Vanessa Matelski

Artist, writer, and chronic illness advocate creating comics, raising awareness, and laughing at my own jokes.

[Vanessa Matelski @PotsieSpoons]

A new animation based on an old comic, which is still one of my favorites. 📢

[Vanessa Matelski @PotsieSpoons]

Haven’t been here in forever! Made a movie for @DisabilityChall! Check it out and share it with your friends! Or don’t—I’m not the boss of you! Wishing you many spoons and exclamation points!! 🥄
https://t.co/QSQB0PXt4Y

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Forgot to post this over here for #MayThe4th and #RevengeOfTheFifth but I’ve heard of #RevengeOfTheSixth and saw #ThisIsTheMay so let’s go with those. 😅 (also I got my second Covid vaccine today and wore my #Mandalorian shirt because #ThisIsTheWay 🥳)

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This is Sisu. He kept breaking into a dollar general to steal this purple unicorn. He tried so often they had to lock the doors and call animal control. Before the responding officer took him to the shelter, she bought it for him. Now he, and the unicorn, have been adopted. 14/10

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So we did watch @SonicMovie tonight and whoooaaaa some of those lines hit much differently now than they did then. 😅 For example: “Did you see how much toilet paper I used?!” If only we would have known... @rejectedjokes

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Retweeting this because @SonicMovie was the last movie we saw in theaters and it’s officially been a year. I’m thinking we should start a family tradition and watch it again today. @rejectedjokes

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Bro’s home from college which means we finally got to watch SONIC. 10/10, laughed a lot and turned into the blue blur afterwards, would definitely laugh again. #SonictheHedgehog #SonicTheMovie

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Many thanks to everyone who worked on #StarWarsRebels for creating a show that my whole family could laugh and cry over. It really is a thing of beauty, and we’re excited to see where else in the galaxy these characters go! 🚀

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Yesterday was #RebelsRemembered and, while I remembered to post these on IG, I forgot to put them over here. Whoops. 😅 I love the Ghost crew, how they all grow as individuals but also as a space family, and all their adventures. @dave_filoni

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Bonus Agent Kallus because I could not resist adding him to the lineup. I loved his character arc, too. Went from “ugh I wanna kick that guy” every time he showed up on screen to “OH NO I CARE ABOUT HIM” real quick. 😂

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When you can’t tell if your palpitations are because you haven’t had enough salt or because you have a crush 🤔 #ValentinesDay

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@rejectedjokes Just this morning I randomly thought about one of your interviews—which were really more like conversations—with him. It was always clear how much respect you had for him and he must have loved how interested you were in his stories.

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Just got my #2020Wrapped from @Spotify and somehow I spent 2,330 minutes listening to @WALKTHEMOONband this year, making them my top artist and bumping Enya to second place. To say my tastes are eclectic is an understatement. 😂

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This is the sweetest cutest most magical thing and I wanna be like this someday 😭

[kelly victoria 🪐 @saysthefox]

I think everyone could use a lighthearted/happy story right now so here goes:

At the beginning of the pandemic I went through some painful personal stuff and would often go out at night for long walks because no one was around and I couldn’t sleep anyway. One night I was walking

[Vanessa Matelski @PotsieSpoons]

Updating my social media profiles because I did a pretty massive update on my website today for the first time in...a while. 😅 I’m exhausted. 🙈 https://t.co/3rWnj0tEAk #NewProfilePic

[Vanessa Matelski @PotsieSpoons]

Reposting this comic in loving memory of Alex Trebek. He’s one of approximately two celebrities to make it into my comics, so it’s safe to say he holds a special spot in my heart. 😔

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Small amendment: I think the anesthesiologist and I rapped actually My Shot together, and afterward, since I was still looped out on anesthesia and very proud that I knew all the words to Guns and Ships, I did that one on my own. 😅

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Throwback to four years ago when I went from rapping Guns and Ships with the anesthesiologist after my final MALS diagnostic test before my surgery a few weeks later, to the wildest car ride from CT to NY, to walking past #Hamilton and maybe possibly crying a bit.

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Some Potsie costumes that were suggested over on Instagram, featuring a Flower Pot-sie, a mermaid in a wheelchair, and a ghost with a flower crown. 👻 #HappyHalloween

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@sandra_athey @themandalorian So I’m not saying I just scrolled through @themandalorian liking tweets just to see baby yoda pop up but...I may have totally done that...

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The most terrifying thing of all... #SpoonieLife