Saturday, May 2nd is Free Comic Book Day. You walk into your local comic book store and walk out with free comics. Simple! Here’s a quick look at what you’ll see on Saturday. Not all books will be availible in every store, and there may be a limit to how many you can take. Click […]
Life Sucks tells the story of a love-lorn vampire forced to work the late shift at a mini-mart. There’s a 14-page preview online, the characters were engaging and the writing was sharp. Like a Kevin Smith movie, but with less dick jokes. By Jessica Abel, Gabe Soria, and Warren Pleece
The Crayon Shinchan manga (Vol. 2 out […]
I keep forgetting to link to this, and I haven’t seen this posted anywhere else. Otaku USA’s Patrick Macias interviewed Stan Lee about his upcoming collaboration with Shaman King creator Hiroyuki Takei called Ultimo. Besides being the name of a bra manufacturer, Ultimo was already the name of an Iron Man villain. The Man is […]
Dororo Vol. 1
By Osamu Tezuka
Published by Vertical Books
A feudal lord enters a mysterious temple during a storm. He has come to bargain with the forty-eight demon statues inside. In exchange for power he offers them each a body part from his unborn son. A monk discovers the scene and is killed by the lord, his […]
One of the problems I anticipated when starting these updates was that comics release schedules are generally haphazard. It’s feast or famine depending on the week, and this week it’s famine. But there are still some crumbs!
Given all the callous attempts by publishers to sell me back my childhood, I had assumed Return of the […]
I saw this video on CNN this morning about Brent Rinehart, a county commissioner in Oklahoma, who is using a self-published comic to blame his political misconduct on a “homosexual agenda.” It makes that New Yorker cover seem downright subtle!