Evan Johnston

MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom

Copies of Bayt al Azif issue 6 are already arriving in people's mailboxes!

Appropriate that @tristanoberon.bsky.social should get it first!

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49 signed up for pre-launch!!! Who will be the 50th??? Who??? www.kickstarter.com/projects/imc...

Coming soon: CHK Comics presents: AHA! A Horror Anthology A horror comic anthology focused on bringing fresh new voices to the medium all in one terrifying digest size package.

Far from Earth.
Low on water and food.
And what they don't know....just might kill them.

This and many amazing stories can be found in AHA (A Horror Anthology).

Back it on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/imc...

An illustration of a woman wearing a green cape, thick gloves, with a stressed-out expression on her face, carrying a futuristic firearm, with a helmet to the right of her. A large spaceship is in the background. Illustration by Evan Johnston.

Coming soon: CHK Comics presents: AHA! A Horror Anthology A horror comic anthology focused on bringing fresh new voices to the medium all in one terrifying digest size package.

Far from Earth.
Low on water and food.
And what they don't know....just might kill them.

This and many amazing stories can be found in AHA (A Horror Anthology).

Back it on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/imc...

California Screaming: Horror in the Golden State A chilling comic book anthology of California-themed horror stories by top creators.

California Screaming: Horror in the Golden State is now funding on Kickstarter.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/leo...

Here's a peek at the terrifying tales that backers can enjoy 🧵 ⬇️

C'MON FOLKS! LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!

An illustration of a bag of "Throwin' Stars" which is how I imagine ninjas buy throwing stars—in potato chip bags. A cheerful ninja in the lower left hand corner shouts something threatening. Cartoon by Evan Johnston.

I always end up throwing the whole bag

Coming soon: CHK Comics presents: AHA! A Horror Anthology A horror comic anthology focused on bringing fresh new voices to the medium all in one terrifying digest size package.

HEY!! I have a comic in a new horror anthology published by CJK!!

Curious? Learn more here:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/imc...

"You can't cancel us all" says the most useless parasitic class of worthless grifters you have ever seen

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Every time I watch the Pitt, I think about this HS literary journal I was in where someone signed their story, and then put "The real Noah Wylie" in parentheses. What were they smoking.

A digital illustration of Yoda from The Empire Strikes Back. Drawn in pencil, inked colored in Procreate by Evan Johnston.

Y O D A

A digital illustration of C3PO from Star Wars, holding his blasted-off leg with his head tilted. He has blaster burns on his chest. illustration by Evan Johnston.

Fluent in 6 million forms of communication, hunted by the Empire, almost blasted to pieces, and a total coward to boot. C3PO!

Excerpt from Wikipedia reads: "Fight against merchandising his characters For years, Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something that he felt would cheapen his comic through compromising the act of creation or reading.[21][22] He refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers, and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities. Watterson said that Universal kept putting pressure on him and that he had signed his contract without fully perusing it because, as a new artist, he was happy just to find a syndicate willing to give him a chance (two other syndicates had previously turned him down). He added that the contract was so one-sided that, if Universal really wanted to, they could license his characters against his will, and could even fire him and continue Calvin and Hobbes with a new artist. Watterson's position eventually won out, and he was able to renegotiate his contract so that he would receive all rights to his work. Later he said that the licensing fight exhausted him and contributed to the need for a nine-month sabbatical in 1991.[23]"

Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.

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Wow. Please, please, please, let a whole new audience find one of the greatest indie bands of all time.

Hey @mta.info: I don’t mind switching from swiping to tapping, but the loss of the Unlimited Monthly really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really sucks.

A digital illustration of Chewbacca from the Star Wars films, leaning away from the viewer. Illustration by Evan Johnston, originally done in pencil, then inked in Procreate. AI sucks.

HRAAWWWWWWRRRR

#empirestrikesback
#chewbacca
#starwars

This is still dangerously close to my high school's arrangement. Solidarity!!!

Uh SAME. Was it in the parking lot?

An illustration of Darth Vader sitting in his meditation pod from "The Empire Strikes Back." Illustration by Evan Johnston. Drawn in pencil, inked in Procreate.

"The force is with you, young Skywalker, but you are not a Jedi yet."

Vader in his meditation/life support pod, from Empire Strikes back.

#empirestrikesback
#starwars
#darthvader

Steve Rude is one of comics greatest artist- mentored me a bit through mail when I was a kid- check out his store, buy a little something, get a commission #comics

A digital illustration of Han Solo from the Star Wars movies, his face half in shadow. Illustration by Evan Johnston.

"Never tell me the odds."

#empirestrikesback #hansolo #starwars

What is wrong with people????

My gym too! And my pinball spot.

An illustration of Princess Leia from Empire Strikes Back looking head on at the viewer. An abstracted spaceship is in the background. Illustration by Evan Johnston.

Closing out 2025 with Princess Leia, a continuation of my Empire Strikes Back series.

2025 was really challenging, but I got though it with a stronger sense of self, new friendships, some finished projects, and an even greater determination to keep making art and stories. Bringing that into 2026!

The back of Darth Vader, facing Boba Fett, with an incredibly scuffed helmet. Illustration by Evan Johnston.

"No disintegrations."

Another Empire Strikes Back fan art for today.