Stephen R Bissette

He often does this, actually.

Point taken, Phil.

I'd erroneously posted this photo first—which was the LAST incarnation of First Run Video, essentially across Putney Road from the original First Run Video location. This was the final iteration of the shop.

Deleted 1st post (fix photo!); Reel Obscure Podcast‬:
I actually just dropped an episode on Empire Pictures' much-loved-but-paradoxically-now-forgotten ELIMINATORS and ended-up going off on a tangent about the glory days of video rental stores. It made me realize just how awesome it was back then...

First Run Video, circa 1991–2007 (?) or so; Putney Road, Brattleboro, VT. The building isn't even there any longer (replaced with a dental office/surgery).

I was a shareholder from inception, promo manager 1992-94, joined the staff 1997 or '98, worked up to co-manager-buyer till March 14, 2005.

This was the house Tom Yeates & Sue Balinski, Rick Veitch, John Totleben, and I rented after Tom/Rick/my spring 1978 graduation from the Joe Kubert School in Dover, NJ. This place was a short walk from/to the school, and to/from the local shopping mall & cineplex. We all made a LOT of art & comics!

Before W. Lee Wilder's THE SNOW CREATURE, there was—

—PEKKA JA PÄTKÄ LUMIMIEHEN JÄLJILLÄ, the first-ever Yeti/snow creature movie!

Bored of Peace.

I love it just as it is.

They're baaaaaa-aack!

All wrapped up & nowhere to go.
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©2018, 2026 Stephen R. Bissette

Here's lookin' atcha.

Spuds, anyone?

Title page from my pulp collection.

This issue of AMAZING STORIES packed not one, but two, dinocentric stories into its contents!

Got my sheet of Bruce Lee!

Our local P.O. was only shipped two sheets.

Oh, well. Glad I asked for 'em!

Caught in theaters this week; both excellent, recommended.

CRIME 101 was a special pleasure: low-key, character-driven story, perfectly told, unreels like a vintage Don Siegel or Joseph Sargent film, a rare treat amid the usual studio bombast.

Almost... almost... almost....

Eager to unleash this book on the world! But waiting for amazon to review designer Tim Paxton's final file...

I looooooove this book series. One more volume to go!

"You’re Kidding, Right?" - Karoline Leavitt, acting as if our current President somehow isn't a racist.

You're kidding, right, Karoline?

Wow, Rodney! John Jennings connected me with one of Rodney's projects (which I wrote an intro/Foreword for); later, Erik Hansen got Rodney Barnes & I together to talk about horror movies. Blows me away to hear & see this...

Pencils by son Danny, letters, inks & tones by me; on a blank record sleeve. At the time, Danny and Joey were friends & neighbors; recorded a (very limited edition) LP together. This was a gift from Danny to Joey.

One of the limited edition novels/novellas I illustrated back in the day.

Gak!

The latest pair of 'coming at it from both ends' Robin Snyder-published paperbacks of Joe Gill/Steve Ditko at Charlton: complete year 1961, complete year 1975 (includes b&w 1960s stories published that year in '75 in the fanzine CHARLTON BULLETIN). Revelatory, as ever, invaluable, fun! Recommended

Could have been (1) rampaging, elevated-from-the-floor dust bunny; (2) optical migraine; (3) partially-manifest poltergeist energy; (4) desiccating hairball; (5) congealed flatulence of uncertain origin; (6) A FUCKIN' FLESH EATER.

I surely do.

Me, too!

YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner 4th and 5th Grade School Children Flee ICE in Terror!

In Oct. 2025, local community (Woodstock VT) asked local artist to remove a Halloween chalk mural depicting ICE as a trick-or-treat costume.

Guess what? American kids ARE totally living in terror—

—of ICE.

This is all on YOU, Republicans. All. On. YOU.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZafW...

I've still got my set of 'em. Anyone else?