New Media Artist Presentation

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Yay The Oatmeal



Mathew Inman is a Seattle, WA comic writer. He focuses a lot on social change.

Some helpful comics about every day life, grammar, and religion.

He's done some charity work for the Tesla Museum.

And one of my favorite comics he wrote: The Mantis Shrimp

He's also created some games like the Exploding Kittens. (Its super fun btw)



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