Ben Abernathy
@Ben_Abernathy
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Executive Editor at Skybound - My opinions are my own.
Portland, OR
Joined August 2008
It's another glorious #BatmanDay where we celebrate all things Dark Knight! Long Live the Bat! 🦇🖤 #Batman #DCComics
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Any comic collectors that follow me—this book worth anything extraordinary?
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Final Order Cut Off is TODAY for Dark Knights of Steel #1 by @TomTaylorMade Yasmine Putri & Wes Abbott. This series has been in development for a long time and I can't WAIT for everyone to read it in a few short weeks!
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DC vs Vampires #1 came out today and @JamesTheFourth @AshcanPress @OttoSchmidt72 @TENapolitano killlllled it…also bucket list achievement unlocked with this sick glow-in-the-dark cover courtesy of @jorge_molina (and @DarranMRobinson helping make it perfect). Check it out:
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THRILLED at the response to Future State: Gotham #1! 💕🦇😈 Final Order Cutoff for #2 is this week so make sure your local retailers knows you want a copy…and have you seen the special ARTGERM variant cover?! @Williamson_Josh @dennisculver @musashinoelegy @troypeteri @Artgerm
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Happy 85th Birthday, Batman! I had a blast during my time in Gotham City and I'm so fortunate to have worked with some of the best creators in this business. This is one of my favorite covers by the master, @JorgeJimenezArt!
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We're gonna have some FUN! 🔥.
Skybound Taps Comics Veteran Ben Abernathy as Executive Editor
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Morning is off to a good start. it’s the first day in a week my wife didn’t wake up with a fever!.
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HELL YEAH! 🔥🦇.
EXCLUSIVE: Chip @Zdarsky and @JorgeJimenezArt to take over @DCComics' #Batman with July’s Batman #125: .
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A shout out to everyone working on Sunday making great comic books!.
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Who else is working Sunday morning because they love comic books so damned much?.
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Started this decade as a group editor with DC and 1 kid. moved 6 times, had a couple other jobs, 2 more kids. and am ending the decade once more as a group editor for DC. Wonder what the next decade will bring, haha.
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Here are a 6 AWESOME "Wanted" Poster/Fear State ratio variants for September by the amazing @KaelNgu
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Twitter! What artists am I not paying attention to but should be? Open to all manner of styles. .
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So thrilled to finally have Batman #125 out in the world! Seeing the response has been overwhelming but a huge congrats to the hardworking @zdarsky @JorgeJimenezArt @tomeu_morey Clayton Cowles @BelenOrtega_ @lgcolorist in delivering a terrific opening salvo!
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The first CD I ever bought was Faith No More's epic "The Real Thing" (listening to it right now, which spurred this post). anyone else remember their first CD?
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SUUUUUUPPPPER EXCITED to be working on this one! A literal dream come true!.
This Fall. Christopher Chance, The Human Target, wants to make something of it.
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New neighbors down the street have a giant MAGA sign and a Confederate flag. Grrreeaaaat. .
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INCREDIBLE ART by @jorge_molinam. he's a genius!.
🔥 You will be afraid 🔥. Madness consumes Gotham City this fall in #DCFearState — discover the Bat-Family event here:
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Hmmm this sounds like fun. .
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Well well well. now THIS is interesting. .
Return to Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's Gotham with Batman: The Long Halloween Special, out (when else?) this October! Details:
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You are a monster @TomTaylorMade. #DCEASED LIVES! The end begins May 1st. I hope everyone's pre-ordered their copy as this one is going to disappear from the shelves!
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Long, tiring week…but I’ve got some ideas percolating that’ll be siiiiick. The next few years at DC should be fun! 😈🖤.
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EXCITED to be working on the next CREEPSHOW: @Alex_Antone set a high standard for this series & I won't let him down! We already have a murderous first issue from @zdarsky @KaganMcLeod @HeGotGronch @droog811 & SO many more killer creators involved 💀
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I oversaw every single DCEASED-themed main DCU line variant cover for October and I can confirm they are at maximum DCEASED-I-NESS!.
Darkseid was. Can finally reveal part of the #DCeased plan. All the art we’ve been sharing is because our series is infecting the covers of the DC Universe in October. BUT that’s not all.
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Just watched Raiders of the Lost Ark for the first time with my eldest. unprompted at the end she notes "This is a perfect movie." #Proud.
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THIS COVER IS 🔥.
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For my 20 years in comics, anytime I've written ad copy, back cover text, etc. I literally imagine how it would sound in Stan Lee's voice and that helps shape the words! (Thank you Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends) #StanLeeFacts.
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My 20th SDCC is in the books—hard work but it was amazing to see everyone! ❤️ this industry so much and I hope all of you get home safe and sound!
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Sitting here drinking white wine, listening to the FROZEN soundtrack and reading a Batman script. as you do in quarantine.
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SO EXCITED FOR THIS SERIES!!!.
Mark your calendar— Batgirls issue 1 drops December 14th, directly following the backups in Batman!! Join me, @michaelwconrad, @jecorona, @Worstwizard, @jesswchen, Cass, Steph and Babs for a wild joyride through Gotham! 🦇🌙 🚙 .
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Absolutely heartbroken. Rest In Peace.
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OUT TODAY: The Joker #3; Future State: Gotham #1; Batman: The Detective #2! I hope you enjoy them half as much as we did making them! @JamesTheFourth @DipsOff @GuillemMarch @Mirkand @Williamson_Josh @dennisculver @musashinoelegy @TomTaylorMade #AndyKubert @skchmonkeyhope
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Future State: Gotham #2 FOC is this Sunday (5-16)! Let your retailers know you want BOTH of these sick covers by LADRÖNN & @DCWJ01! This issue also reprints a rad Future State short story by #JohnRidley & #OlivierCoipel @Williamson_Josh @dennisculver @musashinoelegy @troypeteri
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SUPER excited at this series announcement!.
Before the Bat, there was a time in Gotham City when the likes of P.I. Slam Bradley prowled the streets and corruption lurked just below the surface. Tom King & Phil Hester present GOTHAM CITY: YEAR ONE, launching this October. Learn more: #SDCC
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BEYOND EXCITED FOR THIS ONE! The last page of this issue is SHOCKINGLY FUN!!! 🦇😈.
BATMAN #118 IN DECEMBER. I’M WRITING BATMAN!. As Batman leaves Gotham, I’m starting a new storyline called “ABYSS” drawn by the awesome JORGE MOLINA!. Not talking about this was driving me nuts. Excited to finally share @jorge_molinam’s #118 cover with you! The oval is back!
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I'm working on a lot of cool new projects for October. yesterday's Batman: The Long Halloween Special announcement was just the first. keep your eyes peeled for the next one in about an hour or so 😈.
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I love that I can check my twitter feed anytime during the day or night and see tons of gorgeous artwork by so many talented people.
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Had no idea that my niece was such a HUGE DC Comics fan that she has since re-colored several of the Super Hero Girls costumes and wants me to show the to my boss as possible "alternative" costumes.
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The news is OUT! The next EPIC by @TomTaylorMade has arrived with the mind-blowing art of Yasmine Putri! #DCDKOS @thedcnation.
DC's new alternate reality story from Tom Taylor and Yasmine Putri gives the Justice League a medieval flavor.
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Heartbroken over the loss of Pat McCallum. My memories match so many being shared with his humor, wisdom & kindness. He’ll always be my hero for being an early champion of DCEASED at DC—he saw the potential when most wrote it off as a lame Marvel Zombies knockoff. Thank you, Pat.
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Reading an upcoming Batman script by @JamesTheFourth and reacted to something with a fist pump in the air. 😈🦇.
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A late post. but I realized a dream today in the release of the 1st issue of Batman I worked on (co-edited w/the great Jamie Rich!). @JamesTheFourth launched an absolutely EPIC story & the work of @TonyDanielx2 @DannyMiki_ @tomeu_morey @ClaytonCowles is jaw-dropping♥️🦇♥️.
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This book is an absolute JOY and your designs, as always, were A++ 🩷🎅.
this is a project Im really, it is a holiday adventure teaming Santa up with Batman and the rest of the DCU, I did the covers AND designed Santa Claus and Krampus. Batman Santa: Silent Knight #1 FOC is this Sunday Nov 5.@Jeff Parker.@michele_bandini.@Sinccolor
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Batman #137 FOC’s tomorrow—be sure to preorder as there are a LOT of surprises in this issue!.
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So THRILLED to be a part of this project! Jeff, Dustin, and @swands are doing such amazing work! 🦇❤️.
EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen are reuniting for Robin & Batman, a new DC series exploring Dick Grayson's "Year One" origin. @JeffLemire #DustinNguyen @thedcnation
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2) Gotham City Year One #1 is a killer new oversized mini-series about about the evolution of a pre-Batman Gotham City and stars hard boiled detective Slam Bradley! @TomKingTK @philhester @ericgapstur. #JordieBellaire #ClaytonCowles deliver some of their career best work!
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I got an unnecessary second monitor for work and now my set-up looks like something Oracle would be proud of. #GothamGoals.
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This cover is absolutely BAD ASS.
Hot damn! They went with the OG logo on this one and it rules. After my art hero @Todd_McFarlane. Can't tell you how many hours I've spent drooling over his legendary Spidey cover as a kid. So glad I got to do this. Coolest homage I've ever drawn for sure. 🤘🦇🤘
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Missing SDCC. it would have been my 20th straight! Gotta start over again next year. (Best photos I had handy hahah)
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So this rental we’re in has a strange closet shelf. looking inside. wtf?!
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This book is damned near perfect.
Super sneaky peek from our upcoming Batman: The Detective as we did the final tweaks today. Andy Kubert’s #Batman is so damn good, especially with @bdanderson13’s colors. Coming April. @Ben_Abernathy @thedcnation
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So proud of you dude 🔥🔥🔥.
Great to chat to @JohnBerman on @CNN’s @NewDay about Jon Kent, #Superman, coming out as bisexual. @DCComics @thedcnation .
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On the flip side, my 9 year old woke up and asked if we could watch Bleach. Parenting win!.
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Happy New Year! Let’s all be rad to each other in 2021!.
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Saddened by the passing of Kazuo Koike. Lone Wolf and Cub was such an important book series for me that I figured how to use it as a springboard for my history thesis in college and it was my first tattoo.
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This looks AWESOME! You know what else is awesome? Justice League vs Godzilla vs Kong! #3 drops 12/19!.
The first trailer for ‘GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE’ has been released. In theaters on April 12.
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Heartbroken over the news regarding the incredibly talented Robson Rocha. A kind man and a giant talent taken too soon 💔.
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I go to tuck in my sleeping four year-old and find this terrifying bride waiting for me
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This is a MUST READ issue. the ending is SHOCKING (and that's saying something) 😈.
Harley Quinn, The Lady of the Forest, Supergirl and Superman. A sneak peek at art from #DarkKnightsOfSteel #5. Final order cutoff is Sunday. Don’t miss out. @thedcnation @Ben_Abernathy
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Happy Friday! One last piece for the week from August's WildStorm 25th Anniversary book--Jack Hawksmoor by the incredible @fionastaples!
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This is such a KILLER start to a new arc!!!.
BATMAN #118! The Final Order Cut-Off is this Sunday!. The art in this book is beautiful! Just check out what's on PAGE ONE by @jorge_molinam & @tomeu_morey! They are doing killer work! Look at it! . Be sure to pre-order/subscribe BATMAN #118 with your comic shop this weekend!
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I love this issue so damned much. a lot of hard work went into this and it's literally the tip of the iceberg of things to come! Buckle up, it's going to be one hellva ride!.
BATMAN #106 is out this week! A kick ass new story starts by @JamesTheFourth & @JorgeJimenezArt! It's so damn cool! . But it also has a new ROBIN back-up! "Demon or Detective Part One" is a prelude that sets up the new Robin series starting in April! Art by @GlebMelnikov8!
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My 6 year old son re-enacting the movie Tremors with his LEGOs is my favorite thing all weekend.
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SO FREAKING EXCITED FOR THIS!.
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I looooooove the work you did on these, buddy, you executed them PERFECTLY! 🦇❤️🦇.
Did a series of WANTED posters for @DCComics out in September '21 solicits! First up 1:25 variant I AM BATMAN #1. special thanks to mastermind @Ben_Abernathy for having me, really love seeing the final poster design! ❤️❤️❤️
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Proud father moment as my 10 year old daughter wanted to know the difference between between Slayer and Metallica. 🎸🤘⚡️.
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This is the first part of three connecting covers! Siiiick.
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A little #DCEASED fun courtesy of What do you think @TomTaylorMade? This is fun, heh heh @TheDCUniverse
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Getting excited for @MegaConOrlando in a few days. who else is going?! I'll be doing some fun stuff while I'm there:
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Also, this is the epic horror movie variant to #2!.
Happy to announce @DCComics are doing horror movie variant covers for #DCeased!.Here's your first look at one of my favorites by Yasmine Putri. "If Ivy doesn’t wake up screaming she won’t wake up at all.". Our first issue hits stores on May 1!
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DC vs Vampires is a horrifyingly epic series coming in October from the terrifying minds of @JamesTheFourth @AshcanPress @OttoSchmidt72 @TENapolitano and some murderous talent on covers. I can honestly say that Halloween '21 is about to get a LOT scarier:
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Happy Holidays everyone! Stay safe and be kind to one another 💟☮️.
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I wish I had some artistic skills to participate in #inktober . perhaps I should start #drinktober instead and celebrate pumpkin beers or something. .
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I'll be at Singapore Comic Con (@SGComicCon) this coming weekend! (12/9-12/10). Look at this killer guest list: And you can come find me to chat comics, get a portfolio review, give me tips on "must try" local beers!
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I was reminded by @jesswchen earlier that today is the 8 year anniversary for the second time I left DC. Time flies!.
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Shout out to everyone making some comics today! I've got a fresh pot of coffee brewing to power me through a bunch of cool stuff! 😈🦾.
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#DCEASED highlight of the day. asked for a layout change so a character gets torn in half. Hahah comics.
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Home office all put together and ready to rock and make comics!.
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Looking at a house for sale that basically has a forest for the backyard. 5 year old excitedly notes “We can look for dead dogs out there!” Hmmmm.
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Going through some old boxes from the 90s. and I’m stunned to find I apparently wrote some Walker, Texas Ranger fan fiction in a journal!.
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My comic con survival advice—workout every morning! Go for a walk, run on a treadmill, swim, etc. your body will thank you!.
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