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Review: KonoSuba 2! E.01

By Dustin Cabeal

There was a time that I found these really long ass titles funny, but then I started reviewing them, and I now hate these long ass titles, so I will only say this title once… God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World! 2, is the full and proper title. The show’s shorthand is KonoSuba, and it’s returning for its second season.

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Follow The Secret Empire... To The Bathroom

By Dustin Cabeal

I give DC it's fair amount of ribbing so I figured, why not include Marvel in that again? What the fuck is the secret empire? Don't know, don't care. I can't believe that Marvel is still making their interns crank out this bullshit marketing campaigns using words or short sentences. At least they did them all at once rather than sending my six emails. I can't wait to not care about this! X-Citing times indeed.

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AmeriKarate Coming March 1st From Danger Zone

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Fans of 80s action movies like Commando, Gymkata, and the sensitive dance flick Footloose will LOVE Amerikarate!

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Hollow Fields Coming In Full Color From Seven Seas

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Seven Seas Entertainment is excited to announce the upcoming full-color edition of Madeleine Rosca’s award-winning steampunk series, Hollow Fields!

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VIZ Media Expands POKÉMON Catalog With POKÉMON BLACK 2 & WHITE 2 Manga Debut

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VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, adds to its extensive POKÉMON collection with the release of the POKÉMON ADVENTURES: BLACK 2 & WHITE 2 manga series, now available.

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Tom King Is The New Geoff Johns, Taking Over On Rebirth Mystery Book

By Dustin Cabeal

Wow, they're just getting back to this huh? I honestly forgot about the "mystery" surrounding the rebirthing of DC. Still not sure how the Comedian's button fits into everything... because wouldn't he be dead? And if I fucked with your universe, why would I leave a calling card? Whatever, I hope you're in love with Tom King like everyone else is because DC got tired of waiting for Johns to write this shit and gave it to King.

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AfterShock Announces Garth Ennis Title "Jimmy's Bastards"

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Since its official debut in April 2015, AfterShock Comics has launched 16 titles from some of the world’s most celebrated creators. With hits including Animosity from Marguerite Bennett, Alters from Paul Jenkins, Rough Riders from Adam Glass and Shipwreck from Warren Ellis, AfterShock will debut its second series from award-winning creator Garth Ennis, called Jimmy’s Bastards, later this year.

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Review: Southern Bastards #16

By Daniel Vlasaty

It’s been a few months since issue #15 came out, which is kind of Jason Aaron’s MO, it seems. I think I’d be pretty pissed about the delay too if the issue wasn’t so damn good. I love Southern Bastards, man. I love everything about it. I love the feel of it. I love the stink of it. I love the writing and the art. I love that this is what I imagine life in southern small towns is probably like.

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Man vs. Rock's State of the Union!

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Unboxing: Loot Wear - December 2016

By Dustin Cabeal

I have to say this is probably the best Loot Wear that I've gotten. Sure I'm not in love with all of the brands that they put in there, but as far as wearability goes, it's pretty damn good. The only thing that I would feel like a fraud wearing is the Mr. Robot stuff and I still don't see how that show is such a fashion powerhouse, but whatever. Also my fucking cat makes an audio appearance. Enjoy.

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Review: The Storyteller: Giants #2

By Laramie Martinez

Storyteller: Giants #2 has everything you want in a Storyteller comic. Plucky hero? Yes. Enormous evil villain? Check. Overwhelming odds overcome by courage and weird randomness? It’s got this in spades. Check out my review below.

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Seven Seas Licenses Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage Manga Series

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Seven Seas Entertainment is proud to announce the license of Leiji Matsumoto and Kouichi Shimahoshi’s Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage—an all-new contemporary take on one of the most revered and recognizable characters in science fiction history: the space pirate Captain Harlock!

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Five Questions With Ken Garing About Planetoid: Praxis

By Dustin Cabeal

Being a big fan of Ken Garing's Planetoid, I was happy about the announcement of a second volume. I had the chance to shoot Ken some questions about his upcoming Image Comic follow up Planetoid: Praxis which is out February 1st.

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Thank God There's A Manga Adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo...

By Dustin Cabeal

I hate The Count of Monte Cristo. I just wanted to say that. I find it to be a lame ass story that offered no surprises, not even the one at the end. Why? Because it was fucking obvious. I hate all iterations of it and just because this one is in manga form and the woman's boobies are hanging out, doesn't mean I care.

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The Magnetic Collection Debuts Two New Graphic Novels

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As the world heads in to 2017, and in a time of uncertainty, Lion Forge’s newly acquired boutique imprint announces two gorgeous works of graphic fiction told from two wholly unique perspectives.

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Seven Seas Picks Up New Devilman G Manga

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Seven Seas Entertainment is excited to announce the license acquisition of Go Nagai and Rui Takatou’s Devilman G manga series, a modern retelling of the horror manga epic that pulls elements from the franchise’s rich forty year history.

Dustin Cabeal 1/11/17 Dustin Cabeal 1/11/17

Zenescope Entertainment To Release Three #1 Issues in First Quarter of 2017

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Comic book and graphic novel publisher, Zenescope Entertainment, is set to launch three new titles in early 2017 as the company continues to expand its development of original sci-fi, fantasy and horror content.

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Review: Dungeons and Dragons: Frost Giant’s Fury #1

By Laramie Martinez

It’s timely that Dungeons and Dragons: Frost Giant’s Fury comes out this week as I am just beginning a new campaign with a new party. I’ve been stealing ideas from Jim Zub’s comics for years now and I look forward to another series that I can mine fantasy shenanigans to use on my players. After reading the first issue, I expect this series to be no different from his previous comics. It’s got humor, drama, and, of course, monsters.

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Review: NPCs #1: The Inventor

By Dustin Cabeal

Full disclosure I know Justin Wood quite well. We’ve never meet in person, but we converse, and he’s the creator of our logo, the review banners and writer of reviews on many occasions. That said, you’re probably wondering how the fuck I can objectively review NPCs if that’s the case.

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Review: All-Star Batman #6

By Chris Tresson

I wasn’t a big fan of the last arc of this series. It just didn’t feel like a Batman comic to me. I don’t think anyone here at Comic Bastards really enjoyed it but it’s a new year, a new arc and a new artist for All-Star Batman. Issue six beings an arc which will involve Mr. Freeze and hopefully no terrible quips or puns. Here we go.