Stephen R Bissette
@stephenrbissette.bsky.social
Father, son, husband, artist, author, researcher, cinema & comics historian, and former instructor (retired),
My latest ceramics painting excursion, finally out of the kiln... my color scheme, lovingly applied to a prefab Triceratops ceramic 'blank' sculpture.
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
My latest ceramics painting excursion, finally out of the kiln... my color scheme, lovingly applied to a prefab Triceratops ceramic 'blank' sculpture.
Spending a chunk of tomorrow morning recording a new installment of our podcast CineGeezers—this one dedicated to our lifetime love for cinematic Frankensteins, kicking off with the latest as our springboard for conversation...
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Spending a chunk of tomorrow morning recording a new installment of our podcast CineGeezers—this one dedicated to our lifetime love for cinematic Frankensteins, kicking off with the latest as our springboard for conversation...
Two volumes to date; more to come this winter!
The next volume (3rd in the series to date) offers an in-depth filmography for the genre, 1896–1972 (using the year of THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK as the 'cut-off' for my purposes) & what will be the 4th volume is in the layout stages, too. Dig in!
The next volume (3rd in the series to date) offers an in-depth filmography for the genre, 1896–1972 (using the year of THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK as the 'cut-off' for my purposes) & what will be the 4th volume is in the layout stages, too. Dig in!
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Two volumes to date; more to come this winter!
The next volume (3rd in the series to date) offers an in-depth filmography for the genre, 1896–1972 (using the year of THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK as the 'cut-off' for my purposes) & what will be the 4th volume is in the layout stages, too. Dig in!
The next volume (3rd in the series to date) offers an in-depth filmography for the genre, 1896–1972 (using the year of THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK as the 'cut-off' for my purposes) & what will be the 4th volume is in the layout stages, too. Dig in!
From my sketchbook THOUGHTFUL CREATURES; drawn from life, the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) Raptor Center in Quechee, VT.
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
From my sketchbook THOUGHTFUL CREATURES; drawn from life, the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) Raptor Center in Quechee, VT.
If you know someone who might like page-after-page of my monster artwork, a Christmas gift of one of my published sketchbooks—like this (cover jam with John Jennings, back cover w/ John Totleben, book design by Mark Masztal)—might do the trick! Amazon POD, paperback b&w or color edition or hardcover
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you know someone who might like page-after-page of my monster artwork, a Christmas gift of one of my published sketchbooks—like this (cover jam with John Jennings, back cover w/ John Totleben, book design by Mark Masztal)—might do the trick! Amazon POD, paperback b&w or color edition or hardcover
My only two digital books to date. Not feeling too motivated to tackle any more of 'em.
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
My only two digital books to date. Not feeling too motivated to tackle any more of 'em.
Gidney & Cloyd rocked my Saturday mornings—only on occasion, but for some reason, they were favorites (and still are)!
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Gidney & Cloyd rocked my Saturday mornings—only on occasion, but for some reason, they were favorites (and still are)!
NEW WORK: Part 4—and final!—of my serialized pre-1972 TV westerns featuring cryptids and/or faux-cryptids (preview, all together, if one of the forthcoming CRYPTID CINEMA™ books for 2026) is about to see print in the xlnt zine BARE*BONES #24, which also boasts Monarch/Charlton's BRIDES OF DRACULA!
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
NEW WORK: Part 4—and final!—of my serialized pre-1972 TV westerns featuring cryptids and/or faux-cryptids (preview, all together, if one of the forthcoming CRYPTID CINEMA™ books for 2026) is about to see print in the xlnt zine BARE*BONES #24, which also boasts Monarch/Charlton's BRIDES OF DRACULA!
I grew up with all these fine folks, folks!
My Duxbury Elementary School class photo, before the momentous move to Junior High (7th & 8th grade) at then brand-new Harwood Union High School, also in Duxbury, VT.
My Duxbury Elementary School class photo, before the momentous move to Junior High (7th & 8th grade) at then brand-new Harwood Union High School, also in Duxbury, VT.
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I grew up with all these fine folks, folks!
My Duxbury Elementary School class photo, before the momentous move to Junior High (7th & 8th grade) at then brand-new Harwood Union High School, also in Duxbury, VT.
My Duxbury Elementary School class photo, before the momentous move to Junior High (7th & 8th grade) at then brand-new Harwood Union High School, also in Duxbury, VT.
I didn't catch much of anything, but I did used to enjoy fishing.
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I didn't catch much of anything, but I did used to enjoy fishing.
Raw ink application (over Jack Kirby & Mike Royer drawing), reconfiguring Etrigan's face to how John Totleben & I revamped the Demon for our SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING, then the same art, thresholded to deepen the ink to true black.
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This art ©Jack Kirby, Mike Royer, S.R. Bissette
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This art ©Jack Kirby, Mike Royer, S.R. Bissette
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Raw ink application (over Jack Kirby & Mike Royer drawing), reconfiguring Etrigan's face to how John Totleben & I revamped the Demon for our SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING, then the same art, thresholded to deepen the ink to true black.
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This art ©Jack Kirby, Mike Royer, S.R. Bissette
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This art ©Jack Kirby, Mike Royer, S.R. Bissette
Currently my favorite two new cinema books; highly recommended! The first volume of Greg Kulon's essential, lavishly-illustrated Willis O'Brien bio is a 'must,' too.
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Currently my favorite two new cinema books; highly recommended! The first volume of Greg Kulon's essential, lavishly-illustrated Willis O'Brien bio is a 'must,' too.
Me, long ago.
No, I won't word it "correctly" to fit the week's nonsense.
No, I won't word it "correctly" to fit the week's nonsense.
November 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Me, long ago.
No, I won't word it "correctly" to fit the week's nonsense.
No, I won't word it "correctly" to fit the week's nonsense.
This Christmas season, give the gift of TYRANT® to somebody you love (& who loves dinosaurs)! Restocked the folks at WowCool, live link in top of comments, below...
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This Christmas season, give the gift of TYRANT® to somebody you love (& who loves dinosaurs)! Restocked the folks at WowCool, live link in top of comments, below...
Loving me some revisitations of STIG OF THE DUMP—the source novel & both of the British TV adaptations.
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Loving me some revisitations of STIG OF THE DUMP—the source novel & both of the British TV adaptations.
Heartily recommend both; and be sure to check out the source film for BUGONIA, the Korean jewel SAVE THE GREEN PLANET! I showed it as a CCS 'Movie Nite' offering a couple times, back in the day...
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Heartily recommend both; and be sure to check out the source film for BUGONIA, the Korean jewel SAVE THE GREEN PLANET! I showed it as a CCS 'Movie Nite' offering a couple times, back in the day...
Last 4 movies I caught in theaters (del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN I've now seen twice in-theater).
November 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Last 4 movies I caught in theaters (del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN I've now seen twice in-theater).
One of these things is not like the other.
While I did dig the film version of THE LONG WALK until its botched finale, the Bachman/King novel beats it by 450 country miles. Nifty how the film's key ad/poster ad emulated the original Bachman Signet paperback cover (artist uncredited).
While I did dig the film version of THE LONG WALK until its botched finale, the Bachman/King novel beats it by 450 country miles. Nifty how the film's key ad/poster ad emulated the original Bachman Signet paperback cover (artist uncredited).
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
One of these things is not like the other.
While I did dig the film version of THE LONG WALK until its botched finale, the Bachman/King novel beats it by 450 country miles. Nifty how the film's key ad/poster ad emulated the original Bachman Signet paperback cover (artist uncredited).
While I did dig the film version of THE LONG WALK until its botched finale, the Bachman/King novel beats it by 450 country miles. Nifty how the film's key ad/poster ad emulated the original Bachman Signet paperback cover (artist uncredited).
Since it's still 2025, I just read (RUNNING MAN) & I'm now reading (LONG WALK), paperbacks I've owned & treasured since the 1980s (before anyone knew you-know-what). Two of the most prescient of the King/Bachman novels (along with RAGE), both with endings no film version will ever retain.
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Since it's still 2025, I just read (RUNNING MAN) & I'm now reading (LONG WALK), paperbacks I've owned & treasured since the 1980s (before anyone knew you-know-what). Two of the most prescient of the King/Bachman novels (along with RAGE), both with endings no film version will ever retain.
Oval Office Breakdown—in many ways breaking it all down, Amerika 2025, in a single image.
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Oval Office Breakdown—in many ways breaking it all down, Amerika 2025, in a single image.
NEW WORK arrived this past week—I contribute a full-length commentary track for my all-time favorite version of Robert Louis Stevenson's THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (1968 Dan Curtis production), the first great American (& Canadian) made-for-TV horror feature!
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
NEW WORK arrived this past week—I contribute a full-length commentary track for my all-time favorite version of Robert Louis Stevenson's THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (1968 Dan Curtis production), the first great American (& Canadian) made-for-TV horror feature!
NEW WORK in this past week: I contributed an essay to the booklet accompanying Deaf Crocodile's ALRAUNE limited-edition Henrik Galeen double-feature—and blown away to be sharing pages with the great Dave McKean!
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
NEW WORK in this past week: I contributed an essay to the booklet accompanying Deaf Crocodile's ALRAUNE limited-edition Henrik Galeen double-feature—and blown away to be sharing pages with the great Dave McKean!
NEW WORK just arrived this week! LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS #52 is a GORGO Bible, I kid you not—and I contributed the concluding chapter (on Charlton's Silver Age monster comics, GORGO, KONGA, REPTILICUS/REPTISAURUS). Proud to be part of this massive definitive volume!
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
NEW WORK just arrived this week! LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS #52 is a GORGO Bible, I kid you not—and I contributed the concluding chapter (on Charlton's Silver Age monster comics, GORGO, KONGA, REPTILICUS/REPTISAURUS). Proud to be part of this massive definitive volume!
Mornin'—rise & rot, fellow meat-puppets!
October 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Mornin'—rise & rot, fellow meat-puppets!
Some of my recently-sorted UFOlogy home library. SOME.
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Some of my recently-sorted UFOlogy home library. SOME.