John Kissee
@jkissee.bsky.social
Artist • Designer • Storyteller
Writer & Illustrator of the comic Doctor Rigby, now available from Markosia Publishing!
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(he/him) 🏳️🌈
Writer & Illustrator of the comic Doctor Rigby, now available from Markosia Publishing!
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(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!
Premieres tomorrow on @oblivionbarpodcast.com!
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this is a wrap on my 7th full year writing for @comicsbeat.bsky.social DC Round-Up, and I’ve now written 111 (!!) of these columns
it’s fun to be part of something long-lasting in comics even if it isn’t always easy (time and energy are finite)…thanks for reading
it’s fun to be part of something long-lasting in comics even if it isn’t always easy (time and energy are finite)…thanks for reading
DC Round-Up: ABSOLUTE BATMAN #15 delivers that muscley Joker dinosaur thing you've seen all over
DC Round-Up: ABSOLUTE BATMAN #15 delivers that muscley Joker dinosaur thing you've seen all over
www.comicsbeat.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
this is a wrap on my 7th full year writing for @comicsbeat.bsky.social DC Round-Up, and I’ve now written 111 (!!) of these columns
it’s fun to be part of something long-lasting in comics even if it isn’t always easy (time and energy are finite)…thanks for reading
it’s fun to be part of something long-lasting in comics even if it isn’t always easy (time and energy are finite)…thanks for reading
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"Mariska Hargitay" is like if Popeye had a daughter he tried to name "Marisa Hardy"
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
"Mariska Hargitay" is like if Popeye had a daughter he tried to name "Marisa Hardy"
He’s 3rd from bottom right…right? (A few others have a Moore-ish gleeful scowl)
Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
He’s 3rd from bottom right…right? (A few others have a Moore-ish gleeful scowl)
Wow. Looks like like her❤️
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Wow. Looks like like her❤️
You’re kidnapped. The characters from the last show you watched are coming to rescue you. (I’m probably screwed).
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
You’re kidnapped. The characters from the last show you watched are coming to rescue you. (I’m probably screwed).
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My first sketch cover!
Patron's happy, I'm happy, Batman's happy, everybody's happy!
Patron's happy, I'm happy, Batman's happy, everybody's happy!
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
My first sketch cover!
Patron's happy, I'm happy, Batman's happy, everybody's happy!
Patron's happy, I'm happy, Batman's happy, everybody's happy!
@danmembiela.bsky.social @pauldebetta.bsky.social, these are pretty much my top two!
What fictional creature/villain traumatized you as a child?
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
@danmembiela.bsky.social @pauldebetta.bsky.social, these are pretty much my top two!
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ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
Spider-Man pokes his head in during a boring Teams work call! Oh Spidey, take me away to the realm of fantasy!
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Spider-Man pokes his head in during a boring Teams work call! Oh Spidey, take me away to the realm of fantasy!
Loved Macabre Valley! Fun, gritty horror that reminded me of classic Eerie / Heavy Metal stories, with trippy, noir plot, gore-a-penty, and Corben-esque art! Congrats @zackquaintance.bsky.social and crew on a great book! And McCobb Valley is the second best best play on words (besides Cox News)🐺🩸⛪
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Loved Macabre Valley! Fun, gritty horror that reminded me of classic Eerie / Heavy Metal stories, with trippy, noir plot, gore-a-penty, and Corben-esque art! Congrats @zackquaintance.bsky.social and crew on a great book! And McCobb Valley is the second best best play on words (besides Cox News)🐺🩸⛪
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I did, in fact, miss it. I've had this one in the can for a while, so I'm glad you finally get to see it! We basically made a Gold Key Star Trek, it was a blast.
ICYMI: IGN announces #STARTREKDEVIATIONS: THREADS OF DESTINY, an #Uhura focused #oneshot: https://ow.ly/G7SV50XsY1R
Threads of Destiny offers an alternate take on, "The City on the Edge of Forever."
#StarTrek Deviations: #ThreadsofDestiny will be released on 2/25.
#StarTrekComics
Threads of Destiny offers an alternate take on, "The City on the Edge of Forever."
#StarTrek Deviations: #ThreadsofDestiny will be released on 2/25.
#StarTrekComics
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I did, in fact, miss it. I've had this one in the can for a while, so I'm glad you finally get to see it! We basically made a Gold Key Star Trek, it was a blast.
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Some afternoon reads: Love @danmembiela.bsky.social 's La Hermana. It's like a Robert Eggers movie crossed with our current politics. Recommended!
#JonnyQuest
#Mad
#LaHermana
#Josie&ThePussycats
#ComicSky
#JonnyQuest
#Mad
#LaHermana
#Josie&ThePussycats
#ComicSky
November 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Some afternoon reads: Love @danmembiela.bsky.social 's La Hermana. It's like a Robert Eggers movie crossed with our current politics. Recommended!
#JonnyQuest
#Mad
#LaHermana
#Josie&ThePussycats
#ComicSky
#JonnyQuest
#Mad
#LaHermana
#Josie&ThePussycats
#ComicSky
Like a tiny first class art gallery! Love that guy.
November 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Like a tiny first class art gallery! Love that guy.
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My comic is almost ready to unleash on the world, but first - checking out how the Ghost wrap looks on the front cover, and its looking great!
November 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
My comic is almost ready to unleash on the world, but first - checking out how the Ghost wrap looks on the front cover, and its looking great!
Forgot to attach my La Hermana pics! One of the most striking covers I've seen in a long time!
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Forgot to attach my La Hermana pics! One of the most striking covers I've seen in a long time!
So thrilled to receive my copy of @danmembiela.bsky.social's La Hermana! Like everything Dan does, it's thought-provoking, original and ambitious. Such a unique storytelling experience; like a Genndy Tartakovsky-esque 12th century comic book pictograph. Love all my cool extras too! 🐏🧀🩸
November 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
So thrilled to receive my copy of @danmembiela.bsky.social's La Hermana! Like everything Dan does, it's thought-provoking, original and ambitious. Such a unique storytelling experience; like a Genndy Tartakovsky-esque 12th century comic book pictograph. Love all my cool extras too! 🐏🧀🩸
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28 hours to go and closing in on its goal. Every anthology that @comicuno.bsky.social & @philfalcowrites.bsky.social put out has been amazing and with the creators involved in this one I know it's going to be epic. Keep sharing and back it if you're into witches and stuff.
Just two days left to back WITCHING SEASON!
You want to read @matthtaylor.com and my story about TRANS WITCHES battling MONSTERS don't you?!? Of course you do! So back this book!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
You want to read @matthtaylor.com and my story about TRANS WITCHES battling MONSTERS don't you?!? Of course you do! So back this book!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
28 hours to go and closing in on its goal. Every anthology that @comicuno.bsky.social & @philfalcowrites.bsky.social put out has been amazing and with the creators involved in this one I know it's going to be epic. Keep sharing and back it if you're into witches and stuff.
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Vince Gilligan had the 'Pluribus' credits include 'this show was made by humans'
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Vince Gilligan had the 'Pluribus' credits include 'this show was made by humans'
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
Ireland is awesome
YEEEAAHHHH
come on, we already have tax incentives for employing artists, and if you take those tax incentives it's literally against the law to use AI, let's GOOOO
come on, we already have tax incentives for employing artists, and if you take those tax incentives it's literally against the law to use AI, let's GOOOO
Me impresiona que esto sea posible en alguna parte del mundo. Y lo aplaudo!
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Ireland is awesome
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Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?
One of all time faves as a kid😀. They always had cool, fun music.
Walking down the street with Willow, belting the lyrics to the Sesame Street Pinball Counting Song, and singing” 1–2–3–FOUR, FIVE–6–7–8–NINE, TEN-ELEVEN, TWELVE doot doodoodoot doo doo” out loud b/c it’s the end of the work week and I’ve finally regained control of my life.
youtu.be/JZshZp-cxKg?...
youtu.be/JZshZp-cxKg?...
Sesame Street: 12 And Pinball Animation
YouTube video by Sesame Street
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
One of all time faves as a kid😀. They always had cool, fun music.
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Just 7 days left to back Witching Season a book full of stories from amazing creators and me!
I wrote an antifascist short story and it is wonderfully illustrated by @jkissee.bsky.social!
Back the book here 👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
I wrote an antifascist short story and it is wonderfully illustrated by @jkissee.bsky.social!
Back the book here 👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Just 7 days left to back Witching Season a book full of stories from amazing creators and me!
I wrote an antifascist short story and it is wonderfully illustrated by @jkissee.bsky.social!
Back the book here 👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
I wrote an antifascist short story and it is wonderfully illustrated by @jkissee.bsky.social!
Back the book here 👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
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Cesar Romero’s Joker costume from 1966’s Batman TV show recently went for £212 000 at HA. Which is just a smidgen too high a sum for me. But isn’t it a brilliant costume? So beautifully designed & made. I wish I had the money & courage to dress like this.
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Cesar Romero’s Joker costume from 1966’s Batman TV show recently went for £212 000 at HA. Which is just a smidgen too high a sum for me. But isn’t it a brilliant costume? So beautifully designed & made. I wish I had the money & courage to dress like this.
October may be over, but the #witchingseason lives on! With just a week to go, now's the time to reserve your copy of this fantastic witch-themed anthology. My pal @danmembiela.bsky.social and I have story in it that we'd love to share with you!👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
October may be over, but the #witchingseason lives on! With just a week to go, now's the time to reserve your copy of this fantastic witch-themed anthology. My pal @danmembiela.bsky.social and I have story in it that we'd love to share with you!👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
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dawg not the steakhouse wedding font
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
dawg not the steakhouse wedding font