Here's the process for my Youngblood 100 cover: Step one: pencilled the image, then outlined the figures and background with a marker, giving it a dead line. Step two: erased the pencils. Step three: added shadows with a blush. Step four: added rendering and detail with a Hunt 102 and white out.

This is literally what DEI was supposed to combat--so that LESS qualified white men couldn't get promoted ahead of more qualified candidates. Trump and Hegseth are as racist as unexceptional white men come.

Great speech, dude.

I think we need to find a better metric for electing a leader than "who would you most like to have a beer with?" While it might be more fun to have a beer with Donald Trump than Hillary Clinton or Kamala Harris, both would have been far better leaders.

The Atlantic sucks for a reason.

just a breathtaking self-own here from Ted Cruz

Oh. So they want Obama’s nuclear deal minus Obama’s signature. Got it.

h/t to @adammockler.com for pointing out this gem from 2016.

Saddened to hear of the passing of Sam Kieth, a brilliant artist, writer, and all around human being. One of the earliest artists to jump aboard Image in its infancy. Sam used Mako and Savage Dragon in the Maxx and I used the Maxx in Savage Dragon. We only collaborated once and Sam bailed on that.

I am not okay with that. Sam was an absolute sweetheart and a terrific artist. That is tragic.

The US President casually announcing his intention to commit war crimes on social media. That's where you're at, America.

what a smorgasbord of assholes

There are a few. Savage Dragon 104 & 105 have comic strips in them with something of that vibe. In SD 120 Angel and Mr. Glum go trick-or-treating as Calvin and Hobbes, SD 236 has alternating Sunday strip pages that are reminiscent of it and SD 252 has a straight up Calvin & Hobbes Sunday homage.

The recent Golden Age-sized DC reprints are actually slightly larger than real Golden Age comic books. At the same time, the interior art is being reproduced proportionately too small. Actual Golden Age comic books didn’t have such gigantic margins.

What kind of Game of Thrones-level multi-front war was going on between The Comics Code Authority, Marvel's production department, and Bill Everett's penchant for delineating Natasha Romanoff's nipples?

I am shocked to learn this is actually underestimating costs, because it ignores the infrastructure costs. This video is lowballing it.

Same. I think the movies should aspire to match the comic book costumes--not have the comics emulate the compromised movie costumes. We should be flaunting our advantages not caving.

The one thing I would suggest to any comic book costume designer is to keep it simple. The early Batman design was simple and strong--it could be rendered like crazy by Neal Adams or Jim Lee--or kept simple and iconic like Alex Toth or David Mazzucchelli, without any artist having to redesign it.

In this article, CNN quotes Trump's comments today at length but leaves out the part where he refers to the CA governor as president of the United States. I thought maybe the viral clip had been poorly edited, but nope: He said it. And CNN, et all, just cover for Trump youtu.be/VwxCMXfYIFk?...

Because of course he didn't.

Maddow: How is Jared Kushner's role in the U.S. attacking Iran not more of a show-stopping scandal?

DC's best logo was their logo from '72-74. Marvel's best logo is their current one. Both are easy to read. Both look good when reduced in size. Both are a bit boring but that's fine--they should be boring and unobtrusive. They shouldn't be competing for attention with their book logos.

Playing art director (Or stupid shit I do for fun when I really should be working). In my spare time, I occasionally like to monkey around with different comic book covers, changing the logos or other elements to suit my own sensibilities. Here are a few examples.

“Section 14 of the Press Law ordered editors ‘to keep out of the newspapers anything which…tends to weaken the strength of the German Reich, outwardly or inwardly.’” - William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 405

Have you worked with an artist whose instincts were just completely baffling to you? Like--they left an unusual amount of space when characters had nothing to say and no space when you needed there to be room for copy? I had one of those recently and it made dialoguing the book nearly impossible.

Hero of the beach!

We’ve never, ever had this before. A President completely untethered to truth. I mean completely untethered to truth. That’s such a bad thing. But you know what’s even worse? Way, way too many people don’t care. And way too much of the media no longer cares.

Spider-Man Noir #2 (Oct 2025). Story: Erik Larsen (@eriklarsen.bsky.social), pencils and inks: Andrea Broccardo, colors: Rachelle Rosenberg

I would advise writers attempting humor in comics not to make pop culture references. Not only will they not age well but you can't count on your audience being familiar with the source material. Better to have it reference itself and give your audience all of the context it needs to get the joke.

I'm sure the Gold Star families who lost loved ones in this Iran attack will be comforted by this.

complete insanity

This guy really does struggle to read, doesn't he? I know he gave Obama shit for using the teleprompter but at least Obama didn't stop in weird places and inflect as though sentences were over when they weren't.

The Trump regime is withholding $259 million in Medicaid funding from Minnesota over loose allegations of "fraud." Meanwhile, Trump has pardoned multiple convicted fraudsters, including several who gave money to his campaign and Super PAC. The "law and order" president.

Trump is a stochastic terrorist.

Apparently Turner Classic Movies played the movie Gaslight during the State of the Union Address. Well played, Turner Classic Movies. Well played.

After pointing at Democrats and saying they are "crazy," Trump says, "We’re lucky we have a country, with people like this. Democrats are destroying our country, but we stopped it, just in the nick of time." Just insanely destructive. Indefensible — but Republicans stood and clapped.

SOTU taking on some ominous lynch mob vibes as the almost entirely white and overwhelmingly male Republicans in the chamber stand and jeer at their Democratic colleagues while their angry, screaming leader eggs them on.

Trump wants us to believe he’s strong when in reality he’s a historically weak president with an administration run by depraved incompetent sycophants taking wannabe authoritarian actions that are constantly backfiring with rejection in the courts, public opinion, and elections.

Lots of folks asking me who I’d like to vote for in 2028 and my answer reminds the same: it’s AOC. But I’ll vote for whichever Dem the primary voters choose as their candidate.

More billions than Elon behind this abomination. Please tell fellow Brits to look at what’s happening in Minnesota; to US economy; to US’ standing in the world. Brexit really isolated you, 🇬🇧. But if you pursue this course, you’ll be more alone than you can even imagine. Putin will be overjoyed!

This really is a great picture:

Any chance to repost this classic Busta Rhymes moment

Kung hei fat choi!

This

Update on my thumb--nasty infection led to doctor's visit and fluids drained. Now it's a bandaged mess. I can't hold a pencil in my usual way and my hand simply isn't coordinated enough to use a more traditional grip. Translation--while I can do rough pencils--I won't be able to ink for a while.

Blondie was ahead of its time.

If your idea of a Nazi BBQ doesn't involve food of any kind, you owe it to yourself to pick up Spider-Man Noir by @eriklarsen.bsky.social! This series was so great. No idea if the show will be good, but they'd do well to use this book as a template.

Meanwhile, many libraries that used to offer passport services were recently told by the Federal government they can’t do that anymore. Probably a coincidence!

Does your President ever just shut up? It’s fucking embarrassing. It’s exhausting seeing him post total bollocks. Does he not learn. Only the other day he told the Planet he was a racist.