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Spring themed sketchcard exchange.

Yaranyan, a curious cat, promotes “the Tainai Test”, an exam about local culture and history in Tainai City, Niigata. The arrows on his head show the direction the city and its test are moving.

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We have so much great stuff and so little time left that we have a Premiere Comics Update (with 6 new comics) and Part 9 of SPACE Exhibitor Bios tonight! www.backporchcomics.com/premiere-com... www.backporchcomics.com/news

Just over 25 years ago, Bob Corby launched SPACE - the Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo. One of his first "SPACE Premiere Zines" involved a rabbit, a penguin, and...well, let's just look at it in today's FANzine Live Classic Zines video! WATCH: youtu.be/KoxfCOaPx34

HI,THERE, OL’ CHAP

I'll be at table B01 at the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo - SPACE 2025 at the Ohio Expo Center this weekend, 4/26-4/27, with a bunch of new minicomics, some 'old favorites', and maybe a few surprises See you there!

This weekend (April 26th-27th) I'll be tabling at SPACE! You can find me at Table E2. Come out, say hi, and check out all the awesome small press and independent comics on display! It'll be at the Rhodes Center at the Ohio Expo Center. Admission is free! See you all this weekend:) #altcomics

It's SPACE Week, and organizer Bob Corby has two new zines ready to launch at the Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo this weekend. We've got a sneak preview for you! WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koxf...

The Creature Commandos by Sebastian Fiumara #dccomics

I'll be doing a new talk at SPACE this weekend (April 26th) from 1pm-2pm! I'll be discussing what can lock you up and prevent you from starting or finishing a project. It will identify some of the many traps that comic makers face and explain ways to avoid them. Join me:)

Your own...Pretzel...Jesus... #HappyYeaster

The Last 8 Pages(of the Sketchbook), 8 pages B&W 1/2 pgs Cover-3

First thoughts on #Sinners from Ryan Coogler

Snow Ninja: The Wintry Mix, complete! 8 pgs B&W 4.25x5.5 1/2 pgs 1-4

Fura the flower fairy is a Central Tokyo agricultural mascot.

Ninja Facts & Fancies When you have just a few pages left in your portable sketchbook...

Pied Piper (1986, Jirí Barta) Czech stop motion animation with live rats. A dark twist on the Pied Piper tale. Highly recommended!

3 more Premiere comics up at the SPACE Premiere Comics Page! www.backporchcomics.com/premiere-com...

Ooooooh Yeaaaahh #Art by Will Blood

Results are in! We rank the 5 best horror movies fueled by female rage on the latest #FrightClub podcast!

It's Ninja-paloosa! Tonight on the SPACE Premiere Comics page. 7 Michael Carrol Ninja minicomics! www.backporchcomics.com/premiere-com...

Drop something FELINE 🐈🖤🐈‍⬛

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Shapopo, the mascot for Hato Bus tours, is a pigeon with a cityscape on its hat.

National Burrito 🌯 Day! "7 Virtues of the Ninja Burrito", 8 pages, B&W, Sharpies on typewriter/copier paper. Made at home 9/26 & 27/2024. 1/2

"The film is reputed to be the goriest ever, gauged by the volume of artificial blood utilized during shooting. In the movie's climactic scene, 300 liters of faux blood were employed." #HorrorSky #Horror #HorrorMovies #movie #horrorfan #factsdaily

Appalachian Horror always seems to be a big thing, certainly for me. I don't know why it holds such an important place in my heart. Today the @frightclub.bsky.social takes a look at some of the best horror movies set in Appalachia. gnofhorror.com/appalachian-...

"Find a Rainbow Day". From 2011 #ThrowbackThursday

The Sawyer family behind the scenes set photo, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974).#horrormovies #horrorsky #horrorcommunity #horrorfilm #film #filmcommunity #movies #scary

Unicchi, a mascot from Iwate Prefecture, has a bowl full of sea urchin for a head.

Leslie Nielsen and Ted Danson in their iconic scene frome Creepshow. #horrormovies #horrorsky #horrorcommunity #horrorfilm #film #filmcommunity #movies #scary #StephenKing #creepshow #horrorcomedy #iconic #fyhorror #fysky

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller April 1,1950

𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙸𝚗 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎, 𝚅𝚊𝚕 𝙺𝚒𝚕𝚖𝚎𝚛 (𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟿 ~ 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻) 🖤

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller April 1,1957

We raised a simple prayer Before we left the spot, That in the general mowing That place might be forgot; Or if not all is favored, Obtain such grace of hours, That none should mow the grass there While so confused with flowers. - from Rose Pogonias by Robert Frost 🌱

SPACE Exhibitor Bios Part 2 is up at www.backporchcomics.com/news