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DC Comics originated the superhero in the Golden Age. Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman became massive right off the bat and were able to mold the superhero world in their image. However, they were just the vanguard of Golden Age DC’s heroic spear. Behind them was the Justice Society of America, the first major superhero…

The word “cyberpunk” had been around for four years before William Gibson’s Neuromancer was published in 1984, but that was the novel that crystallized a subgenre. Gibson disdains the term, but it’s useful shorthand. He fused near-future science fiction with crime fiction as a way to talk about the real world, and created something new.

The artist known as Boldjun mixes absurd humor, familiar characters, strange creatures, and the occasional surprisingly heartfelt moment into detailed little comic stories. He started sharing his comics on Reddit relatively recently before bringing his work to Instagram, where his growing collection shows just how wide-ranging his sense of humor can be. One comic might…