Our next Essential Read is Knight City #1 from @darkhorse.com by @mattkindt.bsky.social @davidlapham.bsky.social and Josh Reed - A gripping, psychological spin on the superhero genre, blending Fight Club‑style identity fracture with Superman‑level power ^KB wp.me/p8WCuG-3Sq

A good review! BUY KNIGHT CITY!

Warm flesh! Cold technology! Preview @oni-press.bsky.social's CRUEL UNIVERSE 2 #7 by @gregpak.com, @davidlapham.bsky.social, @nickfil.bsky.social, @avmauro.bsky.social, Kano, Amy Roy, @malachiward.bsky.social, @richstarkings.bsky.social & Tyler Smith #ECComics comicsbodega.com/preview-crue...

NEW WORK ALERT!

Jack Kirby’s Magnum opus. THE NEW GODS. Drew this a while back. Appreciation for everything Kirby was just grows when you try and reproduce even a fraction of his uniqueness. Yes they fit together.

Working with Phil Smith on putting Death to Pachuco to bed. Sending her to the printer. Make sure you preorder before Monday!

How can you trust anything on the internet when Google can’t even give me a straight answer on WHEN SEASON 11 OF PEPPA PIG WILL BE OUT?!!!

Hank Howard: The Two Hollywoods cover. Channeling a bit of Darrow here

Where were you on the night of?!

Knight City - Issue 1 ✨ A superhero story focused on exhaustion and psychological strain instead of constant battles feels refreshingly different. @darkhorse.com @mattkindt.bsky.social @davidlapham.bsky.social

NEW BOOK ALERT. Kind and Lapham! Kindt! Kindt! Kindt!

Oooo!

No excuses. Free read!

A spread from one of the long Hero Trade Stories Matt Kindt @mattkindt.bsky.social and I got to do. Hero Trade: Chimera. 100 pages.

Currently serializing the A Distant Soil novel "Soulless" on my Patreon.

It used to be fan based, but they changed that about ten years ago

New THE COMIC BOOK WRITER Substack newsletter is up and out. With BLOODLAND #1 dropping THIS WEEK, I discuss the long road Mack Chater and I took to get here; a road we started down over five years ago. Please take a look! bclaymoore.substack.com/p/bloodland-...

Front and back endpapers for the Hero Trade collection.

An image (possibly a cover, I don’t know) for the upcoming The HAB horror series by @joshuadysart.bsky.social and myself.

Other than maybe being comprehensive, IMDB is the worst database about film of all time. I don’t know their formula for arriving at their conclusions but it’s wretched.

Darwyn style Catwoman.

This was a variant for Rick Remender’s GROMMETS. I wasn’t a skater kid, but I was a dirtbag little twerp in the 80’s and remember this stuff. I come back to this one a lot. It came out good. It did. (I don’t have it handy, but the color came out stunning on this.)

Now this one’s a variant of my own cover. Also a wrap cover. I think I like this one even better.

Been doing a bunch of covers lately for other’s books. They’re super fun to do. You get to stop in and play with someone else’s toys without any of the grind! Can’t show any of those. Here’s one I think must be out by now… This one’s a wraparound.

Frank and Joey are a couple of losers paid to get rid of a dead girl but things don't go as planned. Joey has fallen in love with the girl and he will do anything to protect her. Stray Bullets #1 (1995) by David Lapham 1996 Eisner Award winner for Best Writer/Artist for Stray Bullets.

A post from a while back. Still a good one.

For the evening crowd: I went deep with @mattkindt.bsky.social and @davidlapham.bsky.social about a neat-o new superhero story (that's so, so much more than a superhero story). CC @darkhorse.com

A Legendary Hero's Caught Between Two Worlds in @darkhorse.com's Flux House Books imprint's KNIGHT CITY #1 by @mattkindt.bsky.social, @davidlapham.bsky.social & Josh Reed #NCBD #KnightCity #DarkHorseComics comicsbodega.com/preview-knig...

In my top 5 greatest comics of all time.

Correction @davidlapham.bsky.social drew this issue!

This is a good project. Well worth your comic dollar. Seek it out. Be a seeker.

Don't miss our TOP #COMICS of the WEEK: Assorted Crisis Events #8 (@denizcamp.bsky.social, @ericxyz.bsky.social) Nights #17 (Kennedy, Formisano) #XMen Of Apocalypse #2 (Loeb, Di Meo) Good As Dead #5 (Maria and @davidlapham.bsky.social) @imagecomics.com #comicsky Hear why:

Seven preview pages and a dream come true for me to have finishes by one of my comics heroes—Bill Sienkiewicz!

Introduction…I’m an Eisner winning artist and writer, known for the independent noir comic book series STRAY BULLETS, that I cocreated with my partner Maria Lapham. In any medium, I believe in visual storytelling that can knock you on your ass.

"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know. This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.

Featuring perhaps the greatest line-up of virtuoso talents ever assembled PRE-ORDER: 'The Hab' #1 by Joshua Dysart, David Lapham, Bill Sienkiewicz, Bill Crabtree, and Matt Hollingsworth @badideahello.bsky.social @davidlapham.bsky.social www.lotuslandcomics.com/2026/01/pre-...

ICYMI: Creators @mattkindt.bsky.social and @davidlapham.bsky.social come together on Knight City, a brand new 3-issue action-adventure series coming in February! Details: bit.ly/4niY8QI Will our hero embrace his extraordinary abilities or seek solace in the ordinary?

Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.

Do the Right Thing (1989): Rosie Perez’ Dance Watercolor on 9” x 12” watercolor paper #5 in the 40 movies I haven’t seen from the AFI 100! Unfortunately a very timely movie for today’s world. #art #movies #painting #watercolor

1st is objective, second is point of view, third is subjective. As The Five Cs of Cinematography (Mascelli) would have it. There's a fine line between pov & subjective. Point of view is seeing what a character sees but not precisely through their eyes. Subjective is through a character's eyes.

My Pick of the Week is @absurdventures.com's American Caper #1! A deep look into the "American Dream" 50+ years later. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNGd...

Wow!

Matt Kindt + Dave Lapham team up for 'Knight City,' coming from @darkhorse.com in February: smashpages.net/2025/11/07/m... @mattkindt.bsky.social @davidlapham.bsky.social

Spent a fortune at @thebeguiling.bsky.social & regret nothing. Can’t wait to dive into comics from cartoonist geniuses one & all: Oima, Urushibara, @davidlapham.bsky.social, @gustaffovargas.bsky.social + Walsh, Otero & Malkasian. (Today was why I couldn’t make a Favourite Books of 2025 list yet.) 📚

Top Comics to Buy for November 12 www.comicsbeat.com/top-comics-t... @danpgwatters.bsky.social @cleanlined.bsky.social @patrickhorvath.bsky.social @stephaniehans.bsky.social @mikemignola.bsky.social @robwilliams71.bsky.social @getcampbell.bsky.social @davidlapham.bsky.social

"American Caper #1 is a solid start to an irreverent and surprisingly intriguing crime story, mixing dark humor with well-detailed art." @darkhorse.com #comicbooks #comics #NCBD @jodyhouser.bsky.social #comicsky @davidlapham.bsky.social Out tomorrow, read @cjwritesstuff.bsky.social's review:

American Caper issue #1 is available now! Details: bit.ly/495HYXu A new crime-fiction saga created and written by Dan Houser, with additional writing by Lazlow, art by Eisner Award winner @davidlapham.bsky.social, and cover from @tylerboss.bsky.social. In collaboration with @absurdventures.com