Artist/comedian working driving drunk slobs around the magic city while talking about life, art, and your mom. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.fwacata.com?utm_medium=podcast">www.fwacata.com</a>
FWACATA
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Artist/comedian working driving drunk slobs around the magic city while talking about life, art, and your mom. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.fwacata.com?utm_medium=podcast">www.fwacata.com</a>
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June 9, 2026
Substack Attack: Sketchbook Tour, FUGLY Process, and Turbo Turtle Explained
<p>So I finally hit <strong>Go Live on Substack</strong>… and spent the first few minutes doing what every dignified professional does: <strong>panic-clicking buttons</strong> and trying to figure out where the hell the controls are. I’m used to platforms that give you a cockpit. Substack Live feels more like, “Here’s the plane—good luck.”</p><p>Once I realized the stream was actually working (and that yes, there were probably three people watching), I did what I wanted to do all along: <strong>show the sketchbook</strong> and talk shop.</p><p>What I showed on the stream</p><p>This sketchbook is my “main project” book—the one where everything ends up: notes, layouts, test prints, character designs, and the chaos glue that holds the whole FWACATA universe together. I flipped through:</p><p>* A color print test for <strong>“Pachanga Part 3”</strong> (for <strong>FWACATA #4</strong>) because I’m that guy who has to see how colors behave before committing.</p><p>* The basic <strong>FUGLY template</strong>: six squares per page. Simple box. Simple limits. And weirdly—those limits make it more freeing.</p><p>* A peek at <strong>future FUGLY pages</strong> (Issue 2 deeper pages, plus the beginning of Issue 3) and how I outline each page with notes so I’m not just winging it and praying.</p><p>* My “PAD” streak system—where I try to do at least <strong>a panel a day / up to a page a day</strong>, marking off progress. I’m around <strong>day 43</strong> in the transcript.</p><p>And then it spiraled (in a good way) into the usual studio multiverse: astronaut/Aztec-ish designs, luchador ideas, <strong>El Chuco</strong> (local mystical mask hero for El Paso), fantasy gravestones for <strong>Horlo’s Stand</strong>, ink experiments where I’m literally making my own gray markers by putting ink + water in water brushes, and a pile of “what if this becomes a shirt/sticker/book later?” sketches.</p><p>I also talked about the eternal Substack question: should I post sketchbook stuff daily, and does anyone even see Notes unless they’re living in the app? (I’m still figuring that out.)</p><p>The main event: Turbo Turtle</p><p>Then I decided to work on a character design and finally explain <strong>Turbo Turtle</strong>—because he’s going to matter more in FUGLY.</p><p>Turbo Turtle is <strong>not</strong> actually a turtle. He’s a guy with very short, stumpy legs—born different—who’s brilliant with mechanical design. So he builds a suit that makes him <strong>one of the fastest guys around</strong>, purely through technology.</p><p>The fun part is how “technologists” work in my world: mad science isn’t a job—it’s a <strong>sport</strong>. An exclusive club. If you’re capable, it’s almost your duty to build something insane and dangerous and then see what happens when it hits the street.</p><p>Since people mocked him and called him “Turtle,” he leaned into it: Fine. I’m Turbo Turtle. And he made himself a badass—big arms, forceps, a suit that functions like a <strong>Swiss Army knife</strong>, with tools and extensions for whatever he needs.</p><p>And because this is FUGLY’s world, Turbo Turtle doesn’t fund his projects by being a wholesome inventor. He becomes a <strong>collector / paperwork enforcer / bounty-hunter-adjacent</strong>—the guy who can actually serve papers to superheroes and supervillains and make debt stick. Because yeah: if Batman owes you money, how do you collect?</p><p>He’s got this unicycle / single-wheel morphology, and the suit can tuck down into a high-speed “shell” mode—one wheel, armored front, ripping down the highway. His tires are basically nanite-like: they change form depending on terrain—off-road, slicks, whatever.</p><p><strong>And here’s the spoiler:</strong> he becomes <strong>FUGLY’s partner</strong>. For whatever reason, FUGLY likes him. Turbo Turtle is a good dude with a violent streak and a story behind it—raised by good parents, but something in him is wired different, and I’m saving that reveal for later.</p><p>What’s next (and how to catch it)</p><p>This was my first “Substack Attack,” and I want to do these <strong>every Monday</strong>—plus I mentioned I’ll be live on <strong>Instagram Tuesday 6–7PM</strong>.</p><p>If you’re here for:</p><p>* free comics</p><p>* process and sketchbook peeks</p><p>* FUGLY updates</p><p>* and watching me build this whole universe in real time</p><p>…subscribe at <strong>FWACATA.com</strong>, and you’ll catch the next one.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to FWACATA’s Newsletter at <a href="https://www.fwacata.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">www.fwacata.com/subscribe</a>
June 8, 2026
MONDAY MOTIVATION 52 - Eat the Internet
<p>The internet is one of the greatest tools ever created—and one of the easiest places to lose yourself. This week’s Monday Motivation is about guarding your most valuable resource: time. From doomscrolling and algorithms to attention, creativity, and real human connection, this episode asks a simple question: are you using the internet as a tool, or is it using you? If your focus feels fractured and your days seem to disappear one notification at a time, this one might hit a little too close to home.</p><p>Time is the one thing nobody gets more of.</p><p>Money comes and goes. Opportunities appear and disappear. Projects fail and can be restarted. But time? Once it’s spent, it’s gone forever. That’s the central idea behind this week’s Monday Motivation podcast: being intentional about where your attention goes and who gets access to your time.</p><p>The conversation starts with something most of us already know but rarely act on. We live in an age where we’re connected to everyone, everywhere, all the time. We can look up a recipe in seconds, learn a new skill, video chat with old friends, or send a picture of our dog doing something ridiculous halfway across the country. Those things are genuinely amazing. The internet has become one of humanity’s greatest tools.</p><p>The problem starts when the tool becomes the master.</p><p>Somewhere along the way, many of us stopped using the internet and started letting it use us. Endless feeds. Endless outrage. Endless distractions carefully engineered to keep us scrolling just a little longer. What begins as “I’ll check one thing” turns into an hour lost to videos, arguments, headlines, and content we’ll barely remember tomorrow.</p><p>This episode isn’t anti-technology. Far from it.</p><p>It’s about awareness.</p><p>It’s about curating what enters your mind the same way you’d curate what enters your home. The algorithms learn from everything you feed them, and before long they begin shaping what you see, what you think about, and what occupies your attention. If you’re not careful, you’ll wake up one day and realize your mental landscape is being designed by people you’ve never met and companies you’ve never heard of.</p><p>There’s also a deeper concern here: attention has become fragmented.</p><p>Many of us can no longer sit with one thing.</p><p>A book competes with a phone. A drawing competes with a video. A conversation competes with a notification. Even our hobbies are often interrupted by the constant urge to check, refresh, or scroll. The result is a life filled with stimulation but starving for focus.</p><p>So what do we do?</p><p>Maybe the answer is simpler than we think.</p><p>Draw without YouTube running in the background.</p><p>Read without checking your phone.</p><p>Take a walk without earbuds.</p><p>Sit under a tree and do absolutely nothing for a while.</p><p>Give your brain the chance to process the world instead of constantly reacting to it. Give yourself room to think your own thoughts again.</p><p>Because at the end of the day, that’s what this podcast is really about: reclaiming ownership of your attention.</p><p>The internet can teach you, connect you, inspire you, and help you build incredible things. But it can also consume every spare moment if you let it. The choice is yours.</p><p>Use the internet.</p><p>Don’t let it use you.</p><p>Listen to the full episode for a funny, thoughtful, and occasionally profanity-filled look at modern life, algorithms, creativity, and why protecting your time may be the most important thing you do this week.</p><p>ABSOLUTE BATMAN drawn for fun in video; want some original art? Hit up my <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fwacata.com/p/commissions">commissions page</a> or go to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.whatnot.com/user/fwacata">WHATNOT</a> for more! I will be live tonight on Substack!</p><p>BE GOOD </p> <br/><br/>Get full access to FWACATA’s Newsletter at <a href="https://www.fwacata.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">www.fwacata.com/subscribe</a>
May 18, 2026
MM 51- BEING JOHN ULLOA
<p>A tribute to John Ulloa — the loudest dreamer in the room, the first guy to help carry the table, and the kind of friend who burned through life with both fists full of love, comics, chaos, and impossible ideas. This week’s podcast is part obituary, part celebration, and part reminder that sometimes the people who drive us the craziest are the same ones who push us to live bigger, create harder, and stop waiting around for permission.</p><p>If you would like ot help the <a target="_blank" href="https://gofund.me/d1a464cb4">ULLOA family as they make arrangements in these trying times, hit up their GoFundMe!</a> </p><p>“What survives is what you gave away.”</p><p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to FWACATA’s Newsletter at <a href="https://www.fwacata.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">www.fwacata.com/subscribe</a>
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