Press Release 10/5/17 Press Release 10/5/17

Dark Horse Comics Partner with Nintendo to Release Series of Graphic Novels in 2018

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Earlier this year, Nintendo released ARMS™, a fighting game exclusive to Nintendo Switch™. Today, ahead of New York Comic Con and The Nintendo World Championships 2017, Dark Horse is excited to announce a new publishing program for the energetic and strategic fighting game.

Dustin Cabeal 10/4/17 Dustin Cabeal 10/4/17

Review: UnPresidential

By Dustin Cabeal

Simply put, Unpresidential is about Kim Jong Un running for President of the United States after Donald Trump disappears one day. I’m telling you clear as day what Unpresidential is about so that you understand instantly that the book is satire, ridiculous and exactly what everyone that’s been screaming at the world of politics for the last year needs.

Press Release 10/3/17 Press Release 10/3/17

Oni Games Brings the Magic of Tea Dragons to Your Tabletop

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Oni Games has teamed up with designers Steve Ellis and Tyler Tinsley to create The Tea Dragon Society Card Game with Renegade Games Studios (Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Card Game). Adapted from the Oni Press original graphic novel by Katie O’Neill, The Tea Dragon Society Card Game is a game which entwines players into the enchanting world of Tea Dragons.

Dustin Cabeal 10/3/17 Dustin Cabeal 10/3/17

Review: Stern vol. 1

By Dustin Cabeal

I’m not a huge fan of era stories that in a way add modern genres to the twist. For instance a western that adds forensic science to the story. There’s a little of that in the first volume of Stern, but thankfully it ends up making a lot of sense to the story.

Dustin Cabeal 9/27/17 Dustin Cabeal 9/27/17

Review: Lighter Than My Shadow

By Dustin Cabeal

Occasionally I stumble upon books that are so powerful and moving that they stay with me long after I’ve completed reading them. Lighter Than My Shadow is one such book as I found myself thinking about it for days and days on end before writing this review. The last book that did something like that was Seeds. Whereas Seeds was a great book for anyone that was going through cancer or had a family member, Lighter Than My Shadow is something completely different.

Dustin Cabeal 9/27/17 Dustin Cabeal 9/27/17

Review: Park Bench

By Dustin Cabeal

Park Bench is one of the most brilliant silent comics I’ve read. For those that are unfamiliar with the term “silent comics,” it’s the term the industry came up for a comic with no dialogue or narration. The artwork tells the story without any support, and you might think that it’s easy to do. It is not; it is one of the things a lot of creators fail at because it’s all about the panels and the pacing.

Press Release 9/18/17 Press Release 9/18/17

Royden Lepp’s 'Rust' Concludes in February 2018 from BOOM! Studios

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BOOM! Studios is proud to announce Royden Lepp’s RUST VOL. 4: SOUL IN THE MACHINE, the final chapter to his critically acclaimed graphic novel series about a mysterious boy who suddenly appears on a farm struggling to survive after a long apocalyptic war and changes the fate of the family who runs it. Debuting in February 2018, this original graphic novel marks the first time the publisher has released both hardcover and softcover editions simultaneously in comic shops and bookstores.

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‘DuckTales: Treasure Trove’ Graphic Novel Coming From IDW

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IDW Publishing, in conjunction with Disney Publishing, is bringing Scrooge McDuck and his young triplet great-nephews Huey, Dewey, Louie, plus Webby, back in a cleverly written, comic book series to coincide with Disney XD’s new animated comedy adventure series “DuckTales” debuting Saturday, September 23 with two new back-to-back episodes (7:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m., 10:30 p.m., EDT).

Dustin Cabeal 9/15/17 Dustin Cabeal 9/15/17

Review: Atar Gull

By Dustin Cabeal

Well, I was way wrong about the title of this comic on my latest podcast. The full title is Atar Gull or The Tale of the Model Slave. Which is more fitting than what I thought it was. Listen, reading stories about slaves shouldn’t be easy. This book doesn’t glorify slavery, but it does strangely attempt to humanize all of the people involved in slavery and not in a sympathetic way either.

Dustin Cabeal 9/8/17 Dustin Cabeal 9/8/17

Review: The Hockey Saint

By Dustin Cabeal

The Hockey Saint is an interesting read in that it has several problems with the plot, but the characters are strong enough that you’ll likely overlook every problem and enjoy the book from beginning to end. What’s strange about that, is that this happens to me a lot. I can enjoy something and still pick it apart and write a review for it, while still enjoying it.

Dustin Cabeal 9/6/17 Dustin Cabeal 9/6/17

Review: Dalston Monsterzz

By Dustin Cabeal

Ever just look at a cover and know that you’re going to love the hell out of something? Sure there are the occasional misses, but there was just something about the cover and art style of Dalston Monsterzz that just spoke to me. It hit all the right buttons and made my mouth water. Thankfully the story was equally as great because that would have been a letdown.

Press Release 8/29/17 Press Release 8/29/17

Five New Titles from Oni Press That’ll Alter, Chop, and Shape-up Your Spring 2018 Reading List

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Oni Press is proud to publish more books that will expand the perspective of its readers, with five new titles to release Spring 2018 including: The Altered History of Willow Sparks by Tara O’Connor, Archival Quality by Ivy Noelle Weir and Steenz, Sci-Fu by Yehudi Mercado, Dead Weight: Murder at Camp Bloom by Terry Blas, Molly Muldoon, and Matthew Seely, and My Boyfriend is a Bear by Pamela Ribon and Cat Farris.

Dustin Cabeal 8/25/17 Dustin Cabeal 8/25/17

Review: Look

By Dustin Cabeal

Look is a story about a robot named Artie trying to find purpose in life. Like all of us. His job is to survey the desert, and he does that job, but he doesn’t know why. He’s followed around by a buzzard named Owen, who is his friend and yet also his biggest problem to deal with at times. One day the head bots decide that Artie needs to have his memory wiped and he’s not a fan of that and breaks his programming. From there, he and Owen set off on an adventure of uncharted territory.

Dustin Cabeal 8/23/17 Dustin Cabeal 8/23/17

Review: Sunburning

By Dustin Cabeal

Personally, I find autobiographical comics, even the ones that are just loosely based, to be one of the bravest comics to create. The fully autobiographical stories obviously get a lot more credits for bravery.

Dustin Cabeal 8/23/17 Dustin Cabeal 8/23/17

Review: Moonhead and the Music Machine

By Dustin Cabeal

I had some reluctance before picking up Moonhead and the Music Machine. The thing is, I will check out any comic that has some kind of connection to music. Lately, though, there’s been an incredible dry spell for comics and music. I would have to go back to last year to find something good. Apparently good things come in twos with comics because I found not one, but two music-themed comics that were great this week.

Dustin Cabeal 8/23/17 Dustin Cabeal 8/23/17

Review: Clueless: Senior Year

By Dustin Cabeal

I’ll save you from the boring “I love Clueless” to speech and just jump right into the question I asked myself the entire time I read the new graphic novel from BOOM! Box/BOOM! Studios…

“Who is this for?”

After reading the entire thing, I can confidently say… I'm clueless, and I wish that were an intended pun, but it’s just the truth.

Dustin Cabeal 8/17/17 Dustin Cabeal 8/17/17

Review: A Castle in England

By Dustin Cabeal

It’s not often that I read a graphic novel that I truly dislike. Unfortunately, A Castle in England is one such graphic novel. I can appreciate what it was attempting to do, but ultimately the end product was one that ended up being dull and reparative.

Dustin Cabeal 7/29/17 Dustin Cabeal 7/29/17

Review: Marzi vol. 1 – Little Carp

By Dustin Cabeal

Reading the description for Marzi is a cheat. It tells you too much, and that spoils the journey that Marzi takes you on in this first volume. First and foremost, don’t read the description, but do read Marzi.

Press Release 7/28/17 Press Release 7/28/17

NBM Returns to The Louvre in Etienne Davodeau’s 'The Cross-Eyed Mutt'

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Award winning cartoonist, Etienne Davodeau, author of Lulu Anew and The Initiates, joins the prestigious company of creators with his contribution to our Louvre collection with The Cross-Eyed Mutt.

Dustin Cabeal 7/27/17 Dustin Cabeal 7/27/17

Review: Mighty Jack and the Goblin King

By Dustin Cabeal

Mighty Jack was one of the best graphic novels I read last year. I wasn’t surprised in the least that Ben Hatke already had a follow up to the series this year because he’s a machine and produces so many great stories and comics each year. It is impressive considering he writes and illustrates it all himself and the story and art never take a dip.