I'd like to go back in time and have a chat with Gil Kane about his freaking markers...

I fear that, if I show someone using a "strike anywhere" match in this period script, modern audiences will wonder how the hell they're getting it to spark against their thumbnail, shoe leather, etc.

Extraction Actor Becomes Knight!

Yes! Part of why Neal Adams was such a unicorn. When he had all the power he used it to lift up his less powerful peers.

It's been attempted. I was part of meetings aimed at forming at least a guild in the early '90s. Just insurance access, travel discounts, etc Herding cats would be a lot easier. There was, at the time at least, an inherent skepticism among freelancers. I knew we were cooked when one artist said...

Let’s go! Got my comps today, and I am so pumped to see this thing in print. BAD THOUGHTS #1 hits stores next Wednesday, June 10th. Ask for it by name! @ignitionpress.bsky.social #badthoughts

I can't afford most original art these days, but I do keep my eye open for "bargains". Something Wicked This Way Comes is one of my all-time favorite books, and Robert Peak is one of America's greatest illustrators. I just bought this rough, likely done for a potential movie poster in '83.

Writer Ande Parks finds a home with Ignition Press and is loving it. Parks discusses this and more on this week's episode. From Episode 283: Ande Parks (capestights.com/ep283) @ignitionpress.bsky.social @andeparks.bsky.social

Really good chat. Check it out! #badthoughts @ignitionpress.bsky.social

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic creator Ande Parks to discuss his latest comics Bad Thoughts, Tyler Rake: An Extraction Story, and more! Watch or listen: capestights.com/ep283 @andeparks.bsky.social @ignitionpress.bsky.social

Normalize comic book creators showing up at cons as their favorite superheroes again. I mean, not me. No way. Other, more confident creators.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live: REM Los Lobos The Replacements They Might Be Giants Merle Haggard Belle and Sebastian Prince The DBs David Byrne Springsteen

My actual parents

God, I love Johnny Craig.

A note I found yesterday while walking in Portland.

It always made me mad that "they" didn't let Joe Rubinstein ink Byrne's final Captain America issue. The printed pencils looked terrible, in my opinion. So... I asked Joe to show off what it might have looked like be inking the coolest pose from that issue. (Portrait added at my request.)

I'm fascinated by Kyle Baker's brief inking career. I think he was cranking to keep the lights on as he launched his brilliant career as a writer/artist, and it shows. But Kyle's genius as a cartoonist shines through and brings out something great & unique. Here he is over John Byrne on Avengers.

I remember hanging out in @drawmanley.bsky.social's studio when he was working on the book. Amazing times!

Tempted to buy a ticket near the bullpen tonight just to yell about how John Schreiber is stealing money with every crappy appearance. I know there's plenty of blame to go around on this team, but sometimes a fan just has to have a focal point, you know? #Royals

The first review for Bad Thoughts is out, and it is good! Please tell your retailer you need a copy. Or two!

Tyler Rake: An Extraction Story is in stores today! If you won't believe me that you need it, check out this review and then go get you some! @ignitionpress.bsky.social comiccrusaders.com/comic-books/...

I sat down to talk about all things Extraction (reprint, film, and new comics!) with @andeparks.bsky.social Coming very soon from @ignitionpress.bsky.social! open.substack.com/pub/articles...

I can’t tell you how important this is to me after being absent (as a writer) from store shelves for so long. Let’s go!

Bardot can go screw, but leaving Bud Cort out of the memoriam last night is some bullshit.

Some info, just because I have a few convention appearances on the horizon: I never charge for signatures. I do not charge for remarques, but if I'm drawing on your comic I'm probably drawing what I damn well want to.

Gilbert Gottfried was right. Ferris Bueller is a raging douche nozzle.

Ciudad: An Extraction Story Preorder by 3/6 to save 25%! impulsecreations.com/collections/... @andeparks.bsky.social @ignitionpress.bsky.social

Went through the studio bookshelves today, taking perverse joy in dumping books by creators I’ve decided were d-bags.

It’s been a long time since I had new comics out as a writer. That changes soon & in a huge way! The graphic novel that kicked off the Extraction franchise, back in print & in color! And the zero issue for my first new creator-owned series in years, Bad Thoughts. All from @ignitionpress.bsky.social

The NY Times dared me to spend a solid ten minutes staring at this Klimt masterpiece this morning. I could zoom and pan, but I had to stay focused on the Woman in Gold for the duration. What a bright, glorious way to start my day in these dark times.

Remember when portfolios were a thing? I loved them. Dug these out of the basement today. Gorgeous work by Adams, Anderson, Chaykin, Golden, Jones, Kirby, Sienkiewicz, Wrightson and more. Most portfolios were signed. Such a lovely way for artists to share their work.

The world was saved because a human being didn't trust a computer.

Good lord... gasp. This Jack Davis cover is being auctioned at Heritage, and I just spent a full half hour studying the scan. So much genius here, but what keeps drawing me in is the contrast of line in the two figures, and the inking on the background guy. So casually perfect. He made it look easy.

The press for BAD THOUGHTS (and other awesome @ignitionpress.bsky.social books) has begun! New action thriller from me and @davewachter.bsky.social coming this May! bleedingcool.com/comics/ignit...

New newsletter all about new comics! andeparks-newoldfashioned.beehiiv.com/p/new-comics...

We announced my new @ignitionpress.bsky.social book at #comicspro yesterday, and I’m super excited about it! Bad Thoughts, coming in May, by myself, artist @davewachter.bsky.social and colorist @20eyesbrad.bsky.social. More info soon!

I defy anyone to watch this clip (from Get Low) and say that any screen actor ever did it better. #robertduvall www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWth...

RIP to my favorite film actor.

Y’all remember that the Joker is in The Thin Man, right?

Random Friday Art Share from my collection: This is the first original art I ever purchased. A Savage Sword of Conan page by John Buscema and Tony DeZuniga. Impeccable work by these two giants. Tony is my favorite of all of the b&w Buscema Conan stuff. He doesn't overwhelm like Chan, Alcala, etc.

Henry Perry, the father of Kansas City barbecue, and the creator of a sauce recipe that was "harsh and peppery". Arthur Bryant would eventually make it a tad sweeter when he took over the business & it is still the greatest sauce in the world. And yes, folks ate some crazy shit a hundred years ago.

Tony Salmons.

My new newsletter is live at Beehiiv! Kansas City history and news about new Extraction comics from @ignitionpress.bsky.social. Check it out and sign up! andeparks-newoldfashioned.beehiiv.com/p/handshakes

What a show! #badbunny

Drew some arrow dude. It has been a minute.

In 1946, cartoonist & illustrator Noel Sickles was sent by Life magazine to sketch the Nuremberg trials. Here is his sketch of the execution of Joachim Von Ribbentrop, who claimed at trial that his boss had made all of the important decisions, & that he was only following orders.

I hate cliches about writing, especially "that one", but the sad truth is that - to finally put the scene that has now cost me a full week of my working life to bed - I'm gonna have to lose the bit of it that I most cherished.

Damn. Catherine O’Hara was such a brilliant goddess. Rest in peace.

They've arrested their first "prominent" journalist. A relatively unpopular one, but one the courts already told them to leave alone. Just, you know, testing the waters.

I am but an amateur expert at best, but I suspect we're seeing a lot of sweet Terry Austin backgrounds on this Power Records Batman page by Neal Adams and Dick Giordano (1975). We know Terry worked with Dick around this period, and the sharpness of the lines is pretty unique.