<\/p>\n","post_title":"Parasomnia: The Dreaming God #3 Covers Revealed","post_excerpt":"Moving forth between two different worlds","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"parasomnia-the-dreaming-god-3-covers-revealed","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-06 17:05:43","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-06 16:05:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=207933","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":207923,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-07-15 14:00:06","post_date_gmt":"2022-07-15 13:00:06","post_content":"The Lonesome Hunters #2<\/span>\r\n\r\nAfter fleeing their tenement during a monster magpie attack, Lupe finds herself a pupil to an aged monster hunter and on the run from ancient evils determined to take them down and retrieve the relic they protect.<\/span>\r\n\r\nWriter: Tyler Crook<\/span>\r\nArtist: Tyler Crook<\/span>\r\nCover Artist: Tyler Crook<\/span>\r\n\r\nPublication Date: July 20, 2022<\/span>\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"207924,207925,207926,207927,207928,207929\"]\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n ","post_title":"The Lonesome Hunters #2 Preview","post_excerpt":"From Tyler Crook","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-lonesome-hunters-2-preview","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-22 22:18:53","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-22 21:18:53","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=207923","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":207915,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-07-12 18:58:12","post_date_gmt":"2022-07-12 17:58:12","post_content":"As the colony ship, the Arno, closed in on its destination, life for the inhabitants suddenly became dangerous and the mission to reach the alien artifact compromised. A lone boy could save the operation, but at what cost?<\/span>\n\nSix years ago, deep in space aboard the Arno, young Oliver spends his days in school, with his little brother and his family, and\u2014as the imaginary Space Boy\u2014battling Wargles. When he\u2019s given a family heirloom, a compass, he and his father, Wyatt, are led to the discovery that the ship may be in grave danger. Hundreds of years into the mission to reach the alien artifact, Wyatt is determined to investigate his suspicions. But when his probing leads nowhere, he is rebuked, demoted, and ironically thrust into the source of the danger . . . Disaster aboard the craft leaves only Oliver to face a choice that will drive the course of the rest of his life, all while he must learn to cope with his new reality. Can he continue the voyage to reach the artifact?<\/span>\n\nIn the present, Oliver\u2019s new earthbound friend, Amy, was kidnapped during the South Pines homecoming dance by agents of the organization that is running his mission, the First Contact Project. In the aftermath, high schoolers are left reeling from the disappearance of Amy. As Zeph, Cassie, and David struggle to make sense of the tragedy, Amy begins to adjust to her new life at FCP headquarters. She finds unexpected allies as she tries to get a handle on her situation, uncover more about the shadowy organization, and what its goals are for Oliver and herself.<\/span>\n\nA teenage girl who belongs to a different time, a teenage boy on a lone mission in space, an alien artifact, a mysterious murder, and a love that crosses light years comprise the core of this touching sci-fi opera.<\/span>\n\nBy: Stephen McCranie<\/span>\n\nCollects: Volumes 10-12<\/span>\n\nOn sale: 4\/5\/23 in comic shops and 4\/4\/23 in bookstores <\/span>","post_title":"Stephen McCranie's Space Boy Omnibus Volume 4 Cover Revealed","post_excerpt":"Six years ago","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"stephen-mccranies-space-boy-omnibus-volume-4-cover-revealed","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-07 16:46:51","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-07 15:46:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=207915","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":207890,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-06-29 15:00:55","post_date_gmt":"2022-06-29 14:00:55","post_content":"With the launch of his new imprint Flux House next month with Dark Horse, we got a chance to sit down and chat with writer and artist Matt Kindt. His works include MIND MGMT<\/em>, BRZRKR<\/em>, Eniac<\/em>, Revolver<\/em>, 3 Story<\/em>, Super Spy<\/em>, 2 Sisters<\/em>, Pistolwhip<\/em> and Dept H<\/em>. <\/span>\n\nHi Matt, we are so excited to have you here with us. We have to say congratulations to you on your new imprint Flux House.<\/span>\n\nYour Flux House imprint is launching in July; can you tell us about the origins of Flux House?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nI saw Salvador Dali\u2019s lobster phone at the museum. If you haven\u2019t seen it, it\u2019s exactly what you\u2019d imagine. I was looking at that phone and I saw an artist who was constantly having ideas or \u201cnotions.\u201d The ideas weren\u2019t always painting. Probably always surreal. But most importantly \u2013 I saw an artist having fun. It\u2019s ridiculous. Fun. Looks cool. That idea came from someone who\u2019d been doing what he was doing so long that he was just having a great time making things. <\/span>\n\nThat\u2019s this. So now, imagine that the lobster phone actually had an interesting narrative attached to it. Back story. Characters you care about. And imagine that that story told in comic book form. But the book is a little odd, Bigger. Smaller. Maybe covered in hair because that story is about an evil reincarnated Egyptian cat. Or maybe the book is about spies so the cover is a paper grocery bag so it can be \u201cdisguised\u201d on the shelf at your local comic shop. That\u2019s Flux House. It\u2019s a dash of the absurd and the fun \u2013 but connected to narrative that has heart and soul. Not just art for art\u2019s sake \u2013 even though on the surface it might seem it. <\/span>\n\n\n\nYou have been working with Dark Horse since 2010; what is it about Dark Horse that you enjoy working with them?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nThey published 3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man<\/em> years ago \u2013 and have supported me ever since. Mike Richardson is running things and he just has this rare pure love of comics. He\u2019s been a champion of my stuff for as long as I\u2019ve known him. And he and all the staff at Dark Horse have supported and believed in me over the years to the point they\u2019re trusting me to push comics as far as they can go\u2026or at least as far as I can get them. I want to make books that you don\u2019t just have on your shelf \u2013 but when your friends come over \u2013 that book is the one they pick up and ask \u201cwhat\u2019s this?\u201d<\/span>\n\n\n\nFor anyone unfamiliar with MIND MGMT<\/em>, how would you describe it?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nShort answer is \u201cspies with mind powers.\u201d But now imagine reading a book about that \u2014 but the book you\u2019re reading is actually a recruiting tool that is trying to get you to become a secret agent. A book that is literally trying to tap into the abilities and thoughts you have\u2026and exploit them. That\u2019s kind of what it\u2019s like. It\u2019s a book, a story, a single issue that is always going to be more than it seems. There are hidden messages. Subliminal messages. And a fun spy\/action\/mind-bender of a story.<\/span>\n\n\n\nWhat can you tell us about MIND MGMT: BOOTLEG<\/em>?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nIt has the worlds\u2019 most dense 50-panel comic-book page ever created. The script for that one page is 4 typed pages long. So there\u2019s that. It\u2019s also genuinely a good jumping on point if you\u2019ve never read MIND MGMT. You can start here. In fact \u2013 this series is a recruitment device designed for you to be indoctrinated into the world MIND MGMT. After that, there is the original 36 issue series and a board game. It\u2019s a lot \u2013 but this is the best place to start. Dip your toes in\u2026we\u2019ll let you know if you\u2019re right for it. (laughs)<\/span>\n\n\n\nWhat is the ethos of Flux House?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nI wrote a letter to the entire team at Dark Horse that kind of went like this: If it\u2019s fun, let\u2019s do it. If we\u2019ve always done it that way? Let\u2019s try it a different way. If we do it that way because all the other ways are a disaster then\u2026well, let\u2019s do it in the way that isn\u2019t a disaster. But however we do it \u2013 when we\u2019re doing it \u2013 let\u2019s not be bored. Do not be bored with the work! Let\u2019s do things that make us nervous \u2013 that might fail \u2013 but if they don\u2019t \u2013 will be super cool. <\/span>\n\nWhen you were conceiving MIND MGMT: BOOTLEG<\/em>, did you always have the idea of it; being illustrated by other artists?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nDefinitely. I want the series to feel like maybe I didn\u2019t approve of it. Bootleg. Like it got hijacked by some punk artists that didn\u2019t ask me permission. Like those Mexican Spider-Man comics \u2013 that have completely different storylines. It\u2019s Peter Parker but\u2026something is completely different. I want old-readers of the series to be uncomfortable and a little worried and new readers to be\u2026well, uncomfortable and a little worried as well.<\/span>\n\n\n\nHow did you select the artists working on MIND MGMT: BOOTLEG<\/em>?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nA lot of factors went into it. First \u2013 I\u2019m fans of all of them \u2013 and I\u2019ve worked with them all in the past to a greater or lesser degree. So after that \u2013 it was really just introducing a new character in every issue \u2013 and casting the artist with that character\/story point \u2013 so the art would complement the new character. So the art style and feel of that issue would reflect the character and their unique POV. It was not something I\u2019d ever done before and I think it ended up being great than the sum of parts\u2026it\u2019s crazy in the best way.<\/span>\n\nYou are a writer and an artist; what do you enjoy being more, a writer or an artist?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nI don\u2019t really separate the two. It\u2019s all idea driven. Words and pictures working together. When I\u2019m not drawing it\u2019s more like playing in a band where we complement each other to create this thing where we\u2019re playing separate parts of the same thing. And on my own \u2013 it allows me to really punish myself. 50 panel pages. Extra text on the page edges. See-through covers. Pages designed to be burned, cut, or torn. One of my favorite signings I ever did was with David Rubin when Ether came out \u2013 and he was drawing and signing and then I was drawing a little extra thing on or around his drawing and reacting to it \u2013 every one was different \u2013 and we had these little mini-conversations through art and on the fly\u2026all while he was serving little shots of some coffee liqueur to everyone that showed up. That\u2019s a little microcosm of how books should be made.<\/span>\n\nWhat has it been like collaborating with Farel Dalrymple, Jill Thompson, David Rub\u00edn, and Matt Lesniewski on MIND MGMT: Bootleg?<\/span>\n\nLike sitting at a signing where we all draw on someone\u2019s book and David serves us coffee liqueur. (laughs) \u2013 but not much different. I know I had fun \u2013 and I hope they did \u2013 at least to my face they\u2019ll say it. I realize my scripts for MIND MGMT are\u2026a lot sometimes. But at the end of the day \u2013 we have a series like no other. And I\u2019m still on speaking terms with everyone and I\u2019m still a huge fan of each one of them. I consider that a success. <\/span>\n\n\n\nWe understand there is a version of MIND MGMT: BOOTLEG <\/em>that comes with a playing card; can you tell us more about this playing card?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nEach issue will have a special MIND MGMT playing card. This is the 53rd card. Designed to work with any deck of standard cards. Ideally \u2013 you get all four and put them into your deck. On the face is all new art \u2013 but also new rules that will make, break, distort, and\/or warp ANY card game you play. I collaborated with the designers that I worked on the MIND MGMT board game with (Jay Cormier and Sen-Foong Lim) and they wrote rules that will work with (or against) almost any game you play.<\/span>\n\nThe beauty of the cards is, they\u2019re art \u2013 you can use them as a bookmark. Or you can put them in a normal deck of cards. When you draw the card \u2013 your opponent(s) will know you have one of the 4 special cards. But they won\u2019t know which one. Paranoia ensues. Are you going to play it? Which one is it? It\u2019s an extra game outside the game. MIND MGMT for real. <\/span>\n\nCan you give us any teasers about future titles releasing from Flux House?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nSure. This is what I have planned for the next two years\u2026without spoiling the titles: <\/span>A \u201csuper\u201d spy, a hulking detective, an evil (maybe) cat, a reporter stranded on a cosmic planet, 1,000 teenage superheroes, a barbarian, and a universe-hopping villain\/hero.<\/span>\n\nA big thank you to Matt for chatting with us; we wish him and <\/span>the rest of the team, the best of luck with Flux House and MIND MGMT: BOOTLEG<\/em>.<\/span>","post_title":"ComicBuzz Chats With Matt Kindt","post_excerpt":"Flux House","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"comicbuzz-chats-with-matt-kindt","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-07 16:56:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-07 15:56:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=207890","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":207882,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-06-28 14:51:45","post_date_gmt":"2022-06-28 13:51:45","post_content":"

With the release of his latest novel, The Next Time I Die<\/em>, released today from Hard Case Crime. We are delighted to be joined by author Jason Starr. Jason has written many novels, including Twisted City, Hard Feelings and Cold Caller. Jason has also written numerous comics for different publishers, including DC Comics, Marvel Comics and AWA Studios.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hi Jason, thank you for being here with us. We are so excited to be able to chat with you today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Could you please introduce yourself to our readers?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a novelist and comics writer from New York City. I\u2019ve written comics for Marvel, the best known is probably the Wolverine Max series. I\u2019ve also written for DC, Boom, AWA and others. My latest AWA creator-owned graphic novels are Red Border <\/em>and Casual Fling<\/em>. My new novel\u2014and my first ever sci-fi novel is The Next Time I Die<\/em>, out on June 28th from Hard Case Crime.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Can you tell us about the origins of The Next Time I Die<\/em>?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

While I\u2019ve done some sci-fi in my comics and the novels I wrote based on the TV shows, most of my original novels have been crime novels and psychological thrillers. So I wanted to write a sci-fi\/crime novel. One of my favorite sci-fi novelists is Philip K. Dick. While his books have complex themes, they\u2019re also grounded and accessible. That\u2019s the vibe I was going for with The Next Time I Die<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How would you describe The Next Time I Die<\/em>?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A defense attorney, Steven Blitz, tries to break up an assault on a woman, and winds up getting stabbed in the gut. He should\u2019ve died, but instead he ends up in a new reality, somewhere between Philip K. Dick and The Twilight Zone<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What can you tell us about Steven Blitz?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

When we meet Steven he\u2019s very driven in his career as a lawyer and he\u2019s working on the case of a lifetime, about to begin a high profile murder trial. He believes he\u2019s a good guy stuck in a bad situation. I think at his core he\u2019s an optimis. He looks at the positive side of situations, perhaps to a fault. <\/span><\/p>\n

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You have written numerous comics; what is it about the comic book medium that you enjoy?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The collaboration. When I started writing, I wrote plays mainly and actually have an MFA degree in playwriting. Comics remind me a lot of theater\u2014multiple working together, trying to create something great. I love writing novels, but it\u2019s nice to mix things up. I love working with artists and comics editors.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How did Hard Case Crime get involved with The Next Time I Die<\/em>?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hard Case Crime has published some of my previous novels\u2014several that I co-wrote with Irish crime writer, Ken Bruen, and my crime novel<\/em>, Fake I.D. <\/em> Because The Next Time I Die<\/em> has a sci-fi twist, it\u2019s different from the sort of crime fiction they usually publish, although Hard Case has occasionally published fantasy and sci-fi, in books by Ray Bradbury, Michael Crichton and Stephen King. I think this novel could\u2019ve been published by a crime publisher like Hard Case, or a sci-fi publisher, but I\u2019m really happy to be doing it with Hard Case. <\/span><\/p>\n

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How long have you been working on The Next Time I Die<\/em>?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I began writing it in late 2019 and 2020.  The action of the book starts in late February 2020, a date that was in the future while I was writing the book. When late  February arrived the pandemic began, so this \u201cstart date\u201d took on a much greater importance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Was it a challenge to write The Next Time I Die<\/em> compared to the other novels that you have written?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, definitely. The plot may seem very tight, but it took me several drafts to get there. There is a lot of world building in this book, which is different from most of my previous books. There was a lot of pacing around my apartment and scribbling plot notes in the middle of the night.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Has The Next Time I Die <\/em>changed in any significant way since the first draft? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, I made some pretty significant changes from draft to draft. Even small changes affected what came later on.  There was a lot to keep track of.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What has it been like working with Charles Ardai and the rest of the team at Hard Case Crime?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s always great working with Charles and Titan Books. I\u2019ve known Charles for a long time, since around the time Hard Case Crime was formed. He\u2019s a great editor and, maybe because we\u2019ve known each other so long, editing is always a seamless process with him.<\/span><\/p>\n

What comics are you currently reading?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I usually have at least a few going at a time. Hotell <\/em>by John Lees, Killadelphia<\/em> by Rodney Barnes, the Reckless <\/em>books by Ed Brubaker.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Any message for the ComicBuzz readers?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I love to hear from readers, let me know what you think of The Next Time I Die<\/em>. You can connect with me on Twitter and Instagram: @JasonStarrBooks and at jasonstarr.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

We would like to say a big thank you to Jason for chatting with us. We wish him the best of luck with The Next Time I Die<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A TALE OF TWO WAR BOTS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

From the mind that brought you \u2018Resident Alien\u2019<\/strong> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\nMILWAUKIE, Ore., (June 27, 2022)\u2014<\/strong> Dark Horse Books and Steve Parkhouse (Resident Alien<\/em>, Milkman Murders<\/em>) are proud to present War Birds<\/strong><\/em>. Steve Parkhouse along with writer Geoffrey D. Wessel (Keeper<\/em>, Takedown<\/em>) join together to bring this thrilling tale of friendship and survival!<\/span>\n\nTwo renegade AI minds want to simply make conversation\u2014not war! When a bipedal, independent robot soldier makes a unique connection with an injured, flying drone, they flee the warzone they\u2019re in to seek lives of their own. Their military builders want to destroy them, though, while a sympathetic pair of humans tries what they can to free the errant \u2019bots from military service!<\/span>\n\n<\/a> War Birds <\/em><\/strong>trade paperback will be in comic shops March 8th, 2023 and bookstores March 21st, 2023. It is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at your local comic shop and bookstore for $19.99.<\/span>\n\nPraise for Resident Alien<\/span><\/strong>\n\n\u201cResident Alien #1 is a refreshingly original take on the classic whodunit murder mystery formula, and feels a bit like a fun mash-up between Diagnosis Murder and the X-Files\u201d \u2013 Newsarama<\/em><\/span>\n\n\u201cSteve Parkhouse keeps the visuals of this book easy on the eyes and perfectly represents the quaint town lifestyle.\u201d \u2013 Comicosity<\/em><\/span>\n\n\u201cThe concept has me riveted, the art has me in awe. Resident Alien continues to be promising and I am eagerly awaiting the next issue.\u201d \u2013 Comics Bulletin<\/em><\/span>\n\nAbout Dark Horse Comics <\/span><\/strong>\n\nFounded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics is an excellent example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and transform a company with humble beginnings into an industry giant. Over the years, Dark Horse has published the work of creative legends such as Yoshitaka Amano, Margaret Atwood, Paul Chadwick, Geof Darrow, Will Eisner, Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Faith Erin Hicks, Kazuo Koike, Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire, Mike Mignola, Frank Miller, Moebius, Chuck Palahniuk, Wendy Pini, Richard Pini, and Gerard Way. In addition, Dark Horse has a long tradition of establishing exciting new creative talent throughout all of its divisions. The company has also set the industry standard for quality licensed comics, graphic novels, collectibles, and art books, including Stranger Things, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, Minecraft, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, Dragon Age, James Cameron\u2019s Avatar, Game of Thrones, Mass Effect, StarCraft, The Witcher, and Halo. Today, Dark Horse Comics is one of the world\u2019s leading entertainment publishers.<\/span>","post_title":"Dark Horse Announces War Birds","post_excerpt":"Two renegade AI minds","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dark-horse-announces-war-birds","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-07 17:01:03","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-07 16:01:03","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=207878","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":207864,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-06-15 15:00:12","post_date_gmt":"2022-06-15 14:00:12","post_content":"Writer: Bartosz Sztybor\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nPenciller\/Inker: Roberto Ricci\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nColorist: Fabiana Mascolo\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nLetterer: Frank Cvetkovic\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nCover Artist: Roberto Ricci<\/span>\r\n\r\nVariant cover artist: Max Fiumara\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nOn sale: 9\/7\/22<\/span>\r\n

\r\n\r\nIt hurts. Night City hurts. The suffering runs deep and the deeper one falls, the longer the self-prescribed dreams play. Fortune, hope, love--all made possible by DMS technology. But not everyone desires a happy ending. A braindance repairman discovers the answer to pain . . . comes in a blackout.<\/span>\r\n\r\n* The third comic series from Dark Horse based on CD Projekt Red's hit video game Cyberpunk 2077<\/em>!<\/span>\r\n\r\nTo submit to weakness or to defeat it--Arturo finds that giving in might just be the key to breaking the cycle. And if second chances exist--life can be worth choosing.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n","post_title":"Cyberpunk 2077: Blackout #4 Covers Revealed","post_excerpt":"First look","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"cyberpunk-2077-blackout-4-covers-revealed","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-08-31 14:36:19","post_modified_gmt":"2023-08-31 13:36:19","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=207864","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":207848,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-06-13 14:17:09","post_date_gmt":"2022-06-13 13:17:09","post_content":"

In early 2018, cartoonist Sofia Warren was not paying attention to New York state politics. But that summer, her Brooklyn neighborhood began buzzing about Julia Salazar, a 27-year-old democratic socialist running for State Senate whose grassroots campaign was inspiring an army of volunteers. When they beat the odds and won, Warren found herself wondering what would happen next. How does it work when an outsider who runs on revolutionary change has to actually do the job? So she decided to find out<\/span><\/p>\n

Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator<\/em> is a remarkable graphic memoir of Warren\u2019s experience embedded with Julia Salazar and her staff during their first year in office. From candid conversations and eyewitness experiences, Warren builds a gripping and intimate portrait of a scrappy team of community organizers battling entrenched power structures, particularly to advance Julia\u2019s marquee issue: housing rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

At every key point during the year \u2014 setting up an office, navigating insider politics, public pushback, testy staff meetings, emotional speeches, protest marches, setbacks, and victories \u2014 Warren is up close and personal with Julia and her team, observing, questioning, and drawing, as they try to translate their ideals into concrete legislation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Along the way, Warren works toward answers to deeper questions: what makes a good leader? What does it mean to be a part of a community? Can democracy work? How can everyday people make change happen?<\/span><\/p>\n

All these themes are explored \u2014 with nuance, compassion, and humor \u2014 in Sofia Warren's remarkable debut.<\/span><\/p>\n

-- a 328-page, softcover graphic novel with 3\" French flaps (6.4\" x 9\")<\/span><\/p>\n

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Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator<\/em> hits shelves everywhere books are sold on June 14th!<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","post_title":"Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator Preview","post_excerpt":"Graphic memoir","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"radical-my-year-with-a-socialist-senator-preview","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-07 20:34:35","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-07 19:34:35","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=207848","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":207835,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-06-06 14:54:35","post_date_gmt":"2022-06-06 13:54:35","post_content":"With the release of Justice Warriors<\/em> #1<\/em> this week, we are delighted to be joined by the co-writers and artists Ben Clarkson and Matt Bors. Matt is the founder of The Nib<\/em>, and Ben is an illustrator and filmmaker.<\/span>\n\nHi Ben and Matt, it's so wonderful to have you both here with us today.<\/strong><\/span>\n\nCould you please introduce yourselves to our readers?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nBEN: Hi, I am Ben Clarkson. I am a cartoonist and animator based out of Montreal.<\/span>\n\nMATT: I mostly run The Nib, a comics publication for political and nonfiction cartooning. I\u2019m recently \u201cretired\u201d from almost two decades of political cartooning, and moving into writing and drawing comics like Justice Warriors<\/em>.<\/span>\n\n\n\nCan you tell us about the origins of Justice Warriors<\/em>?<\/span><\/strong>\n\nBEN: I have this concept that you can only have three creative ideas at a time, and to free up a slot you have to make one of your ideas. Justice Warriors<\/em> has been taking up one of those creative slots in my brain for nearly a decade. It just kept getting bigger and bigger until I finally broke down, had an existential crisis and set about doing whatever was necessary to make it a reality. I loved Matt\u2019s work and I harassed him online until he joined me.<\/span>\n\nMATT: Ben was developing this for many years and it evolved into the dystopian cop satire you see today. He approached me in the summer of 2020 to write and produce for it as an animated show and we immediately hit it off. I was looking to create some comics outside of editorial cartooning and Justice Warriors<\/em> was the perfect kind of genre work I\u2019d love to see more of in the world. So we settled on approaching it as a comic book first, which seemed easier to accomplish, and here we are.<\/span>\n\nBen, yourself and Matt are co-writers on Justice Warriors<\/em>; how does that dynamic work?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nBEN: Super well. Matt and I work together easily. It\u2019s pretty frictionless building stories. We are both focussed on different aspects of the story at different times, and we\u2019ll talk out any disagreements. If things ever get bad, they haven\u2019t, we\u2019ve agreed to let our editor Tom Peyer referee the boxing match.<\/span>\n\nIt\u2019s a breeze working with Matt and it leaves us a lot of bandwidth to go back and forth twelve times over the word \u201cslup\u201d or when to use \u201cvibe\u201d.<\/span>\n\n\n\nMatt, yourself and Ben are involved in the art process on Justice Warriors; can you tell us more about that?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nMATT: It\u2019s been a really deeply collaborative effort where we both threw in on layouts and colors for the 8 page pitch we sent to publishers. Luckily we added Felipe Sobreiro to colors for the series\u2014he\u2019s really brought the world alive in a spectacular way\u2014and I\u2019m on lettering with a font I\u2019ve developed as a bit of a throwback to 90s action comics.<\/span>\n\nBen\u2019s the artist but since we\u2019re co-writing and throwing so many ideas around it\u2019s comfortable enough that I might draw edits on sketches and we\u2019ll work together on larger elements of the series. For instance, the design of the Bubble City Police Station took a while, with both of us sending each other sketches and trying to get something that looks iconic, can appear in this series forever, and had some deeper architectural themes that spoke to the world we\u2019re building.<\/span>\n\nHow would you describe Justice Warriors<\/em>?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nBEN: Ghost in the Shell<\/em> meets the Simpsons <\/em>meets the Wire<\/em>. It\u2019s a zany, gritty, sociological farce with big ideas under the surface.<\/span>\n\nMATT: Starship Troopers <\/em>meets Judge Dredd<\/em> meets Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/em>. It\u2019s a wild, violent, satire with big ideas under the surface.<\/span>\n\n\n\nMatt, what can you tell us about Swamp Cop and Schitt?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nMATT: After losing his partner to a self-driving bus, Swamp Cop becomes a veteran of the force and increasingly psychologically disturbed over the course of the series. This mutant is not well, but his hallucinations seem to give him an insight into larger events unfolding in the world. Schitt on the other hand is the more naive rookie, a literal poop mutant from the sanitation sector, and a young family man. He\u2019s also a coward and morally unhinged in his own way. He\u2019s a cop after all. We put them both through the ringer as they encounter increasingly bizarre forms of crime and societal upheaval.<\/span>\n\nBen, how did Felipe Sobreiro join the team?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nBEN: We traded his CIA handler a kilo for him. He\u2019s ours now.<\/span>\n\nIn all seriousness he was on a list for consideration. When I realized he colored Silver Surfer Black<\/em> I insisted on working with him. Justice Warriors<\/em> is, in my mind, a work of psychedelic art, and I needed his chops and color sense on our book.<\/span>\n\n\n\nWas Justice Warriors<\/em> conceived as a comic book?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nBEN: This my first comic. I originally envisioned Justice Warriors<\/em> as an animated series because I made animation. Matt and I realized that to ever get this crazy thing made into a TV show or a mega budget blockbuster we needed to show people how incredible the world was, and how it could capture the imagination. We needed to tell stories in Bubble City, and quickly. Comics were the perfect medium since Matt knew everything about them and they were something we could execute with our manpower.<\/span>\n\nMATT: Ideally, Justice Warriors <\/em>becomes a recurring comic series and animated series. That\u2019s the goal and we have enough story ideas already to last years.<\/span>\n\nMatt, how important is pre-ordering for an independent comic?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nMATT: I\u2019m new to direct market books, so I\u2019m no expert here but it seems important with creator-owned books to signal support to retailers, just like pre-ordering books helps give online and brick-and-mortar outlets signals as to what people are ordering and how books might fare on the shelves. For the avoidance of doubt, call your comic shop and demand Justice Warriors!<\/span>\n\nBen, how did you pick the artists for the alternative covers for the series?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nBEN: I decided Matt could draw a bunch of covers, as a treat. Ben Passmore\u2019s work is fabulous and so he was high on the list and a clear ask.<\/span>\n\n\n\nHow did AHOY Comics get involved with Justice Warriors<\/em>, and what made them the right publisher for Justice Warriors<\/em>?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nBEN: We kidnapped Captain Ginger and sent severed whiskers to Hart Seely until we had our deal.<\/span>\n\nMATT: Tom Peyer, Ahoy\u2019s Editor in Chief, is a Pisces. They are known as the most sympathetic of the zodiac signs and they will go to great lengths to ensure the happiness of those around them. So naturally we leaned on him during negotiations.<\/span>\n\nAny message for the ComicBuzz readers?<\/strong><\/span>\n\nMATT: This is the launch of a new creator-owned series that can go really far if we get reader support. Justice Warriors <\/em>is a world where we intend to keep telling weird stories about social media, elections, gentri\ufb01cation, sports, drugs, and the mysterious terrorists of Starfish City.<\/span>\n\nBEN: The series gets wild. People are crushed by money fresh from the printers. Ants get independent thoughts. The police chief cuts someone apart with a judo chop. It\u2019s a wild wild book.<\/span>\n\nA big thank you to Ben and Matt for chatting with us; we wish them and the rest of the team, the best of luck with Justice Warriors<\/em>.<\/span>","post_title":"ComicBuzz Chats With The Justice Warriors Team","post_excerpt":"Ben Clarkson and Matt Bors","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"comicbuzz-chats-with-the-justice-warriors-team","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-07 20:37:54","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-07 19:37:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=207835","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":207818,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-06-01 14:41:05","post_date_gmt":"2022-06-01 13:41:05","post_content":"

With the release of the Kickstarter for Unico: Awakening, we are delighted to be joined today; by writer Samuel Sattin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hi Samuel, it's so wonderful to have you here with us.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you for having me! <\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m Samuel Sattin, a writer who lives in Oakland, California. I talk to my cats a lot, but when I\u2019m not doing that, I\u2019m typically working on some kind of book-related project. I adapted the Cartoon Saloon film, WolfWalkers, to graphic novel format, and I\u2019ll be adapting their other two films, Song of the Sea and The Secret of Kells, as well. I\u2019m also the writer behind UNICO: AWAKENING, a Kickstarter campaign that\u2019s live for just a couple more days. There\u2019s more, but I think that covers most things happening right now. I also like to make dioramas. I\u2019ve taken a hiatus for a few months since I\u2019ve been a bit too busy to work on them, but hopefully I can resume later this year. <\/span><\/p>\n

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For anyone unfamiliar with Osamu Tezuka\u2019s Unico, how would you describe Unico?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Unico has the natural ability to spread unrivaled love and kindness. The more he is cared for, the greater his powers grow, imbuing him with incredible magical abilities. Because of this, he draws the ire of the gods, in particular the goddess of love and beauty herself, Venus. Out of jealousy, she has him banished from the heavens, and dragged through space and time until he forgets everything he once was. The servitor tasked to do this, the West Wind, takes pity on Unico, thus saving him from being completely destroyed. To keep him safe, she brings him from place to place across time, erasing his memory whenever he grows too powerful, to keep him from being discovered by the gods. It\u2019s a tragic, beautiful story about a character whose kindness is rewarded with a curse. <\/span><\/p>\n

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When did you first discover Osamu Tezuka\u2019s Unico?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I saw the films when I was a kid, and like most, was traumatized accordingly as a result. I didn\u2019t encounter the manga itself until I was an adult. I visited the Osamu Tezuka Museum in Takarazuka in 2017, and became fascinated with the character, whose presence was far more diffuse in Japan than in the US. I read and re-read the English translation that had been put out, and was hooked. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Unico: Awakening will be available in English and Japanese. Was making Unico: Awakening<\/em> available to a large readership an important factor of this project?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, and it was one of the main reasons why we approached the project through crowdfunding, but not just because we wanted to grow the size of the readership. We wanted Unico: Awakening to become a celebration of both the character and Osamu Tezuka\u2019s work, and it was also very important to us that we made sure both the book and project overall would be accessible to a Japanese audience, as opposed to just a Western one. Osamu Tezuka himself believed that comics were a kind of international language, and I think the best thing we can do to recognize the brilliance of that idea is to try and follow in his footsteps. <\/span><\/p>\n

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You are collaborating with the Gurihiru artist team; what makes them the right team for Unico: Awakening<\/em>?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

For me, the question would have to be \u201cwhat doesn\u2019t make them right?\u201d I say this because they are truly the perfect artist team and creative partner for this project. Not only are they fantastically talented, but they are able to blend Japanese and Western comics art styles in an incredibly novel fashion. They\u2019re incredible visual storytellers, and they have a distinct vision for Unico: Awakening that I simply know readers will be delighted by. <\/span><\/p>\n

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You are reinventing Unico, a character created by Osamu Tezuka; does that add more pressure on you as a writer?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Absolutely! Though as I have mentioned to others who have asked, I think the pressure is more self-enforced, rather than something that\u2019s been put upon me by others. Tezuka Productions has been wonderful to work with, and have been incredibly encouraging and supportive of the ideas I\u2019ve brought forward. I was able to meet with members of the team in Tokyo recently, and was really thrilled to hear that, for them, doing a project like this was about taking the core ideas of the God of Manga, and building them out in new ways, for new generations to enjoy. Hearing this honestly made me emotional. I will do my very best to realize such a vision. <\/span><\/p>\n

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As you are crowdfunding Unico: Awakening and dealing directly with consumers, does that make Unico: Awakening<\/em> more special for you?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Doing this project through crowdfunding has been wonderful because you do indeed get to interact directly with a wider community. It\u2019s also wonderful because we get the opportunity to fold in an array of incredible rewards, like 16 x 24 inch prints from renowned international artists, and print items called Artifacts from talented American cartoonists. This turns the process of creating Unico: Awakening into a kind of celebration, which is exactly what we hoped it would become. I personally love seeing how everyone has reacted to this in real time. It feels like we\u2019ve found and\/or are building a community around this project, which is a special thing to behold. <\/span><\/p>\n

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What has it been like working with Tezuka Productions?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I touched on this a bit earlier, but it\u2019s been a really wonderful experience. They\u2019ve provided us a lot of room to express our own ideas, and have been great partners in bringing the campaign to life. Also, we\u2019ve had the luck of working with Aki Yanagi, a comics professional who represents a good few Japanese artists working in American comics. He helped facilitate a great deal of this as well, and I\u2019m grateful to him. <\/span><\/p>\n

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How would you describe Unico: Awakening<\/em>?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Unico: Awakening draws from a story in the original manga called The Cat and the Broomstick. Without getting into too many details, The Cat and the Broomstick is about a young, abandoned cat that wants to become a human being. Unico grants her the (limited) ability to do so, and this leads to her catching the eye of a sadistic hunter with supernatural powers. It\u2019s a story about identity, and the consequences of disrespecting nature. Unico: Awakening takes this story and builds upon it, creating larger roles for characters than they had originally, and providing a larger backdrop plot that expands upon the Unico universe. This is why we call it a reimagining, as opposed to an adaptation. Our hope is to bring the story of Unico to a new generation of readers. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Do you have a favourite Kickstarter reward?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh my, I can\u2019t say that I do! But only because I truly have love for all of the rewards across the spectrum. Thankfully, we do offer a tier where you can receive everything, which includes 10 incredible prints, 5 Artifacts, the book, and t-shirt from Junko Mizuno. That\u2019s the one I would choose. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Any message for the ComicBuzz readers?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Firstly, thank you so much for reading. It means a lot to me. And secondly, please support Unico: Awakening! There are so many wonderful rewards to nab that are exclusive to the Kickstarter, and near-every additional dollar goes to paying the artists, translators, and others who made this project remotely possible. Thank you again for your time.<\/span><\/p>\n

We would like to say thank you to Samuel for talking to us about his manga. We would like to wish the whole team of Unico: Awakening<\/em> the best of luck.<\/span><\/p>\n

Feel free to check out the Kickstarter: Unico: Awakening<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Writer: Jeff Lemire<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Artists\/Cover Art: Caitlin Yarsky<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Colorist: Dave Stewart<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Variant Cover:
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Multiple worlds collide in this final issue of the hit Black Hammer superhero saga where villains and heroes unite to stop the multiverse from unraveling.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

On sale: 5\/18\/2022<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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