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I make some YouTube shows about comic book artists’ and writers’ techniques and history. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-dGYF1il5OP0lNHChHdhzg

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Trick or Treat (1986) Gave Us Metalhead Freddy Krueger - Trash Movie Bonanza 29
YouTube video by Comic Tropes After Dark Trick or Treat (1986) Gave Us Metalhead Freddy Krueger - Trash Movie Bonanza 29

It’s time for a Halloween themed movie review with Jim Mahfood and I. Trick or treat is a look at a metalhead Freddy Krueger. Thanks to editor Jamie Woods!

youtu.be/tLfTDOBfnXU?...

30.10.2025 23:30 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Comic Adaptation Mania: SIKTC, Energon Universe, Black Hole & the K-Pop Copycats! YouTube video by Comic Tropes After Dark

Chapters are included for my weekly comics news, reviews, and interviews. This week includes my annual Top 10 Horror Comics of the past year!

www.youtube.com/live/eCLG4dY...

29.10.2025 20:41 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Bullet Adventures #4 cover A - The Influencer greets her fans on stage while Lainie and Dale look on from the crowd

Bullet Adventures #4 cover A - The Influencer greets her fans on stage while Lainie and Dale look on from the crowd

Bullet Adventures #4 cover B - Lainie is surrounded by ominous drones

Bullet Adventures #4 cover B - Lainie is surrounded by ominous drones

FOC - Nov 3
Bullet Adventures #4

Bullet recognizes some familiar tech being used in recent crimes, while tackling a new type of technology…social media! While Dale gets up to speed by watching V-tuber The Influencer, Lainie works to save her friendship that's been pushed away while saving the day.

25.10.2025 17:42 — 👍 8    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

This is a great comic. Recommended! Ask your shop to order this:

25.10.2025 20:47 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Maybe 2? It’d be 1 but I’ve seen photos where you have a sword in your hand.

24.10.2025 07:17 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Construction’s almost done!

23.10.2025 21:17 — 👍 92    🔁 12    💬 7    📌 1
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Day 23 of Pouchtober - it's STARGIRL! We love her! (Unfortunately already sold) #pouchtober #stargirl #dc #dccomics #dcu #stripesy

23.10.2025 16:45 — 👍 38    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
The headless horseman from sleepy hollow mounting his horse in a cemetery

The headless horseman from sleepy hollow mounting his horse in a cemetery

Don’t lose your head!

23.10.2025 00:26 — 👍 492    🔁 126    💬 4    📌 2
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It’s a @tonymoore.bsky.social kinda new comics day! Two covers AND an interior horror story? One of my fav artists and fav people.

22.10.2025 19:33 — 👍 27    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Vote for Twiggy in SAS Halloween Photo Contest. Show your support for Scituate Animal Shelter by voting for Twiggy in SAS Halloween Photo Contest

My sister is raising money for her town’s animal shelter. If you’d like to donate a dollar to vote for her dog, Twiggy’s, Halloween costume as a greyhound bus, the money goes to the shelter.
Thank you for your consideration:

www.gogophotocontest.com/scituateanim...

22.10.2025 02:06 — 👍 25    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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Energon Universe Adult Animated Series Based On Comic From Hasbro & Skybound With Joe Henderson As Showrunner Hitting TV Marketplace Energon Universe adult animated series from Hasbro and Skybound based on the comics with Joe Henderson as showrunner is being taken out to buyers.

Energon Universe cartoon:

deadline.com/2025/10/ener...

22.10.2025 17:34 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Vote for Twiggy in SAS Halloween Photo Contest. Show your support for Scituate Animal Shelter by voting for Twiggy in SAS Halloween Photo Contest

My sister is raising money for her town’s animal shelter. If you’d like to donate a dollar to vote for her dog, Twiggy’s, Halloween costume as a greyhound bus, the money goes to the shelter.
Thank you for your consideration:

www.gogophotocontest.com/scituateanim...

22.10.2025 02:06 — 👍 25    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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Save the REH Museum Donations collected here go directly to the Robert E. Howard Foundation, which will forward 100% of the proceeds to Project Pride in Cross Plains, Texas, to support restoration and maintenance of the ...

Help save the home of author Robert E Howard (creator of Conan & so many more characters). Donate now at rehfoundation.org/save-the-reh...

17.10.2025 11:05 — 👍 54    🔁 34    💬 3    📌 0

Happy for you, pal.

17.10.2025 17:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A taste of the Scott Snyder interview as we walk through New York Comic Con. Available on my Comic Tropes After Dark channel within the NYCC News recap episode!

15.10.2025 21:32 — 👍 29    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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All the Stunning New York Comic Con News! Superman vs Homelander?! Marvel Ends Ultimate Universe?! YouTube video by Comic Tropes After Dark

I did a quick walk & talk interview with @ssnyder1835.bsky.social on the NYCC show floor. Check it out at the top of the show, plus NYCC comics news and reviews:

www.youtube.com/live/MFM6wMg...

15.10.2025 05:37 — 👍 20    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Tonight!

14.10.2025 18:29 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Day 13 of Pouchtober - it’s the Fighting American! Available on my store very cheap! #kirby #jackkirby #fightingamerican #pouchtober

13.10.2025 14:54 — 👍 20    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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What comics news from NYCC has you most excited?

12.10.2025 20:53 — 👍 31    🔁 1    💬 10    📌 0
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The new Punisher series by Palmiotti and Panosian is great. But on two consecutive pages, the letter “z” is written differently. There are two letterers credited so I don’t necessarily think it’s one letterers fault. Isn’t this at least part of what an editor should catch?

09.10.2025 15:13 — 👍 17    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Monster October Day Nine: Re-imagine Guiron, a kaiju from Gamera.

#art #sketch #sketchbook #Monster #October #creature #kaiju #gamera #guiron #Halloween

09.10.2025 14:03 — 👍 221    🔁 47    💬 4    📌 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 | Official Teaser (2025 Short)
YouTube video by Paramount Pictures Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 | Official Teaser (2025 Short)

This looks fun but I don’t want to go to a SpongeBob movie to see it.

youtu.be/HZ3ZIHw9Vws?...

09.10.2025 01:46 — 👍 22    🔁 1    💬 4    📌 0

@zackdavisson.com

07.10.2025 19:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Get ready for the Youngblood month at Image Comics in November with the special edition of Blood&Thunder #7 cover celebrating the return of Rob Liefeld's Youngblood!

Line art by me and colored by Dee Cunniffe.

#art #comic #cover #ImageComics #ink #color #Youngblood

07.10.2025 06:38 — 👍 28    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0
Marvel and DC Team Up Again?! Superman/Spider-Man Announced + DC's Absolute Evil Shocks Readers
YouTube video by Comic Tropes After Dark Marvel and DC Team Up Again?! Superman/Spider-Man Announced + DC's Absolute Evil Shocks Readers

I teamed up with my little sister this week to deliver a 3.5 hour show (with chapter breaks) about the latest comics news and get embarrassed.

youtu.be/g7GKU2tV2f0

07.10.2025 04:48 — 👍 30    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

NHK?

05.10.2025 22:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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doing some new covers for small manga sized reprints of sunstone that start releasing in february. these will be friggin adorable

smallstone XD

mind you if you have the usual editions you don't need these. all the same stuff, just... smaller

04.10.2025 22:38 — 👍 621    🔁 65    💬 7    📌 1
Poster for REVENGE OF THE CREATURE! Featuring the creature from the black lagoon

Poster for REVENGE OF THE CREATURE! Featuring the creature from the black lagoon

REVENGE OF THE CREATURE!

04.10.2025 23:09 — 👍 227    🔁 41    💬 3    📌 0
Post image Comics Buyer's Guide, Aug 20, 1999:
"The fact that he’s out there killing criminals often just creates endless revenge cycles, as in Lebanon or the Balkans. He’s forging a history of hate that in their minds justifies everyone going after one another.”
In Potts’ view, while kids and readers could idolize Captain America, they should never have idolized Frank Castle or his life. “Occasionally, I'd get a letter from a younger reader that said, ‘I love The Punisher and want to grow up to be just like him, ” Potts said. “No matter what I was doing, I'd stop dead in my tracks and write a letter back and ask if he really wanted to be a miserable, violent person who cures nothing and just hurts people? If he did, then he was missing the point of the story.
“I worried about it, because for every one person who wrote in, there were probably 10 who didn’t. The Punisher was not someone to be admired and emulated. This was a pitiful human being we were writing about.”

Comics Buyer's Guide, Aug 20, 1999: "The fact that he’s out there killing criminals often just creates endless revenge cycles, as in Lebanon or the Balkans. He’s forging a history of hate that in their minds justifies everyone going after one another.” In Potts’ view, while kids and readers could idolize Captain America, they should never have idolized Frank Castle or his life. “Occasionally, I'd get a letter from a younger reader that said, ‘I love The Punisher and want to grow up to be just like him, ” Potts said. “No matter what I was doing, I'd stop dead in my tracks and write a letter back and ask if he really wanted to be a miserable, violent person who cures nothing and just hurts people? If he did, then he was missing the point of the story. “I worried about it, because for every one person who wrote in, there were probably 10 who didn’t. The Punisher was not someone to be admired and emulated. This was a pitiful human being we were writing about.”

Carl Potts on the Punisher, 1999. "The Punisher was not someone to be admired and emulated. This was a pitiful human being we were writing about."

14.08.2023 03:07 — 👍 154    🔁 57    💬 6    📌 7

I really liked issue one. It reads well for folks new to Star Trek but also has bits that will resonate for fans. It’s set in the far future and the heroes have wayyyy less resources than usual. It gives things an edge.

04.10.2025 03:24 — 👍 16    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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