John Dudley & Big Shoulders Comic
@j-dudley.bsky.social
Comics are cool. I wrote Big Shoulders and a few others!
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nobody has the capacity to continually worry about media enshittefication when it is so far out of our control and the damage already beyond repair, but supporting independent and original art at every level is a viable counterbalance
streaming was a mistake
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
nobody has the capacity to continually worry about media enshittefication when it is so far out of our control and the damage already beyond repair, but supporting independent and original art at every level is a viable counterbalance
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Probably the best thing I hand lettered today...
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Probably the best thing I hand lettered today...
For those unfamiliar with Deniz Camp's game. Check out this ice-cold heat (From Ultimates #10, art by Jose Frigeri):
December 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
For those unfamiliar with Deniz Camp's game. Check out this ice-cold heat (From Ultimates #10, art by Jose Frigeri):
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When Trump's gone, the Kennedy Center will go back to normal. By going after the arts, Trump's ensured that he'll be ridiculed for years to come. He'll be lampooned, joked about, and eviscerated by the most talented artists in every field for ages. They'll write his legacy.
Never go after the arts.
Never go after the arts.
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When Trump's gone, the Kennedy Center will go back to normal. By going after the arts, Trump's ensured that he'll be ridiculed for years to come. He'll be lampooned, joked about, and eviscerated by the most talented artists in every field for ages. They'll write his legacy.
Never go after the arts.
Never go after the arts.
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Completed popup card for my boy turning from 6 to 7! My ongoing birthday tradition of overly complicated cards continues! I abandoned trying to make this a functioning popup early on, and just went for the drawings - it’s more a paper diorama - but he was pleased, and so am I! Onward!
November 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Completed popup card for my boy turning from 6 to 7! My ongoing birthday tradition of overly complicated cards continues! I abandoned trying to make this a functioning popup early on, and just went for the drawings - it’s more a paper diorama - but he was pleased, and so am I! Onward!
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Compiled the best of the ‘Making Comics’ substack into one link:
- Inspiration for making comics
- How to let visuals lead storytelling
- How to better appreciate lettering
- Tips for writing (better) comics
- Comic recommendations!
open.substack.com/pub/makingco...
- Inspiration for making comics
- How to let visuals lead storytelling
- How to better appreciate lettering
- Tips for writing (better) comics
- Comic recommendations!
open.substack.com/pub/makingco...
Making Comics: Reruns & Remixes
All you can eat Making Comics
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Compiled the best of the ‘Making Comics’ substack into one link:
- Inspiration for making comics
- How to let visuals lead storytelling
- How to better appreciate lettering
- Tips for writing (better) comics
- Comic recommendations!
open.substack.com/pub/makingco...
- Inspiration for making comics
- How to let visuals lead storytelling
- How to better appreciate lettering
- Tips for writing (better) comics
- Comic recommendations!
open.substack.com/pub/makingco...
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crisped rice 👉 Rice Krispies
flaked corn 👉 Corn Flakes
looped fruit 👉 Froot Loops
puffed cocoa 👉 Cocoa Puffs
nutted grapes 👉 Grape-Nuts
jacked apples 👉 Apple Jacks
I'm so close to cracking the cereal-naming schema I can taste it
flaked corn 👉 Corn Flakes
looped fruit 👉 Froot Loops
puffed cocoa 👉 Cocoa Puffs
nutted grapes 👉 Grape-Nuts
jacked apples 👉 Apple Jacks
I'm so close to cracking the cereal-naming schema I can taste it
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
crisped rice 👉 Rice Krispies
flaked corn 👉 Corn Flakes
looped fruit 👉 Froot Loops
puffed cocoa 👉 Cocoa Puffs
nutted grapes 👉 Grape-Nuts
jacked apples 👉 Apple Jacks
I'm so close to cracking the cereal-naming schema I can taste it
flaked corn 👉 Corn Flakes
looped fruit 👉 Froot Loops
puffed cocoa 👉 Cocoa Puffs
nutted grapes 👉 Grape-Nuts
jacked apples 👉 Apple Jacks
I'm so close to cracking the cereal-naming schema I can taste it
My comic with @scott1gray.bsky.social (Big Shoulders #1) is free to read via Global Comix until Monday. Got a link for it right atop the prelaunch page for our #2 Kickstarter if anyone wants a free look at the first chapter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/big...
Coming soon: Big Shoulders #2
The second chapter of Big Shoulders.
www.kickstarter.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My comic with @scott1gray.bsky.social (Big Shoulders #1) is free to read via Global Comix until Monday. Got a link for it right atop the prelaunch page for our #2 Kickstarter if anyone wants a free look at the first chapter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/big...
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Thanks to @petedoree.bsky.social for sending me an actual physical copy of the ad Ed and I had for our books in @theguardian.com a couple of weeks ago. Perfect holiday reading for when you’re cycling around on your Brompton bike!
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Thanks to @petedoree.bsky.social for sending me an actual physical copy of the ad Ed and I had for our books in @theguardian.com a couple of weeks ago. Perfect holiday reading for when you’re cycling around on your Brompton bike!
Nice!!! Been eager for this for a few months now. Eager to get back home after the holidays and follow the news. I’m sure everything is going well! Right?
Catching up on the news of the day...
THE END TIMES (from @benjaminpercy.bsky.social & @stephenking.bsky.social) is a blast. If you like the back matter in my stuff, you'll LOVE it. Fun stuff, and a special sorta fun finding it waiting in the mailbox.
badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...
THE END TIMES (from @benjaminpercy.bsky.social & @stephenking.bsky.social) is a blast. If you like the back matter in my stuff, you'll LOVE it. Fun stuff, and a special sorta fun finding it waiting in the mailbox.
badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Nice!!! Been eager for this for a few months now. Eager to get back home after the holidays and follow the news. I’m sure everything is going well! Right?
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Looking for a fun yet inexpensive Christmas gift for the #DoctorWho fan in your life? I have lots of art prints for sale, check 'em out! (Reposts very appreciated!) 🙂
www.ebay.co.uk/usr/scotgra-57
www.ebay.co.uk/usr/scotgra-57
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Looking for a fun yet inexpensive Christmas gift for the #DoctorWho fan in your life? I have lots of art prints for sale, check 'em out! (Reposts very appreciated!) 🙂
www.ebay.co.uk/usr/scotgra-57
www.ebay.co.uk/usr/scotgra-57
Warm your hands by the fire with these character introductions for Big Shoulders #1 🔥
The full first issue is available to read via the Global Comix link here (only until Dec 1st though!): www.kickstarter.com/projects/big...
The full first issue is available to read via the Global Comix link here (only until Dec 1st though!): www.kickstarter.com/projects/big...
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Warm your hands by the fire with these character introductions for Big Shoulders #1 🔥
The full first issue is available to read via the Global Comix link here (only until Dec 1st though!): www.kickstarter.com/projects/big...
The full first issue is available to read via the Global Comix link here (only until Dec 1st though!): www.kickstarter.com/projects/big...
Conan, he’s so hot right now!
Love how Zub is weaving a tale across time periods, all featuring characters created by Robert E. Howard. The main series, Battle of the Black Stone, and Savage Sword (seriously, grab #11 for Liam Sharp’s story!!), and now Scourge of the Serpent is also so, so choice 🐍🔥
Love how Zub is weaving a tale across time periods, all featuring characters created by Robert E. Howard. The main series, Battle of the Black Stone, and Savage Sword (seriously, grab #11 for Liam Sharp’s story!!), and now Scourge of the Serpent is also so, so choice 🐍🔥
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Conan, he’s so hot right now!
Love how Zub is weaving a tale across time periods, all featuring characters created by Robert E. Howard. The main series, Battle of the Black Stone, and Savage Sword (seriously, grab #11 for Liam Sharp’s story!!), and now Scourge of the Serpent is also so, so choice 🐍🔥
Love how Zub is weaving a tale across time periods, all featuring characters created by Robert E. Howard. The main series, Battle of the Black Stone, and Savage Sword (seriously, grab #11 for Liam Sharp’s story!!), and now Scourge of the Serpent is also so, so choice 🐍🔥
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I wrote 12 novels.
Hit #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Optioned three works for film and TV.
Have close to 20 short fiction works in anthos.
I have 35,000 BSky followers.
Have you seen my jewelry shop that keeps my lights on.
www.peculiarityshop.com
Hit #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Optioned three works for film and TV.
Have close to 20 short fiction works in anthos.
I have 35,000 BSky followers.
Have you seen my jewelry shop that keeps my lights on.
www.peculiarityshop.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I wrote 12 novels.
Hit #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Optioned three works for film and TV.
Have close to 20 short fiction works in anthos.
I have 35,000 BSky followers.
Have you seen my jewelry shop that keeps my lights on.
www.peculiarityshop.com
Hit #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Optioned three works for film and TV.
Have close to 20 short fiction works in anthos.
I have 35,000 BSky followers.
Have you seen my jewelry shop that keeps my lights on.
www.peculiarityshop.com
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Sean Phillips has provided us with signed bookplates for pretty much everything he and #EdBrubaker have done together. But now he's gone even further.
One lucky customer will win an original piece of art. To enter, all you have to do is buy the comic
okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...
One lucky customer will win an original piece of art. To enter, all you have to do is buy the comic
okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...
November 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Sean Phillips has provided us with signed bookplates for pretty much everything he and #EdBrubaker have done together. But now he's gone even further.
One lucky customer will win an original piece of art. To enter, all you have to do is buy the comic
okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...
One lucky customer will win an original piece of art. To enter, all you have to do is buy the comic
okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...
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Looking for a list of new comics this week? Here's what's hitting comic book stores on November 26, 2025 from Marvel, DC, Image and more.
New Comics This Week: Full Comics List For November 26, 2025
Looking for a list of new comics this week? Here's what's hitting comic book stores on November 26, 2025 from Marvel, DC, Image and more.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Looking for a list of new comics this week? Here's what's hitting comic book stores on November 26, 2025 from Marvel, DC, Image and more.
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Sorry not sorry if the song gets stuck in your head.
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Sorry not sorry if the song gets stuck in your head.
How cool is this? Need to make some Canadian pen pals stat!
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
How cool is this? Need to make some Canadian pen pals stat!
2024 will be a pivot point for assessing all art available digitally. Any art that was released that year or later will (and should) be met with skepticism until its method of creation is verified. As such, @scott1gray.bsky.social and I made something immensely clear on the opening page of our book
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
2024 will be a pivot point for assessing all art available digitally. Any art that was released that year or later will (and should) be met with skepticism until its method of creation is verified. As such, @scott1gray.bsky.social and I made something immensely clear on the opening page of our book
Warrior Con was incredible. There’s nothing that revs the creative engine more than a great small convention scene. I even got to hang with these two lil’ creatives!
November 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Warrior Con was incredible. There’s nothing that revs the creative engine more than a great small convention scene. I even got to hang with these two lil’ creatives!
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it’s a good day of making comics
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
it’s a good day of making comics
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Oh, hello! Looks like this has been officially announced at last!
Coming February 2026, Roger Langridge is back with an all-new Muppet comic book!
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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I was a guest on @comicbookclub.bsky.social this week, discussing all things Big Shoulders #1, in an episode also featuring Paul freakin’ Pope!
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Will Friedle and Shelby Young ("Batman: High Volume"), Paul Pope, and John Dudley ("Big Shoulders")!
Comic Book Club: Will Friedle And Shelby Young, Paul Pope, And John Dudley
On this week's live show, we're welcoming guests Will Friedle and Shelby Young ("Batman: High Volume"), Paul Pope, and John Dudley ("Big Shoulders")!
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November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I was a guest on @comicbookclub.bsky.social this week, discussing all things Big Shoulders #1, in an episode also featuring Paul freakin’ Pope!
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I wish I could find a secret stash of comics in an attic!
Discovered in an attic and preserved in excellent condition, a copy of Superman No. 1 sold for $9.12 million, including buyer's premium, at Heritage Auctions on Thursday, setting a new record for the highest price ever paid for a comic.
Discovered in an attic and preserved in excellent condition, a copy of Superman No. 1 sold for $9.12 million, including buyer's premium, at Heritage Auctions on Thursday, setting a new record for the highest price ever paid for a comic.
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I wish I could find a secret stash of comics in an attic!
Discovered in an attic and preserved in excellent condition, a copy of Superman No. 1 sold for $9.12 million, including buyer's premium, at Heritage Auctions on Thursday, setting a new record for the highest price ever paid for a comic.
Discovered in an attic and preserved in excellent condition, a copy of Superman No. 1 sold for $9.12 million, including buyer's premium, at Heritage Auctions on Thursday, setting a new record for the highest price ever paid for a comic.