
Review: Food Wars! vol. 21
By Dustin Cabeal
The amazing thing about the shonen style of storytelling is that something can reach twenty-one volumes and yet the story hasn’t completed a full year. It also makes me wonder how long I’ve been reading Food Wars! for since I started reviewing and reading this series from the start of the trades. Is it any wonder that the dishes have gotten a little boring.

Review: My Hero Academia vol. 10
By Dustin Cabeal
Unfortunately, My Hero Academia is become a story with cool moments, but not a cool story. At the start, this world felt like a very Japanese take on the modern American superhero stories. It’s quickly changed into a political story, which isn’t bad, but the politics always seem to be set up by attacking children.

Comic Bastards Podcast - 031
By Dustin Cabeal
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031 - Well I finally got an episode done! I guess that landmark 30th episode was just too much to top right? Huh? Wasn't it? Fucking whatever. After I rant, I do cover some current news that will probably excite some of you! It's about Vertigo Comics so just put on your jizz shorts and get ready! Now, I know I usually cover comics, but I've been reading nothing but manga this week in an effort to clear off my desk... so I'm only talking about manga. Enjoy!
Manga covered in this episode:
- Black Clover vol. 10
- Food Wars! vol. 21-22
- Twin Star Exorcists vol. 10-11
- Astra: Lost in Space vol. 1
- Nisekoi: False Love vol. 21-25

Neil Gaiman Curates New Sandman Universe For Vertigo Comics
Press Release
DC Entertainment announces the creation of The Sandman Universe, a new Vertigo line of comic books curated by Neil Gaiman, conjuring epic storytelling, immersing readers into the evolving world of the Dreaming. The Sandman Universe begins with four new ongoing series, existing in a shared universe, building upon Gaiman’s New York Times best-selling series that lyrically weaved together stories of dreams and magic.

Crunchyroll to add 8 new Kodansha Comics simulpubs
Press Release
Kodansha Comics announced today it has added 8 new series to the Crunchyroll Manga simulpub streaming platform starting March 1, bringing the leading manga publisher’s total on the service to 18. Subscribers to Crunchyroll can now read the latest chapters at the same time they’re published in Japan from even more Kodansha Comics manga series than ever before.
New additions available for the first time on Crunchyroll Manga include A Silent Voicecreator Yoshotoki Oima’s follow-up to her smash hit, To Your Eternity, and Netflix OriginalKnights of Sidonia creator Tsutomu Nihei’s latest, APOSIMZ.

Jen and Tyler Bartel's Magical Girls Pack a Punch in "Crystal Fighters"
Press Release
You've never seen magical girls like this! Co-writers Jen Bartel (Blackbird, America, Jem and the Holograms) and Tyler Bartel step into the ring for Crystal Fighters, a unique story described as Sailor Moon meets Street Fighter! Originally offered on the digital platform Stela, Dark Horse will publish the complete Chaos Arena: Crystal Fighters webcomic series to trade paperback for the first time ever!

Kodansha Comics to debut a new digital manga series every week, starting with apocalyptic 90s cult classic Dragon Head February 27
Press Release
Kodansha Comics announced today it is bringing back Minetaro Mochizuki’s 1990s manga cult classic Dragon Head as a digital release, with the entire tightly wound ten-volume run dropping February 27 at all major digital book platforms. In addition—for one week only—Volume 1 of Dragon Head will be available for 99-cents on all platforms.

ComixTribe's Dark Future: WAILING BLADE Debuts at Emerald City Comic Con This Weekend
Press Release
Independent publisher ComixTribe (SINK, Oxymoron) debuts its newest series, WAILING BLADE, at Emerald City Comic Con, with an exclusive ashcan preview of issue #1, limited to 100 copies.
Writer Rich Douek (IDW's Gutter Magic) and artist Joe Mulvey (SCAM) team with heavy hitters Christopher Sotomayor (Avengers, Incredible Hulk) on colors and Taylor Esposito (DC) on letters, to tell a tale of mankind’s struggle against tyranny in a future dark age.

Fanbase Press Plumbs the Depths of Creativity in THE MARGINS
Press Release
On behalf of Fanbase Press, I am excited to share with you the newest addition to our publishing slate with The Margins, an original, creator-owned graphic novel co-written by David Accampo (Lost Angels, DC’s New Talent Showcase 2017) and Paul Montgomery (Wormwood: A Serialized Mystery, Panels.net) and illustrated by Amanda Donahue.

Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi Reveals Details for Highly Anticipated 'Gotham City' Land
Press Release
Warner Bros. World™ Abu Dhabi, the world’s first-ever Warner Bros. branded indoor theme park, has unveiled details about one of its most anticipated lands Gotham City. When the park opens this summer, Batman fans will have the chance to walk the streets of Gotham City alongside notorious Super-Villains such as The Joker, The Riddler, Scarecrow, Catwoman and Harley Quinn. The immersive land will feature interactive experiences, including state-of-the-art rides and attractions, authentically themed restaurants and memorabilia shops — all inspired by the characters and stories from DC’s famed comic books and movies.

Jazz Legend premieres in May 2018
Press Release
SCOUT COMICS AND ENTERTAINMENT announces the premiere of JAZZ LEGEND in May 2018.
There’s a peculiar new drug on the streets of Motocity. Its effects are unlike any other–an immersive psychedelic dreamscape with visions of animalistic abominations and god-like humanoids. This is bad news for Martin Comity, who lives for two things: playing jazz and getting his next fix.

Bruce Lee Hits the Streets in Darby Pop Publishing’s All-New Bruce Lee: The Walk of the Dragon
Press Release
Bruce Lee: The Walk of the Dragon, an all-new, all-ages, full-color comic adventure, releases as a “one shot” on March 28, 2018, courtesy of Darby Pop Publishing. The self-contained story lives in the same continuity as the hugely successful Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises but shines even more of a spotlight on one of history’s few real-life superheroes. This special issue was written by animation superstar Nicole Dubuc (My Little Pony, Star Wars: Rebels, Transformers: Rescue Bots). Interior art is once again courtesy of Brandon McKinney with a cover from John Haun.

Review: Doom Patrol/Justice League of America #1
By Kelly Gaines
As suddenly as it began, DC’s Milk Wars has ended. For a relatively short event, Milk Wars is loaded with references, ideologies, and narratives that need intense dissection to piece together completely. I wouldn’t say that I’m disappointed, just a little frustrated with the amount of work the average reader will have to do to follow and understand what they’re reading. If you have a sturdy background in Grant Morrison’s Multiversity, the complete history of the Doom Patrol, the Justice League, and all of the Young Animal titles, you have nothing to worry about here. If you haven’t read much of the Young Animals, aren’t up to date with Doom Patrol, and haven’t delved into the history of DC’s multiverse, you’re going to need a lot of breadcrumbs to find your way through this story. Milk Wars is clever, hilarious, and fully embraces the “meta-narrative” trend that’s been taking over more and more in pop culture. However, Young Animals was created as a way to bring new readers into the DC universe without having to feel lost or behind. Milk Wars effectively alienates any new readers of not only DC but comics as a whole. I’ve been a DC girl since about eight years old, and even I had to put reading on hold to look up back issues and google characters to piece everything together. Milk Wars is a smart read for an avid comic fan, but likely a let down to readers hoping to use the Young Animal titles as gateway comics.

Review: Graveland #2
By Cat Wyatt
There was a lot of ground to cover in the last issue of Graveland. The antagonists (the giants) had to be introduced, as did the dire circumstances they brought with them (it turns out that our cities aren’t designed to be stomped on, go figure), and the steps the government was taking to try and bring them down (which up until this point have been unsuccessful).

Review: Metropo
By Thea Srinivasan
Whenever we look for answers, we always hope that it’s always going to be simple. Even if we find the answer, we know it in our minds. But how many times do we truly comprehend the answer? Knowing and understanding are two very different things, and it’s one of the hardest concepts to grasp. But for this particular comic, the line tends to blur between knowing, understanding and predicting something from what we know. Before I continue with this review, the following book is an anthology of written and illustrated stories. It is necessarily a comic but a collection of tales from different mediums. If you do not find the idea of written stories or anthologies appealing, I’d suggest you stop reading this review.

Review: Heavenly Blues #4
By Cat Wyatt
In issue #4 our unlikely team finally managed to break into heaven, and I gotta say it isn’t quite what I expect. Nor was the break-in itself, but that’s another story. Now that they’ve made it this far, it’s time for them to go forward with the next step of their plan. After all, their benefactor didn’t invite them up to heaven for a cup of tea.

Review: Little Apple vol. 1
By Thea Srinivasan
Honest children are easy to come by. But blunt children are the rarest of them all. This child has a breadth of knowledge to the point she knows how to blend her knowledge with reality. It’s very rare to see anyone be able to speak the truth with eloquence and be able to open anyone’s eyes to what needs to change. It’s very rare to find a girl who is a revolutionary set against the world.

Review: Freelance #3
By Cat Wyatt
Issue #3 of Freelance is back; with the team, we’ve been steadily learning about and growing fond of. Lance is the backbone of the team, he’s also the moral center, even if the rest of them may be less than willing to admit that bit. He’s also more or less the focus, being that he’s superhuman (literally) and capable of handling situations most humans wouldn’t survive. John is the ex-con bad boy, with a catch; he’s pretty sweet on Lance (feel free to ship that pairing). And finally, there’s Tasha, the techie and sassy one of the group. Together they take on missions, doing their best to keep the world safe.
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