DK Latta

Probably shouldn't say but...God, I needed this; us little writers don't expect fame/fortune, but thrive on the crumbs of kind words :) "What I particularly love about it is how Latta fits such carefully drawn characters and so much subtle emotion into a very action-packed short story." ~M. Haskins

INKTOBER Day 27: Swamp Thing! (I think I love you...) My favourite comic book monster in honour of co-creator Bernie Wrightson's birthday. Here he is in B&W and colour. Ink and coloured inks on hot press watercolour paper. 9x12 inches.

Another dip into nostalgia that's fun n thoughtful.

Always dishesrtening when i open bluesky snd see my notifications lit up...but it's just some sort of spam/bot "liking" a post (or maybe it is a legit human but not someone genuinely interested in my work or something i posted).

The Starlight Children's Foundation is accepting donations on Eric Bauza's behalf, who was fundraising for the charity before he passed. It would be wonderful if you could donate or spread the word donate.starlight.org/fundraiser/7...

Walter was more than Chekov. He was a writer, a teacher, a thoughtful man, and a loyal friend. To the fans who loved him for so many years, thank you. He loved you too. Rest well, my dear friend. Keep navigating a steady course. – George

INKTOBER Day 13: Our next anthology host caricature is Boris Karloff, host of Thriller (1960 - 1962). Karloff also appeared as characters in five episodes. He ended each intro with: "As sure as my name is Boris Karloff, this is a thriller!" Ink and ink wash on Strathmore Mixed Media card. 6x9 inches

A favourite film in haiku: Three old friends unite Wrathful fourth seeks his white whale 'Round Mutara go

Share a movie that immediately puts you in a good mood!

Share a movie that immediately puts you in a good mood!

As the guy who wrote a short essay on why “Fraulein Sweetheart” rules, I am once again asking everyone to read “Fraulein Sweetheart” ‘cos it rules. And then you can also read my essay on @shelfdust.bsky.social if you want ;)

The things that turn up during renos.

Since i was talking before about the importance/value of promoting others (as well as your own work/efforts/ideas) i stumbled upon this essay, enjoyed it, l learned something about Martin Mull, and in turn it made me aware of the documentry So....link: defector.com/martin-mull-...

An essay about Wonder Woman that opens with Margeret Cavendish’s 1666 novel The Blazing World? Now I’m getting excited!

Random plot idea: subversion of Lord of the Flies. Kids marooned build a better, more intuitively just society than the real world of billionaire oligarchs and mass poverty. But adults show up and ruin it.

Having contributed to this WW essay cycle, I read muttering "It's not a competition. It's not a comp-JFC! She opens citing a 400 yr old literary work! I'm sooo cooked!" 😀 Seriously, tho; a great piece. What i like about Shelfdust: the mix of thoughtful n fun (Though I'll have to look up dehisced)

Speaking of writing #CaptainCanuck novels...look what I found in old papers circa I was a kid/teen. Hmmm. Wonder if I liked Captain Canuck? Notice my ham-fisted attempt at Freeman-esque line work :) (The punching of Captain America was purely in the spirit of superhero misunderstandings, of course)

Age yourself with your childhood crush* (*i'm so old i couldn't find a GIF - or else i was just pretentious for my age lol)

Given some of my recent (and up-coming) work i clearly have a bias (lol); but playing in someone else's sandbox can be fun (i especially like the point in tbe tge thread about working *within* restrictions can be a fun exercise) Thread👇

This starts tomorrow!! It’s been a huge amount of work and the writers have been putting together some incredible stuff, I think! I hope people enjoy reading tomorrow and the series gets people talking more about Wonder Woman!

Gonna tell my kids this was Rush.

ok this gave me a good laugh 😆

Sobering thread 👇

Kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight ~ one of those lyrics that pop into my head from time to time. Dont know why. (Looks at the state of the world) Completely random, i guess.

I'm prob going to be doing some self-promotion in the coming weeks so just a pre-emptive reminder: re-posts don't cost any of us anything but can help others :D Sure, pick n choose who you repost, when n how often, but there's a reason folks like to talk about social media as being a "community"

Interesting point. (2012's John Carter movie is another example). Simply a cliche/trope? A response to social factors? Or merely a belief that gritty/melancholy improves on drama? (I'm thinking how Star Trek TMP and WOK both begin, not about PTSD, but with Kirk in a funk).

Thread👇 (This is why i randomly repost and/or mention things and *encourage* others to do the same! - in addition to plugging your own works or posting general social-political musings)

Today, we commemorate the landmark Persons case, a 1929 constitutional ruling that established women as "persons" under Canadian law.

Rsndom comic book thought: the moench-sienkiewicz Moon Knight was a flawed but ambitious snd - in many ways unique - attempt to try and approximate a "realistic" superhero, borrowing themes and tropes from crime dramas and thillers as much as superheroes.

I submitted a story to an antho; it was about superheroes, an attempt to resurrect dinosaur ghosts as a CIA plot, and climaxed with animated dinosaur skeletons eating a convoy-style mob of Alberta separatists. Weirdly, it was rejected. hmm. Too niche? Or just bad? Lol (Well, i took a swing)

#AICouldNever this is exactly it. exactly it. utterly wonderful brought to my attention by @taldragon.bsky.social

There's a certain stage of growing old where you dont feel *that* old...but people you think of as your relative peers are actually a generation or more younger than you! Aggh! And the TV, movies, comics, music, they grew up on and regard as *old* "classics"...are stuff you think of as "new"

Sad/depressing: watching a yt comic book intervuew and every ad was for...AI. This may not have been the vid producer's fault (aren't some yt vids supported by generic ads, not "sponsors"?) But it still seemed problematic. Like a health food channel sponsored by Chernobyl Pops cereal.

There's a famous Superman line: In this world there is right and there is wrong and that distinction isnt very difficukt to make. (More/less) It's a quote that seems more profound, not less, as i get older & look at the world (wrong flourishes in our endless ability to justify compromising with it)

This should be an interesting/thought-provoking cycle (in honour of Wondy's 85th anniversary I believe). I contributed one essay and so have been looking forward to reading the others :)

An interesting piece (that relates to one of my interests: how pop entertainment processes and reflects the society and world it exists within)...

Every movie, song, and book that you love was made without the technology that people who don’t make art are now insisting is necessary for making art.

Given the history of US tie in comics, is this a new chapter in Canadian pop culture? Murdoch Mysteries...the comic! Killjoys...? due South...? Strange Paradise...? Or...duh-duh-duh...Wojeck! (Anyone who knows me knows i'm only half-kidding lol; i've spent my life defending CDN pop culture!)

Just announced at NYCC: there's going to be a MURDOCH MYSTERIES comic!! I'm writing it, @jasonloo.bsky.social is drawing and colouring, and lettering is by Andrew Thomas. It's a Canadian all-star team and I am really excited to share this with you all! Soon! SOOOON.

INKTOBER Day 9: Another anthology host caricature. Young Rod Serling, emcee of my favourite compilation series of all time, The Twilight Zone! A show I never tired of watching in reruns for many, many years. Ink and ink wash on Strathmore Mixed Media card. 6x8 inches.

hello, I am doing some research and would like to tap into the collective brains of BSKY: 1. can you share some genre or literary fiction magazines that have closed and the archive is NO LONGER ONLINE 2. the same but the archives remain online FOR NOW i would also appreciate RTs for awareness 💀