult, he bought a film camera and made tons of home movies, from the late 30s to the mid-60s, some of which I have digitalized.
Music this time is The One and Only Mr. T, by Mr. T, from his 1984 EP Mr. T's Commandments:
He was 83 or almost when he passed, and the other day my uncle and godfather, his last surviving child, turned 80. That really made me think. A lot has happened since my grandpa left us, like me becoming a writer and journalist... among other things, my grandpa was a high school literature teacher, and I'd love to talk about books with him, and have him read what I've written. Or ride a giant flying Mr. T together...
Incidentally, Lisandro's version of my grandpa looks more like my uncle. Too much hair, my bad for not sharing enough references. :> Also, I wonder if my grandpa was even aware of Mr. T's existence. I only remember him watching the news on TV, although he was a movie fan. When he was a teen, he painted signs for the local movie theater in exchange for free tickets, and an as an adult, he bought a film camera and made tons of home movies, from the late 30s to the mid-60s, some of which I have digitalized.
Music this time is The One and Only Mr. T, by Mr. T, from his 1984 EP Mr. T's Commandments:
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Debbie was my brother Daniel's wife, and she became another sister to me. Both her and my brother would share music with me, helping form my taste, she'd listen to me and give me advice, and she helped me dye my hair for the first time. I don't remember what my brother was up to this time that it was just the two of us out for dinner, but it's one of many memories of her that'll be with me forever. We lost her a few years later, and she's greatly missed.
This time, music is Walking Contradiction, from Green Day's 1995 album Insomniac, as I was a big fan of the band back then:
This time, music is Walking Contradiction, from Green Day's 1995 album Insomniac, as I was a big fan of the band back then:
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