Lizabeth Scott in her dressing room for Dead Reckoning (1947)

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Exclusive - Free chapter to read! Today at @literarygarage.bsky.social , Russell Thayer and I are giving you a chapter of our new 'Kansas City Breakdown' ... it's like that appetizer you're going to wolf down! Pretty exciting scene ... read it here: literarygarage.com/kansas-city-...

Eddie Muller’s list of 25 essential Hollywood noirs on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/TCqsW @eddiemuller.bsky.social @noirbeachshack.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social #noiralley

My newest piece for @moviejawn.com in the Nuns issue is THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS. Plus I started a Rosalind Russell illustration streak after HIS GIRL FRIDAY last issue😉 Pick up the latest issue: moviejawn.com/shop/spring-2026

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April showers 🌧️☂️ bring May flowers... Gene Tierney here in #filmnoir, Laura (1944), with costumes by Bonnie Cashin. Considered a pioneer in the design of American sportswear, Cashin was hired in 1962 by Miles and Lillian Cahn as the first designer for Coach. #FilmNoirFashion

Just learned this morning that I’m a Derringer Award finalist for “Chains,” a story published last September by All Due Respect. Big thanks to ADR, the SMFS judges, and all my friends who read the story. I’m honored by your support.

🚀 👀 🌝 Go Artemis II! 😁👍

Today’s Artemis II launch marks a major step forward in space exploration. I have had the privilege of spending time with this crew and seeing their discipline and commitment up close. As they begin this mission, I am wishing them a safe journey and a safe return home.

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Wow what a great launch! 🚀✨

#FilmNoirClub is on hiatus, but something new is coming! After three wonderful years with our weekly format, we are making a few changes, and we hope all the Noiristas out there will continue to join us. Stay tuned for details & follow us at @thenoircollective.bsky.social #TheNoirCollective

⏰ JUST ADDED! Spend the Friday before Mother’s Day with…Mother. 🔪 Join our pals Sidetrackd16 on Friday, May 8th for a screening of Alfred Hitchcock's stone cold stunner, PSYCHO on 16mm film at Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company 🎟 $5 tickets here: neshaminycreekbrewing.square.site/product/psyc...

Hey new film pals! Don’t miss our latest movie zine featuring Cinematic Nuns! This issue is going fast and is now shipping. Order here: www.moviejawn.com/shop/spring-...

Hello new film pals! 👋🏻 If you found us from @screendrafts.bsky.social, welcome! We are on @letterboxd.social here: boxd.it/8fRr

Hello 👋🏻 new film pals! I am on @letterboxd.social - follow me here boxd.it/aTWF

I'm available for commissions! Do you need some art for an album/EP/single cover, podcast, social media, or just because? Email patrick(at)patrickkingart.com and let's make something great! I also do logo/graphic and web design! Check out all my work at patrickkingart.com

Brilliant short video with Douglas Trumbull talking very candidly about his work on Star Trek: The Motion Picture, a challenging production to say the least! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARtB...

Just finished, a VERY early commission for TerrifiCon this coming summer. Client requested Spidey vs. The Green Goblim and gave me some classic images that he liked as a jumping off point. He absolutely wanted an aerial battle. Goauche on hot press paper, 11 x 17".

Thank you to all who joined in for my #WomensHistoryMonth featuring notable #WomenInNoir, heroines, dames, and #femmefatale in front of and behind the camera! Want more? Check out Eddie Muller’s revised edition of Dark City Dames: The Women Who Defined #FilmNoir book. Highly recommend!

Just a reminder, I have a piece in the latest @moviejawn.com Magazine. I wrote about IMMACULATE, a movie I don't love but has one aspect I really appreciate. Order your copy today! www.moviejawn.com/shop/spring-...

I can barely believe it ... but MAQ #14 - THE BIGFOOT ISSUE is in the wild! Featuring tales from the MAMs and articles on #Sasquatch in pulp culture by @stephenrbissette.bsky.social , @bobdeis.bsky.social , Loren Coleman, Keith Roysdon, and me. Get it at your local Amazon. More soon!

Audrey Totter, the genre icon, starred in 15+ #filmnoir playing bad girls so good. Your favorite? 📽️ The Postman Always Rings Twice ('46) Lady in the Lake ('47) The Unsuspected ('47) High Wall ('47) Tension ('49) The Set-Up ('49) #WomenInNoir

In the year of our saviors (Mulder and Scully) 2026 the kids are still discovering THE X-FILES. I want to believe we can still be a civilization. 🛸👽

HBD BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY

This movie is featured in our latest issue compliments of @cinemasips.bsky.social with so many other blessed CINEMATIC NUNS Purchase your copy here

Gloria Grahame, a #FilmNoir legend. Nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Crossfire. What's your favorite of her roles? 📽️ The Big Heat ('53) Sudden Fear ('52) Odds Against Tomorrow ('59) Crossfire ('47 In a Lonely Place ('50) Human Desire ('54) #WomenInNoir

Its Marc Silvestri's birthday today. He drew some of my favorite X-Men comics ever. Happy Birthday to him. #xmen

Old school here—THE first major crossover event (there were a few before it but didn’t have consequences for years after) SECRET WARS, followed by Inferno and The Fall of the Mutants. Uncanny X-Men changed drastically for many characters.

Gene Tierney. The iconic beauty. She was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for Leave Her to Heaven ('45). What's your favorite of her roles: Laura '44 Leave Her to Heaven '45 Night and the City '50 Where the Sidewalk Ends '50 Whirlpool '50 #WomenInNoir

PRAISE CINEMA! The latest zine is flying out the door. Don’t miss snagging this blessed publication all about CINEMATIC NUNS. Purchase here: www.moviejawn.com/shop/spring-...

Getting back to posting my Star Trek works 🖖 Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys (Deep Space Nine) Commissions open — DM me #StarTrek #DeepSpaceNine #KiraNerys @nanavisitor.bsky.social

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Miss Black Valkyrie is open for commissions! 🖤 I’m doing Pin-Up illustrations for personal or commercial purposes! 🖤 Dm me for information 🖤 #commission #commissions #openforcommissions

Agent Valkyrie has arrive! 🖤 Staring new series inspired by vintage noir crime atmosphere… She’s a woman in crime! 🖤 Hope you will enjoy this new series… 🤭 #vintageart #pinupart #comicart #vintage #pinup #noir #crime

Ann Sheridan, #filmnoir icon who starred in so many of the genre classics. Do you have a favorite: They Made Me a Criminal '39 They Drive by Night '40 City for Conquest '40 Castle on the Hudson '40 Nora Prentiss '47 The Unfaithful '47 Woman on the Run '50 #WomenInNoir

Ethel Lina White was a British crime writer whose '33 novel, The Wheel Spins, became Hitchcock’s film The Lady Vanishes, and an earlier novel, Some Must Watch, became Robert Siodmak's #filmnoir The Spiral Staircase. #WomenInNoir #WomensHistoryMonth

Rita Hayworth is best known for her performance in the '46 #filmnoir Gilda, in which she played the iconic #femmefatale in her first major dramatic role. She was also in the genre classic The Lady from Shanghai '47. #WomenInNoir

We used to be a civilization. And maybe in the 25th Century we will be again.

"She needs me. It's not as if is she were a maniac, a raving thing. She just goes—a little mad sometimes. We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven't you?" #TCMParty

M.E. Proctor (@meproctor.bsky.social) graciously dedicated her most recent installment of The Roll Top Desk to my cover for KANSAS CITY BREAKDOWN, giving readers a cool behind-the-scenes look at the design process. It was a great conversation. Here’s the link: meproctor.substack.com/p/frank-vate...

Want to know how @frankvatel312.bsky.social came up with that great cover for Kansas City Breakdown? Head over to the stack... meproctor.substack.com/p/frank-vate...

HBD Sterling Hayden THE ASPHALT JUNGLE CRIME WAVE #FilmNoir

HBD Sterling Hayden THE ASPHALT JUNGLE #FilmNoir

Tommy pulling a noir switcheroo on me! I'll get 'em back...someday! #FilmNoirClub