Courtesy of AdHouse Books
Coming this fall from AdHouse Books is Project: Romantic, an Anthology dedicated to love and love stuff by various artists including Hope Larson, Joshua Cotter, Scott Morse, and more. You can preview the first six pages of Hope Larson’s WHEN I WAS A SLUT contribution at the end of this article.
Posted by Wesley Craig Green / Head Cheese at Independent Propaganda
Tyle Hutchison likes to hug Stormtroopers.
Sae Lee talks about Souther Salazar being on a panel with the Hernandez Brothers and other studio mates appearances here
Broccoli Books has a report on Day 1 at SDCC on their blog
Zombie Monkey Press is previewing their Oddly Normal book at SDCC
The Daily Cartoonist has a listing of cartoonists attending SDCC
Artist Tom Neely is at SDCC selling his TUESDAY and HENRY & GLENN 4-EVER mini-comics
Diggnation will be taping a live Comicon show this Friday. More info in the link
Technorati Tags: San Diego Comic Con, SDCC, Diggnation, Tom Neely, The Daily Cartoonist, Zombie Monkey Press, Broccoli Books
Posted by Wesley Craig Green / Head Cheese at Independent Propagnada
Today officially marks opening day at the San Diego Comic Con. Here are some links to people’s thoughts on last night’s Preview night, among other things…
Mangacast’s LiveJournal has news regarding a new company called Hammock Entertainment bringing Korean webcomics to English readers
Jess Stoncius’ recount of Day 1 at the San Diego Comic Con
Chris Arrant chimes in with his SDCC Preview Night thoughts
Vinyl Pulse discusses some new toys from Munkey King exhibiting at SDCC
David Baron will be there
New US stamps featuring some of DC Comics’ icons will be unveiled at SDCC today. Here’s your chance to lick either Green Lantern or Wonder Woman.
And finally, there’s a new Flickr page full of pictures from the San Diego Comic Con from various attendees.
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Posted by Wesley Craig Green / Head Cheese at Independent Propaganda
It’s almost game time at the San Diego Comic Con. Here are some more links to people hitting the con this year. Hopefully they’ll make it out alive.
Reviewed by Matt Butcher / Writer for Independent Propaganda
Comics do not have to be about spandexed superheroes all the time. Some comics can tell more of a story about real life than any prose ever could. Jeffrey Browns mini-comic called Every Girl is the End of the World for Me, published by Top Shelf Productions, is a sheer delight that shines a spotlight on the quirks of dating in the eyes of a twenty-something illustrator.
Courtesy of IDW Publishing
Summer blockbuster action continues with Cobb: Off the Leash #2! IDW Publishing presents the second issue of the critically acclaimed miniseries by writer Beau Smith and artist Eduardo Barreto. Cobb: Off the Leash #2 busts into comic book shops July 12. You can check out the first six pages at the bottom of this article.
Reviewed by Matt Butcher / Writer for Independent Propaganda
Old comics! Bad humor! Keith Giffen’s name on the cover! What more could you ask for? They could offer to sell Giffen’s snotrag in a direct-bagged edition and I would buy two copies: one to open and one to keep sealed forever and ever. Thankfully this comic is a hell of a lot funnier than a snotrag!
What Were They Thinking: Some People Never Learn #1 from Boom! Studios explodes on the scene with probably the best comic read I have had in years. I laughed out loud! Read more
PIRANESE: THE PRISON PLANET
by Milo Manara
$14.95
Heavy Metal
Originally published in 2004 (possibly published earlier in Heavy Metal Magazine).
Reviewed by David Lamontagne / writer for Independent Propaganda
If I were giving PIRANESE a cover blurb, it’d be a light, sexy, sci-fi adventure. Brainless wouldn’t be entirely unfair, either. But no one really reads Manara for the intellectual engagement, right?
The plot, as it were, is as thin as a debutante in bikini season. The totalitarian galactic government has genetically engineered everyone- or all the humans, at least- to make them pliable, happy, peaceful morons concerned primarily with fashion and farting. It could be argued that that this doesn’t exactly represent a coup in biological science. The genetic throwbacks, or savages, are classified as criminals, sterilized, and dumped on the prison planet Piranese, from which there is no escape, which means that someone will escape very soon. That someone is our hero, a nameless Manara girl slinky of body and saucy of mouth, whogets caught up in the struggle between the governmental goons and the DNA-challenged rebels.
But seriously, you don’t care about any of that, do you? This isn’t an arty European comic from Humanoids, this is Manara. Read more
Posted by Wesley Craig Green / Head Cheese at Independent Propaganda
Independent Propaganda is looking for people who are heading to this year’s San Diego Comic Con. Regardless if you are an indy creator/ publisher or a fan of independent comics, we would love to post some reports with an eye on independent comics, web comics, and mini-comics from Comic Con. We’re not interested in hearing about the Big Two’s onslaught of new projects, exclusives, and such. We would like to hear what independent comics premiered, which indy books have a buzz, etc.
For indy creators/publishers, your reports would be a great opportunity to promote yourself and your work. For independent comic fans, it’s a great way to hook up with the lady folk.
If you are interested, send an email to let us know who you are and to also ask any questions. And yes, we encourage pictures- even of sweaty, middle-age men in tight Flash costumes.
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Reviewed by Matt Butcher / Writer for Independent Propaganda
Promising new greatness is a the self-proclaimed new noir-fu web comic seriesknown as The Retriever by Daniel Fu. Wonderfully drawn action sequences make the pages of this comic worth coming back to.
