Good news, everyone: It’s Friday, and the VHS tape of the video comic book I made with Mario Paint in 1993 has been digitized.

This was the beginning of a long and fruitful career making wildly successful video comic books with Mario Paint.

When I keynote Mario Paint conferences, I use this seminal work to outline the fundamentals of the form. (Spot the @alyankovic reference?)

All joking aside, Mario Paint was an important stepping stone for me in the world of digital art and design.

The early 90s’ nascent digital creative tools were still pretty inaccessible, so Mario Paint felt like nearly legit means of production.

I was so excited to see what was possible, and I was determined to master it (and apparently to broadcast my @MST3K fan bonafides).

Anyway, it was pretty fun to unearth and share this stuff 25 years later. Thanks for watching!