Man, I loved MASK as a kid. Even more than Transformers.

FAST/FUN/ EXPLODEY is very accurate. I shall be campaigning for this to be the subhead on the TPB

Reads even better in one sitting. And boy, doesn't that @cleanlined.bsky.social art sing! Just don't tell @danpgwatters.bsky.social I said so, or there'll be no living with him.

Batman: Dark Patterns saattaa hyvin olla paras Batman sarjis mitä olen lukenut... sitten Killing Joken? 12-osainen minisarja, irrallaan kaikesta jatkumosta. SIjoittuu Batmanin uran kolmannelle vuodelle kun tämä oli vielä kokemattomampi ja rämäpäisempi. Hyvällä tavalla vanhanaikainen.

RETAILERS: Purchase orders on MASK 1 are due today. Your friends at @skybound.bsky.social sent a full PDF of 1 to your inbox. Please read it! If you have their Zoom meeting recap I urge you to watch now. These things changed my whole outlook on this & thus my orders. Get your Energon hyped for this!

M.A.S.K. #1 is on FOC today from @skybound.bsky.social. As Earth reacts to aliens & Cobra & all the wicked things of the Energon Universe, this is a book about a super genius who has all the answers, and the team who have to put up with him. It's really fun. It's really fast. It's really explodey.

This is a fantastic first issue. Just a great damn concept delivered with confidence and flair. If you like stories like Southern Bastards or Fargo, you owe it to yourself to preorder this one.

DARK PATTERNS is one of the BEST standalone Batman reads ever!! 🔥🦇 You can snag yours online & in-store!!

Drawn by my Petrol Head collaborator @pye.bsky.social If you like Petrol Head order this.

M.A.S.K. #1 is on FOC today from @skybound.bsky.social. As Earth reacts to aliens & Cobra & all the wicked things of the Energon Universe, this is a book about a super genius who has all the answers, and the team who have to put up with him. It's really fun. It's really fast. It's really explodey.

Introducing Staff Picks of the Week! Feel free to have a chat with us for further information about what we love about our picks this week! This Week's picks are: Saga Volume 1 (2012) TP Batman: Dark Patterns (2026) TP Phoenix #1 (2024) #comics #marvel #dc #image #batman #comicshop

Time to read Dark Patterns. People say this is one of the best Batman stories to ever come out, so I’m curious if I’ll think the same

Batman Dark Patterns was so much better than I thought it could be. Loved how Sherman was channeling both Jim Aparo and Marshall Rogers in this book.

BATMAN: DARK PATTERNS by Dan Watters and @cleanlined.bsky.social is a mystery right up there with THE LONG HALLOWEEN and COURT OF OWLS. They’ve elevated Firefly like Loeb and Sale did with Calendar Man. Read it now!

M.A.S.K. #1 is on FOC this weekend from @skybound.bsky.social @imagecomics.com If you miss M.A.S.K., this is gonna tick all the boxes. If it's new to you but you like any of my work, this is me and @pye.bsky.social unleashed in the Energon Universe. I think you're gonna dig it. Tell your LCS!

1. MASK: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand #1 from Skybound @skybound.bsky.social & Image Comics @imagecomics.com by Dan Watters @danpgwatters.bsky.social & Pye Parr @pye.bsky.social . Cover by Tom Reilly & Adriano Lucas A new Energon Universe series featuring another favorite 80's cartoon property!

Skybound Reveals a First Look at M.A.S.K. #1 by Dan Watters and Pye Parr #comics #comicbooks

You need this one, chums.

Just added to my pull list.

Excited to see my pal @danpgwatters.bsky.social take on M.A.S.K. with @pye.bsky.social . This is a toyline that has gone too long without the love it deserves. Super-charged for it!

Writer Dan Watters joins the podcast for a bonus episode all about Skybound's upcoming series M.A.S.K.

M.A.S.K. #1 is on FOC this weekend from @skybound.bsky.social @imagecomics.com If you miss M.A.S.K., this is gonna tick all the boxes. If it's new to you but you like any of my work, this is me and @pye.bsky.social unleashed in the Energon Universe. I think you're gonna dig it. Tell your LCS!

The Mobile Armored Strike Kommand enters the @skybound.bsky.social Energon Universe! Join @danpgwatters.bsky.social, @pye.bsky.social & Pierluigi Casolino for their debut issue of M.A.S.K. this June. Pre-orders end THIS MONDAY, so tell your store you want copies ASAP!!

I will not stop banging the drum for this one. Given time, Batman: Dark Patterns will be spoken of in the same breath as some of the greatest Batman stories of all time. Just exceptional work by everyone involved. #comicsky

Happy FRIDAY, Minties! FINALLY in collected edition form is the critically acclaimed BATMAN: DARK PATTERNS by Dan Watters & Hayden Sherman! And OMAR HAS YOUR OVERVIEW: youtu.be/UdgPr_Rzc60

Skybound Shares First Look at M.A.S.K. #1 by Dan Watters & Pye Parr @skybound.bsky.social @danpgwatters.bsky.social @pye.bsky.social #Mask buff.ly/NJrMlew

BATMAN: DARK PATTERNS. I read the whole 12-issue saga in one sitting late last night and just loved everything about it. Hopefully see more from this incredible team. @danpgwatters.bsky.social @cleanlined.bsky.social @treecolour.bsky.social @gofrankgo.bsky.social @garbagedracula.bsky.social

💥💥💥💥 First Look: The next phase of the Energon Universe kicks off this June in M.A.S.K. #1 from Dan Watters, Pye Parr, Pierluigi Casolino, & Russ Wooton.

Preeeeeetty cool...

First Look: M.A.S.K. #1 Unleashes High-Tech Chaos in the Energon Universe (Plus Blind Bag Surprises!) @danpgwatters.bsky.social @skybound.bsky.social #comicbooks #comicsky Read the preview here:

¡¡Continuamos reseñando la etapa de Dan Watters al frente de Nightwing con los tomos 3 y 4, publicados por @paninicomicsespana.bsky.social!! www.zonanegativa.com/all-nightwin...

Finally! I can read all of this

Read this all together today, and good lord, what a book – some of the smartest Batman stories you'll ever read, combined with some jawdropping art. So many top-tier pages in this.

Another push for this one. Really good bat book

New Comic Book Day! LFG!! 🔘 Absolute Superman #18 🔘 Batman #8 🔘 Daredevil #1 🔘 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey Jones #6 And god dammit, if you didn't get the single issues for Batman: Dark Patterns by @danpgwatters.bsky.social, get out there and scoop up that paperback this week! Peak shit!

This absolutely whips ass. I can't remember who posted about it recently, but I am so glad you did. It arrived today and I absolutely devoured it. What a wonderful bit of batmannery. Up there with the best of them.

Gladys vs Gingerdead Man.

CYCLOPS #4 variant by the wonderful @nethodiaz.bsky.social Please believe me when I tell you the issue itself goes as ridiculously hard as this cover. Mr. Summers is... unamused.

NEW SERIES THE NEXT PHASE OF THE ENERGON UNIVERSE STARTS HERE! Preorder by 4/3 to save 25%! impulsecreations.com/collections/... @danpgwatters.bsky.social @pye.bsky.social @skybound.bsky.social @imagecomics.com

New Comics Day: Batman - Dark Patterns; Supergirl - Misadventures in Midvale; DC Finest JLA; Avengers Epic Collection

When Orwell said “If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.”, he was talking about sound effects.

These are my favourite Batman stories, the rare sort of collection you buy so you have a copy to lend to people.

This is good Batman, dark and weird and modern but with so many delightful nods to previous decades of Batmannery, it already feels timeless and classic. I liked it, is what I’m saying.

A generational Batman book that will be talked about for decades to come. If you're missing the old days of Legends of the Dark Knight - this will scratch that itch.

Batman: Dark Patterns is fantastic. Detective stories! Plot based. Incredible art. Just all-around great.

Here's the thing about MASK. Just like with Energon Universe Transformers & GI Joe, having grown up with the idea isn't necessary. Nobody grew up with Void Rivals. The characters have already been introduced in various comics & the upcoming first issue will reward AND surprise like it did for me!

With what Energon Universe has to come (retailers read that PDF!) I’m recalling how much I did like M.A.S.K. It was on after school, the toys were really cool. And honestly the Mask PSAs had much more direct, specific, & relatable guidance for kids than Transformers or GI Joe.

The neural pathways used for writing are something you train, just like muscle. It gets easier the more you do it. I used to find all writing like pulling teeth. Now most of it's a genuine joy. Best job in the world. To try and avoid the hard part also robs you of that joy. Unthinkable.

He's here. The Batman: Dark Patterns tpb is out today from DC. Me, @cleanlined.bsky.social, @treecolour.bsky.social, & @gofrankgo.bsky.social. Who is the Wound Man? What is the voice in the tower? Have the Red Hood Gang truly returned? And why is Gotham burning? The Dark Detective is on the case.

Adore this Batman book