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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 59m

Just watched episode 1. I love the intentional mocking half-assery. The goofy edits. And the characters. Fun!

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 1h

It's just clutter. It's interfering with finding actual, worthwhile content.

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Mike Manley @drawmanley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

From the Destroyer from 1989. My pencils and Al Williamson amazing inks. That was such a fun job and a thrill to have Al ink most of the job.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 2h

His work has changed a lot since Perdido Street Station-- more literary and art influences. If you liked Perdido you might want to read The Scar.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 2h

A machine has very little ability to assign value. It has no aesthetics.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 2h

There's this site that quotes books and you can tell it's Ai-driven because it has quotes like: She opened the door. or "What time did you say it was?" Randomly pulled, contextless, meaningless quotes. This is what we're building data centers for?

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 3h

Bruford, the telepathic dugong, talking to Nick: "Nick, I hope you're not thinking what I know you're thinking."

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 3h

Latest read, Terrortome (2022) by Matthew Holness; Holness masquerades as horror writer Garth Marenghi writing as horror writer Nick Steen in a parody of Clive Barker's style. Pokes fun at horror, writers, editors. It's slapstick, absurdist, witty. One of the funniest books I've ever read! #BookSky

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 7h

This is a good study for how to blur. The foreground is slightly blurred rather than the focus beyond it. And it's not completely blurred, only the outer edges.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 7h

The blur is like the demonic typewriter in Garth Marenghi's Terrortome, except it's for digital art. Deep, scary, creepy voice, "This is the drawing program. Blur it, Patch." No. "I said blur it!" No! "Oh, I am SO going to rip you a new one, human!"

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 7h

Two approaches to panels in which you're concerned the background is overwhelming your characters. The blur panel. And the fade panel. I prefer the fade.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 7h

If you whine or bitch in 5 out of 6 posts, YOU are a drag. Get a hobby (other than whining and bitching).

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 12h

That's a cool title but I'm so used to the other. Both suit the story.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 15h

We're into seeing something difficult drawn well. Terrific, PJ! Great job.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 15h

Such a shame. I know another book I recommend went o-o-p and is extremely expensive. Amazon (yes, I know) claims to have 5 copies left of Darkly She Goes.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 15h

I keep recommending Darkly She Goes (art Vincent Mallie, script Hubert) for storytelling and a fully dimensional emotional tone. So I will again. It was published by NBM in 2023, and is still readily available (don't expect that to always be the case with books, comics especially). It's terrific.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 16h

And I've decided to make it a custom to have each Solomon Kane series include a type of animal in the title; The Serpent Ring, The Lion Errant, and ___ ____ _____.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 16h

I have the next Kane series idea 'solidified' and the first two issues of the series outlined (Outlined means, if I were working the old school Marvel way, I could start drawing them). Working on the second half of the outline today. "STOKED!" as they use to say!

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Britton @someokiedude.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

@patrickzircher.bsky.social knows the score. A fun and engaging pulp adventure that pays tribute to Howard’s grim Puritan avenger while being its own original tale. Excellent artwork too, madone.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's fun and glad to have it. Lots of memories connected with it and a feeling of association as work on Conan stories.

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Peter Bebergal @pbebergal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Out in March!

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Maugham and Fleming even have similar, detailed styles. Where they differ is Maugham plays it closer to the vest, is more grounded (think Le Carre's spies) and outside circumstances leave Ashenden a helpless observer and, occasionally, a failure. Bond is more of a catalyst.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Latest read, Ashenden (1927) by W Somerset Maugham; Ashenden is a British secret agent assigned missions by R, a retired colonel. The novel is episodic, a series of missions in Italy, Switzerland, Russia, & more. Clearly Maugham influenced Fleming (both writers were real life operatives). #BookSky

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This week's #SundaySentence is from Graham Greene's The End of the Affair

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's in the middle where you can write a romantic scene, have a character reminiscence about the past or speak of their fears or aspirations, reveal their resourcefulness, add a (or another) humorous scene, or buildup the villain.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I love writing the middle of a story. The beginning & end are great but they also have the most "requirements". Attention-grabbers, intros, climaxes, outros. But the middle--though you present a few obstacles for the characters, you also get to play with them, have them interact, add dimension.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And half the people we're probably in the class because they were Speeding.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Also in defensive driving school someone asked if my citation was because I was in a hurry. "No. I don't think I've been in a hurry to get anywhere in 30 years. What's the difference if we're here, there, or on the way. We are who we are." Silence. (whoops, I forgot how to talk to people)

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

True, sometimes. They were a release valve; two hours of being unreasonably stupid with no consequences. Just like the action movies were two hours of violence with no consequences.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There were quite a few essays written back in the day about the difference between real life voyeurism and voyeurism in movies.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Believe me, MOST of us thought peeping at a college girl taking a shower was wrong-- no matter how many times it was in a movie.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A lot of us just thought many 70s and 80s comedies were stupid and wrong. Now some people argue about the ethics of these movies like they were documentaries.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Nothing. He's out. Instructor finally caught him.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

(Men are issued more citations by the way-- the class was 80% men, also). Another guy, who came late to class, falls asleep. Guy next to him wiggles the table to gently wake him. I lightly tap him with my coffee cup. We're trying to keep him from having to take the class again.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

So just a defensive driving class was enough people for a while. Instructor asked a statistical question about which gender is issued more citations. One guy said, "Well, it's 50/50, I'll guess women." Someone said, "It's not exactly 50/50." The guy goes, "It's 50/50 and it's always been 50/50!"

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In traffic school (got in a class right away). Everyone in this class has gray hair. Don't let the olds tell you they're better drivers :)

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scottteereh.bsky.social @scottteereh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

FYI, I just posted a preview panel of @patrickzircher.bsky.social's SOLOMON KANE: THE LION ERRANT #4. Please feel free to quote me, Pat's earned the praise! If you're willing, you can also mention I Admin the REH news & nostalgia Page with at least 2 daily posts at www.facebook.com/rehcomicsgroup

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