Review: Animus
By Dustin Cabeal
Where has Animus been all year? Hands down this is one of the best stories I’ve read all damn year. This is also going to be one of those reviews where I don’t tell you much about it because you should just be reading it or pre-ordering it if it’s not released by the time of this review.
Review: Ultraman vol. 10
By Dustin Cabeal
Ultraman has become one of those series that you either enjoy or simply aren’t reading yet. The downside to becoming that way also means that there merely isn’t a lot to say about it from review to review. The story is steady, not slow, but steady. With all the development, battles and conversations it can easily be mistaken as being “shonen slow,” but it’s not. The level of detail that goes into the plotting and art is unlike the vast majority of manga out there.
Review: The Nameless City: The Divided Earth
By Dustin Cabeal
The Divided Earth is a strong finish to Faith Erin Hicks’ The Nameless City trilogy. A series that has worn its influences on its sleeve while blazing its own path. I’m sure some have looked at the story and thought, “This should be an animated series!” Maybe they’re right, but this trilogy will always feel more at home in the pages of a comic.
Review: Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt vol. 7
By Dustin Cabeal
I don’t know if I’ve ever talked about how great the cover feels for this book, but I’m going to take a moment and talk about it. The Viz Signature books are always bigger in size than the mangas they release. I don’t know why they don’t offer a choice between both for each title they print because there are numerous titles that I would like to read in the larger format. Anyway, the Signature series is the premiere format. The paper is a bit better, the cover is about the same, but it’s just nicer in the hands. Thunderbolts cover is the nicest cover of the Signature line. It has a better cover that has a nice texture. You want to hold it. You want to run your fingers up and down it because of how it feels. It almost tricks the mind into thinking that the interior pages feel the same which is crazy, but that’s what it does to me. It is hands down, the best feeling cover of any manga I have read. I have stopped to touch the cover at least three times while writing about it, it’s just that nice to touch, and usually, I don’t excessively touch covers, but with Thunderbolt, I always do.
DISSONANCE, VOL. 1: a fantasy drama in a sci-fi world like no other
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Designer Melita Curphy, co-writers Singgih Nugroho and Ryan Cady, and artist Sami Basri (Batgirl, WITCHBLADE) will release DISSONANCE, VOL. 1 this September from Image Comics/Top Cow.
ROYALBOILER: BRANDON GRAHAM’S DRAWN OUT COLLECTION arrives this October
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Brandon Graham (KING CITY, PROPHET, MULTIPLE WARHEADS) will release an in-depth artist’s retrospective collection—ROYALBOILER—this October.
Review: Sad Girl, Psycho Baby #1
By Dustin Cabeal
I’ve been a long-time follower of Dan Mendoza’s. To the point that when he launches a Kickstarter, I pay attention to it. Having been flooded with numerous requests for Kickstarter coverage over the years, I’ve grown to ignore the platform when it comes to comics, especially as big publishers have begun to abuse the platform as a pre-order type storefront. The Kickstarter for Sad Girl, Psycho Baby was particularly interesting because it seemed to have a different vibe than his Dollface Kickstarter, which was a title that instantly landed at Action Lab’s Danger Zone imprint.
Review: Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle vol. 2
By Dustin Cabeal
I never read the first volume of this. It wasn’t sent to me, and I doubt it was really something I needed to read for this volume to make sense. Sure, certain elements of the story would have been known already, but the story does a decent job of recapping the plot as it goes along.
Review: The City on the Other Side
By Dustin Cabeal
The City on the Other Side is difficult for me to review. I bring with me on every review of every story I’ve read. Which is and isn’t fair for everything I review. The City on the Other Side has a lot of similarities to other stories I’ve read. It pulls from a lot of fantasy elements to make a world that’s familiar. On the other side of things, pun intended, if this were someone’s first foray into fantasy stories, it would be interesting and exciting.
Review: The Unsound
By Dustin Cabeal
I never really intended to read The Unsound until BOOM! sent it along to me for review. It took me a long time to crack open the pages. It had nothing to do with the creative team or the publisher. Just something about it didn’t interest me. You’re probably waiting for the swerve where I say, “but boy was I wrong.” Well, it’s not coming.
Review: All Summer Long
By Dustin Cabeal
All Summer Long is not one of those slice of life, coming of age stories that anyone can pick up and enjoy. It is exclusively written for seventh and eighth graders that are entering their tween years of life. When I say exclusively, I mean it. For an adult, this book lacked a lot of emotional depth, but I didn’t hate what it was doing because somewhere, there’s a tween that’s going to read this and relate to it… not deeply or for very long, but for a fleeting moment it will resonate with them.
Review: Wires and Nerve vol. 2 – Gone Rogue
By Dustin Cabeal
It took me a while to remember this series. I had to read my own review to remember what it was about and when I did… oh boy, did I question if I had actually picked this book for review. When I did remember the first volume, I took a look at the thickness of volume two and released a heavy sigh. It is almost twice the length of the first volume. I thought, “Maybe this will help the story,” but deep down, I knew it was unlikely.
New Japanese Licenses from TOKYOPOP Announced at SDCC
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TOKYOPOP®, a POP Media Holdings company and global manga leader, is proud to announce the release of two new titles to begin serialization in early 2019. Both titles were announced as a part of their Manga for Everyone! panel at Comic-Con International: San Diego on July 22nd 2018.
First Look at “THE SONS OF EL TOPO” From BOOM! Studios
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BOOM! Studios today unveiled a first look atTHE SONS OF EL TOPO VOLUME ONE: CAIN, a hardcover original graphic novel from legendary filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky (Dune) and virtuosic illustrator José Ladrönn (Incredible Hulk) that continues the 1970 Mexican Acid Western film written, scored, directed by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky himself.
Matt Kindt & Adam Pollina Pick Up the Pieces In HARBINGER WARS 2: AFTERMATH #1 Standalone One-Shot Coming This Fall
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Valiant is proud to offer you a glimpse into HARBINGER WARS 2: AFTERMATH #1 – the breathtaking standalone epilogue by Eisner-Award nominated writer Matt Kindt (X-O MANOWAR, Mind MGMT) and comics legend Adam Pollina (SECRET WEAPONS #0, X-Force)! OnSeptember 26th, as the dust settles on the biggest comics crossover event ever attempted by Valiant, a new future for its most beloved heroes will emerge!
DRY COUNTY trade paperback available this September
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Critically acclaimed cartoonist Rich Tommaso (SPY SEAL, Dick Tracy) will release a trade paperback collection of his ‘90s noir series DRY COUNTY this September.
GREEN MONK: BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS teaser trailer revealed
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YALSA Award-winning writer/artist Brandon Dayton will release GREEN MONK: BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS this September from Image Comics.
Review: After Hours vol. 2
By Thea Srinivasan
While love can be filled with new experiences and adventures, there are learning cycles everyone has to go through. Whether it’s trying to fix ourselves or learning how to deal with the flaws of our lover, we have to take everything openly. Not only that, communication is a key point into understanding our perspectives and someone else’s perspectives. The following review is the second volume of a series. If you have not read the first volume, this is your only spoiler warning.
First Look at Cullen Bunn & Jonas Scharf’s BONE PARISH #2 from BOOM! Studios
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BOOM! Studios unveiled today a first look at BONE PARISH #2, the second issue of the all-new addictive necromantic horror series from superstar writer Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, The Unsound) and artist Jonas Scharf (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) that follows the proliferation of a new drug sweeping through the streets of New Orleans—one made from the ashes of the dead.
Action Lab's Biggest Announcements Include Groundbreaking New Titles and a New Imprint
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Action Lab: Discover is our newest imprint! These titles are designed specifically for younger children. Some of the upcoming releases under this line include Eisner award-winning writer Art Baltazar's POWERS IN ACTION and Fred Chao's ALISON AND HER ROCK AWESOME ROBOT.
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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.