michael busuttil
@mbusuttil.bsky.social
designing/editing the Massive-Verse (Radiant Black/Rogue Sun/The Dead Lucky/Supermassive) at Image Comics. hosting Ranger Danger. he/him.
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michael busuttil
@mbusuttil.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hey! I'm Michael Busuttil, a comics editor & designer. I've worked on books like RADIANT BLACK, ROGUE SUN, and the rest of the Massive-Verse, the Eisner-nominated DEEP CUTS, Kid Cudi's MOON MAN, THE INFERNALS, and THE SINGULARITY!
I will mostly be here doing dumb bits for my own amusement.
I will mostly be here doing dumb bits for my own amusement.
at a point with projects for next year where if two or three of them happen I'll be Busy and if all of them happen I will be melted down into a sludge
October 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
at a point with projects for next year where if two or three of them happen I'll be Busy and if all of them happen I will be melted down into a sludge
teaching myself Blender at half past midnight for a book like a crazy person
October 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
teaching myself Blender at half past midnight for a book like a crazy person
i like 'em
Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?
October 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
i like 'em
Bill Burr Baggins
October 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Bill Burr Baggins
just an embarrassment of riches every single year
It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!
Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!
And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com
Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!
And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
just an embarrassment of riches every single year
fun fact: the DC in DC Comics stands for Dete Ctive so the full name of the company is actually Detective Comics
September 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
fun fact: the DC in DC Comics stands for Dete Ctive so the full name of the company is actually Detective Comics
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I love making comics so much. I love figuring out the pacing, how much to show vs tell, composing each panel and the page as a whole, clever little sound effects or lettering touches, finding ways to streamline the process without compromising quality. ☺️
Ideal story-telling medium if you ask me.
Ideal story-telling medium if you ask me.
September 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I love making comics so much. I love figuring out the pacing, how much to show vs tell, composing each panel and the page as a whole, clever little sound effects or lettering touches, finding ways to streamline the process without compromising quality. ☺️
Ideal story-telling medium if you ask me.
Ideal story-telling medium if you ask me.
Goku is one of the most famous fictional characters of all time. he has an evil brother who shows up, dies immediately, and then no-one ever mentions him ever again
dragonball has basically become a persisting pop culture entity that won't ever go away which leads to funny things like the fanbase fixating on dudes like Nappa in a desperate attempt to make him a character
September 9, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Goku is one of the most famous fictional characters of all time. he has an evil brother who shows up, dies immediately, and then no-one ever mentions him ever again
i like this song a lot. this has been Michael's Music Corner.
September 9, 2025 at 4:27 AM
i like this song a lot. this has been Michael's Music Corner.
I was gonna write something about how letterers are the unappreciated backbone of the industry but I genuinely just got an email from a letterer delivering a draft that I have to go look at instead
Today, September 1st is Letterer Appreciation Day. Celebrated on Gaspar Saladino's birthday who was one of the greatest comic book letterers to ever pick up a pen. So, please appreciate the artistry of lettering which is more than just words on a comic book page.
September 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I was gonna write something about how letterers are the unappreciated backbone of the industry but I genuinely just got an email from a letterer delivering a draft that I have to go look at instead
when you're happy with the dialogue, cut 30% of it
Following up on my portfolio critique list: Any of you comics writers who teach feel like coming up with a list of 12 Things You Would Probably Tell an Aspiring Writer about their Comic Script?
Great idea! I'm not the guy to do it, but I'm sure it could be done: "The story starts on page three." "The protagonist's efforts would be more compelling if you established what the stakes are if she fails" etc.
August 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
when you're happy with the dialogue, cut 30% of it
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I got an early morning email from Image's accounting that raised some red flags for me.
Do not put your account info in the link they shared.
contact your editor first asking about this.
I hope I'm wrong, but I really think somebody got hacked
Do not put your account info in the link they shared.
contact your editor first asking about this.
I hope I'm wrong, but I really think somebody got hacked
August 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I got an early morning email from Image's accounting that raised some red flags for me.
Do not put your account info in the link they shared.
contact your editor first asking about this.
I hope I'm wrong, but I really think somebody got hacked
Do not put your account info in the link they shared.
contact your editor first asking about this.
I hope I'm wrong, but I really think somebody got hacked
this is generous because I would [redacted for legal purposes] them with my bare hands
not gonna lie, if one of my friends told me they used ChatGPT to write all their texts to me, I would slowly edge that person out of my life
Life is a continuous series of burdensome choices. True freedom comes when you give yourself over to the algorithm.
August 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
this is generous because I would [redacted for legal purposes] them with my bare hands
I love that he drew those two figures and was like "no I went off on those" so he put them up the top as well
Joe Caroff, West Side Story movie poster, United States, 1961
Caroff, designer of book covers, posters, and logos, including the “007” for the James Bond franchise, died on Sunday, just before his 104th birthday. Among his iconic creations was this poster often misattributed to Saul Bass.
Caroff, designer of book covers, posters, and logos, including the “007” for the James Bond franchise, died on Sunday, just before his 104th birthday. Among his iconic creations was this poster often misattributed to Saul Bass.
August 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I love that he drew those two figures and was like "no I went off on those" so he put them up the top as well
there seems to be a new school of media consumption that's something like "the characters are my friends and I need them to always make good and healthy decisions" and I simply do not understand it
August 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
there seems to be a new school of media consumption that's something like "the characters are my friends and I need them to always make good and healthy decisions" and I simply do not understand it
do you think the Russian government would be interested in paying millions of dollars for two guys to talk about Power Rangers
I think the most interesting thing (derogatory) about the podsphere is the discovery that many podcasters had been paid millions of dollars by the Russian government to do misinformation
The acknowledge it ... and kept on misinforming
The acknowledge it ... and kept on misinforming
August 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
do you think the Russian government would be interested in paying millions of dollars for two guys to talk about Power Rangers
it’s called getty images because that’s where you getty the images from
August 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
it’s called getty images because that’s where you getty the images from
Off Panel is the industry's best podcast period, and SKTCHD is up there with its best journalism. If you can support David, please go see if you can help out.
So, I was laid off by my job this week after 13 years.
Not only that, but it happened as bills from my recent heart attack-related medical visits come due.
Because of that, I'm doing a big sale for SKTCHD/Off Panel related things, so now's a good time to subscribe if you can...because I need it!
Not only that, but it happened as bills from my recent heart attack-related medical visits come due.
Because of that, I'm doing a big sale for SKTCHD/Off Panel related things, so now's a good time to subscribe if you can...because I need it!
July 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Off Panel is the industry's best podcast period, and SKTCHD is up there with its best journalism. If you can support David, please go see if you can help out.
those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it but those who succeed in learning from history are doomed to sit there going "fuck me this is just like History" while the first lot do history all over again so really it's lose-lose
June 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it but those who succeed in learning from history are doomed to sit there going "fuck me this is just like History" while the first lot do history all over again so really it's lose-lose
i appear to have accidentally gone minorly viral on this website
May 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
i appear to have accidentally gone minorly viral on this website
Andor is a story about how a thousand nameless and unremembered people will have to sacrifice everything so a gay kid who left his home in Space Idaho four days ago can close his eyes and Fuck It We Ball the most important shot in galactic history on the advice of a ghost
May 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Andor is a story about how a thousand nameless and unremembered people will have to sacrifice everything so a gay kid who left his home in Space Idaho four days ago can close his eyes and Fuck It We Ball the most important shot in galactic history on the advice of a ghost
this could not possible be more tailored to my interests
The @imagecomics.com keyblades are done! Savage Dragon, Spawn, Invincible, Radiant Black, The Darkness and Witchblade!
#KingdomHearts #Keyblades #Crossovers #ImageComics #SavageDragon #Spawn #Invincible #RadiantBlack #TheDarkness #Witchblade
#KingdomHearts #Keyblades #Crossovers #ImageComics #SavageDragon #Spawn #Invincible #RadiantBlack #TheDarkness #Witchblade
April 10, 2025 at 5:38 AM
this could not possible be more tailored to my interests
