LAST CALL on TYRANT® Original Art & Complete Edition! THIS is the FINAL DAY you can place your order for either, or both, TYRANT® hardcover collected editions. Having proofed both PDFs (now at the printer), more than twice, I can tell you these are both magnificent books. Link, below; final day!!!

Local boneyard, earlier this year.

Favorite pic of nearby house; since refurbished, purchased, new owners, & in much better shape.

This original art was also returned earlier this year, rescued & returned by the great Murphy Anderson III. THANK YOU, Murphy!

LAST CALL! If you want one or both of the TYRANT® collected edition hardcovers, NOW is the time. The ordering window closes on October 1st, folks. Link at the top of the comments, below. It's been a year & project spiced with near-miracles, like when Murphy Anderson III returned this original art.

Fall colors beginning to show in mid-VT, mid-NH.

Favorites of 2026: Abu Amaan Pal's gift of his first self-published comics project. Been in touch with Abu for a few years now; I believe he's still in the UK, but unsure.

LAST CHANCE to order either, or both, TYRANT® hardcovers! Window to order closes October 1st. Lighthouse isn't overprinting; I will NOT be a source to buy from if you miss this opportunity (not selling copies online, no planned signing events, etc.). Order NOW! www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

Stephen R. Bissette's TYRANT Historic Deluxe Editions

The comic book masterpiece finally collected in both complete and original art editions, lovingly designed by Jim Rugg

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Mug shuts: pre-kiln. A year of hand-painting pre-manufactured ceramics, for the spring TYRANT® fundraisers & the TYRANT® production/layout/editorial/publisher team.

Before the storm.

It was a pretty sweet summer, despite everything.

October 1st, ordering for the 2 hardcover editions of S.R. BISSETTE'S TYRANT® closes. I won't be a venue for ordering afterwards. I'm not doing mail-order; no events or conventions; won't be filling requests for copies. This is it—final week placing orders. www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

Stephen R. Bissette's TYRANT Historic Deluxe Editions

The comic book masterpiece finally collected in both complete and original art editions, lovingly designed by Jim Rugg

kickstarter.com

From this past spring... __ Pic ©2026 Stephen R. Bissette

Portland Evening News vintage pressroom, typesetting, cartoonist pix, from the photos displayed in the lobbies of the Portland, Maine hotel I mentioned earlier.

Photos from the Portland, Maine newspaper-themed hotel; zooming in on what-was-on-the-newsstand in this vintage pic.

Photos from a fancy-ass newspaper-themed hotel in Portland, Maine; we stayed there back in 2025, thanks to a kind relative wanting to spend some time with us & funding our visit. Photos from the displays in the hallways & showcases.

My first published hand-color-separation cartooning work: 1972, Waterbury VT Town Report. This may well be my rarest-ever published work, and there were STACKS of them for free all over town in spring '72 before Town Meeting Day. __ ©1972, 2026 Stephen R. Bissette

April 1986 REVOLVER cover art painted by me; a romance cover, can ya believe it? __ Artwork ©1986, 2026 Stephen R. Bissette

Terrific Godzilla pinball game in the lobby of Keene Cinemas, Keene NH, one of many great games therein. Glorious!

Don't mean to be Mr. Downer, but—fuuuuuck. Supine Court AGAIN rules for Trump/GOP meddling in our elections 5-fucking-weeks-from-now; candidates begging for donation $$ we don't have to counter GOP SuperPAC $$ tsunamis; threats of ICE at voting venues; etc. Happy 250th, Amerika!

Collaborative S.R. Bissette art in the world: Local VT business iconography, first wife Marlene O'Connor & I drew this tiger for Doug Richmond (Marlene pencils, my inks), still in use in Guilford, VT.

I've not yet mastered how to get rid of text spammers, but this worked pretty fucking quickly. Screen-snap from my own stupid cel phone.

Local ruin; photos by me. Lives lived here, until no one could live here. That scarlet remote-control car dangling in the breeze is particularly heartbreaking.

It's been a year of my doing all kinds of ceramics painting, original hand-painted imagery on pre-manufactured 'bare' ceramic ware. I'll post some of the 2026 harvest here from time-to-time this and next week...

Vermont fall colors are comin' in, a bit more every day now...

Portrait of Abby, from SWAMP THING...

As Tatjana Wood used to say, "Svampy."

A little Arcane portrait, to start the day...

1967: In the UK, country of origin, Samuel Gallu's THEATRE OF DEATH opens with THE DEADLY BEES; in Canada, opens (1968) with THE MURDER CLINIC; in the US, THEATRE is retitled BLOOD FIEND, opens '67 in Ohio, Mississippi & Florida. Forgotten today; precursor to Hannibal Lector's origin (Harris, 1999).

Huh. I wonder, what is tied to what? "Russia manner of punishing Robbers who infest the River Volga. 1778...an original 18th century copper plate engraving from Charles Middleton's "A Complete System of Geography"..."