Gareth-Michael Skarka

@gmskarka.bsky.social

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Writer (fiction & comics), game designer (most recently THRILLING TALES 3e), consultant/researcher (most recently on Netflix’s THE OLD GUARD) and publisher (Adamant Entertainment). Big Ol’ Nerd, Socialist, Antifascist and Abolitionist.

Character portraits from the late-70s cartoon “Battle of the Planets,” created from footage of the Japanese anime series “Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.”
The diamond shaped logo of Doctor Who.
William Hartnell as the First Doctor.
Becker + Fagen + (the names of 40-odd studio session musicians)
A picture of two books side by side— Hookland Fragments, Volume One, and The Avengers—Death In Downing Street.
A flamingo and a dragon, both wearing Santa hats, appear on either side of text reading "Christmas in July - up to 30% off".
A Facebook post from Whitman announcing a sales site for AI-created role playing games.
The hallway scene from Exorcist 3: a figure in white attacks a nurse from behind.
Promo image for Doctor Who—The Greatest Show in The Galaxy, featuring Ian Reddington as the Chief Clown, Sophie Aldred as Ace, and Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor.
An amber schematic of the USS ENTERPRISE against a black background.
GAYMING WITH PRIDE Charity Bundles, all proceeds supporting Outright International and Tabletop Gaymers, available for a limited time at DriveThruRPG.
My header image on BlueSky: a cutaway of the USS Enterprise from 1979.
Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith in DOCTOR WHO.
The cover art for the 1st edition STAR TREK role playing game from FASA.
An image of radical abolitionist John Brown, with the text reading “On this day in 1856, John Brown and five of his sons did nothing wrong.” (A reference to the Potawatomi massacre, where they killed five slavers.)
Atari Force
Poster for the Spanish werewolf vs vampire horror movie, La Noche de Walpurgis, starring Paul Naschy.
A black & white photo of a curly haired blonde boy, age 5, playing on a rope swing.
The movie poster for The Rocketeer (1991).
Atari Force #1 cover, with the team arrayed in action poses.
The cover of Exterminate! Regenerate! The Story of Doctor Who, by John Higgs.
The cover of Tianxia: Year of the Snake, featuring a striking snake, fangs bared, curled around a Jian sword.
A pulp hero in a cloak, a fedora and a mask faces off against gas-masked, armed enemies.
The cover to the tabletop role playing game. Thrilling Tales 3rd edition.
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Japanese poster for the James Bond film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
AFI movie poster for John Woo’s “Hard Boiled.”
Cover image of the Doctor Who movie steelbook, showing Paul McGann as the 8th Doctor.
A character sheet for THRILLING TALES 3rd Edition, showing the core attributes (Reflexes, Strength, Wits, Toughness, Presence and Knack), with their associated skills.
The album cover of Peter Murphy’s LoveHysteria.
A man in a green T-shirt stands at a replica of a Tardis console from DR. WHO.
YouGov poll on Abolishing ICE, showing Dem support at 79%.
Picture of a boy about 4 years old, swinging on a tire swing. The photo appeared in a “what to do this summer” insert of a local paper in the Hamptons in the early 1970s.
The Doc Savage Oath: “let me strive every moment of my life to make myself better & better to the best of my ability that all may profit by it. Let me think of the right and lend my assistance to those who need it with no regard for anything but justice. Let me take what comes with a smile without loss of courage. Let me be considerate of my country, of my fellow citizens, & my associates in everything I say & do. Let me do right to all, & wrong no man.”
A variation on Star Wars’ Rebel Alliance symbol, featuring the state bird of Kansas (the Western Meadowlark) arrayed with stalks of wheat.
A pulp magazine cover showing a hero punching a Nazi.
Results of a D&D class test, showing the two highest scores in Bard (85%) and Sorcerer (75%).
A bearded man wearing glasses, a three piece suit, and a scarf, in front of a wall of books.
The flag of Greenland.
A picture of Jack Kirby with his quote, “Kid… comics will break your heart.”
A white mecha, labeled “Mortar Headd L.E.D. mirage ver. 3”
The cover of NIGHT FORCE #1, dated August 1982.
Renee Goods last words: “That’s fine dude. I’m not mad at you.” Then Ross shot her in the face three times, then said “fucking bitch.”
An illustration by Dave Stevens of The Rocketeer, on a red background.
A painting of the Holly King, a symbol of the winter solstice.
The box cover to the Star Frontiers TTRPG from TSR.
Gil Gerard and Erin Gray in BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY
The cover to Blood of Dracula number 1, from Apple Comics.
Still image from the Star Trek episode “The Lights of Zetar.”
The Battlestar Galactica from the 1978 series
The Pope with a baseball bat.
Sam the Eagle as Spock.
The Shadow movie poster
The Pope, with a microphone near his mouth.
Alan Cumming wearing a burgundy velvet overcoat with yellow lapels and cuffs, over a gold & navy patterned waistcoat.
A longhaired man wearing a green wool cloak, white linen shirt, and green tights. A drinking horn hangs from his brown leather belt.
A toddler in a white top and brown pants, next to a very large St. Bernard dog, whose head is as big as the child’s torso.
Nine Inch Nails—Pretty Hate Machine album cover.