The Candlefrog Chronicles

My name's Will Santino. I'm an author, artist, poet, and cartoonist. Check out www.willsantino.com for more!!!

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🐒 🐵 Wholesome content alert 🚨 — tag someone who might need to hear it (surprise that’s everyone) 🐒🐵 . . . #cartoon #tnycartoons #lol #humor #funny #haha #greatape #wholesome #monke https://www.instagram.com/will_santino_illustration/p/CXKuEgvMVWB/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Meet the Author! 😅😅😅 . . . #cartoon #tnycartoons #lol #humor #funny #embarassing #meme #stupid #help https://www.instagram.com/p/CW7AfYwJObf/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Jesus dude! Ok so “dark” maybe isn’t the best description of this cartoon…how about irreverent? Liable to get some angry comments? Probably, yeah. I recommend looking at my cute elephant cartoon again before deciding to unfollow 😁😁😁😁 . . . #cartoon #lol #humor #funny #tnycartoons #haha #jesus #ouch #walkonwater #cannonball https://www.instagram.com/p/CWo9XexMpAd/?utm_medium=tumblr

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🏆🥇The winner of the Cute Cartoon contest 🐘🐘🐘 sorry it took my intern Ceeth (pronounced Keith) so long to tally the votes. I know I’ve posted two dark cartoons lately so let’s enjoy this cuteness before I post another dark cartoon tonight and lose a bunch of followers again lol . . . #family #cute #cartoon #elephant #tnycartoons #haha #adorable #lol #humor #funny https://www.instagram.com/p/CWloFHYPSVS/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Okay the next cartoon I post will be uplifting and cute trust me 😅😅😅 . . . #treefort #lol #yikes #haha #humor #funny #tnycartoons #darkhumor #meme #love https://www.instagram.com/p/CWcLNRhsmnX/?utm_medium=tumblr

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He’s so inquisitive! (Okay this one’s kinda dark lol) . . . #cartoon #inquisition #tnycartoons #lol #humor #funny #haha #comic #drawing #art https://www.instagram.com/p/CWW9zV6M_MY/?utm_medium=tumblr

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🐍🐍🐍 😅😅uhhhhh lol do you all get this one? It’s a reference I think most people know? Might be generational tho………. . . . #cartoon #tnycartoons #lol #anaconda #buns #sirmixalot #humor #funny #lol https://www.instagram.com/p/CWUWhAUM3Me/?utm_medium=tumblr

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🐿 Literally improves my day so much when I see a chipmunk 🐿 . . . #chipmunk #therapy #therapist #lol #haha #humor #funny #cartoon #tnycartoons #cute #cuteanimals https://www.instagram.com/p/CWHlP0ms9XC/?utm_medium=tumblr

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🦖🦖 “can you think of anything worse than having really long arms?” Silly dinos 🦖🦖 . . . #cartoon #tnycartoons #lol #humor #haha #funny #dinosaur #art https://www.instagram.com/p/CWE-opDMliK/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Got a duck cartoon in this week’s @newyorkermag :) 🦆🦆🦆 now back to working from home while frantically checking social media 😅😅😅 happy Monday! . . . #cartoon #tnycartoons #duck #ducks #duckcartoon #workfromhome #lol #humor #job #funny #cry https://www.instagram.com/p/CWBi5UcvhyS/?utm_medium=tumblr

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What every guy wants to hear 😍😍 . . . #cartoon #tnycartoons #lol #humor #funny #haha #bigwords #sohot https://www.instagram.com/p/CV1dFxIM1l5/?utm_medium=tumblr

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God he’s so awkward 🌞 Awkward sun ⭐️☀️🌞 gotta love him . . . #comic #cartoon #tnycartoons #lol #humor #sun #autumn #annoying #haha # https://www.instagram.com/p/CVjaEpmM5Tx/?utm_medium=tumblr

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This is a cartoon about zoom fatigue. Have you heard of it? 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 . . . #cartoon #zoom #zoomfatigue #halloween #tnycartoons #lol #funny #meme #haha #yep #pumpkin https://www.instagram.com/p/CVg1cklsdX1/?utm_medium=tumblr

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A wee Halloween poem to kick off your spooky week :) 🎃👻💀🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑🌒 . . . #cartoon #tnycartoons #lol #moon #spooky #halloween #poetry #poem #poetsofinstagram #drawing #inktober https://www.instagram.com/p/CVePPEfMx8M/?utm_medium=tumblr

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When he wears tight pants and stabs you with darts 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🐮🐮 . . . #cartoon #tnycartoons #lol #redflags #cows #bullfightingisbad #forealtho #notcool https://www.instagram.com/p/CVT6YoVMf4d/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Shoulda been obvious in retrospect tho 🦆 🦆 🦆 🐹 🦆 . . . #cartoon #uglyduckling #hamster #cartoon #tnycartoons #lol humor #haha #ugly #cute #duck https://www.instagram.com/p/CU6KeetI8Yi/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Folks, it finally happened. My first toon printed in the magazine. It’s been a long and winding journey. I submitted my first cartoon in August, 2017. If you saw that Patreon video, you know it was a really difficult time in my life, and that’s an understatement. I started submitting ten cartoons a month, and the first three months were also the last three months of my terminally ill brother’s life. Ian and I always shared a bond of silliness, and making the cartoons gave me something to cling to in the aftermath of his death. Homemade sunshine in the dark place called grief. I honestly hadn’t planned to make a post about that part of this journey when I sat down to celebrate the publication on social media, but here we are. So, that’s how the cartoons started. Out of sadness and loss and, I think, spiritual survival. I kept making them and submitting them, even when it felt like a pipe dream—it was also a way to honor Ian, someone who never gave up. Well, In September 2019, I got an email from the cartoon editor, @emmaewallen , inviting me to submit weekly. So I started submitting eight cartoons a week. I sold my first cartoon in March of 2020, and a handful more since then. It’s truly crazy to see it in print. I wish Ian could see it. I’m so full of gratitude to so many people for the support over the years. Too many people to name. It’s been a hard road—not the cartooning, just life I mean. Whatever it is you’re working on, even if it feels hopeless sometimes, keep a-goin’ 💜💜💜 . . #tnycartoons #cartoon #humor #nevergiveup https://www.instagram.com/p/CUvFc4clWmg/?utm_medium=tumblr