002 - Rogue In lieu of the classic bar graph stats, this set adopts a "Mutant Power Profile" featuring a partial wireframe (SO hot at the time) recreation of the cardfront image w/notes detailing the powers. #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XMenBlue #JoePhillips

001 - Cyclops This set immediately corrects a wrong from previous sets by starting off with the #1 X-Man. 😀 #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XMenBlue #RayLago

003 - Beast Frontrunner for "Best Beast Trading Card." In addition to adopting the thicker cardstock, glossy finishes & foil embellishments of Marvel Masterpieces, all the cards in this set are fully painted. #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XMenBlue #DanBrereton

006 - Wolverine The way his bio is vague about the loss of adamantium makes me assume it was written before "Fatal Attractions" and makes me wonder if the writer even knew the details of the story beyond "radical changes." #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XMenBlue #GlennFabry

007 - Psylocke Bill Sienkiewicz with his first card of the set. Sadly, it's not the greatest Psylocke card. #TradingCardADay #FUXM1 #XMen #XMenBlue #BillSienkiewicz

Hey! I'm editing a science fiction anthology from Rebel Goose that's currently seeking comics that explore the problems of AI (chatbots, llms, robots, virtual reality, etc.) in the style of "Black Mirror," "Twilight Zone," etc. The anthology pays $125/page. www.rebelgoosebooks.com/call-for-sub...

Artwork of Captain Hook I painted for the novel "The Lost Ones" written by Lauren Destefano

Qianliyan (千里眼) and Shunfeng'er (顺风耳), the far-seeing eye and the wind-hearing ear, began as wild spirits of Fujian’s Golden Water before becoming divine guardians in Chinese folklore. Subdued by the Heavenly Consort, they were bound to her service as 1/2 #folklore

he is pretty malevolent

In the Goetia, Shax is a marquis who commands 30 legions of demons on evil horses. He can be summoned by a sorcerer to rob a person of anything. Sometimes Shax gives sorcerers good familiars, but other times he instead gives them treacherous ones. He is annoyed if summoned too often. #WyrdWednesday

WHO’S THAT NOBODY?? Here’s the game: Name an obscure comic character in the comments. If you know a named character, comment under it The character with the fewest comments wins! You can’t pick your own character, has to be from a widely distributed comic. No kickstarters or underground zines!

Valpuri Kyni was a Finnish woman who lived in the Tyrvää region in the 17th century and was convicted of witchcraft. She is the only person in Finland who is known with certainty to have been subjected to the water ordeal as a suspected witch. #WyrdWednesday 🧵

Huw Llwyd was a self-proclaimed Welsh wizard who lived in Shakespeare's time. According to legend, Huw once investigated a Welsh inn where people regularly lost their valuables. He discovered that the inn was run by two witches who transformed into cats to rob their sleeping guests. #WyrdWednesday

I can forgive human errors, except the human error of choosing to AI-generate anything

"I only read Richard Scarry's Busy Town because real life is already dark and spooky enough without fiction adding to the problem," you say. Fool! you have learned the wrong lesson. You are an apple car in the Busy Town of your life, devoid of will, hollow inside. And the worm is driving.

Pico and I discussing all the hot goss

Yorkshire's "Mother Shipton" lived in a cave with a skull-shaped pool, concocted herbal remedies and had a brief marriage that ended in her husband's untimely death. She's also said to have predicted the Great Fire of London and the Spanish Armada! #WyrdWednesday

THE DUNWICH HORROR (Jacques Tourneur, 1946) Scholars at Miskatonic University (Boris Karloff, Ray Milland) are forced to do battle with a horrific multidimensional entity when rural oddball Wilbur Whateley (Vincent Price) attempts to steal an ancient grimoire.

A witch with her book of spells by Salvator Rosa, 1646. #WyrdWednesday #witch #witchcraft #ItalianArt #BaroqueArt #Baroque

Wyrdlings! Something wicked this way comes! With Walpurgis Night neigh upon us, we give you: “Witching Hour” as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic – come, tell us familiar tales and stories of flying ointments, of brooms and the Sabbath!

the core of the trump voter's desire is just frederic farrar's abominable fancy, that they, the saved elect, should be entertained by the suffering of the damned in hell

Gerry Conway has died. Age 73. Cancer. Conway's stories and characters loom large in my personal comics history. I grew up reading, and loving, his work. He's best known for writing the gutwrenching Death of Gwen Stacey. As good as superdude comics get. Thanks, Gerry. Safe travels.

✨Anyone who keeps making art, even when it doesn't feel "good enough", deserves to call themselves an artist✨

In the Brothers Grimm version of "Snow White," the Evil Queen tries to kill Snow White again at the girl's wedding. So the dwarfs make red-hot iron slippers, the prince forces the Queen to wear them, and she is made to dance until the shoes burn her to death. #MythologyMonday

Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for Monday's theme: DANCE! Which myths feature dancing, a dance or ball, or moving to a rhythm? Write out your story and use the hashtag #mythologymonday for boosts. See you soon!

I've begun to wonder to what extent Americans genuinely believe that trade is a favour they do for the rest of the world, rather than something they benefit (often disproportionately) from.

There is a direct throughline from this and the rise in global authoritarianism. Authoritarianism is actively hostile toward the arts and intellectualism, and thus imagination. When people say that AI is a “fascist project,” this is explicitly what they’re referring to.

"Three young Barn Owls looking out of the quatrefoil of a church in North Norfolk."

CLODUMBO.

One of the things I’ve been working on in the background is my comic for the TOUCH GRASS anthology by @powerandmagic.bsky.social‬. It’s on kickstarter till May 7th, so now is a good time to preorder. (ps. The ebook has kickstarter pricing!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

also, gonna say, if you're depressed, if you're stressed, if you're hurting and going crazy right now - i really cannot urge you enough to make art about it or make art not about it just make art - nothing I've done in years has had such a positive effect on my mental health and stress

I'M OPENING COMMISSIONS!!! Hello folks, I am getting back into doing some commissions, so if you ever wanted a character draw in my style, now's the time! For now there are 5 SLOTS. If you can please share this post with your friends, it would mean a lot to me. Cheers!

"I made up my mind to try again, so I went to the wood where the pool was, where I saw the White People, and I tried again [to call them]. The dark nymph, Alanna, came, and she turned the pool of water into a pool of fire...." - Arthur Machen, "The White People" 🎨Anna Vinogradova #BookWormSat

Hey what the fuck??

"As to being in a fright, Allow me to remark That ghosts have just as good a right, In every way, to fear the light As men to fear the dark." "No plea," said I, "can well excuse Such cowardice in you...." - Lewis Carroll, "Phantasmagoria" 🎨Arthur B. Frost #BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly

Jessica Rabbit! ❤️ I need to re-watch 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' It's been far too long, #jessicarabbit #jessicarabbitfanart #whoframedrogerrabbit #fanart #digitalart #illustration #classicmovie #pinup #2D #2Dart #2Dartist #cartoon #cartoonart #cartoonstyle #stylized #stylizedart #stylizedartwork

‘After all, what is every man? A horde of ghosts – like a Chinese nest of boxes – oaks that were acorns that were oaks.’ ~ Walter de la Mare. This #BookWormSat will celebrate the birthdate of Walter de la Mare with the haunted, the uncanny and the hidden worlds of literature. Do join us.

This rules actually. Indigeneity's role in American food history (particularly southern food, mexican cuisine, and BBQ) is often erased and downplayed.

Back Hospice Inferno today and save yourself 600% www.kickstarter.com/projects/229...

I'm a big admirer of John's publishing efforts here in Van... and this looks pretty cool. Consider backing if you can!

"I say, Cicely, are you aware it's #PhantomsFriday on the morrow?" Indeed it is, and I'm looking forward to more ghostly fun and frolics tomorrow. Please contribute posts on all things #ghost - including words, art, #folklore, popular culture, haunted locations etc etc.

Feeling disappointed in yourself or trapped in a cycle of disappointing others? This book helps address the mental health complications of growing up autistic. Learn about the good and the bad in “The Big Soup: Growing up Autistic". To back the kickstarter go to tinyurl.com/3tezmrzw

A quagmire that lasted 15 years is now the benchmark? Well, after Afghanistan I guess.

I’ve been spending the day watching this implosion and it’s pretty funny to see that comedy is once again illegal in obamas america

This is the best spider-man of all time to me and it’s not even close

True story.

Greetings, dear Bibliophiles! Apologies for the recent absence. I’ve just committed to an adventurous project that will require a 3 month hiatus from #BookologyThursday. #BookChatWeekly resumes next week. Thank you for your understanding, and looking forward to seeing you here!

CL - Checklist I do love that they made a checklist card for this set (released to various comic shops). I can source at least four of the images of the cardfront (Punisher, Psylocke, Colossus & Jean). Scans via @tradingcarddb #TradingCardADay #93A #Checklist