This weekend, come out to Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St. Brooklyn, NY 11211 for the annual Mini Zine Fest! Cartoonists Sara Lindo (Carl Finds Love, Wall Street Cat) and Steve Seck (Life Is Good) […]
Smash those piggy banks kids cause coming up this weekend is the Wizard World Big Apple Comic Com! BIG APPLE COMIC CON ‘SPRING EDITION’ MAY 21-22, 2011 SAT-SUN GET BIG APPLE COMIC CON ‘SPRING EDITION’ […]
Legendary illustrator/comic artist Jeff Jones passed away today. How do a few scribbled lines on a page become the most beautiful woman you ever laid eyes on? When Jones is the one scribbling. You will […]
Dear Internet. I have been trapped under this pile of mini comics for a week now. And by the arcane compact of the Mole people, I can only remove comics from the pile upon reviewing […]
Maybe the death of TokyoPop is serving as a lesson to other publishers, but as of late, it seems as though they’re adopting a “less is more” sort of attitude. Less books, sure, but at […]
Check out James Stokoe’s awesome Orc Staine #1 on the cheap thanks to Image this week!
Over the years Dark Horse has done a fantastic job of bringing American fans the best in manga and translated novels (like the Vampire Hunter D series, one of my very favorite series). It’s no […]
By Shannon H. There is a small but strong wave of darkly satisfying manga this week. In particular, the long-awaited second volume of March Story, a lovely horror manhwa with the most elegant gothic drawings […]
By Shannon H. Despite all the great titles coming out this week, Black Butler Volume 5 and 20th Century Boys Volume 14 among them, there is only one thing to talk about at the moment, […]
We may be 30 years old today, but don’t worry- you can still trust us! On this date in 1981 Forbidden Planet NYC opened on 821 Broadway at 12th St with a line around the […]
Get on your gi and tie up that obi, because this week is chockabock full of more shonen manga than your fists could ever hope to keep up with. Whether you’re out for the spirit […]
Hark! Dost thou hear the blessing of the manga gods as they shower a whopping TWENTY-EIGHT books upon our nerdy heads this week? Listen harder, then, BECAUSE IT’S HAPPENING. Seriously, there are almost too many […]
Maybe it’s because the new movie just came out on DVD, but after three consecutive weeks of Evangelion manga, I’m starting to notice a trend. Not that anyone should really be complaining about a new […]
An Egyptian cobra escaped from the Bronx Zoo today. According to the CNN article staff members at the Bronx Zoo claim the cobra is in a secured area of the zoo. Hope someone does a […]
By Shannon H Fanboys, rejoice! This week is so crazy chock-full of moe, the cute might actually kill you. So just make sure you take the proper precautions before you start reading. You have been […]
By Shannon H Not too much coming out this week, but at least everything we got is a title that is worth writing home about. First and foremost, there is volume 16 of the sci-fi […]
This weekend I will be away at the Monster-Mania Con in Cherry Hill New Jersey! I try to attend as many horror conventions a year as possible, and Monster-Mania is always at least one of […]
by Shannon H. The manga gods (aka Japan) have bestowed upon us some pretty badass titles this week. There is a new volume of the Neon Genesis Evangelion: Raising Shinji Ikari project to help satiate […]
He may have lost his job at “Two and a Half Men” but Charlie Sheen is still “DUH, WINNING” with the as of yet to be released Bluewater comic “Imfamous: Charlie Sheen” due out this […]
Viz Media’s Detroit Metal City is like nothing you’ve seen before. I remember when the first volume came out. I knew nothing of the book, but as a Heavy Metal fan myself, I was instantly […]
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