Today’s TREKKER page: Chapter 2 of “Sins of the Fathers”, featuring this respectful nod to the classic Russ Manning “Magnus, Robot Fighter” series. Russ’ clean, graceful work was another of my very early influences— so early that I often am unaware of how deeply that aesthetic is rooted in my own art. But— when I had the chance with Trekker to try an echo of a Manning-esque robot fight, I jumped at it!

Today’s TREKKER doings: pivotal meeting; pivotal question.

New TREKKER page today: Mercy St. Clair finds her calling. Or perhaps it finds her.

Your weekend dash of TREKKER: an unused and never “circulated” cover for an issue and a story that were never done. As I recall, Mercy got tangled up in the theft of some rare artifacts and relics. And we were to end up somewhere between “It Takes A Thief” and Indiana Jones. Would have been fun— and someday, maybe… but I have to admit I’m having a mighty good time with the new tale “The Train To Avalon Bay” I am well into at this point.

I continue posting pages weekly at trekkercomic.com, unfolding the story of bounty hunter Mercy St. Clair. Today’s page: the young Mercy, stripped of her family, is posed to begin her path toward becoming a “Trekker”. Jeremy Colwell provides the wonderful color work.

tally-art:

Thanks a lot, Matt!

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Today’s comic review comes at us from Natalie Nourigat, a lovely Oregonian (is that the way you’re supposed to say it?) whom I met at TCAF and ended up interviewing for this piece on Torontoist.

I picked up her book, Between Gears, primarily because…

Thanks to Rachel for alerting me to this Significant Cultural Icon. I am particularly drawn to the antennae on HumanBat’s forehead.

postcardsfromspace:

benito-cereno:

deantrippe:

Via @EricColossal

SOLD

I’m fairly sure I’ve reblogged this before, but I don’t care, because, really, it’s always relevant to my life.

Today’s page from trekkercomic.com: “Sins of the Fathers” continues, Mercy’s losses mount.

Hoping your particular Monday is less bleak, I nevertheless share this portrait of despair from today’s trekkercomic posting.

Friday’s TREKKER page continues to chronicle the childhood events that shaped Mercy St. Clair. And like most “hero” stories, that means beginning with loss. Bucketfuls of loss. But— at least Jeremy colors it all beautifully. And as always, the whole story is being collected and posted steadily at trekkercomic.com.