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Stergios Botzakis
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Educator, scholar, comics fan
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I love mini-comics!, part 2: I just read Bezoar no. 5 by a bunch of folks from and around Athens, GA. The great cover by @neilaglet.bsky.social contains a bunch of fun and spooky/romance-themed stories and a couple of illustrations and comics by the incomparable Patrick Dean (RIP).
Cover to Bezoar #5 by Lee Gatlin. It is printed on pink paper and shows a witch flying by a vampire that is hanging from a building steeple. A black cat is arched up on the back of her broom and a caldron hangs from the front. There are also a couple of bats flying by.
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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I love mini-comics!, part 1: Joining @mikedawson.bsky.social’s Patreon means I get one in the mail every month. A great decision on my part!
Cover to Mike Dawson’s The Chamber mini-comic. It is a black and white image of four guys sitting around a dorm room, surrounded with smoke clouds and 1990’s posters of movies such as Smoke, Clerks, Trainspotting, and Slacker. Text at bottom reads, “for mature-ish readers.”
November 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Post a film you’ve seen more than 7 times with a gif
November 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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My first (that I remember) was Detective Comics #507 written by Gerry Conway, drawn by Don Newton and Dan Adkins. It features a murderer named Manikin who freaked me out.

What was your first Batman comic?
Cover to Detective Comics #507 by Denys Cowan and Dick Giordano. It shows a weary Batman whose costume has rips in it, surrounded by fire. In the foreground facing him is a woman wearing a copper colored costume that resembles a mannequin. She is standing over a pile of burning mannequins. A word balloon indicates she is telling him, “You cannot stop me, Batman! Stand aside or Manikin will DESTROY YOU!” Text reads, “A startling conclusion! Dressed to die!”
September 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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I just read Marvel All-On-One by @ryannorth.ca and Ed McGuiness. It’s told all in splash pages, and it’s a fun smash-‘em-up tale that captures the spirit of the bashful, blue-eyed favorite nephew of Aunt Petunia.
Cover to Marvel All-On-One #1 by Ed McGuiness and Mark Farmer. It shows a mass of superheroes rising up to battle Ben Grimm, The Thing, as he punches them all ferociously. In the pile are Spider-Man, Firestar, Hulk, Iron Man, Cyclops, Mr. Fantastic, Venom, Daredevil, Venom, Nightcrawler, She-Hulk, Red Hulk, Black Panther, and Thor. The Human Torch, Wolverine, and Ghost Rider are toward the bottom, falling.
September 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Cheetah and Cheshire Rob The Justice League #2 continues this great heist series. Here they start getting the crew together, and I love the combination of newer and more established, less used characters. The writing by @gregrucka.com is taut, and the characters really sing and pop, in no small
Cover to Cheetah and Chesire Rob the Justice League #2 by Nicola Scott. It shows the figures of Cheetah and Chesire, their backs to the readers, looking at a wall full of mugshots of supervillains. Cheetah is holding one mugshot in her hand, showing it to Cheshire, and saying, “Get a load of this guy!”
September 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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I just read Mahdi Khene’s Yirasuka: The Baddest Bitch in Sector Six issue 2, and it’s a wild, fun, and profane ride. This exciting comic also includes a number of guest interludes, including one featuring @santossisterscomic.bsky.social , which was a great surprise to me. Adults only!
Cover to Yirasuka #2, showing a close-up of her face. She is glaring, eyebrows raised, and wearing eye black on her cheeks. In her eyes you can see reflections of an open can of Fluff cola, which it turns out is very, very, very bad for your health. Text reads, “The Baddest Bitch in Sector Six” and “For Adults Only.”
September 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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A good mail day! Thank you, @mikedawson.bsky.social ! You can also get swell mini-comics from him via his Patreon. Hint hint
Cover of Mike Dawson’s Fun Time Summer Special 2025. It shows a cartoon figure of Mike wearing shorts on a beach. He is holding a sketch pad and pen while dancing on a grumpy old man who is buried in the sand. Behind him are figures who look suspiciously like Reggie and Jughead playing a banjo and drums respectively. The drumhead states that the band name is The Mikes. In the foreground are a quartet of dancing teens. Text reads, “I dig drawing diary comics on the beach… no uptight neighbor can complain!” “Oh yes I can! GET OFF ME!” bellows the grumpy old man. Text box reads, “ Cover drawing shamelessly swiped from Dan DeCarlo.”
August 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Belated HeroesCon haul post.
@monicacomics.bsky.social @epetmezas.bsky.social @drewweing.bsky.social @toddbotdotcom.bsky.social @keefknight.bsky.social @massiemakescomics.bsky.social Go check out and buy their stuff!
Hey You and cryptid stickers by Monica Gallagher, Futurelux! #3 and Fever Dream by Scott Ruhl, Ex Utero vol.1 by Charles Forman, Ginseng Roots by Craig Thompson. Spirits by Eraklis and Erin Petmezas, Monsters from the Godzilla Movies 1954-1995 by Drew and Danny Weing, The Poet Color Comics Spectacular by Todd Webb, I Was a Teenage Michael Jackson Impersonator by Keith Knight, X-Thieves complete collection by Henry Vogel et al., Werewolf Story Chapter 3 by Henry Eudy, im ok how r u? #1 and Holler by Jeremy Massie.
July 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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I met Jim Shooter last year at HeroesCon. I asked him to sign my copy of Adventure Comics #346, which was his first published work at DC. The issue introduced new Legionnaires Karate Kid, Princess Projectra, Ferro Lad, and (spoiler) the traitor, Nemesis Kid.
Cover to Adventure Comics #346 by Curt Swan and George Klein. It shows four figures standing in the foreground, Karate Kid, Princess Projectra, Ferro Lad, and Nemesis Kid. In the background on a raised platform labeled “Legion of Superheroes” are Chameleon Boy, Superboy, Lightning Lad, Phantom Lass, Light Lass, and Cosmic Boy. Text reads, “featuring: One of Us is a Traitor! And introducing four new Legionnaires: Karate Kid, Princess Projectra, Ferro Lad, and Nemesis Kid. Check this fantastic foursome! Can you spot the double-crosser who sold out the Legion?” Spoiler: It’s Nemesis Kid. You’d think he’d at least try to go with a subtler name… All this and more for 12 cents!
July 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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What’s a poster you had in your room growing up?
Drawing of the superhero Daredevil yelling by the French artist Moebius. Behind him are a bizarre pattern of straight and squiggly lines and various shades of green.
June 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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What's a comic you consider an unsung classic?
Something you rarely see discussed but, in your opinion, is amazing?
Can be a single issue, arc, series or OGN.
One for me is Eddy Current.
Cover of trade paperback collection of Eddy Current by Ted McKeever. It shows the scrawny, shock-haired Eddy wearing red sneakers wrapped up in bandages that hold him in a chair. Just beside him is the hulking, bald Nun who is wearing a stripped shirt and a long, billowing, brown skirt. He is hanging partially off the ledge of a building and behind them is a run-down cityscape. Text reads, “A 12-hour book by Ted McKeever.”
June 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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RIP Jackson “Butch” Guice. I had this poster up in my room for most of my teen years.
Poster of the X-Men battling Sentinels by Jackson Guice. In the background are two giant robots. Storm who is wearing a Mohawk is zapping one of the robots with lightning while flying. The steel hero Colossus is in the center about to throw a punch. Directly behind him is Wolverine who is slashing one of the robot’s legs. Kitty Pride is at the bottom of the image phasing through Colossus’ leg. In the bottom right corner, Nightcrawler is teleporting.
May 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Repost with a favorite book from your childhood. I must have checked this one out from the library 50 times.
Cover to the book Godzilla by Ian Thorne (a pen name of Julian May). It shows a black and white movie still with Godzilla battling the three-headed Ghidrorah with a smoke- and dust-filled background.
April 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Date yourself with toys that were newly available when you played with them.
Aquaman and shark Mego figure set. Box of Navarone the mountain battleground play set, showing the interior of a two foot tall plastic mountain playset, with plastic guns, ladders, and scores of plastic army men. Shogun Warriors Godzilla figure, with plastic fire coming from his mouth. Box of TOMY’s Mighty Men & Monster Maker. It shows a pair of green monstrous hands using colored pencils to draw a figure from a set of plastic templates.
April 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Preach! Bring back Assistant Editors’ Month!
Cover to Marvel Team-Up #137 by Greg LaRocque. It shows Spider-Man’s Aunt May as the shimmering cosmic being Golden Oldie, flying through space and holding the young white, blond boy Franklin Richards by the hand. He has a Twinkie in his hand. In the background looks the large head of Galactus. Text reads, “Not a hoax! Not a What If! Not an imaginary story!” and also, “Beware: It’s assistant editors’ month! Don’t say we don’t warn you!”
April 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Finally, I read the first issue of this series written by @ashcanpress.com. It’s a sci-fi yarn about a brilliant, disjointed scientist, his young daughter, robots, and the spies who want to take them all out. I found myself guessing at what was going to happen, then shocked, then eager to read more.
Cover to We’re Taking Everyone Down With Us #1 by Stefano Landini. It shows a close-up of a white, bloody human hand holding the hand of a damaged, humanoid robot.
March 28, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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An outstanding debut issue. I’ve really been anticipating this series, and it’s lived up to my mental hype. A compelling plot, lots of interesting twists, and ends on a tantalizing reveal. I feel things will turn ugly quick, but it will be a fun ride. The artwork by @mrtylercrook.bsky.social is A+
Cover to Out of Alcatraz # 1. It shows a black and white image of two escaped convicts creeping along a brick wall. Their image is being projected from an antenna on the prison at Alcatraz, shown in profile. Under the island is the reflected image of a suburban building and trees.
March 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Absolute Martian Manhunter has been a series I’ve been looking forward to, and this issue was an interesting, fun read. The artwork is outstanding. I am not sure I completely understand what’s going on, but I am hooked!
Cover to Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 by Javier Rodriguez. It shows a police officer wearing a brown suit in the foreground, with a colorful, one-eyed green alien head being projected from his forehead. The alien is projecting a red beam from its eye.
March 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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The Jump continues to be an exciting and suspenseful series. If you like noir, extreme menace, and painful cliffhangers, this book is for you. Every issue leaves me starving for more.
Cover to The Jump #5 by Wesley Griffith. It shows the image of a menacing, heavy-set man in a jumpsuit walking toward the reader. His face is in shadow and he is carrying a large assault rifle at his side.
March 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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It’s my birthday! To celebrate I read a bunch of comic books. First off, the latest from @mikedawson.bsky.social whose Patreon I subscribe to (maybe you should, too). Mini-comics may be my favorite format to read, and his are consistently excellent.
Cover to Why Did They Come? by Mike Dawson. It shows the title in very large print, and in the background are the blurred figures of a family of wide-eyed, anthropomorphic mice.
March 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Yet even more.
Cover of GI Joe issue 20 by John Byrne. It shows a soldier in battle fatigues free falling from thousands of feet in the air. Below him is a suburban landscape with trees, roads, cars, and buildings. Text reads, “Clutch goes home, the hard way!” Cover to Groo the Wanderer issue 1 by Sergio Aragones. It shows a pudgy squinting barbarian clenching his fist and brandishing a sword at the reader. Cover to Grendel issue one by the Pander Brothers. It shows a large headshot of Christine Spar, a white woman with cropped, spiked black hair and wearing colorful earrings in the background. In front, on the left side is a full figure depiction of her wearing the enigmatic black and white Grendel costume and mask and wielding an electric pitchfork. In the foreground is a small picture of a futuristic flying car with a couple of figures and some Japanese characters. Cover to Ralph Snart Adventures issue 3 by Marc Hansen. It shows the small figure of Ralph, a cartoonish white male with short blond hair and huge ears and nose, sitting on a medical table looking forward with googly eyes. A thought balloon shows he is thinking of himself in a belligerent stance. Behind him is the toothsome, hulking figure of Dr. Gorpon who is about to swing a huge double-bladed axe, and his word ballon reads, “I want your brain, Ralph Snart!”
March 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Even more.
Cover to Lynn Johnston’s Keep the Home Fries Burning, a collection of For Better For Worse comic strips. It shows a mother holding a large frying pan billowing smoke. In front of her, seated at a set dinner table, is her silent husband, under the pan her curious daughter, and to the right her giggling son. Cover of the Charlie Brown ‘Cyclopedia vol. 1, Featuring Your Body. In the foreground is a large figure of Snoopy doing a handstand on a balance beam. In the background cheering him on are Lucy, Patty, Marcie, and Charlie Brown. Cover to Issue 1 of Lum (Urusei Yatsura) by Rumiko Takahashi. It shows a large figure of Lum, an alien princess who has small devil horns and wears a tiger skin bikini. Behind her is a small figure of Ataru, the unluckiest boy in the world. Cover to Zot! issue 5 by Scott McCloud. It shows the titular superhero, zap gun drawn, surrounded by chaos and a brawl between a chimp, a child, an old woman, and a couple of cult members. In the foreground is a stampede of guinea pig-like creatures, in the background are kaiju-type creatures and giant birds. Zot is yelling, “All Right—Nobody Move!”
March 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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More.
Cover to Best of DC Digest 67 starring the Legion of Superheroes by Karl Kesel. It shows a large figure of the villain Starfinger zapping a crew of Legionnaires, including Superboy, Brainiac 5, Ultra Boy, Cosmic Boy, and Phantom Girl. Text reads, “The Legion’s deadliest foe Starfinger is a Legionnaire!” Cover to Raw vol.2, number 1 by Gary Panther. It shows a painted comic figure that is an amalgam of Nancy, Popeye, and a buck-toothed duck. Text lists the contents as well as reads, “Open wounds from the cutting edge of commix.” Cover to Box Full of Hell by Matt Groening. It shows the rabbits Binky, Bongo, and Sheba surrounding a wrapped and ribboned present that is shaking. Cover to The Best Comics of the Decade vol. 2 (1990) by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez. It shows characters from the brothers’ stories, Maggie, Hopey, and Izzy in the foreground, and Carmen, Heraclio, and Luba in the background.
March 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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My #comicsdna
Cover to Amazing Spider-Man 247 by John Romita Jr. it shows the shadow of Spider-Man on a table surrounded by criminal types who are grimacing and flashing pistols. Cover to Al Jaffee Spews Out Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions. It shows a blond man asking, “What’s the book about?” Below him wearing an Alfred E. Neuman shirt is a bearded man with three word balloons: “It’s about moronic questions like that one…and clever answers like these:” “It’s about 7 inches tall, 4 inches wide, and 192 pages thick!” “It’s about the most ridiculous idea for a book ever conceived!” “It’s about time the idiot out there reading this cover and bought it.” Cover to Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things, a Bloom County collection by Berke Breathed. It shows Opus the Penguin laying down while being fed pickled herring by a woman wearing a white dress. Another woman wearing a white dress is fondling his feet. Behind them all stands Binkley, an adolescent boy wearing a fancy diaper and a crown of leaves on his head while holding an open jar of pickled herring. They are all in a pastoral scene, sitting in a temple with columns. Cover to Jughead Jones comics digest #29, by Dan DeCarlo. It shows Jughead about to buy a sandwich that is 11 inches tall, shown by the ruler held by Pop Tate. Text, spoken by his friend Archie, reads, “Jughead is the only one who buys a sandwich by the inch!” Betty stands behind Jug in bemusement.
March 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM