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For sale: a dragon drawing from 8th grade. $1,000,000

Thanks for the memories @joihiraishi

#AFirstTimeforEverything

For sale: a dragon drawing from 8th grade. $1,000,000

Thanks for the memories @joihiraishi

#AFirstTimeforEverything

For sale: a dragon drawing from 8th grade. $1,000,000

Thanks for the memories @joihiraishi

#AFirstTimeforEverything

Oh, what a night! My wife @lsantat looked dazzling in her dress, I wore my old Wimbledon shirt under my tuxedo for good luck, took a “selfie” with Oprah, and saw a few old friends. If you told 13 year old Dan that his most humiliating childhood moments would become a National Book Award winner he would have thought you to be insane, but that’s the funny thing about life. You experience certain highs and lows and sometimes those experiences are completely out of your control, but if you take a moment to pause, and reflect on the positives of those moments, you will realize that you will come out of it a much stronger person. If I did not die of embarrassment in front of my entire junior high then I wouldn’t have gone to Europe, or become a writer, or have those memories to tell this story. In the end the highs and lows are what make you who you are and I wouldn’t change a thing ❤️

Oh, what a night! My wife @lsantat looked dazzling in her dress, I wore my old Wimbledon shirt under my tuxedo for good luck, took a “selfie” with Oprah, and saw a few old friends. If you told 13 year old Dan that his most humiliating childhood moments would become a National Book Award winner he would have thought you to be insane, but that’s the funny thing about life. You experience certain highs and lows and sometimes those experiences are completely out of your control, but if you take a moment to pause, and reflect on the positives of those moments, you will realize that you will come out of it a much stronger person. If I did not die of embarrassment in front of my entire junior high then I wouldn’t have gone to Europe, or become a writer, or have those memories to tell this story. In the end the highs and lows are what make you who you are and I wouldn’t change a thing ❤️

Oh, what a night! My wife @lsantat looked dazzling in her dress, I wore my old Wimbledon shirt under my tuxedo for good luck, took a “selfie” with Oprah, and saw a few old friends. If you told 13 year old Dan that his most humiliating childhood moments would become a National Book Award winner he would have thought you to be insane, but that’s the funny thing about life. You experience certain highs and lows and sometimes those experiences are completely out of your control, but if you take a moment to pause, and reflect on the positives of those moments, you will realize that you will come out of it a much stronger person. If I did not die of embarrassment in front of my entire junior high then I wouldn’t have gone to Europe, or become a writer, or have those memories to tell this story. In the end the highs and lows are what make you who you are and I wouldn’t change a thing ❤️

Oh, what a night! My wife @lsantat looked dazzling in her dress, I wore my old Wimbledon shirt under my tuxedo for good luck, took a “selfie” with Oprah, and saw a few old friends. If you told 13 year old Dan that his most humiliating childhood moments would become a National Book Award winner he would have thought you to be insane, but that’s the funny thing about life. You experience certain highs and lows and sometimes those experiences are completely out of your control, but if you take a moment to pause, and reflect on the positives of those moments, you will realize that you will come out of it a much stronger person. If I did not die of embarrassment in front of my entire junior high then I wouldn’t have gone to Europe, or become a writer, or have those memories to tell this story. In the end the highs and lows are what make you who you are and I wouldn’t change a thing ❤️

Oh, what a night! My wife @lsantat looked dazzling in her dress, I wore my old Wimbledon shirt under my tuxedo for good luck, took a “selfie” with Oprah, and saw a few old friends. If you told 13 year old Dan that his most humiliating childhood moments would become a National Book Award winner he would have thought you to be insane, but that’s the funny thing about life. You experience certain highs and lows and sometimes those experiences are completely out of your control, but if you take a moment to pause, and reflect on the positives of those moments, you will realize that you will come out of it a much stronger person. If I did not die of embarrassment in front of my entire junior high then I wouldn’t have gone to Europe, or become a writer, or have those memories to tell this story. In the end the highs and lows are what make you who you are and I wouldn’t change a thing ❤️

Oh, what a night! My wife @lsantat looked dazzling in her dress, I wore my old Wimbledon shirt under my tuxedo for good luck, took a “selfie” with Oprah, and saw a few old friends. If you told 13 year old Dan that his most humiliating childhood moments would become a National Book Award winner he would have thought you to be insane, but that’s the funny thing about life. You experience certain highs and lows and sometimes those experiences are completely out of your control, but if you take a moment to pause, and reflect on the positives of those moments, you will realize that you will come out of it a much stronger person. If I did not die of embarrassment in front of my entire junior high then I wouldn’t have gone to Europe, or become a writer, or have those memories to tell this story. In the end the highs and lows are what make you who you are and I wouldn’t change a thing ❤️

Oh, what a night! My wife @lsantat looked dazzling in her dress, I wore my old Wimbledon shirt under my tuxedo for good luck, took a “selfie” with Oprah, and saw a few old friends. If you told 13 year old Dan that his most humiliating childhood moments would become a National Book Award winner he would have thought you to be insane, but that’s the funny thing about life. You experience certain highs and lows and sometimes those experiences are completely out of your control, but if you take a moment to pause, and reflect on the positives of those moments, you will realize that you will come out of it a much stronger person. If I did not die of embarrassment in front of my entire junior high then I wouldn’t have gone to Europe, or become a writer, or have those memories to tell this story. In the end the highs and lows are what make you who you are and I wouldn’t change a thing ❤️

Oh, what a night! My wife @lsantat looked dazzling in her dress, I wore my old Wimbledon shirt under my tuxedo for good luck, took a “selfie” with Oprah, and saw a few old friends. If you told 13 year old Dan that his most humiliating childhood moments would become a National Book Award winner he would have thought you to be insane, but that’s the funny thing about life. You experience certain highs and lows and sometimes those experiences are completely out of your control, but if you take a moment to pause, and reflect on the positives of those moments, you will realize that you will come out of it a much stronger person. If I did not die of embarrassment in front of my entire junior high then I wouldn’t have gone to Europe, or become a writer, or have those memories to tell this story. In the end the highs and lows are what make you who you are and I wouldn’t change a thing ❤️

Oh, what a night! My wife @lsantat looked dazzling in her dress, I wore my old Wimbledon shirt under my tuxedo for good luck, took a “selfie” with Oprah, and saw a few old friends. If you told 13 year old Dan that his most humiliating childhood moments would become a National Book Award winner he would have thought you to be insane, but that’s the funny thing about life. You experience certain highs and lows and sometimes those experiences are completely out of your control, but if you take a moment to pause, and reflect on the positives of those moments, you will realize that you will come out of it a much stronger person. If I did not die of embarrassment in front of my entire junior high then I wouldn’t have gone to Europe, or become a writer, or have those memories to tell this story. In the end the highs and lows are what make you who you are and I wouldn’t change a thing ❤️

Oh, what a night! My wife @lsantat looked dazzling in her dress, I wore my old Wimbledon shirt under my tuxedo for good luck, took a “selfie” with Oprah, and saw a few old friends. If you told 13 year old Dan that his most humiliating childhood moments would become a National Book Award winner he would have thought you to be insane, but that’s the funny thing about life. You experience certain highs and lows and sometimes those experiences are completely out of your control, but if you take a moment to pause, and reflect on the positives of those moments, you will realize that you will come out of it a much stronger person. If I did not die of embarrassment in front of my entire junior high then I wouldn’t have gone to Europe, or become a writer, or have those memories to tell this story. In the end the highs and lows are what make you who you are and I wouldn’t change a thing ❤️

So this happened ❤️ #NationalBookAward #AFirstTimeForEverything

You know you’ve always wanted to pull one 😈

You know you’ve always wanted to pull one 😈

You know you’ve always wanted to pull one 😈

You know you’ve always wanted to pull one 😈

You know you’ve always wanted to pull one 😈

You know you’ve always wanted to pull one 😈

You know you’ve always wanted to pull one 😈

You know you’ve always wanted to pull one 😈

You know you’ve always wanted to pull one 😈

You know you’ve always wanted to pull one 😈

Seriously, so glad Linnie found a fave author that keeps putting out hits. I mean,what’s not to love about a graphic novel about pets with superpowers? 💗 #kidlit #bookreviews #bookreviewsbykidsforkids #books #childrensbooks #book #read #reader #bookreviewsbylinnie #readerlife #readersofinstagram #sidekicks @dsantat #dansantat #illustrator #graphicnovel #graphic #graphics

I’ve had several requests to publish my full commencement speech to @montcollegeart and so I posted it here for folks to read. I know it’s tiny type that you’ll be reading on a phone but I’m also not a huge fan of transcribing entire swaths of text in the comments section so forgive this pack of efficiency of legibility. I’m proudly very anti-AI in my speech which kinda seems obvious to anyone who has a pulse would recognize as the thing you don’t promote to a large crowd who is seeking a new job. Congrats to the class of 2026 wherever you are. ❤️

I’ve had several requests to publish my full commencement speech to @montcollegeart and so I posted it here for folks to read. I know it’s tiny type that you’ll be reading on a phone but I’m also not a huge fan of transcribing entire swaths of text in the comments section so forgive this pack of efficiency of legibility. I’m proudly very anti-AI in my speech which kinda seems obvious to anyone who has a pulse would recognize as the thing you don’t promote to a large crowd who is seeking a new job. Congrats to the class of 2026 wherever you are. ❤️

I’ve had several requests to publish my full commencement speech to @montcollegeart and so I posted it here for folks to read. I know it’s tiny type that you’ll be reading on a phone but I’m also not a huge fan of transcribing entire swaths of text in the comments section so forgive this pack of efficiency of legibility. I’m proudly very anti-AI in my speech which kinda seems obvious to anyone who has a pulse would recognize as the thing you don’t promote to a large crowd who is seeking a new job. Congrats to the class of 2026 wherever you are. ❤️

I’ve had several requests to publish my full commencement speech to @montcollegeart and so I posted it here for folks to read. I know it’s tiny type that you’ll be reading on a phone but I’m also not a huge fan of transcribing entire swaths of text in the comments section so forgive this pack of efficiency of legibility. I’m proudly very anti-AI in my speech which kinda seems obvious to anyone who has a pulse would recognize as the thing you don’t promote to a large crowd who is seeking a new job. Congrats to the class of 2026 wherever you are. ❤️

I’ve had several requests to publish my full commencement speech to @montcollegeart and so I posted it here for folks to read. I know it’s tiny type that you’ll be reading on a phone but I’m also not a huge fan of transcribing entire swaths of text in the comments section so forgive this pack of efficiency of legibility. I’m proudly very anti-AI in my speech which kinda seems obvious to anyone who has a pulse would recognize as the thing you don’t promote to a large crowd who is seeking a new job. Congrats to the class of 2026 wherever you are. ❤️

I’ve had several requests to publish my full commencement speech to @montcollegeart and so I posted it here for folks to read. I know it’s tiny type that you’ll be reading on a phone but I’m also not a huge fan of transcribing entire swaths of text in the comments section so forgive this pack of efficiency of legibility. I’m proudly very anti-AI in my speech which kinda seems obvious to anyone who has a pulse would recognize as the thing you don’t promote to a large crowd who is seeking a new job. Congrats to the class of 2026 wherever you are. ❤️

I’ve had several requests to publish my full commencement speech to @montcollegeart and so I posted it here for folks to read. I know it’s tiny type that you’ll be reading on a phone but I’m also not a huge fan of transcribing entire swaths of text in the comments section so forgive this pack of efficiency of legibility. I’m proudly very anti-AI in my speech which kinda seems obvious to anyone who has a pulse would recognize as the thing you don’t promote to a large crowd who is seeking a new job. Congrats to the class of 2026 wherever you are. ❤️

I’ve had several requests to publish my full commencement speech to @montcollegeart and so I posted it here for folks to read. I know it’s tiny type that you’ll be reading on a phone but I’m also not a huge fan of transcribing entire swaths of text in the comments section so forgive this pack of efficiency of legibility. I’m proudly very anti-AI in my speech which kinda seems obvious to anyone who has a pulse would recognize as the thing you don’t promote to a large crowd who is seeking a new job. Congrats to the class of 2026 wherever you are. ❤️

I’ve had several requests to publish my full commencement speech to @montcollegeart and so I posted it here for folks to read. I know it’s tiny type that you’ll be reading on a phone but I’m also not a huge fan of transcribing entire swaths of text in the comments section so forgive this pack of efficiency of legibility. I’m proudly very anti-AI in my speech which kinda seems obvious to anyone who has a pulse would recognize as the thing you don’t promote to a large crowd who is seeking a new job. Congrats to the class of 2026 wherever you are. ❤️

I’ve had several requests to publish my full commencement speech to @montcollegeart and so I posted it here for folks to read. I know it’s tiny type that you’ll be reading on a phone but I’m also not a huge fan of transcribing entire swaths of text in the comments section so forgive this pack of efficiency of legibility. I’m proudly very anti-AI in my speech which kinda seems obvious to anyone who has a pulse would recognize as the thing you don’t promote to a large crowd who is seeking a new job. Congrats to the class of 2026 wherever you are. ❤️

I’ve had several requests to publish my full commencement speech to @montcollegeart and so I posted it here for folks to read. I know it’s tiny type that you’ll be reading on a phone but I’m also not a huge fan of transcribing entire swaths of text in the comments section so forgive this pack of efficiency of legibility. I’m proudly very anti-AI in my speech which kinda seems obvious to anyone who has a pulse would recognize as the thing you don’t promote to a large crowd who is seeking a new job. Congrats to the class of 2026 wherever you are. ❤️

Ever wonder why classrooms hold up two fingers to quiet a classroom? #SASHIMI

Ever wonder why classrooms hold up two fingers to quiet a classroom? #SASHIMI

Ever wonder why classrooms hold up two fingers to quiet a classroom? #SASHIMI

Ever wonder why classrooms hold up two fingers to quiet a classroom? #SASHIMI

Ever wonder why classrooms hold up two fingers to quiet a classroom? #SASHIMI

Ever wonder why classrooms hold up two fingers to quiet a classroom? #SASHIMI

Ever wonder why classrooms hold up two fingers to quiet a classroom? #SASHIMI

Ever wonder why classrooms hold up two fingers to quiet a classroom? #SASHIMI

Ever wonder why classrooms hold up two fingers to quiet a classroom? #SASHIMI

Ever wonder why classrooms hold up two fingers to quiet a classroom? #SASHIMI

Ever wonder why classrooms hold up two fingers to quiet a classroom? #SASHIMI

Ever wonder why classrooms hold up two fingers to quiet a classroom? #SASHIMI

Ever wonder why classrooms hold up two fingers to quiet a classroom? #SASHIMI

Ever wonder why classrooms hold up two fingers to quiet a classroom? #SASHIMI

Ever wonder why classrooms hold up two fingers to quiet a classroom? #SASHIMI

Ever wonder why classrooms hold up two fingers to quiet a classroom? #SASHIMI

Proud to announce that DON’T TRUST FISH has won the Children’s Book Ireland Award Book of the Year for 2026! Thanks to @kidsbooksirel for this special award! So proud of @neilsharpson and this fantastic book. Onward and upward! 🙏❤️

Proud to announce that DON’T TRUST FISH has won the Children’s Book Ireland Award Book of the Year for 2026! Thanks to @kidsbooksirel for this special award! So proud of @neilsharpson and this fantastic book. Onward and upward! 🙏❤️

Proud to announce that DON’T TRUST FISH has won the Children’s Book Ireland Award Book of the Year for 2026! Thanks to @kidsbooksirel for this special award! So proud of @neilsharpson and this fantastic book. Onward and upward! 🙏❤️

Today I had the lovely honor of giving the commencement speech to the 2026 graduating class at the @montcollegeart where I received an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts. You shall all refer to me as Dr. Santat, now. (Attached are a few excerpts from my speech) My parents would be proud ❤️🩺

Today I had the lovely honor of giving the commencement speech to the 2026 graduating class at the @montcollegeart where I received an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts. You shall all refer to me as Dr. Santat, now. (Attached are a few excerpts from my speech) My parents would be proud ❤️🩺

Today I had the lovely honor of giving the commencement speech to the 2026 graduating class at the @montcollegeart where I received an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts. You shall all refer to me as Dr. Santat, now. (Attached are a few excerpts from my speech) My parents would be proud ❤️🩺

Today I had the lovely honor of giving the commencement speech to the 2026 graduating class at the @montcollegeart where I received an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts. You shall all refer to me as Dr. Santat, now. (Attached are a few excerpts from my speech) My parents would be proud ❤️🩺

Today I had the lovely honor of giving the commencement speech to the 2026 graduating class at the @montcollegeart where I received an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts. You shall all refer to me as Dr. Santat, now. (Attached are a few excerpts from my speech) My parents would be proud ❤️🩺

Today I had the lovely honor of giving the commencement speech to the 2026 graduating class at the @montcollegeart where I received an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts. You shall all refer to me as Dr. Santat, now. (Attached are a few excerpts from my speech) My parents would be proud ❤️🩺

Today I had the lovely honor of giving the commencement speech to the 2026 graduating class at the @montcollegeart where I received an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts. You shall all refer to me as Dr. Santat, now. (Attached are a few excerpts from my speech) My parents would be proud ❤️🩺

Today I had the lovely honor of giving the commencement speech to the 2026 graduating class at the @montcollegeart where I received an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts. You shall all refer to me as Dr. Santat, now. (Attached are a few excerpts from my speech) My parents would be proud ❤️🩺

Today I had the lovely honor of giving the commencement speech to the 2026 graduating class at the @montcollegeart where I received an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts. You shall all refer to me as Dr. Santat, now. (Attached are a few excerpts from my speech) My parents would be proud ❤️🩺

ALL THE HULK FEELS has been nominated for an Eisner Award! This one is especially special for me because it’s a Marvel book (with Abrams) and I once poured my heart out to Stan Lee years back (2006) and he gave me some great career advice, “Do what you love and the money will find you.” and I told him I had a dream that I could work on a Marvel title someday, and he said, “I’m sure that day will come.” Well, he isn’t here to see this but I couldn’t be more honored ❤️

ALL THE HULK FEELS has been nominated for an Eisner Award! This one is especially special for me because it’s a Marvel book (with Abrams) and I once poured my heart out to Stan Lee years back (2006) and he gave me some great career advice, “Do what you love and the money will find you.” and I told him I had a dream that I could work on a Marvel title someday, and he said, “I’m sure that day will come.” Well, he isn’t here to see this but I couldn’t be more honored ❤️

ALL THE HULK FEELS has been nominated for an Eisner Award! This one is especially special for me because it’s a Marvel book (with Abrams) and I once poured my heart out to Stan Lee years back (2006) and he gave me some great career advice, “Do what you love and the money will find you.” and I told him I had a dream that I could work on a Marvel title someday, and he said, “I’m sure that day will come.” Well, he isn’t here to see this but I couldn’t be more honored ❤️

DON’T TRUST FISH is the winner of the Irma Black Award given by the Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature and voted on by kids! Written by @neilsharpson with art by me. As Jeff would say, “You have done well.” (Also congrats to @authorjasonchin for winning the Cook Prize)

DON’T TRUST FISH is the winner of the Irma Black Award given by the Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature and voted on by kids! Written by @neilsharpson with art by me. As Jeff would say, “You have done well.” (Also congrats to @authorjasonchin for winning the Cook Prize)

Happy Mother’s Day to my wife @lsantat for being the mother of my kids for the past 20+ years. And a firstMother’s Day without my own mom who I hope is resting peacefully. Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms everywhere. They make us who we are and help our kids become the best people they can be🙏❤️