I'd put this on my wall.

Young Dean Koontz

Successful Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz wearing hair(?)

Hair wearing Dean Koontz

The, um, evolution of Dean Koontz has been wild.

Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’ Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded.

“This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.”

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I'd love to be able to talk to Darwyn about Kurtzman.

Al Feldstein cover featuring a dude suffering heroin withdrawal.

Wally Wood cover featuring a Klan-like figure about to whip a white woman for consorting with "others." Very heavy stuff.

Joe Orlando page depicting the horrors of heroin withdrawal. I definitely learned the term "monkey on your back" from this book.

First time I visited a comic shop as a kid, I found Canadian reprints of EC comics, including these two books.

Thinking back, being exposed to comics depicting heroin withdrawal and the impact of racism probably informed my perspective on the medium's potential more than superhero comics could.

Trump running with a missing scientist conspiracy theory without spending five minutes investigating it is typical of his entire shit show.

Agreed.

Harvey Kurtzman original art.

This original Harvey Kurtzman page from TWO-FISTED TALES.

Kurtzman doesn't get enough credit for his art. Understandable, given his legacy, but when he found his groove in his prime, there weren't many guys doing bolder work.

Johnny Craig CRIME PATROL cover. At the dawn of EC's revolutionary "New Trend" direction.

The original art. Hidden under a paste-up.

Johnny Craig's original drawing was revealed years later when a paste-up was removed from the original art.

Facebook hobbled my page because I quoted the Secretary of Health and Human Services in a comment on someone else's page, and the machines running things assumed I was endorsing drug use.

Feels about right for 2026.

My copy of Action Comics #1 went live on Heritage Auctions yesterday and it's already at $675k! Ends May 9th! Proceeds from the final sale are being donated to ComicsPro, The Hero Initiative, and BINC! The first ever sale of an Action Comics #1 to benefit the industry!
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Wally Wood, dead by his own hand at 54.

Jack Cole, took his own life at 43.

Joe Maneely (with Stan Lee), fell between commuter cars at the age of 32.

Bob Wood, in handcuffs not long after a weekd spent with a prostitute who ended up dead.

Comics will break you.

Wally Wood, Jack Cole, Joe Maneely and Bob Wood. Four tragedies.

Tula Lotay BLOODLAND cover.

Mack Chater BLOODLAND cover.

Covers for the latest issue of BLOODLAND (#3, out this week).

Tula Lotay and Mack Chater, respectively.

Bill Ponderosa

Rickety Cricket.

The Waitress.

The Lawyer.

One of my favorite running bits in IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY, that the long life of the show makes even more fun to observe, is how every well-adjusted person that crosses the gang's paths more than once begins a slow descent into a cartoonish personal hell with no bottom in sight.

Not only is @jamaligle.bsky.social one of my oldest friends in the business, he's one of my favorite creators to work with. As we jam on the sequel to something we did a while back, he was able to squeeze in this epic variant.

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Also, almost no one showed up.

Our pal @alexsegura.com and friends have sparked a Kickstarter for their new comic book series, The Forgotten Five! Here’s a sneak peek at my FF cover, to be unveiled in its maximum glory once the campaign hits a certain stretch goal. Check it out, por favor!

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I bet it was. I see stuff that reminds me of Simon & Kirby that doesn't look like other inkers (like that dog).

Every time I read a story about a violent person being taken down with no one dying, a bunch of yahoos jump in with THIS IS WHY YOU NEED A GUN.

The Shark literally collapsing in the 1996 Masters.

Talking to my son about Masters collapses, I remember KC Star columnist Joe Posnanski writing a Sunday piece in 1996 about how Greg Norman was finally going to win the Masters he deserved and shut up all the doubters and who called him a choker.

And then Norman proceeded to blow a six shot lead.

A Festa Do Santo Reis YouTube video by Tim Maia - Topic

I immediately boosted my mood a dozen notches by kicking off a playlist with Tim Maia's "A Festa Do Santo Reis," cranked just loudly enough.

Sure, it probably helped kill him, but his pre-gig "triathlon" of whiskey, cocaine, and weed must have fueled some killer shows.

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Bouncy Bunny opens a door he should keep closed, asking his mother about the Dark Days...

Local funny animals stress out. The Dark Days are coming.

Mom is guilt-ridden over not warning Bouncy about The Man With The Gun...

But now it's too late. Bouncy's ass is in clear view of The Man.

"funny animal" comics from 1957. From FULL OF FUN #1.

The Dark Days are coming ...

Artemis ii astronauts in zero gravity.

Dunno why space deniers piss me off so much, but a lot of it is rooted in how intellectually lazy they are.

"How comes her hair be the only one floating? Anyone?"

Yeah, what's up with the bald dude's hair not floating?

I watched five minutes of a flat earther video on this mission, and ... WOW.

There's a clip of Larry Bird getting into it with Dr. J, and Charles Barkley and Moses Malone come in to grab Bird, with Kevin McHale and Robert Parrish jumping in.

If you can find an NBA clip from the last 25 years with six Hall of Famers in a brawl, I'll give you a gonad.

Spoiler: that baby is now 19, and Fraction must be 100.

And it brings my sword collection up to one!

Cleaning the mansion, and need to make room for this.

A kid (20) I gave advice to at Planet Comicon came by the Ignition booth later and said, "I appreciated your advice so much I got you a sword!"

Weird, but why not? I appreciated the gesture!

Sorry. The only time I can't watch my favorite MLB team without going to the games is when they're playing the Royals, thanks to local blackouts and the Royals' awful cable deal.

Their broadcast availability still sucks compared to other sports.

Somehow I can watch every game from my favorite Premier League team and favorite MLB team, but to watch my favorite NFL team I need to spend hundreds on a few Sunday afternoon games.