Comic Bastards Podcast - 017
By Dustin Cabeal
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017 - After a week off filled with pain and suffering I'm back to bring the pain and suffering... is there a correlation there? Fuck me, probably. Anyway, thanks for listening and here's what's covered on this week's episode of the Comic Bastards Podcast!
- Maestros #1
- Kid Lobotamy #1
- DC House of Horror #1
- Batman: The Merciless #1
- The Ruff and Reddy Show #1
- Ghostbusters: Answer the Call #1
- Jughead: The Hunger #1
- Nightwing: New World Order #3
MECH CADET YU Vol. 1 Discover Now Edition Arrives in January 2018
Press Release
Due to popular demand, BOOM! Studios is proud to announce MECH CADET YU VOL. 1 DISCOVER NOW EDITION, arriving exclusively in comics shops January 2018. Collecting the first four issues of the acclaimed all-new series from the superstar team of writer Greg Pak (Hulk, Weapon X) and artist Takeshi Miyazawa (Ms. Marvel, Runaways), MECH CADET YU VOL. 1 DISCOVER NOW EDITION is the perfect jumping-on point for the series, which begins a new arc in January’s Mech Cadet Yu #5.
Gripping New Manga Series CHILDREN OF THE WHALES Debuts From VIZ Media
Press Release
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, delivers a gripping new post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure manga series with the launch of CHILDREN OF THE WHALES on November 21st.
“THE LEGEND OF ZELDA ENCYCLOPEDIA” GOES GOLDEN
Press Release
Earlier this fall, Dark Horse announced The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia. Today, Dark Horse is thrilled to reveal the deluxe edition of The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia! The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia follows the New York Times bestseller The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia and The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts. These three books complete the Goddess Collection, which provides a comprehensive look at the series’ first 30 years up to the release of The Legend of Zelda™: Twilight Princess HD, comprising the lore and the artwork, and now, an encyclopedic reference guide.
Berger Books’ First Series Now Available for Preorder at Local Comic Shops
Press Release
Prior to San Diego Comic Con 2017, Dark Horse announced the launch titles of Karen Berger’s imprint at Dark Horse. Today, Dark Horse and Berger Books are excited to share art from the upcoming series: Hungry Ghosts!
New TOKYO GHOUL ILLUSTRATIONS: ZAKKI Art Book Arrives From VIZ Media
Press Release
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, expands its catalog for the popular manga property TOKYO GHOUL with the release of TOKYO GHOUL ILLUSTRATIONS: ZAKKI on November 21st.
Preview: Matt Kindt & Doug Braithwaite Declare HARBINGER WARS 2 #0
Press Release
Valiant is proud to debut your first look inside HARBINGER WARS 2 #0 – an exclusive, limited-edition prelude to the publisher’s powerful 2018 crossover event that will only be made available EXCLUSIVELY to fans that redeemed mail-away coupons in HARBINGER RENEGADE #1-4! This December, the march toward the biggest and most ambitious Valiant event ever attempted starts right here with a standalone introduction from New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (X-O MANOWAR, DIVINITY) and explosive artist Doug Braithwaite (X-O MANOWAR, ARMOR HUNTERS) that will set the stakes for next summer’s seismic comics conflict!
Enter the world of DISSONANCE this January
Press Release
Designer Melita Curphy and writer Singgih Nugroho team up with artist Sami Basri (Power Girl, WITCHBLADE) for the sci-fi/fantasy drama DISSONANCE, coming this January from Image Comics/Top Cow.
CHEEKY WEBCOMIC MÉNAGE À 3 TO BE COLLECTED IN PRINT BY UDON ENTERTAINMENT
Press Release
The popular web-comic MÉNAGE À 3 has been entertaining and titillating online readers for nearly ten years. Now, the Joe Shuster Award-nominated series will be collected in print form by UDON Entertainment starting with MÉNAGE À 3 Volume 1 in February.
Image/Skybound Entertainment reveals REDNECK variant for Houston charity
Press Release
Image/Skybound Entertainment is pleased to reveal a special REDNECK #7 charity variant to support the Houston Coalition for the Homeless, which features cover art by Nick Derington. REDNECK is a vampire story set in the Lonestar state, created by Texan writer Donny Cates and artist Lisandro Estherran.
STREET FIGHTER Shadaloo Special
Press Release
This December evil takes center stage, as UDON presents the STREET FIGHTER™: SHADALOO SPECIAL #1! This one-shot comic features four short stories, previously only available in UDON's hardcover Street Fighter collections.
Dark Horse Announces "Mages of Mystralia"
Press Release
Dark Horse Comics and Borealys Games are thrilled to announce the release the popular Mages of Mystralia™ webcomic in a new graphic novel coming to bookstores and comics shops in January 2018.
Comedy, emotion, and cartooning collide in GET NAKED
Press Release
Image Comics is pleased to announce an original graphic novel of sequential essays in GET NAKED, written by Steven T. Seagle—with artwork by Emei Olivia Burell, Tina Burholt, Patricia Amalie Eckerle, Christoffer Hammer, Andrada-Aurora Hansen, Rebekka Davidsen Hestbæk, Hope Hjort, Angelica Inigo Jørgensen, Bob Lundgreen Kristiansen, Silja Lin, Sim Mau, Ingvild Marie Methi, Thorbjørn Petersen, Aske Schmidt Rose, Erlend Hjortland Sandøy, Mads Ellegård Skovbakke, Cecilie “Q” Maintz Thorsen, Fred Tornager, and Thomas Vium—is set to hit store February 2018.
Travel to a Magical Sanctuary of Immortal Beings and Mystical Creatures in BOOM! Studios’ A Girl in the Himalayas
Press Release
BOOM! Studios is proud to announce A GIRL IN THE HIMALAYAS, a moving original graphic novel (OGN) written and illustrated by new talent David Jesus Vignolli about a young girl whose unexpected arrival in the magical land of immortal beings threatens the sanctuary’s very existence. Debuting April 2018, A GIRL IN THE HIMALAYAS was submitted through the open submissions portal of Archaia, an imprint of BOOM! Studios, and the title caught the attention of the publisher’s editors with its artwork and themes of inequality, love, and the chaos that lives in human hearts.
Review: Deadbeat
By Justin McCarty
Deadbeat is a personal story, told on a small scale. Jed McPherson and Chris Shehan have given us a crime story with a southwest feel, told with mood and gritty style. It’s a one-shot that keeps its world small to tell a story of second chances. If you have only ever managed to make the wrong decision, you will take all the chances you can get to make the right one. That’s sort of the nature of being a screw-up. Deadbeat is everyone that wanted to do the right thing despite not knowing how.
Review: Rugrats #1
By Jonathan Edwards
This book. This fucking book. I completely missed the announcement for it, so I was surprised to see it pop up as one of this week’s releases. I also just didn’t really know how or why anyone could do a Rugrats comic in 2017. Yeah, it was a popular show (I watched it myself back in the day), but I can’t say I’ve heard anyone clamoring for a revival, let alone as a comic book. I don’t know, I could be wrong. Either way, curiosity still got the better of me, so I decided to give it a look. And boy, was it a painful experience. Rugrats #1 does not invite us back to the wholesome children’s cartoon world of yesteryear. Oh no. Instead, it evokes those rose-tinted memories and nostalgia only to stomp all over them with the unceremonious cynicism of shitty and superficial social commentary.
Review: Rashomon - A Commissioner Heigo Kobayashi Case
By Justin McCarty
From Victor Santos and Dark Horse comes a detective noir set in feudal Japan. This story has everything you need for good noir. A hard-boiled detective, a femme fatale, lies, and government corruption. Santos’ first part to Rashomon was previously published only in Spain, here we have both parts published by Dark Horse. Part one is a straight murder mystery. The second part is a murder mystery but backdropped, and part of, the forty-seven ronin story.
Review: James Bond Black Box
By Justin McCarty
Dynamite continues its revival of the James Bond mythos in comic form in this six-issue arc called Black Box. This series has had a lot of praise for its ability to tell some pretty terrific stories so far. Unfortunately, I think this was one of the weaker runs in the series. All the components are there. The Aston Martin, obligatory girl, exotic locations, an ugly megalomaniac, the gadget that saves the day, and of course there's Q -- except he is called Boothroyd in this story, as in Major Boothroyd from the first movie and the sixth novel. None of it really comes together, however.
Review: Mighty Mouse #5
By Jonathan Edwards
Well what do you know, this is the last issue of this crappy little series. I was honestly expecting it to go to at least to a sixth installment, but thank God that’s not happening. Mighty Mouse has been a consistently subpar book, and it’s only gotten worse over the last few issues, including this one. No joke, it takes all of one panel for it to dive headfirst into shoddy plot convenience masquerading as metahumor. “You can only shoot a cartoon cannon twice if it’s funny!” Joey declares. Now, the sentiment there is clear, but if you actually stop to think about it for, I don’t know, a second, it becomes clear how much of an oversimplification of old school cartoon slapstick humor that is. Furthermore, the story’s internal logic isn’t even consistent enough to take that at face value if you wanted to. Later on, Joey creates a black hole by drawing it (more on that later, trust me) and says it will “suck up everything from the cartoon universe that doesn’t belong in our world.” Someone offpanel notes that’s not how black holes work and Joey simply replies, “mine does.” So, Joey, if you can ascribe characteristics to the shit you draw, then why can’t YOUR cartoon cannon shoot more than once without any prerequisites?
Review: The Realm #2
By Patrick Wolf
Last issue of The Realm we got to see Nolan in his everyday life during the goblin apocalypse. In this issue, we still get more character development and set-up, but Seth M. Peck and his team do a great job of dispersing some action scenes to keep us on our toes. With beautiful art, captivating characters, and a spellbinding world, this series is definitely something special and worth looking at for any fan of post-apocalyptic thrillers.
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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.