Press Release 4/19/18 Press Release 4/19/18

215 Ink Announces Darryl Knickrehm's The Immortal

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Follow the adventures of Z - the last human in existence, as he bounty hunts his way across the universe in this critically-acclaimed space opera/sci-fi adventure that Comic Bastards called"Best of 2016". Darryl Knickrehm's The Immortal is a unique take on comic storytelling - 64-page issues in an 8-issue series, to be released bi-monthly starting in August.

Sam King 4/12/18 Sam King 4/12/18

Review: Sci-Fu vol. 1

By Sam King

Sci-Fu takes a young boy from Brooklyn who likes to “drop sick beats and rhymes” and tosses him onto a planet where he must battle robots with a musical, science fiction kind of kung-fu. The story seems to love combining hip hop, science fiction elements, and martial arts, which I can applaud since it is a unique mix. However, this one didn’t hit the right beats for me, and it felt very messy at times.

Press Release 4/5/18 Press Release 4/5/18

Z2 Comics Announces APOCRYPHA: THE LEGEND OF BABYMETAL, An Original Graphic Novel

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There’s no band in the world like BABYMETAL, the metal dance unit, whose hit songs like “KARATE,” “Gimme Chocolate,” and “Megitsune” have captured the imaginations of fans around the globe. This fall, Z2 Comics, Hollywood film/TV production company Amuse Group USA, and BABYMETAL’s producer KOBAMETAL are collaborating on a brand new, original story for the graphic novel APOCRYPHA: THE LEGEND OF BABYMETAL, featuring art by award-winning illustrator GMB Chomichuk.

Sam King 4/4/18 Sam King 4/4/18

Review: Go West #2

By Sam King

Go West is kind of like a blend of Jonah Hex and John Wick, but set in a post-apocalyptic future. It's supposed to be dangerous like the Old West but as a result of a barren landscape created by a war in modern times. Arthur Slade has a dark past in which he killed people and made money, similar to Jonah Hex, with his face scarred to boot (an occupational marker no doubt), but with a personal vendetta involving family and revenge like John Wick.

Smrithi S 4/4/18 Smrithi S 4/4/18

Review: Fix' It

By Thea Srinivasan

Sometimes, we get caught up in one perspective only to realize there is a lot more to consider beyond what we know. As a university student, this is the biggest challenge I have to face, and I end up comparing this story to my own life. While I still have a stubborn head on my shoulders, the main character in this story ended up proving she can do a lot more once she opens her eyes.

Press Release 4/2/18 Press Release 4/2/18

Fanbase Press Shoots for the Stars with ‘A Geek’s Guide to Cross-Stitch: Journeys in Space’

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Fanbase Press is over-the-moon excited to announce the newest addition to its publishing slate with A Geek’s Guide to Cross-Stitch: Journeys in Space. Created by Clarissa Thorne of Unexpected Hobby and formatted by Oceano Ransford (The Arcs, Eisner Award-nominated Rikki), Journeys in Space combines the art of cross-stitch with the science of space travel, providing a new outlet for geeky creativity for crafters of all experience levels.

Press Release 3/29/18 Press Release 3/29/18

New comic book mini-series "Achilles, Inc." from Comics Experience and Source Point Press to debut at C2E2

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Comics Experience and Source Point Press are excited to announce that their new four-issue comic book miniseries, Achilles, Inc., will debut at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, known as C2E2, on April 6 through 8. Achilles, Inc.explores what happens when the people who get superpowers don't put them to any good use. With writing by Andy Schmidt and art by Daniel Maine, Francesca Zambon, and Marco Della Verde, Achilles, Inc. delves into a world where super-powered people have used their abilities to exploit humanity and destroy the world economy.

Smrithi S 3/28/18 Smrithi S 3/28/18

Review: Children of the Fall

By Thea Srinivasan

If there were one word, to sum up, this comic, I would call this “pitiful.” There was so much that could have been done with this, yet this was a piece that made me give myself a forehead slap. Before I go any further with this review, if you cannot handle violence or nudity, this comic is not for you.

Press Release 3/20/18 Press Release 3/20/18

New comic book mini-series from Comics Experience and Source Point Press to debut at C2E2

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Comics Experience and Source Point Press are excited to announce the upcoming release of The Family Graves, a new comic that Phil Hester calls "a satisfying combination of The Incredibles and classic Universal monster films." In this four-issue mini-series, Tim Bach, Brian Atkins, Dijjo Lima, and Marco Della Verde blend science fiction, family drama, heart racing-adventure, and monsters!

Smrithi S 3/19/18 Smrithi S 3/19/18

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.

Smrithi S 3/16/18 Smrithi S 3/16/18

Review: Hard Wyred #1 & 2

By Thea Srinivasan

If I had to describe one movie that’s similar to this comic, I would choose The Matrix. Both of them talk about uploading someone’s mind to the internet, the belief that A.I programs can have sentience and physics-defying abilities someone can have on the internet. If you haven’t watched the movie series, I’m sorry I spoiled it for you.

Smrithi S 3/16/18 Smrithi S 3/16/18

Review: Copperopolis # 1

By Thea Srinivasan

If the answer to the universe’s problems was handed on a silver platter, we would probably end up in something similar to the D.C and Marvel’s universe. Like several others, I can only dream about the scientific advancements that can come to life and I end up relying on hope for any sense of discovery in different fields. It led me to wonder, what if everything relied on one source of hope?

Press Release 3/14/18 Press Release 3/14/18

Breakdown Press Announces "Fukushima Devil Fish"

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More than twenty years before the meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi reactors in 2011, Katsumata Susumu was using his cartooning skills to alert Japanese to the dangers of nuclear power.

Justin McCarty 3/14/18 Justin McCarty 3/14/18

Review: Transdimensional #2

By Justin McCarty

Recently, I have read several great Kickstarter funded comics. The great thing about Kickstarter is it gets not just original comics made, but unique and inventive comics. Transdimensional is a sci-fi horror comic with some great elements. This issue builds successfully on those elements, and the premise of the first issue, as it takes us deeper into the mystery of the sunken Russian submarine.

Justin McCarty 3/14/18 Justin McCarty 3/14/18

Review: Transdimensional #1

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.

Dustin Cabeal 3/14/18 Dustin Cabeal 3/14/18

Review: Hockey Karma

By Dustin Cabeal

Having read The Hockey Saint, I was curious about this sequel which picks up towards the end of Jeremiah Jacobson’s hockey career. It also seemed to be a sequel to Stereotypical Freaks, but unlike the two hockey books, I couldn’t get into that story having started and stopped it four separate times. If you’re curious about all three, I would advise you to read Hockey Karma last, as it takes place after aforementioned stories.

Dustin Cabeal 3/14/18 Dustin Cabeal 3/14/18

Review: Chinatown Bus

By Dustin Cabeal

Chinatown Bus is the type of book I used to love discovering at comic conventions. I’ve stopped going to comic conventions mostly because it stopped being a place of discovery for me. Often I would actually avoid artist alley because I had comics sitting in my inbox waiting to review. I know, that’s pretty lame, but I’m the type of person that doesn’t like to disappoint others even if it’s giving them a negative review.

Press Release 3/12/18 Press Release 3/12/18

Out In The Open, Jesús Carrasco’s bestselling book adapted as a graphic novel

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Adapted from Jesús Carrasco’s bestselling novel, Out in the Open tells of a young boy who flees a town ruled by violence and ravaged by drought. He escapes across an inhospitable, arid landscape without food or water, hunted by a merciless gang of townsfolk. One night, he encounters an old goatherd who offers him a chance of survival. But he can’t fix the traumatic scars left by a violent past.

Dustin Cabeal 3/7/18 Dustin Cabeal 3/7/18

Review: Coffin Crushers #1

By Dustin Cabeal

Sometimes when I support Kickstarters, I fall in love with the art before I read what the story is about. In this case, I didn’t pay any attention to what the story for Coffin Crushers was because I thought it was about the two dudes on the cover, and it is not.

That’s a good thing though because I was pleased to find it was about a squad of women in mech suits fighting vampires! This first issue sets the stage as one of the dudes from the cover comes riding in on a badass motorcycle, beats down a mech and takes its power supply. It’s quickly revealed that they’re running out of power supplies for their mechs and without the mech’s the stalemate between the human city and the vampires will come to an end as they’ll be overpowered and crushed.