New shirt for work today, a gift from my buddy Zorab.

RIP to the great Isiah Whitlock Jr. He was in Halifax in 2016 filming the TV series THE MIST, and he stopped by @strangeadventures.bsky.social because he had heard we carried his bobble heads! #sheeeeeeeeeit

Bootleg Scourge Saga comic in 2026 maybe?

Time again for DAVE’S FAVES 2025: a list of my favourite comics that came out in 2025, in no particular order.

Mutant vs merman.

It was a Criterion kinda Christmas. Fun fact, Tim Burton was all set to direct AFTER HOURS, but he graciously stepped aside when he heard Scorsese was interested. He made PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE instead. I’d say everything worked out.

Not enough discourse about how Marty Supreme has pretty much the same opening credits sequence as Look Who’s Talking.

Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.

Squad(ron) goals. #squadronsupreme

Name’s Herman. PW Herman.

I found this great issue of THOR at the flea market today, in which Donald Blake, with the help of Dr. Strange, has to retrieve his magic walking stick from a couple of hobos who are using it for a fishing rod after Loki has thrown it out of a window.

The star of A CHRISTMAS STORY remains this kid

Work in progress. Something new for 2026 (hopefully). #makemorecomics

More @tonymcmillen.bsky.social comics? Santa must have gotten my letter!

This guy is definitely up to no good. #characterdesign #workinprogress #makemorecomics

The 1981 horror film WOLFEN opens with the title creatures murdering a NYC real estate nepo baby who had plans to one day run for president. The most sacred timeline of all, you might say.

A tasty offer for TO peeps!

You know that one Paul Smith issue of X-Men where Rogue and Wolverine fight Viper and Silver Samurai in Japan, right? That issue rules.

Time to finally see what’s up with ZARDOZ.

Half Superman, half Batman, all awesome! If you want to learn all about one of the strangest supervillains of the Silver Age, you need my ALL-STAR COMPOSITE SUPERMAN bootleg comic, complete with backup story starring Steve Ditko’s Odd Man & a tribute to Keith Giffen. DM me if you’re interested.

Elektra & Agent Garrett.

My barber has ceiling lights that look awfully similar to the ones in Louise Fletcher’s office in EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC.

Holiday classics.

Once again, it’s time to scandalize our neighbourhood with the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window.

@coreyhenderson.bsky.social is dropping his top 10 comics of ‘25–aka The Spicy List. He’s one of my cohorts at @strangeadventures.bsky.social and I can attest to his good taste in, and enthusiasm for, comics. He also sold a stack of dad-rock CDs to Benicio Del Toro one time. Or so he says.

I don’t remember how I came into possession of Dee Dee Ramone’s rap debut on cassette, but I’m glad I did. I don’t have anything to actually listen to it on, which is great so I won’t be tempted to throw it on (I have heard it though, and it’s about as good as you’d expect).

I drew this strip for @strangeadventures.bsky.social 21 years ago! I like to think my drawing has improved, but my sense of humour is still just as juvenile (I really think L’il Dopey is poised to make a comeback).

Good luck staying alive! My comic DISCO RIPPER is a 32-page love letter to slasher movies and the disco era, all on glorious newsprint. Available at the link in my bio and from @strangeadventures.bsky.social and @blackrocksbooks.bsky.social.

Sssshh! The big computer head is talking again.

Release the Epstein files! Signed, Epstein’s mother.

Six trailblazing 1990s comic book creators reunite 30 years later, only to be abducted by a mysterious force and thrust into a final battle for the fate of all creation. All 6 issues of my comic THE MAKERS are available now at the link in my bio, but also from @strangeadventures.bsky.social!

Love these guys.

There’s no one better suited to dissect the comics career of the late great Keith Giffen than @michelfiffe.bsky.social.

Brian only had one shirt, and he wore it everywhere.

Let Neptune strike ye dead, Winslow!

I had a whole plan to do more of these, but nope. Maybe one day.

A few years back I became briefly obsessed with the fact that DC’s SANDMAN and Marvel’s SLEEPWALKER, two very different comics about characters from the dream realm, were being published concurrently…these pieces were the result.

Seeing lots of Thanksgiving posts from US friends today, which of course makes me think of WKRP IN CINCINNATI, which of course makes me think of Jan Smithers as Bailey Quarters. Here’s my take on my first big TV crush, done a few years back.

Just over here feeling nostalgic for Arby’s.

thinking of her today

A fan letter from a young Worf in THOR issue 156 (September 1968).

Dynamo from T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents. I really need to get back in the habit of drawing *something* every day, may as well start here.

New work from @tonymcmillen.bsky.social is always exciting! In an age of soulless AI slop, nothing is more exciting to me than seeing art that could only come from the hand/mind/heart of a real human being, and Tony’s work is so singular and original that it could have only come from him.

I’m at a bit of an impasse these days, trying to capture the energy & immediacy of my rough layouts in my final finished pages, which always wind up more carefully controlled. If I can fuse these two sensibilities I might be on to something.

I made my DISCO RIPPER comic in the spirit of early ‘80s slasher flicks like TERROR TRAIN, PROM NIGHT, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. Perfect reading for the spooky season, it’s available at @strangeadventures.bsky.social and through the link in my bio.