Meanwhile, the Howard piece in the video below is now for sale on the HelioscopePDX Etsy store! www.etsy.com/listing/4456...

Okay I'll weigh in as an avowedly atheist human illustrator: I know the whole thing is A.I. slop at best-- profoundly, appallingly blasphemous at worst-- but what the fuck is this supposed to even be???

Helioscope is not merely a studio space, and not only for comics: it's a community of friends, a resource hub, a professional network, a goldmine of practical advice & education. We have been cartoonists, writers, zinesters, storyboard artists, designers, illustrators, memoirists, historians...

Helioscope, the workspace I share with two dozen other cartoonists, is celebrating its birthday today. 24 years as a studio, 3 buildings, 76 mentees, 1200 etsy orders, & many, MANY thousands of pages of comics. I'll be posting photos in this thread throughout the day. @helioscopepdx.bsky.social

Just scheduled three more chapters on my NEXT DOOR DUNGEON serial. "The Boating Party" & "Getting Trolled" & "A Night Alone In A Town Of Trouble" They range from "pretty grim" to "please listen to the Benny Hill theme while reading." www.royalroad.com/fiction/1507...

TODAY!

TOMORROW! Godzilla Vs. Portland signing, Q&A at NWMOCA, 1-3pm! Contributors in attendance will include: Me @manruss.bsky.social @cattifer.bsky.social @benjamindewey.bsky.social @erykdonovan.bsky.social also! @mattharding.bsky.social and Billy Galaxy www.facebook.com/events/12250...

While me & @colleencoover.bsky.social are working on the second season of HEART ACRES today, you could be reading (re-reading?) the first season! www.webtoons.com/en/romance/h...

if nothing else, there is something to be said for spending time outside in the sun with thousands of people who share your anger at the state of things

Here's some of Carlos's early character design work for Clara (aka: Junk Punch) for my new JUNK PUNCH series. www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-ma...

Justice... with a VERY specific target! 💥 This Summer, it’s one woman's quest to solve a bizarre series of thefts, such as kisses stolen from willing and waiting lips! Mad Cave Studios is excited to present @paultobin.bsky.social & Carlos J. Olivares' JUNK PUNCH! Details: https://bit.ly/4uydghM

In addition to Carlos's great art for the main story in each issue of JUNK PUNCH from @madcavestudios.com, we have backup stories from luminaries like @larsenproject.bsky.social, @buttoven.bsky.social, and @colleencoover.bsky.social! Seriously, this comic be good. www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-ma...

You don't NEED the funky 70's style music that accompanies this video, but I think it adds a lot.

A new Howard video is fresh up on this @helioscopepdx.bsky.social YouTube page! youtu.be/gc0SziJsgqg?...

Yes, @paultobin.bsky.social has created a brilliantly ridiculous story for mature readers who are in touch with their immature sides. JUNK PUNCH is worth the price of admission for that alone! But golly ding dang wait until you see how beautifully demented Carlos Javier Olivares's art is!

And... we're live with the announcement! JUNK PUNCH, my friends! JUNK PUNCH!!!

Exclusive: Mad Cave Studios announces JUNK PUNCH Mad Cave Studios has announced Junk Punch, a series in which people cannot control their compulsions. It debuts in June.

I spoke to Donald Orr of Oregon Public Radio's All Things Considered about writing and drawing a story for the Godzilla vs Portland one-shot anthology from @idwpublishing.com!

Sat, April 4 at Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts, 322 NW 8th Ave, Portland, OR! Q&A/signing of GODZILLA VS PORTLAND with creators: Mark Russell Cat Farris Ben Dewey Colleen Coover Museum rates Gen admission: $10 Seniors, Students, and Veterans: $8 SNAP Beneficiaries: $2 Kids 12 & under: FREE

Today! Noon to 2pm! Me and @manruss.bsky.social, and @cattifer.bsky.social will be there too!

Alert! I'll be crashing this tomorrow so come get your comics signed by all three of us!

Tomorrow! Signing Godzilla VS Portland at Cosmic Monkey, Noon-2pm!

Alert! I'm doing a signing of Godzilla VS Portland at Cosmic Monkey with fellow contributor @manruss.bsky.social (and maybe others, who knows!) Saturday, March 14 noon-2!

Will be announcing a new serialized project soon on Royal Road! LitRPG w/ body swapping, gender fluidity, & lots of monster fightin’ (also monster smoochin’ between all those fights) Thanks to @igorgrouper.bsky.social for the incredible cover(s) and @paultobin.bsky.social for showing me the ropes!

Was there ever an Italian ero-fumetti "Magnum PI" rip-off series? Yes there was. It was called 44 Magnum, and here's the complete NSFW gallery. www.paultobin.net/blog-2-1/44-...

I accidentally lead a book club scammer on a merry chase this week by misreading in their email that they were paying $150 to speak for 40 minutes with readers in Berlin. Actually they were asking ME to pay for... admin, I guess? Like no, son. If I'mma get up early to zoom Germany I'mma get paid.

My dear husband has introduced me to the cultural treasure that is the official video for Orville Peck's "Daytona Sand". I kind of hate the phrase "I'm obsessed", but I'm damned if it doesn't apply. Every shot in just over three minutes is a jewel. youtu.be/OoJaV-rqsiU?...

A mentorship day at Helioscope. Dylan Meconis @dylanmeconis.bsky.social is sharing her expertise about working with traditional publishing. Jeff Parker is giving storytelling feedback to a couple of young artists who have been studying with @jasonmcnamara.bsky.social!

Yet another Howard the Duck inking video on the Helioscope YouTube channel! Howard as Sorcerer Supreme, as seen (again) in my old copy of Marvel Treasury Edition #12. How many Howard drawings is too many? I'll let you know when I find out. youtu.be/xGF78WQuTNg?...

Heck yeah! New chapter is up! It's Chapter 30: "Level Up!" I've long wanted to do serial fiction, like in some of the old-timey pulps, and it's fun to write LitRPG in that fashion. Fun to read, too, incidentally. www.royalroad.com/fiction/1507...

Alert! I'm doing a signing of Godzilla VS Portland at Cosmic Monkey with fellow contributor @manruss.bsky.social (and maybe others, who knows!) Saturday, March 14 noon-2!

Oh shoot, it's Gorko, not Garko.

Yes, young readers, there was a comic called "Giant Size Man-Thing" in the 1970s. Yes, we did notice.

Another time lapse of me drawing Howard the Duck. This is his iconic battle vs Garko the Man Frog from Giant Size Man-Thing #4 in 1975, then reprinted in Marvel Treasury Edition #12 in 1976, which I owned and re-read obsessively for years. youtu.be/XzAHZnl2jD8?...

I obsessively horde Colleen's art so you don't get many chances to pick pieces up.

Wooop! My Howard The Duck and Beverly Switzler illustration is now available for sale on my Etsy page! (Also, other art is for sale there. I invite you to check it out.) www.etsy.com/listing/4459...

Meanwhile, the Howard piece in the video below is now for sale on the HelioscopePDX Etsy store! www.etsy.com/listing/4456...

I did another Howard the Duck inking video for the Helioscope channel! This scene is from Howard the Duck comic #1. I read it as a kid 1000 times over, reprinted in Marvel Treasury Edition #12. The first meeting between Howard and his human girlfriend Beverly Switzler. youtu.be/IgTi9VyL-fc?...

I enjoyed the halftime show, particularly the dancing (I did not have two dudes grinding next to a pickup on my bingo card! A++), the Ricky Martin cameo, & the callout to the nations of the Americas. Thanks to the below thread for cultural/Benito context that went over my non-Spanish-speaking head!

Just now added Chapter 20 of NEXT DOOR DUNGEON to Royal Road. Yep, you can wander / skip / amble on over there by clinking the link and then delve into some good ol' adventuring... for free! www.royalroad.com/fiction/1507...

Heckin' YEAH! It's today's new chapter of NEXT DOOR DUNGEON, a story you can read for free on Royal Road. I'd even appreciate it! Especially if you leave reviews, follows, advanced dungeoneering tips, etc! www.royalroad.com/fiction/1507...

Here's my new quilt, now washed and spread out ! It's about 82 inches square (a little over two meters). All the fabrics were second hand, either from thrift shops or from ScrapPDX, my local craft resale shop. The "batting" is a couple of old flannel sheets, also thrifted.

Speaking of my ongoing NEXT DOOR DUNGEON series, I dropped in another illustration by @elliscomics.bsky.social. This one is a bulljaw, a rather boisterous critter. It's in Chapter 16, but of course you should read from the start to get all the story n' goodies! www.royalroad.com/fiction/1507...

I'll take a picture of the whole thing after I wash it, but I just finished the binding on this quilt tonight and here I'm showing it off to @paultobin.bsky.social !

17 free chapters!

Chapter 17: Down We Go is now live! And I'm up to Chapter 30 on my Patreon. Good ol' light novel fun! Free to read on Royal Road, or join my Patreon for the advanced access! www.royalroad.com/fiction/1507...

New video at the Helioscope youtube channel: Colleen Coover draws Howard the Duck! @colleencoover.bsky.social youtu.be/o6DSXU555II

French police have raided the Paris offices of X and summoned Elon Musk for questioning as part of a cybercrime investigation into artificial intelligence-generated pornographic deepfakes and Holocaust denial. www.ms.now/news/french-...

Another new chapter goes up at 6 tonight, btw. Pacific time. Good ol' rpg dungeon reading, the way Spartacus would have liked! (I'm not real sure what I mean by that, either)

Here's the guy who... 1: Helped Boris sing "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch" 2: Was the voice of Tony the Tiger for half a century 3: Has the most "D&D character" name possible. Thurl Ravenscroft