Dustin Cabeal 12/11/16 Dustin Cabeal 12/11/16

Not To Be Excluded IDW Sets Up Office In Portland

By Dustin Cabeal

I picture a small basement office, somewhere in the middle of the hallway with this sign on it and just two people working there. One of which will be working there until another publisher has an open position. I guess IDW didn't want to be the only non-corporate entity to not have a Portland office. Also, I see an increase in comic creators moving to Portland. Which could mean a resurgence of 90s comics... anyone? Anyone?

Dustin Cabeal 12/10/16 Dustin Cabeal 12/10/16

Sun Bakery Heads To Image...

By Dustin Cabeal

I don't know how I feel about this... I mean, hey, it's good for Corey Lewis and so I guess that's good. But fuck, it feels like a bigger publisher swooping in and gobbling up the smaller publishers big fish. Since I'm quoted on the list you know I was down with this book from the get go so it's hard for me not to still recommend it to you, but fuck... I don't feel good about it.

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X-Babies Writer Launches Kids Book "PIX" at Image

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Image Comics is pleased to announce the middle-grade series PIX by Gregg Schigiel (writer and artist on SpongeBob Comics, writer of X-Babies: Stars Reborn), sure to enchant kids of all ages with a teen superhero who will fight her way into readers’ hearts.

Dustin Cabeal 12/2/16 Dustin Cabeal 12/2/16

UDON Reveals Street Fighter VS. Darkstalkers Comic

By Dustin Cabeal

Hell yeah! I can only hope that the story is better than the last ongoing Street Fighter book because that was the only disappointing part of that series. I never worry about the art, just the story. Really, with this one, I would show up just for the art so who cares.

Dustin Cabeal 12/2/16 Dustin Cabeal 12/2/16

Preview: Midnight Task Force #2 from Mad Cave Studios

By Dustin Cabeal

Hey we have a preview for another indie title for you to check out. You might have seen Steven P.'s review for the first issue of Midnight Task Force, but if not you can check out the review here. In the meantime, the preview and info for the issue is below.

Dustin Cabeal 12/1/16 Dustin Cabeal 12/1/16

Image Announces Hardman's "The Belfry" -- Art Looks Sic

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From Logan storyboard artist and Hugo Award-nominated writer/artist Gabriel Hardman (INVISIBLE REPUBLIC, KINSKI, Star Wars Legacy) comes THE BELFRY, a self-contained one-shot that may just strip you of your humanity.

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Legendary & LINE Webtoon Debut New Jessica Chobot Comic - ‘Firebrand’

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LINE Webtoon (http://www.webtoons.com), the popular digital comics publisher pioneering the development and distribution of comics worldwide, and comic publisher Legendary Comics announced today a partnership to develop new digital comic titles exclusively for the LINE Webtoon platform. The partnership kicks off today with a sneak peek at the first three chapters of new series Firebrand: The Initiation of Natali Presano, a thrilling supernatural series created by Nerdist’s host Jessica Chobot and author Erika Lewis.

Dustin Cabeal 11/29/16 Dustin Cabeal 11/29/16

Action Lab Entertainment Announces Q1 Titles

By Dustin Cabeal

I'm always down to check out new Action Lab titles and there's more than a few that are interesting in this lineup. Check out the details below and get to pre-ordering, especially Dollface which is going to have a ton of variants and interest.

Dustin Cabeal 11/29/16 Dustin Cabeal 11/29/16

Preview: Vessels #2 from Card Shark Comics

By Dustin Cabeal

We've got a preview for an indie title for you today. Card Shark Comics is getting ready to print their second issue of Vessels and we've got a preview. Check it out and if you like what you see head over to Comichaus.com and pick up the first issue to get caught up before the second issues release.

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Spirited Away Could Be Coming To A Theater Near You!

By Robert Ramos

So...I'm probably going to get so much shit by people on this site and off, but I do not care for Hayao Miyazaki or any of the film's he's directed. Just never been a fan of the character designs or story concepts from his movies, regardless of the rich storytelling they may provide. Whatever. If you're a fan of either Miyazaki or Spirited Away, and if it's available in your area, you should definitely check this out! Dubbed to be shown on December 4 while subbed on December 5.

Dustin Cabeal 11/22/16 Dustin Cabeal 11/22/16

2000 AD To Reprint Boy Wizard Comic "The Journal of Luke Kirby"

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A series which trumped Harry Potter to the ‘young boy wizard’ trope by a number of years – but hasn’t been reprinted in its entirety before – is to be collected for the first time.

Dustin Cabeal 11/22/16 Dustin Cabeal 11/22/16

"The Power of the Dark Crystal" Coming From Si Spurrier

By Dustin Cabeal

Well... I like the creative team. Sorry if I have some reservations because it's BOOM! Sure we can lie and say it's Archaia still, but it's not and hasn't been for a while. Hence the single issues, the generic trades and all that stuff that Archaia didn't do, but probably should have. Anyway, the creative team is interesting and for that reason I'll check it out.

Dustin Cabeal 11/22/16 Dustin Cabeal 11/22/16

Weekly Shonen Jump Manga Magazine Launches On Google Play

By Dustin Cabeal

Wow, this is a long time due. I'm new to android so I didn't even realize that Viz hadn't invaded the platform. Get your Jump on android people.

Dustin Cabeal 11/22/16 Dustin Cabeal 11/22/16

Scooter Girl Gets Colored and Printed At Image

By Dustin Cabeal

Having already read and bought Scooter Girl, it's highly unlikely that I'll pick this up, even if it's colored. But, if you've never read Scooter Girl this is a great opportunity to do so.

Dustin Cabeal 11/21/16 Dustin Cabeal 11/21/16

Loose Ends Might Finally Finish

By Dustin Cabeal

Let me give some background info on this project before you get all excited about the names attached to it. This series is old, but it never finished. Seriously, the first three issues released in 2011 and basically launched the careers of Jason Latour and Chris Brunner. But they never finished the fucking thing. They did three out of the four issues at 12 Gauge Comics and then blew up and worked on other shit, mostly for the big two.

Dustin Cabeal 11/19/16 Dustin Cabeal 11/19/16

Rat Queens, Set To Return Again

By Dustin Cabeal

Listen, I, like a lot of people, really enjoy Rat Queens. Writer/Creator Kurtis Weibe was thrown a major curve ball and unfortunately the series has never been consistent since. It's unfortunately, but it's off and on with new artists so damn often that I don't even know what to think anymore. Maybe it'll work out with Owen Gieni, let's hope.

Dustin Cabeal 11/17/16 Dustin Cabeal 11/17/16

Pokémon Cookbook Coming From Viz

By Dustin Cabeal

There are a lot of random cookbooks this year. I recently looked over two for review, but couldn't muster anything to say about them. But a Pokemon cook book... I already have plenty to say.

Dustin Cabeal 11/17/16 Dustin Cabeal 11/17/16

Kirkman Celebrates Image's 25th B-Day With $0.25 Issues

By Dustin Cabeal

Yesterday we were all excited about Oni's $1 issues and cheaper trades. Today, Kirkman's practically telling you to steal his comic. Just wait a week and go into your comic shop and as them for a left over copy, then it's free! Too bad none of the other Image peeps are celebrating this way... kind makes it look like Kirkman is the only one to care about the Publisher turning 25. I can't wait until they're 28, married, thinking about kids... maybe they'll get a dog first.

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"4 Kids Walk Into A Bank"#3 stops to do some charity work before hitting comic shops!

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The annoyingly delayed third issue of 4 KIDS WALK INTO A BANK will hit comic shop shelves on December 21st, but a few folks will have the chance to get it a bit early. The 4 KIDS WALK INTO A BANK team are continuing their tradition of trying to raise money for charity and having books with a lot of different covers.

Dustin Cabeal 11/17/16 Dustin Cabeal 11/17/16

Meet The New Green Lantern of 2814... It's an Ape!

By Dustin Cabeal

What. The. Fuck.

I laughed so fucking hard when I saw this cover. I mean, my god, it is terrible. Why is it in all of these Green "Lets Kill This Brand Again" Lantern crossovers, everyone gets a fucking ring? Why? Doesn't the defeat the purpose? Remember when it was a big fucking deal for someone to get a ring (at least on Earth, no one cares about other planets)? Now there's a dozen Lanterns on Earth alone and fucking apes are getting rings. Bollacks to this crossover. Just like the shitty Star Trek one, I ain't reading it. If that monkey doesn't make a banana construct I call bullshit on this entire story!