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Not the X-Men

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Joe

We can’t all be born with fabulous powers or be bitten by radioactive spiders. We don’t wake up one day with six-pack abs or a physique that defies gravity. Some of us need a little help and advertisers in comics … Continue reading →

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Both Sides Now

Posted on November 4, 2025 by Joe_Williams

Sometimes if you’re not crazy about a drawing, the best thing you can do is start all over again. Continue reading →

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Selling Seeds in the SHOW ME State

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Joe

Bill was doing really well in the seed racket in Missouri back in 1965.

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You Can’t Keep a Good Spacefaring Hippie Down!

Posted on October 7, 2025 by Joe

Drifting through the starry void, he felt as one with the cosmos. It was utter harmony and contentment. His shaggy hair floated weightlessly about him, catching glints of light from distant nebula. He pondered the vastness stretching infinitely out in … Continue reading →

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Burn, Baby, BURN! Punk Rock Inferno

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Joe_Williams

I’ve been pouring my heart into Teenage Beast, a punk rock horror story set in the 1980s that’s slowly clawing its way out of my brain and onto the page. Right now, it’s a chaotic mix of notes, half-formed scenes, … Continue reading →

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Booga Booga Booga

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Joe_Williams

I’m back with It Came From the Sketchbook and once again my subjects are The Teenage Beast and the hapless punk rock gal. I’m piecing together a story via sketchbooks which is fun and much more effective than jotting down … Continue reading →

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Tiptoe through the Sketchbooks

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Joe_Williams

Having finished up the Canson XL Mixed Media Sketchbook, I am working here and there in a few different sketchbooks. The subject is still The Teenage Beast.

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