Comic Archive
01 - Sunza
A memory at the lake. A one-sided conversation. The taste of blood. Poverty Flat. A nice coat. Boss Fleming's new hat. The sheriff. A wager is made.
Save The Bones
A distant memory. A sunset camp. The touch of the Dying. A temporary victory.
02 - Bird's Eye
Among the alpines. A lonely lake. The kind contact. An empty home. The ghost in the trees. A chase. The stumble. The horizon.
03 - Making Smoke
An old friend. A new enemy. A humbling retreat and a cold stop. Old tricks. Old habits. A short talk before a long goodbye. One last stop.
04 - Dead Words
A new coat. Eavesdropping on old problems. Geoff. Rain in Bridgeport. Humbled by the Rook. An honest discussion. Sobering in the din. Proving a point. A gift from the past.
05 - Parting Gift
A brief negotiation. So close. Locked up amid tarnished finery. A proposal made in a big room. Long walks and quiet talks. No more ghosts. A promise kept, in more ways than one. A muted reunion.
Blog Archive
- Con Artists #09 – CrockerCon Artists
- CrockerCon 2024: A Celebration
- CrockerCon 2024! 10 Years of CrockerCon!
- Great Escape Games Summer Comic-Con
- Chapter 6 Update – Drawing & Inking!
- D. Bethel Draws…Furiosa
- Sketch Fridays #100 – Furiosa
- Sketch Fridays #99 – Yoga
- Chapter 6 Update
- New 5-eBook Bundle!
- Sketch Fridays #98 – New Year’s 2024
- Sketch Fridays #97 – 2023 Holidays
- The Real Geoff?
- Sketch Fridays #96 – Beast
- Sketch Fridays #95 – Batman Day 2023
- Crocker Con 2023!
- Long John Now on DriveThru Comics!
- Xob Issue #4 on Kickstarter
- Sketch Fridays #94 – The Swank
- Sketch Fridays #93 – Chapter 6 Thumbnail
- SKAB
- Free Comic Book Day 2023
- Chapter 5 Videos, Part 3
- Sketch Fridays #92 – 6 Fan Arts
- D. Bethel Draws… Ghost Rider
- Con Artists #08 – The Madness of Marketing
- Sketch Fridays #91 – Ghost Rider
- Chapter 5 Videos, Part 2
- Volume 5 on Sale Now! New Merch!
- Volume 5 PREORDER
- Chapter 5 Videos, Part 1
- Chapter 5 Starts Next Week!
- Pull Up a Chair Expo This Saturday, Sept. 17!
- Chapter 5 Update: Art is Done
- How the West Was Drawn!
- Interview with Sacramento State (with Video!)
- D. Bethel Draws… People on the Streets
- D. Bethel Draws… In Perspective
- Sketch Fridays #90 – Frontispiece
- Interview with The State Hornet
- Chapter 5 Cover & Title REVEAL
- Chapter 5 Cover & Title Reveal: Friday, 5/13
- NEWS: Long John Animated Show in Development
- CrockerCon Returns!
- Chapter 5 Update: Evolution of a Panel
- D. Bethel Draws… Two Drawings
- The Year –– 2021 : Long John
- The Year –– 2021: Inspiration
- Happy New Year – 2022
- Sketch Fridays #89 – Starcore
- Experiments of Process
- The Week – 12 November 2021
- Con Artists #07 – Return of the Con
- The Week – 15 October 2021
- Brunch with Ben & Friends TODAY
- Books ‘N Brews – Saturday, August 21
- Hobby Quest Grand Opening!
- Chapter 5 Update #2
- Interview with 4 Tales Podcast
- Sketch Fridays #88 – A Dog
- Chapter 5 Update (Video)
- Sketch Fridays #87 – “Call Me Home” Page
- Sketch Fridays #86 – Faces
- Sketch Fridays #85 – The John Walker Conundrum
- Sketch Fridays #84: Long John Portrait
- Sketch Fridays #83, pt. 2 – Frog & Cyan Garamonde
- Sketch Fridays #83 – Frog
- Long John in Motion
- The Year –– 2020 : Long John
- The Year –– 2020 : Inspiration
- Happy Holidays 2020
- Sketch Fridays #82 – “Call Me Home” Page
- Con Artists #06 – Tickets & Tables
- Quick Shots #4: “Dead Words”
- Quick Shots #3: “Living Dogs & Dead Lions”
- Sketch Fridays #81 – Freddie Mercury
- Quick Shots #2: “Bad Fit”
- Quick Shots #1 : “A Good Coat”
- The Art of Inking
- Chapter 5 Process
- Sketch Fridays #80 – Darkhawk
- Sketch Fridays #79 – End of the Line
- Sketch Fridays #78 – Blacksad
- Sketch Fridays #77 – Batman Day 2020
- Long John by Simon Roy
- Sketch Fridays #76 – Vacation
- The Week(s)
- Con Artists #05 – No Con 2020
- Sketch Fridays #75 – “Call Me Home”
- Sketch Fridays #74 – Vorpal #2
- D. Bethel Draws… Doctor Who
- Sketch Fridays #73 – Shadowcat
- Sketch Fridays #72 – Tiny Wizards
- The Week – 10 July 2020
- Sketch Fridays #71 – Nightcrawler
- The Week – 26 June 2020
- Volume 4 On Sale Now!
- Sketch Fridays #70 – Rogue
- Volume 4 PREORDER
- Chapter 4 Livestream Video
- Chapter 4 Wrap Party on YouTube TOMORROW
- The Long John Primer, Part 6
- The Long John Primer, Part 5
- Chapter 1 on Facebook
- Sketch Fridays #69 – Grifter
- “Dead Words” Begins Monday, March 2
- Sketch Fridays #68 – John Marston
- The Week – 17 January 2020
- Bodie In Winter
- The Year –– 2019 : Long John
- The Year –– 2019 : Inspiration
- Happy Holidays from Long John
- Small Press Interview
- Happy Blarble Day
- 3-Book Bundle Restocked!
- The Week – 15 November 2019
- The Week – 01 November 2019
- Chapter 4 Cover & Title Revealed!
- The Week – 18 October 2019
- The Week – 11 October 2019
- Chapter 4 Update
- Sketch Fridays #67 – Batman Day 2019
- Fan Art by Junior Bruce
- CrockerCon 2019 is Today!
- D. Bethel Interviewed by Crocker Art Museum
- Sketch Fridays #66 – CrockerTron 2019
- The Process of Repair
- Twisted Tweeting
- D. Bethel Draws… Long John #12
- The Week – 26 July 2019
- Long John at the Crocker Art Museum
- Long John by Giannis Milonogiannis
- D. Bethel Draws… Long John #11
- Sketch Fridays #65 – Geoff
- D. Bethel Draws… Long John #10
- Sketch Fridays #64 – Dark Phoenix
- Sketch Fridays #63 – Ororo
- Sketch Fridays #62 – Scott
- Sketch Fridays #61 – Surfacing
- Long John at Free Comic Book Day 2019
- Long John at Oro-Con 2019
- Sketch Fridays #60 – Captain Marvel
- Sketch Fridays #59 – Hellrider Jackie #03
- D. Bethel Draws… Hellboy
- Sketch Fridays #58 – Hellboy
- Sketch Fridays #57 – Anniversary Vacation
- Sketch Fridays #56 – Juan John
- Sketch Fridays #55 – Battle Angel
- Sketch Fridays #54 – Phoenix
- Sketch Fridays #53 – Long John
- Sketch Fridays #52 – Jonny Mono
- Con Artists #04 – StocktonCon Winter
- Long John at Stocktoncon Winter
- Sketch Fridays #51 – Duster
- The Year – 2018: Long John
- The Year – 2018: Music
- The Year – 2018 : Games
- The Year – 2018 : Comics
- The Week – 30 November 2018
- Sketch Fridays #50 – Stan Lee – 1922-2018
- The Week – 26 October 2018
- The Week – 19 October 2018
- The Week – 12 October 2018
- Con Artists #03 – StocktonCon, part 3
- Con Artists #02 – StocktonCon, part 2
- Introducing Con Artists
- Long John at CrockerCon 2018
- Sketch Fridays #49 –– Hellrider Jackie #02
- The Week – 20 July 2018
- The Week – 06 July 2018
- The Week – 29 June 2018
- The Week – 15 June 2018
- Long John at the Toy, Game, & Pop Culture Expo 2018
- The Week – 25 May 2018
- The Week – 18 May 2018
- Volume 3 is ON SALE NOW
- The Week – 04 May 2018
- Free Comic Book Day Festival 2018
- The Week – 20 April 2018
- The Week – 16 March 2018
- The Week – 09 March 2018
- The Week – 09 February 2018
- The Week – 02 February 2018
- The Week
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- Chapter 3 Cover Reveal
- The Week
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- Sketch Fridays #48 – The Beast
- Long John at APE 2017 Recap
- Long John at APE 2017
- Long John at Crocker Con 2017
- Sketch Fridays #47 – A. J. Pero
- A Decade of D. Bethel
- Sketch Fridays #46 – Mark “The Animal” Mendoza
- Sketch Fridays #45 – Eddie “Fingers” Ojeda
- Sketch Fridays #44 – Jay Jay French
- Sketch Fridays #43 – Dee Snider
- Sketch Fridays #42 – Chapter 3 Preview
- Interview with Finding Sacramento
- D. Bethel Draws Long John #09
- Sac Indie Expo 2017
- D. Bethel Draws Long John #08
- Yet Another Video
- Not Sketch Friday
- Sketch Fridays #41 – Heavy Metal Fatherhood
- Sketch Fridays #40 – Wonder Woman
- BackMatter: The D. Bethel Sketchbook Now Available
- Sketch Fridays #39 – Shockwave, Part 2
- Sketch Fridays #38 – Shockwave
- Sketch Fridays #37 – Katana, Part 2
- FCBD 2017 Retrospective
- Sketch Fridays #36 – Katana
- Free Comic Book Day Festival at Empire’s Comics Vault
- Next Saturday: FCBD 2017 at Empire’s Comics Vault
- Sketch Fridays #35 – Razorpoint
- Sketch Fridays #34 – Backfire
- Sketch Fridays #33 – Venture
- Free Comic Book Day 2017
- Sketch Fridays #32 – Zion
- Sketch Fridays #31 – Logan
- Part of the Plan: Kyrun Silva
- Mind in the Gutters – Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira
- Amano Remembers
- Trailer Roundup
- One Page Left
- Reader Question
- Shadows & Blood – Josh Tobey Art Show
- Long John, Volume 2 – Now For Sale
- Art Mix | Crocker-Con 2016 is TODAY
- Art Mix | Crocker-Con 2016
- Book 2 Announcement
- D. Bethel Draws
- Not Sketch Friday
- D. Bethel Draws More Long John
- Big Brother Comics
- Sketch Fridays #30 – Hellrider Jackie
- Sketch Fridays #29 – Moulting
- Sketch Fridays #28 – The Demi God
- Sketch Fridays #27 – Shaman’s Destiny
- Sketch Fridays #26 – X-Men: Apocalypse
- Sketch Fridays #25 – Faces
- Sketch Fridays #24 – After Darwyn Cooke
- Sketch Fridays #23 – Lead By Example
- The New Magnificent Seven
- Sketch Fridays #22 – Photoshop Madness
- Sketch Fridays #21 – Eben & Jessica Commission
- Sketch Fridays #20 – Liefeldesque
- Artist Workspaces
- Sketch Fridays #19 – Bishop
- Sketch Fridays #18 – Binder Clip Doodle
- Sketch Fridays #17 – Long John Preview #02
- Sketch Fridays #16 – Wolverine
- Sketch Fridays #15 – A Boy and His Blob
- Sketch Fridays #14 – Lemmy, et al.
- Sketch Fridays #13 – Building on Napkins
- Vorpal in Print!
- Workspace
- Sketch Fridays #12 – The Slightly Askew Adventures of Inspector Ham & Eggs
- Sketch Fridays #11 – Nicole
- Sketch Fridays #10 – 1939 Batman
- Sketch Fridays #09 – Jessica Jones
- Sketch Fridays #08 – Sketch Pile
- Sketch Fridays #07 – Long John Preview
- Sketch Fridays #06 – Neil Young
- Sketch Fridays #05 – Vorpal
- Sketch Fridays #04 – Crimson Peak
- Sketch Fridays #03 – Long John Development Sketches
- Sketch Fridays #02 – Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Sketch Fridays #01 – Grading
- Little Victories – An Update
- Long John at Crocker-Con 2015
- Mind in the Gutters – Rock & Tin
- Dog / Person
- Hang ‘Em Hyrule
- A Living Thing Come to Light – Lovecraft, Pluto, and the Blending of Science and Art
- Interview with Two Geeks Talking!
- The Preterite Present: Netflix’s Daredevil and the Language of Binge Watching
- My Podcast is 50! (and an update on Long John)
- Long John, Volume 1 is ON SALE NOW
- Long John at Free Comic Book Day!
- Free Comic Book Day 2015
- Shoot Between Heartbeats – An Interview with Jason Tudor
- Sounding Call – April 2015
- D. Bethel Interviewed & Book Announcement
- New Page on Tuesday!
- Good News, Good News, and Sad News
- #FourComics
- White Noise: Dawnbringer’s “Nucleus”
- Humble Beginnings – Josh Tobey Talk, Part 2
- Mind in the Gutters – Satoshi Kon’s Opus
- Geek Life Reviews “Sunza”
- Respecting the Bones
- Think Like Amano
- The Story of the Hellrider
- Possible Monsters
- The Trail Ahead
- Introducing Josh Tobey – the Hand of the Hellrider
- Doctor Cthulwho
- Chasing ComicCon
- Behind Every Line and Between Every Panel
- The Long John Primer, Part 4
- The Long John Primer, Part 3
- The Long John Primer, Part 2
- The Long John Primer, Part 1
- Developing a Hero
- Long John Announced! Begins June 24th!