SEPTEMBER 2026 NEWSLETTER: Man I love Batman (Patreon)

Hello Patrons!

Welcome to the September newsletter! I hope your August was pleasant and true and real. Let’s get into it..

Announcements:

There are still slots in all of my physical mail tiers, there are stickers and leftover calendars in my personal shop, and originals and prints via Gallery Nucleus!! The world is ripe with flesh.png merchandise.

Art, Life, Media, & Personal Section!

ART

I did a few projects this month, one which was terrible and awful but should be announced eventually, and one which was cool and fun which was @semoyed (& co)’s Over The Garden Wall fanzine! I submitted a drawing that I love and can’t wait to show you all!

I also painted my Motocat bike at long last this month and it was so fun. I still need to make the Motocat sculpture that will ride the bike, but it is a daunting task. I think I should sketch it out first and then use that as a template to-scale.. But that doesn’t sound fun. Maybe I’ll just wing it and see what happens.. like everything else. I plan to use a wire frame and build it up with tinfoil. Then use oven-bake sculpey. Will let you know how that goes!

Additionally, I am learning anatomy truly and really this time. My whole life I believed if you don’t want to learn with intention in art, you don’t have to. And I still believe that. But now I WANT to learn anatomy with intention. I bought the morpho anatomy book and muscled bodies book and they are not great. It’s good basics, but doesn’t teach you very much at all. Like it is 80% sketches (which are helpful) but I actually want to learn about the skeleton and the joints and where muscles connect to the skeleton. Otherwise it’s not very helpful.

I decided to go to ole reliable and I am gonna watch some of Proko’s (on YouTube) videos about anatomy. He goes into much more detail and he is amazing. Then I will know what I am missing and work from there.. But anyways I’m attempting to learn all of this so I can draw superheroes better and really that’s the only reason. I don’t want to draw them by just guessing anymore. I have actual and real commitment. And it is so fun!

TV/MOVIES

I watched the Odyssey and for maybe 72 hours I was really invested in Matt Damon and watching his entire filmography but then the 72 hours passed and I went back to not really caring. But I do want to watch the Jason Bourne movies again. I also watched Spider-Man Brand New Day and it was mid. I know it made one trillion dollars but guys, is it just me or was it just ok…. Maybe I discovered that I never actually really cared about Tom Holland Spider-Man. However, I did rewatch all of the Sam Raimi Spider-Mans and I enjoyed those in all their campy glory. Maybe next I’ll watch the other guy Spider-Man movies but who knows. I am a Spiderverse Spider-Man truther. But I did like the Insomniac spiderman-ness of Brand New Day. I also watched the new Insidious movie and it was fine and I am so excited for the Resident Evil movie!!!

As for TV…well, I am still utterly consumed by The Walking Dead. I’m so consumed by it that I watched at least 6 episodes yesterday and also purchased two compendiums of the comic on ebay. We are on the season 10 finale after Negan killed Alpha and is having his tragic backstory. He is so mysterious and strange. I’ve never finished it so my predictions on what will happen: Negan must do something bold and heroic or something considering the finale is named after him. I have no idea what.. But he certainly won't die. Michonne is going to find wherever Rick is, but she won't find Rick... Or maybe honestly she won't even come back until whenever they find Rick. But presumably since the show’s almost over, she might find resources or those new storm trooper people are gonna help kill the serial killers Maggie brought with her (crazy of her to do btw). I am sure a tragedy will befall the groups. Then Rick will come back for one single scene at the last second of the show and smile slyly. I’ll report back.

GAMES

007 First Light really dive-bombed into something tortuous and unforgivable for chapter 7: Knightfall. Wow it was so boring just opening doors and dialogue so so boring. They shouldn’t have made that first mission where you do a car chase and shoot a bunch of guys and then jump out of a cargo plane, the bar has been set too high.

My Batman Arkham Knight journey temporarily slowed down because I was too into TWD but now I am almost done! Like I suspected, Barbara did not die and it was all in Batman's head, and the Arkham Knight is, well, Jason. I have an obsession with completing every single side quest to 100% but I am not going to do that. I have no interest in stopping bank robberies or blowing up the Penguin's weapon stashes. I remembered the Lego Batman game is next and I’m very excited for that so I might have to wrap this up!!! I also played Elden Ring two times this month in an attempt to get back in there. Who knows!

COMICS

Well yes it's true, we are getting our first comics section of the newsletter! Through my love of comic adaptations, whether that be TV, movies, or games, I have at long last found myself interested in comics themselves. I suppose the true start was through my admiration of Checchetto Daredevil art. This newfound obsession has burst out of me like, well I guess an explosion. I got the second volume of Zdarsky Daredevil for my birthday as well as the first compendium of Invincible which is what I’ve always truly wanted. This is like when my dad watched the second to last Harry Potter movie in the theater and immediately bought the book so he could know what happens in the end and well that’s the last book he ever read.

I just finished vol 2 of Daredevil and that was such an advanced version of Daredevil in that he is old and his biggest enemy isn’t a bad guy it's like, whether or not he has free will. He always kept getting out-woked by people actually affected by the system and then he realized it goes so deep, beyond Fisk, and he actually had to travel to Hell and kill The Devil. Next I started The Long Halloween and I am about halfway thru!! The art style is very good, Batman is so shadowy...

MUSIC

Absolutely nothing to report about music this month. I have been so tired of all of my music that I resorted to listening to the radio like it was yesteryear. Sometimes it’s nice to be forced to listen to music you would never think to listen to. Except when Taylor Swift or Noah Kahan starts playing. But I do like Billy Jack by Curtis Mayfield and Something He Can Feel by Aretha Franklin this month.

PERSONAL LIFE!

It’s true my birthday happened. I’m officially 28 just like Max Verstappen. We’ve both accomplished so much: Championships, worldwide recognition, millions of adoring fans, the best at our crafts.. I made 8 or so cakes for my birthday with my friend and got so many comics. What more could someone ask for..

A Personal Message to YOU

Do you read comics?? Are you an artist?? What is your favorite comic or comic adaptation and WHO is your favorite comic artist or writer!!!? Thanks so much and have a great September!