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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Sep 10

Anyway… here’s my annual reposting of Dylan, me and Eric and Disneyland. For decades I spent almost every day talking or hanging out or creating comics or debating storytelling with either one or both of these guys. September 10th has taken too much from me.

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Sep 10

Here's a couple other bits of random Eric art.

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Sep 10

And the inevitable Carl Cthulhu soft vinyl toy (with light up eyes of madness).

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Sep 10

On a separate note - here's the very first image of Carl Cthulhu from Little Gloomy. Carl was full Eric's creation - though I gave him his speech patterns.

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Sep 10

Eric also drew the very first Green Day flyer for their show at Contra Costa College in... 1990, I think? I don't have a copy of that one anymore, unfortunately.

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Sep 10

Here's some rarer Eric Jones art. When Green Day was recording American Idiot, they flew Eric to the studio to work on possible album art.

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Reposted by Landry Q. Walker

The Comic Crush @thecomiccrush.bsky.social · Sep 8

Today, we begin 'The Horror, The Horror': comics for the spooky season! We start with The Butcher's Boy, by Panel Vaughn, @landrywalker.bsky.social, @justingreenwoodart.bsky.social, @20eyesbrad.bsky.social and @droog811.bsky.social, from @darkhorse.com!

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THE BUTCHER’S BOY (TP) — The Comic Crush

On The Comic Crush, the UK’s best online comic shop and comics reviews site, we present The Horror, The Horror, a collection of the spookier side of comics, beginning with ‘The Butcher’s Boy’. Deep wi...

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Jul 31

Yeah, unfortunately IDW dropped the license right after and so the issue was never collected. :(

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Jul 29

The first one was released as a short story/ebook. a.co/d/eKvK2qY

The second one was a short backup comic in Star Wars Adventures 7 volume 2 (by IDW).

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Cobalt ✨ | Image Archivist @cobaltgreen1138.bsky.social · Jul 24

Galaxy of Heroes' realistic interpretation of Kix from SW Adventures by Thomas Guillory. Original design by Nick Brokenshire and Eric Jones. There's some minor inconsistencies in the belt and helmet between the key art and model, but overall this is a real nice interpretation.

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Jul 18

Oh, 1000% truth there.

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Jul 18

The restrictions would apply if a corporation were to buckle under pressure from the government, and we know Trump has called for Colbert's cancellation publicly. The only way to know if a violation occurred here would be through legal action - but it's not an unrealistic assumption.

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Jul 17

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Jul 14

I saw the new Superman. I’d say it’s about equitable with most every Superman movie. Some stuff they got right, some they did not. Worth watching though.

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Jul 4

I don't know where people got this idea that the goal - even with books aimed at kids - is to make the reader feel "good". The only goal is to make the reader FEEL. And sometimes that includes feeling bad.

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Jul 2

An unfinished bit of work of Eric’s where we get a hint of what Batgirl would have looked like in Cosmic Adventures. Truthfully, if we had continued, Robin was much more likely to appear. Batgirl is lower on my list of “want to write” characters.

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Jun 27

Check out Kix, the Last Clone making his video game debut alongside the Crimson Corsair, AKA: Sidon Ithano. Crazy to see a character of mine (and the wonderful design by @nickbrok.bsky.social) come so far.

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Jun 25

New edition of Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade arrived at my house this week. Available in book stores everywhere this August.

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · May 27

Today would be Eric Jones 54th birthday. I was born 3 months after him. Our tradition for decades - two things: We would send each other copies of Stephen King’s Cell and I would mock him for being so much older than me. I’m now two years older than he ever was. Point goes to him. Well played.

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · May 26

I just heard Peter David died.
I first met him in an elevator at Wondercon in 1992. I was carrying a TV and he made a terrible joke that I was stealing it. It was through his articles that I learned how to navigate the business. I'm terribly sad that I will not get to speak with him again.

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · May 15

"Imagine outliving everyone you loved. Watching everything you fought for fall. Learning the cause you were born to die for was a lie... And you wonder why I hide my face."

- Kix, the Last Clone

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · May 8

An old friend of mine died in a car accident a few days back. Anthony Duarte was the biggest Batman fan I have ever known. If you can spare, please consider donating to the GoFundme to help pay for his memorial.

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Donate to Honoring the Legacy of Anthony Duarte, organized by Miranda Piutau

Its with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved son, … Miranda Piutau needs your support for Honoring the Legacy of Anthony Duarte

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Apr 10

I'm reminded of a medieval war comic I wrote, and the castles had to look like structures of rough gray stone. But castles when they were new were often whitewashed, plastered over, painted bright colors - often yellow or pink.

Historically accurate castles will be called our for looking wrong.

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Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Apr 10

I've fought with myself over that exact one a lot.

Landry Q. Walker @landrywalker.bsky.social · Apr 5

Because I have seen this idea challenged in other spaces, I think it is worthwhile to once again state unequivocally - Supergirl is Cosmic Adventures is intended to code queer. Her conflict with Lena Luthor is meant to mirror indoctrinated homophobia. The message is metaphorical with intent.

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