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Ande Parks

@andeparks.bsky.social
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Writer, artist, wearer of hats. Author of the graphic novel ‘Ciudad’, basis for the Extraction films.

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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another Terry Austin example also includes legends Neal Adams and Dick Giordano (and one of the best superhero book ever - Superman vs. Muhammad Ali). Terry does backgrounds only here, and he's using a Hunt 102 nib (with bits of fading marker). Interesting how Dick tweaked the clouds in panel 1.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm obsessed with the work of inker Terry Austin, particularly in the '70s and '80s. There are a couple of great examples for auction at Heritage now. First... check this page inked over Pat Broderick. Looks like Terry used a lot of Rapidograph here, and tons of tones for a b&w book.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We're saying goodbye to Our Good Boy today. Berkley has been with us for 17 of his 18 years and we love him dearly. It sucks that the last thing a dog need us to do for him is also the hardest thing, but that's the role we took on when we made him part of our family. Glamour shot from younger days.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sigh... I guess I'll never own a page from one of my favorite jobs of all time: the Star-Lord issue of Marvel Preview by Byrne and Austin. Just mind blowing stuff, especially from Austin (working for black and white). This great one just sold for 14k at Heritage.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This sticker I got from @joeyesposito.bsky.social covers it pretty well.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Happy big day to the most drawable character of all time.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Gotta hand it to Mike Grell. I've drawn a lot of superheroes, and a fair number of them were flying, but it's never ever occurred to me to draw one from... this angle. (this page is at Heritage now)
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Phil Hester and I drew some DnD War God dude at Galaxy Con Des Moines.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@philhester.bsky.social and I drew the cast of Clerks 2 at Galaxy Con Des Moines.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Preorders available now @barnesandnoble.com for BAD THOUGHTS and TYLER RAKE! Barnes & Noble Rewards and Premium Members get 25% off all pre-orders from September 9th through September 11th and Premium Members get an additional 10% off! Pre-order your copy now! @ignitionpress.bsky.social
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A legend! Here's the Sunday that hangs in my studio. Sigh... such cartooning.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy #startrekday
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Let us not remember George Roussos for the horrific inking he did over such legends as Jack Kirby and Neal Adams, but for his huge catalog of good coloring work, and for the super solid work he did for EC Comics in the '50s. (This page at Heritage now.)
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If you ask me, this guy's doing a bangup job being Canada's PM.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
One of the best comics I've ever had a hand in making came out yesterday. Please go to your retailer and tell them you need Bad Thoughts #3. @davewachter.bsky.social @ignitionpress.bsky.social
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Same for Gilligan's Island! (His other appearance is a bit... dated.)
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I will be at @dragoncon.org in Atlanta this Labor Day Weekend, and so will this Batman '89 drawing that I'm donating to the charity auction! Come see me and make that sweet Michael Keaton your very own!
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Looking at the only slabbed comic I own (I also have an unslabbed copy). Wondering how many minutes George Roussos spent inking the cover.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I’ll have these (free!) stickers available (only to cool people) at my table in the Ignition Pavilion at #sdcc this weekend. Come see me!
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
My man @philhester.bsky.social and I made some drawings together at Ocon in Omaha over the weekend, and... here they are!
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Out next week: Bad Thoughts #2 by me and @davewachter.bsky.social, @20eyesbrad.bsky.social and @andworld.bsky.social (from @ignitionpress.bsky.social). I’m immensely proud of this issue. Please, if you liked or were even intrigued by our first issue, seek this one out. Minds will be blown.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
New sticker installed on my work MacBook. Thanks, @joeyesposito.bsky.social and F AI!
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
What horror movie image haunts you?
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The film adaptation of 1776 is on TCM this morning. It does not tell the whole truth, but it tells a helluva lot more of it than I was ever taught in school. The songs are fantastic and the cast is absolute perfection, especially the great Howard da Silva. Check it out!
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
For the upcoming holiday weekend, here's a patriotic thing (by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli) from my collection. Have a good Fourth, friends. Love people. Stay appropriately angry.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Erik Larsen's variant cover for Amazing Spider-Man #1,000 makes me happy.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
In 1966, with his four year run on the Ben Casey strip coming to an end (the show had been cancelled), Neal Adams was throwing everything he had at the work to stay engaged (and to build his portfolio, I would imagine). Changing comics forever would begin for Neal a year later.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
My Mike Grell commission. When I purchased this at the old Chicago Comicon I was trying to become a professional inker. Thus, I inked the original. Not an ideal choice by me, all things considered, but tackling pencils by respected pros taught me a lot. And, I don't think I did a terrible job.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Me visiting the reflecting pool
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Random Art Share: Two-page spread from a Vertigo book called Brave Old World. Layouts by Guy Davis, pencils by @philhester.bsky.social and my inks. For some reason DC Production made a stat pasteup of this spread, which is all Phil and I got back (and I'm still bitter about it.)
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I'd like to go back in time and have a chat with Gil Kane about his freaking markers...
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Let’s go! Got my comps today, and I am so pumped to see this thing in print. BAD THOUGHTS #1 hits stores next Wednesday, June 10th. Ask for it by name! @ignitionpress.bsky.social #badthoughts
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The final would end up being painted by David Grove, and it is probably my favorite movie poster of all time.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I can't afford most original art these days, but I do keep my eye open for "bargains". Something Wicked This Way Comes is one of my all-time favorite books, and Robert Peak is one of America's greatest illustrators. I just bought this rough, likely done for a potential movie poster in '83.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Normalize comic book creators showing up at cons as their favorite superheroes again. I mean, not me. No way. Other, more confident creators.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
God, I love Johnny Craig.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
It always made me mad that "they" didn't let Joe Rubinstein ink Byrne's final Captain America issue. The printed pencils looked terrible, in my opinion. So... I asked Joe to show off what it might have looked like be inking the coolest pose from that issue. (Portrait added at my request.)
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I'm fascinated by Kyle Baker's brief inking career. I think he was cranking to keep the lights on as he launched his brilliant career as a writer/artist, and it shows. But Kyle's genius as a cartoonist shines through and brings out something great & unique. Here he is over John Byrne on Avengers.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
1959 Thunderbird Convertible
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Went through the studio bookshelves today, taking perverse joy in dumping books by creators I’ve decided were d-bags.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
It’s been a long time since I had new comics out as a writer. That changes soon & in a huge way! The graphic novel that kicked off the Extraction franchise, back in print & in color! And the zero issue for my first new creator-owned series in years, Bad Thoughts. All from @ignitionpress.bsky.social
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The NY Times dared me to spend a solid ten minutes staring at this Klimt masterpiece this morning. I could zoom and pan, but I had to stay focused on the Woman in Gold for the duration. What a bright, glorious way to start my day in these dark times.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Remember when portfolios were a thing? I loved them. Dug these out of the basement today. Gorgeous work by Adams, Anderson, Chaykin, Golden, Jones, Kirby, Sienkiewicz, Wrightson and more. Most portfolios were signed. Such a lovely way for artists to share their work.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Good lord... gasp. This Jack Davis cover is being auctioned at Heritage, and I just spent a full half hour studying the scan. So much genius here, but what keeps drawing me in is the contrast of line in the two figures, and the inking on the background guy. So casually perfect. He made it look easy.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I love it so much. Here's the page I own. Tones were done on a separate sheet.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
We announced my new @ignitionpress.bsky.social book at #comicspro yesterday, and I’m super excited about it! Bad Thoughts, coming in May, by myself, artist @davewachter.bsky.social and colorist @20eyesbrad.bsky.social. More info soon!
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
RIP to my favorite film actor.
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Ande Parks @andeparks.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Y’all remember that the Joker is in The Thin Man, right?
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