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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I think there might be some subliminal messages on this comic book cover but I can't quite put my finger on it.

Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Last weekend, my partner and I went to a large flea market in southwest Ohio. I brought my 35mm camera and a roll of black and white film. Here are the best photos.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Last weekend, my partner and I went to a large flea market in southwest Ohio. I brought my 35mm camera and a roll of black and white film. Here are the best photos.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Last weekend, my partner and I went to a large flea market in southwest Ohio. I brought my 35mm camera and a roll of black and white film. Here are the best photos.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Portraits of two jazz giants...Thelonious Monk and Vince Guaraldi.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Secret comic project. Should be in print by Christmas.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

A sketchbook portrait of the great Ronnie James Dio from a few years back. Reposted for no other reason than Dio is awesome.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Machine Messiah II: Ecce Machina (20 x 16 inches, India ink and ink on watercolor paper). This one is a bit older but still part of the Machine Messiah series.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Drawings of the American Transcendentalists Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, from a few years ago.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Happy birthday Herman Melville!!!

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Machine Messiah III: Emerald Redeemer 12x18 inches acrylic ink and ink on watercolor paper

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Work in progress. Tentatively titled "Machine Messiah III: Emerald Redeemer."

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

New piece in the Planetary Folklore series, titled "Flame Gate." 12x18 inches, acrylic ink on watercolor paper.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I should probably post something, so here's the first page of a still unfinished comic called "You Don't Have To Do This." It's about a reluctant paladin who is increasingly uncomfortable with the idea of using violence to solve problems. I'll finish it someday.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Friends, join me in this celebration. For most of June and July, I was on antibiotics. I am finally off of them, and cured, and I am ready to enjoy the first beer I've had in a long time. This is a Sundowner from the excellent Eudora Brewing Co. in Kettering, Ohio.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Sometimes I like to refer to a meatball sub as a "seatball mub."

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

This comic is not related to my trauma but it is something I'm proud of, and perhaps a good way for me to reintroduce my comics to social media. This is a comic adaptation of a poem by Mervyn Peake titled "Simple, Seldom and Sad."

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Found this tiny painting of Superman I did in 2009. I still kind of love it.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Here's a pic of a large piece in progress. Will tentatively be titled "Flame Gate."

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

The Oniscidae, better known as woodlice, are a subgroup of isopod crustaceans whose role is to remove harmful heavy metals from the earth, such as mercury, cadmium, and lead. They help cleanse the soil and groundwater, reaffirming the wisdom of nature. Do not harm them or spray pesticides!

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Today, for "Because You Demanded It," I reread "All Star Superman" issue 6...the funeral of Pa Kent. Then I cried like a baby. Why do some of the best and truest stories hurt so much?

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Self affirmation from Mephisto.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Me and @ionedammit.bsky.social are at the planetarium for a Daft Punk laser show. First time either one of us has seen anything like this in decades! We got the idea from an episode of Bob's Burgers!

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

A few photos from the opening of The Gun Show at Dutoit Gallery, a show that I was honored to have a piece in. It was good to get out and see people.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

A few photos from the opening of The Gun Show at Dutoit Gallery, a show that I was honored to have a piece in. It was good to get out and see people.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

A few photos from the opening of The Gun Show at Dutoit Gallery, a show that I was honored to have a piece in. It was good to get out and see people.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I feel like Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely really get what makes Superman so wondrous and, literally, awesome.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

New piece titled "Moss Sphere." 11x11 inches, acrylic ink on watercolor paper.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

New drawing titled "Island in the Sky." 12x18 inches, acrylic ink on watercolor paper.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

If you're near Dayton, Ohio this Friday, July 11, join me and other talented artists for the opening of "Welcome to the Gun Show" at the Dutoit Gallery (Front Street, Building 100, 3rd floor). The show is a protest against gun violence and gun culture, and proceeds will benefit Sandy Hook Promise.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Dried ink in my paint tray.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

@ionedammit.bsky.social has decided to inventory every single book we own, using an app. This seems daunting.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

It was a weird 4th of July. As the day wore on, neither Ione nor I could fully avoid the devastating political news. Evening fell and we could hear folks in our neighborhood getting together in backyards and shooting off fireworks. Continued...

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I'm proud to share this new drawing, titled "Insect Gate," which is inspired by the iridescent shells of beetles that I studied as a child. 12x18 inches, ink on paper.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Art has long been a kind of therapy for me. Sometimes it can be difficult to get physically comfortable enough to work on art for long periods of time, but I'm grateful that I can. Here's a drawing in progress, titled "Insect Gate." Inspired by the iridescent shells of beetles that I saw as a child.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I wanted to leave you with some beauty and some hope today. This is a recently completed 12x18 inch drawing titled "Earth Gate." It's about colors and shapes, the earth and what grows, and all the life that carries on outside our petty politics and struggles. Cont'd...

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

This ad had a young Matt Kish feeling very stoked.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Okay, I love the sun and I love the summer but a near 100 degree heat index and the unrelenting glare of the sun on the longest days is a little rough even on me.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

An enjoyable text thread with good friends.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Tom Colichio does not approve.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Sketchbook drawing of Firestorm the Nuclear Man. Puffy sleeves or GTFO.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

In 2003, Randy Macho Man Savage released a hip hop album and it's surprisingly not terrible.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The end of an era. I've been there since the beginning, so I'm experiencing a lot of emotions. Thank you sincerely, Michel. Very much looking forward to whatever you do next!

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Honored to have this painting of mine, titled "It Takes All Of Us," accepted into the July 2025 group show "Wecome to the Gun Show" at the Dutoit Gallery in Dayton. The show presents art focusing on the horrors of gun violence, the dangers of gun culture, and the need for change.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I miss some of you here on Bluesky so I think I'll give it another try.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

My credo, heading into my 56th year.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I'm not a superstitious or spiritual person. This was my fortune today, after playing my daily game of mahjong tiles. With my birthday coming up and my medical tests on the day after, I found this fortune strangely comforting. And I'll take any iota of peace and calm I can get.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I never want anything good to end, endings make me sad. But we've come to the conclusion of our tiny drawings. Here are a tiny sour cream for @artbehindthescenes, a Spongebob for @morrisjackson4258, an oil lantern for @theemattlydonwrites, and a tiny Darkseid for @metron_mobius. Thank you everyone.

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Matt Kish @mattkish.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

My partner, who I've been with for 29 years, is a queer, nonbinary person of color. They are a remarkable, kind, loving, empathetic, intelligent, and giving person whose every action personally and professionally makes this world a better place. This month and every month, let's love all people.

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