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Nick Dragotta @nickdragotta.bsky.social · 7d

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X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 7d

Good morning, Bluesky
Absolute Bartman by Chris Ouellette

A recreation of the cover of Absolute Batman, but instead its a muscled version of Bart Simpson and Bartman!

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sasha e head @sievish.bsky.social · 13d

GOOD DEVILS : it was fucking awesome to work w/ @davidbrothers.bsky.social again and I was so excited to design for @nickdragotta.bsky.social's frenetic and gorgeous panels. I looked at a lot of anime & manga & action posters for this and had a blast incorporating Nick's inks into the design itself!

two comics covers side by side, both for GOOD DEVILS by Nick Dragotta and David Brothers. The left cover is the black and white variant of the right cover, which depicts a muscled black woman who is posed and ready to kick your fucking ass

GOOD DEVILS comic opened to my favorite spread-- the opening of the GO BACK short story. the lefthand page says NO ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK! with big textured backwards wordss behind it, textured with Dragotta's halftones and inks. The title GO BACK is big and bold and a young man points a rifle towards the reader

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 12d

My capsule overviews of new books at @imagecomics.com are now appearing on the site too. Let me introduce you to Author Immortal, Death to Pachuco, the new Hector Plasm, Spawn: The Dark Ages and Good Devils: Don't Play Fair with Evil.

OCTOBER AT IMAGE COMICS

The month is full of hot launches that need to be on your radar.

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Dave Holmes @daveholmes88.bsky.social · 12d

Banger #newcomicbookday today. Especially excited for Good Devils by @nickdragotta.bsky.social and David Brothers along with Starship Godzilla.

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Rick James Jr. III @pharaohdom.bsky.social · 12d

Y'all make sure to hit your LCS and support the bro, @iamdavidbrothers.com & @nickdragotta.bsky.social today!

#Comics #IndyComics

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Nick Dragotta @nickdragotta.bsky.social · 12d

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Collector's Paradise Comics & Graphic Novels @collectorsparadise.bsky.social · 12d

🔴 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗦 | 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗦 | 𝟭𝟬.𝟭.𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🔴

🙌 HAPPY NEW COMIC BOOK DAY!

Check out our STAFF PICKS OF THE WEEK for some new comic recommendations!

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Nick Dragotta @nickdragotta.bsky.social · 13d

Good Devils: Don’t Play Fair with Evil! Out today. By me, @iamdavidbrothers.com @sievish.bsky.social and @imagecomics.com Grab it TODAY!!!

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SKTCHD @sktchd.bsky.social · 13d

In The Pull, I shared my buys, recommendations, and curiosities from the week of comics, including the GREAT Good Devils: Don't Play Fair with Evil as my Comic of the Week.

The Pull: A Look at the Comics Dropping the Week of October 1st - SKTCHD

While it’s not a deep week of releases, it is an exceptional one, with a headliner that’s one of my favorite single issues of the year. So, let’s get to it, as I highlight my buys, recommendations, an...

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David Harper @davidharper.bsky.social · 14d

This week's episode of Off Panel was a ton of fun. I could talk comics + art with @iamdavidbrothers.com and Nick Dragotta all day. Plus, I love Good Devils, so I'm here to hype that up.

We do discuss a page from the book in it, so if you want to see us do that, the SKTCHD YouTube has what you need.

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Nick Dragotta @nickdragotta.bsky.social · 14d

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hermanos. @iamdavidbrothers.com · 14d

about four years worth of work is coming out this week (Good Devils with @nickdragotta.bsky.social), in three weeks (Perfect Crime Party with @sallataire.bsky.social), and around the end of the month (All Negro Comics, edited by @chrisrobinson.info).
funny timing. getting it all out the way I guess.

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Dreamers & Make-Believers Books @dreamersbmore.bsky.social · 16d

@trishforstner.bsky.social’s take on Ace the Bat-Hound for #AbsoluteBatman! What do you think @ssnyder1835.bsky.social @nickdragotta.bsky.social?!

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hermanos. @iamdavidbrothers.com · 17d

I did a fun podcast with @grandmasterfaqs.bsky.social about Good Devils from me & @nickdragotta.bsky.social! We talk about Big Pun and rap skits, which is an integral part of one of the stories in the one-shot. Really, maybe the most important part of my career...
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Episode 179: Doing Good is Hard w/ David Brothers and the One Shot- Good Devils Don't Play Fair with Evil

Podcast Episode · The Faqs Project · 09/25/2025 · 46m

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ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · 20d

A man chooses to remain in an abandoned and dangerous city with his son after a deadly global pandemic, despite the opportunity to move to a safer community.
'Marshie Mallody' is a new horror comic about guilt and redemption from @azamraharjo.bsky.social.

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Midnighter Comics @midnightercomics.bsky.social · 23d

Pour ce #BatmanDay j’ai eu la chance de rencontrer @nickdragotta.bsky.social et de lui faire signer mon édition noir et blanc du tome 1 de Absolute Batman !

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Smokey-Hell Nelson @thesmokeshow.bsky.social · 24d

Hahaha fuck is that nightmare fuel!! 🤯

@nickdragotta.bsky.social nailing another design out of the damn park, wow

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 24d

First look at Absolute Joker 🃏

‘Absolute Batman #15’ release in
December 🦇

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jvaralves.bsky.social @jvaralves.bsky.social · 24d

Every time the eye creature pops up in alien earth it takes me back to Hickman's and @nickdragotta.bsky.social's brilliant East of West.

Eye creature popping out of a socket from east of west

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Andy Beckerman @andybeckerman.bsky.social · Sep 12

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Great talk with comics artist @nickdragotta.bsky.social! From Cape May to Elmer, the exhaustion of creating, glass-blowing bikers, art as perception, instinct & practice + MORE!

🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsNi...

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hermanos. @iamdavidbrothers.com · Sep 9

Third Eye knows whattup!

Third Eye Comics @thirdeyecomics.bsky.social · Sep 9

🔥😴DON'T SLEEP!!!😴🔥 COMIC SUPERSTARS DAVID BROTHERS (TIME WAITS) & NICK DRAGOTTA (ABSOLUTE BATMAN) TEAM UP IN THIS MUST-HAVE @imagecomics.com ONE-SHOT: GOOD DEVILS DON'T PLAY FAIR WITH EVIL!!! PRE-ORDER for THIRD EYE PICK-UP🛒 or THIRD EYE SHIPS📬 👉 buythirdeyeordie.com/gooddevils

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Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · Sep 5

Do yourselves a favor and tell your shop to order you a copy of GOOD DEVILS from Nick Dragotta and David Brothers. Three original genre-defying action stories in 64pgs. A lovely package of very cool comics.

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Chris Burnham @theburnham.bsky.social · Aug 29

This book is amazing and inspiring. Stores should put this on the shelf right next to Absolute Batman. "Art by Absolute Batman's Nick Dragotta!"

hermanos. @iamdavidbrothers.com · Aug 27

Good Devils: Don't Play Fair With Evil from Absolute Batman's @nickdragotta.bsky.social & me is a 64-page slugfest made to honor faves like Tetsuo Hara (Fist of the North Star) & George Morikawa (Hajime no Ippo).
@sievish.bsky.social designed our cover/logo.
Out 10/1. Preorder by 9/8.
Square up.

the wraparound cover for Good Devils: Don't Play Fair With Evil, a one-shot collecting three stories by Nick Dragotta & David Brothers, designed by Sasha Head.
in an homage to 36th Chamber of Shaolin, a tall black woman named Bella strikes a martial arts pose inspired by the film's poster. on either side of her, in inset panels, are a boxer and a gunman who've been spot-colored.
To the left is text that reads: "It's a 64-Page Love Letter and we sealed it with a fist."
Above that is ordering info for the comic, with a deadline of 9/8/25, release date of 10/1/25, and Lunar Code 0825IM0298.

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ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · Sep 2

Sam isn’t the type to be able to speak up for herself, or ask out the woman she likes -but that’s okay, because there’s something inside her[ more than willing to handle all that for her…
A superbly squelchy serving of body horror from @limesquares.bsky.social: don't miss 'Foreign Bodies’ !

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hermanos. @iamdavidbrothers.com · Aug 27

Good Devils: Don't Play Fair With Evil from Absolute Batman's @nickdragotta.bsky.social & me is a 64-page slugfest made to honor faves like Tetsuo Hara (Fist of the North Star) & George Morikawa (Hajime no Ippo).
@sievish.bsky.social designed our cover/logo.
Out 10/1. Preorder by 9/8.
Square up.

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hermanos. @iamdavidbrothers.com · Aug 12

Image is releasing the Good Devils: Don't Play Fair With Evil one-shot from @nickdragotta.bsky.social & me on 10/1, with FOC first week of September. It's our love letter to Fist of the North Star, Hajime no Ippo, & Gil Scott-Heron, the culture that made us. We came up with them in Nick's backyard 🧵

the cover to Good Devils: Don't Play Fair With Evil, a one-shot collecting three stories by Nick Dragotta and David Brothers. in an homage to 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Bella strikes a martial arts pose. on either side of her in inside panels are a boxer and a gunman. A box overlays everything that says "Good Devils: Don't Play Fair With Evil one-shot (Lunar Code 0825IM0298 debuts at comic shops on Wednesday, October 1 from Image Comics."

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Nick Dragotta @nickdragotta.bsky.social · Aug 12

Re-release of an awesome book called FASTER by @jesselonergan.bsky.social

Support the KS👇

Bulgilhan Press @bulgilhanpress.com · Aug 11

"...Cool drawing, immediate and spontaneous inks, pure design and experimental storytelling. Jesse Lonergan’s Faster hits all the apexes.”

Thank you @nickdragotta.bsky.social for the kind words about Faster by @jesselonergan.bsky.social!

Back it today!
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“Jesse is one of my favorite new creators. Then you read FASTER and realize he’s been doing this. Like me, maybe you missed it. It has all the Lonergan traits. Cool drawing, immediate and spontaneous inks, pure design and experimental storytelling. Jesse Lonergan’s Faster hits all the apexes.” - Nick Dragotta (East of West)

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Matías Bergara @matiasbergara.bsky.social · Aug 10

Absolute Batman

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