Paul Guinan

#InternationalWomensDay
Indigenous women seen in our AZTEC EMPIRE webcomic. Read it for FREE at BigRedHair.com
#ECCC

My unsolicited endorsement of the day: this thing is gorgeous, well researched, and so much fun to read.

I teach university-level Mexican History.

Our series begins on March 5, 507 years ago.
Spaniards have arrived a couple weeks previous, and Mexica messengers are delivering daily reports to Motechuzoma.
Read this epic for FREE on our website. Here's the first page:

Méliès’ automaton appeared four years after the unveiling of the robot known as Boilerplate, at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.

“I've seen the errors of my ways. I'd just like to say to all students everywhere that you may think the school is yours for a while, but it's always run by the principal and her administration.”

Not so fun fact that Lindbergh had Munchausen Syndrome and killed his own child.

Eventually one can use whatever the particular AI responds to, such as “Alexis” or whatever. ;P

My head cannon is “Majel.”

It’s a Desilu sweep:
Star Trek
Mission: Impossible
Mannix
Untouchables

But it’s so funny seeing snuff videos of fishermen!

Legit take

👀

Riff Randell is their number one fan.

I am indebted to creators of "Aztec Empire" webcomic, whose expertise in historical reconstruction is one of many sources of inspiration for me: www.bigredhair.com/books/aztec-... @davidhahn.bsky.social @paulguinan.bsky.social

Episode 11 is under way: script and layouts for 8 pages, inks for 6 pages, and colors for 2 pages. They're posted on my Patreon.com/guinan. For as little as $1 per month you can see the process in creating this epic. Please contribute to help fuel this project, thanks!

Five men in various sci-fi outfits with belts and gear. One man has a mushroom shaped headgear with single-slit goggles, and a rifle.

Random guys from my sketchbook. Watercolor, ink, brush pen

It’s outside your usual style.
It’s great!

Nope, just that that’s an awesome image.🏆

By who?

Art source?

What’s worse, the U.S. extrajudicial executions of its citizens, incarceration of innocent juveniles in detention centers, dismantling democracy and our relationship with this planet, or the so much more examples to choose from.
You tell me.

It’s disturbing to imagine what people got away with in a time before video cameras were in everybody’s pocket.

Uh, I’m certainly not alone in thinking this is one of the worst timelines.
Okay, it could be Mad Max or Night of the Living Dead, but… seriously.

Boilerplate is my own creation. The follow up to that coffee table faux 19th century history was Frank Reade, THE FIRST SF PERIODICAL IN HISTORY. The premise of our book (the best collab Anina and I have done) was what if he was real? Here's where you can buy a copy: www.etsy.com/listing/1125...

U.S. invading a Central/South American country to secure natural resources? Yeah, that's been done hundreds of times. One era between the Civil War & WW2 had so many examples, it was given a name, The Banana Wars.
Map from Anina Bennett and my best collaboration: FRANK READE.

This is the complete run of HEARTBREAKERS “superdigest” graphic novels. Groundbreaking at the time in theme and format. One even got an Eisner nomination!

Heartbreakers meet Boilerplate

Heartbreakers year ten super digest

Heartbreakers superdigest

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...

Because you don’t like dogs? ;D

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:

A sweet brown pit mix, right up in your face by the Helioscope couch.

POV: you are in possession of one (1) ounce of cheese

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