Rik Mertens
@rikmertens116.bsky.social
- Graphic designer and Web designer
- Geek culture enthusiast
- Lifelong Star Trek, Doctor Who, Star Wars fan
- Geek culture enthusiast
- Lifelong Star Trek, Doctor Who, Star Wars fan
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It’s difficult to tame hair underwater.
#mermaid #oc #ocs #ocsky #originalcharacter #mermaidsky #digitalart #art
#mermaid #oc #ocs #ocsky #originalcharacter #mermaidsky #digitalart #art
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It’s difficult to tame hair underwater.
#mermaid #oc #ocs #ocsky #originalcharacter #mermaidsky #digitalart #art
#mermaid #oc #ocs #ocsky #originalcharacter #mermaidsky #digitalart #art
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Marc Silvesti's CYBERFORCE gets it's first spinoff title! Great art by Brandon Peterson!
-Venkman007
#Image #ImageCOmics #MarcSilvestri #BrandonPeterson #90s #90scomics #CodenameStrykeForce #superheroes #comics #comicbooks #comicsky
-Venkman007
#Image #ImageCOmics #MarcSilvestri #BrandonPeterson #90s #90scomics #CodenameStrykeForce #superheroes #comics #comicbooks #comicsky
November 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Marc Silvesti's CYBERFORCE gets it's first spinoff title! Great art by Brandon Peterson!
-Venkman007
#Image #ImageCOmics #MarcSilvestri #BrandonPeterson #90s #90scomics #CodenameStrykeForce #superheroes #comics #comicbooks #comicsky
-Venkman007
#Image #ImageCOmics #MarcSilvestri #BrandonPeterson #90s #90scomics #CodenameStrykeForce #superheroes #comics #comicbooks #comicsky
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As good as the endings for #Prey and #Predator: Killer of Killers were, #PredatorBadlands may have outdone them both. 👏
Read our opinion here: bit.ly/4iKIVY5
Read our opinion here: bit.ly/4iKIVY5
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
As good as the endings for #Prey and #Predator: Killer of Killers were, #PredatorBadlands may have outdone them both. 👏
Read our opinion here: bit.ly/4iKIVY5
Read our opinion here: bit.ly/4iKIVY5
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The Fifth Element (1997): 2263 cash transport, art by Patrice Garcia
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The Fifth Element (1997): 2263 cash transport, art by Patrice Garcia
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✏️First sketch > Finished art 🎨
November 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
✏️First sketch > Finished art 🎨
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Before I wrap up for dinner, here's a really elegant Romulan ship design I couldn't fit in earlier but didn't want to leave out. I'd like to know more about this ship, but I couldn't immediately spot anything in the supplements I got these from! /12
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Before I wrap up for dinner, here's a really elegant Romulan ship design I couldn't fit in earlier but didn't want to leave out. I'd like to know more about this ship, but I couldn't immediately spot anything in the supplements I got these from! /12
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Absolute Batman #16 (Colored by Sabine Rich.)
Just got the colored cover for the Absolute Batman cover, and Sabine knocked it outta the park.
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(W) Scott Snyder (A) Nick Dragotta (CA) Frank Cho
ABSOLUTE BATMAN IN HELL!
In-Store Date:
1/14/2026
UPC:
76194138584601641
Product Code:
1125DC0048
Just got the colored cover for the Absolute Batman cover, and Sabine knocked it outta the park.
***
(W) Scott Snyder (A) Nick Dragotta (CA) Frank Cho
ABSOLUTE BATMAN IN HELL!
In-Store Date:
1/14/2026
UPC:
76194138584601641
Product Code:
1125DC0048
November 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Absolute Batman #16 (Colored by Sabine Rich.)
Just got the colored cover for the Absolute Batman cover, and Sabine knocked it outta the park.
***
(W) Scott Snyder (A) Nick Dragotta (CA) Frank Cho
ABSOLUTE BATMAN IN HELL!
In-Store Date:
1/14/2026
UPC:
76194138584601641
Product Code:
1125DC0048
Just got the colored cover for the Absolute Batman cover, and Sabine knocked it outta the park.
***
(W) Scott Snyder (A) Nick Dragotta (CA) Frank Cho
ABSOLUTE BATMAN IN HELL!
In-Store Date:
1/14/2026
UPC:
76194138584601641
Product Code:
1125DC0048
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November 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Toad looked out of his window. “These messy leaves have covered everything,” said Toad.
November 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Toad looked out of his window. “These messy leaves have covered everything,” said Toad.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Get a MASSIVE 30% OFF my GIANT SKETCHBOOKS from 28th November to 2nd December using the code ELSKETCHBOOK30 at checkout! Just search "Etherington Brothers Sketchbooks" in google - the Lulu store page will be the top result :)
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Get a MASSIVE 30% OFF my GIANT SKETCHBOOKS from 28th November to 2nd December using the code ELSKETCHBOOK30 at checkout! Just search "Etherington Brothers Sketchbooks" in google - the Lulu store page will be the top result :)
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Feeling cute. Might delete later …
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Feeling cute. Might delete later …
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you smile so wide, I can see the sides
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
you smile so wide, I can see the sides
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ULTIMATE...
Work in Progress Spidey pencils for the Ultimate Endgame 4 Variant Cover
Work in Progress Spidey pencils for the Ultimate Endgame 4 Variant Cover
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
ULTIMATE...
Work in Progress Spidey pencils for the Ultimate Endgame 4 Variant Cover
Work in Progress Spidey pencils for the Ultimate Endgame 4 Variant Cover
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If you saw the sandstorm scene in Lazarus: Fallen #6 and are not sure how I created the balloon effects, I wrote out a tutorial for @rogue151.bsky.social in the thread below. Don't click if you don't want to know how I pull a rabbit out of a hat -- it's not that exciting once you see the technique.
Random comics thing that makes me happy: I’m rereading last week’s Lazarus and I love what I’m guessing @airy.bsky.social did with the speech bubbles here. It conveys in such a fun what the characters trying to talk and it getting jumbled in a sandstorm.
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If you saw the sandstorm scene in Lazarus: Fallen #6 and are not sure how I created the balloon effects, I wrote out a tutorial for @rogue151.bsky.social in the thread below. Don't click if you don't want to know how I pull a rabbit out of a hat -- it's not that exciting once you see the technique.
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Brain Activity for Nov 29, 2025 - Green Brain Comics weekly newsletter
Check out this week's new releases and Final Order Picks!
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November 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Newsletter Alert!
Shop Small Sale TODAY & SUNDAY!
FOC due 12/1
New Comics 12/3
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New Comics 12/3
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ATLANTA! The great people at the Center for Puppetry Arts have the Jim Henson Company’s new Monster Cereal creations on display.
(Insert rant that Boo Berry should be on every-fourth-year rotation with the other, superior, flavors, here.)
(Insert rant that Boo Berry should be on every-fourth-year rotation with the other, superior, flavors, here.)
September 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
ATLANTA! The great people at the Center for Puppetry Arts have the Jim Henson Company’s new Monster Cereal creations on display.
(Insert rant that Boo Berry should be on every-fourth-year rotation with the other, superior, flavors, here.)
(Insert rant that Boo Berry should be on every-fourth-year rotation with the other, superior, flavors, here.)
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Well I was in Atlanta I visited the Center for Puppetry Arts. Seeing the original puppets used for Muppet Treasure Island, Pinocchio, Dark Crystal, etc will be a highlight of my life
October 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Well I was in Atlanta I visited the Center for Puppetry Arts. Seeing the original puppets used for Muppet Treasure Island, Pinocchio, Dark Crystal, etc will be a highlight of my life
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October 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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