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Mike Manley

@drawmanley.bsky.social

Veteran of animation and comics. Artist The Phantom, Judge Parker, editor of Eisner nominated Draw! Magazine and Co-Host on the Pencil-to-Pencil Podcast

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You loved our strong jaws and drawing live so much we are going to do ig again this week! Join your three expert cartoonists as we create live and answer your questions in our chat this Wednesday!

10.03.2026 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CANIFF. OTOMO. GOLDEN. Tracing the roots of cartoony heads on realistic bodies, a tradition I first saw articulated by Frank Springer (in a talk about Frank Robbins).

You don’t choose style dissection as a lifestyle, it chooses you.

09.03.2026 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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An old Sunday that got flagged by the WPO editor cause the boobs were too sexy!

09.03.2026 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some older life drawings

09.03.2026 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some older life drawings

09.03.2026 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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More of that old Secret Agent Corrigan story from years back

08.03.2026 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nice Jr Jr Punisher page

08.03.2026 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Frank Brangwyn

08.03.2026 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks. That’s what the client wanted

08.03.2026 06:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A fresh commission! If interested in a commission contact me.

08.03.2026 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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Jack Kirby, with Chic Stone, tells a tale about Jack Ruby’s murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, from May 1967’s Esquire magazine.

I had no idea at all β€œ46 Hours & 36 Minutes In The Life Of Jack Ruby” existed. It’s amazing what you can turn up while trawling through old archives.

07.03.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 183    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 14
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A Power Pack page drawn by me and inked by Willismson

07.03.2026 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2/2 This weeks Phantom

07.03.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1/2 this weeks Phantom

07.03.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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An Artist of Caped Crusaders Emerges From the Shadows

Noce to see Klaus Janson get a gallery show in NYC, and my pal George Gustines write about it in the NYtimes. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/a...

07.03.2026 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 239    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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How lovely are Alex Toth's original character designs of Dr Smith for the otherwise risible Hanna Barbera Lost in Space cartoon special from the 70s.

07.03.2026 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Part of a fun job at DC that had Jimmy learning about banking.

07.03.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Norman Osborn

06.03.2026 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer.

🧡 1/5

06.03.2026 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1532    πŸ” 873    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 130
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Old Samples that did not get me work for Marvel and DC that I did sometime around 1986 in hopes of picking up work. At the time had been doing activity and kids books but I got nothing β€”year or so later I did that Daredevil job with Williamson over Ditko so never give up.

06.03.2026 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kelly: "You could pick a random group of people off the street tonight here in DC and they could probably do a better job than our government is doing right now. They don't have a goal, there's no strategic plan. And what this is likely to lead to is, again, a long war with a lot of dead Americans."

05.03.2026 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 20664    πŸ” 5874    πŸ’¬ 660    πŸ“Œ 277
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Finished the Batman sketch I started on tonight’s livestream

05.03.2026 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Middle Age β€˜Draw and Jaw’ | Steve Conley Get more from Steve Conley on Patreon

Drawing live on the YouTubes this evening with @jamarnicholas.bsky.social and @drawmanley.bsky.social…

www.patreon.com/posts/middle...

04.03.2026 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Old Joker drawing

04.03.2026 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oskner and Wood.

04.03.2026 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A page from Trax Rover my own character and story that lead me to getting my first job from 1982.

04.03.2026 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2 pages by the late Sal Buscema that show how great he was. Artists like Sal were around forever and always good but it was easy to take them for granted as they weren’t always flashy. But comics ran because guts like Sal were there every month sometimes on 2 books! Clarity of storytelling always.

03.03.2026 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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if I ever need a lawyer, somebody call this lady

03.03.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6193    πŸ” 962    πŸ’¬ 260    πŸ“Œ 127
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A very very old commission

03.03.2026 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join your three expert cartoonists this week as we all draw as we talk with you and answer questions live in our new Draw and Jaw session starting this Wednesday!! @jamarnicholas.bsky.social @steveconley.bsky.social

03.03.2026 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0