DESPOP TUESDAYS! It’s been teased for quite some time, but now our pal Des Taylor is ready to unleash his latest creator-owned book — The Blue Lotus Strikes — through Kickstarter. The Blue Lotus, in gestation since at least 2024, is full of everything you love about mid-century adventure entertainment: espionage, action, humor, suave men — and gorgeous women, particularly the lead herself. Here’s a SNEAK PEEK at four cover designs for the book: There are tons to expect in and around this graphic story book and Des explains all in this promo video: Much more to come on this one, folks. You’ll dig it! — Want more DESPOP TUESDAYS? Come back next week! Want a commission? Buy prints? Buy Des’ comics? Check out his Despop Art website! — MORE — The Famed 1960s BATMAN and JOKER Pinups — ANIMATED STYLE. Click here. — The Many Changes of DIANA PRINCE Changing to WONDER WOMAN. Click here. — DES TAYLOR is the man behind creator-owned comic properties Scarlett Couture, The Vesha Valentine Story, The Trouble With Katie Rogers and a new property in the works The Blue Lotus Strikes. His client list includes DC Comics, La Perla, FHM, Cosmopolitan, Universal Music, ITV Studios America and many more. When he’s not working on his own properties or churning out commissions, Des spends his spare time… working some more, hating Arsenal and raising his two baby daughters, Scarlett and...