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# Tom Batiuk

Funky Winkerbean, CrankShaft, and more

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- [John Darling Take 528](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-528-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/John-Darling-Take-529.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 529″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 373](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-373/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cover-me-27.jpg” title_text=”Cover me 27″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Shades of Alex Toth. Jorge Fornes will be someone to watch.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #350 October 1985](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-350-october-1985/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/The-Flash-no.350.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no.350″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The final 350th issue of The Flash arrives as a double issue with the art of Carmine Infantino and Frank Mclaughlin looking better than ever.
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #349 September 1985](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-349-september-1985/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/The-Flash-no.349.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no.349″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Behind one of the finest covers of the entire Silver Age Flash run, we pick up the story with the jury foreman Nathan Newbury (whose
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #348 August 1985](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-348-august-1985/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/The-Flash-no.348.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no.348″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]We pick up a nanosecond after Captain Frye has turned over his hard-won evidence showing that the Reverse Flash is still alive. After they’ve viewed
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #347 July 1985](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-347-july-1985/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/The-Flash-no.347.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no.347″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The issue kicks of with a caption over the first panel that reads: “It is a dark and stormy Central City Night…” (seriously, cross my
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #346 June 1985](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-346-june-1985-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/The-Flash-no.346.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no.346″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Picking-up two or maybe three seconds after the closing events in the previous issue, we see the Flash who has been unmasked in the courtroom
- [John Darling Take 530](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-530/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/John-Darling-Take-531.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 531″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 246](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-246/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Match-to-Flame-256.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 256″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] For better or worse, that’s my process. Except of course for one final step. Once back in the cozy confines of my studio, after hugging my drawing
- [John Darling Take 529](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-529/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/John-Darling-Take-530.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 530″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling Take 527](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-525/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/John-Darling-Take-526.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 526″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling Take 528](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-528/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/John-Darling-Take-528.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 528″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling Take 256](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-256/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/John-Darling-Take-527.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 527″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 245](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-245/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Match-to-Flame-245-1.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 245″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] All of which brings us to the last remaining part of the process to which I alluded earlier—research. From the very beginning of
- [Match to Flame 244](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-244/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Match-to-Flame-244B.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 244B” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Match-to-Flame-244A.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 244A” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] My other strip Crankshaft had been under option by various and disparate Hollywood
- [Match to Flame 243](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-243/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Match-to-Flame-243.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 243″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Another mega-thread that runs through the strips in this collection, and well into the next, involves a character that I nearly lost. Cathy
- [Match to Flame 242](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-242/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Match-to-Flame-242-1.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 242″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]I also go back to pick up another thread that I alluded to earlier in which Jessica Darling Fairgood continues work on her documentary
- [Match to Flame 241](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-241/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Match-to-Flame-241.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 241″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Emboldened by my success, when that story arc ended, I didn’t want to shutter the small comic book “company” that I had become,
- [Match to Flame 240](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-240/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Match-to-Flame-240.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 240″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Something I find myself doing now is following emotional threads. I’ll often buy a book thinking it’s something that I’d like to read, or that could be
- [Match to Flame 239](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-239/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Match-to-Flame-239.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 239″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Another thing I find myself doing now is following emotional threads. I’ll often buy a book thinking it’s something that I’d like to
- [John Darling Take 524](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-524/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/John-Darling-Take-525.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 525″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling Take 523](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-523-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/John-Darling-Take-524.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 524″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling Take 522](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-522/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/John-Darling-Take-523.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 523″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling Take 521](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-521/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/John-Darling-Take-522.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 522″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 238](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-238/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Match-to-Flame-238-2.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 238″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Annnnnd, back to the discussion of the process. Part of the reason the commonly accepted rules don’t work too well for me (and I
- [Match to Flame 237](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-237/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Match-to-Flame-238.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Match to Flame 238″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Another and better example of an open ending came at the end of my collection The Last Leaf. When I
- [John Darling Take 520](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-520/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/John-Darling-Take-521.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 521″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Splish Splash  22](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/splish-splash-22/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mr.Monster.png” title_text=”Mr.Monster” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Recently, Michael Gilbert in his Mr. Monster’s Comic Crypt in Alter Ego has been discussing logos and lettering, two things that can make or break a splash page. He
- [Match to Flame 236](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-236/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Match-to-Flame-236.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 236″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Let me tackle the concept of closed endings vs open endings with a couple examples from my own work. For about eleven years, I
- [Match to Flame 235](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-235/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Buckeye.jpg” title_text=”Buckeye” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] While I’m on the subject of rules, let me share a few other thoughts on the subject with the caveat that they will run contrary (there’s that
- [Cover Me 372](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-372/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Cover-Me-265.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me 265″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]A POV from inside the monster’s mouth. That’s gotta count for something.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling Take 519](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-519/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/John-Darling-Take-519.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 519″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling Take 518](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-518/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/John-Darling-Take-517.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 517″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Barnes & Noble](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/barnes-noble/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Barnes-A.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Barnes A” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]I recently did a signing at the opening of a new Barnes & Noble bookstore. You read that right… a new bookstore. These days when it
- [Easter](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/easter/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Easter-2026.jpg” title_text=”Easter 2026″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful Easter.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling Take 517](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-517/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/John-Darling-Take-520.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 520″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling Take 516](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-516/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/John-Darling-Take-516.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 516″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 234](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-234/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Match-to-Flame-234tif.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Match to Flame 234tif” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]I learned pretty early on to just trust my own instincts when it came to writing. As I mentioned back
- [Match to Flame 233](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-231/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/FUNKY-MERCH-ART-2-Notes-min.png” title_text=”FUNKY-MERCH-ART-2-Notes-min” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Now, in previous introductions to these collections, I’ve discussed the writing in terms of how it changed from gags to sitcoms to a more cinematic storytelling
- [Match to Flame 232](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-233/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Buckeye-400×284-1.jpg” title_text=”Buckeye-400×284″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]I learned pretty early on to just trust my own instincts when it came to writing. As I mentioned back in Volume 1 of this series, I had purchased a book
- [Match to Flame 231](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-232/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Match-to-Flame-232.png” title_text=”Match to Flame 232″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]In previous introductions to these collections, I’ve discussed the writing in terms of how it changed from gags to sitcoms to a more cinematic
- [John Darling Take 515](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-515/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/John-Darling-Take-514.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 514″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling Take 514](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-514/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/John-darling-Take-515.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John darling Take 515″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 513](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-523/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/John-Darling-Take-513.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 513″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [The Dark Knight Keeps on Returning](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-dark-knight-keeps-on-returning/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dark-Knight.jpg” title_text=”Dark Knight” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Way back I don’t know when, I was seated at a Mid-Ohio Con dinner across from John Byrne and Frank Miller listening with a great deal of fascination as they
- [John Darling Take 512](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-512/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/John-Darling-Take-512.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 512″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling Take 511](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-511/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/John-Darling-Take-511.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 511″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling Take 510](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-510/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/John-Darling-Take-510.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 510″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Barnes and Noble Signing](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/events/barnes-and-noble/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Book-Ad-Vol-15-flattened.png” title_text=”Book Ad Vol 15 flattened” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]Where :Barnes and Noble The Plaza at Southpark 16700 Royalton Road Strongsville, OH 44136
- [Cover Me 370](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-370/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Cover-Me-255.png” title_text=”Cover Me 255″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]I have to say that I enjoyed the conceit of adding the crease lines to make this look like an actual vintage movie poster.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Snow Day](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/snow-day/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Snow-Day.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Snow Day” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Don’t know what it’s like where you are, but here it’s a good day to stay in and write.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [About Tom Batiuk and The Complete Funky Winkerbean Collection](https://tombatiuk.com/video/about-tom-batiuk-and-the-complete-funky-winkerbean-collection/) - Watch to learn more about Tom Batiuk and The Complete Funky Winkerbean series of books documenting all the Funky Winkerbean comics strips.
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean | Volume 13: 2008-2010](https://tombatiuk.com/video/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-13-2008-2010/) - Watch to learn more about Volume 13 of The Complete Funky Winkerbean series covering the comics from 2008-2010.
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean | Volume 14: 2011-2013](https://tombatiuk.com/video/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-14-2011-2013/) - Watch the video to learn more about Volume 14 of The Complete Funky Winkerbean series.
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean | Volume 15: 2014-2016](https://tombatiuk.com/video/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-15-2014-2016/) - Watch the video to learn more about Volume 15 of The Complete Funky Winkerbean series.
- [Match to Flame 230](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-230-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Mathh-to-Flame-231.jpg” title_text=”Mathh to Flame 231″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] So, returning to that lunch with the King Features executives, Funky Winkerbean had been around for forty-plus years, and we were
- [Match to Flame 229](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-230/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Match-to-Flame-230A.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 230A” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Match-to-Flame-230-1.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 230″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The Process I made the quip at a lunch with King
- [The Pipeline](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-pipeline-6/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Pipeline.jpg” title_text=”Pipeline” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]So here’s a little news from deep in the pipeline. The winter woodshedding for Volume 16 of The Complete Funky Winkerbean is about to end. The bulk
- [John Darling - Take 509](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-509/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/John-Darling-Take-509.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 509″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 508](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-508/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/John-Darling-Take-508.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 508″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 507](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-507/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/John-Darling-Take-507-1.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 507″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 506](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-506/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/John-Darling-Take-506.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 506″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]And so we begin the final year of John Darling.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Happy New Year from the Vault](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/happy-new-year-from-the-vault/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/New-Years-Baby.jpg” title_text=”New Years Baby” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Sending you my very best New Year’s wishes with some with a couple of flashbacks from the vault.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image
- [Merry Christmas!](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/merry-christmas/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/AdventureComics113.jpg” title_text=”AdventureComics113″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Transient Beauty](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/transient-beauty/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Atumne-Sky.jpg” title_text=”Atumne Sky” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]One of the many reasons I love this time of year.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [A Christmas Cover Me](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/a-christmas-cover-me/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Christmas-2025.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Christmas 2025″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]I’m still busy working on the next Funky book, but I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone out there the
- [Working](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/working-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/At-Work1.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”At Work1″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/At-Work-2.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”At Work 2″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]I’ve been woodshedding it lately working to wrap
- [Akron Comicon 2025](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/akron-comicon-2025-3/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Akron-A.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Akron A” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Akron-B.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Akron B” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]So, obviously, I spent last weekend at the Akron
- [Woke up to...](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/woke-up-to/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Snow-Ginko-2.jpg” title_text=”Snow Ginko 2″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Snow-Ginko.jpg” title_text=”Snow Ginko” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]Woke up to the first
- [Cover Me 367](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-367/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Cover-Me-25.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me 25″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Akron Comicon 2025](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/akron-comicon-2025-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-signing-3.png” title_text=”2025 signing 3″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Akron-2025-scaled.jpg” title_text=”Akron 2025″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Akron-2025-B-scaled.jpg” title_text=”Akron 2025 B” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″
- [Ephemera](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/ephemera-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Fall-2.jpg” title_text=”Fall 2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]I wish that every day was Saturday, and every month was October.
- [Akron Comicon 2025](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/akron-comicon-2025/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-signing-3.png” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”2025 signing 3″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Akrontif.png” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Akrontif” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Buckeye Book Fair 2025](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/__trashed-3/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-signing-2.jpg” title_text=”2025 signing 2″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kent-13.jpg” title_text=”Kent 13″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Saturday, November 1 I’ll be once again signing books at the Buckeye Book Fair. If
- [Buckeye Bookfair](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/buckeye-bookfair/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-signing-2.jpg” title_text=”2025 signing 2″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 501](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-501/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/John-Darling-Take-504.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 504″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Long before I ever got my shot, I always admired the strips that acknowledged and honored the holidays. I knew that if and when
- [John Darling - Take 502](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-502/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/John-Darling-Take-505.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 505″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 500](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-500/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/John-Darling-Take-503.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 503″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling -Take 499](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-499/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/John-Darling-Take-502.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 502″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 498](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-498/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/John-Darling-Take-501.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 501″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]So when these John Darling strips were appearing, the strip itself was only running in a small number of papers. I was ready to call
- [Cover Me 368](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-368/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Cover-Me-24.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me 24″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]How better to celebrate Halloween than with the greatest Dr. Doom cover ever.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 366](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-163/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Cover-Me-22.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me 22″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 496](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-496/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/John-Darling-Take-500.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 500″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 497](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-497/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/John-Darling-Take-499.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 499″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 495](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-495/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/John-Darling-Take-497.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 497″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]This is an interesting case of deja-already-vued. I recently wrote a Crankshaft strip for next year in which I refer to a certain network as
- [John Darling - Take 494](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-494/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/John-Darling-Take-498.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 498″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 493](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-493/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/John-Darling-Take-496.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 496″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 492](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-492/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/John-Darling-Take-495.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 495″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Pretty sure he was calling Montoni’s.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #346 June 1985](https://tombatiuk.com/uncategorized/flash-fridays-the-flash-346-june-1985/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/The-Flash-no346.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no346″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]So last issue we saw someone with superpowers escape from heavy police lockup in the far future, and, in this issue, the identity of the
- [Cover Me 365](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-365/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Ster-Trek.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Ster Trek” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Saw this little Francesco Francavilla gem shining on the pool table (long story) in my friendly neighborhood comic shop, and immediately started
- [John Darling - Take 491](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-491/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/John-Darling-Take-494.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 494″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 490](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-490/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/John-Darling-Take-493.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 493″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 489](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-489/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/John-Darling-Take-492.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 492″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #345 May 1985](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-345-may-1985/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/The-Flash-no345.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no345″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]As the opening narration box exclaims: “A far-flung era in the distant future many centuries removed from the typical travails of life in 1985…” we
- [Autumn 2025](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/autumn-2025/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Autumn-2025.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Autumn 2025″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]There’s nothing quite like the melancholy beauty of the Autumn light.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 488](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-167/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/John-Darling-Take-491.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 491″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #344 April 1985](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-344-april-1985/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/The-Flash-no344.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no344″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Picking up immediately on the heels of the previous issue, the splash page shows Kid Flash taking the stand in the trial of the Flash
- [Cover Me 364](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-364/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Cover-Me-20.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me 20″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]What could be better than a Joe Kubert jungle cover?Why a second Joe Kubert jungle cover.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Cover-Me-21.jpg” title_text=”Cover
- [Baseball and Me](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/baseball-and-me/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Baseball-B.png” title_text=”Baseball B” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]Here’s an extended version of what went out in my last newsletter: When it came to baseball, I
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #343 March 1985](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-343-march-1985/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The-Flash-no343.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no343″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]The splash page for this issue show the Flash reading the report that the private detective he
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #342 February 1985](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-342-february-1985/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The-Flash-no342.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no342″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Behind probably one of the worst covers of the entire run of the Silver Age Flash lies one of my favorite issues of the closing
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #341 January 1985](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-341-january-1985/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The-Flash-no341.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no341″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]We pick up right where the previous issue left off at the start of the trial of the Flash with the prosecutor announcing that he
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #340 December 1984](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-340-december-1984/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The-Flash-no340.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no340″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Behind one of the better recent covers, the story continues as the Rogues go on a crime rampage in Central City following Big Sir absconding
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #339 November 1984](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-339-november-1984/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The-Flash-no339.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”The Flash no339″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] The issue opens with the A plot showing the Rogues about to send the childlike Dufus P. Ratchet, now known
- [ICE](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/ice/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ice-1.jpg” title_text=”ice 1″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]Back in 2020, I did a story arc in Funky Winkerbean dealing with an ICE raid. I thought this might
- [John Darling - Take 487](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-487/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/John-Darling-Take-490.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 490″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [ICE 5](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/ice-5/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ice-29.jpg” title_text=”ice 29″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ice-30.jpg” title_text=”ice 30″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ice-31.jpg” title_text=”ice 31″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″
- [ICE 4](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/ice-4/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ice-22-.jpg” title_text=”ice 22″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ice-23.jpg” title_text=”ice 23″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ice-24.jpg” title_text=”ice 24″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″
- [ICE 3](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/ice-3/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ice-15.jpg” title_text=”ice 15″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ice-16.jpg” title_text=”ice 16″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ice-17.jpg” title_text=”ice 17″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”
- [ICE 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/ice-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ice-8.jpg” title_text=”ice 8″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ice-9.jpg” title_text=”ice 9″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ice-10.jpg” title_text=”ice 10″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #338 October 1984](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-338-october-1984/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The-Flash-no338.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no338″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]The issue opens with the Flash entwined by the Pied Piper’s speed demons that he had
- [Crisis of Infinite Crises](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/crisis-of-infinite-crises/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Crisis-6.jpg” title_text=”Crisis 6″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Crisis-4.jpg” title_text=”Crisis 4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]As the above Crankshaft
- [John darling - Take 486](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-486/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/John-Darling-Take-489.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 489″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The skyline shot clearly places Channel One in Cleveland, in case you were wondering.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 485](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-485/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/John-Darling-Take-487.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 487″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Retrograde Ripoff](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/retrograde-ripoff/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Retro-1.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Retro 1″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Retro-2.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Retro 2″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]It’s happened again, fans. My twelve-year-old-self has been ruthlessly
- [John Darling - Take 484](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-484/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/John-Darling-Take-486.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 486″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 483](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-483/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/John-Darling-Take-485.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 485″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Nashville](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/nashville/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/C10.jpg” title_text=”C10″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]So from time to time I’m asked where I get my ideas. Often I have no clue, but every now and then I do such as when a friend
- [John Darling - Take 482](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-482/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/John-Darling-Take-484.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 484″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 363](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-363/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gorilla-cover-1.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Gorilla cover” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]And you can’t beat gorillas on a cover either.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 362](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-362/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Cover-Me-222.png” title_text=”Cover Me 222″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]I truly doubt that much more action could have been squeezed onto this classic Steranko cover.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 481](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-481/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/John-Darling-Take-482.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 482″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/John-Darling-Take-483.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 483″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]A double dose of Johnny D.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Super Summer](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/super-summer/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/S-3.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”S 3″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/S6.jpeg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”S6″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]During this summer of Superman, the creators of Superman will
- [John Darling - Take 480](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-480/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/John-Darling-Take-480.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 480″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]No, I’m not returning any of the money.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 361](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-361/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Cover-Me-19.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Cover Me 19″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Hard to ignore this stunner on the rack.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 479](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-479/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/John-Darling-Take-479.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 479″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 360](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-360/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Cover-Me-18.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Cover Me 18″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Here’s a classic cover from way back when. I’d have bought it then, and I’d buy it now as I just
- [John darling - Take 478](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-478/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/John-Darling-Take-478.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 478″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 477](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-477/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/John-Darling-Take-477.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 477″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]So in a previous JD post, I mentioned that Jan and John’s child was Lisa’s granddaughter. Well, a sharp-eyed reader who apparently pays more
- [Cover Me 359](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-359/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Cover-me-17.jpg” title_text=”Version 100″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]An iconic cover for an iconic character. So iconic that you don’t even have to show him on the cover.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 476](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-476/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/John-Darling-Take-476.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 476″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Most 0f the old TV shows referenced here are probably pretty recognizable with the exception perhaps of the very last one. That’s Dabney Coleman
- [The Actor and the Junior Senator Pt 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-actor-and-the-junior-senator-pt-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/B10.jpg” title_text=”B10″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/B12.jpg” title_text=”B12″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/B13.jpg” title_text=”B13″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/B14.jpg”
- [The Actor and the Junior Senator](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-actor-and-the-junior-senator/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/B1.webp” title_text=”B1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/B3-scaled.jpeg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”B3″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/th-3298584563.jpeg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”th-3298584563″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″
- [John Darling -Take 475](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-475/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/John-Darling-Take-475.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 475″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me - 358](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-358/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ALLNEWVENOM2024008_Koblish_Retrovision.jpg” title_text=”ALLNEWVENOM2024008_Koblish_Retrovision” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]I know that more than once here I’ve posited here that variant covers are just a sleazy cash grab by the comic book publishers. So let me
- [John Darling - Take 474](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-474/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/John-Darling-Take-474.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 474″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Staff Picks - Summer Reading](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/staff-picks-summer-reading/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Reading-E.jpg” title_text=”Reading E” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]One of the things that happens when you do a bookstore or book festival signing is that you generally don’t leave without buying a few books yourself. Case in point
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #337 September 1984](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-337-september-1984/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/The-Flash-no337.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no337″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The issue opens with the mayor of Central City recanting during a press conference his previous criticism of the Flash because he’d been duped by
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- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #336 August 1984](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-336-august-1984/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/The-Flash-no336.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”The Flash no336″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Writer Cary Bates takes his time addressing the bloodied and buried hand on the cover and instead leads with the Flash
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- [Flash Fridays -The Flash #334 June 1984](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-flash-334-june-1984/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-Flash-no334.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no334″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]After my praising Flash scribe Cary Bates’ straightforward story telling, he abandons linear storytelling completely and returns to his hopscotching ways giving us an issue
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #335 July 1984](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-335-july-1984/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-Flash-no335.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no335″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]This issue opens just seconds after the last one with the Flash in the TV studio having just trashed the news desk. The Flash tries
- [Cover Me 357](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-357/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Namor-3.jpg” title_text=”Namor 3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The recent collection of covers from the Namor miniseries have been rather astonishing to behold. The covers by Alexander Lozano certainly aren’t the most commercial of comic book covers, but
- [The Ray](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-ray/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Ray-1.jpg” title_text=”Ray 1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Ray-4.jpg” title_text=”Ray 4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]So once again I find that I’ve been scooped by the past. Back when I was in
- [John Darling - Take 472](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-472/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/John-Darling-Take-472.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 472″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 473](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-473/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/John-Darling-Take-473.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 473″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Okay… so this is frightening on any number of levels.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
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- [John Darling - Take 470](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-470/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/John-Darling-Take-470.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 470″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Chester P. Bing almost makes John D a sympathetic character.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
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- [Happy Easter](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/happy-easter/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cover-Me-Easter.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me Easter” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
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- [Match to Flame 229](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-229/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Match-to-Flame-228-A–scaled.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 228 A” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] It was at the Akron Comicon that fall that I approached Joe Staton about doing
- [Match to Flame 228](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-228/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Match-to-Flame-228-B1.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 228 B1″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]The second “big story” happened in the fall of 2012, and it took my Holy Grail
- [Ohioana Book Festival 2025](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/ohioana-book-festival-2025/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-OBF_Author-Announcement-Graphic.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”2025 OBF_Author Announcement Graphic” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Barnes & Noble Signing](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/events/barnes-noble-signing/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Buckeye.jpg” title_text=”Buckeye” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]Tom Batiuk Book Signing Barnes & Noble North Canton 5501 Dressler Road NW North Canton,OH 44720 April 26 from 1:00 – 3:00 @bncantonoh[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 356](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-356/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cover-Me-265.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me 265″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]A great title, a great logo and certainly a great cover for our time if there ever was
- [Match to Flame 227](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-227/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Match-to-Flame-227.jpg” title_text=”CLB archive cover extended 33″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]When you do something like climb a mountain, you take a ton of pictures. So researching
- [Cover Me 355](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-355/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cover-Me-16.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me 16″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Certainly one of the more unique takes on the Bat.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 226](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-226/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Match-226.jpg” title_text=”Match 226″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″] There are two remaining “big stories” that require a slightly deeper dive. As I related in
- [John Darling - Take 467](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-467/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/John-Darling-Take-467.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 467″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover me 354](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-354/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Cover-Me-15.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Cover Me 15″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]So you think that this is the best Doc Doom cover ever? Well, you’re right.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 225](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-225/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Match-to-Flame-225.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 225″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Second, I had built churches cathedrals on top of a lot of running themes and tropes that had served me very well but that
- [Space Busters](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/space-busters-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Space-Busters-2-scaled.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Space Busters 2″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Space-Busters-1-2.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Space Busters 1″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Way back when, probably in the sixth grade or
- [John Darling - Take 465](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-465/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/John-Darling-Take-465-2.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 465″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 464](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-464-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/John-Darling-Take-464.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 464″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Winter](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/winter-4/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Winter-2.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Winter 2″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]It appears that we’re seeing our last small blast of winter this morning. If there’s anything more enjoyable than sitting in the studio writing on a
- [Match to Flame 224](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-224/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Match-to-Flame-224.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Match to Flame 224″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] My Holy Grail search continued to run around, through, and under the other stories you’ll find in this volume.
- [John Darling - Take 463](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-463/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/John-Darling-Take-463.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 463″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Back on the Road Again](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/back-on-the-road-again-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/OMEA-A.jpg” title_text=”OMEA A” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/OMEA-G.jpg” title_text=”OMEA G” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/OMEA-E.jpg” title_text=”OMEA E” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]One of my favorite book signing
- [John Darling - Take 462](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-462/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/John-Darling-Take-462.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 462″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Not to mention all of those xyz pharmaceuticals you’re supposed to ask your doctor about to see if they’re right for you.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 223](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-223/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Match-to-Flame-223.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Match to Flame 223″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]I related the story of how I acquired that comic book in the first volume of this collection so I
- [Match to Flame 221](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-221/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Fig4-Madam-Fatal.jpg” title_text=”Fig4 Madam Fatal” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” admin_label=”Row” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] So, back to that golden idea, which was a pretty simple one, really. It was a feeling that I
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- [Cover Me - Valentines Day](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-valentines-day/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Valentine-Cover.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Valentine Cover” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Happy Valentines Day![/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
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- [John Darling - Take 459](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-459/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/John-Darling-Take-459.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 459″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 353](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-353/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Cover-Me-261.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me 261″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Just when you think that all of the cool Batman covers have been done.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 222](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-222/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Match-to-Flame-222.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Match to Flame 222″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]In short, I began an exploration of the matter in Funky to try to link back to the comics history
- [Match to Flame 220](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-75/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Match-to-Flame-220.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 220″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]Plans were made for Cathy and me to hit a number of comic-cons around the country that
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- [John Darling - Take 457](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-457/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/John-Darling-Take-457.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 457″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 456](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-456/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/John-Darling-Take-456.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 456″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 219](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-219/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Match-to-Flame-219-Fig1-40th-Anniversary.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Match to Flame 219 Fig1 40th Anniversary” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] It was another one of those road to Damascus–double down–who’s your daddy moments. I was sitting
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- [Timmy's Christmas Wish 5](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/timmys-christmas-wish-5/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/17-12-18.jpg” title_text=”17-12-18″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/17-12-19.jpg” title_text=”17-12-19″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Timmy's Christmas Wish 4](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/timmys-christmas-wish-4/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/17-12-17.jpg” title_text=”17-12-17″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Timmy's Christmas Wish 3](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/timmys-christmas-wish-3/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/17-12-15.jpg” title_text=”17-12-15″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/17-12-16.jpg” title_text=”17-12-16″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Timmy's Christmas Wish 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/timmys-christmas-wish-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/17-12-13.jpg” title_text=”17-12-13″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/17-12-14.jpg” title_text=”17-12-14″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Timmy's Christmas Wish](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/timmys-christmas-wish/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Christmas-Card-Inside-2024.jpg” title_text=”Christmas Card Inside 2024″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Here’s a little Christmas present for Crankshaft readers, especially you newer ones. In the strip’s current story arc, we see Ralph getting a Christmas present from Crankshaft.
- [Cover Me 352](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-352/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Batman-Christmas.jpg” title_text=”Batman Christmas” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 451](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-korner/john-darling-take-451/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/John-Darling-Take-452.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 452″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Hey, Kids! Comics!](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/hey-kids-comics/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Book-Ad-Vol-14-Flattened.jpg” title_text=”Book-Ad-Vol-14-Flattened” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]Hey, culture lovers, your long wait is over. Volume 14 of The Complete Funky Winkerbean has arrived. Is
- [John Darling - Take 450](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-450/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/John-Darling-Take-450.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 450″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 449](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-449/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/John-Darling-Take-449.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 449″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 351](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-351/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/morefun26-1.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”morefun26-1″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]I’m buried in work right now putting together the next Funky collection, but not so busy that I can’t take time to wish
- [Grey Cup](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/grey-cup/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Bombe.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Bomberjpg” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]The Blue Bombers lost yesterday in the Grey Cup to the Toronto Argonauts. Congratulations to the Argos on a great game. Thanks to
- [John Darling - Take 448](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-448/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/John-Darling-Take-448.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 448″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 350](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-350/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cover-Me-14.jpg” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Cover Me 14″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Since I’ve started seeing Christmas commercials on tv (I wonder what took them so long?), I figure it’s certainly not too
- [High Flying Bombers](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/high-flying-bombers/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/BB1.jpg” title_text=”BB1″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/BB2.jpg” title_text=”BB2″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Congratulations to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for winning the Western Division and making it to their fifth Gray Cup
- [John Darling - Take 447](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-447/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/John-Darling-Take-447.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 447″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Akron Comicon](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/akron-comicon-4/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/A14.jpg” title_text=”A14″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]Here’s a look in the rearview mirror at the recent Akron Comicon.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/A5.jpg” title_text=”A5″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″
- [John Darling - Take 446](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-446/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/John-Darling-Take-446.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 446″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]A very sweet Gerry Shamray drawn Sunday page.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Buckeye Recap](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/buckeye-recap/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Buckeye.jpg” title_text=”Buckeye” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]I got to take part in the Buckeye Book Fair for the first time in a long while because it wasn’t on the
- [John Darling - Take 429](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-429/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/John-Darling-Take-429.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 429″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Summer Reading 2024](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/summer-reading-2024/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/reading-logo.jpg” title_text=”reading logo” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]My summer reading project is to reread the X-Men starting with the Stan Lee/Jack Kirby books straight through the Vol. 5 Omnibus edition. These omnibus collections are the
- [The Secret Sauce - Roses in December](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-secret-sauce-roses-in-december/) - Just about the time I thought I was finished with Roses in December, I realized that that there was still one more shoe to drop. There was the letter from Eugene to Lucy that had been intercepted by Lillian and kept from Lucy. From time to time I had thought about dealing with that, but
- [Match to Flame 213](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-213/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Fig-14-Superman-Cover.jpg” title_text=”Fig 14 Superman Cover” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] And then I tiptoed into the exploration of my comic book roots with a story about Jerry Siegel and the creation of Superman.
- [John Darling - Take 341](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-341/)
- [Workin' Tonight](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/workin-tonight/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Micky-Fantasia.png” title_text=”Micky Fantasia” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Dropping work in the studio to write a foreword for an upcoming Prince Valiant collection from Fantagraphics. So in the words of the Michael Stanley song, I’ll be workin’ tonight. Back
- [Match to Flame 177](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-177/) - So, in the previous Funky volumes, I spoke predominantly to the writing aspect of comics and the constraints encountered therein, and I don’t want to pull on your coat anymore about that here (although I might; it’s still early in the intro, so I’m not making any promises). Rather I would refer you to the
- [John Darling - Take 362](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-362/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/John-Darling-Take-362.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 362″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] What can I say? It was just laying there for the taking.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Behind the Books - Book 16](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/behind-the-books-book-16/) - This was the third Crankshaft book published by Andrews McMeel and the cover once again showcases one of the running tropes from Crankshaft. Speaking personally, it's one of the better tropes. I remember sitting with my writing book in a doctor's waiting room one day back when I felt that I had to spend every
- [John Darling - Take 423](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-423/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/John-Darling-Take-423.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 423″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Even when he wasn’t present in the strip, John Darling’s presence was always felt.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 175](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-175/) - This collection contains some of my work on Funky that gave me my deepest satisfaction so far as a writer/artist. I had firmly established the strip where I wanted it to be, and I was exploring all of the possibilities that choice offered. In a lot of ways, I’d made my job more difficult, but
- [The Arizona Ranger](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-korner/the-arizona-ranger/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/35.-Don-Perlin-Cover-Colors-Rob-Ro-scaled.jpg” title_text=”35. Don Perlin Cover Colors Rob Ro” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Funky-Sunday-2016-06-19_col-scaled.jpg” title_text=”Funky Sunday 2016-06-19_col” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/THE-ARIZONA-RANGER.jpg” title_text=”THE ARIZONA RANGER” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 196](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-196/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Match-to-Flame-196.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 196″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]So, in order to bring some relief into the work I employed a few tricks. First, I began a parallel story arc where Darin Fairgood,
- [Match to Flame 169](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-169/) - In the last year in this volume, you’ll find the story arc that deals with Funky’s alcoholism. It’s the second story I pulled from my “field notes,” and I approached it with my now established method. This time my research took me to an AA meeting to see and hear what transpired there. My notes
- [John Darling - Take 435](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-435/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/John-Darling-Take-435.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 435″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash # 310](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-310/) - Okay, Gang, we're in full wayback mode now. This issue not only brings back the toy magnate Willard W. Wiggins, but we also see the return of his most notorious creation, Captain Boomerang. Writer Cary Bates isn't simply borrowing from the past anymore, he's taken out a full thirty-year mortgage on the era. As I
- [The Annotated Funky - Funky's Last Week 5](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-annotated-funky-funkys-last-week-5/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ano-Funky-E1.jpg” title_text=”Ano Funky E1″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Okay, here’s where we find out whether or not you need glasses. In the first panel on the wall in the background, is a picture of
- [John Darling - Take 306](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-90/)
- [John Darling - Take 432](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-korner/john-darling-take-432/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/John-Darling-Take-432.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 432″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 388](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-388/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/John-Darling-Take-388.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 388″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 346](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-346/)
- [John Darling - Take 326](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-326/) - I don't know if I ever even gave names to my two Hollywood writers. It's too bad I never got to play with them a little more because there was a lot of interesting potential there.
- [Crankshaft Sunday Revisited](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/crankshaft-sunday-revisited/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Crankshaft-Sunday-2023-04-02.jpg” title_text=”Crankshaft Sunday 2023-04-02″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Cranksaft-Sunday-2.jpg” title_text=”Cranksaft Sunday 2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Let’s step back a minute to last Sunday’s Crankshaft so I can pull back
- [Cover Me 218](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-218/) - If this really cool Iron Man cover doesn't jump off the comics spinner rack, then nothing else will.
- [The Annotated Funky - Funky's Last Week](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-annotated-funky-funkys-last-week/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Ano-Funky-1A.jpg” title_text=”Ano Funky 1A” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]This is the kick-off to a new series I’m calling the Annotated Funky wherein I’ll pick some Funky strips and provide some inside baseball factoids explaining the work’s creation and background and basically
- [Jupiter Moon • No. 123](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-korner/jupiter-moon-no-123/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/12.-Neal-Adams-Cover-Colors-Rob-Ro-scaled.jpg” title_text=”12. Neal Adams Cover Colors Rob Ro” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Funky-Sunday-2016-10-02_col-scaled.jpg” title_text=”Funky Sunday 2016-10-02_col” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Jupiter-Moon-BW-Cover.png” title_text=”Jupiter Moon BW Cover” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Jupiter-Moon-BW-1.jpg” title_text=”Jupiter Moon BW-1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Behind the Books - 19](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/behind-the-books-19/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Behind-the-Books-extra.png” title_text=”Behind the Books extra” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Along with the Crankshaft collections that Andrews McMeel was bringing out, they also published the first collection of some of my mature, or maybe let’s
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #299 July 1981](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-299-july-1981/) - The issue opens with the Rainbow Raider preparing to break out of prison, and then jumps cuts to the middle of the night in Barry's apartment. We see Barry's father Henry standing over a sleeping Barry pointing a gun at him. He backs off, however, because as he says: "I realize I would never forgive
- [Grilling Attire](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/grilling-attire/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/imagesprintify-1.jpg” title_text=”imagesprintify-1″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]If your Crankshaft grilling apron is burned, stained or stolen (this happens a lot), we’re here with a brand new stylish apron along with a brand spanking new design
- [John Darling - Take 427](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-427/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/John-Darling-Take-427.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 427″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 334](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-334/) - For those who tuned in late, John Darling's daughter Jessica has been prominently featured in the past couple of weeks of Funky Winkerbean.
- [Match to Flame 193](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-193/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||on||||||” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#1A7FB7″ global_colors_info=”{}” link_text_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” link_text_color__hover=”#14D3FC”]From the introduction to The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Vol. 12 — 2005-2007[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Match-to-Flame-193.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 193″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”400px” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”100%” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_margin=”||-610px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||20px||false|false”
- [Weekend Edition, NPR](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/weekend-edition-npr/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_video src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/superman.mp4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” border_width_all=”5px” border_color_all=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Tom Batiuk Discusses Funky Winkerbean's Pulitzer Nod](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/tom-batiuk-discusses-funky-winkerbeans-pulitzer-nod/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Published April 10, 2008 PRINT magazine By Claire Lui When the Pulitzer prizes and finalists were announced on Monday, April 7, the name Funky Winkerbean stood out in the sea of investigative reporter bylines. Written by Tom Batiuk, the funny-page staple
- [John Darling - Take 313](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-312-2/)
- [Cover Me 229](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-229/) - Although it hasn't been the "world's greatest comic magazine" for quite some time, this cover is still pretty arresting. It shows that you don't need to have all sorts of action to capture attention. A placid cover with cool underlying menace can do the trick just as well.
- [John Darling - Take 398](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-398/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/John-Darling-Take-398.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 398″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Rip Tide Scuba Cop • 1st Issue](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-korner/rip-tide-scuba-cop-1st-issue/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/22.-Rick-Burchett-Cover-Colors-Rob-Ro-min.jpg” title_text=”22. Rick Burchett Cover Colors Rob Ro-min” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Funky-Sunday-2018-07-01_col-min.jpg” title_text=”Funky Sunday 2018-07-01_col-min” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Rip-Tide-Moby-Shark-revised-min.jpg” title_text=”Rip Tide – Moby Shark revised-min” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Rip-Tide-Moby-Shark-min.jpg” title_text=”Rip Tide – Moby Shark -min” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Rip-Tide-Moby-Shark-cover-BW2-min.jpg” title_text=”Rip Tide – Moby
- [Mac Raboy](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/mac-raboy/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Mac-1.jpg” title_text=”Mac 1″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]On Sundays when I was very young, on the way home from church, we would stop to pick up some pumpernickel bread and the Sunday paper. When we got
- [Match to Flame 181](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-181-2/) - So, to the work in question and particularly the artwork in question . . . while the story was told in greater detail in a previous volume,* allow me a quick recap to bring everyone up to speed. For the first twenty-four or so years of Funky, artistically, everything was generally seen head-on through the
- [Cover Me 236](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-236/) - So it's been a minute since I've posted a 'Cover Me' and perhaps a restatement of the premise is in order. When I was twelve, I walked into a drugstore and saw a copy of The Flash #115 on the comics rack. I took it from the rack because... because I simply had to. I didn't
- [Holiday Greetings!](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/holiday-greetings/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Harry-and-Christmas-Tree.png” title_text=”Harry and Christmas Tree” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]This has certainly been one of the most exciting, busy and bittersweet years in Funky Winkerbeans’s history. So it’s only fitting that we wrap it up with holiday
- [Splish Splash 12](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/splish-splash-12/) - Sometimes a splash page becomes pages as it does here to dramatic effect.
- [John Darling - Take 442](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-442/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/John-Darling-Take-442.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 442″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Just doing my bit in the battle over weather forecaster abuse. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Behind the Books - Book 12](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/behind-the-books-book-12/) - This Crankshaft book was published by Andrews/McMeel in 1992 and came about as a result of my moving the strip from Creators Syndicate to Universal Press Syndicate. It features a beautiful wrap-around cover by Chuck Ayers my co-conspirator on Crankshaft. It depicts the most iconic trope from the strip... Crankshaft backing into George Keesterman's mailbox. The school bus,
- [John Darling - Take 393](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-393/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/John-Darling-Take-393.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 393″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 215](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-215/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Fig-16-Rolling-eyes-happy-face.jpg” title_text=”Free Emoji Download” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Speaking of story arc weaving, if I may be permitted, this teachable moment calls for a major digression. I take flack now and then
- [Cover Me 341](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-341/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cover-Me-264.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me 264″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]As long as I’m still in way-back-when mode, here’s a beautiful Murphy Anderson cover from back in the day.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me - 348](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-348/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Cat-Man.jpg” title_text=”Cat Man” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Ancient cool.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 233](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-233/) - If this Sandman cover didn't make you buy the book, it would at least make you pick it up off the rack and leaf through it. While the subject matter may not be to my particular taste, it's still undeniably cool.
- [Ohioana Book Festival](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/ohioana-book-festival-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Ohioana-Book-Festival-2023-768×1135-1.jpg” title_text=”Ohioana-Book-Festival-2023-768×1135″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Author-Content-1.png” title_text=”Author-Content-1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Purchase-Books.png” title_text=”Purchase-Books” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]After a two year absence due to the Covid
- [The Witness](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-witness/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Christmas-2022-C.png” title_text=”Christmas 2022 C” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]I wanted to do some way-back-whenning as I wrapped up Funky, so I began by searching for a witness. I wanted someone who had been there
- [Monster mash-up](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/monster-mash-up/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Mr-Monster-1.png” title_text=”Mr. Monster 1″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]When the mail arrived at the comics castle the the other day, much to my surprise there was another shout out for Funky’s 50th anniversary, and this time it was from Janet
- [Funky's 50th - The First Week 3](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/funkys-50th-the-first-week-3/) - More from the first week with others on the page at the same time.
- [Funky's 50th - The Early Middle Years](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/funkys-50th-the-early-middle-years/) - In 1986 the character Lisa became pregnant while in high school. The response to those four short seminal weeks was greater than any I had received up to that point. There were so many requests for copies of that series that we put together a special booklet collecting the strips, Life’s Lessons Aren’t Always Learned
- [John Darling - Take 431](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-431/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/John-Darling-Take-431.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 431″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Is it any wonder that Jessica grew up loving to watch her dad’s old shows?[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/22-09-06.jpg” title_text=”22-09-06″
- [Comic-Con 2022](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/comic-con-2022/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Comic-Con-22-1.png” title_text=”Comic-Con-22-1″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]So, back in 2019, I attended San Diego Comic-Con’s 50th anniversary celebration. Now, in 2022, I was invited back for Funky’s 50th anniversary to be a special guest and appear on a couple of panels.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″
- [Funky's 50th - The First Week 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/funkys-50th-the-first-week-2/) - Here are the third and fourth Funky strips along with some of their neighbors on the comics page.
- [Match to Flame 205](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-205/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Match-to-Flame-5.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 5″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Ever since dealing with a couple of severe bouts of illness a few years earlier, along with getting both Funky and Crankshaft a
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- [Feature Article on Tom Batiuk in The Comics Journal](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/feature-article-on-tom-batiuk-in-the-comics-journal/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#1A7FB7″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]Very proud to be featured in a recent article on The Comics Journal. The article is titled, “The Dying of the Light: My Grandmother, Dementia, Time in the Comic Strip, and Roses in
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- [The First Time 6](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-first-time-6/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/The-First-Time-6-final.jpg” title_text=”The First Time 6 final” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 300](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-300/)
- [See all Funky Winkerbean Books in the Comic Shop](https://tombatiuk.com/uncategorized/see-all-funky-winkerbean-books-in-the-comic-shop/) - The Comic Shop includes all the books that are currently available including all the Funky Winkerbean books such as all 11 volumes of the Complete Funky Winkerbean collections, My Name is Funky… and I’m An Alcoholic: A Story About Alcoholism and Recovery, Football Fields Are for Band Practice!!, and Gone with the Woodwinds: The Best of Harry L. Dinkle. Also available are all the Crankshaft books and the complete Lisa's Legacy collection. Have a look when you get a chance.
- [The Cockroach • No. 13](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-korner/the-cockroach-no-13/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/COCKROACH_col-scaled.jpg” title_text=”COCKROACH_col” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Funky20Sunday202017-11-05_col-scaled.jpg” title_text=”FunkySunday2017-11-05_col” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/10.20Tom20Palmer20Cover-scaled.jpg” title_text=”10.TomPalmerCover” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Ccokroach-BW-0.jpg” title_text=”Ccokroach BW-0″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 399](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-399/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/John-Darling-Take-399.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 399″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 404](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-404/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/John-Darling-Take-404.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 404″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [On the Road Again - Akron Comicon 2023](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/on-the-road-again-akron-comicon-2023/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Studio-Stuff.jpg” title_text=”Studio Stuff” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Today was a banner day in the studio (okay, that was probably uncalled for). But I am excited because my new comic-con/booksigning banners have arrived and they look
- [John Darling - Take 417](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-417/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/John-Darling-Take-417.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 417″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
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- [May 4 - Week 1](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/may-4-week-1/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kent-14.jpg” title_text=”Kent 14″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kent-1-A.jpg” title_text=”Kent 1 A” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kent-1-B.jpg” title_text=”Kent 1 B” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column
- [Cartoonist Illustrates Message of Rally for Music Education](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/cartoonist-illustrates-message-of-rally-for-music-education/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mahlmann_duncan_batiuk-1.jpg” title_text=”mahlmann_duncan_batiuk” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”35px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]MENC Executive Director John Mahlmann, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and cartoonist Tom Batiuk at the Rally for Music Education At the June 18 Rally for Music Education, MENC presented Secretary
- [Match to Flame 186](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-186/) - Another important aspect of the art contained herein is the coloring of the Sunday strips. The hues, handled by Lee Loughridge, and in 2004 by Matt Hollingsworth, also lend themselves to propelling the work forward and become another element in the expression of the kind of stories that I wanted to tell. If I may,
- [Alley oop](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/alley-oop/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Allet-oop.png” title_text=”Allet oop” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The cover for this cool collection of ALLEY OOP Sundays from the forties was done by Crankshaft artist supreme Dan Davis. What’s even cooler is the
- [Flash Fridays - the Flash #326 October 1983](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-326-october-1983/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Flash-no326.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no326″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]This cover jumped off the stands back n 1983. Artist Carmine Infantino took the shot of the Flash in handcuffs from the last panel of the
- [Cover Me 214](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-214/) - Hey, speaking of the Dark Bat as I was just yesterday... what a perfect Cover Me to turn up to back up my psychopathological point. It's almost as if I plan these things.
- [Doctor Atmos No.2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-korner/doctor-atmos-no-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/A-Doctor-Atmos-cover-2-scaled.jpg” title_text=”A Doctor Atmos cover 2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/DoctorAtmosCover2sketchV3layers-final-scaled.jpg” title_text=”DoctorAtmosCover2sketchV3layers final” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/DoctorAtmosCover2Inks-scaled.jpg” title_text=”DoctorAtmosCover2Inks” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/DoctorAtmosCover2sketchV3.jpeg” title_text=”DoctorAtmosCover2sketchV3″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/DoctorAtmosCover2sketchV2.jpeg” title_text=”DoctorAtmosCover2sketchV2″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/DoctorAtmosCover2sketch-original.jpeg” title_text=”DoctorAtmosCover2sketch original” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
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- [Funky's 50th Finale](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/funkys-50th-finale/) - Here's a final look back in the rear view mirror at Funky's 50th from artist Chuck Ayers.
- [John Darling - Take 440](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-440/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/John-Darling-Take-440.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 440″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #331 March 1984](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-331-march-1984/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/The-Flash-no331.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no331″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The story opens with the Flash trying to find his way out of the desolate and hostile dimension to which the evil gorilla Grodd had
- [John Darling - Take 438](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-438/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/John-Darling-Take-438.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 438″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]This is one of those you sorta had to be there strips. Back in 1988 at the winter Olympics, a British ski jumper nicknamed
- [John Darling - Take 305](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-305/)
- [Cover Me 196](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-196/)
- [Busy, busy ,busy!](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/busy-busy-busy-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Micky-Fantasia.png” title_text=”Micky Fantasia” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]It seems as if the quiet winters that I love just aren’t the slow periods that they used to be anymore. I’m working like crazy here at the Cartoon Castle
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash # 319 March 1983](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-319-march-1983/) - Behind a Hannigan/Giordano illustrated cover, the story of The Eradicator moves on. As the previous issue ended, the unconscious Flash and Captain Invincible were falling from a tall apartment building following an explosion in the apartment of Creed Phillips aka the Eradicator. The good Captain keeps slapping the Flash on the way down since reviving
- [Cover Me](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-129/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Cover-Me-13gif.png” title_text=”Cover Me 13gif” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]As the first and only issue of Red Raven this particular issue is as scarce as red raven’s teeth.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 189](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-189/) - That night over dinner at Gino’s East (the best pizzeria in the Windy City) with my publisher’s family and some of their writers, I laid out my plan my to gain entry to the Sun-Times building (okay, I was the someone) and snag a memento for the bookshelf back at the cartoon castle. My publisher’s
- [John Darling - Take 445](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-445/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/John-Darling-Take-445.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 445″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [The Annotated Funky - I Chong](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-annotated-funky-i-chong/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Annotated-Funky-1.jpg” title_text=”Annotated Funky 1″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]When this strip ran late in 2022, Funky’s final year, I was in the process of looking back over my shoulder at things that had taken place
- [Headed Back to Akron Comicon](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/headed-back-to-akron-comicon/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Akron-Comicon-Logo-300-dpi-1BRM.png” title_text=”Akron-Comicon-Logo-300-dpi-1BRM” url=”http://www.akroncomicon.com/akron-comicon-guests-and-events/artists-alley-at-the-akron-comicon/” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Just wanted to let everyone know that I’ll be heading back out to the Akron Comicon this year — information about the event is down below. If you’re going, please stop by to say hello
- [Cover Me 197](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-161/) - A beautifully unsettling cover.
- [A Bright White New Year](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/a-bright-white-new-year/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/New-Years.jpg” title_text=”New Years” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Kirby in the Jungle](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/kirby-in-the-jungle/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Lokitops.jpg” title_text=”Lokitops” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Behold the Lokiceratops rangiformis. I think it’s pretty cool that Jack Kirby’s costume design for Loki inspired the name for this new dinosaur. Can the Glactiraptor be
- [Match to Flame 167](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-167/) - This story, which came to be called Lisa’s Story, was going to have to be worked on apart from the regular strips. There was simply no other way to do it. The requisite amount of research, both technical and anecdotal, was going to absorb much of that time, while the writing would require even greater
- [Modern Times](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/modern-times/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Amazon-delivery.jpg” title_text=”Amazon delivery” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]For the longest time (and for almost my entire life), the quintessential image of the American front porch or stoop was with a newspaper sitting on it that had been
- [Back on the Road Again](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/back-on-the-road-again/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Buckeye-Book-Fair-1.jpg” title_text=”Buckeye Book Fair” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]It has been a minute (actually more than several) since I’ve done a book signing at the Buckeye Book Fair. For a number of years now it has taken
- [A Fall Apart](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/a-fall-apart/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Halloween-2.jpg” title_text=”Halloween 2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Halloween-.jpg” title_text=”Halloween 1jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Happy Fall.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 444](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-444/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/John-Darling-Take-444.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 444″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 349](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-349/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Cover-Me-249.png” title_text=”Cover Me 249″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Cover-Me-250.png” title_text=”Cover Me 250″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Probably as iconic as any two covers can be. Should have been in Cover Me
- [John Darling - Take 443](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-443/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/John-Darling-Take-443.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 443″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]If only… [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Busy Writing](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/busy-writing/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Writing.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Writing” align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]No posts this week. Busy writing.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Akron Comicon](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/akron-comicon-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-comicon-1.png” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”logo-comicon” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Akrontif.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Akrontif” align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Eddie Crankshaft Can't Read 3](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/eddie-crankshaft-cant-read-3/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Reading-5.jpg” title_text=”Reading 5″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Reading-6.jpg” title_text=”Reading 6″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Eddie Crankshaft Can't Read 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/eddie-crankshaft-cant-read-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Reading-3.jpg” title_text=”Reading 3″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Reading-4.jpg” title_text=”Reading 4″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Eddie Crankshaft Can't Read](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/eddie-crankshaft-cant-read/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Reading-7.jpg” title_text=”Reading 7″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The current Crankshaft week references and flashes back to a story that happened when young Eddie Crankshaft played for the Toledo Mud Hens, and deals
- [John Darling - Take 441](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-441/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/John-Darling-Take-441.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 441″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #333 May 1984](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-333-may-1984/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/The-Flash-no333.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no333″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]When we see the Flash Museum about to be attacked by some costumed vandals, we know what the next stop on the Flash trope tour
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #332 April 1984](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-332-april-1984/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/The-Flash-no332.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no332″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Last issue ended in the middle of an explosion, and this issue opens milliseconds later in the middle of the same explosion as the Flash
- [John Darling - Take 439](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-439/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/John-Darling-Take-439-1.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 439″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/winnipeg-blue-bombers-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_1458.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”IMG_1458″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]My trip to Winnipeg to take in a Blue Bombers Game also served another purpose, and that was to do some research for a story that will
- [The Winnipeg Blue Bombers](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-winnipeg-blue-bombers/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_0345.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”IMG_0345″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_1093.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”IMG_1093″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]As any causal reader of this blog knows, I’m a big
- [John Darling - Take 437](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-437/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/John-Darling-Take-437.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 437″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Working](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/working/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_1591.jpg” title_text=”IMG_1591″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]Spending Labor Day weekend working and writing. Happily, it’s work that I enjoy, so it’s hardly work at
- [Match to Flame 218](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-218/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Fig-18-Kili-1.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Fig 18 Kili 1″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Postscript: Oh, and Cathy and I did make it to Africa and the climb of Kilimanjaro. The process of
- [Match to Flame 217](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-217/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Back-Cover-Art_col.jpg” title_text=”Back Cover Art_col” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] Unlike some stories which were one-offs in terms of ongoing impact, the Summer sports story
- [John Darling 217](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-217/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/John-Darling-Take-434.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 434″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 347](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-347/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Cover-Me-10.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me 10″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]This isn’t your father’s (or grandfather’s for that matter) Dick Tracy.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 216](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-216/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Dick-Tracy-1.png” title_text=”Dick Tracy 1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Chet Gould, the creator of ‘Dick Tracy’ could scare the hell out me knew how to push all of my buttons. From the beginning, I was drawn to his
- [Cover Me 346](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-346/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Cover-Me-9.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me 9″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The fabulous fifties live again.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 214](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-214/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Fig-17-Cayla-and-Les.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Fig 17 Cayla and Les” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] As I alluded to earlier, the other major story arc weaving in and around all of the others
- [John Darling -Take 430](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-430/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/John-Darling-Take-430.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 430″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #151 March 1965](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-151-march-1965/) - Let me start by saying that gray is not what you'd normally want as the predominant color on your average comic book cover. True, this is not an average comic book cover, which is all the more reason to avoid such a dead color. That being said, the cover does everything else that you would
- [Lisa's Enduring Legacy](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisas-enduring-legacy/) - This Saturday will mark the fifth annual Funky Winkerbean 5K put on by the Mentor Rotary for the benefit of the Lisa's Legacy Fund. The weather should be beautiful with just a nip of Fall in the air. It's great run, a great course put on by great folks. So if you're a runner, or
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #280 December 1979](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-280-december-1979/) - Staying on task for an entire issue without any side trips to other places or chasing off after shiny things, writer Cary Bates delivers a taut and linear resolution to the Clive Yorkin saga. We see the monster battling police and even bringing down a police helicopter in King Kong fashion. All leading up to
- [Rip Tide Redeux](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/rip-tide-redeux/) - I know I already showed these cover sketches once, but the actual cover/Sunday kept getting pushed back further and further on the schedule. It's a beautiful Bob Wiacek cover, and I wanted to reconnect with what led up to it as the actual piece is about to see print on Sunday October 24th.
- [John Darling - Take 397](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-397/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/John-Darling-Take-397.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 397″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] The material in John Darling definitely ran the gamut. This one is from the
- [Son of Winter Reading](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/son-of-winter-reading/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Fall-3-min.jpg” title_text=”Fall-3-min” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Fall-4-min.jpg” title_text=”Fall-4-min” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]As if reading the Avengers Omnibus editions wasn’t enough, I’m also tackling the biblical task of reading the
- [John Darling - Take 403](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-403/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/John-Darling-Take-403.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 403″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame  206](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-206/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Flash-no115-part-two-min.jpeg” title_text=”The-Flash-no115-part-two-min” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Flash-no115-part-three-min.jpeg” title_text=”The-Flash-no115-part-three-min” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]After my family had moved away from Akron, we would make periodic forced marches back to the city
- [Cover Me 338](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-338/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Cover-Me-4.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me 4″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Not only a great cover, but an engaging and brave story as well.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 414](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-414/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/John-Darling-Take-414.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 414″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Ahhh… simpler political times.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 415](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-415/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/John-Darling-Take-415.png” title_text=”John Darling Take 415″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Very pre-Covid.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me -340](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-340/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cover-Me-258.png” title_text=”Cover Me 258″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Just to refresh everyone’s memory, a cover selected for Cover Me has to be a cover that makes you by it off the comics rack. A
- [Ohioana Book Festival](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/ohioana-book-festival-3/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ohioana-blog.png” title_text=”Ohioana blog” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]After last year’s return as an in-person event, the Ohioana Book Festival is back – Saturday, April 20, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Columbus Metropolitan
- [John Darling - Take 428](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-428/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/John-Darling-Take-428.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 428″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [The First Time 7](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-first-time-7/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/The-First-Time-7-Final.jpg” title_text=”The First Time 7 Final” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [The First Time 5](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-first-time-5/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/The-First-Time-5-final.jpg” title_text=”The First Time 5 final” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [The First Time 4](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-first-time-4/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/The-First-Time-4-final.jpg” title_text=”The First Time 4 final” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [The First Time 3](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-first-time-3/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/The-First-Time-3-final.jpg” title_text=”The First Time 3 final” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [The First Time 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-first-time-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/The-First-Time-2-final.jpg” title_text=”The First Time 2 final” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Funky's Winkerbean's Untold Tales - The First Time 1](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/funkys-winkerbeans-untold-tales-the-first-time-1/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Untold-Tales-Logo-Color.jpg” title_text=”Untold Tales Logo Color” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Welcome to Funky Winkerbean’s Untold Tales. Back when Funky ended, I had mentioned that my intent was to create some new Funky stories now
- [John Darling - Take 426](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-426/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/John-Darling-Take-426.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 426″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 345](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-345/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Cover-Me-7.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Cover Me 7″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Cover-Me-8.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Cover Me 8″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Similar themes… different approaches.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Flash Fridays -The Flash #330 February 1984](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-330-february-1984/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/The-Flash-no330.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”The Flash no330″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Behind another cool Infantino/Anderson cover, the march towards the trial of the Flash continues. Writer Cary Bates spends the first part
- [John darling - Take 425](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-425/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/John-Darling-Take-425.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 425″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Four hundred and twenty-five Sundays into the run, and this idea was still laying there in the weeds![/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [The Flash #329 - January 194](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-flash-329-january-194/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/The-Flash-no329.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no329″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]Following last issue’s reprinting of the wedding of Barry Allen and Iris West and the teaser
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- [Match to Flame 210](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-210/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Match-to-Flame-210.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 210″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Much of 2008 and 2009 was devoted to recovery and training for the climb. Cathy and I would hike the snowy farm fields
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- [John Darling - Take 418](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-418/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/John-Darling-Take-418.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 418″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [May 4](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/may-4/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kent-13.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Kent 13″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]My book signing at the Kent State University Bookstore last Wednesday was very enjoyable as usual. It’s always fun to get back to the
- [Book Signing at Kent State](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/book-signing-at-kent-state/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Kent-1.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Kent 1″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Still on the Road](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/still-on-the-road/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Kent-3.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Kent 3″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]I’m going to be doing a book signing on May 1st on the Kent State campus at the university bookstore for Volume 13 of
- [Son of Ohioana 2024](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/son-of-ohioana-2024/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ohioana-A.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Ohioana A” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ohioana-B.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Ohioana B” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ohioana-C.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Ohioana C” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column
- [Authors' Panel](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/authors-panel/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ohioana-1.png” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Ohioana 1″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ohioana-BooksGraphic.png” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Ohioana BooksGraphic” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]If you’re planning to be at the
- [John Darling 416](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-416/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/John-Darling-Take-416.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 416″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]And the whole world goes “What’s a VCR?”[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 342](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-342/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Cover-Me-6.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me 6″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Back in the day, DC Comics found that books with gorillas on the cover always sold better. This one would have sold a squillion copies.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 209](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-209/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Fig-9-Pulitzer-letter.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Fig 9 Pulitzer letter” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]While I was pretty much still crawling through the wreckage at the bottom, the story about Lisa and her battle with cancer
- [The Ohioana Book Festival 2024](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-ohioana-book-festival-2024/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ohioana-Media.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Ohioana Media” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]It looks like my season sitting by the fireplace in my favorite chair reading books is coming to an end. I’m
- [Match to Flame 208](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-208/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” disabled_on=”off|off|off” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Fig-8-Tarzan-Cover.jpg” title_text=”Fig 8 Tarzan Cover” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]Before Cathy could begin driving me to physical therapy appointments, a therapist came to the house twice a week
- [John Darling - Take 413](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-412-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/John-Darling-Take-413.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 413″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #328 December 1983](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-328-december-1983/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Flash-no328.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no328″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]This issue of The Flash is like alumni week. It starts with Murphy Anderson adding his inking to Carmine Infantino’s cover. For longtime Flash fans, this a
- [John Darling - Take 412](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-412/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/John-Darling-Take-412.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 412″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Just for the record, we didn’t get sued.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #327 November 1983](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-327-november-1983/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Flash-no327.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no327″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]With this issue, Cary Bates, the writer of The Flash, also takes on the editorial duties for the book. This could be taken as a sign that
- [Eric Carmen](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/eric-carmen/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Eric-Carmen.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Eric Carmen” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Boats Against the Current by Eric Carmen is one of my desert island discs. It is a pop/rock masterpiece where Eric showed how deep you could
- [Match to Flame 207](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-207/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Fig-7-inks-comparison-1.jpg” title_text=”Fig 7 inks comparison 1″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]While on the subject of art, holding up my end of the art on
- [John Darling - Take 411](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-411/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/John-Darling-Take-411.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 411″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 339](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-339/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Cover-Me-5.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me 5″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]There’s a certain serenity to these old Superboy that’s part nostalgia and part a search for simpler times that’s kind of comforting in today’s world.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #325 September 1983](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-325-september-1983/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/The-Flash-no325.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no325″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Cary Bates continues with one of his best story arcs on The Flash so far as he picks up on the previous issue’s shock ending, where
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #324 August 1983](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-324-august-1983/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Flash-no324.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no324″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Behind another grabber (intended) of a cover, the Flash’s battle with his flaxen foe the Reverse Flash continues. Dennis Jensen is back as Infantino’s inker
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #323 July 1983](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-323-july-1983/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Flash-no323.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no323″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Behind a striking cover, the story opens in the Justice League satellite where the writer Cary Bates uses a conversation between Firestorm and Wonder Woman
- [Behind the Books - Book 26](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/behind-the-books-book-26/) - Following the success of Lisa’s Story, in 2009 I once again approached the Kent State University Press with some thoughts about publishing, not one, but three other possible book collections. The first was called Roses in December which gathered the strips from Crankshaft dealing with Alzheimer’s. The second was a book collecting all of the
- [John Darling - Take 413](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-413/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/John-Darling-Take-410.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 410″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Match to Flame 202](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-202/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Match-to-Flame-1.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 1″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]Things were a little bit nervy in the Funkyverse as the strip moved into 2008.
- [Match to Flame 203](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-203/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Match-to-Flame-2.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 2″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Match-to-Flame-3.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 3″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”
- [Match to Flame 204](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-204/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Match-to-Flame-4.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]I had just wrapped up a workout at my fitness/tennis club and was anxious to make it home in time
- [John Darling - Take 409](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-409/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/John-Darling-Take-409.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 409″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]The Slap Maxwell Story was one of the finest sitcoms ever. It’s a real shame that it can’t be found anywhere
- [John Darling - Take 408](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-408/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/John-Darling-Take-408.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 408″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Cheers![/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [On the Road Again - OMEA 2024](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/on-the-road-again-omea-2024/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/OMEA-1.jpg” title_text=”OMEA 1″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]I always enjoyed the cyclical nature of the school year when I was working on Funky as each new season would
- [John Darling - Take 407](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-407/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/John-Darling-Take-407.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 407″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]I love the idea presented in this John Darling Sunday, but I think I could’ve written it better.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 406](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-406/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/John-Darling-Take-406.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 406″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #322 June 1983](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-322-june-1983/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/The-Flash-no322.jpg” title_text=”The Flash no322″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]I’ve written before about writer Cary Bates’ predilection for dropping endless subplots into his stories chopping them up to the point where any sense of
- [John Darling - Take 405](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-405/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/John-Darling-Take-405.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 405″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]A John Darling Sunday ahead of its time on a couple of levels. A relevance twofer.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Winter](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/winter-3/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Winter.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Winter” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]One of the joys of the winter season is hiking through the farm fields and woods that are nearby. I actually get a lot
- [Cover Me 337](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-337/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Cover-Me-3.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Cover Me 3″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]I’ve often made the point when presenting my Cover Me selections about how I enjoy a busy cluttered cover. I think
- [Cover Me 336](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-336-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Cover-Me-2.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me 2″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Cover-Me-1.jpg” title_text=”Cover Me 1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]I always enjoy it when a modern comic gives a nod to the
- [John Darling Take 402](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-402-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/John-Darling-Take-402.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 402″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]It’s certainly nice to know that John Darling’s biting satire straightened out our politics 36 years ago.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 336](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-336/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Cover-Me-336.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Cover Me 336″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Don’t know about you, but I would have dropped a dime for this one. Which, of course, fulfills the Cover Me mission statement. Enjoy.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 402](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-402/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/John-Darling-Take-401.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 401″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]On the occasion of that last John Darling Sunday of the year, I’d like to wish all of you the
- [John Darling - Take 400](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-400/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/John-Darling-Take-400.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 400″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Classic Cover Me](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/classic-cover-me/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Christmas-cover-3.jpg” title_text=”Christmas cover 3″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]They don’t come much more classic than this.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Home for the Holidays](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/home-for-the-holidays-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Christmas-1.jpg” title_text=”Christmas 1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Christmas-3.jpg” title_text=”Christmas 3″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Christmas-2.jpg” title_text=”Christmas 2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]However you celebrate the holidays, may
- [Volume 13 is in the House](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/volume-13-is-in-the-house/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Vol-13.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Vol 13″ force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Something new just showed up to be read by a winter’s fire. I may be prejudiced, but I think that this is the best looking
- [Christmas Cover Me 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/christmas-cover-me-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Christmas-cover-2.jpg” title_text=”Christmas cover 2″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]The world could certainly use a little peace this holiday season.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Christmas Cover Me](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/christmas-cover-me/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Christmas-2022-D.png” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Christmas 2022 D” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Busy, Busy, Busy...](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/busy-busy-busy-3/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Working.jpg” title_text=”Working” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Working-2.jpg” title_text=”Working 2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]Foolish me, I actually thought that bringing Funky to a
- [A Funky Reminder](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/a-funky-reminder/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Book-9.jpg” title_text=”Book 9″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The newest volume of the Complete Funky Winkerbean collection is hot off the presses (although it may have cooled down some on the boat ride), and you
- [Cover Me 232](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-232/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cover-me-274.jpg” title_text=”cover me 274″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]A perfect example of how a fairly subtle cover can still jump off the comics rack.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean 13](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-13/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/The-Complete-Funky-Winkerbean-Volume-13-min.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”The-Complete-Funky-Winkerbean-Volume-13-min” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Volume 13 of The Complete Funky Winkerbean is now available for preorder on Amazon. The book will drop on January 2, but, if you want
- [John Darling Take 396](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-396/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/John-Darling-Take-396.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 396″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Hey, if John Darling can be on top of things, so can I. From the Cartoon Clubhouse to you and
- [John Darling - Take 395](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-395/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/John-Darling-Take-395-1.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 395″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [More Akron Comicon moments](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/more-akron-comicon-moments/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Akron-7.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Akron 7″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Akron-10.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Akron 10″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”3_5,2_5″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”3_5″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Akron-12.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Akron 12″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”2_5″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Akron-9.jpg”
- [Akron Comicon Moments](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/akron-comicon-moments/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Akron-2.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Akron 2″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]The Akron Comicon 2023 is in the books and it turned out to be as enjoyable as usual. The thing I like best is
- [Winter Prep](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/winter-prep/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”initial_post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”initial_post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”initial_post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Fall-5.jpg” title_text=”Fall 5″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”initial_post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”initial_post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Fall-6.jpg” title_text=”Fall 6″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”initial_post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”initial_post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”initial_post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”initial_post_content”]We’re deep into my favorite
- [John Darling - Take 394](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-394/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/John-Darling-Take-394.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 394″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 231](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-231-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cover-Me-253.png” title_text=”Cover Me 253″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]On multiple levels, this cover did its job and made me buy this book, thus making it into the Cover Me hall of fame. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 392](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-392/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/John-Darling-Take-392.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 392″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 391](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-391/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/John-Darling-Take-391.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 391″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 390](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-390/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/John-Darling-Take-390.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 390″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 389](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-389/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/John-Darling-Take-389.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 389″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Gerry Shamray](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/gerry-shamray/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Fig-13-Dick-and-Jane-2.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Fig-13 Dick and Jane 2″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Fig-14-Dick-and-Jane-3.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Fig-14 Dick and Jane 3″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”
- [John Darling - Take 387](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-387/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/John-Darling-Take-387.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 387″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” force_fullwidth=”on” sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 385](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-385/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/John-Darling-Take-385.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 385″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]I thought that it might be a good time to restate the premise of what
- [About Atomik Komix](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-korner/about-atomik-komix/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#33B4FB” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]When I was in middle school and creating my own comic strips and comic books, I called my comic book “company” Batom Comics which was a play on my name. Later, when I was
- [About Batom Comics](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-korner/about-batom-comics/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#33B4FB” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]When I was in middle school and creating my own comic strips and comic books, I called my comic book “company” Batom Comics which was a play on my name. Later, when I
- [Batom Comics/Atomik Komix](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/batom-comics-atomik-komix/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Logo-1-Batom-Relic-Cover.jpg” title_text=”Logo 1 Batom Relic Cover” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#33B4FB” sticky_enabled=”0″]When I was in middle school and creating my own comic strips and comic books, I called
- [Akron Comicon 2023](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/akron-comicon-2023/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Akron-Comicon-2023.jpg” title_text=”Akron Comicon 2023″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#33B4FB” sticky_enabled=”0″]Join me at the Akron Comicon this November. The second printing of The Complete Funky Winkerbean has arrived, and I’ll be
- [Cover Me 231](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-231/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Conan-cover-scaled.jpg” title_text=”Conan cover” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, but in this particular case you certainly can. Writer Jim Zub, artist Roberto De La Torre and
- [The Annotated Funky - Funky's Last Week 6](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-annotated-funky-funkys-last-week-6/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ano-Funky-F1.jpg” title_text=”Ano Funky F1″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The final Funky strip shows the future Lisa reading her great grandfther’s book, Lisa’s Story- The Other Shoe. The book had originally been titled The Other Shoe –
- [Splish Splash 21](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/splish-splash-21/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Splish-Splash-36.png” title_text=”Splish Splash 36″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Splish-Splash-37.png” title_text=”Splish-Splash-37″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Here are two splash page extremes by John Byrne. One grabs attention by going simple and bold,
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash # 321 May 1983](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-321-may-1983/) - The cover to this issue is the weakest in a recent string of pretty uninspiring covers, and it frankly points to an overall lack of editorial oversight. The book's sales are obviously sinking at this point, and the powers that be at DC Comics seem to have resigned themselves to the fact that the Flash's demise
- [John Darling - Take 386](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-386/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/John-Darling-Take-386.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 386″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [The Annotated Funky - Funky's Last Week 4](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-annotated-funky-funkys-last-week-4/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ano-Funky-D1.jpg” title_text=”Ano Funky D1″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ano-Funky-D2.jpg” title_text=”Ano Funky D2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]A new book appears on the bookshelf. It’s an Atomik Komix comic book omnibus
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash # 320 April 1983](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-320-april-1983/) - This issue opens where the previous one left off - with the Flash heading off to finally deal with the Eradicator. Except that writer Cary Bates is merely toying with us. What we're seeing instead is the Eradicator dressed up as the Flash and breaking into the hideout of the Mirror Master. The flimsy explanation
- [Splash Splash 20](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/splash-splash-20/) - The previous Splish Splash page blog post was a beautifully simply Gene Colan splash. And now the other side of the coin featuring a beautifully complex Colan page.
- [The Annotated Funky - Funky's Last Week 3](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-annotated-funky-funkys-last-week-3/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ano-Funky-C1.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Ano Funky C1″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]The third strip from Funky’s final week shows the robot taking a book from the shelf for young Lisa’s birthday present. The
- [John Darling - Take 384](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-384/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/John-Darling-Take-384.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 384″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] I’ve never been one to walk away
- [Splash Splash 19](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/splash-splash-19/) - This is a pretty nifty Gene Colan splash page which very neatly brings the reader up to speed, introduces the villain, and grabs the attention, all at the same time. The splash page hat trick.
- [Lakeside Chautauqua](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/lakeside-chautauqua/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Lakeside-1.jpg” title_text=”Lakeside 1″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Lakeside-2.png” title_text=”Lakeside 2″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Talk and book signing – August 9, 10:30 AM Lakeside Chautauqua 236 Walnut Ave. Lakeside,
- [The Annotated Funky - Funky's Last Week 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-annotated-funky-funkys-last-week-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Ano-Funky-B1.jpg” title_text=”Ano Funky B1″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]In this second strip from Funky’s last week, we see Lisa and her mother arriving in their solar scooter at an antiquarian book store. We see
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash # 318 February 1988](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-318-february-1988/) - This is one of the better Flash issues in this part of the run primarily because it deals with one story, the unmasking of the Eradicator. Peripherally it also includes Barry/Flash's boss Captain Frye as the bumbling Captain Invincible, but as part of the main story. So there's no jumping back and forth between disparate
- [Cover Me 230](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-233-2/) - We're
- [John Darling - Take 383](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-383/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/John-Darling-Take-383.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 383″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 382](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-382/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/John-Darling-Take-382.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 382″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]I’ve always enjoyed puns, so it comes as no surprise that it was always fun to come up with the names
- [John Darling - Take 381](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-381/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/John-Darling-Take-381.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 381″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Amazing. Here’s a John Darling stretch that hasn’t come to pass… yet.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Chautauqua Summer](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/chautauqua-summer/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Talk-4.jpg” title_text=”Talk 4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]I’ve always been attracted by the Chautauqua commitment to the idea of lifelong learning, but I never followed the thought any further than that.
- [Behind the Books - Book 25](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/behind-the-books-book-25/) - My name is Funky is an accidental book. At least it wasn't planned. After the story arc dealing with Funky's addiction had run in the newspapers, I was contacted by a member of Alcoholics Anonymous who wanted to see if the Hazelden Foundation, a group that helps people escape the disease of addiction, would consider collecting the
- [John Darling - Take 380](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-380/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/John-Darling-Take-380.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 380″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The strips that played off of John’s ego were my favorites. This is a perfect example.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash # 317 January 1983](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-317-january-1983/) - As I sit here in my attic studio, the window is open and glancing outside as the smell of cut grass wafts in I can see that a summer afternoon is in full bloom, which to me always includes a whiff of melancholy. Back when summer vacations meant all summer long, it's the kind of
- [Comic-Con 2023](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/comic-con-2023/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Comic-Con-1.jpg” title_text=”Comic-Con 1″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Comic-Con-2.jpg” title_text=”Comic-Con 2″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Comic-Con-3.jpg” title_text=”Comic-Con 3″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”
- [John Darling Take 379](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-379/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/John-Darling-Take-379.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 379″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Max Headroom and Larry, Daryl and Daryl from Bob Newhart. John Darling is getting a little more obscure with each passing year. *sigh*[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Comic-Con 2023 Pt. 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/comic-con-2023-pt-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Comic-Con-6.jpg” title_text=”Comic-Con 6″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Comic-Con-7.jpg” title_text=”Comic-Con 7″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Going with an experienced estimate (me just guessing), it seemed as if there weren’t quite as many
- [Starbuck Jones • No. 7](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-korner/starbuck-jones-no-7/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_button button_url=”#about” button_text=”About the Cover” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_bg_image=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Comic-Background-2-Blue.jpg” button_use_icon=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_bg_image__hover=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Comic-Background-2-Yellow.jpg” button_bg_enable_image__hover=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_button][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_button button_url=”#artist” button_text=”About the Artist” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_bg_image=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Comic-Background-2-Blue.jpg” button_use_icon=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_bg_image__hover=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Comic-Background-2-Yellow.jpg” button_bg_enable_image__hover=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_button][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_button button_url=”#gallery”
- [Behind the Books - Book 24](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/behind-the-books-book-24/) - When the first part of Lisa’s Story ran in the paper, I talked in interviews about how I had taken the experiences of others and used them to create an internal landscape that I would draw upon as I did the writing. But, having since experienced cancer firsthand with my diagnosis of prostate cancer, I
- [John Darling - Take 378](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-378/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/John-Darling-Take-378.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 378″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] So how is this for being timely? I always said that John
- [Cover Me 228](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-228/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Cover-Me-230.png” title_text=”Cover Me 230″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #316 December 1982](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-316-december-1982/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]This issue sports one of the oddest Flash covers of the entire run. Does it show the Flash in peril at the hands of a costumed criminal?
- [Foundation's Friends](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/foundations-friends/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Asimov.jpg” title_text=”Asimov” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]One of my pandemic projects was to reread all of Isaac Asimov’s Robot and Foundation stories. At the time, I didn’t think I’d be returning to those stories
- [John Darling - Take 377](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-377/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/John-Darling-Take-377.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 377″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]It’s hard to believe that this little gem didn’t surface until ten year’s into John Darling’s run. File it under “you
- [Behind the Komix Korner Covers - 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/behind-the-komix-korner-covers-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Komix-Korner-Covers-2-1.jpg” title_text=”Komix Korner Covers 2″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]In the Fall of 2013, I needed some comic book covers for a story arc I was writing and
- [John Darling - Take 376](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-376/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/John-Darling-Take-376.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 376″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 227](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-227/) - Set a cover in outer space with cool looking gear and I'm half way there. Add a cool looking logo like this one and you've got a Cover Me selection.
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- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #313](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-313/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/The-Flash-no313.png” title_text=”The Flash no313″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]This issue is a beautiful valentine to the early days of The Flash and in particular to issue #115 which was my personal entry point into
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- [John Darling - Take 373](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-373/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/John-Darling-Take-373.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 373″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]So here’s a little factoid for you. The reporter talking with John is Minnie Cameron who was a
- [Cover Me 226](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-226/) - Can't really say that I'm a bigTransformers fan, but I am a fan of covers that look this good.
- [Match to Flame 201](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-201/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Match-to-Flame-201.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 201″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Lisa’s Story had a bigger impact than I think any of us expected. The story was covered by all of the major media outlets. The book received a
- [John Darling - Take 372](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-372/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/John-Darling-Take-372.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 372″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The ratings wars were always great fodder for last plase Channel One, the camp Swampy of TV ststions.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 225](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-225/) - Definitely a cover to love... and to include as a Cover Me selection.
- [Behind the Books - Book 23](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/behind-the-books-book-23/) - This is the final book in the series from Barnhouse Publishing collecting the strips dealing with Harry L. Dinkle the World's Greatest Band Director. It was always with fingers crossed that I would present a new one of these band collections to my publisher, but it must have been a bit more of a present
- [Behind the Books - Book 22](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/behind-the-books-book-22/) - Behind another terrific cover by Chuck Ayers, Andrews McMeel continued their collection of the Crankshaft strips in order. For completists, the first four books with Andrews McMeel provide a nice snapshot of the early work on the strip. Most of the early tropes have been established by this point, and Chuck's art only continues to
- [Match to Flame 200](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-200/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Match-to-Flame-199A.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 199A” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]After that, King pushed their chips all in with mine and committed themselves to supporting the work along with the fact that
- [John Darling - Take 371](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-371/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/John-Darling-Take-371.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 371″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]Notice, if you will, that John and his guest are set-up in front of a VCR store. I
- [Cover Me 224](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-224/) - For a book written by Kurt Busiek, it doesn't matter what the cover looks like... I'm buying it. But this cover was pretty good.
- [Behind the books - Book 21](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/behind-the-books-book-21/) - With the success of the first part of the story about Lisa Moore's battle with breast cancer as it ran in the newspapers, my syndicate, King Features, began to seek a publisher for the work. They found one at Penguin Putnam under their Perigee imprint. At the time I was certainly excited to have this
- [Match to Flame 199](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-199/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Match-to-Flame-1985.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 1985″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” border_width_all=”50px” border_color_all=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]For some time now, editor in chief Jay Kennedy was the individual who had my back
- [John Darling - Take 370](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-370/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/John-Darling-Take-370.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 370″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Okay, here’s a little blooper reel moment for you. The copy in the last panel was inadvertently doubled in panel four. Don’t know what was
- [Cover Me 223](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-223/) - This cover jumped out from the comics rack from across the room. Certainly, props for that.
- [Match to Flame 198](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-198/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Match-to-Flame-198A.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 198A” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Match-to-Flame-198B.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 198B” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Yet another trick involved creating fantasy sequences depicting
- [Behind the Books - Book 20](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/behind-the-books-book-20/) - And so we come to the penultimate volume in the collection of the band strips from Funky Winkerbean. Colorist Lee Loughridge once again lends his coloring to the cover, and, once again I prove how coming up with snappy short titles is not my forte. It is a funny title though with its neat glimpse
- [John Darling - Take 368](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-368/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/John-Darling-Take-368.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 368″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]As much fun as it was to play with the celebrities in John Darling, playing off of John’s character was always my favorite part of the
- [Splash Splash 18](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/splash-splash-18/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Here’s a pretty extreme example of an expository splash page. There’s enough expository dialog here to choke a horse. First the readers are brought up to speed,
- [Match to Flame 197](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-197/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Match-to-Flame-197.jpg” title_text=”IMG_3750JPG” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]In my work, I’ve found that it helps to have stages for my characters that are actual settings with which I’m familiar to ground the work for me.
- [John Darling - Take 369](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-369/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/John-Darling-Take-369.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 369″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]The trivia question about Roy Rogers was history when it ran, and ancient history now.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 222](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-222/) - I'm really not a fan of gimmick covers, but this one with the black and clear overlay of the Justice League in action certainly gets some points for not only being clever, but striking as well. Seriously though, is there anyone out there gullible enough to actually think that the Justice League is going to
- [John Darling - Take 367](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-367/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/John-Darling-Take-367.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 367″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Obviously, not everything ages well. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 366](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-366/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/John-Darling-Take-366.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 366″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]While much of the satire in John Darling has become dated, It’s still nice to know that some things never change.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 221](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-221/) - As far as catching the eye goes, this cover certainly fills the bill. The impasto paint effect, not usually associated with comic book covers, certainly works here.
- [Behind the Books - Book 18](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/behind-the-books-book-18/) - When King Features was shopping Lisa's Story to the New York book companies, two of the publishers they approached were Penguin Putnam and NBM. NBM was and is a publisher of graphic arts collections, and was a pretty small operation at the time. So when Penguin Putnam opted to publish Lisa's Story under their Perigee imprint, I figured
- [Match to Flame 194](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-194/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Match-to-Flame-194.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 194″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]When the first part of Lisa’s Story ran in the paper, I talked in interviews about how I
- [John Darling - Take 365](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-365/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/John-Darling-Take-365.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 365″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]An obvious spin on the ‘just say no to drugs’ campaign… which didn’t work btw.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me 220](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-220/) - Not much to say here other than 'enjoy'.
- [Flash Fridays Extra](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-extra/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Infantino-1.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Infantino 1″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Infantino-2.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Infantino 2″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Before I continue with the Flash Fridays thread, I want to
- [Match to Flame 195](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-195/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Match-to-Flame-195.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 195″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]With a lot of trial and error, I had figured out how to transfer these powerful emotions I was dealing with to the comics page.
- [John Darling - Take 364](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-364/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/John-Darling-Take-364.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 364″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]It’s hard to believe that I was almost a decade into John Darling before I saw this one sitting there.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Cover Me Extra](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-extra-3/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cover-me-276.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”cover me 276″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cover-me-276B.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”cover me 276B” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Just when you think that variant covers have hit
- [John Darling - Take 363](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-363/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/John-Darling-Take-363.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 363″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]This John Darling Sunday, while funny at the time, sadly didn’t age well. I barely remember ‘Cagney and Lacey’ let alone ‘Shanghai Surprise’. As the saying goes… satire closes on Saturday night.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash # 312 August 1982](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-312-august-1982/) - Let's talk art here for a moment. First, you can never go wrong with a Gil Kane cover, especially one inked by Dick Giordano. However, the bigger and very pleasant surprise comes inside the book where we find that Dennis Jensen, who came on board as inker a couple of issues back, has really rounded
- [Match to Flame 192](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-192/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Match-to-Flame-192A.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 192A” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] I entered the construction trailer, grabbed a yellow hard hat from the rack, and headed through the gate in the chain-link fence and onto the construction site.
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash # 311 July 1982](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-311-july-1982/) - The kid from Dayton who grew up to write the book he loved, Cary Bates, and the editor who at the Tony Isabella driveway con said that The Flash was the book that influenced him the most as a youth, Mike Barr, both look fondly back to the Flash's Silver era for their inspiration. As we've
- [Cover Me 219](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-219/) - Aquaman has always been, well, the Aquaman of comics if you get my drift. But, even so, this cover would get me to buy an Aquaman Aquamen book, it's that good.
- [Behind the Books - Book 17](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/behind-the-books-book-17/) - This 1996 collection of band strips from NLP Marketing (now Barnhouse Publishing) marks the first appearance of Chuck Ayers work in these books since he came on board to pencil Funky. I was still doing a ton of speaking engagements at various band banquets both local and national at that time, and my discussions with music educators
- [Match to Flame 191](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-191/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Match-to-Flame-191.jpg” title_text=”Match to Flame 191″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] Some of those other stories included Lisa defending John Howard, the owner of the Komix Korner, when
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash # 309 May 1982](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-309-may-1982/) - The strip mining of the Flash's backstory by Cary Bates continues unacarybated as this issue takes us back to the cover depicting electric moment when Barry Allen received his super speed powers. The story opens with the arrival from the future of a visitor named Kryad. He's come back to the past to steal the
- [John Darling - Take 361](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-361/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/John-Darling-Take-361.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 361″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]A topical satire like John Darling doesn’t necessarily travel well through the ages. Case in point, today’s JD Sunday. You kinda had to be there to know who
- [Cover Me 234](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-234/) - A great looking noir deco cover.
- [Match to Flame 190](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-190/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Match-to-Flame-190.png” title_text=”Match to Flame 190″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]It’s always good to get the house rules sorted out early, so how about if we not horse around
- [John Darling - Take 360](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-360/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/John-Darling-Take-360.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 360″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Most if the time John Darling was a snarky satire of the television industry circa the 80s and a self centered narcissistic talk show host , but, every now and then, there was
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash # 308 April 1982](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-308-april-1982/) - One of John Broome's most elegiac characters, Daphne Dean, returns to The Flash in a story that harkens back to back to wistful childhood memories of Daphne and Barry Allen when they were children together in Fallville. Daphne would play the damsel in distress, and Barry, dressed as his comic book hero the Flash in a costume
- [Cover Me 235](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-235/) - Batman seems to be a character that lends himself to some of the most attention grabbing covers out there, of which this colorful gem is certainly one.
- [John darling - Take 359](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-359/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/John-Darling-Take-359.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 359″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]As I get back into the swing of things here, I want to catch up with my John Darling Sundays posts. The one thing that bugs me about sites that
- [Back in the Saddle](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/back-in-the-saddle/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/John-Darling-Take-357.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 357″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/John-Darling-Take-358.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 358″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” admin_label=”Text” sticky_enabled=”0″]Okay, so it’s been a minute since I’ve had the
- [OMEA 2023](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/omea-2023/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/OMEA-1jpg.png” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”OMEA 1jpg” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/OMEA-2.png” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”OMEA 2″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Last weekend I found myself back at the Ohio Music Educators
- [John Darling - Take 356](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-356/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/John-Darling-Take-356.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 356″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Written when Fox News was only
- [John Darling - Take 355](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-355/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/John-Darling-Take-355.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 355″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Weatherman bullying was a constant topic in John Darling.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling - Take 354](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-162/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/John-Darling-Take-354.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 354″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Crankshaft Corner](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/crankshaft-corner-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Komix-Korner-1.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Komix Korner 1″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Even though my plan to bring Funky Winkerbean to a conclusion was a long time coming, nevertheless there was still a bit of
- [John Darling - Take 353](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-160/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/John-Darling-Take-353.jpg” title_text=”John Darling Take 353″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Splash Splash 17](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/splash-splash-17/) - No real action here, but still gripping in spite of its simplicity.
- [Cover Me 217](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-217/) - This cool cover featuring Nightmare is enough to give you nightmares.
- [Fifty Years Before the Masthead 4](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/fifty-years-before-the-masthead-4/) - Tom Batiuk writes about the ending of Funky Winkerbean
- [John Darling - Take 352](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-352/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/John-Darling-Take-352.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 352″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]There was a local show that ran in the afternoons during the run of John Darling. It was called the Prize
- [John Darling 1987](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-1987/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/John-Darling-Take-351.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John Darling Take 351″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]A number of people have been asking recently if the John Darling strips that I did are available to view online somewhere…
- [Funky Sunday Finale Annotated](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/funky-sunday-finale-annotated/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Final-Funky-Annotated-1-scaled.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Final Funky Annotated 1″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_orientation=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] When you do a Sunday comic strip featuring seventy characters from two different features, there are going to be some
- [Match to Flame 184](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-184/) - Once again, John Byrne has come onboard to grace Funky with his artwork. Chuck Ayers is not a big science fiction fan so I asked John if he would step in for the last week of Funky when the strip makes its final time jump, this time into the future. I couldn't be happier with the results which send Funky off
- [John Darling - Take 349](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-349/)
- [John Darling - Take 348](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-348/)
- [A Super Christmas](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/a-super-christmas/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Christmas-2022-E.png” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Christmas 2022 E” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Christmas covers like this were always fun to see. The tradition has pretty much disappeared. It’s probably for the best. Who really want to see
- [Summer's Walk Annotated](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/summers-walk-annotated/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Summer-Annotated-1.png” title_text=”Summer Annotated 1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] I’m sure that some people may be curious about the buildings that Summer passes on her walk to clear
- [John Darling - Take 347](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-347/)
- [Holiday Signing](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/holiday-signing/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/KSU-1-1.png” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”KSU 1″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/KSU-2.png” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”KSU 2″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] I wrapped up my final book signing for the season
- [WKYC Covers the Funky Retirement Announcement](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/wkyc-covers-the-funky-retirement-announcement/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||on|||#1A7FB7|” link_text_color=”#1A7FB7″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] As most of you know, on November 15 we announced that the Funky Winkerbean strip would be retired at the end of 2022 with the last strip appearing on December 31. On November 17,
- [Fifty Years Before the Masthead 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/fifty-years-before-the-masthead-2/) - Tom Batiuk writes some Funky history.
- [Fifty years Before the Masthead](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/fifty-years-before-the-masthead/) - Tom Batiuk talks about ending Funky Winkerbean.
- [John Darling - Take 344](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-344/)
- [John Darling - Take 343](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-343/)
- [Behind the Curtain](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/behind-the-curtain/) - Tom Batiuk goes behind the curtain with Funky Winkerbean.
- [On the Road in Kent](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/on-the-road-in-kent/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Kent-Book-Signing.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Kent Book Signing” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]This coming Wednesday I’ll be signing copies of the newest volume, Vol. 12, from the Complete Funky Winkerbean series at the University Bookstore on the
- [John Darling - Take 342](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-342/)
- [John Darling - Take 345](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-345/) - Here's wishing all of you a happy and safe Thanksgiving.
- [Fifty Years Before the Masthead 3](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/fifty-years-before-the-masthead-3/) - Tom Batiuk continues with Funky history.
- [Book Signing at Kent State University Bookstore](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/book-signing-at-kent-state-university-bookstore/) - As part of the introduction of the latest Funky Winkerbean Collection, I will be signing books at the Kent State University Bookstore on November 30, 2022. Learn more about the event — I hope to see you all there.
- [Volume 12 Has Left the Building](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/volume-12-has-left-the-building/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Book-Ad-Vol-12-flat.png” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Book Ad Vol. 12 flat” align=”center” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_blur=”26px” box_shadow_spread=”10px” sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] If you’ve signed up to get my newsletter, then you’re one of the early birds who already knows that
- [Akron Comicon-A Last look](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/akron-comicon-a-last-look/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Akron-14.png” title_text=”Akron 14″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” link_text_color=”#1A7FB7″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Don Simpson of Megaton Man fame, and who’s a really nice guy by the way, stopped by on the second day of
- [Akron Comicon-day of...](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/akron-comicon-day-of-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Akron-8.png” title_text=”Akron 8″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” link_text_color=”#1A7FB7″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Here’s the Funkyverse corner of the Akron Comicom. It marks the first time I’ve hit the street with three brand
- [Akron CC - Load-in day](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/akron-cc-load-in-day/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Akron-3.png” title_text=”Akron 3″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” link_text_color=”#1A7FB7″ sticky_enabled=”0″] It’s been a minute since I’ve been on the road at a book signing event, so things need to be
- [Match to Flame 188](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-188/) - Speaking of dropping shoes as I have a couple of times already, I’ve got one more bit of business to attend to before I close out this introduction. In Volume 8, I mentioned how I’d often find myself signing my band book collections at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, which was held each December
- [John Darling - Take 340](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-340/) - Chef Mac Aroni was one of my favorite Johnny D characters.
- [Cover Me 216](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-216/) - Yet another surreal and disquieting Ice Cream Man cover.
- [John Darling - Take 339](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-339/)
- [Match to Flame 187](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-187/) - From the dusty colors of an Afghanistan village to the moody tones of Funky and Cindy’s marriage coming apart, or the summer heat of a practice field, the colors would become a bigger and more integral part of reflecting the mood in the strip. The colors now looked like the movie I was seeing in
- [Sneak Peak](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/sneak-peak/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Vol-12.png” title_text=”Vol 12″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]There’s a new arrival at the Cartoon Castle. More later. I’m not kidding.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Back on the Road](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/back-on-the-road-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/logo-comicon.png” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”logo-comicon” align=”center” border_color_all=”#ED1A23″ border_width_all=”17px” border_radii=”on|20px|20px|20px|20px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]After a long time holed-up here in the Cartoon Castle, I’m about to take this show on the road again. My first stop is going to be at the Akron
- [Susan Smith redux 3](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/susan-smith-redux-3/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ss10-copy.png” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”ss10 copy” align=”center” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_color=”#14D3FC” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ss11-copy.png” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”ss11 copy” align=”center” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_color=”#14D3FC” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]This wraps the
- [Bombers Away!](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/bombers-away/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Blue-Bombers.png” title_text=”Blue Bombers” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” border_width_all=”4px” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_color=”#33B4FB” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″] This weekend the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are playing away at the BC Lions. The Bombers are 14 and 2 and on the verge
- [Susan Smith Redux 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/susan-smith-redux-2-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ss7-copy.png” title_text=”ss7 copy” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_color=”#14D3FC” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ss8-copy.png” title_text=”ss8 copy” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_color=”#14D3FC” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ss9-copy.png” title_text=”ss9 copy”
- [John Darling - Take 338](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-338/)
- [Cover Me 215](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-215/) - I do like covers with lots of word balloons, and this takes it about as far as you can go... I think.
- [Susan Smith Redux 1](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/susan-smith-1/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ss1-copy.png” title_text=”ss1 copy” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_color=”#1A7FB7″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ss2-copy.png” title_text=”ss2 copy” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_color=”#14D3FC” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ss3-copy.png” title_text=”ss3
- [John Darling - Take 336](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-336/)
- [Match to Flame 185](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-185/) - Now, normally, whenever a new hand came onto a newspaper comic strip, every effort was made to make sure that, let’s say, Dagwood’s and Blondie’s chairs were exactly where they had always been, that the sheets in their bed had the same thread count, that Blondie’s curls were equal and uniform in number, and that
- [Match to Flame 183](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-183/) - I had a story about Wally’s return from the war in Afghanistan after being listed as MIA that was sitting off to the side, completed and ready to go. Moreover, it was a story that was right in John’s wheelhouse. The tale was a bit more exotic than the usual Funky fare, encompassing war, intrigue,
- [Match to Flame 182](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-182/) - Around this time, years of running and playing tennis began to take their toll on my body, and I found that it was necessary for me to have some surgery on my foot because even walking had become rather painful by that point. The surgery and convalescence led to Chuck and me losing some ground
- [John Darling - Take 335](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-335/) - Well, the Guardians are either in or out of the playoffs at this point, but at least they're doing better than the team in this John Darling Sunday from way back when. Like I said it's almost as if I plan these things.
- [Flash Fridays-The Flash #307 mar 1982](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-307-mar-1982/) - Cary Bates march through the Flash rogues gallery continues with this issues appearance of the Pied Piper. That's probably evident to any Flashinado with just a glance at the cover, but why the Piper himself wasn't depicted there is anybody's guess. On one level, the story is about the PP working to unleash his "greatest
- [The thoughtful quiet](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-thoughtful-quiet/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/B-Fall-22.png” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”B Fall 22″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] We’re slipping into my favorite season here at the comics castle. An English Oak that succumbed to oak wilt this past summer will now become this winter’s firewood.
- [Cover Me 213](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-213/) - The title for this book is so obviously perfect while at the same time succinctly commenting on the crossover-crazy culture in today's comics.
- [Match to Flame 181](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-181/) - So, to the work in question and particularly the artwork in question . . . while the story was told in greater detail in a previous volume, allow me a quick recap to bring everyone up to speed. For the first twenty-four or so years of Funky, artistically, everything was generally seen head-on through the
- [Splash Splash 16](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/splash-splash-16/) - There are enumerable splash pagey ways to establish your characters, recap things a bit, and set the scene. These days it's devolved to showing a box with the character's face next to an adjoining box with a description of the character, followed by a third rather large box describing what's been happening so far since
- [John Darling - Take 333](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-333/) - Taking John Darling to Hollywood was always fun and would presage some relatively recent story arcs in Funky.
- [Match to Flame 180](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-180/) - Except for a handful of weeks, every Funky comic strip that has appeared in the newspaper was worked on by me at that board. The few weeks that were not done by me came when fellow artist Dan Davis stepped in to ink some weeks for me while I recovered following my head-on collision with
- [Behind the Books - Book 15](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/behind-the-books-book-15/) - This book collects the last work I did all on my lonesome with Harry L. Dinkle the world's greatest band director. It was always fun putting these books together and seeing how they followed a typical school year with my band director. Moving on with Chuck Ayers taking on the penciling would see many more
- [John Darling - Take 332](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-332/) - John Darling interviewing Plantman... the man who would one day murder him. The current story arc in Funky Winkerbean provides a postscript to that long ago tale. The solving of that mystery occurs in The Complete Funky Winkerbean Volume 9.
- [Cover Me 211](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-211/) - The comic book homage covers to Norman Rockwell continue unabated.
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #306 Feb '82](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-306-feb-82/) - This issue's cover is basically an advertisement for the fact that Dr. Fate is going to be appearing as a back-up story in The Flash going forward. As something of a cover purist, I just find stuff like this to be annoying. What it really advertises is that the book was in trouble sales wise
- [See All Lisa's Legacy Books in the Comic Shop](https://tombatiuk.com/uncategorized/see-all-lisas-legacy-books-in-the-comic-shop/) - The Comic Shop includes all the books that are currently available including the complete Lisa's Legacy collection which incudes Lisa’s Story: The Other Shoe, Prelude: Lisa’s Story Begins, and The Last Leaf: Lisa’s Story Concludes. Also available are all the Funky Winkerbean books including the Complete Funky Winkerbean collections and all the Crankshaft books. Have a look when you get a chance.
- [See All Crankshaft Books in the Comic Shop](https://tombatiuk.com/uncategorized/see-all-crankshaft-books-in-the-comic-shop/) - The Comic Shop includes all the books that are currently available including all the Crankshaft books such as I've Still Got it, Strike 4 (The Crankshaft Baseball Book), and ...And One Slice with Anchovies. Also available are all the Funky Winkerbean books and the complete Lisa's Legacy collection. Have a look when you get a chance.
- [See All Tom Batiuk Books in the Comic Shop](https://tombatiuk.com/uncategorized/see-all-tom-batiuk-books-in-the-comic-shop/) - The Comic Shop includes all the books that are currently available including all the Complete Funky Winkerbean collections and even some of the earlier shorter Funky Winkerbean books like My Name is Funky… and I’m An Alcoholic: A Story About Alcoholism and Recovery. Also available are the Crankshaft books and the complete Lisa's Legacy collection. Have a look when you get a chance.
- [Match to Flame 176](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-176/) - Magic. That’s what happened when my dad and I would sit on the florally festooned couch in our home on Herman Avenue in Akron, Ohio, Sunday mornings after church. I’d settle in with a piece of buttered, still warm, pumpernickel bread that we’d picked up at a bakery shop on the way home, while my
- [Match to Flame 179](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-179/) - That being said, its worth to me was incalculable. Going back to my days as the cartoonist on the Tuesday Teen Page for the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, it was the starting place for every comic strip that I would ever create (a tip of the Funky felt-tip there to good ol’ Ernie Hemingway). It was my
- [John Darling - Take 331](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-331/) - You hadda be there.
- [Cover Me 212](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-212/) - There's just something about almost any Franco Francavilla cover that makes me want to buy it. Hence its appearance here as a Cover Me.
- [Flash Fridays -The Flash #305 Jan '82](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-305-jan-82/) - This issue marks our first visit with the Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick since Carmine Infantino's return to these pages, and it's a welcome site. As I've written here before, the first pairing of these heroes was so revolutionary and inspiring that it altered the trajectory of not only comics, but my life as well.
- [Start 'em Young](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/start-em-young/) - Magic. That’s what happened when my dad and I would sit on the florally festooned couch in our home on Herman Avenue in Akron, Ohio, Sunday mornings after church. I’d settle in with a piece of buttered, still warm, pumpernickel bread that we’d picked up at a bakery shop on the way home, while my
- [Match to Flame 178](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-178-2/) - The story starts with the drawing board that my father took me to buy when I was in the seventh grade. By then, I had made it abundantly clear to anyone who would listen that my plan in life was to become a cartoonist. Pulling that off necessitated my acquiring a drawing board—right now, if
- [John Darling - Take 327](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-327/) - The John Darling Trivia Teaser was the idea of Gerry Shamray, John Darling's third and penultimate artist, and Gerry handled that aspect himself. I thought it was a nice solution for the "drop panels" that were sometimes eliminated if newspapers needed space and chose to run only the bottom two rows.
- [Cover Me 210](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-210/) - Sometimes logos can be too clever for their own good, but, somehow, this one seems to work. All in the service of a pretty cool cover.
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #304 Dec '81](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-304-dec-81/) - As I sit here writing in the sunroom of the cartoon castle on an evening in late summer, I'm reminded by the date on this issue that it came out about this same time of year in 1981 (the dates on comic books usually preceded the actual publishing date by several months). It just sort
- [Another Attic Find](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/another-attic-find/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Cleaning-the-Closet-3.png” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Cleaning the Closet 3″ align=”center” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_color=”#33B4FB” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”||1px|||”]The attic cleaning gave up another find with this article from not long after the big bang in the Funkyverse. It’s a small piece that
- [Cover Me 209](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cover-me-209/) - My allegiance to DC Comics silver age heroes toggled between The Flash and Adam Strange who appeared in Mystery in Space. In both cases you got the elegant pencil work of Carmine Infantino inked by either Murphy Anderson or Joe Giella. The latter's work is seen here on a cover that does everything a comic book cover is supposed
- [Back to School Part 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/back-to-school-part-2/) - As promised, here's the second piece that I created for the final appearance of my panel Rapping Around in the Chronicle-Telegram back in 1973. There was a lot of work in the two pieces, and I just may have been trying to assuage my conscience a little for abandoning the paper that provided the first
- [Back to School 1972](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/back-to-school-1972/) - In the late summer of 1973, I was living in an apartment in Elyria, Ohio and was hard at work on my one year old comic strip Funky Winkerbean. Along with Funky, I was still creating my comic panel Rapping Around for the Tuesday Teen Page in my local paper the Chronicle-Telegram. I had been doing Rapping Around for about three
- [The New Digs](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-new-digs/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AAColor-portrait-copy.png” title_text=”AAColor portrait copy” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset3″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]Hey, Kids! Comics! That’s what this brand spanking new website is all about, and you’ve just landed where I
- [Still Funky in the Funkyverse | 2022 Comic-Con International San Diego Souvenir Book](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/still-funky-in-the-funkyverse-2022-comic-con-international-san-diego-souvenir-book/) - This article, written by Maggie Thompson, appeared in the 2022 Comic-Con International: San Diego Souvenir Book.
- [How ‘Funky Winkerbean’ Became the Darkest Strip on the Comics Pages](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/how-funky-winkerbean-became-the-darkest-strip-on-the-comics-pages/) - Article written by Michael Cavna originally appeared in the Washington Post discusses how over 50 years, Funky Winkerbean evolved from subjects as high school gym class to suicide, abuse and cancer.
- [John Darling - Take 330](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-330/)
- [Comic-Con 2022 – Still More Snapshots](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/comic-con-2022-still-more-snapshots/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|600|||on||||” link_text_color=”#1A7FB7″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] I’d just like to take a moment thank everyone at the San Diego Comic-Con for inviting me out to celebrate Funky’s 50th and for all of the other courtesies shown me over the years,
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- [Comic-Con 22-Snapshots](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/comic-con-22-snapshots/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Comic-Con-22-12-1.png” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Comic-Con-22-12-1″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ box_shadow_style=”preset3″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] The sails pavilion at the convention center. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Comic-Con-22-15.png” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Comic-Con-22-15″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ box_shadow_style=”preset3″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″
- [Comic-Con 2022 – Part 3](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/comic-con-2022-part-3/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Comic-Con-22-7.png” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Comic-Con-22-7″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ box_shadow_style=”preset3″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]So the Rocketeer is one of my favorite comic book heroes…[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Comic-Con-22-5.png” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Comic-Con-22-5″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ box_shadow_style=”preset3″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Where
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- [Football: Comic Tragedy](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/football-comic-tragedy/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08funky-sunday-articleLarge.webp” title_text=”08funky-sunday-articleLarge” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” align=”center” sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] By Jacob Feldman Since 1972 cartooist Tom Batiuk has told the story of Funky Winkerbean and his Westview High classmates. In the fall Batiuk would often return
- [John Darling – Take 329](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-329/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/John-Darling-Take-329.png” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John-Darling-Take-329″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [John Darling – Take 328](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-328/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/John-Darling-Take-328.png” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”John-Darling-Take-328″ align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [The Cartoonist's Cartoonists: Tom Batiuk](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/the-cartoonists-cartoonists-tom-batiuk/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Published June 15, 2008 The Daily Cartoonist By Alan Gardner[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ custom_padding=”||7px|||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/TCC-tomBatiuk.gif” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”TCC-tomBatiuk” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Tom Batiuk began his cartooning career
- [Tom Batiuk: Still Funky After All These Years](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/tom-batiuk-still-funky-after-all-these-years/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Published: September 20, 2011 The Trades by R.J. Carter[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_3″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/TomBatiuk.jpg” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”TomBatiuk” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”2_3″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Bridging the gap between Archie and Zits, a
- [Lisa's Legacy: Walk to benefit breast cancer research](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/lisas-legacy-walk-to-benefit-breast-cancer-research/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_video src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Lisa-Legacy-Sep2011.mp4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Lisa-Legacy-Sep2011″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Funky Turns 40](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/funky-turns-40/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Published January 2012 Ohio Magazine By John Gladden[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_gallery _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” gallery_ids=”11334,11335,11336,11337″ fullwidth=”on” box_shadow_style=”preset3″ box_shadow_blur=”10px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_gallery][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [The Funnies Page’s Unlikeliest Savior: ‘Funky Winkerbean’](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/the-funnies-pages-unlikeliest-savior-funky-winkerbean/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Published November 17, 2014 Variety By Brian Steinberg[/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/variety-funky-les.jpg” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”variety-funky-les” align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]A woman searches fervently for a comic book to bring joy to her son, who is stationed with the
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- [‘Crankshaft’ joins the comics page](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/crankshaft-joins-the-comics-page/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Published February 25, 2020 The Delaware Gazette by Gary Presley[/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/DrawingForNews.png” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”DrawingForNews” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Dan Davis is the artist on “Crankshaft.” He is also the artist for “Garfield,” and in the past
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- [Growing Up Funky](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/growing-up-funky/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_video src=”https://vimeo.com/561010822?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=42902951″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” src_webm=”https://vimeo.com/561010822?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=42902951″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Drawing Funky for 40](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/drawing-funky-for-40/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_gallery _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” gallery_ids=”11327,11028″ fullwidth=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_gallery][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Tom Batiuk Talks "Funky Winkerbean"](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/tom-batiuk-talks-funky-winkerbean/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Alex Dueben, Staff Writer Comic Book Resources CBR News Tue, March 19th, 2013[/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/tom-batiuk-talks-funky-winkerbean-1.jpg” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”tom-batiuk-talks-funky-winkerbean” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ align=”center”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]For more than four decades, Tom Batiuk’s “Funky Winkerbean” has been a fixture in
- [Tom Batiuk talks about Crankshaft, featured in 'Strike Four,' a baseball compilation of the comic strip](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/tom-batiuk-talks-about-crankshaft-featured-in-strike-four-a-baseball-compilation-of-the-comic-strip/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]July 9, 2014 cleveland.com by Marc Bona, The Plain Dealer[/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Strike-Four-Book-Cover-copy-1.png” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Strike-Four-Book-Cover-copy” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ align=”center”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]CLEVELAND, Ohio – Comic strips tend to fall in one of two areas these days: They go
- [CHRIS SCHILLIG: AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/chris-schillig-an-american-original/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Published January 29, 2015 The Review by Chris Schillig Depending on whom you ask, America is the birthplace of only a small number of original art forms, anywhere from one to five. Jazz is often at the forefront of
- [Crankshaft Strike Four wins Independent Publishers IPPY Award](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/crankshaft-strike-four-wins-independent-publishers-ippy-award/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/strike_four_ippy.png” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”strike_four_ippy” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ align=”center”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [The Ohio Channel / Book Notes interviews Tom Batiuk](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/the-ohio-channel-book-notes-interviews-tom-batiuk/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_video src=”https://vimeo.com/141568528?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=42902951″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” src_webm=”https://vimeo.com/141568528?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=42902951″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 4 - A Time Capsule to the 80s](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-4-a-time-capsule-to-the-80s/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Aug 17, 2015 critical BLAST by RJ Carte[/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Book-30-2015-The-Complete-Funky-Vol.4.png” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Book-30-2015-The-Complete-Funky-Vol.4″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Reading any of the COMPLETE FUNKY WINKERBEAN volumes is like opening a time capsule. Tom Batiuk brings the crew into
- [‘Roses in December’ Will Grip Your Heart -- And Squeeze](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/roses-in-december-will-grip-your-heart-and-squeeze/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]July 30, 2015 critical BLAST by RJ Carter[/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Book-29-2015-Roses-in-December-600×498-1.png” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Book-29-2015-Roses-in-December-600×498″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]There’s a magic in the comic strip format that allows serious subjects to be broached with gentle humor and delivered
- [2016 Eisner Awards: ‘The Oscars of comics’](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/2016-eisner-awards-the-oscars-of-comics/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/comic-con_awards_banner_filler.png” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”comic-con_awards_banner_filler” align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_5,1_5,3_5″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_5″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/eisner-award-small.png” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”eisner-award-small” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ align=”right”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_5″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_margin=”20px||||false|false”]FINALIST: Best Archival Collection/ Project—Strips[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”3_5″
- [Ohioana Announces 2016 Book Award Finalists](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/ohioana-announces-2016-book-award-finalists/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ohioana-banner.jpg” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”ohioana-banner” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]June 10, 2016 The Ohioana Library is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2016 Ohioana Book Awards! The awards, established in 1942, honor Ohio authors in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Juvenile Literature,
- [45 years in, 'Funky Winkerbean' creator isn't going for funny](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/45-years-in-funky-winkerbean-creator-isnt-going-for-funny/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Published Sept 10, 2017 SeattlePI by Zosha Millman[/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/batiuk_studio.jpg” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”batiuk_studio” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Tom Batiuk is a year ahead of all of us. His comic, “Funky Winkerbean,” has been in production since 1972,
- [Fox 8 News Cleveland interviews Tom Batiuk](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/fox-8-news-cleveland-interviews-tom-batiuk/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_video src=”https://vimeo.com/238787112?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=42902951″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” src_webm=”https://vimeo.com/238787112?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=42902951″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Sunny Side Up, Channel 19 Cleveland interviews Tom Batiuk](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/sunny-side-up-channel-19-cleveland-interviews-tom-batiuk/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_video src=”https://vimeo.com/301284751?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=42902951″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” src_webm=”https://vimeo.com/301284751?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=42902951″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [Sunny Side Up, Channel 19 Cleveland - Lisa's Legacy](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/sunny-side-up-channel-19-cleveland-lisas-legacy/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_video src=”https://vimeo.com/360803770?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=42902951″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” src_webm=”https://vimeo.com/360803770?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=42902951″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
- [The Funky Winkerbeat](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/the-funky-winkerbeat/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Published April 24, 2020 Kent State University Magazine by Macy Kittelberger[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ custom_padding=”||4px|||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]About five years ago, cartoonist Tom Batiuk, BFA ’69—perhaps best known for his long-running newspaper
- [A 'Funky Winkerbean' Tragedy](https://tombatiuk.com/media-and-events/a-funky-winkerbean-tragedy/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]Published Sept. 8, 2019 The New York Times by George Gene Gustines “Funky Winkerbean,” the rare comic strip that allows its characters to grow and age, starts a 10-week story line on Monday that contains a tragedy. Fans of
- [Jim Volk P.I. - Tom Lyle](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-korner/jim-volk-p-i-tom-lyle/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Tom-Lyle-Cover-Colors-Rob-Ro-scaled.jpg” title_text=”Tom Lyle Cover Colors Rob Ro” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Funky-Sunday-2016-12-18_col-scaled.jpg” title_text=”Funky Sunday 2016-12-18_col” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Jim-Volk-P.I.-BW.jpg” title_text=”Jim Volk P.I. BW” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Jim-Volk-Thumbs_Flat1.jpg” title_text=”Jim Volk Thumbs_Flat1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://tombatiuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Jim-Volk-Thumbs_Flat-scaled.jpg” title_text=”Jim Volk Thumbs_Flat”
- [Why now?](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/why-now/) - So why a Funky Winkerbean web site now, you might ask. Well, I was going to make some cute comment about wanting to make sure the internet was going to be around for awhile and stuff, but, who are we kidding? Let's be totally honest here... I was actually planning to do this twenty years
- [Hey everybody!](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/hey-everybody/) - Okay, gang... even I'll admit that it's been a little too long between blogs, so before I start answering any questions, a brief explanation. I had some surgery in January and between the recovery and catching up on both Funky and Crankshaft, I just wasn't able to get to this. Your e-mails have been wonderful
- [Harry L. Dinkle](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/harry-l-dinkle/) - It was a warm July evening in 1973 and I was lying on the bed in our apartment doing some writing for Funky. As is my custom, I was grousing to myself about having to write when I could've been goofing off, with little inkling of what the Muse had in store for me that
- [Thanks](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/thanks/) - I'm trying as much as possible to keep up with all of the e-mails that have been coming in, but for those that I may have missed, I wanted to try to acknowledge them in a blog. First, for all of the heartfelt e-mails that have come in in regard to Lisa's story, I just
- [Grief is the price we pay](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/grief-is-the-price-we-pay/) - Any chance I had of keeping up with your e-mails was buried under the tsunami of comments that I've received in the past week. The range and depth of your feelings has been both heartening and daunting. Sadly, given the other constraints on my time, I can't personally answer them all. However, what I can
- [Thank you](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/thank-you/) - Thanks for all of your e-mails about the Daily News dropping Funky. While I wish I had as much power as many of you think, I unfortunately don't. But you the readers have more power than you think. Papers will respond if they hear from readers in numbers and will reinstate strips that have been
- [Book coming soon](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/book-coming-soon/) - I've gotten numerous requests for me to make the Lisa's Story arc available by e-mail or to archive the material here on the site. I've been very gratified by this response, but I'm afraid that, by contract, I'm unable to do that. The material has been licensed by The Kent State Universty Press who will
- [A few in the archive](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/a-few-in-the-archive/) - Okay, I realize that I'm about to totally contradict myself here, but there's a good reason for it. All of the people who wrote in telling me about Funky being dropped from the L.A. Daily News are now writing to tell me that the paper is bringing Funky back. That's the good news. The bad
- [Lisa has her legacy](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisa-has-her-legacy/) - When I finished Lisa's Story last summer, my hopes for the work were rather modest. Maybe it would serve as a cautionary tale about the importance of early detection, or perhaps as a cathartic or inspirational tale. If I really let my imagination run, I'd think that some small community somewhere might actually inaugurate a
- [Back to the Future](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/back-to-the-future/) - Okay, gang, buckle your seat belts and return your seat backs and tray tables to their full and upright positions, because we're about to take off and head back to the future. At the completion of Lisa's Story, the entire Funky cast will time- frog ten years ahead and that's where we're going to stay.
- [Where's Wally?](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/wheres-wally/) - The November 9th strip showing Becky married to John the comics shop owner seems to have raised a lot of concern among Funky's readers. A lot of you are jumping (actually, running screaming and leaping) to the conclusion that Becky's first husband, Wally, died in Iraq. In fact many visitors to the Funky web site
- [FAQ](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/faq/) - There seem to be numerous questions coming into the e-mail section of this wondrous website that keep appearing over and over and over again if you get my drift. In order to help me keep my nose to the drawing board, there's now an FAQ section on the site so that curious readers can quickly
- [Notes from the woodshed](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/notes-from-the-woodshed/) - A number of readers have wanted to know when new book signings for Lisa's Story will be scheduled. As I stated elsewhere on the site, I'm pretty much spending January and February woodshedding it so that I can get caught up to where I'm supposed to be with both Funky and Crankshaft. And while I've
- [Jerry Siegel's House](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/jerry-siegels-house/) - Back in January BCC (before car crash) I was fortunate to be able to visit the Glenville neighborhood in Cleveland and the actual house where Jerry Siegel was living when he created Superman. Thanks to a knowledgeable guide and a generous owner, I actually was able to stand in the bedroom where Jerry, on a
- [Jim Mooney](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/jim-mooney/) - As many of you already know, I was in a car accident recently and the recovery process has hampered my ability to stay on top of some things... these blogs being one of them. One of the things I had wanted to mention was the April 13th Sunday which showed Les and Summer as Superman
- [Walks around Akron](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/walks-around-akron/) - As many of you may be aware, I also collaborate on another comic, Crankshaft, with my partner in crime Chuck Ayers. In fact, in recent years, Chuck has also been working with me on Funky. In both strips, the milieu centers on the north shore of Ohio, with a lot of local sites ending up
- [Woodshedding](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/woodshedding/) - A number of my good and gentle readers have expressed concern of late that things might not be well in Funkyland since I haven't been posting any blogs here on the site. While I'd never intended this to be Twitter exactly, I did plan to be a tad more consistent than I've been. So, not
- [Old School is in Session](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/old-school-is-in-session/) - So last summer I sold my comic book collection. I guess I was finally ready to do it. Except that the morning before they were due to be shipped, my wife found me going through the twenty plus long boxes pulling out certain issues. "This is very difficult for you, isn't it?" she said. An
- [Susan Smith Westbrook](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/susan-smith-westbrook/) - A number of readers with sharp eyes and long memories have been asking about Susan Westbrook the new English teacher at Westview High. Susan is indeed the the former student who had a crush on Les when she was a student, as well as the teenager who attempted suicide when she was in high school
- [Siegel Addendum](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/siegel-addendum/) - Just a quick postscript to my blog about going to Jerry Siegel's old house. For those of you for whom that just wasn't enough, check out the NPR interview under Bio/Interviews for insights into my warped childhood.
- [Lisa's Legacy 5K Run and Walk](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisas-legacy-5k-run-and-walk/) - I'd promised you more information regarding the Lisa's Legacy 5K Run and Walk and, by golly, it turns out I wasn't kidding, was I? The event will take place on Sunday, October 18, 2009 in Cleveland's University Circle area. Part of the race will take you past University Hospitals' new Cancer Hospital which is now
- [Lisa's Legacy Continues](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisas-legacy-continues/) - A few weeks back, I got to take part in an event that will remain for a long time as a very special moment in my career. University Hospitals in Cleveland held a topping out ceremony for their new Cancer Hospital, and, as a part of that event, I got to draw a picture of
- [Crankshaft](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/crankshaft/) - A number of people have been contacting this site with questions about Crankshaft, the strip that I do with Chuck Ayers. That makes perfect sense and it's as if they already knew that I one day plan to have a Crankshaft site neatly tucked into this one. Crankshaft doesn't have its own site because the
- [Jungle Comics](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/jungle-comics/) - The Funky Sunday for Sunday, April 11, features another one of my comic book homages featuring a classic comic book cover cleverly integrated into the current story arc. Normally, these are comic books to which I have a personal connection, but, as we all know, these aren't normal times. So as Funky shutters the doomed
- [Comics Book](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/comics-book/) - As I noted in an earlier blog or two, I've been periodically doing tributes to some of my favorite comic books and by extension their creators in my Funky Sundays. I've been able to tip the Funky fedora (what's that?) to number of my heroes so far with a few more yet to come. I
- [The Walk](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-walk/) - The inaugural Lisa's Legacy 5K Run and Walk took place on October 18th on a brisk and beautiful Fall day in Cleveland's University Circle area. Over four hundred participants ran, walked and ambled past the Natural History Museum, the Art Museum, Severance Hall and the site of University Hospitals' new Cancer Hospital where the Lisa's
- [Lisa's Legacy Second Annual Run/Walk](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisas-legacy-second-annual-runwalk/) - We've been doing some remodeling this summer at casa Funky which has caused this crazy summer to fly by at warp speed. So fast in fact, that I was caught a bit short when I realized that the second annual Lisa's Legacy Run/Walk is coming up in a little more than a month. I'd planned
- [Final Update](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/final-update/) - When my son was little, we used to go on guys nights out where our first destination for the evening would be Luigi's Pizza in Akron. The place was magical and the pizza was the best. Every time we left, I left with another little bit that I would use in Montoni's until one day
- [Cartoonist Studio](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/cartoonist-studio/) - This post is going to be short and sweet, but my plans (and you know how those go) are to be more consistent with my posting in the New Year, even though events are conspiring to make that a little more difficult. But they're good events involving both Crankshaft and Funky about which you'll be
- [Race Update](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/race-update/) - The month of September had to be the fastest in recorded history. Instead of worrying about global warming, we should be concerning ourselves with the apparent changes in the space time continuum. Or maybe it's just me. In any event, the Lisa's Legacy Run Walk is almost upon us, and I just wanted to mention
- [A New Season](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/a-new-season/) - It looks like winter's hibernation is over here on the shores of Lake Erie and bears, groundhogs, and cartoonists find themselves blinking in the bright light of day. It's time to get out and about, and the purpose of this short post is to let you know about some spring signings that are coming up.
- [Tom Corbett](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/tom-corbett/) - I've had a number of inquiries about the recent comic book Sunday that ran on April 24th, so here's a bit of backstory. My dad had always deflected my early attempts to buy a comic book on the grounds that they were too violent. My big breakthrough came oddly enough on a visit to the
- [Anniversary Sunday](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/anniversary-sunday/) - I've been receiving numerous questions about this past Sunday's strip so here's the back story on it. Sometime over the winter I heard the Rodney Crowell song " 'Til I Gain Control Again" and was knocked sideways by the beautiful lyrics. I often use song lyrics as a soundtrack for events in Funky and I
- [Funky/Crankshaft crossover](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/funkycrankshaft-crossover/) - When I jumped everyone in the Funkyverse ahead in time in 2007 and I didn't do the same with the cast of Crankshaft, a number of my good and gentle readers lamented the fact that I'd no longer be able to do any crossovers between the two strips. Well, no longer say no longer. In
- [The Cat and the Bag](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-cat-and-the-bag/) - A number of people at last weekend's Mid-Ohio Con put on by the folks at Wizard World (major digression: the con was an absolute blast. Whether you're a fan or a pro, Wizard World knows how to treat you well. If you haven't been to one in your area, you really owe it to yourself
- [Lisa's Legacy Run Redux](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisas-legacy-run-redux/) - I've been busy playing catch-up since the Lisa's Run, but I just wanted to jot down a few impressions from this year's event. With rain leading up to it and then immediately following it, we were all holding our breath that it wouldn't turn out like the race did in Funky this year. I had
- [3rd Annual Lisa's Legacy RunLike](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/3rd-annual-lisas-legacy-runlike/) - Like the turning of the leaves on the Autumn trees, The Lisa's Legacy 5K Run Walk has become an Autumnal event to look forward to with each new Fall. After the hot and stifling Ohio summer we just had, I'm looking forward to the cooler weather on October 2nd when this year's race will be
- [Crankshaft joins the Website](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/crankshaft-joins-the-website/) - During the recent Alzheimer's story arc that ran in Crankshaft, a number of emails about it came to me through this Funky site. Apparently a lot of people can't locate the Crankshaft website, so they contact Chuck and me here. So starting now, if you click on the Crankshaft logo on the home page, it
- [Hitting the Road](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/hitting-the-road/) - As I sit snug and comfy in my studio sanctum sanctorum here at the cartoon castle with the snow softly landing on the window panes, I know that soon this Shivago-like winter idyll must come to an end. Even as I relax with my copy of Volume One of the Complete Alex Raymond Flash Gordon
- [Duets](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/duets/) - I've been receiving some nice comments to the website the past couple of days about the recent February 12th Funky Sunday featuring one of my Silver Age comic book pastiche/homage's to a favorite old comic book character and the artist who drew it. I've talked about this before and why I enjoy doing it, but
- [A Couple of Things](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/a-couple-of-things/) - I gotten a number of inquiries about an apparent discrepancy in my basketball story line. The trophy that the team is holding up in last Sunday's strip says that they are the Division III champs. The very next day, however, they are congratulated for being the Division I champs. Frankly, I don't see a problem
- [Funky's Fortieth](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/funkys-fortieth/) - Things are a little crazy here in the Funkyverse as the serious book signing season gets underway. If you check out the events page, you'll see that the San Diego Comic Con International has been added in July. The San Diego con is truly the preeminent comic con experience in the world. I was fortunate
- [Summer in the Funkyverse](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/summer-in-the-funkyverse/) - I'm putting up this post because it says a lot of things I wanted to share. Life has stepped in to make it less timely and an explanation follows in the next post. However, it's most salient points still hold. The videos haven't been posted as promised, but I hope to get them up shortly.
- [A Change in the Weather](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/a-change-in-the-weather/) - I had a post all set to add to the blog when life changed my plans. As many of you are aware, Cathy and I never made it out to the San Diego Comic Con. A family situation arose on Cathy's side of the family which has thrown everything into a state of flux and
- [Jungle Action Heroes](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/jungle-action-heroes/) - Okay, if this isn't a world record, it's certainly a personal best for me to make three posts in one day, so I'll be looking for my gold medal in the mail any day now. On the lighter side, I've received a number of comments and questions about the July 15th jungle Sunday concerning just
- [Kilimanjaro Coda](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/kilimanjaro-coda/) - The recently completed Kilimanjaro story arc received some of the nicest and warmest emails I've gotten recently including a sweet welcome home note on the final Sunday. Included were a number of questions which I'll answer here as well. First and foremost, what happened to Kili the kitten. It wasn't mentioned since I thought it
- [This and That](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/this-and-that/) - I've been receiving a number of emails from people wondering why there's been no mention of the Lisa's Legacy Run this year. The short answer is that there isn't going to be one. The longer answer is that University Hospitals wanted to get out of competing with all of the other race events held here
- [Son of This and That](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/son-of-this-and-that/) - First a thank you to everyone who sent in good wishes to Les and Cayla for their wedding. The good thoughts were all very nice although I wouldn't have said no to a waffle iron either. You can never have too many waffle irons here at the Cartoon Castle. And also a thanks to everyone
- [Akron Comic Con](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/akron-comic-con/) - I just wanted to say a few words about the Akron Comic Con this past weekend. For a first time endeavor, the con organizers Michael Savene and Robert Jenkins pulled it all off in amazing fashion. It was the perfect comic con experience and it was great talking with all of the Funky readers who
- [Auld Lang Syne](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/auld-lang-syne/) - I just wanted to take a moment here as things wind down to thank all of the people who helped make this 40th anniversary year a very special one. I'd like to thank the gang at King Features for getting my back throughout an incredibly hectic and busy 2012. Also the folks at the Kent
- [The Comic Book Sundays](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/test-2/) - Questions continue to come in about the comic book covers that I use from time to time in the Funky Sunday strips. It seems that there are a lot of folks in Funkydom who enjoy seeing the comics of their youth and the artists who created them paid homage in this
- [Groundhog Day](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/groundhog-day/) - It appears that this year's hibernation is just about over. I've already ventured from the cartoon castle for a couple of great book signings and if they were any indication, this is going to be a fun year. So a quick shout out to the folks at the Ohio Music Educators Association for hosting a
- [The Comic Book Sundays 2-The Flash #115](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-comic-book-sundays-2-the-flash-115/) - With my second comic book cover homage/pastiche, I got to spotlight two artists who have always been nearest and dearest, Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson.
- [Catching Up](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/catching-up/) - It's been awhile. I've been busy. The summer has been a blur of working on strips, book signings, and work on the forthcoming Funky and Crankshaft collections. Did I say Crankshaft collection? Yes, I did. More on that in a sec. So I'm going to spend a few moments looking back on the summer and
- [Akron Comic Con](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/akron-comic-con-2/) - I got to spend this past Saturday at the second annual Akron Comic Con. If Saturday's turnout was any indication, this particular comic con has a very bright future ahead. The crowds were simply amazing and they kept me so busy all day that I didn't have enough time to do my own comic book
- [The Comic Book Sundays 3 - Strange Adventures #120](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-comic-book-sundays-3-strange-adventures-120/) - When I reached the age of awareness, I began making trips to the Rexall drugstore a few blocks from my grandparent's house. It was there that I found the comic books that would spin my head around. I discovered that there was a party going on and those books were my invitation to the
- [Lisa's Legacy Run - Rerun](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisas-legacy-run-rerun/) - I just wanted to put up a quick post today to say that it looks like the Lisa's Legacy Run will be returning in 2014... in the real world that is. The run has been taking place like clockwork in the Funkyverse each Fall, but this year it will be returning to Earth Prime (better
- [Toledo Mud Hens](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/toledo-mud-hens/) - I was invited to throw out the first pitch at a Toledo Mud Hens game last week. No, wait… let me correct that, a ceremonial pitch. No team in their right mind wants me to throw out the first pitch unless they want to be one run behind before the echoes of the National Anthem
- [The Beat](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-beat/) - Last Saturday I had a chance to be interviewed by a student in the Brunswick Schools video program. The program known as the Beat is comprised of 35 award winning student video journalists. They write print articles and tape 3 to 5 minute TV segments every week which air on the school's cable channel. It's
- [Sneak Peek](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/sneak-peek/) - As you’ve no doubt already seen elsewhere on this site, Volume three of The Complete Funky Winkerbean is just out and available everywhere, although, personally, I think it’s hard to beat the prices on Amazon. So I’m not going to say any more about it here except to take the opportunity to publicly acknowledge the
- [County Fair](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/county-fair/) - The other night we went to the county fair. I always look forward to the fair because it represents the downslope of summer and the coming of the autumn. It also represents a chance to grab some wholesome, healthy, low-cal fair food. This year the fair food star was something called the "porktato". This prize
- [Driveway Panel](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/406-2/) - This past Saturday I participated in my first Driveway Con. My pal Tony Isabella and I were lamenting the fact that we weren't going to be at Comic Con in San Diego this year when Tony got the bright idea of adding a Comic Con style panel to his Saturday Garage Con. Tony calls it
- [Batom Comics - The Untold History Chapter 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/batom-comics-the-untold-history-part-2/) - The fifties were a really star crossed time to start a comic book company, and 1954 in particular was the hands down worst year in the decade. The industry was reeling from attacks by parents groups, state and local legislatures, and, in April of that year, from a Senate subcommittee. Chief architect of this war
- [Batom Comics - The Untold History Chapter 1](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/batom-comics-the-untold-history-part-1/) - Prologue In the spring of 1972, federal agents entered the converted warehouse on West Third Street in Cleveland that housed the editorial offices of Batom Comics. They were looking for Barry Martin, Batom’s publisher and they found him busy at work in a small corner office just off a large open room with creaking
- [Lisa's Ongoing Legacy](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisas-ongoing-legacy/) - This past Saturday we had two Lisa's Legacy relay teams in the Akron Marathon. Once again I have to give the Akron Marathon its props for putting on a spectacular event. First, they once again managed to call for beautiful Fall weather for the run. Couldn't have been better. Second, the entire
- [The Cardinal Takes on Bullies](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-cardinal-takes-on-bullies/) - Awhile back I was asked by Kurt Kolka to write a preface for a book featuring his character the Cardinal and a story dealing with bullying. Almost from the first week in Funky, I've been taking on this topic in the strip so I was more than happy to add to Kurt's take on the subject. The
- [Rotary Run for Lisa's Legacy](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/rotary-run-for-lisas-legacy/) - As I promised in an earlier post, the Lisa's Legacy Run has returned to the real world. The Rotary of Mentor, Ohio is holding a Rotary Run for Lisa's Legacy on September 7th. It's a 5K run and 1 mile walk that will take off in front of the Mentor Senior Center at 8:30 a.m.
- [Wright State Panel](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/wright-state-panel/) - Last Monday I had a chance to travel to Wright State in Dayton, Ohio to talk with a class
- [Flash Fridays - Showcase # 4](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-showcase-no-4/) - When I was participating in Tony Isabella’s driveway panel back in the summer, one of the questions I was asked was who my favorite superhero was. Without a moment’s hesitation I said The Flash (as did fellow panelist Mike Barr). Back when the time came to sell of the bulk of my comics collection, the
- [Batom Comics - The Untold History Chapter 3](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/batom-comics-the-untold-history-part-3/) - It was July of 1954. Elvis Presley had just made his radio debut in Memphis with “That’s All Right [Mama]”, DC Comics launched a new Superman-family book with Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen, and Batom Comics published its first comic book with what can only be described as a nervous pride. Their comic was born at
- [Akron Comicon](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/akron-comicon/) - I spent this past Saturday and Sunday at the Akron Comicon and for my money there was no better way to wrap up the year’s signings. The venue was the Quaker Square complex in Akron and the setting was once again as good as it gets. There’s just something about having all the dealers
- [Flash Fridays - Showcase #13](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-showcase-no-13/) - I’ve got to admit that the cover to Showcase #13, the Flash’s third tryout appearance, is pretty cool. When you’ve got a skull and crossbones painted on the nose of a torpedo that’s chasing after your hero... what’s not to like? Again, while the cover is credited to Infantino and Giella, it looks a little
- [Flash Fridays - Showcase # 8](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-showcase-no-8/) - The cover to Showcase number eight featured the second appearance of the Silver Age Flash (henceforth I will eschew the use of the appellation Silver Age since for my money this is the Flash... period). It’s an Infantino/Giella cover and, if I didn’t already know who had drawn the cover, I’d have sworn it was by
- [Son of Sneak Peek](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/son-of-sneak-peek/) - I have a friend who checks in on the blog time and again and he recently asked about any upcoming Funky or Crankshaft books that might be in the pipeline. Well, guess what? It turns out that when I checked... there were. These books, in fact, are so in the pipeline that they haven’t
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #105](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-105/) - This fabulous Flash Friday first finally brings us to the start of The Flash’s run in his own book. After four tryout issues in Showcase, the accountants at DC Comics decreed that the The Flash was selling well enough to deserve his own title, and the Silver Age was officially under way thus setting
- [Flash Friday - Showcase #14](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-friday-showcase-14/) - Welcome back Flash aficionados or as I like to think of you Flashionados. The subject of today’s Flash Friday is the Flash’s final tryout in Showcase No. 14, the cover of which shows the Flash leaping upward through the sands of an hourglass. Now I’ve often read that Julie Schwartz was the one more often
- [Funky/Tracy Cross 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/funkytracy-cross-2/)
- [Funky/Tracy Cross 1](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/funkytracy-cross-1/) - Reading the comics pages as a kid, one of the joys to be found there was Dick Tracy. Chet Gould's imagination was totally unbounded. His grotesque characters and bravura story telling set my own imagination on fire. Dick Tracy quickly became one of the shining stars that guided me on my journey. So, at
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #106](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-106/) - In the second outing of his own book, The Flash and his readers are introduced to the Pied Piper. I was never much of a fan of this character and neither were too many other readers apparently because he was never destined to become one of the front line members of Flash's rogues gallery. I
- [Funky/Tracy Cross 6](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/funkytracy-cross-6/)
- [Funky/Tracy Cross 5](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/funkytracy-cross-5/)
- [Funky/Tracy Cross 4](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/funkytracy-cross-4/)
- [Funky/Tracy Cross 3](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/funkytracy-cross-3/)
- [Daughter of Sneak Peek](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/daughter-of-sneak-peek/) - As promised, here's an early look at the cover for Roses in December which will be out in the Spring. The book deals with the McKenzie sisters, Lucy and Lillian, and Lucy's diagnosis with Alzheimer's disease. It collects all of the work from an earlier book, Safe Return Home, which is now
- [Funky/Tracy Cross 8](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/funkytracy-cross-8-2/)
- [Funky/Tracy Cross 7](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/funkytracy-cross-7/)
- [Batom Comics - The Untold History Chapter 4](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/batom-comics-the-untold-history-chapter-4/) - The results were in and Starbuck Jones, the first comic book published by the fledging Batom Comics and the brainchild of writer Flash Freeman, was an astoundingly modest success - which was more than the publishers Barry and Thomas Martin had dared hope. Breaking even is generally not the goal that a new enterprise is
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #107](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-107-2/) - The cover to The Flash No. 107 shows the Flash being beaten by a runner who is running backwards. It’s somewhat interesting as an attention grabber, but not as interesting as it could have been. That’s because the first story in the book features the return of Grodd the super gorilla, and that, kids,
- [One book - One community](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/one-book-one-community/) - A week or so ago I was fortunate to be able to participate in a unique event in Alliance, Ohio. The event involves members of the community and high school English classes all taking the month to read the same book, hence the name One Book - One Community. This year the selected book
- [SDCC](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/sdcc/) - Went to Comic Con in San Diego this year. When I sat down to write something about it, I realized that everything you could possibly say about Comic Con has probably already been said. And most of what’s written about it fails to capture what a truly magnificent event it is. If you’ve never been,
- [IPPY Award](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/ippy-award/) - The 19th Annual Independent Publisher Book Awards was held in New York City a couple of weeks ago and I was honored to be there to accept a Bronze IPPY Award for Strike Four: The Crankshaft Baseball Book. The awards were held at the Pyramid club which is on 57th Street and pretty much a
- [Lisa's Legacy Run 2015](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisas-legacy-run-2015/) - I've been getting up pretty early these summer mornings which is not my favorite thing to do. But I've been doing it because I want to make sure I'm ready for the Lisa's Legacy 5K Run/Walk that's taking place on September 13th in Mentor, Ohio. I find the early mornings to still be
- [Batom Comics - The Untold History Part 5](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/batom-comics-the-untold-history-chapter-5/) - With Starbuck Jones successfully launched, the Martin brothers immediately began thinking about a follow-up title. Starbuck Jones alone wasn’t enough on its own to keep their presses running full time and press time was money. They took their head (and only) writer Flash Freeman and artist Phil Holt to lunch at the Silver Grill in
- [Lisa's Legacy Run Reminder](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisas-legacy-run-reminder/) - This is where I'm doing my running as I get ready for the Rotary Run for Lisa's Legacy. Sunday September 13, 2015 Mentor, Ohio. Check the Events section for an entry from.
- [Match to Flame 1](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame/) - It was September 1970, and I was a week away from having my bluff called. From the time I’d seen my first comic strip, I’d been telling anyone who’d listen that I was going to have a comic in the newspaper one day. At my high school prom, I told my future wife that I
- [Match to Flame 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-2/) - During my time in elementary school, I also encountered the movie serial that would spin my head around. Every Friday afternoon, my elementary school in Akron would show old movie serials as a reward, I suppose, for having put up with another week of the drudgery and horrors of second grade. Whatever, it worked for
- [County Fair 2015](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/county-fair-2015/) - Went to the county fair last night. Didn’t take my phone. Which of course meant that I thought of a wonderful idea for which I wanted to get some visual reference along with commemorating it in my notes. Looks like I’ve only got one choice. I’ve got to go back to the fair tonight… and
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #108](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-108/) - The Flash #108 continues the Grodd the Gorilla hat trick with his third appearance in a row. As I wrote previously, that just didn’t happen back then. And, once again, he’s not on the cover and is instead the back-up feature. The caption box in the first panel of “ The Super-Gorilla’s Secret Identity” kicks
- [John Darling - Take 1](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-1-4/) - Along with Funky and Crankshaft, for eleven years and some change I did a strip called John Darling. For those who've never seen it, it was about a TV talkshow host of the same name. I thought it might be interesting to revisit the John Darling Sunday strips and provide a little back story for
- [Roses Redux](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/roses-redux-4/) - This is just a reminder that the Crankshaft book Roses in December is now available in the Books section of this site. The comments and reviews on it have been very gratifying and I'll try to cache some of them in the Interviews section. If Lisa’s Story one day turns out to be the apotheosis
- [Vol. 4 Review](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/vol-4-review/) - I'd said I was going to post some of the recent book reviews that have come in and, by golly, if that didn't just happen. If you go to the Interviews section on this very site, you'll find a review that was posted for The Complete Funky Winkerbean Vol. 4. I have nothing to
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #110](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-110/) - The cover of The Flash #110 shows the Flash windmilling his arms to hold back a tsunami of rushing water, and the it billboards the coming of the Weather Wizard. Somehow you get the idea that the two are connected. Inside we are presented with the introduction of a new Flash foe along with a
- [Lisa's Legacy Run Reminder 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisas-legacy-run-reminder-2/) - Okay, it's truth or dare... truth, I returned from SDCC with a really bad case of bronchitis, and, yes, just to forestall the well intentioned email advice, I do know there are things I can take before flying and will be taking every one of them (TWICE!) before my next flight. The airplane crud
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #109](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-109/) - The cover of The Flash #109 billboards the return of the Return of the Mirror Master and on it we see MM using a giant mirror to shrink the Flash down to nothing. This marks the second villain of the Flash’s Silver Age to make a second appearance… the first being Mister Element who showed
- [Lisa's Legacy Run Homestretch](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisas-legacy-run-homestretch/) - The Lisa’s Legacy Run is less than a week away. This run has become very special to me and I would crawl and my hands and knees to take part in it. Hopefully that won’t be necessary, but if you’re running next Sunday and you see an old man gentleman in his late youth crawling by
- [Match to Flame 3](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-3/) - I’ve long had a theory that there’s a certain golden window of opportunity when you’re wide open and vulnerable to falling under the magic spell of an art form or a sport or almost any other type of pursuit. Had I been exposed to DeBussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” at that golden
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #111](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-111/) - Issue #111’s cover story, The Invasion Of the Cloud Creatures once again featured the masterful inking of Murphy Anderson over Infantino’s ever better pencilling. Let’s just pause a moment to appreciate that. Amen. I actually liked both of the Flash inkers Anderson and Giella and, in fact, Giella's lighter more angular touch was in many
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #113](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-113/) - The cover of The Flash #133 is is almost diabolically brilliant. In a beautiful example of Infantino/Giella art, as we see the Flash chasing the Trickster as the Trickster escapes by running off a cliff and straight towards the reader. The Trickster is a new villain wearing a gaudy circus outfit as he runs in
- [Lisa's Legacy Run Wrap-up](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisas-legacy-run-wrap-up/) - There was a pretty good nip of Fall in the air for this past Sunday's Lisa's Legacy Run which in my book is perfect running weather. I just want to give one more shout-out to the Mentor Rotary for the terrific race they put on. Everything from registration, to route set-up, to the great red
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #112](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-112/) - Issue #112 of the of The Flash is another one of those issues that I didn’t come across until much later after I had already discovered The Flash. I always wonder how different my life might have been if #112 or any of the preceding issues had been my first. Your first is always kind
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #114](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-114/) - With The Flash #114, Captain Cold makes his second appearance and this time with the full cover treatment. Other Flashionados must have appreciated CC as well and demanded his return and well they should because this is one frighteningly fridged felon (sorry, couldn’t help myself there). The story’s opening conceit is that Len Snart (CC)
- [Roses Review](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/roses-review/) - As promised, a review of Roses in December has been posted in the Interviews section. If you’d to arrange to get a signed copy, just contact me through the email section of this site. ‘Nuff said.
- [Match to Flame 4](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-4/) - The dentist visit wasn’t a total loss, because by the end of the afternoon I had acquired my first comic book. Our dentist, who obviously was no fool, used to give my sister and me a prescription for an ice cream cone at the end of our exams. The scrip was worth a dime at
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #115](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-115/) - Here it is, gang, The Flash #115. The Magna Carta, the Rosetta Stone, the Book of Kells, the Bayeux Tapestry, the Declaration of Independence, the Dead Sea Scrolls and your truly’s personal epiphany all rolled into one shining masterpiece of a comic book. This book opened my eyes, opened my mind and opened
- [John Darling - Take 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-2/) - In the summer of 1978, I received a call from the syndicate asking if I’d like to write for a strip called Heads and Tails which had been submitted by a commercial artist named Tom Armstrong. It consisted of celebrity caricatures along with some sort of humorous bon mot accompanying them. I told them
- [Lisa's Legacy Relay 2015](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisas-legacy-relay-2015/) - Another Lisa's Legacy Relay at The Akron Marathon is in the books, and I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank all of the solid and supportive souls who ran for the Lisa's Legacy team and well as the Akron Marathon and the City of Akron for hosting such a cool event. If you enjoy
- [Flash Fridays - #115 Part Two](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-115-part-two/) - After my family had moved from Akron to the Elyria area, we made almost weekly trips back to the Rubber City each weekend to visit with relatives. When we got to my grandparent’s house on Brown Street, I would manage to cut myself loose to journey the two blocks to the Rexall Drugstore to check
- [Roger Bollen](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/roger-bollen/) - Roger Bollen was one of the true masters of the newspaper comics page. He was the creator of Animal Crackers, Catfish and Funny Business. Roger passed away this past Saturday. To me Roger was by turns an inspiration, a wise and sage counselor, and a friend who never failed to bring a smile. When I was
- [KSU Book Signing](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/ksu-book-signing/) - Saturday, October 17th marks the inaugural Book Festival put on by the bookstore at Kent State University. The event runs from 11:00am to 3:00pm and I'll be signing books during the 12:00pm to 1:00pm block. The campus is beautiful in the Fall and I can't think of a better way to spend an afternoon. If
- [Homestretch](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/homestretch/) - As I head into October, I'm also heading into the homestretch as far as book signings come and go. If you check the Events section, you'll see that everything comes to a halt after signings at Main Street Books, The Buckeye Book Fair and The Akron Comic Con in one fully stacked, back to back,
- [Flash Fridays- The Flash #116](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-116/) - Issue #116 was the first issue of my brand spanking new subscription to The Flash to arrive in the mail. Upon getting off the bus from school each day, I’d pick up our mail at the box by the road. There wasn’t a bad day born that couldn’t be instantly turned around by the sight
- [John Darling - Take 3](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-3/) - This was the first John Darling Sunday to appear in the papers. It wasn't the first I wrote or my first choice. The strip that I wanted for the first one was the Tom Armstrong's version of my pitch Sunday featuring Kiss, one of the hottest bands going at that moment. I thought it would
- [Match to Flame 5](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-5/) - One Sunday, to break the tedium of the long ride home, I imagined the giant electrical towers that carried the power lines across the farm fields breaking free and marching toward the city. A few months later, when I saw that exact thing taking place in an issue of The Flash, I became more convinced
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #117](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-117/) - The splash page for “Here Comes Captain Boomerang!” shows the Flash tied to a giant boomerang and about to be catapulted into space by Captain Boomerang himself. I’m sure NASA would have loved to get their hands on that catapult since it defied even a twelve years old’s rudimentary knowledge of planetary escape velocities. Especially since
- [John Darling - Take 4](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-4/) - Back in the day, we used to get color proofs of the Sunday strips. Eventually that policy was ended, but since I had a color proof of the second Darling Sunday, I thought I'd use that. As he would continue to do, Tom A knocked it out of the park. And, as is my wont,
- [Match to Flame 6](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-6/) - At the same time, my sense of humor was beginning to be shaped by various influences. It started with my dad, whose punning and wordplay I quickly picked up on. Whenever my mom was doing something and would ask for a hand, my dad would break into applause. My mom never thought that was funny.
- [Match to Flame 7](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-7/) - The fact that I didn't think I'd find my humor useful being said, allow me to waste no time in contradicting myself. In going through my files, collections, and treasured mementos (the junk I had in boxes in the attic) as I was preparing this book, I came across some early cartoons that I had completely
- [Main Street Books](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/main-street-books/) - Main Street Books in Mansfield, Ohio is one of my favorite book stores on the planet. It's run by people who love books for people who love to read them. They do a great job of reaching out to the public and cultivating a reading culture. The book signings are always well attended and fun
- [Akron Comicon](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/akron-comicon-3/) - With the Akron Comicon I’m officially off the road for the winter and, frankly, I can’t think of a better place to wrap things up. Between signing books, buying books, chatting with old friends and making new ones… it’s a perfect finale to the book signing season. And the best thing about the Akron Comicon
- [Buckeye Book Fair](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/buckeye-book-fair-2/) - The Buckeye Book Fair in Wooster is coming up and it simultaneously signals the beginning of the holiday season as well as the winding down of the book signing season, at least for me. Winter is coming and given my snowy car crash of a few years back, my new personal motto is “If it’s
- [Match to Flame 8](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-8/) - I continued working on my “serious” cartoons and never really attempted another humor cartoon until my junior year at Kent State University. Being a student at Kent State in the late sixties placed you at the epicenter of the enormous cultural upheaval that was taking place in the nation. For someone who was slowly making
- [Winter is Coming](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/winter-is-coming/) - The last book signing of the year is finished and I'm off the road for awhile, and while I enjoyed them, I actually enjoy what's coming too. The firewood is in and dark clouds are building on the horizon. It's a chance to spend some extended time writing and seeing what's in the heads of
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #118](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-118/) - My best friend Butch lived across the street from me so we rode the same school bus home each night. When I got my subscription to The Flash, he got one to Mystery in Space which was the home of the elegant Adam Strange strip, which coinkidinkaly featured the same artistic team that held held
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #119.2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-119-2/) - Long before The Flash #120 showed up in my mailbox, a letter arrived. A letter from New York City. A letter from Julie Schwartz. Julie Schwartz the editor of The Flash. I can’t seem to recall the circumstances involved with the letter’s arrival, so I’m figuring I must have fainted. In the letter, Julie informed
- [John Darling - Take 5](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-5/)
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #119](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-119/) - The Flash #119 arrived in my mailbox on a Saturday afternoon in the middle of the winter. You couldn’t ask for better timing. It was one of those “shoot me now because I don’t think it’s going to get any better than this” moments. And the issue lived up to it in every way. In
- [Match to Flame 9](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-9/) - The summer I graduated from Kent State, I flew to New York City with an illustrated story and several story treatments in an attempt to land a job at DC or Marvel comics. As my plane circled over the city, I was suddenly struck by the realization that I had just crossed a
- [John Darling - Take 6](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-6/) - As was my wont, rather than pick on the celebs we featured, I preferred to let my characters absorb the brunt of the humor and this Sunday is a good example of that. It saved on lawsuits. Also it appears that my attempt to predict peace in the Middle East thirty plus years ago was a
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #119.6](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-119-6-2/) - When The Flash artwork arrived from National Comics it was a revelation. First, it was huge. It was the old 2-up size, a size that truly allowed the artists to be artists. At that proportion, the art really made an impact and the detail was amazing. Second, the pages reeked of cigar smoke. I would
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #120](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-120/) - Issue #120’s cover featured yet another bald alien race so I thought I’d get that out of the way right from the get-go. Much as I did with the instances of the Flash being shot into space, I’m going to stop pointing out the baldness factor. They’re pretty much all bald the rest of the
- [John Darling - Take 7](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-7/) - This is the first of a long series of satires on TV sports coverage that Tom and I would do in John Darling. I'm happy to report that due to our scathing skewering, things have improved tremendously :-)
- [Match to Flame 10](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-10/) - I returned home from my visit to Marvel Comic fully intending to take Roy Thomas up on his offer to go back to Marvel with new material, but along the way my focus became somewhat diffused. That fall of 1969 I took a job teaching art at Eastern Heights Junior High in Elyria. I’d get
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #121](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-121/) - It seemed like forever, but the June issue of The Flash finally arrived. So let’s get right to the best part. There on the first page of the Flash Grams under the title Flash Art Appreciation was my letter, name spelled right and everything. It was followed by Julie’s reply awarding me the art to
- [John Darling - Take 8](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-8/) - Well isn't this timely? I'm once again happy to report that, thanks to this scathing send-up, the Star Wars merch tail no longer wags the dog. Hahahahahaha! I really crack myself up.
- [John Darling - Take 10](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-10/) - Again with the explanation... Leon Spinks was a short lived heavy weight boxing champion who was noted for piling up his Corvette on numerous occasions. You sorta had to be there.
- [John Darling - Take 9](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-9/) - Given that John Darling was easily the most topical of the three strips I created, I can see that I'll have to be putting a lot of things into context as we roll along. In this case, the throw-away panels on top refer to political liberal Shana Alexander and conservative James Kirkpatrick who used to duel and
- [Happy Holidays](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/happy-holidays/)
- [Match to Flame 11](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-11/) - There are inflection points in life that, for better or worse, send you on a new path, and I was about to arrive at one. My high school art teacher, Jim Mateer, used to hold open sessions for his students in his art room on Saturday mornings. When I was his student, he’d never let
- [Batom Comics - The Untold History Part 6](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/batom-comics-the-untold-history-part-6/) - When the the first issue of The Amazing Mister Sponge hit the stands, Batom Comics and its publishers, Barry and Thomas Martin has their second success. The fans had really taken to the fledgling comic book companies characters. Writer Flash Freeman and and artist Phil Holt now had their hands full producing two comic books
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #122](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-122/) - By the time they hit issue #122, the editor, writer and artists were rolling along like a Rolls Royce Silver Phantom. The issue contains the introduction of a nifty new villain, the Top, along with the continuing broadening and deepening of the character personalties and lives. The issue opens with Barry being visited by Anton
- [John Darling - Take 11](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-11/) - Phil the Forecaster was the early butt of jokes in the strip by news anchor Charlie Lord who could simultaneously complain about getting more snow while also lobbying for a white Christmas.
- [Match to Flame 12](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-12/) - My next step was to head back to my local paper. My thinking was that I could get a job doing some freelance spot cartoons for them and that some syndicate executive would then see them and say, “That guy should be doing a syndicated comic strip!” Or something like that. I figured I’d work
- [Batom Comics - The Untold History Part 7](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/batom-comics-the-untold-history-part-7/) - When Batom's editor, Brady Wentworth, realized that the new writer he was enamored with, Mitchell Knox, was a fifteen-year-old boy he was infuriated. He felt that he had been conned and that Mitchell had misrepresented himself by not revealing his age upfront. Brady ushered the boy's mother into his office leaving Mitchell to cool his
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #123](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-123/) - The Flash #123 blew in during the late summer of '61 and blew everyone's mind while it was at it. I don't think it's a stretch to posit that this is the single most important cover and book created during the Silver Age. It opened doors to creative universes that are still being explored to
- [Match to Flame 13](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-13/) - My first meeting with Shannon established the pattern that we followed from then on. I’d show up on a Saturday morning with eight or nine cartoons for her to go through. Chuckling at the appropriate spots, she’d choose the cartoons for the next couple of weeks. It always seemed to me that a good editor
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #124](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-124/) - It was a thrill to pull from its plain brown wrapper, this issue which featured not only the return of Captain Boomerang in a story that featured the Elongated Man, but a reprise of CB launching the Flash into space while strapped to a giant boomerang (still trying to get it right apparently). The thing
- [John Darling - Take 12](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-12/) - As Stan Lee used to say: 'nuff said.
- [Batom Comics - The Untold History Part 8](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/batom-comics-the-untold-history-part-8/) - Brady Wentworth needed an artist for his new Charlie and Chuck book. Coy Dockett, a local freelance artist in Cleveland, needed a job. When Coy showed up at the Batom Comics offices in the Eaton Building with his portfolio, Brady couldn't understand why Coy had been let go by the local greeting card company at
- [Match to Flame 14](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-14/) - From the very beginning, I had some definite ideas about how I wanted to approach a teen strip. The crop of teen strips in the early seventies seemed oblivious to the time in which they existed. The enormous changes taking place in the youth culture were quickly making the strips with the jalopies and letter
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash # 125](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-125/) - With this issue of The Flash, DC raised the price of their comics to ten to twelve cents. It was a rude awakening as to just how cold, uncaring and unpredictable the universe could be. Twelve cents was a big deal to someone whose only source of income was an allowance. On the other hand,
- [John Darling - Take 13](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-13/) - Posted without comment. Actually, I suppose I just made a comment, didn't I?
- [John Darling - Take 14](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-14/) - For some reason, the new Muppets show leaves me cold, but the original Muppets program was a real joy. So it was hardly surprising that a member of the cast would show up to be interviewed on John's show in the first year.
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #126](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-126/) - The sticker-shock-shrieking of thousands of Flash readers when they saw the two cent price increase on the previous issue must have created a huge disturbance in the Force because on the inside of the cover of #126 there was a letter from the editors with a detailed primer on Inflation 101 and how it affects
- [Batom Comics - The Untold History Part 9](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/batom-comics-the-untold-history-part-9-2/) - War comics had long been a staple of comic books. From Harvey Kurtzman's Frontline Combat on to Robert Kanigher's numerous war titles at DC Comics, comics about men in battle provided an enduring source of story material. World War Two was still in the rearview mirror and versions of heroic soldiers still inspired the nation's youth. So
- [John Darling - Take 15](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-15/) - Chef Mac Aroni debuts.
- [Match to Flame 15](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-15/) - A number of the themes that first appeared on the Chronicle- Telegram’s Teen-Age page later showed up in Funky. My very first cartoon dealing with a high school band appeared in Rapping Around, and several other ideas would later find themselves directly converted into Funky strips. As things progressed, I found that I really enjoyed
- [Batom Comics - The Untold History Part 10](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/batom-comics-the-untold-history-part-10/) - In the late summer of 1955 as Fall loomed around the corner, Brady suddenly realized that his young prodigy, Mitch Knox, would soon be heading back to school. He began worrying about all of the scheduling problems that this might entail, but they were nothing compared to the problem that Mitch would run into his
- [Flattop Junior's Final Act](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flattop-juniors-final-act/) - Chet Gould could scare the hell out of me knew how to push all of my buttons. From the beginning I was drawn to his manic drawing style and his bravura story telling. He always managed to strike a chord deep inside of me, but never better than with the Flattop Junior story arc. In Junior
- [Blast from Funky's Past](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/blast-from-the-past/) - As the fine folks at the KSU Press were hard at work on Vol. 6 of The Complete Funky Winkerbean, they came across this strip from 1989 and brought it to my attention. It would appear I've been trumped by real life. I'm not quite sure whether to laugh or cry.
- [Anatomy of a Cover - One](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/anatomy-of-a-cover-one/)
- [On The Road Again](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/on-the-road-again/) - As has been the pattern of late, I kicked off the book signings for this year by spending three days at the Ohio Music Educators Convention. It's an event that I truly enjoy and I'm sure a lot of that feeling comes from memories of my early piano lessons and marching band experience. The good
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #127](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-127/) - This issue marks the first reappearance of Grodd the Super-Gorilla since #115, (my very first issue of the and encounter with The Flash, the heartwarming details of which can all be found elsewhere on on this blog although you may want to wait until I've finished tagging everything). What's cool and one of the things
- [Anatomy of a Cover Two](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/anatomy-of-a-cover-two/)
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #128](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-128/) - I was never much of a fan of comic books trying to appropriate popular slang. It seemed they were always a year late and a dialect short. This appears to be a Julie Schwartz inspired cover because of the large disembodied hand point at the Flash. This is the second cover with the large hand
- [Match to Flame 16](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-16/) - Walking into NEA’s offices in an old warehouse on West Third Street was like walking into a time machine. The bulk of NEA’s roster was relics of a bygone era. Big blowups of strips like Our Boarding House and Alley OOP hung on the walls around a large open bullpen filled with desks and drawing
- [John Darling - Take 17](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-17/) - Here's a pretty useless historical fact: growing up, I lived across the street from the Pine Brook Golf Course. Why I even bothered to change the name in the strip is totally beyond me.
- [John Darling - Take 16](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-16/)
- [Match to Flame 17](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-17/) - From the beginning, Flash stressed the importance of having just a few main characters with distinguishing traits and appearances. He pointed out the strong characters in strips like Peanuts and Freckles and his Friends. Looking back, I’m sure this is why I did things like have the band director always appear in uniform. With his earnestness
- [John Darling - Take 18](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-18/) - Sometimes John Darling was topical, sometimes it was just a groaning pun, and sometimes it was both.
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #129  June 1962](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-129-june-1962/) - A gorgeous Infantino/Anderson cover marked the second appearance of Jay Garrick, the golden age Flash. Once again it was a thrill to get a glimpse of some of the comic characters who made up the Golden Age of comics. This time, rather than the villains being spotlighted, it was the heroes who were showcased. For
- [Match to Flame 18](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-18/) - Once I returned home from my meeting with Flash Fairfield at NEA in Cleveland, I did a little happy dance and then immediately started coming up with characters for a comic strip. Since the work I was doing was only about a quarterinch removed from real life, I decided not to stray too far for
- [John Darling - Take 19](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-19/)
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #130 August 1962](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-130-august-1962/) - In many ways, this issue of The Flash comes as close to being the perfect comic book as I've ever seen. Granted, this is totally subjective and dependent on a book landing in your wheelhouse at a moment when you're at your most receptive, and that's what this one did. I'd already committed both heart and
- [ANATOMY OF A COVER Three](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/anatomy-of-a-cover-3/)
- [Studio Stuff 1](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/studio-stuff-1/) - This summer on July 29th the Toledo Mud Hens will be retiring Ed (Eddie) Crankshaft's jersey. There's info about it in the events section on this site and I'll be providing more news as the event nears. That same night Mud Hens fans in attendance will receive a Crankshaft bobble head figure. In the interim,
- [Match to Flame 19](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-19/) - The main characters, T.D. and Les, were friends from my Kent State days, Thom Dickerson and Les Meyer. Roland, the hippy/revolutionary, was a guy who lived in an apartment across the street from mine, and Livinia was based on one of my art students with a name taken from a magazine. I pulled their looks
- [Studio Stuff 4](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/studio-stuff-4-2/)
- [Studio Stuff 3](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/studio-stuff-3-2/)
- [Studio Stuff 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/studio-stuff-2/) - This is the color mock-up. The jersey numbers will be added with decals.
- [John Darling - Take 20](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-20/) - One of the fun things in John Darling was taking tired TV tropes to task, I said, channeling (pun intended) my inner comic book writer.
- [Flash Fridays #131 September 1962](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-131-september-1962/) - What you're about to read is a sad story, albeit with a happy ending. When issue #131 arrived, I was excited to see it contained the first superhero crossover in what I shall dub the Julie Schwartz universe. I had begun seeking out other Schwartz books, and Green Lantern with the matchless Gil Kane at
- [Anatomy of a Cover Four](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/anatomy-of-a-cover-four/)
- [John Darling - Take 21](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-21/)
- [John Darling - Take 22](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-22/) - Wide World of Sports got us through many a dreary Ohio winter.
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #132 October 1962](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-132-october-1962/) - The Flash #132 was a classic example of what constituted a great Sliver Age Flash book. For starters, the lead story revisits Gobdor the world first seen in The Flash #116 where the students there in the class of Teacher Elider are still using a device called a Tel-Vis to keep an eye on what's
- [Match to Flame 20](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-20/) - I flew to New York and caught a bus to the East Side Terminal. It was pouring rain, so I made the first of what would become many NYC sidewalk umbrella purchases and, with my suitcase and portfolio in hand, marched the breadth of Manhattan to my hotel on the West Side. The next day
- [Ohioanna 2016](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/ohioanna-2016/) - The book signing season kicks off with one of my favorite events of the year, The Ohioanna Book Festival in Columbus, Ohio on April 23rd. The event seems to get bigger every year and the staff of Ohioanna goes out of their way to make both authors and visitors feel welcome. If you're in the
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #133 October 1962](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-133-october-1962/) - Okay, so let's dispense with the big ha ha funny knock against this cover which is: how can somebody know what it feel's like to be turned into a puppet? Well, you could look at the arm you're holding up in front of your face for starters. That would be a pretty good clue. So
- [John Darling - Take 23](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-23/)
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #134 February 1963](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-134-february-1963/) - The lead story in this issue, The Man Who Mastered Absolute Zero, opens in the computer lab at Central City University with scientists puzzled as to why their new super computer keeps spitting out wrong answers. The Flash and the Elongated Man have been enlisted to help find the problem. They can't. Mainly because this was a
- [Blast From the Past](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/blast-from-the-past-2/) - While signing books at Ohioanna last Saturday, a woman came up and proffered an aging piece of manila paper which turned out to be the charter of sorts of a Funky Winkerbean fan club from 1985. The woman was the founder, president, recruiter and basically chief everything of this fine organization. I'd like to publicly
- [John Darling - Take 24](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-24/) - The accident at Three Mile Island dominated the news at the time and, along with a long running series in Funky Winkerbean about the dicey Perkins Point Nuclear Reactor, it also became fodder for the newsies in John Darling. I probably would have used it in Crankshaft as well, but Crankshaft was, as the say,
- [Thanx Andy](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/thanx-andy/) - When this strip ran a short while ago, a number of readers were curious as t0 the "Thanks, Andy" attribution. Late in his career Andrew Wyeth created a painting called Otherworld in which he depicted a young girl looking out the window of a private jet. Through one of the windows we look down on
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #135 March 1963](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-135-march-1963/) - I have to admit that, in spite of the lovely Infantino/Anderson cover, this issue of The Flash bugged me just a tiny bit. It seemed that the editor and especially the writer twisted themselves into a pretzel concocting a story to facilitate the changing of Kid Flash's costume with the resulting story being a somewhat
- [Anatomy of a Cover Five](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/anatomy-of-a-cover-five/)
- [John Darling - Take 25](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-25/)
- [Flash Fridays - Green Lantern #20 April 1963](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-green-lantern-20-april-1963/) - Hot on the heels of The Flash #135 came Green Lantern #20 in that summer (the books were always dated a couple of months ahead of actual publication so trust me when I say that this was in the summer) of 1963 featuring a guest appearance by The Flash. This wasn't a crossover between both
- [Studio Stuff](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/studio-stuff/)
- [Band Calendar - June](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/band-calendar-june/) - In 2002, Up-Front Footwear, makers of the ubiquitous "Dinkles" marching shoes, published a calendar for bands which went out to band rooms across the nation. Since the shelf-life for a calendar is pretty much... well, a year, with the illos never to be seen again, I thought it would be fun to rerun them here
- [John Darling - Take 26](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-26/) - Way back when, a television station in Cleveland had a program that showed old movies and which also featured a movie quiz. Some of the answers that callers would give make John's answer here look pretty smart.
- [R.I.P. Lee's Art Shop](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/r-i-p-lees-art-shop/) - Today I'm mourning the loss of a dear old friend. I just found out that Lee's Art Shop in New York City will be closing. Over the years whenever I was in the City, I'd always make it a point to drop by. I loved walking in a catching the first whiff of the Sennelier
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #136 May 1963](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-136-may-1963/) - In the summer of 1963, I was still dyed-in-the-wool DC Comics fan. I may have been sneaking a peek or four at what Stan Lee was doing over at Marvel, but this cover with its lush Murphy Anderson inking was still right in my wheelhouse. Back when summers were still lazy and hazy without the
- [A Box of Books](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/a-box-of-books/) - A box containing the latest volume of the ongoing Funky codex arrived the other day. After all of the hard work on everyone's part in putting these together, first in the studio here, and later at the Kent State University Press, it's always nice to sit down with a new edition, cuddle it like a
- [Match to Flame 21](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-21/) - For the rest of the day, my calls ran the gamut from syndicates where someone would only step out in the hall to talk to me to the McClure Syndicate, where an editor actually pulled out a Mutt and Jeff strip with someone slipping on a banana peel and told me that my strip needed
- [Match to Flame 22](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-22/) - Sherry asked for the originals of the strips I had left with him, followed by a request for some pencil roughs. He apparently liked what he was seeing, and not long after I opened my mailbox to find a contract to produce a comic strip for Publishers- Hall. As I read the contract, though, I
- [John Darling - Take 27](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-27/)
- [Anatomy of a Cover Six](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/anatomy-of-a-cover-six/)
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #137  June 1963](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-137-june-1963/) - This knockout (pun intended) of a cover featuring the Silver Age and the Golden Age Flashes duking it out in the lair of the villain Vandal Savage is second only to The Flash #123 in sheer iconicness and cooleration. Amazing. And the story it fronts is equally deserving of iconic stature. It neatly echoes the
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #138  August 1963](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-138-august-1963/) - A cartoonist mentor once told me that you can't have a blockbuster every day, and I suppose the same observation applies to comic books as well. You just can't have a blockbuster every month, something that today's comic book publishers would do well to mull over. And so the Flash #138, following on the heels
- [Memphis](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/memphis/) - I was recently in Memphis for the National Cartoonists Society confab and, having read Peter Guralnick's fine book on Sam Phillips over the winter, a trip to the Sun Studio was definitely on the docket. It was also part of the itinerary because of a story I wanted to research for Funky. Fascinating to see
- [July](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/july/)
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #139 September 1963](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-139-september-1963/) - This issue rolled in late in August just before school was about to begin. I used to once know the technical reason why the publication dates were always a month or so ahead of the time when you actually found yourself holding the issue in your hands, but suffice to say this issue represented the
- [Studio Stuff - Wood-burned Starbuck](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/studio-stuff-wood-burned-starbuck/) - I had a surprise arrive in the mail not long ago. Apparently, one of Funky's readers has a hobby of wood-burning iconic comic book covers and then coloring them. He sent me examples of some that he had done and they were amazing. Much to my delight, included in the package was wood-burned and colored
- [Match to Flame 23](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-23/) - Finally, a launch date of March 27, 1972, was set for Funky. I remember coming home from school the day that the sales campaign started, lying down on the bed in our apartment, and realizing that there wasn’t anything more I could do. Funky’s fate was in the hands of others. The syndicate sales -
- [Match to Flame 24](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-24/) - The strip’s launch had been pushed back so far that I thought I might be able to finish the school year. But it was now clear that that wasn’t going to happen. Something would have to give—the teaching job, the cartooning job, or me. After talking it over with Cathy, we decided I’d leave teaching
- [Match to Flame 25](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-25/) - For the first few weeks of work on Funky, I was sending pencil roughs to the syndicate to get them approved before turning them into strips. I finally asked how long I had to keep doing that and was told that I could stop it whenever I felt comfortable. So, feeling comfortable, I stopped. However,
- [John Darling - Take 28](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-28/)
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #140 November 1963](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-140-november-1963/) - The idea of a counterpoint villain to Captain Cold was probably inevitable, although I probably would have waited a few issues before actually pairing the villain Heat Wave with said Captain. But Julie Schwartz apparently couldn't wait for this beautiful Infantino/Anderson cover and so right out of the creative gate Heat Wave joins CC to
- [Anatomy of a Cover Seven](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/anatomy-of-a-cover-seven/)
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash Annual #1-1963](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-annual-1-1963/) - As a bonus to all of the Flash fans that year, and a real bonus to those of us who subscribed to the magazine, DC Comics published the first Giant Flash Annual. Even though it was comprised of nothing but reprints, the book was revelatory. The first revelation was that I had never seen these
- [SDCC 2016](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/sdcc-2016/) - 'Nuff said.
- [August](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/august/)
- [Crankshaft Bobblehead Night](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/crankshaft-bobblehead-night/) - On Friday July 29th, the Toledo Mud Hens retired Ed Crankshaft's team jersey and the first two thousand fans at the game received a Crankshaft bobblehead. It was the culmination of a story that started rather simply. I just wanted to tell a tale about Crankshaft reaching for the brass ring but only getting his
- [Lisa's Legacy Run 2016](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisas-legacy-run-2016/) - We're a little over a month away from this year's Rotary Run for Lisa's Legacy in Mentor, Ohio on September 11th. It's what gets me up too early in the morning to get out and run. As I ran the track the other morning, the football team was out for one of their first practices.
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #141 December 1963](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-141-december-1963/) - What we have here on the cover, good and gentle readers, is another Julie Schwartz gimmick cover idea which posits the notion that the Flash has a third identity. If I wasn't already a subscriber, I suppose that might have been enough to get me to pick up the issue, but what John Broome does
- [John Darling - Take 29](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-29/)
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #142 February 1964](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-142-february-1964/) - This Flash cover is almost identical to two other Trickster covers including the one for the issue in which a certain funky cartoonist's (ahem, me) letter appeared. I guess when something seems to be working... don't mess with it. Except, that as far as DC Comics were concerned, things weren't going to be working quite
- [Match to Flame 26](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-26/) - Looking back on Funky’s opening scenes, I can see a young cartoonist beginning to feel his way into the intricacies of creating a daily comic strip. The art slowly simplifying until the view is straight through the proscenium arch, the writing drawing on adolescent feelings and emotions to propel it. With more than a little
- [Fair Night](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/fair-night/) - As hard as it is to believe, the county fair has rolled around again. The atmosphere, the food and the rides are all pretty much the same which I suppose is why they continue to be such a draw. They provide some sense of continuity in a world that pretty much chews up continuity for
- [Lisa's Legacy Run 2.0](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisas-legacy-run-2-0/) - Just a reminder that the Lisa's Legacy 5K Run Walk is fast approaching. Remember, you don't have to be a runner to take part and help contribute to cancer research. Quite honestly, my running is looking more like walking each day. Hope to see you there and be sure to say hello.
- [John Darling - Take 30](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-30/)
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #143 March 1964](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-143-march-1964/) - Don't know exactly what it was about this particular cover, but I always found it to be a bit off-putting. I mean it's a beautiful Infantino/Anderson art job which would normally have me in love with it right out of the gate, but somehow it just never clicked. I'm going to say that it was
- [September](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/september/)
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #144  May 1964](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-144-may-1964/) - A gem. There's really no other word to describe this Flash cover than that. It's got Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson illustrating the Flash in motion like no one has before or since as he tries to stop an atomic bomb rocketing down through the logo belching hot (and probably radioactive) smoke about to incinerate
- [John Darling - Take 31](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-31/)
- [Lisa's Legacy Run 2016](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/lisas-legacy-run-2016-2/) - The Mentor Rotary Run for the Lisa's Legacy Fund took place yesterday on one of the coolest days we've had here in awhile. As a result, I was able to post one of my better runs of the summer. It was a great way to close out the summer and to contribute to a worthwhile
- [Match to Flame 27](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-27/) - It was created just seconds after the big bang. The big bang of course was the creation of the Funkyverse. “It” refers to the first breakout star to appear in the strip. The first one to— staying with the stellar metaphor a nano longer—go nova. I’m talking about that Himalaya of hubris, that Everest of
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash # 145 June 1964](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-145-june-1964/) - I've always enjoyed the changing of the seasons. The arrival of fall and winter are both something I look forward to with genuine anticipation, and, even though those seasons bring with them of a lot of inclement weather, it doesn't bother me in the least. Snow days at school were always the days where I
- [John Darling - Take 32](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-32/)
- [The Pipeline 1](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-pipeline-1/) - There are two other parts of this blog where I feature odds and ends and interesting stuff (to me anyway) found around the studio. What differentiates the sketch above is that, while its certainly found in the studio, it's definitely intended for a project that's under development and that will be appearing down the line at some point.
- [Match to Flame 28](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-28/) - By 1975, Funky Winkerbean was rounding into the form that would carry it into its middle years. Crazy Harry was firmly ensconced in his locker-as-living-quarters home, and I was having fun playing with that theme. The May 13, 1975, series starting on page 71, where Crazy has to move because his row of lockers has
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #146 August 1964](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-146-august-1964/) - At the risk of becoming tedious, we're looking at another wonderful Murphy Anderson inked cover. My admiration for Murphy's skills remains undiminished to this day. In an earlier blog post, I wrote about getting to know Flash editor Julie Schwartz a little at a party at my house following a comic con in Cleveland. What
- [John Darling - Take 33](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-33/) - Thus John Darling's trip to the affiliates meeting on the west coast comes to an end. This little jaunt was a great way to get us away from Channel One and to a place where I could showcase Tom Armstrong's ability to caricature celebrities, and what better place than Hollywood. It was the first of
- [Match to Flame 29](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-29/) - During these years, Les Moore was blossoming as a character as well and had usurped Funky on the stage as the school’s leader of the out crowd. His great desire to be just like his peers at Westview High was constantly being thwarted by his even greater inability to pull it off. His struggles reached
- [October](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/october/)
- [Flash Fridays- The Flash #147 September 1964](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-147-september-1964/) - This issue features the return of two former Flash villains, although, technically in this story, only one of them is a true villain, which neatly walks me smack dab into the point I wanted to make about this tale. About the first villain, Professor Zoom the Reverse Flash, there is no doubt. He's a villain
- [Match to Flame 30](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-30/) - Around this time Funky began pondering things like why there were cloakrooms in elementary schools when no one ever wore cloaks and continued that line of thinking with a series of readings from the I-Chong, a second cousin to the I-Ching, a tome that blossomed in popularity again with the burgeoning hippie culture. I recently
- [John Darling - Take 34](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-34/)
- [Autumn](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/autumn/) - I suppose it was inevitable. This is a picture of what I was doing this past weekend... bringing the logs in for our winter fires. The plan is for them to keep me toasty while I sit by the fire reading the beautiful Titan editions of Hal Foster's Tarzan that I picked up at SDCC
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash Annual #2 October 1964](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-annual-2-october-1964/) - This was the second Flash Annual to appear even though it says No. 4 on the cover. It was probably a numbering representing all of the Annuals, and this was just the Flash's turn. Don't really know, don't really care. All I know is that is was the second Flash Annual to roll in chock
- [Match to Flame 31](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-31/) - Now, before we delve into Harry’s fascinating origin story, perhaps a little deep background is in order. Growing up in the house of my parents as I did, it seemed I was always surrounded by music. I recall many a Saturday afternoon when I would be curled up in an overstuffed chair listening to the
- [John Darling - Take 35](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-35/)
- [Batom Comics - The Untold History Part 11](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/batom-comics-the-untold-history-part-11/) - It was a snowy Saturday afternoon outside the Batom Comics offices on West Third Street. Inside, Mitch Knox had just finished with his weekly dressing-down from Brady Wentworth and was impatiently fidgeting as he waited for his mother to return from shopping at Higbees so she could take him home and he could get to
- [On the Road Again - Buckeye Book Fair](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/buckeye-book-fair/)
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #148 - November 1964](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-148-november-1964/) - "The Day Flash went into Orbit" pretty much says it all. Captain Boomerang is on the loose again and he plans to use a boomerang to shoot the Flash into orbit. This trope was beginning to wear just a little thin by this point and I don't think it was the writer John Broome's fault.
- [John Darling - Take 36](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-36/) - Can't imagine what I thought was shocking and graphic back in '79, but I'm sure it pales by comparison.
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #149 December 1964](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-149-december-1964/) - In rereading this issue, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was more solid in both writing and art than I had remembered, which can be attributed to the fact that the entire creative team from editorial on down was in peak form by this point. True, the John Broome story that leads off
- [On the Road Again - Akron Comicon](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/1969-2/)
- [November](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/november/)
- [BBF and Akron Comicon](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/bbf-and-akron-comicon/) - This weekend was the last big signing weekend for this year. It kicked off with the Buckeye Book Fair which was pretty amazing as usual. From the organizers to the volunteers, it's one of the best run book fairs out there. Which is no doubt why it draws the crowds that were there on Saturday
- [Story Teller](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/music-box/) - Okay, this is different. This Wednesday I'll be appearing at the Music Box Supper Club down in the flats in Cleveland as part of their Cleveland Storytellers series. I'll also be signing copies of my books after the event (that I've done before). If you're in the area and it piques your interest, then, by all
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #150-February 1965](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-150-february-1965/) - Barry Allen has been assigned by his police department to escort the lovely Princess Maharanee of Jodapur to the grand ball much to his planned date Iris West's displeasure. On his way to the ball, Barry has to stop by a jewelry store to pick up the royal jewels. At the store, he's met by
- [John Darling - Take 37](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take/) - In writing John Darling, I generally tried to have John or one of the other characters in the strip receive the brunt of the humor as opposed to the celebrities as I did in this strip. It's also another example of Tom Armstrong's amazing artwork.
- [Anatomy of a Cover Eight](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/anatomy-of-a-cover-eight/)
- [Kent Bookstore Signing](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/kent-bookstore-signing/) - A week from Thanksgiving I'll be doing my final book signing of the year on Thursday December 1 from noon to 2:00 at The University Bookstore on the Kent State University Campus. It's a nice way to wrap up the year's signing activities as well as chance for Funky fans to pick up that signed
- [Match to Flame 32](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-32/) - At one point my good and gentle piano teacher, Mrs. Bemis, became the first to be confronted by my dual affections for music and comics. On the way to a piano lesson with my sister, my dad had stopped to pick up something at the drugstore. As was my habit when an opportunity like this
- [John Darling - Take 38](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-38/) - This came from my wondering what would happen if...
- [Band Calendar - December](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/band-calendar-december/)
- [Home for the Holidays](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/home-for-the-holidays/) - I just wrapped up my last book signing event for the year at the Kent State University Bookstore. Before I slip into hibernation mode, I just want to thank everyone at the bookstore for having me back again and for all of the courtesies shown to me while I was there. I always enjoy myself there
- [Flash Fridays- The Flash Annual #3 April 1965](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-annual-3-april-1965/) - The third Flash Annual wasn't even an annual coming pretty quickly on the heels of the previous Flash collection. They just called it an 80 Page Giant. Fair enough, I'll stop calling them summer annuals. Whatever it was, it did offer me my first look at three stories that preceded my "awakening" which were always
- [Match to Flame 33](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-33/) - On the night of the piano lesson, I picked up a copy of Superboy, the cover of which showed him playing all the positions on a baseball team at the same time. I mean, really, if you could resist that, you probably couldn’t fog a mirror. I brought it in to read while my sister
- [John Darling - Take 39](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-39/)
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #152 May 1965](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-152-may-1965/) - I could be wrong, but I think this issue is a one-off rarity in that the entire book from elegant cover to beautiful last page was inked by Murphy Anderson. In all honesty, I had totally forgotten about this issue and was pleasantly surprised on rereading it to find a Murphypalozza. As recounted here before,
- [Match to Flame 34](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-34/) - One day in junior high we were called down to the auditorium where a guy was having students try out different-sized mouthpieces for musical instruments. After each student, he would dip the mouthpiece in alcohol and hand it to the next person to try. I was told that I should play the trombone, and that
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #153 June 1965](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-153-june-1965/) - Eobard Thawne, AKA the Reverse Flash, AKA Professor Zoom makes a return appearance from the future and begins to stake his claim as as one of the Flash's more enduring villains with another book-length adventure (I know we all thought Grodd was going to assume the residency of the all-time-evil villain spot, but there you
- [John Darling - Take 40](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-40/)
- [Match to Flame 35](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-35/) - It was a warm July evening in 1973, and I was lying on the bed in our run-down apartment trying to do some writing for the strip while Cathy watched TV in the other room. I was feeling sorry for myself for having to work when I could have been watching something that I’m sure
- [John Daring - Take 42](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-daring-take-42/)
- [John Darling - Take 41](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-41/) - Interestingly, for you completists out there, down the road a bit, Wade Wallace would become Funky's AA sponsor in Funky Winkerbean.
- [John Darling - Take 43](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-43/) - This Sunday wraps up the first year of John Darling and we did it by giving a shout-out, as TV shows are wont to do, to everyone who made it possible. So along with the cast of the strip, I included Tom Armstrong and myself along with our wives Glenda and Cathy, as well as
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #154 August 1965](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-154-august-1965/) - The type of story where the superhero's powers somehow change and turn against him was a popular trope in all of DC's comics in the sixties. At least the Flash didn't have to worry about red, blue, silver, gold and tope kryptonite, but there were still plenty of ways of messing with his super speed.
- [The Pipeline 2](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-pipeline/) - This is another peek into the pipeline with a rough worked-up for a project that you'll be hearing much more about towards the end of the year.
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #155 September 1965](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-155-september-1965/) - At first, the thought of the Flash battling all of his super villain foes at once seems like a thrilling idea, which is no doubt why Julie Schwartz came up with it for the cover of this issue. But these team-ups (of baddies or goodies) always bothered me because, upon further reflection, it turns out
- [Band Calendar - January](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/band-calendar-january/)
- [Son of Superman Crayons](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/son-of-superman-crayons/) - This is the coloring book which caused me to blow-out my red and blue crayons. As I poured over the book, I noticed at one point that it was published by Saalfield Publishing. That name rang a bell and I realized that I'd seen it before on the side of a building as my family
- [John Darling - Take 44 1980](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-44-1980/) - With this strip, we begin the journey through the second year of the John Darling Sundays. Along the way, I'll be adding any annotations I feel are necessary such as the fact that in 1980 Frank Reynolds and Sam Donaldson were an anchor and reporter respectively at ABC. Now that I have a full calendar
- [Studio Stuff - Cleaning the Studio](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/studio-stuff-cleaning-the-studio/) - I was cleaning the studio the other day when I came across some early passes at the Lisa's Story cover... And even some early passes at different titles. Roads not taken. A peek in the wayback machine at what might have been.
- [Sunday News](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/sunday-news/) - As the Akron Comicon was winding down last November, I did a quick spin around the dealer room and spotted a guy selling old New York Sunday News comic sections. The price was right so I picked up a year's worth... 1947 to be exact. I've always wondered what it must have been like to open
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #156 November 1965](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-156-november-1965/) - I didn't remember that much about this particular issue and there are a number of good reasons for that. The first one is that it showed up in the mail at home while I was off in college doing collegey things. So I didn't get my hands on it until I got home for the
- [Match to Flame 36](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-36/) - It would come later in a string of retroactive “eurekas.” First, the reader mail began to come in and I began to realize that my Junior High band director wasn’t as unique as I thought. Apparently most band directors came with type triple-A personalities and egos and ambitions to match. Second, tapping into my band
- [John Darling - Take 45](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-45/) - Just in case there's someone out there who doesn't recognize the character in the last panel, it's Alfred E. Neuman the mascot of the delightfully subversive Mad Magazine.
- [Volume Six is in the house.](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/volume-six-is-in-the-house/) - The latest volume in the series that was an Eisner Award finalist in 2016 for Best Archival Collection is now available on this website in the "Books" section. Big change is the operative word here with new characters, crossovers with John Darling and the story behind the rise of Crankshaft. All of that and a
- [John Darling - Take 46](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-46/)
- [Match to Flame 38](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-38/) - Harry had become the first true breakout character from Funky. Now I’m not saying that Harry was anything like a mass market phenomenon, but among the musical cognoscenti, he totally rocked. He was the kind of character that you’re hoping to create when you begin your cartooning journey. It was a journey that took me
- [Match to Flame 37](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-37/) - It wasn’t long before the Scapegoats went national and marched off to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as seen in the week of November 22, 1976, starting on page 314. This was followed eventually by Harry marching into real life and lending his name to the Harry L. Dinkle March, a line of Dinkles band
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash # 157 December 1965](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-157-december-1965/) - This issue features a brace of stories by Gardner Fox, the author who occasionally shared the writing chores with on the Flash with John Broome. The first one touches bases with an earlier story of Fox's from issue #145 in which the Flash met Dorilla Kon the girl from the super fast dimension and story
- [John Darling - Take 47](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-47/)
- [Superman Crayons](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/superman-crayons/) - When my sister was going through some of my parents things, she found this box of crayons and thought I should have it. Back when we still lived in Akron, I got this box of crayons and a Superman coloring book. I'd had it for about a month when my Aunt Sophie happened to see
- [The Batty Batom Bullpen](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-batty-batom-bullpen/) - When I decided to introduce a home front story arc into Funky about his wife Holly completing their son Cory's comic book collection while he was stationed in Afghanistan, I knew I wanted to show a bunch of the comic book covers in the Sunday strips. Since it was going to be several covers and
- [Band calendar - February](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/band-calendar-february/)
- [John Darling - Take 48](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-48/)
- [The Pipeline](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-pipeline-2/) - Another peek at some work under construction.
- [Studio Laptop](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/studio-laptop/) - This has become one of the most indispensable items in the studio here at the Cartoon Castle. My tricked-out trusty MacBook Pro is one sturdy workhorse of a machine.
- [In the Rearview Mirror](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/in-the-rearview-mirror/) - I Just wanted to give a shout out to everyone at the Ohio Music Educators Association for once again kicking off the book signing season in fine fashion. We were there with the new Complete Funky Volume 6 and it was fun as always to visit with old friends and catch up with the music
- [John Darling - Take 49](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-49/) - Phil the Forecaster was often the target of anchor Charlie Lords attacks in the strip. Later this year in Funky in sort of a comic strip-time-traveling crossover, we'll get to see Phil's retirement from Channel One. How time flies.
- [The Batty Batom Bullpen - Joe Staton](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-batty-batom-bullpen-joe-staton/) - The first cover to be revealed in the Komix Korner cover gallery is the the work of none other than the inimitable Joe Staton. Joe's work on E-Man for Charlton Comics was where he first made his stand. He went on to work on numerous characters for DC Comics, most notably Green Lantern. As I
- [John Darling -Take 50](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-50/) - In John Darling's second year Tom Armstrong and I got to tackle our first Winter Olympics. Somewhat ironically, the very fine sports strip Tank McNamara somehow overlooked the Winter Olympics entirely. I always pictured Tank's creators kicking themselves when they saw John Darling there. At least I hope so.
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #158 February 1966](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-158-february-1966/) - Never the biggest fan of this cover. I just seemed to find something off-putting about it... maybe it was the purple color again or the a-little-too-cute-gimmicky aspect about it. Or maybe I just didn't like it and who cares why. The daunting task of trying to turn this cover into something fell to Gardner Fox
- [The Pipeline](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-pipeline-3/) - This piece of art is not only in the pipeline, but at the moment it's in China being printed as part of a very special work that you'll be hearing a lot more about very soon.
- [John Darling - Take 51](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-51/) - The 1980 Winter Olympics continue with anchor Jim McKay and Howard Cosell. It's difficult to imagine how ubiquitous non-glamourpuss Cosell was back then.
- [John Darling - Take 52](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-52/) - Probably the only person more ubiquitous than Howard Cosell back in 1980 Farrah Fawcett.
- [Band Calendar - March](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/band-calendar-march/)
- [The Secret Sauce](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-secret-sauce/) - Whenever I give a book talk, I think the part I enjoy the most is the Q&A that generally follows. Readers, it seems, are always interested in just how all of this comes about from the initial inspiration to the choices made in executing ideas. Ergo The Secret Sauce where we'll take a look at
- [Flash Fridays - Green Lantern #43 March 1966 - The Brave and the Bold #65](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-green-lantern-43-march-1966-the-brave-and-the-bold-65/) - Once again we digress from our journey through the complete Silver Age Flash run to note a crossover - in fact a crossover twofer. The Flash not only appears in Green Lantern this month, but in the Brave and the Bold team-up book as well, both of which feature the debut of DC's go-go checks.
- [John Darling - Take 53](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-54/)
- [The Batty Batom Bullpen - Michael Gilbert](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-batty-batom-bullpen-michael-gilbert/) - The next cover that's been revealed in the Komix Korner cover gallery is a Starbuck Jones cover by the inimitable Michael T. Gilbert. I first met Michael and by extension Mr. Monster at a dinner at Craig Russell's house way too long ago. He and Craig were working on the Elric books at the time, and
- [Match to Flame - 39](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-39/) - It disappeared sometime in 1978. “It” was the note that Flash Fairfield, the manager of the comics art department at the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) syndicate, had sent to me. In it, he had briefly outlined some of the points about comic strip characters and their care and feeding that he and I had discussed
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #159 March 1966](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-159-march-1966/) - The Flash's first go-go checks cover is a really nice one. It's a beautiful Carmine Infantino layout inked by Joe Giella which is different since Joe didn't ink a lot of the covers. It's again pretty obviously one of Julie Schwartz's gimmick covers (in fact he cops to it in issue #161) and this this
- [John Darling - Take 54](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-54-2/) - As I was I going through the strips for The Complete Funky Winkerbean Volume Seven due out next year, I discovered that I had also used Claire Voyant as the high school counselor during the Funky gang's senior year. The idea of a gypsy fortune teller helping students plot their future tickled me then and still
- [Flash Fridays - #160 April 1966](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-160-april-1966/) - Issue #161 turns out to be another Flash 80 Page Giant reprint book. Although we've already seen all of the Silver Age stories here, they were new to me at the time helping me catch up on the one's I'd missed. The two Golden Age reprints in the book were also of interest. The first
- [The Batty Batom Bullpen - Paul Gulacy](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-batty-batom-bullpen-paul-gulacy/) - Paul Gulacy's Lunar Cadets/Starbuck Jones crossover that was just revealed in the Batom Cover Gallery last week is a real gem, which pretty much describes everything he does. I first became aware of Paul when he did the Shang Chi stories in Master of Kung Fu. His distinctive style was instantly memorable. I followed him
- [John Darling - Take 55](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-55/)
- [The Pipeline](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-pipeline-4/)
- [Magic](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/magic/) - Got to see some magic happen yesterday evening. The Smithereens played at The Kent Stage in Kent, Ohio and they were hands down the best rock 'n' roll band in the land last night, and staked their claim to being one of the best American rock bands ever. Certainly Dennis Diken is one of rock's
- [Batty Batom Bullpen - Ron Frenz](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/batty-batom-bullpen-ron-frenz/) - When I was talking with Ron Frenz about creating the Amazing Mr. Sponge cover, I told him I wasn't looking for a humorous or camp cover. I said that this character was totally serious and that's how I wanted the cover to be. He said he understood. So when I got the cover there were
- [Match to Flame - 40](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-40/) - Characters suddenly began proliferating in Funky like aunts at a family reunion. There was the black cheerleader Junebug Jones; Melinda Budd, Holly Budd’s ambitious stage mother; Jerome the drum major; Nancy the school librarian; Ron the tennis pro; Irma, Rita Righton’s tennis partner; Senator Noah Vale; Neal, the director of the Lighthouse, a home for
- [Flash Fridays - #161 May 1966](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-161-may-1966/) - I must have been home on a break from college at the time, but I distinctly remember it being a rainy Saturday afternoon when this book arrived in the mail. I thought the timing was perfect.What better way to spend a rainy afternoon than with a glass of chocolate milk, some chocolate chip cookies and
- [Flash Fridays - The Flash #162 June 1966](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/flash-fridays-the-flash-162-june-1966/) - With a panoply of purple covers, the Flash was somewhat ubiquitous in the summer of 1966. Issue #162 of The Flash presents another Gardner Fox scripted book-length story. It features a return of the Ornitho-Men who we first encountered way back in issue #125 in the "Conquerors of Time". They were a race of bird
- [The Secret Sauce - The More Things Change](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/the-secret-sauce-the-more-things-change/) - When Crankshaft graduated from Funky Winkerbean and I was looking for an artist to illustrate my cantankerous bus driver’s story, the first and only person I sought out was a fellow art student from Kent State University named Chuck Ayers. He turned out to be the perfect choice and Chuck and I have shared a
- [John Darling - Take 56](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-56/)
- [John Darling - Take 57](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/john-darling-take-57/)
- [Match to Flame - 41](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/match-to-flame-41/) - This period became one of rapid expansion in the Funkyverse in other ways as well. There occurred a number of recurring set pieces such as The Guide to Taking Tests, course descriptions from the student curriculum guide, final exams on Shakespeare the Hard Bard, Les’s Record Roundup, the Winning With Wine series, the Winning Tennis
- [Les and Cayla](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-thoughts/les-and-cayla/) - I feel I should say something about some of the things being said about yesterday’s Funky Sunday. Clearly the intent was for Les and Cayla’s comments to taken as playfully innocent bantering between a married couple and nothing more. To interpret it differently belies not only the context of that particular strip, but the body

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- [John Darling](https://tombatiuk.com/john-darling/) - Based on a local Cleveland news anchor, John Darling first appeared in the Funky Winkerbean comic strip as the roving reporter who interviewed the football coach. As its own comic strip, John Darling was a popular talk show host who interviewed celebrities.
- [Komix Korner](https://tombatiuk.com/komix-korner/) - As part of a storyline about how Funky’s wife was looking to complete her son’s comic book collection while he was stationed in Iraq, I reached back for a hero I had created in the 5th grade… Starbuck Jones. I had so much fun creating those covers that I went back for more of the characters from my youth and asked a number of the artists to create the covers for me. Take a look.
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- [Crankshaft](https://tombatiuk.com/crankshaft/) - Crankshaft amuses comics fans with his no-holds-barred zingers and cantankerous disposition, an obvious outer crust for the former minor league baseball pitcher turned school bus driver.
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## Products

- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 8: 1993-1995](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-8-1993-1995/) - Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. In this eighth volume, Funky Winkerbean continues to move forward in real time, tackling issues of relevance and substance with characters whose lives are increasingly fateful and destined. Funky has placed Batiuk at the forefront of a new genre in comic art history as the strip pursues stories ahead of their time: guns in schools and teen suicide. The humor in Funky continues to grow as it evolves from sitcom gags to a deeper and more engaging behavioral style of humor.
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 9: 1996-1998](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-9-1996-1998/) - Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. A newspaper staple since its debut, Funky Winkerbean is one of the few comic strips that allows its characters to grow and age. With this ninth volume of the collected Funky Winkerbean, containing strips from 1996 through 1998, time continues to pass and events take place that will forever alter the lives of the core characters, even as new characters take the stage with stories to tell.
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 10: 1999–2001](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-10-1999-2001/) - Funky reminds us of the real challenges of being human Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. A newspaper staple since its debut, Funky Winkerbean is one of the few comic strips that allows its characters to grow and age. As time passes and characters evolve, new and loyal readers alike are reminded that not only does Funky have a future, but the strip has a rich past. What remains a constant is Batiuk’s signature narrative-driven humor. This tenth volume, spanning from 1999 through 2001, embraces the strip’s past while casting an eye to a bright future.
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 13: 2008-2010](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-13-2008-2010/) - Embracing past while casting an eye to a bright future. Since its newspaper debut in 1972, the comic strip Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the journey through life of a group of students from the fictitious West View High School. This thirteenth volume presents strips from 2008, 2009, and 2010. Mixing humor with serious, real-life issues, this volume of The Complete Funky Winkerbean demonstrates that comics that entertain us can also help us comprehend and navigate life’s most difficult challenges.
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 14: 2011-2013](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-14-2011-2013/) - The latest chapter in The Complete Funky Winkerbean saga covers the years 2011-2013 and sees the sons and daughters of the original Funky gang starting to make their mark on the world by playing in basketball championships, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, and being deployed to war zones. Along the way there are graduations, weddings, and anniversaries––including the 40th anniversary of Funky Winkerbean.
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 11: 2002–2004](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-11-2002-2004/) - Long-running character Funky Winkerbean reminds us that we all have to grow up Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. Relationships move to the front of the stage in this eleventh volume of The Complete Funky Winkerbean as the lighthearted dalliances of the past segue to the more mature partnerships of the adult world. Marriages are tested as Funky and Cindy’s relationship begins to break apart, and Becky and Wally are separated by the war in Afghanistan. At the same time, Lisa and Les begin a family and go house hunting, while Crazy Harry meets an unlikely soulmate from his high school video gaming days.
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 12: 2005-2007](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-12-2005-2007/) - Embracing past while casting an eye to a bright future. Since its newspaper debut in 1972, the comic strip Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the journey through life of a group of students from the fictitious West View High School. This twelfth volume presents strips from 2005, 2006, and 2007. Mixing humor with serious, real-life issues, this volume of The Complete Funky Winkerbean demonstrates that comics that entertain us can also help us comprehend and navigate life’s most difficult challenges.
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 15: 2014-2016](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-15-2014-2016/) - The latest chapter in The Complete Funky Winkerbean saga covers the years 2014-2016 and begins five years after the strip’s most recent time-jump. The Funky gang are now in their late forties and raising teenagers of their own. The Starbuck Jones storyline continues as Holly searches for the final five issues of the comic book to send to Cory in Afghanistan. Elsewhere, there is a memorable class reunion, the character of Mason Jarr is introduced, and the cast decamps to Hollywood as Lisa’s Story is about to be adapted into a movie.
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 6: 1987-1989](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-6-1987-1989/) - Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. In this sixth volume, we see the changes in tone that now characterize Funky Winkerbean. The story arcs increasingly intertwine to mark the shift from the simple sitcom mode to a more complex narrative with subplots. At this point in its evolution, Funky Winkerbean is resonating with readers and its popularity is growing. Ed Crankshaft, the irascible and curmudgeonly school bus driver, has become a fan favorite―so much so that Crankshaft spins off into his own comic strip. Westview High School band director Harry L. Dinkle, the World’s Greatest Band Director, takes the band to New York City for a gig at Carnegie Hall, and drum majorette Holly Budd performs her acclaimed flaming baton trick with catastrophic results for the hallowed hall.
- [Crankshaft Softstyle T-Shirt v1.0](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/unisex-softstyle-t-shirt/) - Represent Crankshaft's charm with this unisex soft-style t-shirt that puts a new spin on casual comfort. Made from very soft materials, this tee is 100% cotton for solid colors. The shoulders have twill tape for improved durability. There are no side seams. The collar is made with ribbed knitting to prevent curling damage. .: 100%
- [Crankshaft Chef's Apron v1.0](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/crankshaft-chefs-apron/) - For the Crankshaft in your life who just has to man the grill — the personalized chef's apron. This apron comes with a tie-back closure to fit securely, a sewn-in care label for guesswork-free maintenance, and a highly durable 100% polyester canvas construction for top-tier durability. Comes with black, beige, blue, pink, or white strap
- [Crankshaft Chef's Apron | 2024](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/copy-of-crankshaft-chefs-apron/) - For the Crankshaft in your life who just has to man the grill — the personalized chef's apron. This apron comes with a tie-back closure to fit securely, a sewn-in care label for guesswork-free maintenance, and a highly durable 100% polyester canvas construction for top-tier durability. Comes with black, beige, blue, pink, or white strap
- [Funky Winkerbean: Would the Ushers Please Lock the Doors!](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/funky-winkerbean-would-the-ushers-please-lock-the-doors/)
- [Funky Winkerbean: Sunday Concert](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/funky-winkerbean-sunday-concert/) - Tom Batiuk's popular Funky Winkerbean made its debut on the comics pages in 1972 and today, appears in more than 400 newspapers worldwide. The cartoonist not only entertains teenagers and adults alike with his portrayal of the students and faculty at Westview High but has earned high marks for his sensitive treatment of important social and educational issues. His groundbreaking series on teen pregnancy, reading impairment dyslexia, teen suicide, teen dating abuse and breast cancer earned Batiuk high marks from fans, educators and community leaders. And because of the popularity of the Harry L. Dinkle character, "The World's Greatest Band Leader," the Funky characters became the first comic-strip stars to march in the Rose Bowl Parade.
- [Funky Winkerbean: I Never Promised You a Rose Parade](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/funky-winkerbean-i-never-promised-you-a-rose-parade/)
- [Funky Winkerbean: The Grass Always Looks Greener on the Other Side of the Football Field!](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/funky-winkerbean-the-grass-always-looks-greener-on-the-other-side-of-the-football-field/)
- [Funky Winkerbean: Attack of the Band Moms](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/funky-winkerbean-attack-of-the-band-moms/)
- [Funky Winkerbean: Music is Worth It... Music is Worth It... Music is](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/funky-winkerbean-music-is-worth-it-music-is-worth-it-music-is/)
- [Crankshaft Coffee Mug, 11oz](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/accent-coffee-mug-11oz/) - Add some Crankshaft to your routine with this two-tone, custom coffee mug. This 11oz mug features an accented C-Handle that is comfortable to use, as well as an accented interior to add more contrast and character. With your design on this mug, you get an instant winner of a product. .: White ceramic with colored
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 7: 1990–1992](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-7-1990-1992/) - Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. In this seventh volume, we see the changes in tone that now characterize Funky Winkerbean. Funky becomes more of a reality-based comic strip that depicts contemporary issues in a thought-provoking and sensitive manner. In 1992 Tom Batiuk did something even more radical: he rebooted and restructured the strip, establishing that the characters had graduated from high school. From then on the series progresses in real time.
- [Lisa's Legacy Trilogy](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/lisas-legacy-trilogy/) - Slip-cased Lisa’s Legacy Trilogy contains all three hardcover editions Prelude: Lisa's Strory Begins is a collection of the early comic strips that bring Lisa and Les together and takes fans from the early days of their deep friendship through the birth of Lisa’s baby and the baby’s adoption. To be published simultaneously with Prelude, The Last Leaf: Lisa's Story Concludes is the sequel after Lisa’s death from breast cancer in Lisa’s Story: The Other Shoe. The Last Leaf recounts how Les and family cope with Lisa’s death and continue their lives. Creator Tom Batiuk brings Lisa back in Les’s imagination, and she helps him work out difficulties and decisions in his life and in the life of their daughter Summer. Fans will recognize Batiuk’s gentle mix of humor and more serious real-life themes that heighten the reader s interest. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Lisa’s Story go towards cancer research and education. Visit Lisa’s Legacy Fund to learn more or to make a direct donation.
- [Prelude: Lisa's Story Begins](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/prelude-lisas-story-begins/) - Prelude is a collection of the early comic strips that bring Lisa and Les together. Introduced to readers of Funky Winkerbean in late 1984 as she experiences SAT test anxiety, Lisa becomes Les Moore’s best friend and a pivotal character. Les and Lisa go to the prom, begin steady dating, and then break up. Over the summer, Les realizes how much he misses Lisa. When he gathers his courage and goes to her house, he is stunned to discover Lisa is pregnant with a child fathered by a jock from Walnut Tech. Lisa asks Les to be her coach in childbirth classes, and their friendship explodes from there. Prelude takes fans from the early days of their deep friendship through the birth of Lisa’s baby and the baby’s adoption. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Lisa’s Story go towards cancer research and education. Visit Lisa’s Legacy Fund to learn more or to make a direct donation.
- [The Last Leaf: Lisa's Story Concludes](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/the-last-leaf-lisas-story-concludes/) - To be published simultaneously with Prelude: Lisa's Story Begins, The Last Leaf: Lisa's Story Concludes is the sequel after Lisa’s death from breast cancer in Lisa’s Story: The Other Shoe. The Last Leaf recounts how Les and family cope with Lisa’s death and continue their lives. Creator Tom Batiuk brings Lisa back in Les’s imagination, and she helps him work out difficulties and decisions in his life and in the life of their daughter Summer. Fans will recognize Batiuk’s gentle mix of humor and more serious real-life themes that heighten the reader’s interest. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Lisa’s Story go towards cancer research and education. Visit Lisa’s Legacy Fund to learn more or to make a direct donation.
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 5: 1984-1986](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-5-1984-1986/) - Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. By this point in its evolution, Funky Winkerbean is resonating with its readers and its popularity is growing. Crankshaft, the irascible bus driver, and Betty, Westview High School’s secretary, are introduced. Crankshaft quickly became a fan favorite, with many readers responding to the trauma-inducing, surly old curmudgeon. Not since the introduction of band director Harry L. Dinkle had a new character received such a positive response. Betty soldiers on at Westview until Batiuk finally sends her off to the cartoon character’s retirement home.
- [Roses in December: A Story of Love and Alzheimer's](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/roses-in-december-a-story-of-love-and-alzheimers/) - Laughter and pain, love and loss Since its debut in 1987, Crankshaft has engendered reader loyalty and affection with its wry wit, engaging storylines, and identifiable characters. Created by Tom Batiuk and drawn by Chuck Ayers, the strip offers plenty of humor but also tackles serious issues like adult literacy, school violence, and the challenges of aging. Roses in December is a touching collection of two Crankshaft storylines of characters who find themselves dealing with the incurable condition of Alzheimer’s disease. First, Ed Crankshaft’s best friend Ralph is confronted with the trauma of his wife Helen’s worsening Alzheimer’s. He never knows if the love of his life will recognize him on those days that he visits her at Sunny Days Nursing Home. Ralph and Helen’s love story unfolds with humor and heartbreak.
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 4: 1981-1983](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-4-1981-1983/) - It was the best of times, it was the OK of times In this fourth volume, award-winning cartoonist Tom Batiuk continues to chronicle the lives of the students and teachers at the fictitious Westview High School. By the 1980s Batiuk’s talent for character- and story-driven work comes into its own. Harry L. Dinkle, the World’s Greatest Band Director and Funky’s first breakout character, is still marching along happily. He makes the first of two visits to the Tournament of Roses Parade, and his ego grows even larger. Harry proves a good match for the sitcom style of writing into which Batiuk’s work on Funky is developing, and Crazy Harry thrives as the repository for the more outré ideas and situations. Whether it is living in his locker and playing frozen pizzas on his stereo, battling the Eliminator at Space Invaders, announcing that he is an air guitar player, or inviting Carl Sagan and ET to the Star Trek Convention that he and the school computer would host, Crazy becomes Funky Winkerbean’s natural-born outlier. Meanwhile, Les Moore continues his angst-filled journey as the leader of the school’s out crowd. He’s still at his machine-gun-fortified hall monitor’s post, trying to avoid getting beaten up by Bull Bushka, and generally dealing with school life as best he can.
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 3: 1978-1980](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-3-1978-1980/) - The Funkyverse continues to expand In this third volume, award-winning cartoonist Tom Batiuk continues to chronicle the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. Funky Winkerbean fans are introduced to a host of new characters, including black cheerleader Junebug Jones; Melinda Budd, Holly Budd’s ambitious stage mother; Jerome the drum major; Nancy the school librarian; Ron the tennis pro; Irma, Rita Righton’s tennis partner; Channel One reporters Brenda Harpy and Minnie Cameron; talk show host John Darling; news anchor Charlie Lord; Phil the Forecaster; and program director Reed Roberts. Batiuk also features a troupe of inanimate forms achieving sentience, such as talking trees, clouds, school desks,video games, and a talking tennis ball machine that goes on to play at Wimbledon.
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 1: 1972-1974](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-1-1972-1974/) - Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. Volume 1: 1972-1974, which presents the strip’s first three years, introduces the strip’s title character, Funky, and his friends Crazy Harry Klinghorn, Bull Bushka, Livinia Swenson, Les Moore, Holly Budd, and Roland Mathews. Principal Burch, counselor Fred Fairgood, and band director Harry L. Dinkle also make their first appearances.
- [Funky Winkerbean](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/funky-winkerbean/)
- [Funky Winkerbean](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/funky-winkerbean-2/)
- [Gone with the Woodwinds: The Best of Harry L. Dinkle](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/gone-with-the-woodwinds-the-best-of-harry-l-dinkle/) - Maestro Harry L. Dinkle, the world's greatest band director and his escapades at work and at home. More Funky Winkerbean by Tom Batiuk.
- [Funky Winkerbean: A Pizza Pilgrim's Progress](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/funky-winkerbean-a-pizza-pilgrims-progress/)
- [Funky Winkerbean: Play It Again, Funky](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/funky-winkerbean-play-it-again-funky/)
- [Funky Winkerbean: You Know You've Got Trouble When Your School Mascot Is A Scapegoat](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/funky-winkerbean-you-know-youve-got-trouble-when-your-school-mascot-is-a-scapegoat/) - Released in 1984, You Know You’ve Got Trouble When Your School Mascot is a Scapegoat took was a snapshot of the first 10-12 years of the Funky Winkerbean comic strip in a new form that was made popular by the comic strip Garfield . By this point in his arc, Funky had already started to evolve and grow beyond being described by one or two words (if he ever was), the cast was exploding, and the set pieces were multiplying. This book features a gracious introduction by Irma Bombeck.
- [The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 2: 1975–1977](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-2-1975-1977/) - Funky, Les, and the gang pun their way through Westview High Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. This second volume, which presents strips from 1975, 1976, and 1977, sees the comic strip rounding into the form that will carry it into its middle years. With gentle humor and not-so-gentle puns, Les, Funky, Crazy Harry, and the gang comment on life’s little absurdities. Funky begins to ponder why there are cloakrooms in elementary schools when no one wears cloaks. Crazy Harry, firmly ensconced in his locker-as-living-quarters, moves out because his row of lockers has gone condo. Les Moore blossoms as a character and replaces Funky as the leader of the school’s out crowd when he is seen alone on his bicycle at the local drive-in movie. The computer at Westview High becomes sentient and subjects the students to its obsession with Star Trek, including holding Star Trek conventions at the school. Westview’s principal and teachers cope with it all with irony or Zen-like detachment.
- [Lisa's Story: The Other Shoe](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/lisas-story-the-other-shoe/) - A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Lisa’s Story go towards cancer research and education. Visit Lisa’s Legacy Fund to learn more or to make a direct donation. A story from the comic strips that will make you laugh and cry Tom Batiuk spent several years as a middle school art teacher before creating the comic strip Funky Winkerbean in 1972. Originally a “gag-a-day” comic strip that portrayed life in high school, Funky has evolved into a mature series of real-life stories examining such social issues as teen dating abuse, teen pregnancy, teen suicide, violence in schools, the war in the Middle East, alcoholism, divorce, and cancer. In 1999, Lisa Moore, one of Funky’s friends and a main character, discovered she had breast cancer. Batiuk, unsure about dealing with such a serious subject on the funny pages, decided to go ahead with the story line. He approached the topic with the idea that mixing humor with serious and real themes heightens the reader’s interest. Lisa and husband Les faced the same physical, psychological, and social issues as anyone else dealing with the disease.
- [Crankshaft: Your Favorite... Crab Cakes!](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/crankshaft-your-favorite-crab-cakes/) - He blusters and grumbles. He rants and raves. He tries to outgun the school kids chasing after the bus on his route. But in his heart, Ed Crankshaft has a decent streak a mile wide. Patiently explaining death to his grandson Max. Comforting his friend Ralph as Ralph's wife descends into Alzheimer's. Thrusting flowers and candy at his son-in-law on a nearly forgotten wedding anniversary. The star of the hit comic strip Crankshaft is a gentle soul stuck in a cantankerous mood.
- [Crankshaft](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/crankshaft/) - Mailboxes beware: Crankshaft's just around the corner! Ed Crankshaft, the lively creation of Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers, stars in this Crankshaft collection. It's a hilarious depiction of an irritable but endearing school bus driver and life with his daughter Pam, son-in-law, Jeff, and grandchildren, Mindy and Max.
- [Crankshaft: And One Slice with Anchovies!](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/crankshaft-and-one-slice-with-anchovies/) - The school bus driver everyone loves to hate is back with another collection of his crotchety antics. Ed Crankshaft, the man who enjoys nothing more than parking in the middle of a puddle or making kids lose their lunchboxes, is more obnoxious than ever in this new set. But he isn't all bad—underneath his crusty exterior lies a fun-loving romantic.
- [Crankshaft: I've Still Got It!](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/crankshaft-ive-still-got-it/) - Cranky Ed Crankshaft is at it again, gunning his school bus so he can outdistance the little Johnson girl, backing over the Keestermans' mailbox, and holding up a record-breaking line of cars. It's just another day for the sixty-something curmudgeon who's earned a soft spot in the hearts of millions of readers.
- [Strike Four! The Crankshaft Baseball Book](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/strike-four-the-crankshaft-baseball-book/) - The Toledo Mud Hens―a farm team for the Detroit Tigers―once had a budding pitcher named Ed Crankshaft. At least that’s how partners in cartooning, writer Tom Batiuk and artist Chuck Ayers, scripted the main character in Crankshaft. This enjoyable volume collects all of Crankshaft’s baseball-themed exploits. Fans will enjoy revisiting Crankshaft’s reminisces about his minor league pitching career and his comic attempts to recapture his youthful successes on the diamond.
- [Funky Winkerbean: Football Fields Are for Band Practice!!](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/funky-winkerbean-football-fields-are-for-band-practice/) - A collection of the band strips from Funky Winkerbean featuring Harry L. Dinkle, the world’s greatest band director.
- [My Name is Funky... and I'm An Alcoholic: A Story About Alcoholism and Recovery](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/my-name-is-funky-and-im-an-alcoholic-a-story-about-alcoholism-and-recovery/) - In 1972, Tom Batiuk created a comic strip about high school student, Funky Winkerbean, and his pals. Today the characters are adults and the comic strip explores sensitive, real-life issues such as breast cancer, teen pregnancy, and addiction. My Name is Funky … and I'm an Alcoholic chronicles the three-year plot line of Funky Winkerbean's slide into alcoholism and his eventual recovery. Readers see how Funky's marriage, friendships, and work begin to suffer as drinking takes center stage in his life. Readers also learn about how an intervention works when Funky's friends confront him and urge him to seek addiction treatment. Readers also get a glimpse into what happens in a treatment program, how Twelve Step meetings work, and just how easy it is to relapse. In the end, readers experience the promise of recovery by witnessing Funky's commitment to living one day at a time.
- [Funky Winkerbean #2: Closed Out!](https://tombatiuk.com/comic-shop/funky-winkerbean-2-closed-out/) - Funky Winkerbean and company are back! From the world's greatest band director, to a computer that plays Star Trek! And they're all wainting to tickle your funkybone!

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- [Komix Korner](https://tombatiuk.com/category/komix-korner/) - As part of a storyline about how Funky’s wife was looking to complete her son’s comic book collection while he was stationed in Iraq, I reached back for a hero I had created in the 5th grade… Starbuck Jones. I had so much fun creating those covers that I went back for more of the characters from my youth and asked a number of the artists to create the covers for me. Take a look.
- [Komix Thoughts](https://tombatiuk.com/category/komix-thoughts/) - The Komix Thoughts blog is where I get to expound on all things comics. At a given moment, you might find me extolling the virtues of my favorite comic strips, comic books, and comics creators. While at others, I’ll be delving into all things Crankshaft, Funky Winkerbean and John Darling. Plus you’ll get a peek behind the curtain at the goings on in the studio, early looks at works in progress, blasts from the past, and life in general at the Comics Castle.
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