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Two-time Eisner attendee -Director of Design - Letterer - IDW Publishing - Unpopular opinions my own.

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Stephen Graham Jones’ New Horror Novel 'Off the Reservation' ‘Stole’ His Sleep — See the Cover (Exclusive) PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the cover of Stephen Graham Jones' next horror novel, 'Off the Reservation.' The book, due out this fall from Saga Press, brings back a character from the author's 2020 b...

On the bookshelves October 13th. Hope y’all like it:

04.03.2026 14:03 — 👍 495    🔁 119    💬 34    📌 45

The first official #Godzilla RPG, by Jervis Johnson, @gavthorpe.bsky.social, and... erm... me!

Go get it!

03.03.2026 21:22 — 👍 26    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0
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WE ARE FULLY FUNDED on the #GodzillaRoleplayingGame.

Thank you to all of our backers who believed in #IDWGames & the #KaiSeiEra.

We're not finished....now the real fun starts. 😈

#GodzillaKaiSeiEra #TTRPG #BoardGames #RoleplayingGame #Kickstarter #GodzillaFans

03.03.2026 21:26 — 👍 34    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 0
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring Review | A Dark, Perfect Sequel | IDW Comics
YouTube video by Next Issue Podcast Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring Review | A Dark, Perfect Sequel | IDW Comics

@patrickhorvath.bsky.social’s Follow up series to the mega hit BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES comes to a close this week

Here is a full spoiler free review for BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES: RITES OF SPRING from @idwpublishing.com

youtu.be/K35aromXW04?...

03.03.2026 21:19 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
a human animal, perhaps, I don' know, a hardware-store owning BEAR who's otherwise fairly nice, holding a blood-drippy blade in one hand, the severed head of a white rabbit in the other. the rabbit looks exceedingly sad about this turn of events. understandable. the bear holding that rabbit is wearing bluejeans and workboots and a plaid shirt, thought I say that with trepidation, as I don't really know where "plaid" stops and other patterns/designs & ways of referring to them start—I don't wear them, so why would I stop to learn such things? anyway, shirt's coming unbuttoned at the BOTTOM, right before the tuck-in, so, I mean, that's all you need to know about who the bad guy here is, yes? YES? also, there's a slowly widening pool of blood. oh, and some words. don't forget the scary-font words: "Beneath the trees where nobody sees Rite of Spring." the exclamation point is implied / very much felt. there's some credits too, movie-poster style, specifically, 1980s movie-poster style, but, man, they're small and blurry, and, though I'm only halfway close to the cap I'm allowed in these alt_texts—I cap you can bet I've felt out before—still, I don't think I have quite what it takes to faithfully reproduce them all, here. but it's names, and attributions. all of which is important. some might say they're even more important than me just going on and on about how I'm not going to enter them here, taking probably eight times as much typing as if I just HAD. but, that fork in the textual road was a while back already. it always was.

a human animal, perhaps, I don' know, a hardware-store owning BEAR who's otherwise fairly nice, holding a blood-drippy blade in one hand, the severed head of a white rabbit in the other. the rabbit looks exceedingly sad about this turn of events. understandable. the bear holding that rabbit is wearing bluejeans and workboots and a plaid shirt, thought I say that with trepidation, as I don't really know where "plaid" stops and other patterns/designs & ways of referring to them start—I don't wear them, so why would I stop to learn such things? anyway, shirt's coming unbuttoned at the BOTTOM, right before the tuck-in, so, I mean, that's all you need to know about who the bad guy here is, yes? YES? also, there's a slowly widening pool of blood. oh, and some words. don't forget the scary-font words: "Beneath the trees where nobody sees Rite of Spring." the exclamation point is implied / very much felt. there's some credits too, movie-poster style, specifically, 1980s movie-poster style, but, man, they're small and blurry, and, though I'm only halfway close to the cap I'm allowed in these alt_texts—I cap you can bet I've felt out before—still, I don't think I have quite what it takes to faithfully reproduce them all, here. but it's names, and attributions. all of which is important. some might say they're even more important than me just going on and on about how I'm not going to enter them here, taking probably eight times as much typing as if I just HAD. but, that fork in the textual road was a while back already. it always was.

poster for Maniac (1980: a killer-dude in jeans and workbooks holding a fairly killer blade (dagger / both sides look to be sharp) in one hand and a human scalp (woman's, blond) in the other, with "I Warned You Not To Go Out Tonight / MANIAC" in scary font over it all. also, there's a puddle of dripping blood. and the dude's shirt's coming unbuttoned at the bottom—THAT'S how you know he's the titular character, here.

poster for Maniac (1980: a killer-dude in jeans and workbooks holding a fairly killer blade (dagger / both sides look to be sharp) in one hand and a human scalp (woman's, blond) in the other, with "I Warned You Not To Go Out Tonight / MANIAC" in scary font over it all. also, there's a puddle of dripping blood. and the dude's shirt's coming unbuttoned at the bottom—THAT'S how you know he's the titular character, here.

headsup that @patrickhorvath.bsky.social's Beneath the Trees: The Rites of Spring #6 from @idwpublishing.com drops Wednesday. You've all read 1 – 5 already, yes? And the first six as well? very much dig all the nods & fun, as, you know, you can see here (not the cover I got, but I should have):

02.03.2026 02:07 — 👍 45    🔁 6    💬 4    📌 1
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A Strange Girl Starts a Kaiju Stampede in GODZILLA #8 Godzilla is living inside of a teenage boy, and a legion of kaiju are beginning a stampede across America…

A Strange Girl Starts a Kaiju Stampede in @idwpublishing.com's GODZILLA #8 by @hackintimseeley.bsky.social, @hendrythecomicguy.bsky.social, @francescosegala.bsky.social, @faureiana.bsky.social & @natewidick.bsky.social #NCBD #Godzilla #IDWPublishing

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27.02.2026 20:04 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Shhh!

25.02.2026 16:49 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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On a day when we could all use some good news---the orders on GODZILLA issue 9 were actually above issue 8! THE KING OF MONSTERS CONQUERS STANDARD ATTRITION (would be a terrible movie). Thanks readers, and @idwpublishing.com !

24.02.2026 22:59 — 👍 25    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1

Letterer is the bass player of comics.

20.02.2026 21:16 — 👍 29    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 1
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The Kai-Sei era Godzilla by @hackintimseeley.bsky.social and Nikola Cizmesija is top notch. Tim really gets Godzilla in a unique way and I love the decision to have humans being able to harness Kai-Sei powers. They just released 7 and it's a great jumping on point.

17.02.2026 23:38 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

It’s always the nicest people that draw the most terrifying things.

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George Takei Celebrates Coming of Age at Any Age We chat with actor/activist/artist George Takei about using comics to reveal his whole self.

We chat with actor/activist/artist George Takei about using comics to reveal his whole self. It Rhymes With Takei, out now from @topshelfcomix.bsky.social: www.comicbookcouplescounseling.com/post/george-...

08.02.2026 21:12 — 👍 28    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 0

But wait, Nate, there’s an extremely comprehensive and thoroughly researched index featured in this edition! That’s kind of new! Not exciting, I know, but technically new.

03.02.2026 14:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Going into 2026 like

01.01.2026 06:48 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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*jealousy music*

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HAMPER

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I am Halloween.

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A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Disquestifiable.

10.10.2025 20:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Or chocolate!
Or an OS display setting.

That’s all I got.

10.10.2025 02:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Artist over Writer

05.10.2025 06:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Not sure how to feel about you guys objectifying romantic AI bots. They’re people too, not just algorithmic prediction machines.

03.10.2025 21:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lettered a comic and it’s my best work EVER! It is undeniably all downhill after this.

29.09.2025 07:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This is probably a bad sign, right?

24.09.2025 06:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The frugal dad in me is so stoked I get to cancel all these streaming services for bowing down to fascism. Not really stoked about the fascism, though. Anyway, happy Batman day everyone!

21.09.2025 03:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Cover art for THE ART OF STAR TREK LOWER DECKS

Cover art for THE ART OF STAR TREK LOWER DECKS

Here's new cover art for THE ART OF STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS, coming in March from IDW Publishing

Preorder: www.amazon.com/Art-Star-Tre...

#StarTrek #LowerDecks

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