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Welcome to my blog!

This is the official patokon.com blog, which will also be linked to the official fandomain blog (coming soon).

I'll be putting up news, sketches, food-for-thought, life-in-japan anecdotes, along with pop-culture/sub-culture madness to be enjoyed by all.

Enjoy #67 from my 100 robots pic-a-day series that is hosted on http://comicspace.com/patrikwashburn

Cheerz!

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John Shelley said…
Off to a great start with your blog Patrik! I'll definitely keep dropping in.

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