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Writer. Artist. Colorist. Making new Solomon Kane adventures and Savage Sword of Conan stories for Heroic Signature & Titan Comics! Drawn hundreds of comics for 'the other guys'.

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I love it when the interior pages are great. Like here.
The proof is in the pudding.
And this is really tasty pudding.

07.03.2026 05:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Demon Run #1 and 2 are both available for preorder now at youngillustrations.com !!

Each issue is $10, filled with 32 pages of action, fun, humor, and demons.

I had an amazing time making this comic, and I couldn't be prouder of the story I've crafted. I hope you'll join in ๐Ÿ˜Š

03.03.2026 18:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 71 ๐Ÿ” 27 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I haven't. I intend to get a Dan Simmons short story collection and just haven't yet.
He's well collected in other anthologies, just missed this story.

07.03.2026 05:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The structure of The Divine Comedy allows Dante to condemn in the Inferno. Discuss the flawed nature of famed personalities in Purgatorio, and to praise in Paradiso.
It's all beautifully written and extremely influential to our perception of angels and demons, heaven and hell.

07.03.2026 04:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Latest read (audio), The Divine Comedy (1321) by Dante Alighieri; divided into the Inferno, Purgatorio, & Paradiso, this is both epic poem & Christian testament.
As a friend remarked, it's also political commentary in Dante's time. And a historical reflection on the centuries preceding him.
#BookSky

07.03.2026 04:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This thread, also known as:
I could be your dad.

And, sometimes, I could be your grandpa.

07.03.2026 03:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

That happens a lot. The attention comes later even if the early work is great.

06.03.2026 23:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ken Adam, the unsung hero of the Bond movies.

06.03.2026 23:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Desk Set.
Great pick.

I speak 'classic movie' fluently.

06.03.2026 23:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If I stole 220 million, I'd be going to jail.

Just sayin'.

06.03.2026 23:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'll be in my office.

06.03.2026 23:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 28 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

My keyboard looked like the crumbs at the bottom of a cereal box were dumped on it.

I eat while working way too much.

06.03.2026 23:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There's a whole cleaning crew in the house.
There is no where to go.

Maybe grab a flashlight and a comic and sit in the closet.

06.03.2026 22:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My office is getting a deep cleaning and I'm waiting to get back to drawing.
I'm rudderless when I'm not working.

06.03.2026 22:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Print this on a brick and then throw it at the anti-solar, anti-wind, anti-green energy people.

06.03.2026 21:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Greed has no boundaries. It has an endless thirst.

Corruption.
Slavery.
Usury.
Industrialization.
Invasion of privacy.
Even thought policing-- if they can get away with it.

06.03.2026 21:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The "this is fine" dog meme comic, but he's saying "so I have a book coming out".

The "this is fine" dog meme comic, but he's saying "so I have a book coming out".

*sigh*

28.02.2026 21:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1748 ๐Ÿ” 213 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29 ๐Ÿ“Œ 30
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The attraction to these issues is George Perez's art. Even early on in his career, you can see that Perez is adding panels that enhance characterization. He's TLCing his work, taking the extra steps.

06.03.2026 19:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Latest read Fantastic Four 164 and 165 (1975) by Roy Thomas & George Perez; Roy was one of the first writers to bring fandom to comics. Sometimes that's good, sometimes not.
Here he unearths Bob Grayson, the original Marvel Boy-- whose origin, motive, & design are so silly I have to wonder why.

06.03.2026 19:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A few stray Penguins still waddling about.

06.03.2026 16:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They're great. Endings for what ails us. Beautiful conclusions.

06.03.2026 12:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Middlemarch has a special place in my heart because a passage from it was read at my wedding:

06.03.2026 05:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"That things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs."

-- George Eliot

06.03.2026 05:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Latest read, Middlemarch (1871) by George Eliot; optimistic young women marry--and each face trials and tribulations in provincial Middlemarch.
A strong argument could be made that this is the greatest Victorian age novel.
#BookSky

06.03.2026 05:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"His native warm-heartedness took a great deal of quenching."

George Eliot had a very reserved way of describing sex and desire :)
#BookSky

05.03.2026 22:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Macbeth.
I can't ignore how much it overlaps with my love of fantasy and horror.

05.03.2026 18:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy birthday, Laird!

05.03.2026 15:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Agree.

05.03.2026 09:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sounds gross but it lay perfectly flat along my skull. I didn't know it was there. A decade later I feel a bump, a few days later the tip of the thorn is sticking out.
"Wtf, am I growing a horn?"
I grabbed the tip and it slid right out.

05.03.2026 05:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At the county landfill, a reckless dozer operator came too close and part of a palm tree hit my head and shoulder.
Ten years later I pulled an inch and a half long thorn/sliver, from one of the palm fronds, out of my temple.

05.03.2026 04:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0