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| Episode 50! | Mar 31, 2026 7:46 PM PDT | url |
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Added 3 new A* pages:Hey it's episode 50! Whew! = )
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
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| Drama of continual mishaps | Mar 30, 2026 7:19 PM PDT | url |
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From "The Return of the Blob" in The X-Men #7, September 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Chic Stone inks, Stan Goldberg (?) colors, Artie Simek pencils. Photoshop color reduction.
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| Episode 50 drawing starts Monday! | Mar 27, 2026 6:51 PM PDT | url |
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I'm about as squared away and ready to start A* episode 50 as I ever will be, so the drawing on that starts Monday!
I even did a little upgrade to the comic display script to allow it—in theory—to support .webp images, in addition to the .jpg and .png images it's been using all along. I'll probably mostly just be using .webp in place of .png for the episode title pages, to save a couple KB ; )...but hey a couple KB is a couple KB! ; D (Also I streamlined that part of my script a little 'cause I'd written it in an oddly loopy manner. ; D)
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From "The Return of the Blob" in The X-Men #7, September 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Chic Stone inks, Stan Goldberg (?) colors, Artie Simek pencils.
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| A* updated on archive.org, now over 3000 pgs | Mar 25, 2026 4:47 PM PDT | url |
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I updated the repository of A* comics on archive.org, it's now over 3000 pages. ^ _^
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From "The Return of the Blob" in The X-Men #7, September 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Chic Stone inks, Stan Goldberg (?) colors, Artie Simek pencils.
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| Ep. 49 e-book available! | Mar 24, 2026 6:20 PM PDT | url |
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A* episode 49 is complete and now it's available as a downloadable e-book from the episodes & e-books page! Patreon supporters at the e-book level and above will get their complementary download code emailed to them early next month. : )
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CERN researchers drove 92 antiprotons around their Geneva campus for half an hour to test the feasibility of eventually being able to drive antimatter created in their lab to other laboratories around Europe. Suspended in a magnetic field, the antiprotons survived the journey, ie they didn't collide with any positive matter and instantly annihilate!
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From "At the Mercy of Loki, Prince of Evil!" in Journey into Mystery #108, September 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Chic Stone inks, Artie Simek letters.
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| End of ep. 49! Ep. 50 starts ~late next week! | Mar 20, 2026 8:55 PM PDT | url |
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That's the end of episode 49!
Next week I'm going to do my supermassive taxes 'p', then take care of my usual inter-episode making of e-books, archive.org updating, backing up files, getting the script for the next episode ready to go, and other boring maintenance tasks. ; D
Not sure how long all that will take but hopefully I'll be able to start drawing the first page of episode 50 by the end of the week! = D
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^ Ink sketch for a reader supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign! Proportionate Asgardian bee-strength thanks to everyone helping me with the comic! ^ _^
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^ From "At the Mercy of Loki, Prince of Evil!" in Journey into Mystery #108, September 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Chic Stone inks, Artie Simek letters.
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| The Evil You-Know-Who's | Mar 19, 2026 8:51 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:~ ~ ~
^ From The X-Men #7, September 1964. Jack Kirby cover pencils, Chic Stone inks, Stan Goldberg colors, Artie Simek letters.
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
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| Minimal Bloggetry | Mar 18, 2026 9:11 PM PDT | url |
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Tons of drawing, even a little supermassive tax stuff today. 'p' Hopefully painting tomorrow.
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| Wrathful Raging | Mar 17, 2026 8:21 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:~ ~ ~
From "At the Mercy of Loki, Prince of Evil!" in Journey into Mystery #108, September 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Chic Stone inks, Artie Simek letters.
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
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| The one force you have no defense against! | Mar 16, 2026 7:43 PM PDT | url |
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From "Kang, The Conqueror!" in The Avengers #8, September 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Dick Ayers inks, Stan Goldberg (?) colors, Sam Rosen letters.
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| Hair or shadow | Mar 13, 2026 4:27 PM PDT | url |
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^ Pencil sketch for a reader supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign. : D MEGA-THANKS to everyone helping me with the comic!!! = DD
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^ From "When the Grey Gargoyle Strikes!" in Journey into Mystery #107, August 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Chic Stone inks, Artie Simek letters.
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| Getcher peps | Mar 12, 2026 7:56 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:~ ~ ~
Bonus pepper cat!
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^ From "The Birth of the Beetle!" in Strange Tales #123, August 1964. Stan Lee script, Carl Burgos pencils, Dick Ayers inks, Stan Goldberg (?) colors, Sam Rosen letters.
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
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| Hair teased | Mar 11, 2026 5:03 PM PDT | url |
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^ Pencil sketch for a reader supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign. : ) Whopping thanks to everyone helping me with the comic! = D
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^ From "When the Grey Gargoyle Strikes!" in Journey into Mystery #107, August 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Chic Stone inks, Artie Simek letters.
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| Yet Another Ingenious Device | Mar 10, 2026 5:07 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:~ ~ ~
^ From "The Birth of the Beetle!" in Strange Tales #123, August 1964. Stan Lee script, Carl Burgos pencils, Dick Ayers inks, Stan Goldberg (?) colors, Sam Rosen letters.
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
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| Different! Seemingly Unbeatable! | Mar 09, 2026 5:45 PM PDT | url |
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Journey into Mystery #107, August 1964. Stan Lee cover script, Jack Kirby pencils, Chic Stone inks, Stan Goldberg colors, Sam Rosen letters.
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| Ski Skills | Mar 06, 2026 5:51 PM PST | url |
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^ Pencil sketch for a reader supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign. : ) Gratefulness to everyone helping me with the comic! = D
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From "We Have to Fight the X-Men!" in Fantastic Four #28, July 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Chic Stone inks, Artie Simek letters.
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| Well zipadee doo dah | Mar 05, 2026 5:31 PM PST | url |
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Was still a bit migraine-y this morning, feeling all right currently though, yay. Now I just gotta remember to get to bed on time...every dang night! : P
^ From "The Evil Menace of Electro!" in Daredevil #2, June 1964. Stan Lee script, Joe Orlando pencils, Vince Colletta inks, Sam Rosen letters.
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| I am sleeping 'p' | Mar 04, 2026 8:13 PM PST | url |
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I was getting migraines over the past few days and had to stop and just try to sleep as much as I could, because I'm a goofus who keeps forgetting to sleep enough for weeks on end. Sigh. So, another day of rest and I think I'll be functional again; then I'll just have to get serious about getting to sleep at night, something I have thus far failed to do for any significant period of time. ... This time I'll really try! Sigh. 'p' I gotta get better at this.
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From "We Have to Fight the X-Men!" in Fantastic Four #28, July 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Chic Stone inks, Artie Simek letters.
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| Moon beams | Mar 03, 2026 5:24 PM PST | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:Ended up repainting the doorway/greeter area in the background again today. ; j
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^ Pencil sketch for a reader supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign>. : ) Thanks to everyone helping me with the comic! = D
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Fantastic Four #28, July 1964. Stan Lee cover script, Jack Kirby pencils, Sol Brodsky inks, Stan Goldberg colors, Artie Simek letters.
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
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| Page really painted! Scanning tomorrow! | Mar 02, 2026 8:14 PM PST | url |
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There was a lot to paint in the next A* page and I got it painted today! I'll get it scanned and posted tomorrow!!
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^ The X-Men #5, May 1964. Jack Kirby cover pencils, Paul Reinman inks, Marie Severin possible Angel alterations, Stan Goldberg colors, Artie Simek letters.
(Note difference from modern digital version.)
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