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Ted (& technically Ro)

@brandtandstein.com

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We write & draw comics! DC, Marvel, most others. Currently: #WorstManOGN (skeets probably by Ted) Web: https://bio.site/brandtandstein Agent: @stephaniewinter.bsky.social

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · Oct 17

Hello new chums!

We’re Brandt&Stein, and we make comics. Marvel, DC, Image, BOOM!, Dynamite and plenty of others. We like character acting, violence, silliness, and never drawing the same way twice. Currently working on a bunch of things we absolutely cannot talk about

A page of inks from Gotham City Sirens 4. The Sirens and White Rabbit are watching as Punchline avoids a stampede of animals, only to get cornered by some of them and dragged off.

A double page spread from CROWDED. Charlie is watching with increasing horror and nausea as Circe goes on a very violent rampage, killing a whole bunch of people outside the car

A splash page from Power Rangers Infinite, introducing Power Rangers Paladin Force, one of the many teams we designed. They’re all swords-and-sorcery knight themed,with Ranger diamond tabards, in a dynamic team pose against a stormy, mountainous backdrop

A double page spread from “Morgonna the Crimson” in Red Sonja: Black, White & Red. Sonja is doing a series of tasks only to receive unwelcome and effusive praise and gifts, the punchline hitting when she sulkily rides off on her horse, which is incredibly overladen with stuff, and there is a goose sat on her head

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Bayleaf 🍃 @iceghost.bsky.social · 4d

Hey hey! Issue 1 is out today!

Part of a comic page inks from strange tales issue 1

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 8h

They never bring back any of the really good villains.

Villain(s)

• Several bears (no further appearances)

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Halloween Name @damnyouwillis.bsky.social · 7h

"Your suffering shapes your obedience" is, like, something Darkseid would say

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 7h

❤️❤️❤️

Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 8h

*ugh*

Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 8h

Yup

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 8h

😭

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 8h

The thing is, I do actually feel fine on less! My average is now 5-6, and a few years ago that would have been hell but now is mostly fine?

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 8h

I genuinely just had the thought “I’ve been sleeping a lot recently I hope I’m not getting sick” and immediately realised that sometime this year 7 hours a night became “a lot”

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 9h

Good morning, chums!

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 16h

Ah, good idea. I keep forgetting that’s a thing, largely because I never again hear about the shit I put on it

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 16h

“Please. Our numbers, they need goosing. How will I feed my accountants??”

Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 16h

That whole situation is just full of so much money and so many bad decisions and all it makes me think is how the fuck do I find an idiot rich enough to make a terrible decision to give me a hundred million dollars instead

Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 16h

If this were a just world I would not have to repeatedly be reminded that Bari Weiss exists

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Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 17h

A really, really nice review of my beloved DC's MISFITS OF MAGIC. I'm incredibly proud of this book and it remains the most fun I've ever had making a comic book.

Stergios Botzakis @stergbot.bsky.social · 18h

I recently read DC’s Misfits of Magic by @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social, which stars teen-aged versions of Dr. Occult, Blue Devil, Deadman, and Enchantress. It’s a fun riff on DC’s magic users, and a perfect YA graphic novel for this Halloween season 🎃

DC's Misfits of Magic

Continuing my look at spooky themed books this month, today I look at DC's Misfits of Magic , which is from the latest series of their grap...

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Ben MacLeod 馬志斌 @benmacleod.bsky.social · 21h

Canadians – If you have some time this long weekend, fill out this godawful government survey on AI, which itself seems to have been written by AI trained exclusively on buzzword-laden LinkedIn posts.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 4d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 1d

Don’t forget this is on all day today as well!

Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 2d

It’s Saturday here, so I am once again tapping the sign to remind you that my DMs are open to all new comics creators looking for feedback or advice on writing, art or the industry at large!

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 21h

You’re not wrong there!

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Karthik Sankaran @rajakorman.bsky.social · 2d

The Uncanny Valet

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 2d

our economy is currently being propped up by the promise of billions of fully autonomous robot butlers coming in a year or so

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 1d

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

A comic strip in six panels. The panels inerlock like a jigsaw with knobs and sockets. Two stick figures walk right to left through all the panels.

Panel 1: Person 1 says "I hear you're working on a new theory."
Panel 2 & 3: Person 2 says: "Yes, I'm calling it the jigsaw model. I think it could change our whole View of reality."
Panel 4: Person 1 says "When Will you publish?:
Panel 5: Person 2 says "But a couple of things are still bothering me." (this piece/panel is a bit squint)
Panel 6: This piece is rotated ninety degees and fits to the others very badly. Person 2 is saying "Soon. I feel like I'm really close"
A second look at the whole comic shows that the last two panels read in the wrong order because the jigsaw has been put together incorrectly.

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 1d

It’s not for the faint of heart!!

Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 1d

Whenever I worry we’re not working fast enough, I remember that Worst Man is 228 pages long, and when finished will contain approximately 1800 panels. 1800 panels, roughly 1200 of which will have backgrounds. Not bad for 14 months where it isn’t our only job.

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 1d

Seconding Far Sector, Poison Ivy, Absolute Wonder Woman (to be fair all the Absolute line is worth a try), and I’ll add Williamson’s Superman run, Justice League Unlimited, Batman: Dark Patterns, also WAYNE FAMILY ADVENTURES on Webtoon

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 1d

God, that show. A consistent masterclass.

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