Patch Zircher
@patrickzircher.bsky.social
Writer. Artist. Colorist. Making new Solomon Kane adventures and Savage Sword of Conan stories for Heroic Signature & Titan Comics!
Drawn hundreds of comics for 'the other guys'.
Drawn hundreds of comics for 'the other guys'.
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Patch Zircher
@patrickzircher.bsky.social
· Dec 17
Writing, drawing, and coloring the adventures of Solomon Kane -- living Sword of Vengeance who wanders a fantastical 16th century.
I am also writing stories for The Savage Sword of Conan magazine, published by Heroic and Titan comics.
I love making these stories.
Thank you for looking.
I am also writing stories for The Savage Sword of Conan magazine, published by Heroic and Titan comics.
I love making these stories.
Thank you for looking.
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The Witch’s House. Pg 41.
February 1, 2026 at 8:58 AM
The Witch’s House. Pg 41.
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It’s worth the three minutes to read judgement Fred Biery’s court order in the Liam Ramos case. Only 3 pages.
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February 1, 2026 at 6:31 AM
It’s worth the three minutes to read judgement Fred Biery’s court order in the Liam Ramos case. Only 3 pages.
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When someone says a movie villain is too cartoonish, direct them to the last 15 years of real life.
October 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
When someone says a movie villain is too cartoonish, direct them to the last 15 years of real life.
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“It takes a long time to sound like yourself.”
— Miles Davis
— Miles Davis
January 31, 2026 at 11:08 PM
“It takes a long time to sound like yourself.”
— Miles Davis
— Miles Davis
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I can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep
January 31, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep
It's a movie about marriage.
How the same things that attract us to one another can also keep us apart.
How the same things that attract us to one another can also keep us apart.
February 1, 2026 at 1:13 AM
It's a movie about marriage.
How the same things that attract us to one another can also keep us apart.
How the same things that attract us to one another can also keep us apart.
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I own several pages of the original inks and also Kevin's colors of Grimwood's Daughter. Decades ago I met Kevin at his home. Later he sent me to a friend's comic store where I bought a lot of artwork.
My uncle and Kevin went to art school together, worked at an ad agency & later shared a studio.
My uncle and Kevin went to art school together, worked at an ad agency & later shared a studio.
February 1, 2026 at 12:13 AM
I own several pages of the original inks and also Kevin's colors of Grimwood's Daughter. Decades ago I met Kevin at his home. Later he sent me to a friend's comic store where I bought a lot of artwork.
My uncle and Kevin went to art school together, worked at an ad agency & later shared a studio.
My uncle and Kevin went to art school together, worked at an ad agency & later shared a studio.
Elric - P. Craig Russell's, and the current ones from Titan.
Lankhmar, Dracula, and Hellboy - Mignola
Tor, Viking Prince - Kubert
Lights of Amalou - Wendling
Enchanted World, Sharaz De - Toppi
Dracula - Bess
Darkly She Goes - Mallie
Nausicaa - Miyazaki
The Monkey King - Chaiko
Den - Corben
Lankhmar, Dracula, and Hellboy - Mignola
Tor, Viking Prince - Kubert
Lights of Amalou - Wendling
Enchanted World, Sharaz De - Toppi
Dracula - Bess
Darkly She Goes - Mallie
Nausicaa - Miyazaki
The Monkey King - Chaiko
Den - Corben
What are your favorite non-Conan fantasy comics?
January 31, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Elric - P. Craig Russell's, and the current ones from Titan.
Lankhmar, Dracula, and Hellboy - Mignola
Tor, Viking Prince - Kubert
Lights of Amalou - Wendling
Enchanted World, Sharaz De - Toppi
Dracula - Bess
Darkly She Goes - Mallie
Nausicaa - Miyazaki
The Monkey King - Chaiko
Den - Corben
Lankhmar, Dracula, and Hellboy - Mignola
Tor, Viking Prince - Kubert
Lights of Amalou - Wendling
Enchanted World, Sharaz De - Toppi
Dracula - Bess
Darkly She Goes - Mallie
Nausicaa - Miyazaki
The Monkey King - Chaiko
Den - Corben
I'm extremely picky about 'acting' in comics. I want to see it on every page. In body language, expression, hand gestures, what characters wear, eat, certain speech preferences, everything.
No stiff, unemotive sameness.
Without acting, it isn't great visual storytelling.
No stiff, unemotive sameness.
Without acting, it isn't great visual storytelling.
January 31, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I'm extremely picky about 'acting' in comics. I want to see it on every page. In body language, expression, hand gestures, what characters wear, eat, certain speech preferences, everything.
No stiff, unemotive sameness.
Without acting, it isn't great visual storytelling.
No stiff, unemotive sameness.
Without acting, it isn't great visual storytelling.
Absolutely. You take jobs you weren't keen on. but you owe it to yourself to seek ones you want. To better your life. My kids are grown. Takes some pressure off.
Being asked what I like to draw was never enough.
Why shouldn't I couple my writing and drawing skills? It's such an opportunity.
Being asked what I like to draw was never enough.
Why shouldn't I couple my writing and drawing skills? It's such an opportunity.
I've seen a couple artists comment that a writer asked them what they like to draw. Makes me happy b/c you will get the artists best work. Sometimes I'm sure you took what jobs you could get like the rest of us. Mortgage payments, college, child expense. Adulting happens. Now you are more free.
January 31, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Absolutely. You take jobs you weren't keen on. but you owe it to yourself to seek ones you want. To better your life. My kids are grown. Takes some pressure off.
Being asked what I like to draw was never enough.
Why shouldn't I couple my writing and drawing skills? It's such an opportunity.
Being asked what I like to draw was never enough.
Why shouldn't I couple my writing and drawing skills? It's such an opportunity.
I use Blosser's timeline published in Kull and the Barbarians.
Kane is born in 1530. This makes him very long-lived but his arcane staff may have increased the previous owner's lifespan too.
Clues in Dark Agnes tales place her birth at 1496-1502.
About 30 yrs older than Kane.
Considering a team-up.
Kane is born in 1530. This makes him very long-lived but his arcane staff may have increased the previous owner's lifespan too.
Clues in Dark Agnes tales place her birth at 1496-1502.
About 30 yrs older than Kane.
Considering a team-up.
I'd like to read some more Dark Agnes! She could work with Solomon Kane, technically I think she's maybe a 100 years before. But it could work.
January 31, 2026 at 1:41 PM
I use Blosser's timeline published in Kull and the Barbarians.
Kane is born in 1530. This makes him very long-lived but his arcane staff may have increased the previous owner's lifespan too.
Clues in Dark Agnes tales place her birth at 1496-1502.
About 30 yrs older than Kane.
Considering a team-up.
Kane is born in 1530. This makes him very long-lived but his arcane staff may have increased the previous owner's lifespan too.
Clues in Dark Agnes tales place her birth at 1496-1502.
About 30 yrs older than Kane.
Considering a team-up.
This year? Probably.
On January seeming long, I think it's the anticipation after Christmas. And the long nights. And the feeling that we're breaking in the year. Getting used to a new one.
On January seeming long, I think it's the anticipation after Christmas. And the long nights. And the feeling that we're breaking in the year. Getting used to a new one.
Somehow February is Even Longer
--the sequel
--the sequel
January 31, 2026 at 1:12 PM
This year? Probably.
On January seeming long, I think it's the anticipation after Christmas. And the long nights. And the feeling that we're breaking in the year. Getting used to a new one.
On January seeming long, I think it's the anticipation after Christmas. And the long nights. And the feeling that we're breaking in the year. Getting used to a new one.
A villain I only drew briefly but enjoyed working on, Trigon-- from Raven and the Teen Titans fame.
Those six eyes are an interesting, fun, anatomical challenge.
Those six eyes are an interesting, fun, anatomical challenge.
January 31, 2026 at 12:52 PM
A villain I only drew briefly but enjoyed working on, Trigon-- from Raven and the Teen Titans fame.
Those six eyes are an interesting, fun, anatomical challenge.
Those six eyes are an interesting, fun, anatomical challenge.
January is the Longest Month: a novel.
-- written by everyone
-- written by everyone
January 31, 2026 at 12:30 PM
January is the Longest Month: a novel.
-- written by everyone
-- written by everyone
Yes. From Savage Avengers.
Conan in Savage Avengers, and a Savage Sword of Conan story, was, for me, biting the forbidden fruit.
I've wanted to draw fantasy ever since.
Conan in Savage Avengers, and a Savage Sword of Conan story, was, for me, biting the forbidden fruit.
I've wanted to draw fantasy ever since.
Wait, is this Emma Frost actually crossing Conan the Cimmerian's path?!
January 31, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Yes. From Savage Avengers.
Conan in Savage Avengers, and a Savage Sword of Conan story, was, for me, biting the forbidden fruit.
I've wanted to draw fantasy ever since.
Conan in Savage Avengers, and a Savage Sword of Conan story, was, for me, biting the forbidden fruit.
I've wanted to draw fantasy ever since.
Emma is drawing characters getting in and out of limos, living posh, great clothes, hair, style.
I did that once. Fun, but only for about a week.
Give me a woman with a sword in a fantastic setting.
I did that once. Fun, but only for about a week.
Give me a woman with a sword in a fantastic setting.
January 31, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Emma is drawing characters getting in and out of limos, living posh, great clothes, hair, style.
I did that once. Fun, but only for about a week.
Give me a woman with a sword in a fantastic setting.
I did that once. Fun, but only for about a week.
Give me a woman with a sword in a fantastic setting.
This is who runs this account
January 31, 2026 at 11:09 AM
This is who runs this account
I'm riding out the rest of my career working on characters *I* like.
I did my time working on the other ones :)
If it ain't fun, it ain't gettin' done.
I did my time working on the other ones :)
If it ain't fun, it ain't gettin' done.
January 31, 2026 at 10:19 AM
I'm riding out the rest of my career working on characters *I* like.
I did my time working on the other ones :)
If it ain't fun, it ain't gettin' done.
I did my time working on the other ones :)
If it ain't fun, it ain't gettin' done.
Every fantasy character works if there's a relatable human being in there somewhere.
It's why so many of the stories start before the 'big storm', with the hero leading, what for them, is a normal life.
It's why so many of the stories start before the 'big storm', with the hero leading, what for them, is a normal life.
January 31, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Every fantasy character works if there's a relatable human being in there somewhere.
It's why so many of the stories start before the 'big storm', with the hero leading, what for them, is a normal life.
It's why so many of the stories start before the 'big storm', with the hero leading, what for them, is a normal life.
I'm kinda on the other side of that divide because it debuted when I was already an adult. I didn't grow up with the cartoon.
The name "He-Man" is a little hard for me to take. A little too on the nose.
Buuuut...
I do see a lot of fantasy tropes in it-- it's all in how you tell a story.
The name "He-Man" is a little hard for me to take. A little too on the nose.
Buuuut...
I do see a lot of fantasy tropes in it-- it's all in how you tell a story.
Hey Patch just put of curiosity have you ever had any interest Masters of the Universe? It's very pulp influenced which I know you like and has cool science fantasy and post apocalypse elements mixed in.
January 31, 2026 at 9:44 AM
I'm kinda on the other side of that divide because it debuted when I was already an adult. I didn't grow up with the cartoon.
The name "He-Man" is a little hard for me to take. A little too on the nose.
Buuuut...
I do see a lot of fantasy tropes in it-- it's all in how you tell a story.
The name "He-Man" is a little hard for me to take. A little too on the nose.
Buuuut...
I do see a lot of fantasy tropes in it-- it's all in how you tell a story.
detail from a John Carter of Mars cover from about 10 years ago
January 31, 2026 at 9:37 AM
detail from a John Carter of Mars cover from about 10 years ago
My son fnally got his Faramir (after all these snowstorms) but his fiancee says she's taking it.
January 31, 2026 at 8:26 AM
My son fnally got his Faramir (after all these snowstorms) but his fiancee says she's taking it.
Sometimes the stars don't align right away.
A longtime ago, with another publisher and editor, I enquired about working on Solomon Kane.
The editor said no because "You're a superhero artist."
Years later the character changed hands and publishers.
And I eventually landed my hero.
A longtime ago, with another publisher and editor, I enquired about working on Solomon Kane.
The editor said no because "You're a superhero artist."
Years later the character changed hands and publishers.
And I eventually landed my hero.
January 31, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Sometimes the stars don't align right away.
A longtime ago, with another publisher and editor, I enquired about working on Solomon Kane.
The editor said no because "You're a superhero artist."
Years later the character changed hands and publishers.
And I eventually landed my hero.
A longtime ago, with another publisher and editor, I enquired about working on Solomon Kane.
The editor said no because "You're a superhero artist."
Years later the character changed hands and publishers.
And I eventually landed my hero.
Dicken's Little Nell is a very early example. Reading affordability. A certain freedom from drudgery. And media boost fandom.
I've read Young Werther. Maybe that's more strange phenomena than fandom.
The Janeites in the 1870s. Fans of Jane Austen's works.
Sherlock Holmes fans in the 1890s.
I've read Young Werther. Maybe that's more strange phenomena than fandom.
The Janeites in the 1870s. Fans of Jane Austen's works.
Sherlock Holmes fans in the 1890s.
This also makes me wonder about the earliest example of what we might call "fandom" for a work of literature. Victorians wearing black armbands about the death of Little Nell in 1841? Or distraught teenage Germans leaping off bridges over "The Sorrows of Young Werther" in 1775?
January 31, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Dicken's Little Nell is a very early example. Reading affordability. A certain freedom from drudgery. And media boost fandom.
I've read Young Werther. Maybe that's more strange phenomena than fandom.
The Janeites in the 1870s. Fans of Jane Austen's works.
Sherlock Holmes fans in the 1890s.
I've read Young Werther. Maybe that's more strange phenomena than fandom.
The Janeites in the 1870s. Fans of Jane Austen's works.
Sherlock Holmes fans in the 1890s.
Well, thank you.
Have to say, it would have got me through some rough spots.
Also have to say 12 year old me would say to current me, "What happened to your hair?!"
Have to say, it would have got me through some rough spots.
Also have to say 12 year old me would say to current me, "What happened to your hair?!"
Imagine going back and telling your ~12-year-old self that you would go on to author the most-loved Solomon Kane story since 1977.
January 31, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Well, thank you.
Have to say, it would have got me through some rough spots.
Also have to say 12 year old me would say to current me, "What happened to your hair?!"
Have to say, it would have got me through some rough spots.
Also have to say 12 year old me would say to current me, "What happened to your hair?!"