Here’s my new Solomon Kane cover. Coming soon from Titan…

Here's the teaser for Solomon Kane: The Lion Errant On sale in July 22, 2026.

Great news @patrickzircher.bsky.social! And nice group of variant covers also including @jhwilliams3.bsky.social @danbrereton.bsky.social returning. #RobertEHoward #ComicSky #SwordAndSorcery #SolomonKane fanboyfactor.com/2026/04/bran... @heroicsignatures.bsky.social @comicstitan.bsky.social

Latest read (audio), Why Read the Classics? (2001) by Italo Calvino; 36 of Calvino's essays, written in the 1960s-1980s. As much as I read, I had only read half the authors & a third of the books discussed--yet found the insights interesting, perceptive. I've expanded my reading list. #BookSky

"Kings do not touch doors. They do not know the pleasure of pushing open, slowly or brusquely, one of these big familiar panels. Holding a door in your arms. The pleasure of moving those tall barriers, progress slowing, eyes opening, and your whole body adapting to a new world." --Francis Ponge

Latest read, Brideshead Revisited (1945) by Evelyn Waugh; the years between the World Wars and the fading of British aristocracy are the setting as Catholicism creates a schism between lovers who believe & do not believe. Moments when it's too precious and others that are sublime. Excellent #BookSky

BRAND NEW SOLOMON KANE - COVER REVEAL FOR THE LION'S ERRANT @comicstitan.bsky.social @patrickzircher.bsky.social #solomonkane buff.ly/acCGe5d

Latest read (audio), The Plum in the Golden Vase vol 1 (16th cent, Ming Dynasty); this anonymous work tells of how Ximin Qing, a wealthy, lascivious merchant came to have six wives. Funny, cruel, raunchy, scheming, and sexually explicit (even by today's standards). Quite a surprise. #BookSky

Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay from April 15, 1906.

Wishing Adam Hughes and his family strength and the best possible outcome. Adam is one of the best to ever do it.

"Aren't you ashamed of yourself, roasting children!" #TCMParty

It wasn't until D&D came along that we 'nerd's' had a way of evaluating how good a fighter Sinbad was. "10th level" "13th level at least, he's going to need multiple attacks per round" #TCMParty

This will sound weird but I love the original audio of 70s movies. A lot of them have that very slight "in a cup" echo.

Mom took my brothers and I to this. She bought Conan, Kull, Thor, Dr. Strange comics, never missed King Kong, Tarzan, Mighty Joe Young, Jason & the Argonauts. Played D&D (until she felt it would 'cramp my style' with my friends). She told me who Ray Harryhausen was. #TCMParty

Two women on screen who I've never forgotten :) #TCMParty

#ComingUpOnTCM THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1973) John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker Dir.: Gordon Hessler 7:00 PM PT Sinbad battles a fiendish magician and his many monsters. 1h 45m | Adventure | TV-G #TCM #TCMParty

Latest read (audio), Four Arthurian Romances (1170-81) by Chretian de Troyes. Novella length tales of Erec and Enide, Cligès, Yvain (The Knight of the Lion), and Lancelot. They may be more entertaining than Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur; the action is more outrageous, the romance sexier. #BookSky

Tucson birthed a great band, the Giant Sandworms, that sound like a strung out Dinosaur Jr. So laidback when they lost the rights to their name, they called themselves Giant Sand. Anyway, you'd find PJ Harvey, Victoria Williams, Neko Case, Juliana Hatfield, Steve Wynn, all joining them on records.

Watched a 1930s Nancy Drew for the first time. Bonita Granville starred in a series of them. They're light and charming.

"It's just that demon life has got me in its sway." Swampy, loose, bluesy Stones. --sigh-- youtu.be/u9BagHtCQvQ?...

My first episode of Megatropolis Book 2 is out today in this month's "Judge Dredd Megazine". I'm picking up the strip after the sad and premature death of original artist Dave Taylor and doing my best to make the transition as seamless as possible. @2000ad.bsky.social

Today is the 94th birthday of Angelo Torres, born April 14, 1932. The last surviving artist to do work for EC Comics, he is probably best known for his several decades with Mad magazine.

Latest read (audio), The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) by Hannah Arendt. A level-headed examination of the greatest madness of mankind, from the late 19th through mid 20th century; divided into three sections; Antisemitism, Imperialism, and Class differences. "The evil that men do." #BookSky

Can't watch the Suns game without getting yet another Streaming service. Who pays for the arenas?

Dog. Person. Same

Socrates didn't write the first detective story but there are moments, because he uses the Socratic Method of proposing an argument or question, then answering it, that he seems like a detective. A fictional story with Socrates solving a crime would be fun.

Here's a thread with seven full pages of story and art from our upcoming comic THE HAB Writer: Joshua Dysart. Artists: @davidlapham.bsky.social & Bill Sienkiewicz. Colorists: Bill Crabtree & Matt Hollingsworth. Covers by Charlie Adlard. Coming in April! Let's go!

Poe didn't write the first detective story. Americans :)

Y’all know what time it is! #PortfolioDay Like always, I’m Winiberto and I’m a comic artist/writer and illustrator. I love saturated colors and cute critters. I’m currently available for commissions/comics/covers. Email: [email protected] Portfolio: supcheesebag.carrd.co

:) But he doesn't-- not in the book. A non-Christian can enjoy the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Aslan (Turkish for "lion") sacrifices himself then comes back to life. That's the entire extent of 'religion' in the book. Christ is never mentioned by name. There are no prayers, churches, etc.

Latest read, 3 essays from The Oxford Handbook of George Orwell (2025); Helen Tyson on Orwell's reading habits, Luke Seaber on his humor, Patricia Rae on his innovations. My 1st foray into the Oxford Handbook series. In depth perceptive analysis. I'll read this intermittently between others #BookSky

Latest read (audio), The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950) by CS Lewis; the Pevensie children discover, inside a wardrobe, a portal to a fantasy world where they must counter the ambition of an icy witch. Christian allegory in Aslan the Lion but there is no sermonizing. Truly magical #BookSky

This image captures the whole spirit of Racer X. Toshiro Mifune could have played Racer X.

Dump of old things that I found while looking for something that I didn’t find. Old Stramash pages from I think 2012 and sone pages from a Scottish folk tales pitch 1/3

RIP Gary Kelley 1945-2026

Solomon Kane: Where the Whitethorn Meets the Black by Cavan Scott A great Solomon Kane entry in the Heroic Legends series that was incredibly fast-paced with an excellent twist ending. #SolomonKane #HeroicLegends #RobertEHoward #BookSky 📚🪐

@lukeink.bsky.social’s awesome Solomon Kane pinup in Savage Sword of Conan #13 by @comicstitan.bsky.social #comicsky

My high school art teacher had a disdain for comic art. He sculpted nothing but rai stones (giant stone donuts). I don't hate rai stones. But he hated comics.

In this panel by Kevin Nowlan, notice where an edge line is sometimes not drawn or completed. That creates more natural light. Reduces artificiality/mechanical-ness, or stiffness. It's aesthetically pleasing.

Many of the superhero comics lost 'the brush'. Shading didn't blend or merge. Images were scratchy. There was no understanding of light source. Or positive/negative space. A lot of ignorance of technique as classic illustration (400 years of experience) was no longer a source of inspiration.

I do too. My 80s samples literally looked better than the inked pages in 1992. In the late 90s and 2000s we had to go through a 'slough off the dead skin' process.

I'm with Snake! ✊🏻😎🍎🗽

The only thing about a new Escape from New York is that the city doesn't have the reputation it had in 1981. New York is gentrified. And no one wants to rescue the president.

Just go 'all in' on the Escape From New York reboot and cast Wyatt Russell as Snake.

If there was a prize, like the Nobel Peace Prize, but for The Most Full of Shit, that's one El Cheetoh would have won multiple times. The corruption must be off-the-charts-- the only motive any lucid person would have for tolerating him.

With roleplaying, I gamemastered/reffed a lot. I wasn't always a game hog's favorite ref, but the more quiet players, I was.

Some of my Champions characters, around 1983-84. Ringer, Mr. Moonlight, Stuntman, Wraith, Harlequin, Patriot, Primus, Pharo, Matrix, Dot, The Owl, White Lightning, Mer-Man, Judo

Same. A list of the ones I played more than twice: Boothill Tunnels and Trolls D&D, orig., basic, advanced, 2nd Metamorphosis Alpha Traveller Arduin John Carter Warlord of Mars Fantasy Trip Star Trek Runequest Gammaworld Villains & Vigilantes Space Opera Top Secret Aftermath! Call of Cthulhu (cont)

Latest read (audio), Eight stories from the Vampire Archives Lovely Lady- DH Lawrence Parasite- A Conan Doyle Lonely Women are the Vessels of Time- Harlan Ellison Blood- Fredric Brown Popsy- Stephen King Werewolf and the Vampire- Chetwynd-Hayes Drink My Blood- Matheson Dayblood- Zelazny #BookSky