Patrick A. Reed
@djpatrickareed
Pop culture historian and journalist, DJ, Hip-Hop And Comics guy. Curator of Jack Kirby: Heroes And Humanity, Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing, Marvel: Universe Of Super Heroes/Earth's Mightiest Exhibition, Eight Decades Of Archie, and other projects.
Offering this as proof that when you have no ascertainable drawing skill, you can still bring yr dumb ideas to life without climate-burning artist-screwing minority-neighborhood-poisoning wetland-bulldozing oligarch-enriching "AI" generators. Also, hey, it's six days to #SDCC.
Here's the first flyer for our free SDCC offsite event; guest announcements and full schedule coming soon. If you like good things – comics, beats+rhymes, graffiti, DJing, collectibles, etc – come check it out! (And the GFM is going strong – please kick in/share/support! gofund.me/5e26e345c)
RE: Marvel goes to Cali. My apologies to all involved. (Except Nick Lowe, who gets to rock those stylin' Simon Williams shades.)
A page of original Space Ghost art from DC Comics' Cartoon Network Starring #4, written by @amerrill2.bsky.social and drawn by the late great C. Martin Croker. (The page has a velum overlay, so the lettered sound effect could be printed as a color hold without black outlines.)
Going through some of my animation art and found this gem, from 1972's 'The Banana Splits In Hocus Pocus Park'.
ONCE MORE: if you support LGBTQ+Pride+women's rights+equality/are pushing to boycott CBS-Amazon-etc/are a real punk/are liberal-left leaning/hate Nazis, it's the absolute *least* you can do to not post on Substack or share links to SS posts. [Check out leavesubstack.com if you'd like more info.]
Foolkiller is one of Steve Gerber's finest moments (and the man produced a lot of great work) – surprising, disturbing, one of the weirdest things Marvel put out in a very weird era of comics. [Here's a page of original art from issue #3, from my collection.]
Sure, I'll play: Post a poster you used to have in your room, apartment, or house.
More pics from Inventing America: The Comic Book Revolution at the @skirball.bsky.social – on view through February 2027!
Bsky is being weird and not letting me post multiple pics (or add alt text) on my phone, so I'm behind on doing promo... NOW OPEN AT @skirball.bsky.social – Inventing America: The Comic Book Revolution, a look at 20th Century US history through the lens of the comic book.
Oh yeah BofA? Tell it to all the people with copies of Just Fred, Monster, and the second Counting Crows album. #nichejokes #recordstorejokes #ilovethe90s
[From the Hollywood Reporter, just now] Congratulations to the industry for deciding that the next big thing is... Hold on... *squints, adjusts glasses, checks notes* Books. So now execs will get paid again to rebuild the exact structures that they trashed and burned a few years back. Got it.
Tomorrow at WonderCon, I'm on... I don't know three panels? Four? More? Who can say! BUT I have flyers for the two I'm moderating, so I'll post those now while I'm figuring out the rest of it... Pop Culture In Museums at 11am, Room 303AB; Hip-Hop And Comics: Cultures Combining at 6pm, Room 211!
Hey, WonderCon! Today at 5pm, in Room 303AB, I'll be speaking on the Original Comic Art panel with some amazing friends and colleagues... Come check it out!
Actually, heck, one more of the most prized pieces from my collection... Allow me to present: The Incredible Hulk, by the great @evandorkin.bsky.social.
Hey, this one came back around today, so I guess I'll join in. John and Sal Buscema, from Fantastic Four #300.
Rolling back women's rights is a longstanding American tradition. #UShistory #internationalwomensday #newjersey #womensvotes #suffrage
Today is the final day that the Jack Kirby exhibition is on display at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. I'm so proud to have helped make it happen, so lucky to have such brilliant collaborators, and so grateful to the Kirby family for trusting us with Jack's story. Thanks, Jack.