The PopCulteer
April 17, 2026

As I may have mentioned recently in this blog, I need to play catch-up with some comics, books and toy reviews in order to keep PopCult sufficiently poppity and cultural.

Today we’re going to do comics.

I’ve got two great comics to tell you about that you can buy now, and two comic book Kickstarter campaigns to recommend. So let’s dive in…

Thrill Seeker Comics Anthology #2
by Scott McCullar and various
Bandito Entertainment
$9.99

This 40-page giant anthology collect’s Scott McCullar’s terrific pulp-inflected super-hero homage comics, with new material combined with some long-out-of-print earlier works. This is a retro-comics treat, loaded with great art, clever writing, and loads of pop-culture references. You never know when Doors lyrics or slightly-disguised Cobra Troopers will pop up.

The writing is clever and fun, and the artwork is great. The main character is The Yellowjacket, a retro-reboot of a public domain, Golden Age character (coincidentally, the star of the very first Golden Age comic book I ever owned a lifetime or two ago). In a fun twist, this Yellowjacket, rather than wearing tights like his 1940s incarnation, is dressed more like the original Sandman or Crimson Avenger, sort of a super-detective in a trenchcoat. Both of those characters were rebooted back in the 1940s to be more like their tights-wearing colleagues.

Trust me, comic book nerds will understand what I’m saying there.

The supporting cast is made up of various other superheroes, some very recognizable as homages to other heroes of the past, others more original creations. Some of the villainous henchmen will be very familiar to fans of Real American Heroes.

This book is just a load of fun and it can be ordered directly from Scott at his website, where you can also read his blog, pick up the first issue of Thrill Seekers Comics Anthology and get a preview of his upcoming publications, including his take on the now-public-domain adventures of Popeye and further installments of Thrill Seeker Comics.

We go to the blurb, to wrap this up:

THRILL SEEKER COMICS ANTHOLOGY™ #2 featuring YELLOW JACKET: MAN OF MYSTERY™, THE MIGHTIEST EMERALD MANTIS™, THE BOLD BOWMAN: ROBIN HOOD™ and The Dame Detective MS. TITTENHURST: FINDER OF LOST THINGS™ by Scott McCullar (GREEN ARROW SECRET FILES & ORIGINS #1). An anthology series with a shared universe.

SAINT MOSES THE STRONG
by Philip Kosloski (Writer), Grayson Bowling, Clareanne Ysmael (Artist)
Voyage Comics
$7.99

Okay, I have to be honest here. I only ordered this book because I know the penciller. Grayson Bowling and his father, Lee, are regulars at The Marx Toy Show, so I’ve known them for more than fifteen years. I remember Grayson as a kid, working with his dad to create custom Marx-style playsets and figures, and I follow him on Instagram where I’ve enjoyed watching him develop into an excellent classic comic-book style artist.

So while I was eager to see Grayson’s artwork in print, I didn’t really know what else to expect from the comic book.

I was very pleasantly surprised. In addition to Grayson’s layouts and pencils, which reminded me of the work of Russ Heath, one of the all-time great comic artists, I was really impressed by the writing as well as the inks and colors.

Saint Moses The Strong is a very Catholic comic book. It tells the story of a fifth-century saint, of whom I had very little previous knowledge. And this book works, not only as an inspring tale of repentence, forgiveness, redemption and strength, but also as a solid adventure tale.

And while it’s very religious, it’s not like a Jack T. Chick comic book. Chick comics are fun for all the wrong reasons. They read like Ed Wood dropped acid and woke up in a Baptist church, then decided to devote his life to what he thought he learned there.

Saint Moses, on the other hand, is a level-headed, respectful and non-didactic story that’s enlightening and educational, and leaves you wanting to learn more.

it’s a comic book about getting into heaven, not going to hell. That’s pretty refreshing in this day and age.

Plus the artwork is just spectacular.

You can order Saint Moses The Strong directly from Voyage Comics, who have a number of other interesting titles at their website.

It’s Fun To Kill People Volume 1 – A Dark Comedy Comic
By Anthony Stokes and Marco Leone
Kickstarter Campaign running another week

Taking a turn into a considerably less-Catholic direction, we have a collection of Anthony Stokes’ slapstick comedy terror comic, It’s Fun To Kill People. I’ve been a fan of Stokes since his debut series as a writer, Decay, and it’s wild to watch him shift gears and tackle multiple genre with equal excellence.

In It’s Fun To Kill People, imagine if Richie Rich, instead of having billionaires for parents, was the offspring of a couple of serial killers.

It may be hard to believe this…but hijinks ensue.

It’s Fun To Kill People Volume 1 is a 90-page Trade paperback written by Anthony D. Stokes, Illustrated by Marco Leone, Colored By Fabi Marques, Barlo Moriera, Alessandro Ruggiero, and Lettered By Stephen Kok.
In addition to Issues 1-3 there’s also a previously-unpublished Christmas Special.

You can find the Kickstarter Campaign HERE. If you laughed out loud at any part of A Clockwork Orange, then this is the comic book for you.

Red Ram: Toxic Suicide #2
by Paul Rashid and J.C. Grande
Kickstarter Campaign running 20 more days

We have another cool comic book Kickstarter campaign to tell you about, and like Thrill Seeker Comics Anthology, it’s a second issue of a comic book we told you about previously.

The Red Ram: Toxic Suicide is the brainchild of Charlestonian Paul Rashid, MD, a board-certified Psychiatrist, and an old buddy of your humble blogger going back over thrity years, to the days of Comic World. He’s created this comic book both to indulge his life-long love of comics, but also as a bit of an outreach to help make people more aware of mental health issues and erase some of the stigma of mental illness.

The Red Ram: Toxic Suicide #2 continues the story of Technology Titan RJ Ronaldson who, in his alter ego as The Red Ram, is at the end of his battle-damaged vigilante career. But before RJ can set down his mantle, he gets roped into one last war with his arch-nemesis.

The first issue (which you can get as an add-on reward to this campaign if you missed it first time around) introduced the characters and set the story into motion, and it’s going to be great to see what happens next.

You can kick in on Red Ram: Toxic Suicide #2 at THIS LINK. Rewards include the basic comic book in print or .pdf form, along with print variant covers and retail bundles, add-ons include the first issue and Paul’s loving tribute to a certain show about nothing, .

That is this week’s PopCulteer. Be sure to check PopCult every day for fresh content and all of our regular weekly features.