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Blogger on rpgs and comics and occasional author of the same through the Armchair Planet imprint and Hydra Co-op. http://sorcerersskull.blogspot.com/

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theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 15h

Latest lettered Land of Azurth comic page with art by Mike Kazaleh.

Black and white comics page about the adventures of a frog lingerie thief.

theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 20h

Another horror-themed old time radio review from me and Jason Sholtis. flashbackuniverse.blogspot.com/2025/10/flas...

Flashback Radio: "Three Skeleton Key"

For the month of October and the Halloween season, I thought it would be fun to revisit some classic Old-Time Radio horrors. My friend and f...

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theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 1d

This week in #dccomics in 1984, Amethyst returns, Flash gets a morningstar to the face, and Dr. Fate gets a new limited series.
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Wednesday Comics: DC, January 1985 (week 2)

I'm reading DC Comics' output from January 1980 (cover date) to Crisis ! This week, I read the comics released the week of October 11, 1985....

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theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 2d

Ootherion has a bad time with a segmented giant! I've only got 3 more pages to go lettering Jason Sholtis' Ootherion comic

4 comics panels showing Ootherion the apes warrior battling a strange, segmented giant.

theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 3d

An alt-history Spelljammer idea. sorcerersskull.blogspot.com/2025/10/weir...

Weird Revisited: Spelljammer 1961

The original version of this post appeared in December 2020... "Thinking beings of earth planet. This message was sent subsequent to the bra...

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theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 5d

Mood.

Comic panel, a giant hand slamming a warrior on the head as a voice off panel says "irrelevant"

theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 6d

After a hiatus, our gaming group was back in the Land of Azurth.
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From Azurth to the Moon

After a bit of a hiatus, we weren't to our 5e Land of Azurth game this past Sunday. We left our heroes with the shock of finding the princ...

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theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 7d

October's here, so Jason Sholtis and I are reviewing some Old Time Radio horrors. flashbackuniverse.blogspot.com/2025/10/flas...

Flashback Radio: "The Thing on the Fourble Board"

For the month of October and the Halloween season, I thought it would be fun to revisit some classic Old-Time Radio horrors. My friend and f...

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theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 7d

I shared a page before as I lettered it. This Ootherion story and my Azurth story are slated to appear in print next, though I can't say any more about that now

theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 7d

More Ootherion in progress.

B&w comics page by Jason Sholtis. A temple of the antenna headed god NUL.

theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 8d

This week in 1984, that is.

theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 8d

Swamp Thing goes to Hell and Raven is killed, this week in #dccomics
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Wednesday Comics: DC, January 1985 (week 1)

My mission: to read DC Comics' output from January 1980 (cover date) to Crisis . This week, I start a new year in cover dates. I'm looking a...

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theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 10d

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When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

Maybe there's a game or setting I'm unaware of, but I feel like there's a missed opportunity for a dinosaur themed "incursion from elsewhere...

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theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 12d

Halftone dot coloring for that classic comics look takes a while, at least for me, but I think it's worth it.

Comics page, the "Runaway Shadow" a Land of Azurth comic by Trey Causey and Mike Kazaleh about a frogling who has his Shadow removed by a Wizard.

theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 13d

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[Rifts] Some thoughts on the Coalition

Overall, I think the Coalition is a nice set of bad guys, in the sense that they've got a distinctive look, a lot of scary toys, and a suita...

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theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 15d

Post a #DCComics cover you love.

Cover to Kid Eternity #! (1991) by Duncan Fegredo. Shows the right half of the Kid's face with his round sunglasses on in blue tones.

theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 15d

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Wednesday Comics: DC, December 1984 (week 4)

I'm reading DC Comics' output from January 1980 (cover date) to Crisis ! This week, I read the comics on sale on September 27, 1984. All-Sta...

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theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 17d

Working (again) on thebLand of Azurth comic.
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The Runaway Shadow

We had a couple of players out, so we postponed our Land of Azurth 5e game until next week. So instead of gaming, I got a chance to work on...

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theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 18d

So good

theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 20d

Thinking about how I would run a Rifts game
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Planning for Rifts

With my 5e campaign winding down perhaps (or at least switching to a new phase) in the near future and the Bundle of Holding I mentioned bef...

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theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 21d

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Paperback Flashback: Beyond the Farthest Star

In 2021, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. released Beyond the Farthest Star: Restored Edition . It features two novellas Burroughs wrote in 1940...

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theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 22d

A Legionnaire dies and everything else that happened this week in #dccomics 1984.
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Wednesday Comics: DC, December 1984 (week 3)

I'm reading DC Comics' output from January 1980 (cover date) to Crisis ! This week, I'm looking at comics that were published on September 2...

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theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 24d

Stage your own battle

Comic book ad for Shogun Warriors toys showing all the robots

theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 24d

Uncover. Confabulate. Who knows?

theinscrutabledr3 @theinscrutabledr3.bsky.social · 24d

Those Bundles of Holding got me thinking about Rifts.
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Appendix Nth: Inspirational Media for Rifts

The recent blast of Rifts related Bundles of Holding had me not only spending a bit of money (with 5 bundles one was bound to get me!) bu...

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