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José Cardenas

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Writer - Photographer - Letterer - Autistic - 27 Prose and Comics creator open for collaborations! Email for info. Loves Pulp Adventure, Gothic Romance, Noir, and Horror! #USC2020 #AMDG EMAIL: [email protected] SHOP: scorchzonestudios.gumroad.com

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José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 7d

BIG NEWS: I have set up my shop with Ko-Fi! You can order all of my books in digital and physical formats through here.

My newest book, Black Fury Magazine #5 will be released next week!

Check out my store and get yourself a nice, spooky book, especially for October!

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Zombie Ernie has a skeleton under there @zombieernie.bsky.social · 13h

HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTIME REPOSTAN DAY 10: House always wins

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Vanessa McKee @vanessamckee.bsky.social · 13h

Nosferatu

Watercolor painting of Lily Rose Depp in front of a purple sky with Count Orloks eyes looking down on her.

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José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 7h

It definitely did it to mine haha

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Bodybag Jones @daydreamcomix.com · 12h

Have you ever thought that, maybe, reading WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW? could make your day 1000x better???? Well, have you????????

Bodybag Jones @daydreamcomix.com · Sep 1

For the past 40 years, rumors have swirled around the mysterious death of Sarah Shaw. Whispers became gossip, gossip became tall tales, tall tales became legend. But hidden within the stories are rotten truths waiting to be unearthed.

Read WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW here: globalcomix.com/c/who-killed...

1 - Flasback 80s. Int. Girl’s locker room. It’s empty besides Sarah and Tiffany. Tiffany sits on the bench in the middle slipping on her Converse. Sarah pulls her bag out of her locker.

TIFF: After the game, I stayed behind as long as possible. I wanted to soak it all in.

TIFF: Sarah took her time waiting for everyone else to clear out.

TIFF: I thought she was going to tear into me, but she surprised me.

2 - Sarah faces Tiff, looking downs at her. She seems genuinely earnest in her congratulations.

TIFF: She said, “Nice shot out there tonight. If it wasn’t gonna be me, I’m glad it was you.”

3 - Close-up of Tiff surprised by Sarah’s compliment.

TIFF: I thought we were still fighting, so it took me by surprise. I didn’t know what to say. I just stared as she walked towards the exit.

4 - Tiff turns back with a smile on her face. It’s not bitchy though. She’s genuinely happy that her friend got her moment and that she’s going out for dinner with Matt.

TIFF: At the door Sarah turned back and said, “Matt’s taking me out for dinner. I guess we’re both winners.”

TIFF: Then, she left.

5 - Present day. Tiffany is processing this moment. Tears are beginning to well up in the corners of her eyes.

TIFF: God, she could be such a bitch sometimes.

TIFF: I miss her.

1 - Jes looks at the shrine, so we can see the photo, doll, and candles. Not close-ups but an even better view than we got in the splash.

JES: …to Sarah.

2 - Jes picks up the vandalized photo of her.

JES: Doesn’t look like they were worshiping her though.

3 - Dave approaches from behind. Camera up and rolling.

DAVE: Who is The Briar Queen?

4 - Jes picks up the Briar doll.

JES: Could be a nickname for Sarah. Tiffany did say she was found in a briar patch.

5 - She accidentally pricks her hand and drops the doll.

JES: Ow! Fuck!

6 - Close-up of the briar doll on the floor with trash, some of Jes’ blood from her hand is on it.

JES: …or it could be something worse.

1 - Jes faces forward. Shocked at this reveal. She is starting to understand that they may be entering dangerous territory. She murmurs under her breath.

JES: George Higgins owns the cabin…

MAYBERRY: What’s that?

2 - Higgins getting into the police cruiser.

JES: Has Deputy Higgins always owned the cabin that Sarah was murdered at? Was it his family’s?

MAYBERRY: What are you getting at?

3 - Higgins driving through Hardground, a grimace plastered across his face.4

JES: It’s strange that he owns the cabin where Sarah was murdered. She was one of his friends.

JES: Why would he want to own it?

MAYBERRY: This is a trail that goes nowhere, Ms. Ruiz.

MAYBERRY: George is a good man who has done right by this town.

4 - Higgins driving up the old dirt road to the cabin.

MAYBERRY: He bought the cabin awhile back because he didn’t want city folk coming up and turning it into a rental.

MAYBERRY: He doesn’t even like going there.

5 - Higgins, parked in front of the cabin, resting his forehead on the steering wheel, deep in thought.

MAYBERRY: Unlike you two, George has actually tried to honor Sarah’s memory by letting her rest and not turning her into a sideshow.

1 - Sarah and Marvin walk down the street at night. Dressed in their winter wear. They are both laughing.

HAROLD: It seemed like such a small thing at first.

HAROLD: Sarah was always close with The Rainey’s. They were like her second parents.

2 - They stop about down the block from their houses and face each other. Sarah has both of Marvin’s hands in hers as she tells him something. He seems surprised but supportive. They’re body language shows that they are incredibly close, but not necessarily romantic.

HAROLD: They came to all of her basketball games. They would babysit when she was a kid. Christ, she slept over at their house.

HAROLD: This was different.

3 - Harold pulls down the blinds from inside their house so he can peek outside.

HAROLD: I saw them together one night. God knows where they were coming from or what they’d been doing.

4 - Sarah and Marvin share a nice, big warm hug. Her arms around his midsection. His arms around her shoulders and he bends over a little bit for the hug. Again, incredibly close, but it’s just a hug. Nothing necessarily romantic about it.

HAROLD: I saw her hug him goodbye. She never hugged me like that. It was like she was in love with him.

5 - Harold sits in his chair, drinking a beer, we can see 2-3 cans already on the side table. This living room setup is EXACTLY the same as present day. The only change is the beer cans and Harold.

JES: What did you do when you saw them?

HAROLD: Nothing.

HAROLD: Like I said, parents choose to see these things or not…

6 - Cut back to present day, some panel as the previous page’s last panel but now Harold is old and there are no beer cans. He seems miserable reminiscing about this moment.

HAROLD: By the time I learned the truth, it was too late.

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José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 7h

Seeing Samantha and Homelander on the same page is blowing my mind lmao

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 10h

Cover by L.B. Cole.

Shocking Mystery Cases #53 (1953). A skeleton dressed as a jockey is riding a horse while other horses and skeletons float in the background. "The Long Shot of Evil!"

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José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 7h

Awesome art!

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Trevor Fraley @illustrevor.bsky.social · 11h

Peacemaker...What a joke

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José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 7h

Wow that’s beautiful!

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José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 16h

I just added the newest issue of Black Fury Magazine to my Shop! Available in physical and digital formats! 52 pages filled with gothic pulp goodness!

Your favorite anti-social socialite is back in new stories and she is waiting for you to explore her strange, wild world!

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Black Fury Magazine #5 - José Cardenas's Ko-fi Shop

An all-new collection of comics and prose with Marla Drake, your favorite anti-social socialite and dark devil! All stories written and presented by J...

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José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 12h

Heck yeah

José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 12h

Awesome piece! love the dot shading

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Jabro 👹 @jabro.bsky.social · 21h

Absolute

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José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 12h

Bravo on the amazing season!!

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James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.social · 19h

This photo hangs in my home. Making Season 2 of #Peacemaker has been the highlight of my creative life and it wouldn’t be that way with each of these folks who I truly love. Haven’t watched it? Watch it now on HBO Max.

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José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 12h

LET JAMES GUNN COOK

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ℝ𝕖𝕒 🌼🌱 @reaqartz.bsky.social · 16h

rough rokushi sketch
#KingdomHearts

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José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 13h

This wasn’t a show about punching things better, it’s a show about honesty and having honest conversations about one’s self and how we affect others. I really love it and I can’t wait for what’s next.

José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 13h

This Peacemaker finale is freaking great! The music, the characters, the acting, and how everything comes together. It feels so perfect to me. Love how down-to-earth and emotional it is.

I align with this vision of the DC Universe and what Gunn loves. So excited for Checkmate!!

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José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 16h

Black Fury Magazine #5 - José Cardenas's Ko-fi Shop

An all-new collection of comics and prose with Marla Drake, your favorite anti-social socialite and dark devil! All stories written and presented by J...

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José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 16h

I supported @poncecomics.bsky.social campaign on Zoop! I love the premise and the art is gorgeous, so I want to see it come to life! Let's support it!
zoop.gg/c/amangakaak...

A Mangaka, A Kaiju, and Omega

A MANGAKA, A KAIJU, AND OMEGA is an electrifying 32-page manga one-shot written by Juan Ponce and drawn by Lur Noise. After a meteor strikes near her Tokyo apartment, Katsumi Minamoto, a manga creato...

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 1d

Cover by Tony Mortallero.

Mister Mystery #6 (1952). The cover shows a woman tied to a rotating wheel who is being slowly lowered into a boiling pit by a man in a robe and skull mask. Other similarly garbed men are present, and two of them are restraining a man as he looks on in horror.

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José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 1d

The pages you showed me during cons were amazing and it is so awesome to see it announced!

José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 1d

That sucks

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José Cardenas @nowayjosecardenas.bsky.social · 1d

The fifth issue of Black Fury Magazine is printed!! A full 48-page magazine filled with great gothic stories by me with incredible art by @arashikumo1.bsky.social @ilustregui.bsky.social @heartist.bsky.social and more!

It will be available to buy tomorrow this Friday on Ko-Fi!

Get ready!

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