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Seven Seas Licenses Absolute Duo Manga... Crickets

By Dustin Cabeal

I wanted to like anime based on this manga, but it was just too trope heavy. What really did it in was the fact that it took all these strong female characters and made them weak compared to the main male character... who was pretty fucking weak. It's just a harem fantasy that lacked humor, action and an original premise. But hey... maybe the manga is better... he typed with raised shoulders.

Dustin Cabeal 1/9/17 Dustin Cabeal 1/9/17

Preview: Divinity III: Shadowman and the Battle of New Stalingrad #1

Press Release

Valiant is proud to present your first look inside DIVINITY III: SHADOWMAN AND THE BATTLE OF NEW STALINGRAD #1 – the next essential standalone special torn from the pages of Valiant’s hit comics event! On February 8th, join rising star Scott Bryan Wilson (Batman Annual) and blockbuster artist Robert Gill (Wrath of the Eternal Warrior) as they lead the unshakable Shadowman to the front line of America’s last stand against the global Soviet Union! The Statue of Liberty has fallen and the streets of New York are plagued with Russian forces. Now, the only thing separating the United States from complete Soviet rule is the most unlikely soldier of all: Shadowman!

Dustin Cabeal 1/9/17 Dustin Cabeal 1/9/17

Perfectly Timed, Devastator Releases "The Presidential Dickerbook" (NSFW)

By Dustin Cabeal

I feel like anytime I post something it's probably not safe for work, but I figured since this one has a gif of a penis going on Drumpf that it might warrant a warning. This is perfectly timed and the exact satire that we need. I look forward to putting dicks on all these presidents.

Dustin Cabeal 1/6/17 Dustin Cabeal 1/6/17

Image Plans A Shit Ton of Variants For 25th Year Anniversary

By Dustin Cabeal

Yay... variants. Themed variants for each month... but only starting in February. This is why I hate variants. Image doesn't need to do this shit. Sure it "sounds" awesome because they aren't known for it, but if you need a reminder of how old this shit gets, look no further than Dark Horse and BOOM!'s celebration last year or Aspen's from two years ago... that shit almost put them out of business. At least it looked that way when they stopped publishing titles. The point is, this seems exactly like the shit that Image publisher Eric Stephenson is always talking about being terrible for the industry. Guess it doesn't matter when you hit 25 years.

Dustin Cabeal 1/6/17 Dustin Cabeal 1/6/17

Alterna Comics Returns To Newsprint

By Dustin Cabeal

I have to admit that there's a bit of brilliance to this. A lot of Alterna Comics' titles are in black and white so it would be an easy transition for most. That and I'm curious to see what happens. What do the creators think? Will readers try it? Will other publisher give it a shot? It made me interested because yeah... maybe newsprint is okay for some books. Maybe the generic shit that some of the publishers pump out doesn't need all that detail in their piss poor coloring. I'm curious as hell. Oh, and they got a new logo. I'll be honest, I didn't have the old one committed to memory.

Dustin Cabeal 1/5/17 Dustin Cabeal 1/5/17

VIZ Media Invests In Anime Start-Up Company KITSU

Kitsu, a startup changing the way the community experiences anime, announced today that it has raised six hundred thousand dollars in a seed round between San Francisco, California-based entertainment company VIZ Media, LLC, and Manila, Philippines-based entrepreneur Bernard Chong. Kitsu will use these funds to build out its world-class content discovery platform at kitsu.io, led by Kitsu founder and CEO, Josh Fabian, who started the project under the Hummingbird name. Josh previously was Lead Designer, Groupon Stores, and Lead Designer, oBaz.

Dustin Cabeal 1/1/17 Dustin Cabeal 1/1/17

Anime Consortium Japan to stream Fate/Grand Order –First Order-, Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga, Rewrite, Tales of Zestiria the X Season 2

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Anime Consortium Japan Inc., the Japanese company for official anime streaming has announced today upcoming series starting in January 2017. It includes Fate/Grand Order –First Order-, Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga, Rewrite and Tales of Zestiria the X Season 2. All titles will be available on www.DAISUKI.net and DAISUKI’s mobile apps with subtitles. Simulcast streaming of the ongoing shows MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS and March comes in like a lion will also continue.

Dustin Cabeal 1/1/17 Dustin Cabeal 1/1/17

Kodansha Comics Launches the Science-Fiction Manga by Nihei Humble Book Bundle

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Kodansha Comics presents the Science Fiction Manga by Nihei book bundle in partnership with Humble Bundle. The offering amounts to $185 worth of digital manga, featuring legendary manga-ka Tsutomu Nihei’s early mind-benders BLAME! and NOiSE up to his masterpiece, Knights of Sidonia. The actual cost of the bundle is based on Humble Bundle’s unique pay-what-you-want charitable model.

Dustin Cabeal 1/1/17 Dustin Cabeal 1/1/17

DAISUKI.net Brings BEYBLADE BURST to the U.S. For Premium Members

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Japan’s premier streaming service DAISUKI.net will begin streaming BEYBLADE BURST—the latest anime in the long-running BEYBLADE franchise—exclusively for DAIUSKI Premium members beginning on December 27 6:30a.m. (PST), 9:30a.m. (EST), 2016! The anime will be streamed with Japanese audio and English subtitles.

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Quick! Name One Publisher You'd Want To See Get The John Wick Comic License

By Dustin Cabeal

I hope you said Dynamite... because it's Dynamite. I know, I know... IDW was a close second. I wish one of my "Worst of 2016" articles were posted already because I would be linking to it right about now. I have zero interest in checking this out and will avoid it upon its release. I feel for whatever creators get attached to it. Also, I love the fact half of the below press release reads like a film review written by the studio.

Dustin Cabeal 12/22/16 Dustin Cabeal 12/22/16

Settle Down Ragnarök Fans, There's Statues Coming!

By Dustin Cabeal

I know that these releases are a necessary part of the biz. How else will people know about them? I just don't get excited for them when they come from IDW because it's almost always their same four or five brands that they actually own and only one of those are exciting. Locke & Key in case you were wondering, but hey... I'm sure we'll get a great looking Wynonna Earp statue right? That's going on the shelf next to the freebie Doc Strange.

Dustin Cabeal 12/15/16 Dustin Cabeal 12/15/16

New Comics Shipping From Scout Comics

By Dustin Cabeal

These puppies are shipping February. You should pre-order them if you're interested, but no one does... god the comic industry is broken. We need this shit faster Diamond! Seriously, though, check out their titles. I have my eye on Scout, good stuff coming out over there.

Dustin Cabeal 12/15/16 Dustin Cabeal 12/15/16

Find Your Theater For Sailor Moon R: The Movie

By Dustin Cabeal

I think we talked about this on the last episode of Super S... it could have been off air. Either way, we're here talking about it now, and I know one co-host that is going to be checking this list asap. Though I can tell her that her city made the list! Mine didn't... at least not a normal showing, some B.S. with the cast that I don't give a crap about. Oh and it's the only good thing to happen to America on the 20th of next month so... yeah, maybe see it twice to numb the pain.

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Jordan and Moustafa's "Savage Things" Gets Picked Up By Vertigo

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This March, Vertigo will unleash SAVAGE THINGS, an action-packed espionage-horror miniseries from writer Justin Jordan (The Legacy of Luther Strode) and artist Ibrahim Moustafa (High Crimes).

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After Reborn and USA, Comes Bloodshot Salvation

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As revealed today at Newsarama, Valiant is proud to announce BLOODSHOT REBORN #0 – a stunning and essential zero-issue turning point coming in March from New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (Inhumans vs. X-Men, Black Hammer) and explosive artist Renato Guedes (Wolverine) that will redefine Bloodshot and his relationship with the Valiant Universe! As the blood-stained curtain closes on BLOODSHOT U.S.A....be there as the stage is set for BLOODSHOT SALVATION, a top-secret new series coming later in 2017!

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Kodansha Comics Launches the Attack on Titan Manga App

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Kodansha Comics has released a manga and newsfeed app dedicated to its monster-hit property, Attack on Titan. The app comes with a number of unique features:

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Rurouni Kenshin Manga Coming To An Omnibus Near You

By Robert Ramos

Color me interested. I picked up the anime earlier this year, which has now been put on hold because of the podcast, and I've enjoyed all I was able to watch. Granted, the intro is ridiculous, but that's beside the point. This seems like a great way to entice new readers to the cult classic that is Rurouni Kenshin and I, for one, am all for it. Good job, Viz!

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2000 AD: Forty Years Of Thrill Power Festival

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Rebellion toasts 40 years of the publication of legendary British weekly comic 2000 AD by presenting a huge celebration in the UK capital. The main event, a one-day ‘immersive live extravaganza‘, will take place at Hammersmith’s Novotel and includes a jam-packed schedule of prestige events, original programming, world exclusive merchandise and one-of-a-kind spectacles befitting the legacy of the finest comic book export the UK has ever produced.

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I Ain't Mad At This: Planetoid Returns With "Praxis"

By Dustin Cabeal

I loved the first volume of Planetoid. Sure the ending was a little weak, but I'm happy to see it return with a new volume. Hopefully, with so much time in between, the follow up will be just as good or better.

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Fantagraphic Books to Publish ALL TIME COMICS, a Shared Superhero Universe

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From Fantagraphics, the publisher of the world's greatest cartoonists, comes ALL TIME COMICS, a shared superhero universe featuring the world’s most fanta*stic heroes. Atlas! Blind Justice! Bullwhip! Crime Destroyer!