Fred Van Lente
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"I GET ALL THE THINGS"
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I missed this - Fred is leaning on what is (probably) our last physical copy of STUPERPOWERS!, the humor RPG we made with a bunch of our pals including
@jamaligle.bsky.social
and
@steveellisart.com
. People still play it!
badguy.shop/products/stu...
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The Joe Gross
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Ayo this is some A+ comics marketing. Seven issues, newsprint, manga size, $9.99. Perfect. Automatic buy. Good job
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
, etc.
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Ryan Dunlavey
2 days ago
Found this picture of me and
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
at our Artist Alley table at New York Comic-Con in 2012! There's a lot to unpack just from this one photo (and not just how young we looked). For one thing - this was taken on October 11th (a Thursday) WHERE ARE THE CROWDS?!
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie
5 days ago
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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Comics Experience
8 days ago
Ready to take your comic writing to the next level? Learn from acclaimed writer
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
in our Comics Writing: Story Arcs & Ongoing Series course! Build epic story arcs. Master serialized storytelling. Sign up now:
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Jason Voorhees will return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY
10 days ago
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Ryan Dunlavey
10 days ago
I'm helping run a comic-con in NEW YORK CITY! Deadline to apply is February 2nd!
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Are you, like Cali Cat, THE FUTURE IS ****** curious? Good news! The Vol 1 softcover, in popular digest size, collects our first seven issues for the low price of $9.99! Get at your local comics shop today!
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Hey hey hey Oregon-area actors: Majestic Readers' Theatre is having open auditions for KING KIRBY next month!
www.majestic.org/post/open-au...
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OPEN AUDITIONS: King Kirby (Readers' Theatre)
King KirbyBy by Crystal Skillman and Fred Van LenteDirected by Britt UreyOpen Auditions: January 19 & 20Rehearsal Timeframe: January-FebruaryEvening Performances (7:00pm): February 28Matinee Performan...
https://www.majestic.org/post/open-auditions-king-kirby
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The Joe Gross
13 days ago
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Sharing for you who like process stuff: I turned in my last script of 2025 (to
@ryandunlavey.bsky.social
) so now performing a 🎉NYE🎉 ritual I've been doing for about a decade or so. Throughout the year I keep a log of what I've written on a regular wall calendar; then, on the year's last day 1/4
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Sharing for you who like process stuff: I turned in my last script of 2025 (to
@ryandunlavey.bsky.social
) so now performing a 🎉NYE🎉 ritual I've been doing for about a decade or so. Throughout the year I keep a log of what I've written on a regular wall calendar; then, on the year's last day 1/4
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17 days ago
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Wait, MTV was still alive?!
17 days ago
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Hey look, gang,
@gregpak.net
and I made a Content:
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18 days ago
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Ryan Dunlavey
18 days ago
Reposting my single issue comic book thumbnail template for whoever might need it. 20 interior pages plus a cover, fits onto a single 8.5 x 11 inch sheet. Just print it out and draw on it or drop it into your fave software. Go make comics!
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Hey look, gang,
@gregpak.net
and I made a Content:
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18 days ago
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Greg Pak
21 days ago
The horse is out of the bag!
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
and I are writing a new GASTON comic book series, drawn by the brilliant Milena Ciccarello! It's gonna be GREAT, almost certainly the GREATEST COMIC BOOK EVER CREATED! Preorder with your local comic store!
leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comic/884293...
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Hey hey hey Oregon-area actors: Majestic Readers' Theatre is having open auditions for KING KIRBY next month!
www.majestic.org/post/open-au...
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OPEN AUDITIONS: King Kirby (Readers' Theatre)
King KirbyBy by Crystal Skillman and Fred Van LenteDirected by Britt UreyOpen Auditions: January 19 & 20Rehearsal Timeframe: January-FebruaryEvening Performances (7:00pm): February 28Matinee Performan...
https://www.majestic.org/post/open-auditions-king-kirby
25 days ago
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling
26 days ago
I wrote on
@boingbln.bsky.social
about legendary Marvel creator JACK KIRBY getting the street of his Lower East Side childhood named for him. Because he made comics the Jack Kirby Way.
boingboing.net/2025/12/22/m...
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Marvel creator Jack Kirby gets the NYC street of his childhood named after him
Essex Street, between Delancey and Rivington Streets on Manhattan's Lower East Side will be permanently named Jack Kirby Way, after the famed Marvel Comics creator who was born on 147…
https://boingboing.net/2025/12/22/marvel-creator-jack-kirby-gets-the-nyc-street-of-his-childhood-named-after-him.html
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Joe Schmidt
28 days ago
You know a great way to celebrate this news… Read all about King Kirby in the Civics For All Comics Group comic, Sketches on the Sidewalk #2: Jack Kirby by @ryandunlavey.com &
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
! Download a FREE copy:
www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...
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Wait so I'm 20 years old?!? oh
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Entirely due to
@lsankovitch.bsky.social
-- she asked me to pitch the idea (at a bar, I think) and after kind of "yeah, yeah, yeah"-ing her in the moment the entire idea literally popped into my head as I lay it down on my pillow that night. Then I wrote her the next day and we were off to the races
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Ryan Dunlavey
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Hey look
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
- we're Local News Famous™!
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Merriam-Webster
about 1 month ago
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Greg Pak
about 1 month ago
I wrote or co-wrote (with the great
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
) 40% of the books on this list lol
thedirect.com/article/marv...
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5 Iconic Marvel 'Wars' That the MCU Needs to Adapt After Phase 6
After Avengers: Secret Wars ends, these legendary Marvel comic wars could take the MCU to higher heights.
https://thedirect.com/article/marvel-wars-mcu-phase-6
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Anyone Comics
about 1 month ago
Thanks to
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
himself we have some copies at the shop! Love
@briancronin.bsky.social
Art by homie
@ryandunlavey.bsky.social
www.cbr.com/jack-kirby-c...
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The Greatest Comic Book Artist of All-Time Stars in a Free, Original Story
As part of Fred Van Lente Day, CBR discusses the new free Jack Kirby comic book that Van Lente wrote with artist Ryan Dunlavey for NYC schools
https://www.cbr.com/jack-kirby-comic-fred-van-lente/
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DevilBoy216 ♾️⚛️♠️
about 1 month ago
#ComicSky
Here's another good one I finished: Action Philosophers by
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
and
@ryandunlavey.bsky.social
. Being home"schooled", I unfortunately basically didn't get much of an education as a kid, and didn't care to get one later, but I'm trying to fix that and get back in...
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Brian Cronin
about 1 month ago
Happy
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
Day, everyone! I sat down with the man himself, as well as artist extraordinaire, Ryan Dunlavey, to talk about their special Jack Kirby comic book they did for the NYC Department of Education!
www.cbr.com/jack-kirby-c...
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The Greatest Comic Book Artist of All-Time Stars in a Free, Original Story
As part of Fred Van Lente Day, CBR discusses the new free Jack Kirby comic book that Van Lente wrote with artist Ryan Dunlavey for NYC schools
https://www.cbr.com/jack-kirby-comic-fred-van-lente/
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Greg Pak
about 1 month ago
Hey, remember this awesome event? The group behind it is
@comixaction.com
, NYC comics creatives against authoritarianism and for community action! Please feel free to give us a follow and sign up for the newsletter - we got more stuff coming very soon!
buttondown.com/comixaction
#FF
#FollowFriday
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Heidi MacDonald
about 1 month ago
If he was around today Descartes would just be a big jerk on the internet, wouldn’t he? Great work by
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
and
@ryandunlavey.bsky.social
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This is today at 3pm in Tribeca! Where Robert De Niro lives! Will he be there? I CAN'T SAY HE WON'T
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This is today at 3pm in Tribeca! Where Robert De Niro lives! Will he be there? I CAN'T SAY HE WON'T
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Ryan Dunlavey
about 1 month ago
Come see me,
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
and Paul Levitz TODAY, Dec 4th, 3-6pm at the Jack Kirby Museum pop-up exhibit (23 Warren Street, NYC) where we will be signing free copies of SKETCHES ON THE SIDEWALK: JACK KIRBY while they last. $5 suggested donation. Details:
kirbymuseum.org/nyc-2025-pop...
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Jack Kirby: From the Ghetto to the Cosmos NYC POP-UP
WHAT: Jack Kirby: From the Ghetto to the Cosmos POP-UP WHEN: Friday, November 28th – Sunday, December 7th, Noon-6pm OPENING PARTY: Saturday, November 29th, 6-9pm WHERE: One…
https://kirbymuseum.org/nyc-2025-pop-up/
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NYC! Tomorrow Thurs 12/4 3p
@ryandunlavey.bsky.social
and I will be signing our new Kirby bio comic at the
@jackkirbymuseum.bsky.social
's wonderful new pop-up exhibit, GHETTO TO COSMOS, at One Art Space 23 Warren St! Living Legend Paul Levitz will be signing his "Sketches on the Sidewalk" comic too
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We Have Issues
about 2 months ago
REMMI
@madcavestudios.com
Book of the Year! Nominee . . . Murder Kingdom! Writer:
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
Art:
@chrispanda.bsky.social
Letters:
@beccacarey.bsky.social
Vote here:
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Ryan Dunlavey
about 2 months ago
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
and I are scheduled to participate in a public discussion with fellow Kirby biographer Paul Levitz and others about The King at the currently running Kirby pop-up exhibit at 23 Warren Street NYC on Thursday, December 4th at 2pm. Hope to see you there!
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Ryan Dunlavey
about 2 months ago
Jack Kirby and a bunch of his creations, drawn by me. This is an unlettered page from SKETCHES ON THE SIDEWALK #2: JACK KIRBY written by
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
, published by The Civics For All Comics Group and drawn by me. read it here:
www.weteachnyc.org/media2016/fi...
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Robert Wilson IV
about 2 months ago
Just 3 DAYS and a bit over $700 left to reach my goal on the DREAMHOUSE Kickstarter! Help me hit that goal and maybe add a stretch goal or two!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...
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Ryan Dunlavey
about 2 months ago
New(old) blog post: ACTION PHILOSOPHERS - THE PLAY!
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Action Philosophers - The Play! | Ryan Dunlavey Illustration Studio
a stage adaptation of the comic book series by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey
https://ryand.art/action-philosophers-the-play
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Dollar Bin Bandits
about 2 months ago
Enter the world of
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
as he discusses what led him to become a New York Times bestseller! Plus, he chats with us about his latest project, The Future Is ******, today on YouTube and all podcast platforms.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=uUzc...
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David Cousens
about 2 months ago
My covers for DIE!namite Blood Red issue 2! Dejah Thoris has picked a BAD place to park! This reminds me a little of what Black Friday used to be like in stores a few years ago…
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Very excited to announce my latest play w/
@crystalskillman.bsky.social
, TRAGEDY: A COMEDY, is getting its first developmental reading next month at FSU's Asolo Conservatory! If you're around Sarasota on 12/12, come check us out!
about 2 months ago
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Dollar Bin Bandits
about 2 months ago
THIS WEEK: With titles such as Marvel Zombies and Incredible Hercules under his belt, it’s no wonder fans of
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
are excited about his newest project, The Future Is ******. This Wednesday, he joins us to discuss it all on YouTube and all
#podcast
platforms!
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Robert Wilson IV
about 2 months ago
The DREAMHOUSE Kickstarter is doing well, but we've only got two weeks left! If you're interested in creepy stories and classy architecture, check out the campaign below!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...
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Ryan Dunlavey
about 2 months ago
Come see me at the Big Apple Con this Saturday Nov 22nd at the New Yorker Hotel - it's my last con of the year! I will be giving away all my remaining art prints (including these) - hoping to clear everything out before 2026.
bigapplecc.com
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Zach
about 2 months ago
Currently Reading: Valiant Beyond:All New Harbinger #3 by
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
, Erik Tamayo, and Exequiel Fernandez Roel
#comicsky
#Valiant
Another good issue with really good art. The homage to the Fastball Special "Fireball Special" was my favorite part of the issue.
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Set to THE DUKES OF HAZZARD theme: "Just a couple of wokesters..."
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about 2 months ago
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Comics Experience
about 2 months ago
Ready to take your comic writing to the next level? Learn from acclaimed writer
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
in our Comics Writing: Story Arcs & Ongoing Series course! Build epic story arcs. Master serialized storytelling. Sign up now:
bit.ly/3YaIldk
#ComicsWriting
#ComicsExperience
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