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Ryan K Lindsay @ryanklindsay.bsky.social · 2d

This is just brilliant.

Bodybag Jones @daydreamcomix.com · Oct 31

Happy Halloween!

A Haunted House
Art by @illaurastrates.bsky.social
Words by Frankee White

#HorrorSky

A double page spread of an old house a top an unseen hill. The moon is full and high. Stains drip from the house into the void. A man with an axe stands in the window.

The poem reads:

In 1891 I was raised by a family
Made to be proud and strong
With peaked towers and stained glass
A beacon on the high hill
For all to witness —
Until the family died.

One night,
the father took a sharp axe
to his beloved bride/
to his darling daughter/
to his sad-eyed son/
Then hanged himself from my bones in the attic.

My family rotted inside me for days
Before they were found and removed.
I sat empty - alone — for decades
While the weather wore at me
So my outsides matched my insides
Who could truly love a thing like me?
And yet, after all this time
A new family has found me
They call me a "fixer-upper"
I hear them planning all the
hard work they will do
To make me the home I was meant to be:
Mending my aches and pains,
the scars and stains will be
hard to remove
But they want to do the work.

They say at Christmas they will
fill my large halls with laughter,
A sound I am unfamiliar with

That is when I notice
Something in the eye of the father
A gleam I am familiar with And I shudder.
My floorboards creak, my
frame shifts
My windows slam, my doors
rattle open
In the night
The daughter is frightened by
my cries
And her father tells her not to
worry
That he will keep her safe.

I do not believe him.
I have heard these words before.

They Haunt me.

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Ryan K Lindsay @ryanklindsay.bsky.social · 3d

Complete shelf goals. I will always love old EC works.

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 3d

My EC Artist's Library books had filled up a shelf but several more volumes are coming so I wasn't sure what to do to find space. But it doesn't seem so bad having some next to my Russ Cochran slipcases.

The top shelf has slipcase editions of Two-Fisted Tales, Frontline Combat, and Weird Fantasy, plus six of the Artist's Library books. The second shelf has the rest of my Artist's Library books.

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Ryan K Lindsay @ryanklindsay.bsky.social · 3d

Absolute legend wins awards! Check out more Aussie sci fi!

T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 3d

The Australian Ditmar Award ceremony was last night, and I was honoured to receive the nod for Best Novella. Ghost of the Neon God has now won the Australian double (Aurealis and Ditmar). Congrats to all the winners, and a huge thanks to all my readers.

author with trophy (wearing a 1984 t-short and standing in a cyberpunk hotel lobby)

Picture of novella (vivid orange cover), Aurealis trophy (looks kinda like a red glass nautilus), and Ditmar trophy (small gold rocket ship).

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Sebastián Píriz @sebastianpiriz.bsky.social · 4d

Page 30 of "The kings slayer"

Read the next page here: thekingslayercomic.tumblr.com

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Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 7d

Guess what? The Comics Courier Issue 3 Kickstarter is NOW LIVE!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif...

The Comics Courier, A Comics Criticism Journal [Issue 3]

A newspaper-format journal dedicated to in-depth comics criticism edited by Tiffany Babb

www.kickstarter.com

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Ryan K Lindsay @ryanklindsay.bsky.social · 7d

It might seem chaotic, but my holiday reading journey does have a plan.

A set of books on a table.
The Cosmic Puppets by Philip K Dick. Men Without women by Haruki Murakami. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. The Theban Plays by Sophocles. The Knives by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Hark!A Vagrant by Kate Beaton.

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Asa Wheatley @asawheatley.bsky.social · 11d

Praise for Sagas of the Shield Maiden from @jimzub.bsky.social, @ryanklindsay.bsky.social, @gronbekk.bsky.social, @davecook.bsky.social, @chrismole.bsky.social, @andywpoliver.bsky.social & @jamesblundell.bsky.social!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/asa...

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 16d

THE GUNSLINGER ON THE BEACH (1982)
Acrylic on Board - 28" x 18"

The winter months of 1980-81 were tough. My wife and I became parents with the arrival of our daughter in November, and I needn't tell anyone who has children what that means in terms of lifestyle changes...like lack of sleep. 1/4

Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, stares contemplatively across the sea as waves gently lap the shore. Footprints can be seen in the damp sand leading to where he sits, pistol unstrapped at his hip and bedroll at his side. The sun hangs low but intense, blazing a line of orange across the horizon. Over a low stretch of wispy clouds, the silhouette of an asymmetrical tower rises dream-like in the sky. Odd projections mark the sides while spires of varying height sit atop the peak like chaotic crenelations.

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Zac Thompson @zacthompson.bsky.social · 24d

just some of the old Dicks I've got lying around.

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Ryan K Lindsay @ryanklindsay.bsky.social · 24d

Mate, speaking my love language. Those are some mint covers you have. I’m constantly on the lookout.

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Eric Palicki 🔜 NYCC AA J-31 @ericpalicki.bsky.social · Sep 4

Decals are already coming and we’re on the cusp of hitting that second stretch goal (annotations on the digital script) www.kickstarter.com/projects/epa...

The THIRD GOAL - 4 more pages! - is also in reach! Less than a week to go!

Atlantis Wasn't Built for Tourists Digest Edition

Reprinting the entire acclaimed Neo-Western-meets-Lovecraftian Horror series in a digest-size edition with new material

www.kickstarter.com

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Frederik Hornung @frederikhornung.com · Aug 24

Prelaunch for my one-man retro horror anthology, Seconds To Midnight: Book One, begins THIS THURSDAY!

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SKTCHD@NYCC @sktchd.bsky.social · Aug 20

Jeff Smith's BONE had a surprising home during the 1990s in Disney Adventures magazine. It was a banner moment for the comic and readers...but how did it happen?

This is the story of Bone's time in Disney Adventures, with insight from the key players involved.

It's open to non-subscribers.

“It Kind of Changed My Life”: The Story of Bone’s Time in Disney Adventures, From the People Who Made It Happen - SKTCHD

While it might be difficult to imagine in 2025, a magazine was one of the biggest deals for kids back in the 1990s. Disney Adventures, a monthly, digest-sized publication, was loaded with everything t...

sktchd.com

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Dave Chisholm @davechisholmcomics.com · Aug 19

Not really made FOR my BlueSky followers but might be helpful or not

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Ed Brisson @edbrisson.bsky.social · Aug 19

Out tomorrow! Very proud of this book. Do yourself a solid and pick it up. You won't regret it.

Mad Cave Studios @madcavestudios.com · Aug 19

As Neil hunts crooked cops, the adrenaline fades as Neil realises he’s in over his head! 💥

This NCBD, Neil's ready to settle the score in WILD ANIMALS #2, available at your favorite local comic shop this Wednesday!

W: @edbrisson.bsky.social
A: Andy Kuhn
C: @deezoid.bsky.social

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Ryan K Lindsay @ryanklindsay.bsky.social · Aug 12

I want to visually read this like those photos where people jump and the pic looks like they’re flying a broom or being force choked midair.
Matt Murdock is actually sliding down the line and about to tangle up in an epic fail. But this moment / mint / so that’s the one he posts.

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gpcomics.bsky.social @gpcomics.bsky.social · Aug 4

The official trailer for Greener Pastures!
youtu.be/7UTpeuZw0R4
Please DO share it around.
Please DO subscribe.
Please DO lose your mind!
Please DO let us know what you think.
🤓🐮🤯

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Ryan K Lindsay @ryanklindsay.bsky.social · Jul 30

I’d love to script this. Just as a writing exercise. Wild to consider how close we came to it.

I wonder what artist they would have approached?

Sean Howe @seanhowe.bsky.social · Jul 29

Stan Lee tells TAKE ONE of plans for a Marvel comic of THE SHINING, then says Stephen King's book contract prohibited it.

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Frederik Hornung @frederikhornung.com · Jul 27

COSMIC BAT-MAN! 🪐🌎🦇A sci-fi twist on the ol' fellow.

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · Jul 27

Gotten so many brilliant ideas for 5 song dungeons and hacks for Playlist Dungeon already! Which is good, since I plan to start "Revenge of the Mixtape" a Playlist Dungeon Jam in a short bit.

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · Jul 25

“DO YOU READ SUTTER CANE?”
In addition of doing the art for the slipcase I also did the cover for the sleeve for @arrowvideo.bsky.social 4K UHD release of @thehorrormaster.bsky.social horror classic IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS now available for preorders:)

The possessed mob holding their axes on front of the church in the movie. Tentacles appear from both sides

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Ryan K Lindsay @ryanklindsay.bsky.social · Jul 21

Reading this just made my morning, mate.

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Paul Allor Loves You 🏳️‍🌈 @paulallor.bsky.social · Jul 21

Polygon did an article about me! I say some smart things, I say some stupid things, I'm way too self-deprecating right in the lede. This is incredibly humbling. Check it out if you're so inclined.

www.polygon.com/features/614...

How one G.I. Joe writer turned Marvel Rivals into a comics run for the ages

From one-shot to permanent fixture in just 12 months

www.polygon.com

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Frank J. Barbiere 🔜 NYCC AA J-14 @fjbarb.bsky.social · Jul 18

The Author Immortal.
A new ongoing series from me & @morganbeem.bsky.social starting this October at @imagecomics.com. Logo by @sievish.bsky.social and some fantastic variants from @yukoart.bsky.social & Jorge Corona.

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Louie Joyce @louiejoyce.bsky.social · Jun 26

I’m drawing a Turtles comic!!! 😱😱🐢🐢🐢🐢🤙🤙

Fanboy Factor @fanboyfactor.bsky.social · Jun 26

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES COMIC BOOK EMERGES OUT OF THE HIT PARAMOUNT+ ANIMATED SERIES @idwpublishing.com @ajoustra.bsky.social @louiejoyce.bsky.social #TMNT buff.ly/93XhxWK

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