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John Kissee

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Artist • Designer • Storyteller Writer & Illustrator of the comic Doctor Rigby, now available from Markosia Publishing! linktr.ee/jpkissee (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈

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John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · Jun 12

I had a blast on The Oblivion Bar Podcast! Thanks @betteractions.bsky.social & @chacker41.bsky.social (there in spirit) for welcoming me on their excellent show! We chat about my graphic novel Doctor Rigby: Tales from the Deep, and much more 💀🐙🦇👁️
Premieres tomorrow on @oblivionbarpodcast.com!

Black and white photo of a comic creator with a sword-wielding man in a suit & tie in the background.

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John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 1h

So cool! Must have 😃✨🦇

Dan Membiela @danmembiela.bsky.social · 9h

Still a while before it’s ready, plan to color it, but here’s kinda what a page from the #BewareTheMynock2025 collected zine will look like.

Three panels of the Mynock gathering information, a fourth in his cockpit, and a fifth docking with another ship.

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Dan Membiela @danmembiela.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote a story in this and it is gorgeously illustrated by @jkissee.bsky.social

Please check it out 👇

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

Panel 1-A woman with a sack over her head is tied to a stake as people place bundles of kindling around her.

Panel 2-The sack is abruptly removed from her head.

Panel 3-She sees the hateful crowd gathered before her.

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Magna Tolvan @magnatolvan.bsky.social · May 4

#MayThe4thBeWithYou! To celebrate, here is an only-now-declassified self-portrait I call, “Candidate for Greatness”

Pre-cybernetic #MagnaTolvan — before the attack on Eadu in #RogueOne, before she met #DoctorAphra, and back when #Tolvan was still a rising star within the Empire’s ranks!

Art by me!

Alt-text: "Candidate for Greatness" — a black and white illustration by me, that depicts young Imperial captain Magna Tolvan saluting crisply. She has yet to receive her cybernetics. Her expression is serious and she engages your gaze / the viewer's gaze directly — perhaps she looks even through you, beyond you, above you — such is her well-earned confidence in her skill & superiority. High-contrast image makes use of heavy shadows, from offscreen overhead lighting and back-lighting — the latter of which is provided compositionally / conceptually by the large Imperial insignia behind her. The central circle of the emblem forms a stylized sun-like crown or halo around Tolvan's head — fitting for the perfect Imperial!

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John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 1d

So thrilled to be a part of this anthology, illustrating @danmembiela.bsky.social's profound witch tale! Check it out on Kickstarter below! Blessed be!🧹🎃🐈‍⬛🐸

Kat Calamia @comicuno.bsky.social · 1d

WITCHING SEASON - A Witch Horror Comic Anthology is LIVE on Kickstarter!

"A 150+ page Horror Anthology filled with stories about WITCHES, WARLOCKS, and FAMILIARS from some of the biggest names in comics!"

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

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John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 5d

@danmembiela.bsky.social’s Beware the Mynock is a cool twist on drawtober, like a throwback to the fun 1-panel newspaper strips that tell a story in daily episodes. Plus a Star Wars / Batman mashup!❤️

Dan Membiela @danmembiela.bsky.social · 5d

Mynocktober Day 10
The last puzzle piece of the seller's identity in place, the Mynock races to his location.

#Batober
#BewareTheMynock2025

The Mynock in his cockpit flipping an overhead switch and manning a lever with the other hand.

Batman
Star Wars

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John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 5d

Doctor Rigby is clearly outmatched in this tense standoff! Find out what happens in Doctor Rigby: Tales from the Deep! 100 pages of weird horror and retro adventure! Link below to purchase! 💀🦑🎃
Linktr.ee/jpkissee

A man in a suit points a ray gun at a giant, purple, one-eyed, tentacled space monster. #horrorcomics #horror #vintagehorror #lovecraft #jamesbond #scifi #indiecomics

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John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for the kind words, Dan!

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preternia @preternia.com · 6d

Some Boss Fight 1/12 scale figures including Hellboy, Conan, and Red Sonja. In the Diamond case as part of the NECA booth because the world is weird.

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 7d

Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?

Oopsie, Stephen.

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Farrell Destination: Bloodlines @jfsculpts.bsky.social · 7d

LISTEN...

The Onion @theonion.com · 7d

Area Man Has Far Greater Knowledge Of Marvel Universe Than Own Family Tree https://theonion.com/area-man-has-far-greater-knowledge-of-marvel-universe-t-1819571080/

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John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 7d

October is the perfect time to check out Doctor Rigby: Tales from the Deep! 100 pages of weird horror and retro adventure! Like Lovecraft & James Bond had twisted, fun baby! 🎃💀
Linktr.ee/jpkissee

A massive, orange skeletal ghost drops a helpless man in into its gaping maw.

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John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 8d

A few more Austin pics!

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Zack Quaintance - Less than 24 hrs to back MACABRE VALLEY! @zackquaintance.bsky.social · 8d

speaking of NYCC, we are just one backer and $30 shy of our next stretch goal and it would be AMAZING to hit it before the show starts

www.kickstarter.com/projects/zac...

Macabre Valley #1

A grindhouse Texas horror comic.

www.kickstarter.com

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John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 9d

@zackquaintance.bsky.social, great appearance on @oblivionbarpodcast.com! Looking forward to Macabre Valley! Have a great show in NYCC😀

The Oblivion Bar 🔜 NYCC ‘25 @oblivionbarpodcast.com · 12d

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨

Joining us today is comics journalist over at @comicsbeat.bsky.social & writer the grindhouse Texas horror comic Macabre Valley #1 with artist Anna Redman 🐺 ✝️ 🩸

It is our pleasure to welcome @zackquaintance.bsky.social onto The Oblivion Bar Podcast!

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John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 9d

For sure, plus their other surrounding shops are great. Easily spend a whole day in that plaza🙂

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John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 9d

Now I need the Mynock figure plus his ship! 6” scale please!

Dan Membiela @danmembiela.bsky.social · 9d

Mynocktober Day 6
The Mynock believes the contraband seller must know more about the murder and leaps into the Mynock's Wings, stationed nearby.

#Batober
#BewareTheMynock2025

The Mynock drops into the open cockpit of his solar array winged ship.

#Batman
#StarWars

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John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 9d

@danmembiela.bsky.social, it was full of good doggies and great cocktails! Besides maybe Themascyra, hard to think of a better paradise 😀🐕

John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 9d

@chrismaka.bsky.social, my second time there and I really love it! Austin Books was awesome. Great city, great people, food, music & dogs😀

John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 9d

More pics from Austin, including a visit to the legendary @austinbooks.bsky.social and Yard Bar, a wondrous dog park/outdoor bar!

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John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 10d

Excited to revisit Austin, TX this weekend! Like a mirror universe Texas oasis, filled with welcoming kindness, diversity, great food, music & culture!❤️

John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · Dec 29

Some pics from an awesome visit to Austin, TX in November. A great city in every way...culture, music, diversity & kindness, and best of all, food and nerdy stuff!

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 15d

Me and @matthtaylor.com have a story in this about TRANS WITCHES dealing with a MONSTER.

And we're just one story in this impossibly talent-heavy anthology!

Phil Falco @philfalcowrites.bsky.social · 16d

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES...

WITCHING SEASON - A 150+ page WITCH HORROR comic anthology launches in two weeks!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

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John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks, Dan!😀

Dan Membiela @danmembiela.bsky.social · 12d

Doctor Rigby: Tales from the Deep is a feast for the eyes and mind.

Very highest recommendations!

John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 12d

Now that Halloween season is here, a gentle reminder to check out my graphic novel Doctor Rigby: Tales from the deep!

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Charles Soule @charlessoule.bsky.social · 11d

For the doomscrollers: I recently found a UK journalism outfit called Positive News. They publish a quarterly print magazine and a free weekly newsletter.

They run non-schmaltzy stories about actual positive world developments. I find it refreshing; you may too.

www.positive.news/magazine/

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John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · 12d

Now that Halloween season is here, a gentle reminder to check out my graphic novel Doctor Rigby: Tales from the deep!

John Kissee @jkissee.bsky.social · Apr 12

My graphic novel Doctor Rigby: Tales from the Deep is available now from @markosia.bsky.social!
100 pages of weird horror & retro adventure. Get yours at the link below or in my bio! linktr.ee/jpkissee
#horrorcomics #indiecomics #lovecraft #retrocomics #makingcomics

Graphic novel cover cover with sharp dressed man wielding a sword, as monsters lurk behind him.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14d

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

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