#supportcomicshops

Here's a t-shirt design I did for the great team of #Zeppelincomics shop in Benicia CA. Actually I was meant to be signing at the shop this week-end but, you know, for obvious reasons it has been postponed. Nevertleless you can support the shop by buying it at www.zeppelincomics.com/Category/AdvencedFilter/Apparel - hope you're still all safe ! #supportcomicshops #tshirt #zeppelin https://www.instagram.com/p/B-h6X5pJFC5/?igshid=ezb40l22rwej

Hello, here's a t-shirt design I did for the great team of #Zeppelincomics shop in Benicia CA. Actually I was meant to be signing at the shop this week-end but, you know, for obvious reasons it has been postponed. Nevertleless you can support the shop by buying it at www.zeppelincomics.com/Category/AdvencedFilter/Apparel - hope you're still all safe ! #supportcomicshops #tshirt #zeppelin https://www.instagram.com/p/B-h5h60pI5O/?igshid=focdqg0oeo17

Time to talk dates! Tomorrow, 4/22/20, will be the 2nd anniversary of THE AUTODIDACT and the first anniversary of M1ST3R WH1SK3RS. Along with some fun fanfare, in an ongoing effort to encourage the support of artists and small business, the Kindle version of both books will be available for FREE tomorrow through Friday of this week. This will be the last time I post this particular image, because on April 30th, I'll post the finalized version (well, promo version) of this image to announce the premise of the 3rd Psychic Karate book. I say, "premise," because I'm taking another month to finalize a release date, given the strangeness of our current situation. I'll explain why the internal art of the book is done left-handed, as it's related to the general premise of the story... though not the actual plot. In the meantime, please take advantage of the free book promotion this week, as it will be the last, and spend the money saved on an artist or small business that can use the help!!! #freebookgiveaway #freekindlebooks #supportindependentbusiness #supportcomicshops #supportauthors #supportartists (at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_PZqKUAw9f/?igshid=1g9ncp3c9qgkk

SHOP 815 - TO SUPPORT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES! Wednesday’s are usually reserved for New Comic Book Day but with distributors not currently shipping new products to stores can we do to support the comic retailers? Well, You can support our friends at AMAZING FANTASY BOOKS & COMICS with the purchase of their logo t-shirt NOW AVAILABLE from SHOP 815! When you buy a AMAZING FANTASY SHIRT from the site, $10 of each-and-every sale goes directly to them to help support their business through the mandated State of Illinois shut-down and shelter-in-place orders. VISIT - https://www.ShopLocal815.com Where you can also support many other local businesses, groups and organizations as well. All designs are printed on our favorite, high-quality, ultra comfortable Bella+Canvas brand T-Shirts. So, not only do you get yourself some nice, comfortable swag but you also get to support your favorite local businesses, help us to keep our presses running and you get to feel really good about yourself while doing it! Let’s all join together to keep all of our local area independent businesses HERE FOR GOOD! #comics #comicbooks #supportcomics #supportcomicshops #supportyourlocalcomicshop #lcs #ncbd #newcomicbookday #shop815 #simianbrothers #screenprint #screenprinting #screenprinters #livelocal #frankfort #tinleypark #lockport #shirts #tshirts #apparel (at Simian Brothers Creative) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-vol3-BV_i/?igshid=endz283abtc3

Elevator Pitch: A young widow, quarantined in her house, besieged by media, feared by a society dying from a pandemic virus her husband spread to the world. In a desperate act of hatred, she blogs to the outside world what she knows about the virus, but she will hold the audience hostage as she tortures them with her grief. In an ongoing effort to spread awareness on the importance of supporting art and small businesses at this critical time, M1ST3R WH1SK3RS is available on Kindle for FREE today. In return, please take the money saved and spend it on an artist you want to support! #supportlocalbusinesses #supportindependentbusiness #supportcomicshops #supportauthors #supportartists #psychickarate #freekindlebooks #freebook #bookobsessed #loveisadisease #gigadeath (at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-hCscfAFeV/?igshid=tn1rab80e2ca

I think for many of us in the West, Manga can be a tough medium to navigate. Too much to take in and we're often not the audience for a lot of it. But for people who want a digestible read that exemplifies the power of the medium, I commonly recommend Death Note. A twisted, procedural cat-and-mouse crime thriller with a Shinigami death god thrown in as a wild card. With a clear beginning and end, consistent art and a sober cast of characters juxtaposed against Ryuk (the Sinigami, and the only likeable character, IMO), this story is hugely popular as movies, an anime, or the original manga. With your local comic book store unable to order new comics, you should give them a call and clean them out on Death Note. You won't be sorry for long. #supportcomicshops #supportsmallbusinesses #supportartists #supportauthors #manga #deathnote (at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Z1gDmgWrR/?igshid=enccsbebrcm1

Having spent my high school years working in a comic book store, I had the chance to sample anything I wanted. But there were two titles I never touched. Partly because they flew off the shelf too quick, but also because the regular readers were so engaged, so devoted, that the idea of peeking into the new issue before they could felt like an abuse of my access. The first title was Sandman (obviously)... but the second title was Hellboy. If you've seen the first half of the first Del Toro movie, you already know everything you need to. The story arcs and brilliant one-shot single issues can be consumed at any pace and scope, because the elemental essence of the art and writing is just so unique in voice and vision. With their distributor in a state of indefinite shut-down, your local comic book store is facing direct, existential danger. But I bet they got Hellboy in the back stock. Do yourself and your local business a critical favor and check out a comic standing in defiance of genre, unmasked as the true, high art form this medium is meant to be. #supportindependentbusiness #supportcomicshops #supportartists #supportsmallbusinesses #hellboy #hellboycomics (at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-YCom8gk3E/?igshid=mul9pt7gs348

So, a totally-known fact about me is that my high school job was working a comic book store. I know a couple things here and there about the funny books. Now, without even having to think about it for a second, my all-time favorite comic in any form (strip, grapic novel, Western issues, Manga) is Lone Wolf and Cub. Not even a close call. Ogami Itto, disgraced ronin samurai, wanders the outskirts of Edo period Japan with his infant son, Daigoro, taking jobs as a hired assassin, fulfilling a twisted, epic revenge plot that unfolds across THREE times the amount of volumes you see here before you. I bring this up now, because Diamond distributors, the nation's monopolistic source of single-issue weekly comic shipments, is indefinitely shut down, putting your local comic book store in imminent danger. And the nice thing about Lone Wolf and Cub is that it was hot in the 70s. You young kids these days know nothing about it. And each volume is largely single-issue stories, so you don't need to read them in any particular order. I bet your local comic shop has these volumes on their shelves right now. Give them a call. Clean out their inventory. Be cool. DO IT. #supportlocalbusinesses #supportyourlocalcomicshop #supportcomicshops #supportauthors #supportartists #lonewolfandcub (at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-SJz7zg0xd/?igshid=1nmx2u0mrhcp6