Don Simpson, creator of Megaton Man
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Cartoonist, author, creator of Megaton Man comics and stories!
Let's do the numbers: The Demise of Border Worlds
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The Demise of Border Worlds
We're Still Breaking Even, So What's the Problem?
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Process: CBLDF Benefit Portfolio Plate
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Process: CBLDF Benefit Portfolio Plate
"See-Thru Comix"
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3 months ago
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Process: DC Comics Wasteland #17 cover
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Process: DC Comics Wasteland #17 cover
Semi-Autobiographical Freelance Work-for-Hire
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3 months ago
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Process: Megaton Man #15, Part 2
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Process: Megaton Man #15, Part 2
The Extant Yarn Man #1 Full-Size Roughs
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3 months ago
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Never Say Never Draw Megaton Man Again!
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Never Say Never Draw Megaton Man Again!
Words (and Pictures) I've Had to Eat
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3 months ago
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Megaton Man -- without the Megahero Drag
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Kind of a Drag
What I Say Now You May Not Like
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3 months ago
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Nasty and Brutal
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Nasty and Brutal
Stinging Some (More) Worthy Targets, 1992
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3 months ago
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Pretty Far Off the Mark
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Pretty Far Off the Mark
Early Rejection Letters, 1980-1984
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3 months ago
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Shut Up! My #1 Bestseller Moment -- True Story!
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Shut Up!
Me and Al Franken and Fox News, 2003
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3 months ago
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Characters Can Always Be Killed Off!
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Characters Can Always Be Killed Off!
The Plot Outline of Megaton Man #11 and the College-Campus Milieu
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3 months ago
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Don Goes Underground
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Don Goes Underground
Notes from the Megahero Universe
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3 months ago
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Donald is Lucky ... But Has Not Paid His Dues!
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Donald is Lucky ... But Has Not Paid His Dues!
An Interview from Amazing Heroes #68, April 1, 1985.
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3 months ago
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Another glimpse into the creative freedom and cognitive dissonance of 80s indy comics! "Editor vs. Publisher"
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Editor vs. Publisher
Shouldn't the Tie Go to the Cartoonist?
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3 months ago
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Land of Confusion
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Land of Confusion
And Lies from the Pit of Hell
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3 months ago
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1996: The Feature Interview
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1996: The Feature Interview
Conducted by Charles Brownstein, this interview originally appeared in Feature Magazine, volume 2, issue 3, February-March 1986; punctuation updated to conform to contemporary standards.
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3 months ago
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Secret Origins
#41's
Secret Origins
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Secret Origins #41's Secret Origins
Process from rough to pencil to lettering and ink
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3 months ago
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Back in Comics ... or is it now IP Fandom?
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Back in Comics ... or is it now IP Fandom?
Cartooning and Platform-Neutral Creative Expression
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3 months ago
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Kevin Eastman, the First Megaton Man Cosplayer!
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Kevin Eastman, the First Megaton Man Cosplayer!
(Also, he co-created Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!)
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4 months ago
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Multimensions Proofs are in! The books are at press! And the printers are already whispering "Eisners for for sure!"
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Multimensions Proofs
My Ears Are Burning!
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4 months ago
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Love and Mushroom Clouds: The True Meaning of Megaton Man!
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The True Meaning of Megaton Man
Love and Mushroom Clouds, Baby
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4 months ago
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Art Form Communicating What?
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Art Form Communicating What?
Zippy's Urgent Message for the Osmonds
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4 months ago
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Creator's Rights and Wrongs
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Creator's Rights and Wrongs
Navigating the Comical Aufhebung of Auteur Cartooning
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4 months ago
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The Complete Tightrope Roy Tight Layouts!
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The Complete Tightrope Roy Tight Layouts!
Process and Affectation on Canary Yellow Tracing Paper!
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4 months ago
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Notes from Ground Zero
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Notes from Ground Zero
Why the American Comic Book was in decline before Indies came along ...
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4 months ago
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Megaton Man: The Anti-Comic
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Megaton Man: The Anti-Comic
From Iconoclastic Superheroes to Thirtysomething Megaheroes
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4 months ago
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Ed Piskor Reminded the Upscale Biz Too Much of Its Collective Blue-Collar Origins: The Parvenu Comics Industry
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The Parvenu Comics Industry
Ed Piskor Reminded the Upscale Biz Too Much of Its Collective Blue-Collar Origins
https://open.substack.com/pub/donaldsimpson1713/p/the-parvenu-comics-industry?r=7o7fa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
4 months ago
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Snarky Simpson Speaks Out, 1985
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Snarky Simpson Speaks Out, 1985
Recently Uncovered Documents Reveal Dandy Don Has Always Been a Pretentious Artiste-Hole!
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4 months ago
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See Change, Part Too
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See Change, Part Too
1987 and the Black-and-White Bust
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4 months ago
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Don's Commission and Pre-Show Artwork Price List, Spring-Summer 2025
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Don's Commission and Pre-Show Artwork Price List, Spring-Summer 2025
Note: Pricing here supersedes previous postings.
https://open.substack.com/pub/donaldsimpson1713/p/dons-commission-and-pre-show-artwork?r=7o7fa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
4 months ago
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The beginning of the end or the end of the beginning? "1986: The First Sea Change in Comics"
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1986: The First Sea Change in Comics
A Paean to the Petuniacon Generation
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4 months ago
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The closest I'll ever get to penciling the Avengers: "How to Draw Comics the Multimensions Way!"
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How to Draw Comics the Multimensions Way!
Eat Yer Heart Out, John Buscema ...
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4 months ago
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I'm still convinced Vastator was Peter David ... "Mice vs. Megaheroes, cont'd ..."
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Mice vs. Megaheroes, cont'd ...
The Neo Volk take on the Quantum Quest Quartet!
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4 months ago
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The beach house of Winnie Wertz holds many strange secrets, including seemingly innocuous coasters to protect the outdoor furniture ... "Learning to Fly!"
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Learning to Fly
Kozmik Kat and the Megaton Mice Gain New Abilities
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4 months ago
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This Memorial Day weekend, let’s remember those forgotten heroes of World War Too: The Original Golden Age Megaton Man, Tightrope Roy, and the Bombastic Brigade!
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Process: Tightrope Roy and the Bombastic Brigade!
Or: Why Think Up Something New When You Can Retcon Something Old?
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4 months ago
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Name-dropping the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in "Megaton Mice 1985, 2025"
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Megaton Mice 1985, 2025
Can a Missed Parody Opportunity Still Fly?
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5 months ago
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Mr. Monster X Megaton Man 1/3 Inked!
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Mr. Monster X Megaton Man 1/3 Inked!
Four Pages of Chilling Lettering and Linework!
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5 months ago
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Milo Trent Speaks:
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Milo Trent Speaks
The Iranian Cartoonist Who Kickstarted a Firestorm is Alive and Well (and living in Somewhere in the Multimensions)!
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5 months ago
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The match was over before it started: Megaton Man vs Kickstarter
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Megaton Man vs Kickstarter
How the Man of Molecules Brought the Industry to its Senses (or was it Yarn Man?)
https://open.substack.com/pub/donaldsimpson1713/p/megaton-man-vs-kickstarter?r=7o7fa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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Megaton Man: Multimensions Now Live!
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Megaton Man: Multimensions Now Live!
Kickstarter Reconsiders, Reverses Decision, Approves Project
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6 months ago
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Those of you anticipating a launch part for our campaign last Thursday night, we hit a little snag: Kickstarter Censors Megaton Man: Multimensions
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Kickstarter Censors Megaton Man: Multimensions
"Safety and Trust" Algorithm Flags Non-U.S. Cartoonist
https://open.substack.com/pub/donaldsimpson1713/p/kickstarter-censors-megaton-man-multimensions?r=7o7fa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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A satirical superhero saga as social critique? You must be kidding! And an old Alfred Hitchcock movie, too! :) The Lost America of Megaton Man
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The Lost America of Megaton Man
The Doom Defiers Megahero Saga as Nostalgic Period Piece
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6 months ago
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One of the most satisfying aspect of several recent bookshelf publications has been the opportunity to shoot my mouth off in the afterwords:
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Wordy Afterwords
An overview of my most sensational, scandalous scribblings—hard-hitting editorials, delirious diatribes, raving rants, and more!
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6 months ago
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Megaton Man and the Doom Defiers
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Megaton Man and the Doom Defiers
Layouts for a work in progress ...
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6 months ago
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One guess whose legs these belong to: Original Art for Megaton Man: Multimensions
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Original Art for Megaton Man: Multimensions
Pieces that will be available only through Kickstarter April 17, 2025
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6 months ago
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More Thumbnails and Roughs from the ol' drawing board (brand-new stuff)!
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More Thumbnails and Roughs!
The New Sequence I'm Laying Out for Megaton Man and the Doom Defiers
https://open.substack.com/pub/donaldsimpson1713/p/more-thumbnails-and-roughs?r=7o7fa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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I'm on Substack and Bluesky for the first time on the same day! Megaton Man and the Doom Defiers
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Megaton Man and the Doom Defiers
Layouts for a work in progress ...
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6 months ago
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