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Al Ewing Writes Comics In The Overlook
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I write comics. He/him. No terfs, no swerfs.
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Bringing my most J FINK energy to the Spider-Man universe
J FINK discusses being a SWINGER thanks to Jovan Musk Oil, which turned his party into a terrific affair.
August 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Wabbit season
Me in my bi outfit
July 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Pride levels increasing
Me in the same outfit but now I have a cowboy hat with flowers on it
July 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Pridin’ it
Me in a bisexual astronaut shirt with the sleeves off, leather harness and some bi-ass shades
July 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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At Pride! It’s been a rich full day, that I’ll talk more about on the newsletter.
Me in my best attempt at a very bisexual outfit, holding a protest sign reading “You can’t call LGBTQ+ rights ‘lies’ one day and party with us the next! No LGB without the T!”
June 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Marvel United: A Pride Special is out this Wednesday! In which I pour a lot of rage out on the page (and a little joy too if you're into that) in the company of @keizama.bsky.social, @br-peer.bsky.social, Irma Kniivila and @airy.bsky.social.

Plus three more stories from a panoply of stars!
A page from "Who We Are", a story featuring Captain America (Aaron Fischer), Escapade, Charlene McGowan and some special guests taking on the Hate-Monger and HYDRA. In this sequence, the gang need to buy a little time to translocate out - and they buy it by Aaron cracking some fascist skulls. Illustrated by Kei Zama, colored by Brittany Peer and Irma Kniivila and lettered by Ariana Maher.
June 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Metamorpho: The Element Man #5 is out today! Who is Cy.C.L.O.P.S.? The answer will astound you -- with guest appearances by all your elemental faves! Miss it never, Metamaniacs!
A panel of Rex Mason, captioned "Rex Mason -- the Element Man!" Below, a panel of Urania Blackwell, captioned "Urania Blackwell -- the Element Gal!" Art by Steve Lieber, Color by Lee Loughridge, Lettering by Ferran Delgado. A panel of Emily Sung, captioned "Emily Sung -- the Element Woman!" Below, a panel of Element Dog, captioned "Muttamorpho -- the Element Hound!" Art by Steve Lieber, Color by Lee Loughridge, Lettering by Ferran Delgado. A panel of Algon, the ancient Element Man, captioned "Algon -- the Element King!" Below, a panel of a simple yellow question mark on a red background, captioned "And who's our mystery villain? Follow the clues -- it's element-ary!" Art by Steve Lieber, Color by Lee Loughridge, Lettering by Ferran Delgado. The opening panel of Metamorpho: The Element Man #5, showing the Thunderer standing on a city street, with his back turned to all five current Metamorphs - Metamorpho, Element Gal, Element Woman, Algon and Element Dog. "For the fate of the world... where is Metamorpho?!" asks the Thunderer. "Right here!" replies Metamorpho. "No - here!" adds Element Gal. "Over here!" says Element Woman. "By Apollo, I'm here!" yells Algon. "Woof!" says Element Dog. The captions explain: "What's better than five issues of the one and only Metamorpho? There's only one answer, Metamaniacs - it's one issue with five merely magnificent metamorphos! Gaze in wonder as an all-new and all-now element team forms not merely to protect the Earth, but to save Sol itself... but is even a freaky fivesome fabulous enough for this mission? Or worse, are there..." The title: "...Too Many Metamorphos?" Credits: Al Ewing - writer Steve Lieber - artist Lee Loughridge - colorist Ferran Delgado - letterer
April 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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I'm signing in Travelling Man York this Saturday at 2pm! If you're around, drop by.
A flier showing me and various characters I'm associated with, with the Travelling Man logo and text reading: Al Ewing Signing York 19th April, 2pm
April 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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It's true! I get to write Batman coming to my town to solve a bizarre murder mystery. It's been a lot of fun taking my first swing at the World's Greatest Detective, so hopefully you'll all join us to puzzle out why a murder victim would scrawl "BATMAN! DO NOT SOLVE MY MURDER!" in their own blood...
Batman fights four bad guys with bat-rope, bat-gas, bat-taser and a good old fashioned bat-kick. Art by Fico Ossio, colors by Ulises Arreola. Batman examines a dead body, stabbed in the back, who's written "Batman Do Not Solve My Murder" in his own blood. Art by Stefano Raffaele, colors by Lee Loughridge. Batman is surprised by some weird mystical creatures in a cosy English setting. Art by John McCrea, colors by Triona Farrell.
April 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Metamorpho: The Element Man #4 is out today! And here's a four page preview containing a full sequence of yuks and laffs: comixnow.com/2025/03/23/d...
A panel of Metamorpho, looking confident against a backdrop of big dogs. Caption reads: "Metamorpho -- the big hero!" Below, a panel of Sapphire Stagg, laughing into her hand against a backdrop of big birds. Captain reads: "Sapphire -- the big star!" Art by Steve Lieber, Colors by Lee Loughridge, Letters by Ferran Delgado. A panel of Simon Stagg, giving a big evil smile against a backdrop of big fish. Caption reads: "Simon Stagg -- the big business!" Below, a panel of Java, looking grumpy against a backdrop of Bigfoots. Captain reads: "Java -- the big softy!" Art by Steve Lieber, Colors by Lee Loughridge, Letters by Ferran Delgado. A panel of Urania Blackwell, Element Gal, having a big sleep against a backdrop of big cats. Caption reads: "Urania Blackwell -- the big secret!" Below, a panel of Stagg HQ, looking alive and malevolent against a backdrop of big kaijus. Captain reads: "Stagg HQ -- the big, big, big... problem!" Art by Steve Lieber, Colors by Lee Loughridge, Letters by Ferran Delgado. The title of the book - Metamorpho, The Element Man! Below, a big picture of Metamorpho protecting Simon and Sapphire Syagg from automated guns snaking around on big robotic tentacles, coming out of the walls of the Stagg HQ computer room. "Great Jasper!" yells Simon, "Stagg HQ's developed a mind of its own!" "And now the building wants to evict us... from life!" responds Sapphire. Captions read: "Who could ever replace the merely magnificent Metamorpho? The billion-dollar brain of Simon Stagg has the answer -- and it's not a who... it's a where! After all, why recruit a fab freak to protect Stagg HQ when the whole bilding could protect itself -- from inside or out? Genius, you say? Consider this, Metamaniacs - if office buildings could talk, wouldn't they have something to say? Something like 'Die, humans, die', perchance? This ish, the element team learns the answers -- as they battle... The HQ That Walked Like A Man!" Credits read: Al Ewing, writer Steve Lieber, artist Lee Loughridge, colorist Ferran Delgado, letterer Sabrina Futch, associate editor Katie Kubert, editor Lieber & Loughridge, cover Tyler Crook, variant cover Metamorpho created by Bob Haney & Ramona Fradon
March 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Super-Turtle, what have you done
Super-Turtle, through a grotesque misadventure, condemns two innocent men to a hideous drowning death far under the earth, with art by the great Henry Boltinoff. (More exact alt-text: two Henry Boltinoff strips combined, one featuring super-turtle creating a rainstorm to assist a father, the other showing a basic Boltinoff schmoe going caving with a buddy.)
March 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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A panel from X-MEN/ALPHA FLIGHT #2, in which Northstar and Talisman of Alpha Flight watch one of Madeline Pryor's crew - who Loki's turned into a godlike being through a cursed bargain - have a breakdown because it's cost him his imagination. Talisman says: "That's the price. The special part within ourselves... that allows us to create."
March 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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METAMORPHO: THE ELEMENT MAN #3 is in stores today! In which Rex and Rainie explore an ancient maze of deadly traps -- and YOU can help out! Don't ask, just BUY IT!
A panel of Metamorpho smiling as he shows the reader a literal gold finger. Caption reads: "Metamorpho -- goldfinger!" Below, a panel of Sapphire Stagg wiping away her tears with one finger. Caption reads: "Sapphire -- the spy who loved him!" Art by Steve Lieber and Lee Loughridge, lettering by Ferran Delgado. A panel of Urania Blackwell, the Element Gal, wagging her finger negatively at the reader. Caption reads: "Urania - the spy who dumped him!" Below, a panel of Simon Stagg tapping the side of his head and grinning. Caption reads: "Staggsy -- the billion-dollar brain!" Art by Steve Lieber and Lee Loughridge, lettering by Ferran Delgado. A panel of Java, naked and frozen in the block of ice he was found in. Caption reads: "Java -- the spy who came in from the cold!" Below, a panel of Vandal Savage, making a triumphant fist. Caption reads: "And Vandal Savage -- one spy too many?" Art by Steve Lieber and Lee Loughridge, lettering by Ferran Delgado. A panel of Metamomorpho looking at the reader in shock as he jerks a thumb over his shoulder at Urania, who's wearing a slinky Bond girl dress and draping herself over Java. Java's stood in the James Bond pose, wearing a tuxedo and holding a gun. Metamorpho says "Make it makes sense, reader! Right when Sapphire and me are splitsville - Element Gal picks now to break up the band?" Urania says "Believe it, Mason! The freak of 1001 changes is out - and the hunk of 1001 millennia is in!" Java says "And I say -- why fight it?" A credit box lists the credits: Al Ewing, writer. Steve Lieber, artist. Lee Loughridge, colorist. Ferran Delgado, letterer. Sabrina Futch, associate editor. Katie Kubert, editor. Steve Liever and Lee Loughridge, cover (not pictured). Derrich Chen, variant cover (not pictured).
February 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Isolating this for public use
A picture of an egg and the words "Top level egg action."
February 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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And it looks like this!
The cover for Metamorpho: The Element Man #2, by Lieber and Loughridge, showing the cast on stage performing some kind of rock and/or roll number. Metamorpho himself has turned into a test tube and is playing the tambourine.
January 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Metamorpho #2 is out today! By Lieber, Loughridge, Delgado and yours truly.
A panel of Metamorpho looking worried by something out of shot. Text reads: "Metamorpho -- is he yesterday's hero?" Below that, a panel of Sapphire Stagg looking similarly worried in the same direction. Text reads: "Sapphire -- is she yesterday's news?" Art by Steve Lieber, Color by Lee Loughridge, Letters by Ferran Delgado. A panel of Simon Stagg looking smugly away, untroubled. Text reads "Stagg -- he wants it all... yesterday!" Below that, a panel of Java, looking up at Stagg's panel with annoyance. Text reads: "Java -- he wasn't born yesterday!" Art by Steve Lieber, Color by Lee Loughridge, Letters by Ferran Delgado. A panel of Urania Blackwell AKA Element Gal, winking at the reader and blowing a kiss. Text reads "Urania -- she says yes to today!" A panel of Sugar Sweet, pop star and this issue's baddie, looking sweet yet eerie. Text reads "And what makes Sugar Sweet the villain of tomorrow?"
January 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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I am indeed currently imagining being 47
Agent 47 flashes a cheeky little grin, which I state for the record is unrelated to the lifespan of any billionaire, officer
January 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Tonight you'll be visited by Mister 3 spirits.
The Menacing Mister 3 breaks into Stagg Industries HQ over a triptych of panels from METAMORPHO: THE ELEMENT MAN #1, out this Xmas Day. "Join us, Metamaniacs, and learn..." intones a caption. Art by Steve Lieber and Lee Loughridge, letters by Ferran Delgado.
December 24, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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Tonight you'll be visited by three spirits.
Star-Lord, Nova and Gamora partying at Gosnell's Space Bar surrounded by friends and found family.
December 24, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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Day 12.
The cover to KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL by Anthony Bourdain, showing a black and white photo of a young Bourdain and two others dressed in white kitchen gear, carrying knives, and leaning against a graffiti'd wall. "Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly" is the tagline.
December 14, 2024 at 2:59 PM
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Day 11.
The cover for the Corgi edition of CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller. A large tagline in white text against a black background: "read it... and you'll never be quite the same again" Below that, the title, vast and in red, with a shouting male face superimposed over the bottom in stark black and white. Running across the bottom, small white text: "The polymesmeric bestseller Catch-22 Joseph Heller"
December 13, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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Day 10.
The cover to the Pan Books edition of THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE by Douglas Adams, showing an 80s-era starfield - lots of colourful, airbrushed galaxies - with the title displayed as a neon diner sign over the top, in red, blue and green. "The sequel to THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY", reads some copy below.
December 12, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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Day 9.
The cover to DOWN WITH SKOOL! by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle. A Ronald Searle illustration of a smiling, bellowing schoolboy, wielding a sharpened stick and trampling the phone body of a lanky schoolmaster who gazes owlishly out at the reader while helplessly trying to protect his back.
December 9, 2024 at 3:37 PM
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Day 8.
The cover for PROTECTOR by Larry Niven. Against a green sky dominated by a vivid red moon, a clawed, beaked alien hefts come kind of complex ray gun. The alien is wearing a space suit of some kind and staring at the reader with beady red eyes.
December 8, 2024 at 10:59 PM
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Day 7.
The cover for THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY by G.K. Chesterton. Yellow capital letters in a serif font layered over a simple drawing of a pocket watch in green on green. The subtitle reads: "A Nightmare".
December 7, 2024 at 11:52 AM