Brad Abraham Announces Future Plans for Mixtape

In a catch-up post, writer Brad Abraham includes the following news of his indy comic series Mixtape. The ink is dry and I can finally announce Mixtape will be returning to comic book stores later this year. I just signed a deal with the brand new Space Goat Productions to publish it exclusively. The caveats: we’re reprinting Vol 1. (so Mixtape 1-5) and publishing it bi-monthly starting in September 2015. Existing fans will have to wait until the summer of […]

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The Fuse: Gridlock

The Fuse: Gridlock is more obviously science fiction than the first volume, The Russia Shift. This time around, detectives Klem and Ralph are investigating a body found during a gridlocking race. That’s when spacesuited daredevils illegally compete on maglev bikes across the solar arrays that run the space station. Very high-tech, although the motivations are universal, regardless of the future setting. I don’t hear many people talking about this tightly plotted SF mystery series by Antony Johnston and Justin Greenwood, […]

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Thom Zahler Returns With Long Distance

Thom Zahler, author of the superhero romantic comedy comic Love and Capes, returns with a new project this summer. Long Distance is a four-issue miniseries from IDW that has a lengthy history. It originally began as a sitcom script for a reality show contest, then it became available as a script book. Now, it’s a comic! And a double-sized one, with each issue having 48 pages, and some innovative coloring to show the story of a couple pursuing a long-distance […]

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Manga Dogs Volume 3

And so the series ends, with more of the same. For me, Manga Dogs volume 3 demonstrates that the gag — of a school-age manga author bedeviled by three pretty boys who want to make manga but are woefully misinformed about what it takes — has run its course. As expected, the cliffhanger threat from volume 2, that Kanna’s series will get canceled under the new magazine editor, is addressed, but briefly — it was all a misunderstanding. Many of […]

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10 #11-13

I can’t tell how much of my enjoyment of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10 comes from great comics with snappy dialogue and interesting character relationships, and how much of it is nostalgia for the show, since the comic does such an excellent job of capturing the high points. It’s particularly tricky with this storyline, since it revisits one of the flash points from the show: Buffy getting involved with Spike. These are older, more mature characters, though, with more […]

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Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor #1

Completing the modern run of Doctors with their fourth title, Titan Comics has launched Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor #1. This one’s a miniseries, five issues, written by Cavan Scott and drawn by Blair Shedd. So they can include the popular companions Rose and Captain Jack, the story “Weapons of Past Destruction” is set just after the two pick up the captain in the World War II-set TV story “The Doctor Dances”. The TV episodes moved quickly past the trio, […]

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Lumberjanes Volume 1: Beware the Kitten Holy

For those of us no longer excited by expensive serial comic releases, those who want more satisfying chunks of story, those who like longer-lasting comic formats, or those who can no longer remember the details of a story month to month, the most-talked-about new series of last year has put out its first collection. Lumberjanes Volume 1: Beware the Kitten Holy collects the first four issues of the series, making up the first half of the first storyline. It’s written […]

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Hopeless Savages Returns in August With Break

When the Hopeless Savages Greatest Hits reprint collection came out in 2010, there were plans for it to be the precursor to more stories of the punk rock family. Now, five years later, those plans are finally happening! Oni Press has announced that Hopeless Savages: Break will come out on August 12. It’s written by series creator Jen Van Meter with art by Meredith McClaren (Hinges) and flashbacks drawn by Christine Norrie, the artist on the original volume. Here’s the […]

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