New Drawings. New Comics.

Steel. Nuke. Dredd. Dragon.

Steel!

Created by Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove as a superhero riff on John Henry, the steel-driving rail worker who faced off against the new steam-powered rock drill. I could think of a few things I could do with him in a story these days.

Ink and screen tones on 9x12 bristol. This was the most complex cut job I’ve done so far with screen tones.

Nuke!

Created by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli. This pill-chomping super soldier created under Project: Homegrown can be found gunning down people in the Republic of Terra Verde or US citizens in their own cities. I don’t know why I thought of him. The drawing is digital.

Two commissions came in recently for Toxic Avenger Comics #1 sketch covers. One person wanted Toxie as Judge Dredd, the other requested Toxie as Savage Dragon. Well, twist my fucking arm!

Here’s some Toxie fan art from dumbcat on Bluesky. Down with goons. Abolish goons. Do a backside goon flip down a set of stairs.

New Comics

Toxic Avenger Comics #7: Our second installment of “Toxie Goes to Washington” is out this week. Toxie has been framed for the murder the President and the VP is sworn in, granting sweeping powers to the Planet Teens to clean up the United States from mutant terrorism. We even venture back to World World 2 and Operation Paperclip to introduce a new villain. There’s a review at AIPT raving about the direction this story is taking.

Toxie Team Up: A new collection of all five issues of Toxie Team Up came out this week. This book contains the Justice Warriors crossover with the Toxic Avenger by myself and Ben Clarkson, in addition to Mark Russell and Richard Pace’s popular character, Jesus Christ.

Cruel Kingdom: The new collection of comics from the EC revival is out, collecting all their fantasy stories. I wrote a comic for this called “Just Desserts” about a royal chef doing everything she can to impress the King, illustrated by Valeria Burzo. Recommended for anyone who likes The Borrowers or Arrietty.

Reminder: I will be signing at the Canadian Comic Bin in Stayer, Ontario, this Saturday at noon!