
Review: Go West #1
By Dustin Cabeal
Listen, for $1.50 no matter what I say; you should just check out this issue. No that said, this isn’t the best first issue. There’s a lot of effort put into this issue, and there are some decent action sequences to enjoy. It's just unfortunate that so much of the issue is spent narrating something that the artwork is able to convey in only a few pages.

Silver Sprocket Announces 12 New Titles in Full Spring/Summer '18 Lineup
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Silver Sprocket kicked off the new year by announcing their complete publishing slate for the spring and summer of 2018. The twelve title lineup includes projects from Carolyn Nowack (Lumberjanes), Tom Neely (Image Comics’ The Humans), Ben Passmore (Your Black Friend), Rachel Dukes (Steven Universe) and many more.

Review: The Resurrected #1
By Thea Srinivasan
Clean, crisp and quiet. The three words that I use, to sum up, “The Resurrected” by Christian Carnouche. The tale is compacted into 24 pages and unfortunately does not give everything to be classified as a “book.” Instead, I consider this beginning to be chapter one of a potential long-standing sci-fi thriller that just makes you want to keep exploring the creator’s mind. But in any case, I’m glad the author let his imagination create an alternative future that wasn’t globally post-apocalyptic nor was entirely technologically realistic. The way Carnouche created his world reminded me of a combination between “The Fifth Element” and “Ben 10” with the use of futuristic and sci-fi elements. But I must digress in the fact that the story does live it up to the three words.
Review: Samurai Slasher – Late Fees
By Dustin Cabeal
The concept of Samurai Slasher is an enjoyable one to movie and comic fans. The idea is that the character of the Samurai Slasher can be dropped into any story. He’s Freddy and Jason, without the baggage. A new slasher, from a bygone era, that you can tell original stories without repercussions. It’s what made the first comic in the series so enjoyable.

Review: Striker & Slayer #1
By Dustin Cabeal
Anytime I pick up a comic, and the first page is a wall of text, I kind of just sigh to myself. The wall of text as I call it is a big cheat because it’s conveying information that the creator can’t or doesn’t want to work into the story. It’s common in sci-fi because creators think it’ll speed things up by explaining the world instead of showing it.

Review: Her Impact! #0
By Dustin Cabeal
Her Impact! Suffers from what I call the “Manga Effect.” As you can probably already guess from that labeling, its manga inspired. In the case of Her Impact, it attempts many of the tropes while offering a story that you’d likely never read in a manga.

Review: Chronospire #1
By Dustin Cabeal
My first question with any fantasy story is, “is the fantasy element needed to tell the story?” You’d be surprised how often the answer to this question is a resounding, “No.” That is the case with Chronospire, which is a world full of elves and ogres, but a story that requires neither element to function.

Review: Pussycats – Foxglove #1
By Oliver Gerlach
Pussycats – Foxglove #1 is the first issue of a planned 2 issue miniseries. It is, as far as I can tell, a part of e-comix’s Pussycats series, which appear to be cheap titillation with what might be the most unappealing covers around. Using a photo of a “sexy model” for your covers feels like a spectacularly regressive approach to comics marketing. So, is the interior of Foxglove #1 any better than you might expect from this?

Comic Bastards Podcast - 023
By Dustin Cabeal
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023 - Keeping this short this week! I have four books to cover with you and that's about all. It's back to being quick and easy to enjoy. Also, be sure to answer my question at the end of the show!

Review: Lizard Men #1
By Dustin Cabeal
Have you ever read a comic that is good, but still just not quite for you? That’s where I am with Lizard Men. There’s nothing wrong with it, it’s well-written, and the creators understand the medium and produce a professional work. It just didn’t vibe with me.

Review: Punchline #1-3
By Dustin Cabeal
If there’s one thing I’ve written over and over in reviews, it’s that I don’t care for indie superhero stories. Lately though, at least this year, I have found several titles that I have in fact liked. I will have to retire that old statement. It may not be a genre I seek out in the indie world, but damn, some of these creators are delivering while the big companies continue to deliver the same old shit.

Review: Penumbra #1
By Oliver Gerlach
Johnathan Lewis and Chalk Yeso’s Penumbra #1 feels like a bizarre throwback. Everything about it feels oddly familiar, but not in any particularly positive way.
This is a story about a lady secret agent with an inexplicably constantly-changing costume. There isn’t very much plot, and what there is, is as simple as “she has to steal a thing.” There’s not much going on in this at all, and none of it is outstanding and interesting. This is, to put it bluntly, a very bland comic. That doesn’t mean it’s not worth talking about at all, just that there is nothing exceptional about it.

Everything Ends this December in Alterna Comics' TRESPASSER
Press Release
The critically acclaimed mini-series TRESPASSER comes to a thrilling conclusion this December at your local comic shop.
Written by Justin M. Ryan with art by Kristian Rossi and letters by DC Hopkins, TRESPASSER presents a suspenseful look at an isolated small family who are visited by an otherworldly—and very unwelcome—stranger. What follows is a pulse-pounding and tragically human tale.

KREL KOMIX ANEDNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF CHAPTER 5 OF ARGENT STARR
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Chapter 5, SILHOUETTES & SHADOWS, is a full-color 29-page story, where things don't go as expected for Argent and his team at the Deca-Game, and the action ramps up. The book is now available, on Comixology like all the earlier chapters http://bit.ly/2nh1r1M for only 99¢, and on IndyPlanet http://bit.ly/2AgerK0 as a digital download, also for 99¢ or as a beautifully printed book for only $4.99.

Review: Alien Toilet Monsters #1
By Dustin Cabeal
I should have written this review weeks ago when I talked about it on the podcast. Unfortunately, life had other plans for me, and I’m just now barely catching up on reviews and reading. Just in time for the end of the year.

Review: Gung Ho
By Dustin Cabeal
This comic would be better served by a different cover. The interior art is far more pleasing than the somewhat realistic figure that you’ll instead be looking at for most of this review. As I said in this week’s podcast, I don’t like anthropomorphic ape stories. It’s a subgenre that I try to avoid because the vast majority of it is the same theme in a different setting. It’s just not particularly interesting to me and never will be.

Review: Detropia #1
By Dustin Cabeal
Reviews like this one are the hardest. No one wants to write a bad review for something, and when you’re a site that’s willing to cover indie comics, it’s even harder. You want to see the little guys succeed, but if there’s one thing you can count on from the site, it’s that nothing gets a free pass.

Review: Doppelganger #1
By Justin McCarty
I love doppelgangers; they are one of the coolest tropes out there. The evil twin, the traveler from another dimension, and the time traveler; all versions. It’s a little hobby of mine to look for people’s doppelganger. Using the evil twin motif and setting us up to be unsure of what is real is what makes this short series interesting. Alterna continues to turn out original, imaginative comics. Whether you think newsprint is a gimmick or not, (I like it) they keep making engaging comics.

Comic Bastards Podcast - 022
By Dustin Cabeal
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022 - Welcome back to the show, I'm ahead of the releases this week so be forewarned that you could hear details about books you can't read yet. That may or may not save you some cash. I cover a lot this week, from indies to big ass titles so sit back and give it a listen.
Comic Books covered in this episode:
- Giantkiller #0
- Gung Ho (One-Shot)
- Heavy Vinyl (former Hi-Fi Fight Club) #4
- Hack/Slash Ressurection #2
- Detropia #1
- Malefic #1
- Batman: Creature of the Night #1

Review: Red Echo #1
By Oliver Gerlach
Red Echo #1, written and drawn by E.S. Brophy, is a sci-fi action book with some pretty great cybernetic panthers and a lot of guns. It’s almost entirely action, with very little breathing space for the characters.
Brophy’s cover is genuinely lovely. It’s a striking red, white and black image reminiscent of David Aja’s cover work, which can never be a bad thing. Genuinely very eye-catching, it immediately makes the book look intriguing and different.
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