Review: Mi Sweetheart #1

August 17, 2017

By Dustin Cabeal

There is so much potential to Mi Sweetheart. The first few pages gave me flashes of Sexcastle, but that quickly faded when the story got going. It starts off clever enough with a hit team being sent to take out an impossible target. The main character of our story is a woman with incredible abilities, but she’s gone “rogue,” so they’ve been sent to kill her. Instead of doing that they drug the driver and leave the country. Then we spend time with the main character and the story trails off from there.

Review: Children of Saigo #1-3

June 26, 2017

By Wes Jones

Home is where the heart is… and the samurai swords. Mini-series Children of Saigo from publisher AAM-Markosia follows the remaining members of the Iwanaga clan, a family of modern samurai living in Chicago. Ben, Shiro, Zoe and Teron are the young adult children of police officer, Mike Iwanaga. The family are descendants of Koji Iwanaga, sole survivor of the Battle of Shiroyama. Koji was tasked by actual historical figure Saigō Takamori with the mission of retreating and ensuring the samurai way of life and Bushido code survive. The Iwanaga’s background comes at a price, however. Due to their unique pedigree, a yakuza boss’ daughter wants their heads as trophies. The cover and synopsis may lead you to believe this to be a testosterone-fueled, katana and handgun murder fest, and some of it is. It becomes clear in the first issue however, that family and tradition, not bloody revenge, are by far the most prevalent themes.

UK Indie Publisher Unleashes 'Pendragon: The Quest For King Arthur'

June 12, 2017

UK independent graphic novel publisher MARKOSIA today announces details of PENDRAGON: THE QUEST FOR KING ARTHUR, a brand new graphic novel that offers a comic, outrageous and utterly iconoclastic take on the Arthurian legends.

Markosia Enterprises Launches "Children of Saigo" on May 30th

May 25, 2017

Ben, Shiro, Zoe and Teron are the last descendants of Koji Iwanaga, the only Samurai to survive the final battle between the Japanese noblemen and their Empire. Born in Chicago and raised in the tenets of Bushido, the siblings believe in honor, duty and service. They’re also as dysfunctional as family gets. Ben and Shiro haven’t spoken in years, Zoe is always one drink away from a fight and Teron struggles to keep the peace. But when Tomoe Yamada, a Yakuza mob princess, arrives to collect their heads as trophies, the Iwanagas must settle old grievances to defeat Tomoe’s army of assassins.