And inevitably, as they do, your thoughts meander along the lines of, “I’d really like to read a revenge-based graphic novel with a seriously badass antihero, set in a semi-apocalyptic medieval world, but with steampunk engines. Oh, and dinosaurs. Mounted ones. Ooh—and swords that fire shotgun shells, and evil Sauron-like forces and maybe slightly-less-evil but we’re not quite sure yet necromancers who help the anti-hero get his revenge even after he bites it!” (11/13)
Well I don’t know about you, but it is too hot to stand outside, so I am staying cool inside these days and that means that I am continuing to go down my long list of comics that I need to check out. Next up is a transformative tale told solely through the use of […]
Starside #3 Created & Written by Dylan Klein & Lane Brettschneider Illustrated & Lettered by Jordan Chao Follow Team Starside on Twitter Facebook Instagram Issue 3 coming soon to Kickstarter (issues 1 & 2 will be available as well, in print & digital) Starside is an independent sci-fi/fantasy comic series about 16-year-old Jack who is ripped away […]
Tuskers, is an Indiegogo passion project about the journey of a herd of African elephants trying to escape a poaching militia in South Sudan in an attempt to make it to safety at an animal sanctuary in Kenya. This beautifully written and illustrated graphic novel gives readers a look into the brutal world of poaching […]
As the world of comic book retail begins receiving new product from Diamond Comic Distributors, and many states have begun to reopen around the country, Z2 Comics unveils multiple tiers geared toward comic shops in the Kickstarter campaign for the third chapter of the Duncan Jones directed saga he began with MOON! In just under two weeks, the […]
Oneshi Press Announces the Origins Campaign—A Kickstarter for TwoEpic Comics Collections—Coming in July May 18, 2020 (Missoula, MT) : Everything starts somewhere—even indie comics! This July, Missoula, Montana–based publisher Oneshi Press will dish up some fresh origin stories guaranteed to wet your whistle. The Missoula-based “publisher that gives a sh!t” will crack open a Kickstarter […]
Tuskers, is a 130 page independent graphic novel focusing on a herd of African elephants escaping a poaching militia in South Sudan in an effort to make it to safety at an animal sanctuary in distant Kenya. A group of wildlife rangers must put themselves on the line to fight for a cause larger than […]
CULT FAVORITE MONSTER MATADOR COMIC SERIES GETS NEW LOOK AND NEW ISSUES WITH HELP OF KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN Campaign Aims to Bring to Life a Three-issue Series MONSTER MATADOR: TANGO OF THE MATADORS LOS ANGELES, June 02, 2020 – The cult favorite comic MONSTER MATADOR created by Steven Prince aims to expand with the help of […]
Pablo the Gorilla Zoo Magnet, Inc Created, Written, & Illustrated by Don Nguyen Variant cover by Dustin Nguyen Editor in Chief, Zlata Jukanovic It’s tough enough being a cyborg gorilla delivering pizzas, but it gets a lot worse when the government and monster hunt you down. Press Release: Pablo the Gorilla is a labor of […]
I can tell you, having read Silver and its fascinating companion piece, Rosalynd (both also available via the Kickstarter, and highly recommended), Stephan Franck is an outstanding storyteller and artist. Silver is a fast-paced, Ocean’s Eleven meets Dracula noir mash-up and was a blast to read beginning to end, and I have to imagine Palomino will be much the same. With art reminiscent of Darwyn Cooke and writing that’s equal parts Elmore Leonard and Christopher Moore, and a murder story set firmly in the world of would-be Kenny Rogers and Dolly Partons, how could it not?!?