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Drawn Blank

Formerly serious. Now silly. Comics and experiments with storytelling by a lapsed game designer.

Newsletter · By Marc Reekers · English · NL · Official site

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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    Game of Chicken part 4 (opens the original)

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    This is the last of four parts of the story about a little chicken that went to town. To the capital actually. To the presidential/royal/imperial palace. Part 1 is here. You can work your way through to part 4 from there.Our brave chicken will run into some other palace dwellers before the big showdown. Will she find who she’s looking for? Will the great promise be delivered? Or will it turn out to be a deception?Find out below.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https:

  2. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    Game of Chicken part 3 (opens the original)

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    I should really get a better title. It’s not a game. Still, it's fitting in one way: our hero isn't the only chicken in the story.This is part 3 about the chicken who went to town to find those responsible. Part 1 is here.In the last episode she arrived at the presidential palace and encountered the first inhabitant. Read all about it here.Deeper

  3. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    Game of Chicken part 2 (opens the original)

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    From an angry white man to an angry white chicken. Don’t say I am not consistent. The angry white man does not refer to me, even though I probably qualify, but to The Outrage Engine, which I have spoken of at length on this very Substack.This is a story in four parts, designed as a book, and altered to make it work in a vertical format on Substack.You can find part 1 here:I also posted an article about the illustration style, which is here. I

  4. Issue · Sep 9, 2026

    Illustration style for Game of Chicken (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Sep 2, 2026

    Game of Chicken part 1 (opens the original)

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    These are tumultuous times. People are generally dissatisfied. Politics no longer seems to offer solutions to the challenges that most societies face; you see it everywhere across the Western world. And beyond.On the other hand, over the past few decades we’ve seen a whole parade of characters, cranks, carnival barkers and snake-oil salesmen come along, all promising they had the solution. That is what this new story is about.Thanks for reading Drawn Blank! Subs

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