Evan Dorkin

Cover for Nerd Inferno, the upcoming omnibus collection of my humor work from Dark Horse Comics. It collects the entirety of the out of print Milk and Cheese, Dork and Eltingville Club hardcover books. Cover features the four Eltingville Club members reacting in horror to Milk and Cheese in a center panel. The Eltingville Club members are holding toys and collectible items that are based on various characters from the Dork series, including The Broken Robot, The Shitty Witch and the Crappy Cat and Georgina Riley from the Murder Family. The backgrounds for each characters include books, models and toys based on other characters from Dork such as The Devil Puppet and Myron the Living Voodoo Doll. Nerd Inferno will be available on April 28th.

The NERD INFERNO Omnibus collects all the material from the out of print Milk & Cheese, Dork and Eltingville Club HC editions. 648 dense pgs full of marks on paper. Available April 28th from @darkhorse.com (If all goes to plan, I'll be doing an NYC signing on FCBD May 2nd, possibly another May 3rd).

The Beasts of Burden Omnibus with cover art by series co-creator Jill Thompson. The cover shows five dogs and two cats reacting to a skeleton laying in a bloody ritual circle in a front yard. The series is about household pets and strays that defend their neighborhood from an occult plague that sees ghosts, witches and monsters threatening their hometown of Burden Hill.

The BEASTS OF BURDEN OMNIBUS was published last Feb and is still available to be adopted by comics readers, pet owners and horror fans. "Dogs and cats defend their neighborhood from the occult" might sound like a silly kid's comic. It's not. Winner of 8 EisnerAwards. Ck it out.
From @darkhorse.com

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NERD INFERNO out April 28th from @darkhorse.com

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The cover to "For Better or for Worse: The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston." The cover shows her sitting in front of alot of panels of her strip.

A sample color Sunday strip.

A black and white photo of her standing in front of some panels of her strip.

Cartoonist Lynn Johnston, creator of the newspaper comic strip For Better or For Worse, which ran from 1979 to 2008. #InternationalWomensDay  #InternationalWomensDay2026

Some people still gotta have my Gotta Have My Batman.

I would do so given that it would be an ongoing paycheck. There will always be terrible people in fandom and terrible professionals in the various nerd fields, it's not like it's a dated concept. But I've never had any interest from anyone in trying to adapt Eltingville again. That idea's dead.

A photo of Dumm with her dog.

A collection of the comic strip “Cap” Stubbs and Tippie from the Library of American Comics.

A photo of her sitting at her drawing table.

Cartoonist Edwina Dumm, creator of the comic strips Cap Stubbs and Tippie, which ran for 48 years, and Alec the Great, which ran for 38 years. #InternationalWomensDay  #InternationalWomensDay2026

A black and white photo of her.

Four covers colored by Wood, including Batman vs the Incredible Hulk, Superman vs Wonder Woman, Adventure Comics featuring the Spectre, and Detective Comics featuring Batman and Manhunter.

Tatjana Wood was a very prolific colorist, who contributed to several of DC Comics' best runs of all time, & colored an amazing amount of their covers from the 1970s to 1990s. She was also an artist who assisted Wally Wood during their marriage.
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A black and white photo of her holding what is both a self portrait and also a drawing of Mopsy, since they looked the same.

A sample Sunday strip of Mopsy. She is trying to hit a target with a bow and arrow, but gets frustrated and breaks the bow. Then she pulls out a gun and hits the target.

A bio of her from the National Cartoonists Society. It says "born in Tonawanda, NY. Sold cartoons to magazines while in high school. Started newspaper career on NY Graphic. Proceeded to United Features, NEA, and finally Associates Newsp. Created "Betty GI" for WAC during World War II. Designed for Wholesale Retail and movies. Now producing "Mopsy" daily panel and Sunday page, and writing daily column "Dear Gals and Guys." Lives in Hollywood with two black cats.

Cartoonist & fashion designer Gladys Parker. She created the comic strip Mopsy that ran for nearly three decades, and in WWII, she created the strip Betty G.I. for the Women’s Army Corps. #InternationalWomensDay  #InternationalWomensDay2026

A photo I took of her holding my copy of DC Showcase Presents: Metamorpho. This photo means the world to me.

Two covers by her: The Brave and the Bold #66 (featuring Metamorpho and the Metal Men) and The Superfriends #28.

A photo of Fradon in her younger days sitting in an office full of men.

Artist Ramona Fradon, most known for cocreating Metamorpho and her work on Aquaman, Superfriends, Plastic Man, and the comic strip Brenda Starr, Reporter. #InternationalWomensDay
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A black and white photo of Severin in her studio office.

Two covers pencilled by Severin: The Incredible Hulk #102 and Sub-Mariner #16.

A photo of the Marvel bullpen from a 1971 Rolling Stones article with Severin standing in the middle.

Artist & colorist Marie Severin, most known for her work at Marvel & EC Comics. #InternationalWomensDay  #InternationalWomensDay2026

Everyone contributes. The main thing is fun with friends.

Best to you and I hope things look up soon

It's too expensive for me but I still hope to replace the copy I had that was ruined.

I always thought it was a Marvel Tales issue with Mysterio (the cover with Mysterio's giant hands trapping Spider-Man) but it's not the right time period. I misremembered. It's a 20 cent-er, not 25. So I don't know.

My work here is done. Good night.

A Judy Junior page from John Stanley's Thirteen Going on Eighteen.

One day you will all recognize, marvel and bow down to the amazing genius horror that is Judy Junior (from the genius John Stanley's Thirteen Going on Eighteen).

My stepdad can get his own Bluesky account. I'm still jealous he met Gaines. He didn't even know his name, he just recognized him.

Looking it over, it is a guy made out of craftint, isn't it? None of the forefront figures have duoshade on them, only the mass of people behind them. Shit. Oh, well. That's funny, too. I misrememebred it. I am sad.

You can read it as a guy made out of craftint getting punched but I prefer it my way.

A page from the Wash Tubbs parody from Panic #10. Drawn by Will Elder, written by Jack Mendelsohn.

The bit in "Captain Izzy and Washt Upps" where Izzy punches a guy out of his own duoshade is one of the funniest gags ever done in comics. Drawn by Will Elder, written by Jack Mendelsohn, parodying Roy Crane in Panic #10.

The last time I went to SDCC was 2000. Went every year but one from 1987 on. I thought it was out of control in 2000, can't imagine it now.

I got to meet Kurtzman, Elder, Feldstein, Evans, Williamson and Marie Severin. Got to hang out with Williamson a few times via the Laphams. Got to work with Marie. Missed meeting John Severin and Kamen at SDCC in 2000. My stepdad met Gaines while working security at MAD's building one night. #EC

Certain folders shouldn't be opened while feeling meloncholy.

Al Feldtein's signature in one of the EC LIbrary hardcovers.

I have not sold any of the EC Libary volumes I got signed. Or any of the unsigned. If you see me selling those online you'll know I have become a heroin addict or I need to pay for a life-saving operation.

Jeebus, that's amazing. I should never have sold my Origins/Son of Originas HC. I don't know what I was thinking. Making room on the shelves, still. They were totems. Never did get Bring On the Bad Guys.

Once when I was sick my mom got me the same Spider-Man issue two other people already had.

marvel's greatest Comics #55

Amazing Spider-Man #142

Fantastic Four #159

Three of the first four comics I remember buying with my own money. From a spinner rack in a grocery store in Brooklyn.

Thanks! That was a really tough year.