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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I am super excited to share that one of my poems has been published on Incessant Pipe. Thanks to Clay Ventre for enquiring about my work. You can check it out here: incessantpipe.wordpress.com/2026/05/30/c... #poetry
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Choking to Death Alone—John O. Burke
Incessant Pipe Sounds · Choking to Death Alone Choking to Death Alone I am now choking to death on a Cheezitthis orange polycarbonate squarelodged in my throat like an axehurled at the trunk of a s…
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H. Hess (hh5art) a post-punk artist 🔞+ @unauthorizedh.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The Defiant, Warriors Of Plasm Chapter 11 Business Art Card Project exclusive release coming to IC3 in Providence R.I. ... plus a zine I hope to get together.
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
My lawn is green as hell and I don't care who knows it
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I was invited to contribute a poem to an anthology of poets responding to Frank O'Hara's "Having a coke with you." Had a deadline of one week because it was a late invite. The editor asked to see more of my stuff for his lit mag. I'm officially tweaking out now.
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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 05/04/2026
Zelda is actually the name of the princess. The character you control is Zelda's Monster.
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Here's a poem I'm writing for school (thread): *** 𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐿𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑛 (𝑏𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑅𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝐴𝑖𝑑 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑚𝑒) When I was a child I had a mask a Wolverine mask made of polyester bright yellow & black w/ foam plate torso carved neatly into washboard abs. Under
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Comic Book Yeti 🎃 @comicbookyeti.com · 20/02/2026
@darkhorse.com announces the return of @paulchadwick.bsky.social's Concrete. I fondly remember this series and count it as one of my favorites. Very much looking forward to this. www.comicbookyeti.com/post/paul-ch...
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PAUL CHADWICK’S AWARD-WINNING “CONCRETE” IS BACK!
The multi-Eisner Award-winning, multi-Harvey Award-winning, and Reuben Award-winning creation of comics master Paul Chadwick Concrete is back with Concrete: Stars Over Sand, a five-part story of amnes...
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Jon Westhoff (jthd35) @parttimecomix.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Check out Argile the Arachnigator #1 comic! (From Drumsticks of Doom!) by Jon Westhoff on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/par...
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Argile the Arachnigator #1 comic! (From Drumsticks of Doom!)
From the pages of DRUMSTICKS OF DOOM comes the first solo comic starring Argile the beloved spider-gator hybrid! 2 sensational stories!
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I started setting up the prelaunch page for my next comic on Kickstarter. She's still a bit sloppy, but check it out anyways. This book is gonna be super fun. www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
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Coming soon: The Remainders #1-2
The James family lives in hiding in a garbage filled wasteland... and they'll go to the ends of the world to protect their home.
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
First day of Grad school. Hopefully nobody takes my milk money and shoves me in a locker. Wish me luck
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Crazy good library haul today
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Comic Book Yeti 🎃 @comicbookyeti.com · 30/12/2025
So @jimmygaspero.bsky.social says he made a NEW BEST FRIEND & he’d really like all of you to listen to their podcast episode. Jimmy chats with @cantbekilledcreations.com about The Digger, out 1/14/26 from @invadercomics.bsky.social They chat about chicken wings. 🔗👇🏽or wherever you get your podcasts.
Cover for The Digger by T.S. Luther and Sam Gudilin from Invader Comics
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Brother Grim @grimandgrimy.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Is the clown Ronaldo McDonald?
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Proofs for The Routine #3 are in and have been approved. This issue came out most resplendent, if I may say so myself.
Printing proof for The Routine #3, an indie comic about how to survive the 9 to 5 grind, told from the perspective of henchmen.

The cover features a henchman holding a very prominent fast food mascot hostage.
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Currently reading: Brothers Keepers by Donald Westlake.
The cover of Brothers Keepers by Donald Westlake, a comedic crime thriller about monks in Manhattan defending their abbott from real estate developers.
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Check these LGBTQ+ Axolotl pins by @comicuno.bsky.social As a bonus, you can get The Remainders #1 in the indie comics bundle... four indie comics for a buck. Not even Dollar General can compete with these prices
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Matthew Wilding @matthewwilding.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
FREE HANDS IS A COMIC BOOK THAT I MAKE (with @mattroweart.bsky.social!) SHOW ME COMIC BOOKS THAT YOU MAKE (with other people?) www.kickstarter.com/projects/wil...
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Sitting at the writing desk in soccer cleats so that I don't have the option of standing up, lest I should destroy my hardwood floors.
Wearing a pair of Mizuno soccer cleats as I write so I can't get out of the chair
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Today, I learned that Walt Disney's original name for Mickey Mouse was Mortimer Mouse. His wife told him to change it because it sounded "too sissy," but to my ear, Mortimer Mouse sounds metal as hell. Later, a character named Mortimer Mouse was introduced as Mickey's rival (and he's a total dick)
Mortimer Mouse (who is a dick) offering Mickey Mouse a handshake. 

Mortimer Mouse's  hips have a fairly severe pelvic tilt, which gives him the appearance of having some serious cake.
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
My son is also named Bort.
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
New Ken Burns doc just dropped 🥵🥵🥵
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Bought my cats their own private Costco. Much like myself at Costco, they're refusing to go inside.
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Ian Potter @ianzpotter.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
It's an artistic representation of a circulatory system walking through a kitchen, as drawn by Dave Gibbons and written about by Alan Moore.
It happens a lot 'round here.
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The Routine #1 is a part of the digital indie bundle... a crazy deal where you get a bunch of indie books for one (1) singular dollar. Check out the campaign! Thanks for including us, Kat!
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Just finished my grad school application. Put way more effort into that than was called for. Now, to watch YouTube for 7 hours straight to "decompress" (detach from reality)
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a painting of a woman laying in a bed with a blue blanket and a white pillow
ALT: a painting of a woman laying in a bed with a blue blanket and a white pillow
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
More drops coming to the New Hampshire area veery sooon as well....
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Looky what I found. It's... the Foolkiller! A few pages in and I'm very much enjoying it already. Thanks @maxriffner.bsky.social for identifying the panel and guiding me along on my search for the man who rolls around in garbage.
My newly procured copy of FoolKiller #1 (1990)
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
As we put the finishing touches on the newest issue of The Routine and send it off to print, finished pages from The Remainders are sailing on in. Pages flying this way and that.
Page from our indie comic book The Remainders (story by me, art by KX Quinn) done in watercolor
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H. Hess (hh5art) a post-punk artist 🔞+ @unauthorizedh.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
The Businesses Art Card Project. 9th Edition: Playing Hooky #GameOn #Engineering @upitpress.bsky.social @NHL #nhl #hh5art #tra5hh #art #ƨɿɘʞɔuƧ #H #postpunk Special thanks to @johnoburke.bsky.social Each card is unique and free art. FIND ONE? Let me know. I'll send you more free art.
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Favorite panel of this week:
From Grommets (by Remender/Posehn/Parson/Dinisio)
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Max Riffner @maxriffner.com · 27/10/2025
Foolkiller! It was weird (for early 90s Marvel) but a pretty good mini series. marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Foolkil...
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Foolkiller Vol 1
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
No idea what this is from but it speaks to me
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Tony McMillen @tonymcmillen.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Tomorrow Kickstarter goes live for my new graphic novel Destroying Angel Lumen. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ton...
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Just backed DRIP #1 by Nathan Price and @bdepillis.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/kil...
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DRIP #1 - Art is life. Death is a masterpiece.
The vengeful spirit of a murdered graffiti artist seeks retribution.
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Mark Russell @manruss.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
“I think you should workshop this or at least talk to PR before you make any final decisions.” “Nah, nah, we got it.” “Okay, so what’s your team going to be called?” “The Nashville Predators.”
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Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Frank Frazetta shirtless outside in an armchair, posing with his palette and the original art for the Fire & Ice poster. Behind him Eleanor Frazetta poses in a bikini on a Honda dirtbike.
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Just backed the Pulp Oddities comic anthology! Super cool anthology of weird ass stories. I've got one in there about a Loogaroo, shape-shifting creature from Haitian folklore. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fin...
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PULP ODDITIES comic anthology
A collection of strange stories in the genres of Crime, Horror and Science Fiction. Over 100 pages of FULL COLOR pulp awesomeness.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 10/10/2025
finally some good news
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Damn kinda glad the kickstarter is over cause now I can just get back to regular shitposting
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a man with long black hair and a beard is wearing a white shirt with the letter o on it
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H. Hess (hh5art) a post-punk artist 🔞+ @unauthorizedh.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The Businesses Art Card Project. 9th Edition: Playing Hooky @scavellos_on_the_island #GameOn @NHL #nhl #hh5art #tra5hh #art #ƨɿɘʞɔuƧ #H #postpunk Each card is unique and free art. FIND ONE? Let me know. I'll send you more free art. Special thanks to @johnoburke.bsky.social for the assist!
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Half hour left! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
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THE ROUTINE #1-3
A story about surviving the 9-5 grind... from the perspective of henchmen.
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Jon Westhoff (jthd35) @parttimecomix.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
www.kickstarter.com/projects/par... 36 hours to go! 80% funded!
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
So, this was pretty awesome. Been watching Indie Comics Showdown for a while and tried to get our books on a few times. Well, the wheel finally chose us, and... we won! Matt and Smurf were super complimentary, too, and these guys aren't afraid to level some criticisms youtube.com/live/zANK1xH...
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How to Win More Backers for Your Indie Comic Kickstarter
YouTube video by Matt Campbell Comics & Art
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
48 hours left on our Kickstarter! Hoping we get a few more readers at the buzzer www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
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THE ROUTINE #1-3
A story about surviving the 9-5 grind... from the perspective of henchmen.
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Matthew Wilding @matthewwilding.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Had a pretty fantastic weekend signing comics at Silver Moon Comics and then at Wicked Comic Con. And the OLD DEVILS Kickstarter did pretty darn good weekend numbers as well! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wil...
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
The Routine #3 is officially FUNDED!! WHAT A FRIGGIN' WEEK. Thank you all so much for sharing and supporting the book! We've still got three days left on the campaign too if you wanna grab the book www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
We got funded babay
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FamiliarTerms @familiarterms.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
This is what I mentioned on stream yesterday, still a few days to pledge!
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Tom Peyer @tompeyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
A sweaty, panicky, middle-aged, male Steve Ditko character says, "I don't care about the REST of the human race! THEY'RE not important! But I'm too RICH to die!" From an early-60s pre-Marvel short story.
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
91% funded with 4 days left. Crunch time! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
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THE ROUTINE #1-3
A story about surviving the 9-5 grind... from the perspective of henchmen.
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John O. Burke @johnoburke.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Lawn update: got some grass coming in. Shit is green as hell. Charlie and I are sitting in the kitchen drinking coffee and admiring it.
The green, green grass of home.My cay Charlie staring at my lawn with me
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