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Ryan O’Connell
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Comic Creator, Movie Maker. Header by Dan Ye!!
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Uh-oh! Stranger danger! A sneak peak at my drawing table. Also, Dimetrodon-one of the coolest! Not a dinosaur tho, womp womp. #comics #noaiart #comicbooks #comicart #indiecomics #comicartist
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Dee is the best! I won’t spoil the title but it made me chuckle, it’s great #goodcomics
deenoondraws.bsky.social DeeNoon @deenoondraws.bsky.social · Nov 20
Here are some of my favorite pages from a 10 page comic which was intended for an anthology from a few years ago. The anthology book ended up not happening, no biggie, life happens. But wanted to share! Drawn by me and written @mercymercury.bsky.social #comics #drawingcomics #comicartist #noaiart
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Another Monday, another New Mack Maverick Remastered page!

I always did love this bit, and Dan drew the heck out of it.

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Read Mack Maverick Episode 8 in English Online | GlobalComix
Read Mack Maverick Episode 8 in English Online. Jack finds himself at odds with Happy Trails’ security.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Everything I love about Stark/Westlake’s PARKER Books captured in two lines
"Why don't you fight like a man!" Parker shot him in the back of the head.
November 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Speaking of sevens, the seventh chapter of Mack Maverick Flies Again is now up on @globalcomix.com! Visit MackMaverick.com to read for free!
November 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Stark/Westlake naming the seventh Parker novel “The Seventh”
Galaxy Brain Meme
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Local Library for the win!! So excited to (finally) jump into this

@denizcamp.bsky.social @stipanmorian.bsky.social
20th Century Men Paperback
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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A personal favorite. Ivan Reis is currently doing some mind-melting work on HYDE STREET
jpcomics.bsky.social JP, alone with all his comics (in a new place) @jpcomics.bsky.social · Nov 13
#comicskycoverartists

Day 13: Ivan Reis

I mean, does anyone dispute that Ivan Reis was THE Mr. Superhero Comic Books in the 2000s? Tremendous superstar of an artist that always elevated the blockbuster factor by a thousand. Barely anyone does "mainstream superhero" as on the same level. A master.
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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It’s Always Sunny Screenshot of “Because Dennis is a Bastard Man”, but “Ryan” is crudely pasted over “Dennis”
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Original Mack Maverick Art is now on display at Gallery 705! Now through December 13th.

A huge shoutout and thank you to the whole staff at PAPL, the place where I cut my teeth as a comics reader!

Art & Lettering by Dan Yell, Story & Words by Me! Visit MackMaverick.com to read online.
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Love these panels #GoodComics
deenoondraws.bsky.social DeeNoon @deenoondraws.bsky.social · Nov 7
We all know that neighbor spying on everyone and getting into everyone else’s business. In my case, it’s my dogs that are nosy. lol. #noaiart #comicbooks #comicbookart #comicartist #nosyneighbors #comics #indiecomics #indieartist
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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You know an artist has It when their kids don’t look like shrunken adults

Thumbnail Art by @deenoondraws.bsky.social
Thumbnail art of a young girl holding the hand of an adult
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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How I look reading about Parker choking a man to death:
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Some VERY cool Mack Maverick News coming later!
“yall mind if I lib out?” screenshot
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Happy New Crumb Comic Day (& @denizcamp.bsky.social + @ericxyz.bsky.social!)
Photo of hand holding TALES OF PARANOIA & ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS #6
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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I JUST CAME FROM HELL has launched on Patreon!! As a gift, the cover and first three pages are free to view both on BlueSky and Patreon! Updates will occur every Tuesday moving forward.

If you enjoy these pages, please share and help us spread the word!

Read here: www.patreon.com/posts/142138...
Cover of I JUST CAME FROM HELL. It shows a pregnant Jes holding her belly in front of a negative tree. A pair of bloody hands reach out to grab her. Page 1 Five Panels 1 - EXT. Wide shot. The entrance to Cebe’s Hand, a wild swampland in the Florida Panhandle. While not as wild as being inside Cebe’s Hand will be. There is still tons of foliage and greenery around. A deer drinks from a nearby bed of water. An alligator lies in wait. JES (Off-Panel): June 6th, 2017. JES (OP): Lisa Leung arrived in Devil’s Garden, Florida with her now deceased fiancé, Jonathan Johnson, to visit his estranged parents, William & Mary, also now deceased. 2 - The Alligator slowly and quietly swims up towards the deer, who unknowingly continues to drink. JES (OP): What was supposed to be a day of reconciliation transformed into a night of horrors. 3 - Suddenly, the deer jerks its head up from drinking. SFX: shf shf JES (OP) A night where only Lisa would survive. 4 - …and darts away before the Alligator can strike. JES (OP): Supposedly, a church fire would claim 33 souls that night. Their bodies have never been found. JES (OP): But that doesn’t explain what happened next. 5 - Lisa, the noise that alerted the deer, walks down a dirt road, naked and bloodsoaked. JES (OP): The following morning, as the sun’s light broke over the horizon… JES (OP): …Lisa was seen stumbling, naked and bloodsoaked, down an old dirt road that leads from Cebe’s Hand, a tangled web of swampland that stretches across the Florida panhandle. Page 2 Seven Panels 1 - Sheridan Porter, a white man in his late 50s with leather tan skin, drives a middle of the road pick up truck. Not new, but not a beater either. It’s well maintained despite its age. He had a quizzical look on his face as he tries to make sense of this figure he sees ahead. JES (OP): Sheridan Porter, a Good Samaritan, who happened to be driving to his favorite fishing spot, was the first to find her. 2 - Wide shot of the truck pulling over as it nears Lisa. JES (OP): When he noticed the state Lisa was in, he pulled to the side of the road to help. 3 - Sheridan exits his truck as Lisa passes him by. JES (OP): As Sheridan approached, he could hear her talking to herself. LISA (to herself): I don’t know. I don’t know. I took a leap of faith… 4 - Sheridan approaches Lisa who does not notice him at all. JES (OP): If this all wasn’t strange enough, Lisa didn’t even notice him. JES (OP): It was like she was somewhere else. Lost in her own mind. LISA (to herself): This isn’t right. It shouldn’t be possible, but you’re still here. 5 - Lisa collapses into Sherdian’s arms. JES (OP): Sheridan stopped her and asked for her name and she immediately collapsed in his arms. SHERIDAN: Ma’am, are you okay? What happened to you? 6 - She weakly looks up at him. We can see both of them in this panel. JES (OP): She looked at him, finally realizing where she was, and quietly uttered a single sentence. 7 - Extreme close-up on Lisa’s exhausted, bloodsoaked face. JES (OP): M-my name is Lisa Johnson, and… Page 3 Splash The burned down ruins of The Sacred Heart Church from EAT MY FLESH, DRINK MY BLOOD. Near the back of the ruins, where the altar would be. We see the tree in the image above. Dead and without leaves. Its branches rise above the ruins lifted like hands/arms reaching for the sun. The title logo displayed over it. I JUST CAME FROM HELL
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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MACK MAVERICK is now on @globalcomix.com !! The first arc has been REMASTERED into a single-page layout, and looks fantastic!

Go to MackMaverick.com and follow to never miss a release!
Mack Maverick | English | GlobalComix
Read Mack Maverick Online. A Hero from a bygone era of Exploration and Adventure, Mack Maverick was once America’s Ace...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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MACK MAVERICK is now on @globalcomix.com !! The first arc has been REMASTERED into a single-page layout, and looks fantastic!

Go to MackMaverick.com and follow to never miss a release!
Mack Maverick | English | GlobalComix
Read Mack Maverick Online. A Hero from a bygone era of Exploration and Adventure, Mack Maverick was once America’s Ace...
MackMaverick.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Good news: many printed products are exempt from Chinese tariffs for now, and Canadian paper is also still exempt
Good news: books are exempt from China tariffs….for now
Good news: many printed products are exempt from Chinese tariffs for now, and Canadian paper is also still exempt
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April 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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An amazing deal!!
sktchd.bsky.social SKTCHD @sktchd.bsky.social · Apr 7
Tariffs are trash so I'm having a Reverse Tariff sale on SKTCHD, my Eisner-nom'd subscription comic site. The monthly plan is 80% off today! (Before reverting to the regular price)

Use the code "ReverseTariffs" on check out or the link to use it directly!

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April 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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A new page of THE SPIES DOWN THE STREET is up today!

Art
@deenoondraws.bsky.social

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A blonde gradeschool-aged girl sits on a school bench. She’s covered in a red substance, but seems unbothered by it.
April 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Thank you for the shoutout, Ryan! WKSS is actually no longer available on Adam’s Patreon, but the digital version can be found at either:

dauntlessstories.com/wkss

or

globalcomix.com/c/who-killed...
April 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Some Comics you can read right now that rock:

A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE by @winstongambro.bsky.social

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A Safe Place to Live
The charming town of Orchard has everything you could ever need; walkable streets, friendly residents, and no escape. But why would you want to leave? The world outside is a nuclear wasteland! It's mu...
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April 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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The world’s on fire. Have a free comic.

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Cover B for THE AMBER DOOR. Shows an impossibly pale woman with Snow White hair and pupilless eyes. Her head is splitting open to reveal a skull. She holds the head of a man with a look of terror on his face. Blood flows from her neck and onto the head. Art by Maria Wolf Colors by Gab Contreras Logo by Victor Santiago Credits page for The Amber Door. Anathyssia’s Lament Art by Caroline Elsner Letters by Kyla Aiko Lemon Cakes and Other Vices Art by Fell Hound Letters by DC Hopkins The Flame of Bold Mount Fier & Young Francesa Frozen-Heart Art & Letters by Brendan Albetski My Green Crab Art & Letters by Beck Kubrick The Rotted Promise Art & Letters by Adam Markiewicz Colors by A.H.G. What Comes Will Kill Line Art by Bayleigh Underwood Colors by Jade Zhang Letters by DC Hopkins Words by Frankee White Design & Pre-Press by DC Hopkins The Amber Door created by Frankee White
April 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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I picked up S.I.R. in single issues, and still can’t wait for the collected edition! Check it out!!!

(and Happy Birthday, Fell)!
fellhound.bsky.social Fell Hound @fellhound.bsky.social · Apr 3
Its my birthday today and it would mean the world to me if folks would help spread the word of S.I.R. or maybe even preordered a copy! 🥺❤️

We worked really hard on this #GL motorcycle jousting romance, and now its release is up against the terrors of the world 🏍️⚔️✨
Cover for S.I.R. tpb, avery and nico sitting on opposite bikes, roses in the back
April 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM