Chris Beckett

QTP with a trio of awesomeness

Good morning! Happy #Thorsday

I believe I've shared this before, but it's just too good not to share again. A convention sketch of bearded Thor by the Legend, Walter Simonson.

I was onboard as soon as Bissette announced TYRANT, back in the day, and I loved the hell out of those four issues!

Downloading has commenced.

So %$#&ing good!

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

I've read it a number of times and think it holds up pretty well. The art by Brent Anderson is stellar throughout his run, and the stories are solid until a new writer comes on and completely shifts the direction of the series, which is around #20, as I noted.
Enjoy!

Drop something blue.

I absolutely love this series! Particularly the first 20 issues.

Fantastic!

This sounds like how we played mouse trap. We didn’t read the rules, just set up the trap and sprung it to see if it worked.

I have been unable to convince my family to play it. So, I may never know the frustration of this game.

Star Wars Escape From Death Star board game. Most of the cover has an image of a Tie Fighter shooting at an X-Wing, while the right quarter of the box cover has eight images of the characters Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Darth Vader, a Stormtrooper, R2-D2, and C-3PO.

The Escape From Death Star game board, which has multiple circles radiating out from the lower right corner, designated the trash compactor, all lines moving toward the upper left corner, which has the Millennium Falcon and myriad Tie Fighters. All of this is overlaid on an image of the quarter of the Death Star with its laser cannon. Beside the gameboard is the spinner, with R2 on it, and playing cards.

Another angle of the Escape From Death Star game board, plus spinner and playing cards.

Because at age 5 in 1977, seeing #StarWars on the big screen was a religious experience:

It’s #StarWarsSunday!
Share something Star Wars—toy, book, scene, character—from any era! This is a positive space & it’s all good!

This week: the ESCAPE FROM DEATH STAR board game! Classic!

I don’t know that there’s been any comic artist who was able to draw “regular people in regular clothing” better than Joe Kubert.
Possibly David Mazzucchelli, but you can say that about pretty much any aspect of comic book art.

Young Blueberry volume 1 by Charlier & Moebius. A young Union soldier runs toward the reader over a muddy land strewn with hats and saddlebags, with soldiers following right behind. Art by Moebius.

This morning’s “new” comic read. A Charlier/Moebius classic, Young Blueberry!
#comicsky
#Moebius
#LtBlueberry

Ah, the 80s.

Nice!

a bunch of cartoon characters are smiling and standing together Alt: a bunch of cartoon characters are smiling and standing together

It might be past noon on the clock, but that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate some #SaturdayMorningCartoons

Grab a bowl of Cheerios and plop down on the living room floor. Snorks is on!

#childhoodmemories
#80sKid

It seems appropriate that I am reading the “Demon Bear Saga” for the first time, on this #SienkiewiczSaturday
#comicsky

I second all of this!

Great choice!

Top Shelf Friday time!

What's a comic in your collection that you love? ❤️

This week, THE DEVIANT vols. 1-2 by James Tynion IV and Joshua Hixson! A murder mystery as good as Brubaker/Phillips. Highest recommendation!

#TopShelfFriday #comicbooks #comicsky

The Deviant: A Christmas Story, volumes 1 and 2, by James Tynion IV and Joshua Hixson. On book one we see someone in the middle distance dressed as Santa Claus, but with a bloody, disturbing mask covering his face, while a snow-covered landscape trails off toward the trees on a starlit night. On book two, we see a man in a Santa suit, the coat unbuttoned, blood spattered across his midsection, a hatchet in one hand, the mask in the other, with his face hidden in shadow. Behind him, a chain link fence and the silhouettes of bare trees trail off toward the starlit evening. Art by Joshua Hixson.

Amazing!

My choice this week is a recent book - THE DEVIANT, by James Tynion IV & Joshua Hixson. My 18yo son got these two volumes for me for Christmas, and it is a murder mystery that is as good as anything from Brubaker & Phillips, my favorite team in comics! Highest recommendation!

Enjoy!

Reply with a gif of a powerful woman.

Happy #Thorsday
Rejoice!

Good afternoon! It's #WolverineWednesday

A DC Comics house ad for the post-Crisis Wonder Woman series, with art by George Pérez. Tagline: FIRST, THE DARK KNIGHT. THEN, THE MAN OF STEEL. NOW, DC DOES IT AGAIN! George Pérez, Greg Potter & Bruce Patterson introduce the new Wonder Woman. Coming November 6th. Art by Pérez

Because one of the fun things about reading old comics are the classic house ads, here's one for your enjoyment.

#comicbooks
#comicsky
#comicbookads
#childhoodmemories
#DCComics
#WonderWoman
#GeorgePérez

Ain’t it the way.