People around the world are pitching in to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake. The comics community has organized a fundraising effort called Heroes 4 Haiti. —————————————————– Barack the Barbarian: The Fall of Red Sarah Devil’s Due website Wikipedia entry on Barack the Barbarian —————————————————— Also this week: Azrael #4 Deathlok #3 (of 7) [...]
Milestone Forever #1 (of 2) 5-page preview Dwayne McDuffie interview @ Comics Bulletin Wikipedia entry on Milestone Media The long-awaited mini-series that closes the book on the Milestone Universe (prior to the merger with the DC Universe, anyway). —————————————————- Also this week: Buffy TVS #32. Pencils by Jeanty. Authority #19. Co-written by Bernardin. Gold Digger [...]
A-Team War Stories: B.A. A-Team page @ IDW website Amazon link to buy The A-Team Season 1 on DVD trailer for the A-Team movie IMDB listing for Mr. T A Home For Mr. Easter GN Mr. Easter page @ NBM website (including preview pages) A new GN about a girl who thinks she’s found the [...]
Haven’t mentioned my comic strip City Mouse Goes West here in awhile. I’ve just put up my first bit of merchandise (finally) – a pin-up, in black & white and color. So head on over there and buy one because they’re really good… and I like them. Next week is Bike to Work Week, where [...]
My roommate Max told me about this webcomic over at the Top Shelf website called Cakewalk and it’s… unusual, to say the least. Go there and read the whole thing first. It’s not that long. Then come back here. . . . . . . . . . Read it? Good. Blackface obviously has a [...]
Justice League of America #32. Written by McDuffie. Question: Welcome to Oz TP. Pencils by Cowan. Supergirl #40. Pencils by Igle. Immortal Iron Fist #25. Pencils by Foreman. X-Men: The Times and Life of Lucas Bishop #3 (of 3) GRRM’s Wild Cards: The Hard Call #5 (of 6). Resolicited. Art by Battle. ZMD #4 (of [...]
MLK in science fiction —————————————————————– Faces of Evil: Deathstroke Georges Jeanty website The Buffy artist draws this one-shot. Amazing Spider-Man #583 2ND PRINTING —————————————————————— Also this week: Black Lightning: Year One #1, 2 Justice League of America #29, JLofA: Sanctuary. Written by McDuffie. Stormwatch PHD #18 Tangent: Superman’s Reign #11 (of 12) Spawn #188 Secret [...]
I changed my mind; I think Sundays will be a better day for this. Color Online hosts CORA this week: 1)Post a poem by a woman of color. Your choice must be a poet who has written in the last forty years. Do your best to avoid the most anthologized, popular poets unless poetry is [...]
Every time I think about quitting comics altogether, something comes along that makes me go “Wow, that rocks. I wanna see more of that.” I give you Jennifer Crute. Please look at her comics and tell her how awesome they are.
“…I wasn’t out to make jokes out of the styles or the films themselves, because I recognized that at that moment in time, Black Americans were at a fascinating crossroads where the general thrust of our culture, from the way we wore our hair, to the way we dressed, the way we talked, and the [...]
