Dan Schkade
@danschkade.bsky.social
[SHKAH-dee] — Eisner and Ringo award-nominated cartoonist (FLASH GORDON, LAVENDER JACK, THE SPIRIT) He/him, fair condition
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Unbelievably and unaccountably, yes
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Unbelievably and unaccountably, yes
A couple other FLASH GORDON character head studies, just for kicks:
November 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A couple other FLASH GORDON character head studies, just for kicks:
Bok's face has solidified over the last year and a half, like all sequential characters do, but the broad strokes are still there from my original model sheet:
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Bok's face has solidified over the last year and a half, like all sequential characters do, but the broad strokes are still there from my original model sheet:
Today's strip has one of my favorite Bok panels in a while. Bok's a fun character to draw — part Hellboy, part Conan, less Goliath than you might think and a decent helping of Brock Samson. Season and serve.
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Today's strip has one of my favorite Bok panels in a while. Bok's a fun character to draw — part Hellboy, part Conan, less Goliath than you might think and a decent helping of Brock Samson. Season and serve.
Went straight from finishing BERSERK 1997 into wrapping up season four of SHORESY, which is basically speedballing the Anti-Life Equation and Popeye's spinach
November 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Went straight from finishing BERSERK 1997 into wrapping up season four of SHORESY, which is basically speedballing the Anti-Life Equation and Popeye's spinach
Personally, I like to think of it as an intergalactic take on the happuri mengu open-faced Samurai mask. Canonically, as far as I can tell, it started off as a cowl worn by the undersea Coralians, but in our version multiple nations have their own variation.
November 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Personally, I like to think of it as an intergalactic take on the happuri mengu open-faced Samurai mask. Canonically, as far as I can tell, it started off as a cowl worn by the undersea Coralians, but in our version multiple nations have their own variation.
FRANKENSTEIN was unbelievably good. Instantly my favorite adaptation of the story, 12/10, nothing but net. Gasps in the theater, audible crying, applause at the end. This thing's a monster.
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
FRANKENSTEIN was unbelievably good. Instantly my favorite adaptation of the story, 12/10, nothing but net. Gasps in the theater, audible crying, applause at the end. This thing's a monster.
Not intentional, but they DO serve similar purposes: to deliver very different yet equally incendiary messages to a captive audience. And the whole giant hologram thing is just very Wizard of Oz, isn't it — this is sci-fi fantasy, go big or go back to earth
October 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Not intentional, but they DO serve similar purposes: to deliver very different yet equally incendiary messages to a captive audience. And the whole giant hologram thing is just very Wizard of Oz, isn't it — this is sci-fi fantasy, go big or go back to earth
Heard the name "SmackJeeves" for the first time in fifteen years and had to sit down for a minute
October 29, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Heard the name "SmackJeeves" for the first time in fifteen years and had to sit down for a minute
Lil something for the Bok heads in the audience
October 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Lil something for the Bok heads in the audience
Silver Dagger is an all-time great Doctor Strange villain just waiting to break out again I swear to the Hoary Hosts
October 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Silver Dagger is an all-time great Doctor Strange villain just waiting to break out again I swear to the Hoary Hosts
As much of a Lee/Ditko purist as I am, the Englehart/Brunner run is maaaybe the best Doctor Strange comics there ever were
October 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
As much of a Lee/Ditko purist as I am, the Englehart/Brunner run is maaaybe the best Doctor Strange comics there ever were
330 pages of alternate history mystery/adventure, the first of three, all for thirty slim bucks. LAVENDER JACK had a long life as a Webtoon Original, but no one's seen it like this yet:
October 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
330 pages of alternate history mystery/adventure, the first of three, all for thirty slim bucks. LAVENDER JACK had a long life as a Webtoon Original, but no one's seen it like this yet:
Ahhh yeah, this. This right here. This is what the internet is all about
October 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Ahhh yeah, this. This right here. This is what the internet is all about
Now while I do see where you're coming from, if I'M teaming Flash up with another Buster Crabbe character? It's gotta be:
October 20, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Now while I do see where you're coming from, if I'M teaming Flash up with another Buster Crabbe character? It's gotta be:
Whoa, well spotted! Yes, Dambe was one of the things I was going for with the Lion Men's fighting arts, along with Muay Thai and a healthy helping of Sci-Fi Fantasy Fighting ™️
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Whoa, well spotted! Yes, Dambe was one of the things I was going for with the Lion Men's fighting arts, along with Muay Thai and a healthy helping of Sci-Fi Fantasy Fighting ™️
If I know anything, it's to never underestimate the charisma of a balding man with emotional wounds and dad vibes
October 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
If I know anything, it's to never underestimate the charisma of a balding man with emotional wounds and dad vibes
Good question! One fine place to start is DC's THE BEST OF THE SPIRIT trade — it's not expensive, pretty easy to find, and has some of the most iconic stories from the first ten years of the strip.
October 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Good question! One fine place to start is DC's THE BEST OF THE SPIRIT trade — it's not expensive, pretty easy to find, and has some of the most iconic stories from the first ten years of the strip.
Outside of the King characters, I've got four:
SPACE GHOST
THE FANTASTIC FOUR
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
And, it should almost go without saying, DAN DARE
SPACE GHOST
THE FANTASTIC FOUR
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
And, it should almost go without saying, DAN DARE
October 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Outside of the King characters, I've got four:
SPACE GHOST
THE FANTASTIC FOUR
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
And, it should almost go without saying, DAN DARE
SPACE GHOST
THE FANTASTIC FOUR
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
And, it should almost go without saying, DAN DARE
Little Czech Bakery in West, TX 🤌
October 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Little Czech Bakery in West, TX 🤌
Bah! Coming from a man with your enviably confident line, I reject the premise of the question
As for another strip I've love to take over? Alex Raymond's RIP KIRBY, easy.
As for another strip I've love to take over? Alex Raymond's RIP KIRBY, easy.
October 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Bah! Coming from a man with your enviably confident line, I reject the premise of the question
As for another strip I've love to take over? Alex Raymond's RIP KIRBY, easy.
As for another strip I've love to take over? Alex Raymond's RIP KIRBY, easy.
My favorite Raymond storyline has to be the 1939-40 Frigia mega arc; Great characters, art never looked better, left such an impression that I made Fria one of the tentpole characters of my whole run.
Favorite classic strip? Will Eisner's THE SPIRIT — and if that doesn't count, PRINCE VALIANT.
Favorite classic strip? Will Eisner's THE SPIRIT — and if that doesn't count, PRINCE VALIANT.
October 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
My favorite Raymond storyline has to be the 1939-40 Frigia mega arc; Great characters, art never looked better, left such an impression that I made Fria one of the tentpole characters of my whole run.
Favorite classic strip? Will Eisner's THE SPIRIT — and if that doesn't count, PRINCE VALIANT.
Favorite classic strip? Will Eisner's THE SPIRIT — and if that doesn't count, PRINCE VALIANT.
-Edda, in fact the whole factory arc from this summer, is actually made of spare parts from a storyline I originally pitched for the first year lineup
-I don't know if we'll be seeing any of the Lowland Station Takes gang again, but I love those guys
-Bok definitely sounds like Holt McCallany
-I don't know if we'll be seeing any of the Lowland Station Takes gang again, but I love those guys
-Bok definitely sounds like Holt McCallany
October 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
-Edda, in fact the whole factory arc from this summer, is actually made of spare parts from a storyline I originally pitched for the first year lineup
-I don't know if we'll be seeing any of the Lowland Station Takes gang again, but I love those guys
-Bok definitely sounds like Holt McCallany
-I don't know if we'll be seeing any of the Lowland Station Takes gang again, but I love those guys
-Bok definitely sounds like Holt McCallany
The big idea with Bok was to take one of the nameless mooks Flash fights and elevate him to the main cast. I wanted him to give us a fresh perspective on the world of Mongo, plus giving Flash a "regular" guy to talk to. A proto-version appears in my one-off FLASH FORWARD strip from a few years back:
October 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The big idea with Bok was to take one of the nameless mooks Flash fights and elevate him to the main cast. I wanted him to give us a fresh perspective on the world of Mongo, plus giving Flash a "regular" guy to talk to. A proto-version appears in my one-off FLASH FORWARD strip from a few years back:
My go-to is THE SPIDER VS THE EMPIRE STATE, which collects the three novels that basically form the Spider's GOD LOVES, MAN KILLS
October 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My go-to is THE SPIDER VS THE EMPIRE STATE, which collects the three novels that basically form the Spider's GOD LOVES, MAN KILLS