Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The true star of the OPB documentary is Ripley Thee Dog. 0132
Reposted by Paul GuinanHelioscope @helioscopepdx.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New documentary about the Oregon comics scene! It's from @opb.org and @stonthat.bsky.social & features Shay Mirk, @davidfwalker.bsky.social, @paulguinan.bsky.social, @stevelieberart.bsky.social, Rupert Kinnard, and many more! www.opb.org/article/2026... #pdxcomicsopb.orgOregon between panels: How creators built a comics universe in Portland and beyondIconic independent publishers like Dark Horse and Oni Press call Oregon their home, but how did Portland become a key player in the rise of the indie comics scene? 0156
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026#RoseCityComicCon, here’s our webcomic about how strangers from another world changed the Americas, and how a teenage girl was key to toppling the AZTEC EMPIRE. Read for FREE: BigRedHair.com #RCCC 0123
Reposted by Paul GuinanHelioscope @helioscopepdx.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Helioscope folks watching the live feed waiting for the Centennial Mills demolition! 1282
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Everyone at @helioscopepdx.bsky.social was gathered around to watch the live feed. Who doesn’t like a good explosion? 091
Reposted by Paul GuinanColin Dickey @colindickey.com · 22/07/2026Please stop arguing about the historical accuracy of an adaptation of a book that has a cyclops and a couple of witches and some giants. I’m begging you. 39599821296
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026507 years ago this week: Mexica commanders meet at the House of Eagles to discuss the strangers from another world. Page 98 of our Aztec Empire webcomic. 0196
Reposted by Paul GuinanCaptain Tempest's Monster🧟 @captempestcomic.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Since I'm posting @emmetthgraham.bsky.social Con Sketches, lemme get one up from BwP Con last weekend. Presenting Professor Campion's Mechanical Marvel, the one and only Boilerplate! (as documented by @paulguinan.bsky.social) 0153
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Tonight’s the last episode of #StephenColbert Fun Fact: Stephen’s first appearance on TV was on my show, “The Friday Club,” back in ‘85. We had his improv group as guests. Friday Club ran five years. Only a couple eps are on YouTube, including Stephen’s: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOpE... 0398
Reposted by Paul GuinanLucy Bellwood @lubellwoo.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Releasing a new comic today for Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum in Savannah, GA. What started as a research project about a colonial sailing vessel spiraled into a eulogy for a dead model ship builder. Stories often carry us where we need, but are afraid, to go. lucybellwood.com/new-comic-th...lucybellwood.comNew Comic: The Scale of a Man – Lucy Bellwood 76127
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026507 years ago LAST NIGHT: Painter-scribes arrive in Tenochtitlan after midnight with info on the newly arrived strangers from another world & Motecuhzoma wants to see their report ASAP! Please support our AZTEC EMPIRE webcomic on Patreon, thanks! 0173
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 27/04/2026507 years ago this week: Mexica painter-scribes, with detailed recordings of the Spaniards encamped on the coast, are heading to Tenochtitlan to report to Motecuhuzoma. Page 62 of our series: 092
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 25/04/2026507 years ago this week: Mexica representatives meet with strangers from another world. Read this epic for free at BigRedHair.com and please support us on Patreon, thanks! 071
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026#WorldBookDay The books used for researching our AZTEC EMPIRE graphic novel series can be found in my bibliography: bigredhair.com/books/aztec-...bigredhair.comBibliographySources used for the graphic novel series AZTEC EMPIRE. 063
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026507 years ago TODAY: Spaniards land in Mexica controlled territory. They are met by Totonac representatives. Read about these world changing events for FREE on our BigRedhair website, and support us on Patreon. Thanks! 0187
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 17/04/202611:15 Thursday PDX A massive group with rave styled illuminated bicycles, and blaring club music, just rode past my house. #KeepPortlandWeird 060
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 31/03/2026507 years ago TODAY & yesterday: Mexica rulers are meeting to determine what to do about strange visitors from another world who've arrived at the coast. Read AZTEC EMPIRE for free on our website, and help fund it on our Patreon page. Thanks! 0103
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 27/03/2026507 years ago TODAY: The defeated Maya provide Spaniards with tribute, including twenty girls. Among them is the person that will become famously known as Malinche. Page 35 of our series: 094
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Alaska 👀 Ten years ago this month: timetunnel.bigredhair.com/yukon/index....timetunnel.bigredhair.comPaul of the Yukon 020
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026507 years ago: The Battle of Cintla takes place on “Lady Day” (Annunciation of the Virgin Mary is March 25). It includes the the first example of cavalry combat in the Americas. Page 23 of our series: 0174
Reposted by Paul GuinanBENE(DINE) | And yes, I make comics. @lucasbenedine.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Insane stuff. Great visuals and super cool setting. 071
Reposted by Paul GuinanSteve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 23/03/2026I drew a poster for Comic Con Oakland @comicconoakland.com, colored by the mighty @dillonsnook.bsky.social! And I can’t wait for this con. It’s been forever since I attended a show in Oakland. 210527
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026507 years ago TODAY: The Spanish invasion begins. Page 11 from our FREE webcomic AZTEC EMPIRE: 0104
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026507 years ago TODAY: The Tabasco Maya prepare for an invasion by literal beings from another world. Page 8 from our #webcomic 02710
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 08/03/2026#InternationalWomensDay Indigenous women seen in our AZTEC EMPIRE webcomic. Read it for FREE at BigRedHair.com #ECCC 0186
Reposted by Paul GuinanChristopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 08/03/2026My unsolicited endorsement of the day: this thing is gorgeous, well researched, and so much fun to read. I teach university-level Mexican History. 082
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Our 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: 04318
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Méliès’ automaton appeared four years after the unveiling of the robot known as Boilerplate, at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. 092
Reposted by Paul GuinanDoktorNo - now on Patreon @doktorno.bsky.social · 14/02/2026I 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.socialbigredhair.comEpisode FivePaul Guinan and Anina Bennett are a creative couple who make books and graphic novels. We also teach comic book workshops, speak and write about comics and storytelling, and appear at comic-cons and o... 042
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Episode 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! 082
Reposted by Paul GuinanDavid Hahn (L-A-T-E-R that week) @davidhahn.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Random guys from my sketchbook. Watercolor, ink, brush pen 05010
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 28/01/2026What’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. 040
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026It’s disturbing to imagine what people got away with in a time before video cameras were in everybody’s pocket. 050
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Uh, 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. 040
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 05/01/2026U.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. 12814
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 09/12/2025This is the complete run of HEARTBREAKERS “superdigest” graphic novels. Groundbreaking at the time in theme and format. One even got an Eisner nomination! 050
Reposted by Paul GuinanHelioscope @helioscopepdx.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Our 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... 072
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 05/12/2025That 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: 051
Reposted by Paul GuinanHelioscope @helioscopepdx.bsky.social · 02/12/2025POV: you are in possession of one (1) ounce of cheese 5909
Reposted by Paul Guinanvault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Happy 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 1153
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 27/11/2025This year my birthday falls on Thanksgiving. So, food AND presents! 5384
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Broke my heart to not see you in this photo of your art at today’s opening of @nwmoca.bsky.social Here’s the exclamatory recreation of the cover. Get well immediately! 0182
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 21/09/2025#BatmanDay I only draw the Silver Age version, and not the cruel and bloodied post-Miller versions. How does somebody who has studied science, philosophy/psychology, and martial arts for decades, not become zen? When Batman loses it, well, you’ve lost me. 0101
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 08/09/2025#RoseCityComicCon, here’s our webcomic about how strangers from another world changed the Americas, and how a teenage girl was key to toppling the AZTEC EMPIRE. Read for FREE: BigRedHair.com #RCCC 0205
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 04/09/2025The Ancients: @scottmccloud.bsky.social, @paulguinan.bsky.social, @davidfwalker.bsky.social, @jeffparker.bsky.social, @stevelieberart.bsky.social, today at @helioscopepdx.bsky.social 4514
Reposted by Paul GuinanDystopian Arthur Wyatt @arthurwyatt.bsky.social · 28/08/2025A great list, mainly because a top 10 SF movies of the 70s list is going to do double duty as best ever SF movie list and have a shot at being a decent “best movies of the 70s” list. 3135
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025This video includes my dog Ripley, whom @scottmccloud.bsky.social called a “saint.” #HumbleBrag 031
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 28/07/2025The robot, Boilerplate, with the 10th Cavalry. The Buffalo Soldiers. #BuffaloSoldiersDay 0102
Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Yeah, of course, we got the custom popcorn container at the movie theater. Jealous? #Superman 060