Review: Mania #1 & 2
By Wes Jones
What if ADHD was the reason Quicksilver is so fast or dissociative identity disorder was the cause of Mystique’s shape-shifting abilities? MANIA presents us with a future where mentally ill tech mutants called ‘supermanics’ are the result of futuristic cybernetic tinkering. It’s 2052 in the completely automated city of New Renard, and all citizens are provided with a neural implant called the ARC. When the ARC is implanted into people with normal brain chemistry, it works as a sort of personal assistant with a HUD — think a fully-realized Microsoft HoloLens. Those with mental health issues, however, may cause the ARCs to malfunction and they end up with superpowers because comic books.
Review: Supernatural Agents #1
By Patrick Wolf
Have you ever seen one of those cheap, Chinese knockoffs? What’s interesting about these products is how they’re so similar and yet so different from the real thing. We can almost always identify a counterfeit Spiderman toy, and yet we can’t help but marvel at how similar it is to the genuine article. I think part of the reason for this phenomenon is that the Chinese knockoff isn’t a straightforward copy: it’s just so generic it feels like a duplicate. Jim Hachey’s Supernatural Agents #1 has a similar feel. While it’s not a direct rip-off, the artwork, story, and characters are so imitative; you’ll get that same feeling you experience whenever you see a counterfeit: it looks like the real thing, but it’s just too generic to be it.
Review: Enmusubi no Youko-chan E.01
By Shanel Kamara
Okay so with the start of the release of the summer line-up shows, I decided this week to opt for one of the new series as opposed to my usual. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much of a selection to choose from (as I usually watch the show on a Saturday afternoon and write the review on a Sunday morning) so I ended up watching the Japanese adaption of the popular Chinese work Huyao Xiao Hongniang (in English known as Fox Spirit Matchmaker and in Japanese Enmusubi no Youko-chan). Frankly, I didn’t intend on watching and reviewing this show; originally, my plan was to review the fourteenth episode of the second season of Boku no Hero Academia but for some inexplicable reason, or maybe not so inexplicable, no episode aired this week due to the fact that the first arc of the season has ended.
Scout Comics Announces Santa vs Dracula
Press Release
This week, Scout is proud to announce SANTA VS DRACULA by screenwriter and syndicated writer Ed Power, and Melissa DeJesus, syndicated comic strip artist and animation artist for the movie Super Troopers. SANTA VS DRACULA is an original graphic novel hitting comic book stores this October, just in time for Halloween (and Christmas, of course)!!!
More New Titles From Kadokawa
Press Release
KADOKAWA CORPORATION, the Japanese publisher & anime company, known for hits as The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Lucky Star, or recent titles like KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world! and Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, has announced new titles at Anime Expo 2017 (July 1-4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center). Along with the announcement, promotional trailers were shown for the first time in the world.
Kadokawa New Title Announcements -- Girls’ Last Tour and A Place Further Than The Universe
Press Release
KADOKAWA CORPORATION, the Japanese publisher & anime company, known for hits as The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Lucky Star, or recent titles like KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world! and Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, has announced 2 new titles at Anime Expo 2017 (July 1-4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center). Along with the announcement, promotional trailers were shown for the first time in the world.
Review: In This Corner of the World
By Dustin Cabeal
Animated movies from Japan tend to be amazing from a story and film perspective. Not because I’m biased, while I do love animated films in general, I will always prefer 2-D animation. No, the real reason is that it is 2-D animation and the bulk of the world has moved on from caring about the art form. It’s a shame, but because of that stories like In This Corner of the World aren’t held to the same storytelling restraints that most films are nor are they pigeonholed into tropes like anime. Simply put, Is This Corner of the World only works in this format because it’s allowed to create a new storytelling narrative that doesn’t rely on the three-act structure or any other structure that you’d associate with Japan.
Preview: Killbox: Chicago #1 from American Gothic Press
Press Release
It's finally here! KILLBOX: CHICAGO is the brand new series from KILLBOX creator Tom Riordan and talented newcomer Marco Ferrari, who have woven a tale of riots, gangs, and mysterious monsters.
SAVAGE DRAGON Teases XXX Cover
Press Release
Comics legend and Image Comics partner Erik Larsen will push the envelope in celebration of the company’s 25th anniversary this July with a sexy, sultry XXX cover by Rafael Krás not for the faint of heart (and certainly NSFW…*wink*) in SAVAGE DRAGON #225 this July.
Massive hit EXTREMITY gets paperback collection this September
Press Release
Stellar cartoonist Daniel Warren Johnson (SpaceMullet), with colorist Mike Spicer (SHIRTLESS BEAR-FIGHTER!), will release the first trade paperback collection of his series EXTREMITY this September from Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
Action Lab Announces Hero Cats of Skyworld Collection
Press Release
The Hero Cats creative team reaches new heights with this high fantasy adventure! HERO CATS OF SKYWORLD collects HERO CATS #16-#18 and is the perfect jumping on point for new readers.
Check Out Ghost City Comics Podcast, The Dustin Cabeal Episode!
By Dustin Cabeal
If you don't know me, then Hi... I'm Dustin Cabeal, and I'm pretty much Comic Bastards with the exception of great reviewers that help me cover a ton of books. All the rest that you see, the press releases, the one-off opinion pieces, the podcasts... that's me. I also do reviews which feels like something I should mention.
Papercutz Announces New Gumby Comic
Press Release
Leading graphic novel publisher Papercutz has released a Gumby short story by Eisner and Harvey Award-winning cartoonist Kyle Baker, in advance of its new GUMBY comic book series debuting on July 5, 2017. Baker’s story entitled “Model-Ty Crew” appears in GUMBY issue 1, alongside a 10-page story by acclaimed writer Ray Fawkes and artist Jolyon Yates, a five-page story by writer and editor Jeff Whitman and New York Times bestselling artist Jolyon Yates and a cover by Rick Geary.
Image Collects "Sun Bakery" This August
Press Release
Fan-favorite cartoonist Corey “Reyyy” Lewis will collect the first arc of his one-man comics anthology SUN BAKERY in paperback, as well as launch a new story arc, this August.
Can't Argue With Myself -- ZOMBIE TRAMP VOLUME 11: Join Janey's Supporting Cast For Action-Packed Thrills
Press Release
ZOMBIE TRAMP VOLUME 11 DEMON DAMES & SCANDALOUS GAMES collects issues 33-36 of the wildly popular ongoing series! The series follows former escort to the stars turned zombie Janey Belle, also known as the infamous Zombie Tramp. This volume focuses on her supporting cast, include the voodoo queen Xula, the undead child Morning and the Kaiju Queen. This series is for those not faint of heart and includes mature content.
Valiant Unveils Massive BLOODSHOT SALVATION #1 Gatefold Insert in July 2017 PREVIEWS
Press Release
Before BLOODSHOT SALVATION arrives in stores on September 20th, experience the brutal and bloody new beginning that awaits Valiant’s most relentless hero in the July 2017 PREVIEWS catalog (#346) – featuring a stunning, six-page, 24″ x 11.5” gatefold insert, bound directly into Valiant Entertainment’s catalog listings! On the heels of Valiant’s first gatefold insert spotlighting X-O MANOWAR (2017) #1 last winter, find out everything you need to know about the FIRST ISSUE of THE BLOCKBUSTER NEW ONGOING SERIES from New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (THE VALIANT, Moon Knight) and explosive artists Lewis LaRosa (BLOODSHOT REBORN) and Mico Suayan (BLOODSHOT REBORN) right here with an all-in-one look ahead at Valiant’s most important series of the fall – including a pre-order coupon to reserve your copy with your local comic book retailer!
VIZ Media Debuts THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: FOUR SWORDS - LEGENDARY EDITION
Press Release
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, invites manga readers and adventure fans to enjoy creator Akira Himekawa’s classic THE LEGEND OF ZELDA story in a whole new way with the release of THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: FOUR SWORDS –LEGENDARY EDITION– on July 11th.
DC UNIVERSE ORIGINAL MOVIES: 10TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION
Press Release
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and DC Entertainment celebrate a decade of heroic animation with the release of the DC Universe Original Movies: 10th Anniversary Collection, a comprehensive box set of all 30 films, 5 animated shorts, new special features and exclusive collectible items coming November 7, 2017 to Blu-ray™. The entire 30-film set will also be available on Digital starting August 15, 2017.
Review: Interviews with Monster Girls – Season 1
By Dustin Cabeal
Interviews with Monster Girls is part interesting, part average harem style comedy taking place in high school. It teeters this fine line throughout the series in which it never overly commits one way or the other which is unfortunate.
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By Justin McCarty
I picked up Transdimensional having no prior knowledge of the subject. Not even the Kickstarter description. If I had, I probably would have skipped it. I am probably one of five comics fans that don't get into sci-fi horror. The Kickstarter describes the comic as being a sci-fi horror in the same family as Alien and The Abyss. I’ve seen Alien maybe (just the one - sad face from you probably), not The Abyss. I wasn’t the proper audience for this comic. However, if I was into this type of story, I could see its appeal.