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Courtesy of IDW Publishing

Fans of IDW Publishing’s TRANSFORMERS comics ventured back to CYBERTRON in record numbers. The July release of THE TRANSFORMERS: STORMBRINGER #1 sold out in its first week of release, exceeding expectations for this new title.

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Interviewed by Chris Beckett / Writer for Independent Propaganda

Purchase Top Shelf books from The Independent Propaganda Store

Chris Staros is an extremely busy man. Not only is he the publisher and editor of TopShelf Productions, but Staros is also the president of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a non-profit organization founded in 1986 in order to protect the First Amendment rights of the comic community.

TopShelf is one of the leading publishers that has helped revitalize comics as a literary artform here in the United States. Since its inception in 1997, TopShelf has published a variety of books including From Hell, Tricked, Blankets, and Owlyfrom creators as diverse as Alan Moore, Scott Morse, Craig Thompson, Ed Brubaker, and Dean Haspiel, to name but a few. Garnering critical acclaim from periodicals such as Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, and The New York Times Book Review, TopShelf has earned a reputation as a publisher of smart, sophisticated graphic novels.

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Reviewed by Matt Butcher / Writer for Independent Propaganda

Traveling down the mind of a character can be treacherous and hazy. Thankfully, the creators of the web comic WHISP take that haziness and enlighten a whole new world. Tremendous art and dead-on-pace writing make this stylish piece a joy to read and explore.

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Courtesy of Creative Elamentz

A new anthology chronicles what happens when the unknown collides with the extraordinary!

Who can say what the past will teach us, the present can give, and the future will hold? A team of eight dynamic writers and artists bringing stories packed with action, horror, urban intrigue and uncompromising mystery collected in an affordably priced book. Six stories, 80 black and white pages and hard-hitting drama poised to excite those who like adventures with a human touch and unexpected twists.

Dream Work: Terrell Jacobs has success, money, the world at his fingertips and a beautiful fiancée. Its not enough. At night, when Terrell sleeps, a powerful figure patrols the sky to combat injustice. Their connection will take a toll on Terrells sanity before snatching his life. The end of one cycle … or the dangerous beginning of another?

The Queen of Voodoo: A sword, a curse and a vendetta is all Ashe Hunter needs to fight the minions of hell. The legendary, and long dead, Marie Laveau will show him otherwise … whether he likes it or not.

Feral Night: Chris Stevens, a fugitive with a werewolf curse, has little to fear. That is, until he crosses a creature that needs to feed … now.

Mind Games: For the right incentive, she’ll go where you won’t to do what you can’t. If she’s your last hope her price goes up. Jay Nova has a gift that tells her what others are thinking. No one knows this. No one will make a move and shatter her world.

The Beginning: In a crime plagued city terrorist aggressors attack a parade. A young man heir to an ancient power plans to stop them. But things dont always work out the way theyre supposed to.

Midnight Phantom: New York: 1937. Ruthless hit men target an innocent family that knows too much. Their only hope rests with a dark figure forged by nightmares. But when it appears … whose side will it choose?

Foreshadow is available in comic book specialty shops and will be available at the on-line store The Independent Propaganda Store. You can also purchase copies by contacting Creative Elamentz Studios at:
Creative Elamentz Studios
3612 East Tremont PMB 245
Bronx, New York 10465

For more information please e-mail them at Retail@Creativeelamentz.com

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Reviewed by Matt Butcher/ Writer for Independent Propaganda

You can purchase both SCHOOL: A GHOST STORY #1 and SCHOOL: A GHOST STORY #2 at the Independent Propaganda Store

Whats this? New literature in my mail box? A manila envelope sitting atop my new back issue order from Mile High Comics? I tear the envelope, just so I could put all my comics in a pile. However, the contents of the envelope intrigued me on sight, far more than what I already knew was in the Mile High box.

The envelope contained the first two issues of Brian Defferding’s School: A Ghost Story, published by Deftoons! out of Appleton, Wisconsin. These comics were differently sized than I was used to, 8 by 8 square, and that seemed to stand out, as if telling me it was different.

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Reviewed by Dr. Chris / Writer for Independent Propaganda

In January 2005, Hasbro teamed up with the new people who currently run the Transformers convention (Botcon) to put together a fan club. A part of the fan club was the Transformers: Cybertron comic book. The comic is also made through IDW Publishing, the current owners of the TF franchise. They put out some of the best written TF stories we have seen in awhile.

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Courtesy of Jim Giar

THE MAKING OF SOULDRIVER is a series of articles documenting the trials and tribulations of self publishing ones own comic/graphic novel..or…whatever you want to call it. Available in both widescreen and full screen and told in vivid color and excruciating detail by writer/artist and creator of his own self-publishing venture, Jim Giar. From gathering ideas to choices in publishing methods, he shall attempt to cover everything and anything. All while maintaining a strict, professional air of decorum. (Well….within reason.) And if he doesn’t have the answers… he can probably at least point you in the right direction. So jump on board and let’s watch the tragedy unfold. Come on! It’ll be fun. (Thanks to Wesley and Independent Propaganda. They’re the only folks that would have me.)

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Posted by Wesley Craig Green / Head Cheese at Independent Propaganda

And so it comes to an end. If you go by the multitude reports, this year’s SDCC was even bigger than last year’s. Not too many links so far today but I’m sure that will change in the days to come. Personally speaking, the biggest news to come out of the San Diego Comic Con which has me jazzed isn’t comic related.

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