Paul Guinan
@paulguinan.bsky.social
Inkpot Award winner & two time Eisner nominee. Co-founder of the comic book studio, Helioscope. Creator of BOILERPLATE, DC's CHRONOS.
Read my AZTEC EMPIRE webcomic for FREE at BigRedHair.com
Read my AZTEC EMPIRE webcomic for FREE at BigRedHair.com
This is the complete run of HEARTBREAKERS “superdigest” graphic novels. Groundbreaking at the time in theme and format. One even got an Eisner nomination!
Our studiomate @paulguinan.bsky.social has contributed THREE different books to the Helioscope etsy store! Signed by Paul & @bigredhair.bsky.social, & a sketch by Paul. Go take a look! helioscopepdx.etsy.com/listing/4419...
December 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is the complete run of HEARTBREAKERS “superdigest” graphic novels. Groundbreaking at the time in theme and format. One even got an Eisner nomination!
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Our studiomate @paulguinan.bsky.social has contributed THREE different books to the Helioscope etsy store! Signed by Paul & @bigredhair.bsky.social, & a sketch by Paul. Go take a look! helioscopepdx.etsy.com/listing/4419...
December 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Our studiomate @paulguinan.bsky.social has contributed THREE different books to the Helioscope etsy store! Signed by Paul & @bigredhair.bsky.social, & a sketch by Paul. Go take a look! helioscopepdx.etsy.com/listing/4419...
That time iconoclastic historian Mario Fuente visited me from Mexico City. He’s a consultant on my webcomic AZTEC EMPIRE.
BigRedHair.com
Of course, we had to take a photo in front of the poster I have behind my table at Helioscope. @helioscopepdx.bsky.social
Just a couple of Zapatistas:
BigRedHair.com
Of course, we had to take a photo in front of the poster I have behind my table at Helioscope. @helioscopepdx.bsky.social
Just a couple of Zapatistas:
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
That time iconoclastic historian Mario Fuente visited me from Mexico City. He’s a consultant on my webcomic AZTEC EMPIRE.
BigRedHair.com
Of course, we had to take a photo in front of the poster I have behind my table at Helioscope. @helioscopepdx.bsky.social
Just a couple of Zapatistas:
BigRedHair.com
Of course, we had to take a photo in front of the poster I have behind my table at Helioscope. @helioscopepdx.bsky.social
Just a couple of Zapatistas:
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POV: you are in possession of one (1) ounce of cheese
December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
POV: you are in possession of one (1) ounce of cheese
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Happy birthday to American writer and comic book artist Paul Guinan, born today in 1962. A founding member of Helioscope studio, Guinan is best known for Boilerplate robot and DC's Chronos. #PaulGuinan
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Happy birthday to American writer and comic book artist Paul Guinan, born today in 1962. A founding member of Helioscope studio, Guinan is best known for Boilerplate robot and DC's Chronos. #PaulGuinan
This year my birthday falls on Thanksgiving. So, food AND presents!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone celebrating! Hope you are able to enjoy a nice meal with friends and family this day 🦃🥧🖖🏻
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This year my birthday falls on Thanksgiving. So, food AND presents!
Broke my heart to not see you in this photo of your art at today’s opening of @nwmoca.bsky.social
Here’s the exclamatory recreation of the cover.
Get well immediately!
Here’s the exclamatory recreation of the cover.
Get well immediately!
November 4, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Broke my heart to not see you in this photo of your art at today’s opening of @nwmoca.bsky.social
Here’s the exclamatory recreation of the cover.
Get well immediately!
Here’s the exclamatory recreation of the cover.
Get well immediately!
#BatmanDay
I only draw the Silver Age version, and not the cruel and bloodied post-Miller versions.
How does somebody who has studied science, philosophy/psychology, and martial arts for decades, not become zen?
When Batman loses it, well, you’ve lost me.
I only draw the Silver Age version, and not the cruel and bloodied post-Miller versions.
How does somebody who has studied science, philosophy/psychology, and martial arts for decades, not become zen?
When Batman loses it, well, you’ve lost me.
September 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
#BatmanDay
I only draw the Silver Age version, and not the cruel and bloodied post-Miller versions.
How does somebody who has studied science, philosophy/psychology, and martial arts for decades, not become zen?
When Batman loses it, well, you’ve lost me.
I only draw the Silver Age version, and not the cruel and bloodied post-Miller versions.
How does somebody who has studied science, philosophy/psychology, and martial arts for decades, not become zen?
When Batman loses it, well, you’ve lost me.
#RoseCityComicCon, here’s our webcomic about how strangers from another world changed the Americas, and how a teenage girl was key to toppling the AZTEC EMPIRE.
Read for FREE: BigRedHair.com #RCCC
Read for FREE: BigRedHair.com #RCCC
September 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
#RoseCityComicCon, here’s our webcomic about how strangers from another world changed the Americas, and how a teenage girl was key to toppling the AZTEC EMPIRE.
Read for FREE: BigRedHair.com #RCCC
Read for FREE: BigRedHair.com #RCCC
The Ancients: @scottmccloud.bsky.social, @paulguinan.bsky.social, @davidfwalker.bsky.social, @jeffparker.bsky.social, @stevelieberart.bsky.social, today at @helioscopepdx.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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A great list, mainly because a top 10 SF movies of the 70s list is going to do double duty as best ever SF movie list and have a shot at being a decent “best movies of the 70s” list.
Time After Time is my Top Ten 1970s sci-fi films: bigredhair.com/blog/best-science-fiction-films-of-the-1970s/
The Best Science Fiction Films of the 1970s
Artist and movie buff Paul Guinan's picks for the top ten sci fi movies of the seventies--an era when pop culture had a lot of socio-political content and an emerging new generation of filmmakers was ...
www.bigredhair.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:12 AM
A great list, mainly because a top 10 SF movies of the 70s list is going to do double duty as best ever SF movie list and have a shot at being a decent “best movies of the 70s” list.
Leila del Duca @leiladelduca.bsky.social has filmed a video visit with Helioscope in our new location! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBXe...
Spend a day with us in our comic book studio!
YouTube video by Helioscope PDX
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The robot, Boilerplate, with the 10th Cavalry. The Buffalo Soldiers.
#BuffaloSoldiersDay
#BuffaloSoldiersDay
July 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The robot, Boilerplate, with the 10th Cavalry. The Buffalo Soldiers.
#BuffaloSoldiersDay
#BuffaloSoldiersDay
Congratulations to all the recipients at last night's #EisnerAwards !!! #SDCC Our series AZTEC EMPIRE was once honored with a nomination for Best Digital Comic. Read it for free on our BigRedHair website.
July 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Congratulations to all the recipients at last night's #EisnerAwards !!! #SDCC Our series AZTEC EMPIRE was once honored with a nomination for Best Digital Comic. Read it for free on our BigRedHair website.
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My secret is out—I’m a character in an MMOG! I’ve never played one before, and I’m in love with #SpiritCrossing by @spryfox.bsky.social. I’d love to see some IRL friends in this game. It has drop-dead gorgeous art, great writing, questing & building galore, & fun community. 💖 Come explore with us!
Whether it's fishing side by side with a friend among the clouds or playing music for a friendly cafe stranger, players are capturing magical moments in Spirit Crossing.
Start your cozy adventure today:
⛅ playspiritcrossing.com
.. then share your own moments with us!
🐻 discord.gg/JvPPmxHHDf
Start your cozy adventure today:
⛅ playspiritcrossing.com
.. then share your own moments with us!
🐻 discord.gg/JvPPmxHHDf
July 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My secret is out—I’m a character in an MMOG! I’ve never played one before, and I’m in love with #SpiritCrossing by @spryfox.bsky.social. I’d love to see some IRL friends in this game. It has drop-dead gorgeous art, great writing, questing & building galore, & fun community. 💖 Come explore with us!
Come see a rare sighting of me this weekend at I Like Comics in Vancouver, WA. They’re having a SUPERMAN 100 PROJECT signing this Saturday, July 12, from 10am-4pm. All Helioscope creators who contributed to the book will be there! 1/2
July 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Come see a rare sighting of me this weekend at I Like Comics in Vancouver, WA. They’re having a SUPERMAN 100 PROJECT signing this Saturday, July 12, from 10am-4pm. All Helioscope creators who contributed to the book will be there! 1/2
I’ll be there too!
PORTLAND/COUV: Big @heroinitiative.bsky.social
benefit Saturday July 12 at I LIKE COMICS in Vancouver WA.
Guests include @cattifer.bsky.social @eric-powell-comics.bsky.social @manruss.bsky.social @stevelieberart.bsky.social @emceeartist.bsky.social
&more, like ME! Details: ilikecomicsshop.com
benefit Saturday July 12 at I LIKE COMICS in Vancouver WA.
Guests include @cattifer.bsky.social @eric-powell-comics.bsky.social @manruss.bsky.social @stevelieberart.bsky.social @emceeartist.bsky.social
&more, like ME! Details: ilikecomicsshop.com
I Like Comics | Largest Comic Book Store in the Northwest | 1715 Broadway St, Vancouver, WA 98663, USA
I Like Comics | Our Comic book store in Vancouver WA is one of largest comic book stores in the Northwest if not the Largest. Come in an get New comics, Back issues, Toys and Statues. Check out our on...
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July 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I’ll be there too!
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Some of you might have met @paulguinan.bsky.social's dog Ripley at the big boxing match a few months ago.
July 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Some of you might have met @paulguinan.bsky.social's dog Ripley at the big boxing match a few months ago.
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This is Ripley and he belongs to @paulguinan.bsky.social & @bigredhair.bsky.social. Ripley is in the studio pretty regularly and he roams from desk to desk in search of treats, affection, validation.
July 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is Ripley and he belongs to @paulguinan.bsky.social & @bigredhair.bsky.social. Ripley is in the studio pretty regularly and he roams from desk to desk in search of treats, affection, validation.
My robot, Boilerplate, was once featured on the masthead of the Portland Tribune.
That masthead makes an appearance on the OPB website for a story about the Tribune discontinuing print editions. www.opb.org/article/2025/06/25/portland-tribune-stop-publishing-print-edition-carpenter-media-news-cuts/
That masthead makes an appearance on the OPB website for a story about the Tribune discontinuing print editions. www.opb.org/article/2025/06/25/portland-tribune-stop-publishing-print-edition-carpenter-media-news-cuts/
June 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My robot, Boilerplate, was once featured on the masthead of the Portland Tribune.
That masthead makes an appearance on the OPB website for a story about the Tribune discontinuing print editions. www.opb.org/article/2025/06/25/portland-tribune-stop-publishing-print-edition-carpenter-media-news-cuts/
That masthead makes an appearance on the OPB website for a story about the Tribune discontinuing print editions. www.opb.org/article/2025/06/25/portland-tribune-stop-publishing-print-edition-carpenter-media-news-cuts/
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Don't forget, my interview with Comic Creator @paulguinan.bsky.social is available to watch now.
Great chat about comics, hobbies, and history!
youtu.be/2S9O_4NOnlc
Great chat about comics, hobbies, and history!
youtu.be/2S9O_4NOnlc
@CeriusBlaq Interviews COMIC CREATOR @Boilerplate1893 #aztec #comicbook #history
YouTube video by Serious Slack with Cerius Blaq
youtu.be
June 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Don't forget, my interview with Comic Creator @paulguinan.bsky.social is available to watch now.
Great chat about comics, hobbies, and history!
youtu.be/2S9O_4NOnlc
Great chat about comics, hobbies, and history!
youtu.be/2S9O_4NOnlc
Honored to be an inspiration for depicting a Mexica warrior in comics.
Codex Mendoza informed me, but I added my own helmet designs that became an inadvertent tag to follow any wandering. Look where it wound up! The cover for Assorted Crisis Events #4.
Codex Mendoza informed me, but I added my own helmet designs that became an inadvertent tag to follow any wandering. Look where it wound up! The cover for Assorted Crisis Events #4.
May 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Honored to be an inspiration for depicting a Mexica warrior in comics.
Codex Mendoza informed me, but I added my own helmet designs that became an inadvertent tag to follow any wandering. Look where it wound up! The cover for Assorted Crisis Events #4.
Codex Mendoza informed me, but I added my own helmet designs that became an inadvertent tag to follow any wandering. Look where it wound up! The cover for Assorted Crisis Events #4.