(Day 285) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky "Life Bomb" is a little obtuse for me to read. I'm not entirely understanding of the material, interpreting it as being essentially a rocket whose propulsion force comes from the destruction of living organisms. If so, it's quite horrific.

(Day 284) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky "Coming Soon: Emptiness" gives a very brief snapshot of apocalyptic happenings and gets out very quickly. It reminds me of The Sandman's "24 hours" story, this open window to a world gone to hell but not the full picture of what's gone wrong.

#tarantulateeth #deltarune

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(Day 282) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky I developed a delayed appreciation for "The Maiden of Crete." It took a minute, but I've come to like how densely this one page story manages to fill itself out with interesting and eerie implications with short descriptions.

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Parable of the Talents

(Day 280) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky "The Dictator's Dream" is the first really great of these 100 Horrors stories. It feels very Twilight Zone/Outer Limits-esque in how the surreal, abstract subject matter holds heavy social commentary. It's great, really.

sigh another 5 dollar scratcher please

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(Day 278) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky While "Jack O' Fingers" is a fun, concise and freakish little horror concept, I couldn't stop thinking about the possibility that Paul Chadwick was trying to do like a morbid parody of Charlie Brown's Great Pumpkin.

#ocsky #tarantulateeth

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(Day 276) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky "The Ugly Boy" kind of feels like a story aimed at a younger audience, in a good way. We're now at something a bit more substantial than a one page story, and it's pretty fun and honestly sillier than scary.🧵

One of Tom Adams' Raymond Chandler novel covers, maybe, collectively, his crowning achievement.

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(Day 274) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky Now we begin Paul Chadwick's included "100 Horrors" short story series. Starting with a single page, he hits the ground running a body horror born out overthinking worse case scenarios. It makes literal the idea of it being like a plague.

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(Day 272) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky "American Christmas" despite feeling out of place in this trade manages to still invoke the feelings of it's holiday subject matter on par with it's Halloween equivalent. It just puts me in that festive mood despite is not being quite there yet 🧵

#ocsky #tarantulateeth

(Day 271) Wanted to share today a generous donation made by user Michael Rookard on Discord. This is apparently a bookplate included in select copies of The Complete Concrete collection. It's said to be signed but I can't seem to find it on this copy. If that's the case, I hope Paul does conventions

So that was Friday Sept 26th 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another (more or less) here. So it goes. (Released this very month in 1988, a mere 37 years ago, the ninth -and characteristically excellent- issue of Paul Chadwick’s Concrete.) & so to bed. Sleep well, fellow citizens of Planet Earth.

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I really tried to avoid this, but I'm in need of help. I'm a year and a half out of full time work, and my retail gig alone can't keep me afloat. My October expenses are going to be much higher than normal. I'm offering sketch comms over on my ko-fi for donations. thank you ko-fi.com/hanoodles

(Day 269) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky Yesterday was a lot busier than I'd be hoping for so I unfortunately didn't get to post, but "Family Night" is pretty good. In terms of tone and subject matter, I find it very appropriate this was packed in with the Killer Smile trade.🧵

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(Day 267) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky This, four page insert doesn't really have a title and honestly feels the most like an advertisement rather than a short story so I'll keep it brief. It succinctly condenses Concrete's origin and hints towards it's storytelling potential 🧵

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(Day 265) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky King of the Early Evening is another fun romp with Ron, Larry and a girlfriend of his going to a Halloween party. It feels super festive and invoking the spirit of the holiday despite us being a month away from it.🧵

Guy always gave 110%. As great a tragedy as Joe Maneely.

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News! @evandorkin.bsky.social's dairy duo, the worst fans that ever lived, and the rest of his absurdities conjoin in Nerd Inferno: The Essential Evan Dorkin, coming next April. Details: bit.ly/47QcST2 A new omnibus collecting Milk and Cheese, The Eltingville Club, and Dork for the first time

NERD INFERNO IS COMING! LOCK YOUR DOORS! BOLT YOUR WINDOWS! AND PREORDER THE FUCK OUT OF IT! 4/21/26 From @darkhorse.com Read about it on The Comics Beat here: tinyurl.com/3yj9zvdw

YES, GOD YES

(Day 263) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky "The Four Wheeled Sleeping Pill" starts off with some more dialogue from the cancelled film workprint. I'd like to discuss it at some point later on, but back on topic. We get a story where Maureen takes the lead.🧵

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(Day 261) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky Back to the depressingly relatable lol. I like "Visible Breath" though, it's a pretty layered exploration of the physical and social limitations of Concrete framed through the basic premise of the gang looking for a place to stay for the night. 🧵

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(Day 259) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky I'll try to keep it brisk but "Under the Desert Stars" is a good and welcome change of tone after the frankly very depressing and kind of gutwrenching story "Killer Smile." Now instead we're back at it with thinly veiled specific power fantasy.🧵

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Guys, it's very possible we will get evicted soon sone we are still unable to pay rent So please help us

(Day 257) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky The conclusion to Killer Smile has quite a bit to unpack. I almost don’t know where to start, but I’ll try. To start on a softer note, the photograph collage-esque bits helped to give part four a distinctive look from the prior chapters.🧵

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(Day 255) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky Back. We resume with Part Three and stakes and tension reach an all-time high for the series. While scale isn't as powerful here as the everest issues of the original ongoing, the focus orbiting around the main three makes things very compelling. 🧵

Sardonicus is back, gang. Great account.

(Day 254) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky No proper post today except for a watercolor piece by Paul himself. Though I suspect this to be his work, I ask anyone who definitively knows otherwise to step up and correct me so that proper credit may be given.

(Day 253) #comics #indie #books #comicsky #promosky To be honest I probably wasn't in the best mental state reading this comic yesterday. I'm doing better now but I can't say that may not have had an affect on my judgement. But yeah, I found part two of "Killer Smile" to be a great follow-up.🧵