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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Yep, but Tom Veitch passed away on Feb. 14, 2022. I miss him; no right to do anything with all this work sans Tom.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Wish some editor might have felt the same way back when we were peddling it!

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

From 1973, the year I graduated from high school: "Ravishing Insects" splash page. From a sketch book I gave to an old college amigo decades ago, no idea where it ended up. Hope somebody has it, somewhere... would love to scan from it. ©1973, 2026 Stephen R. Bissette

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Cover art by myself (pencils & inks) for Tom Veitch/Bissette comics series GRUMM, which we attempted to find a home for back in the day. Tom fully scripted almost a half-dozen issues, I did all kinds of concept art and this cover—no go.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Concept art for a Tom Veitch/Stephen R. Bissette comics series Tom and I could NOT find a publisher for. Ah, well, we sure tried.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Our state monster. Art by Bissette, color/digital completion by Cayetano 'Cat' Garza Jr., design concept by Joe Citro.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I did cover art for my pal Ryan Brown's BOG: SWAMP DEMON comic series. I think I did all the covers to his original run.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Yep, that about summed up that bullshit issue we were forced to write & draw.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Here's to Indigenous Peoples Day—make the most of it, folks.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I've got all three volumes. I was a HERBIE reader in my youth, purchased off the spinner racks...

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A modest Sinclair Dino signage setup, end of one of the library shelving units.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Accessing the Burroughs books & research portion of my library, the comics materials are handily in order & in reach.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Two of the 4 Steve Ditko research/reprint library shelves. Since revised/expanded; this photo is from over a year ago, expanded & reorganized the collection since.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Just part of my humble Western Publishing/Dell/Gold Key collected edition shelves in my research library.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Reorganizing my movie pressbook library; shelving specially built by our late son Michael for this collection, time to get it all in order anew after 5+ years of pulling EVERYTHING apart to find every scrap of TYRANT® & SWAMP THING art & artifacts for publication.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Our son Danny has my original EVIL DEAD VHS, box & tape in perfect condition.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So, you can only serve KFC & Taco Bell if you can recite Edgar Allan Poe poems while doing so? Now, THAT'S the Halloween spirit! Local KFC, September signage.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Driving home from a jaunt up north, heading south on I-91 just before twilight descends, caught sight of this slowly easing down to the treeline...

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Raw hand-painted art on pre-manufactured-ceramic, before kiln firing. From one of my most recent 2026 sessions, this one a gift to a friend.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Raw hand-painted art on pre-manufactured-ceramic, before kiln firing. Two of the most recent 2026 sessions, these two were/are gifts to two of the Lighthouse Comics team behind this year's TYRANT® Kickstarter project.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Impossible to match or top October 2025 Brattleboro, VT Stone Church event with Claudio Simonetti's Goblin playing LIVE to Dario Argento's DEEP RED (1975). Incredible film, incredible score, incredible environment, incredible experience, so glad I got to be there. To left of screen: "God is Love"

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Just sold off the T2 box in the latest sell. More Criterions in this most recent batch, as well.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This was less than a 3rd of my laserdisc collection. Found a retailer seriously interested in purchasing the collection; at this point, 3/4 of the collection is in their shop. Final 1/4 still with me to scan cover art & rescreen a few select titles. A great relief to get these outta here...

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There's a few shots in THE ODYSSEY in which Pattinson's face, lit from the side, looks almost exactly like a young Boris Karloff—and given the breadth & variety of Pattinson's roles over the past few years, it's astonishing to note the resemblance to Karloff's career arc.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

PS: My 2nd 2026 Halloween/October treat for myself, on Oct. 2nd... 1st was PRIMETIME (2026).

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

1st Halloween/October viewing: PRIMETIME (2026), in theater. Solid yet familiar in content, tenor, tone, thrust, borderline genre fare, very much of our time (Epstein/Trump) despite firm grounding in recent media history. Rescreened THE ODYSSEY, confirms Pattinson as the new Karloff! That face...

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

More GREMLINS goodies that went to the same terrific home:

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Somewhat astonished that after years of digging, searching, excavating from every corner of my living & working space, I can begin to sort, file, & put away decades of artifacts from my SWAMP THING & TYRANT® labors at long, long last. It's been a long stretch, but now it's in the hands of others.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Screened the full pre-release version of NIGHT OF THE DEMON/CURSE OF THE DEMON (1957) today; still a stunning, irreplaceable classic, sterling Jacques Tourneur direction, stellar cast, suffocating sense of mounting dread.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Studio/playbox kaiju kollectibles that went to a new home earlier this year. A great new home, where they're getting a lot of kaiju-love!

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

2026 hand-painted-pre-manufactured-ceramics mug, for the spring TYRANT® Kickstarter, this now lives with a lucky attendee of the live online event. Photographed after kiln-firing, finished. Impossible to capture the roundabout nature of the image I put down. I've done a few variants of this since.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The stools are going up on the tables at "7pm Pacific time TONIGHT our TYRANT® coach turns into a pumpkin"... FINAL CALL. Link top of comments, below. Fondly recall the prep work that went into this entire venture—five long years, actually. 2 more 2026 ceramics, painted by me, for spring launch.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"still" not "till"—'s' got cut off, sorry.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Here we go again: another 2026 hand-painted-pre-manufactured-ceramics piece, for the spring TYRANT® Kickstarter, awarded to a lucky fan amid the live online event. Photographed after cooled from the kiln, tough to capture the roundabout nature of the image. I've done revamps of this since.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Another of my 2026 hand-painted-pre-manufactured-ceramics pieces, for the spring TYRANT® Kickstarter, won by a lucky attendee of the live online event. Photographed after cooled from the kiln, tough to capture the roundabout nature of the image I put down. I've done a few variants of this since.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Our son Danny suffered a savaging of his lower leg by a dog earlier this year. He's healing up—but owner lied to police, lied about their dog having rabies shots (meaning Danny had to endure that battery of injections) & skipped state by 4 am the morning of the attack—& till traumatized by it all.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Really, really, painfully missing our late son Michael. He was one of the best men I ever was fortunate enough to know in this lifetime—and he was our son.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Also, THE LEGEND OF BLOOD MOUNTAIN (1965) featured Georgia's Blood Mountain monster, never named as such & once shown, hardly a Bigfoot—but, like IVANPAH, padded with new footage & reissued as LEGEND OF McCULLOUGH'S MOUNTAIN (1975) as a Bigfoot movie.

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Night of the Kill" (Oct 20, 1959) first Bigfoot TV incarnation (offscreen); IVANPAH aka TEENAGERS BATTLE THE THING (shot earlier, only theatrical 1963) retroactively became CURSE OF BIGFOOT (1975); THE EXOTIC ONES aka MONSTER AND THE STRIPPER (1968), Sleepy LaBeef as the 'Swamp Thing.'

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

CRYPTID CINEMA SUPERSTARS: The first narrative fiction Sasquatch movie, circa 1970. Two different distributors, two initial ad mats from those respective distributors. Predating BIGFOOT (1970): "Night of the Kill," ONE STEP BEYOND (10/20/59), IVANPAH (1963), THE EXOTIC ONES (1968), see below...

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

January 2025 started off with a tiny wee split in a water filter under our kitchen sink s-l-o-w-l-y leaking for 2 weeks, unknown to us, into the basement library/writing studio. Pix of the first haul of soaked/water-damaged books, zines, comics, etc. before the damage inventory began...

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Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

All of which is to remind folks: LAST CALL, FINAL DAY for ordering your copy or copies of one or both of the TYRANT® hardcover books. Place your order NOW, it's do-or-don't day! LAST CALL! www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

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Stephen R. Bissette's TYRANT Historic Deluxe Editions

The comic book masterpiece finally collected in both complete and original art editions, lovingly designed by Jim Rugg

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