THE BEHOLDER – Updated Mondays

Fletcher Hanks' Fantomah

2012-02-23T06:00:00.001-08:00

Bonus Post: Originally done for the Drawbridge Blog,
it's this earthling's loving rendition
of Fletcher Hanks' creation Fantomah,
from Jungle Comics #2 (Feb 1940).

Hell Is Too Good For Him, Page 5 (of 5)

2012-02-20T06:00:00.000-08:00

And it's the end of our little interlude.
Next week: Tales To Behold Episode 3!
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The Tales To Behold Super-Group!

2012-02-16T13:12:00.000-08:00

Bonus update this week!
From the pages of Tales To Behold,
the best super-group since Asia–
The Odds!

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Hell Is Too Good For Him, Page 4

2012-02-13T09:19:00.000-08:00

Even the devil can only take so much…
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Hell Is Too Good For Him, Page 3 (of 5)

2012-02-06T06:00:00.000-08:00

One man's hell…

Hell Is Too Good For Him, Page 2 (of 5)

2012-01-30T06:00:00.000-08:00

Isn't he just the worst?
It seems only one guest is not enraged at our friend…

Hell Is Too Good For Him, Page 1 (of 5)

2012-01-23T10:21:00.000-08:00

Today's treat is an interlude, originally published in Rabid Rabbit 12.
It fits seamlessly into our continuity…

Tales To Behold #2 Page 9: Unsightly Body Hair

2012-01-16T06:00:00.000-08:00

This concludes Chapter 2 of Tales To Behold, we hope you've enjoyed this installment!
Next week, we'll meet – The Human Skeleton!

Tales To Behold #2 Page 8: TV Crimes

2012-01-09T06:05:00.000-08:00

Tales To Behold #2 Page 7: Objects In The Comic Might Appear More Alive Than They Are

2012-01-02T05:42:00.000-08:00

Not quite the end of this chapter… but the beginning of some new friendships!
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Tales To Behold #2 Page 6: The Death of Captain Evening?

2011-12-26T15:24:00.000-08:00

Merv the Griffin is free now… but what does it mean for our heroic Captain?
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Tales To Behold #2 Page 5: I Am Captain Evening

2011-12-19T06:00:00.000-08:00

Time for some action!
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Tales To Behold #2 Page 4: A Big Guy in Trouble

2011-12-11T20:47:00.000-08:00

Merv the Griffin enters the scene!
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From Here To Enternity

2011-12-07T10:36:00.000-08:00

Mortal, flesh-and-bone entities C.M. Butzer, Tory Sica
and Naz Kazi, along with the heroic Captain Evening.

Greetings, mortals! My human representatives brought me the happy news that the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival was a great success. May your purchases of Journey Into Misery and Tales To Behold books give you eternal happiness!

Gallery of Superheroes: Merv the Griffin

2011-12-05T08:14:00.000-08:00

Real Name: Merv

Species: Griffin

Former Occupation: Demon of Vengeance from the Sixth Realm

Current Occupation: Super-powered adventurer

First Appearance: Tales To Behold #2

Special Powers: Super-strength, to the extent that can rip apart Zombies with his bare hands. And obviously he can fly, these impressive wings are nut just for show, duh!

Home Dimension: The Sixth Realm

Hobbies: Baking

Affiliations: The Odds (whatever the hell that is!)

Current Homebase: New York City, more specifically, the midtown penthouse of Captain Evening. Lucky bastard!

Tales To Behold #2 Page 3: Bonng!

2011-12-05T06:00:00.000-08:00

Tales To Behold #2 Page 2: Flyin' High

2011-11-28T10:05:00.000-08:00

Captain Evening and his new buddy Jenny Everywhere…
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Tales To Behold #2 Page 1: Quality Time

2011-11-21T03:09:00.000-08:00

A brand-new chapter begins today!
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Tales To Behold #2 Cover

2011-11-19T14:18:00.000-08:00

Rejoice mortals, the saga continues this Monday! From deep beyond all time and space, here are again these heroic beings, battling evil on a world not unlike yours, yet so different…

And if you are so lucky to live on earth, in the city called New York, you shall be able to purchase cellulose manifestations of these heroic efforts at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival as well as King Con! Exelsior!

Slight Delay

2011-10-11T20:08:00.000-07:00

Do not despair, a brand-new story is starting very soon. An imbalance in the order of the universe has demanded my attention temporarily, but the transmissions will soon resume their expected regularity.

Red Riding Hood (3 of 3)

2011-10-03T05:31:00.000-07:00

This concludes Tales To Behold #1. Come back next week for a brand-new chapter in Captain Evening's adventures: Tales To Behold #2!

Red Riding Hood (2 of 3)

2011-09-26T19:35:00.000-07:00

Red Riding Hood (1 of 3)

2011-09-19T07:13:00.000-07:00

A Tales To Behold #1 Bonus Story…

Tales To Behold #1 Page 10: Magic

2011-09-12T08:03:00.000-07:00

Will we ever see these two fascinating characters again? Only time will tell…

Tales To Behold #1 Page 9: Boo-Ya!

2011-09-05T10:12:00.000-07:00

Tales To Behold #1 Page 8: You're What ?!

2011-08-29T08:25:00.000-07:00

Be here next week for the return of Armagedda, in the exciting epilogue to this first Chapter of Tales To Behold!

Tales To Behold #1 Page 7: It's a Girl!

2011-08-22T08:36:00.000-07:00

Mortals! Witness the very first appearance of a certain multi-dimensional character on these pages! Even though it's so far only her backside…

Tales To Behold #1 Page 6: How to Defeat this Monstrosity

2011-08-15T09:18:00.000-07:00

Tales To Behold #1 Page 5: Just What He Needed

2011-08-08T13:03:00.000-07:00

Tales To Behold #1 Page 4: A Hero Indeed

2011-08-02T10:09:00.000-07:00

Tales To Behold #1 Page 3: Evil Plan

2011-07-25T09:40:00.000-07:00

Tales To Behold #1 Page 2: Meanwhile On Earth…

2011-07-18T06:36:00.000-07:00

Tales To Behold #1 Page 1: Prologue

2011-07-11T17:41:00.000-07:00

Tales To Behold #1 Cover

2011-07-11T17:37:00.000-07:00

Welcome to an all-new storyline with an all-new cast! For the near future, we will be following the adventures of Captain Evening and his colorful bunch of friends and enemies, as seen in the already legendary Tales To Behold #1!

…will be back to regular schedule next week!

2011-07-08T11:58:00.000-07:00

Important cosmic matters have temporarily required my attention. As soon as I have restored the time-space continuum, our mind-bending chronicles shall continue.

Journey Into Misery 2 Page 14: Grande Finale

2011-06-27T09:05:00.000-07:00

Journey Into Misery 2 Page 13: Artificial Intelligence

2011-06-20T06:49:00.000-07:00

Journey Into Misery 2 Page 12: Who is this Hunk?

2011-06-13T13:49:00.000-07:00

Journey Into Misery 2 Page 11: Now It's All Up To Him

2011-06-06T08:27:00.000-07:00

Journey Into Misery 2 Page 10: PLANG!

2011-05-30T10:52:00.000-07:00

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Journey Into Misery 2 Page 9: A Ridicoulous Being

2011-05-23T07:38:00.000-07:00

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Gallery of Superheroes: The Invincible Woman

2011-05-20T10:51:00.001-07:00

Real Name: “Kelly”

Profession: Investment Broker

Species: Human

First Appearance: Journey Into Misery #1

Special Powers: Super-strength, e.g can lift cars and can exchange punches with giant robots. Furthermore, she can burst into flames, which enables her to fly, heat up leftovers and shoot fire. Unfortunately, it also cause her outfits and accessories to burn, so she tries avoiding this power if she wears expensive threads.

Origin of Powers: Vanilla Puddings of Riegel 6 in a flying saucer captured her together with Jenkins. The aliens experimented with them, which resulted in their special abilities. To express her gratitude she destroyed the entire spaceship with everybody on board.

Likes: Money, power

Dislikes: Jenkins

Affiliations: The Terrific Two (which is just a name Jenkins made up for the two of them).

Stomping grounds: New York City

Journey Into Misery 2 Page 8: So Much For Sleeping In…

2011-05-16T09:25:00.000-07:00

One page got skipped last week due to a cosmic error; please see the missing page below!

Journey Into Misery 2 Page 7: Some Research Before Bedtime

2011-05-09T10:00:00.000-07:00

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Books in stores

2011-05-03T18:46:00.000-07:00

If you prefer some of these stories in materialized form, as what you call "lovingly handmade mini-comic", they are available at Bergen Street Comics & Desert Island in Brooklyn, as well as Floating World in Portland. What an eclectic assortment of outlets…

Journey Into Misery 2 Page 6: Freedom by Motion Capturing

2011-05-02T19:26:00.000-07:00

Journey Into Misery 2 Page 5: The tool

2011-04-25T07:12:00.000-07:00

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Journey Into Misery 2 Page 4: A blam and a wok, and an old friend

2011-04-20T12:36:00.000-07:00

Journey Into Misery 2 Page 3: Strange Encounters of the Cartoony Kind

2011-04-11T17:54:00.000-07:00

Journey Into Misery 3 Cover

2011-04-11T17:50:00.000-07:00

While Journey 2 is continued here as an online transmission right from the Beholder's galaxy, Journey Into Misery 3 has been released as a cellulose manifestation, with all-new stories featuring not only The Invincible Woman and Mr. See-Thru, but also introducing The Blue Knight and Terry Tornado!

The Galactic Outpost known as Bergen Street Comics, Brooklyn, New York, Earth, has limited quantities of these and other items, and at the gathering known as Stumptown in Portland, Oregon, Earth, human drones will be bringing this and other gems to you.

Journey Into Misery 2 Page 2: The Return of the Revenge

2011-04-04T16:55:00.001-07:00

Journey Into Misery 2 Page 1: The drama so far…

2011-03-29T13:19:00.001-07:00

Journey Into Misery 2

2011-03-29T13:18:00.000-07:00

Behold, mortals! A new chapter begins, with new challenges, robots and mindbending philosophical quagmires! Witness the excitement of the second installment of the cellulose object known as Journey Into Misery #2, now as digital representation weekly in this dimension!

Journey Into Misery Page 11:The End is the Beginning in the End of the Beginning

2011-03-13T20:41:00.000-07:00

Journey Into Misery Page 11: Round and round it goes

2011-03-01T06:02:00.000-08:00

Gallery of Superheroes: Jenny Everywhere

2011-03-01T05:59:00.000-08:00

A most fascinating phenomenon, this being seems to exist in every known dimension, in an infinite number of variations. Furthermore, she also has the ability to shift between dimensions, creating even more versions of herself. Only a cosmic being such as THE BEHOLDER can keep track of this. Read about her latest adventures in TALES TO BEHOLD, and find other incarnations on the place known as The Shifter Archive or the cosmic almanach called Wikipedia.

Name: Jenny Everywhere
Alias: The Shifter
Special Abilities: Can travel between dimensions, exists in all dimensions at once.
Favorite Food: Toast
First Appearance: "Name's Not Down" webcomic (Oct 2002), Barbelith.com
Created by: Steven Wintle & the Barbelith.com community

The character of Jenny Everywhere is available for use by anyone, with only one condition. This paragraph must be included in any publication involving Jenny Everywhere, in order that others may use this property as they wish. All rights reversed.

Journey Into Misery Page 10: Strange new feelings

2011-01-31T09:18:00.000-08:00

Journey Into Misery Page 9: Strategic Placement

2011-01-10T16:35:00.000-08:00

Back from the Other Dimension

2011-01-08T12:58:00.000-08:00

True Believers, THE BEHOLDER is back and regular transmissions shall resume again this Monday. Witness what new adventures are awaiting our protagonists…

THE BEHOLDER shall be back!

2010-12-15T13:38:00.000-08:00

THE BEHOLDER will be traveling into the outer regions of the omniverse for a short time!
New adventures will be forthcoming when the new year begins…

Journey Into Misery Page 8: The intestines of a spaceship

2010-12-12T17:18:00.000-08:00

Gratitude

2010-12-05T09:20:00.000-08:00

… to all the mortals who visited my human placeholders at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival! Welcome to my dimension, I hope that you'll enjoy your aquisitions and will visit me here in my realm, where I shall share excerpts from my current tales as well as bonus images and news from the dark side. In time, there will be even brand-new, exclusive stories. Again, much gratitude and hope to see you again soon. New work is in progress…

Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival

2010-12-03T08:41:00.000-08:00

For those who will be on Earth this weekend, it will be a grand opportunity to purchase these cellulose manifestations of my transmissions:

Tales To Behold #1 starts a whole new storyline, the adventures of Captain Evening and his spectacular new friends! And Journey into Misery#1 has a brand-new, sans clothes cover! Inside you will find the entire first adventure of Kelly and Jenkins.

Gallery of Supervillains: Dr. Brain

2010-11-30T14:30:00.000-08:00

This mortal recently entered my peripheral vision. He is most intriguing, as the purpose of his entire existence seems geared towards whimsical attempts of world-domination and destruction, with little success. Yet his lack of results does not seem to bother him in the least.

Name: Dr. Brain
Aliases: Not known
Goals: World domination, destroying Capt. Evening, causing chaos
Special Abilities: very book smart, fantastic scientific mind
Weaknesses: not very street smart
Favorite TV-Series: Gossip Girl and Knight Rider
First Appearance: The Beholder blog
First Print Appearance: Tales To Behold#1

We will find out more about him once Tales To Behold advances…

Journey Into Misery Page 7: Saved by the burp

2010-11-28T21:43:00.000-08:00

Journey Into Misery Page 6: A Feast for the Eyes

2010-11-24T13:46:00.000-08:00

Tales To Behold #1 Cover

2010-11-21T16:56:00.000-08:00

Witness something out of your world, mortals! It be the cover for the newest magnificent pamphlet of power. Come hither to the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival on December 4th, so you can call it yours!

Journey Into Misery Page 5: What happens on a spaceship…

2010-11-15T07:42:00.000-08:00

…stays on a spaceship.

Journey Into Misery Page 4: Up up, and away…

2010-11-08T05:54:00.000-08:00

Behold, our incredible story continues!

Tales To Behold

2010-11-01T15:42:00.000-07:00

The endeavours of these colorful characters are literally Tales to Behold! Soon, I will tell you their stories, as this ragged collection of outcasts bands together to battle a common foe. Pathetic, as in the end all human life will perish. But one must admire their persistence.

Journey Into Misery Pages 1-3

2010-11-01T15:39:00.000-07:00

Meet the earthlings Jenkins and Kelly, and how one day their existences were changed forever…

The Savage Planet

2010-11-01T15:36:00.000-07:00

Some of the strange inhabitants of the mostly unexplored, so-called Savage Planet. The Beholder's observations are but brief at this time, but he is eager to turn his attention to this distant mudball once the current, dramatic events on the planet earth are played out.

WELCOME TO MY DIMENSION

2010-08-18T11:23:00.001-07:00

Behold the mortal creatures and characters who caught my attention. Their puny everyday struggles should have no meaning to a celestial being such as me, and yet their unique lives intrigue me.