Marc Bryant

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Accumulating. Consuming. Therapy through comics. (Avatar from Uncanny X-Men #192 John Romita Jr / Dan Green / Steve Leialoha colors: Glynis Oliver)

Heckler Script: Keith Giffen (plot) Tom Bierbaum Mary Bierbaum One of the first comics whose cancellation genuinely enraged me but honestly, I’m surprised that they made it 6 issues Pencils: Keith Giffen Inks: Malcolm Jones III/Steve Mitchell Colors: Tom McCraw Letters: Bob Pinaha

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Dark Horse Comics’ beloved Senior Editors have insisted on joining our union, DHWU! In response, Dark Horse management has threatened the Senior Editors with a demotion and severe pay cut unless they accept supervisory status and abandon their union eligibility.

in which we cast our eyes towards a unique comics project from two years past, with writer Sean Lewis and artist Jonathan Marks Barravecchia pulling the strands of a strange yarn about a bear who takes to the sea and the pirates who seem okay with that - and there’s a special cameo at the end …

Review excerpt - This series flew out in 2024 and immediately fell under the radar despite being one of the more gorgeous comics projects this decade. Perhaps the name turned off a few who might otherwise have flocked to it - admittedly, the title conjures up the worst excesses of the age of “Epic Bacon" - mashing up bears, pirates, vikings, and queens certainly sounds like it's going to be something along the lines of an extended Chuck Norris joke, from back when people still told those. The truth of the matter is something else entirely: this is a strange work, intentionally a bit opaque. Barravecchia has garnered attention for his covers and commercial work in recent years, but his sequential work here is dense and baroque. The immediate referent is Bill Sienkiewicz, another cartoonist who brought the expansive attitude of a painter with multimedia chops to the comics page, with similarly unclassifiable results.Bear Pirate Viking Queen #1, cover by Jonathan Marks Barravecchia!
Tegan O’Neil@teganoneil5000.bsky.social · last wk.

Today Tegan looks at Bear Pirate Viking Queen #1, from 2024 and Image Comics, by Sean Lewis and Jonathan Marks Barravecchia!

Just realised it's the end of July, which means I have TWO new books out next week! The Future is Nano and Countdown to Climate Chaos both offer a factual (but funny) look at cutting edge science. Lots of science! Lots of bum jokes! On sale August 6th from Hungry Tomato!

A book cover for The Future is Nano. Tiny cartoon robots performing tasks with blood cells and DNA strands.Front cover for Countdown to Climate Chaos. A city inside an hourglass with raging water outside and storm clouds inside.

2020 Visions Vertigo 97-98 Written by Jamie Delano Book 1: art by Frank Quitely, covers by John Eder Book 2: art by Warren Pleece, covers by John Eder Book 3: art by James Romberger, covers by Stephen John Phillips Book 4: art by Steve Pugh, covers by Stephen John Phillips

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Yesterday’s bargain bin haul. I don’t know what the story is with that Intimates series but I’ve been searching for 8 and 11 for years. At this rate, now that I have 11, I’ll complete the series by 2028.

There’s something screwy going on with these rankings. Colan should at least be neck and neck with Chaykin. Everything else checks out but apparently I need more Kirby and John Buscema.

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I’m bargain box diving at every opportunity. Using a notepad app wasn’t workable. Waaaay too many duplicate purchases so I bought this (excellent) inventory app. Sorting the writers, I’m kinda surprised to see just how high Ellis ranked.

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A few years ago, and by “few” I mean approximately 20, I scripted a comic based on a convention horror story shared by JH Willams III (!). The comic was to benefit the CBLDF, but I doubt that it broken even. Still, well meant. The crazy cool art is by Mike Hawthorne.

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Graphitti Designs Elektra: Assassin could only be more prized if Miller, Novak, Saladino, Duffy, and Goodwin signed it as well. I should sleep with this thing under my pillow.

Dust cover of Graphitti Designs limited edition Elektra: Assassin collection by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz. BildBildUnfolded Dust cover of Graphitti Designs limited edition Elektra: Assassin collection by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz.

Graphitti Designs Elektra: Assassin could only be more prized if Miller, Novak, Saladino, Duffy, and Goodwin signed it as well. I should sleep with this thing under my pillow.

Dust cover of Graphitti Designs limited edition Elektra: Assassin collection by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz. BildBildUnfolded Dust cover of Graphitti Designs limited edition Elektra: Assassin collection by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz.