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Imagine a world where everyone had a super-power...<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Zeros webcomic will return in January 2021 with a special digital issue on Comixology. The all-ages story is set in a future world where every single person has a superhuman power. The series is created, written and drawn by Martin Eden, the award-nominated creator behind spic superhero soap opera The O Men and groundbreaking LGBT superhero series Spandex.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zeros focuses on 12 school pupils in \u2018Class O\u2019 at the Powertown Institute,\u201d says London-based Martin. \u201cIn Volume One, the main characters were 8 years old but now the story has moved ahead by 10 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The main characters have changed since Volume One. \u201cA lot has gone on over the 10 years,\u201d says Martin, \u201cincluding another Super World War. There are a lot of changes for Class O too - two of them are dating, one barely speaks, another is homeless and another now has a disability.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Zeros will appear from January at <strong>www.zeroscomic.com<\/strong> where a new chapter will be released each month. The first three chapters will be available exclusively in a special issue on Comixology and Amazon Kindle from the start of January. The issue will also include an interview with Martin and a preview of Volume Two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-205731\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/zeroes-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"zeroes\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Martin promises some intriguing storylines in Volume Two, mostly looking at the personal lives of the characters but there will be plenty of action too. Martin also promises something unique: \u201cOne of the characters has to deal with some huge changes in her life. They\u2019re actually things that happened to me, in a way. There\u2019s a chapter where it\u2019s showcased and I don\u2019t think this kind of story has been done in a \u2018superhero\u2019 comic before.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Zeros Volumes One and Two can be read for free at<strong> zeroscomic.com<\/strong>. A complete Volume One book is available on Comixology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","post_title":"Zeros Webcomic Returns","post_excerpt":"Created by Martin Eden","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"zeros-webcomic-returns","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-08 18:58:45","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-08 17:58:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=205725","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":205314,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2020-09-11 13:36:29","post_date_gmt":"2020-09-11 12:36:29","post_content":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\">In\u00a0<strong>Chapter 3<\/strong>, Sanda and Champo volunteer their time to help the sick alien children. But what they don't realise is that the curative transfuser device has serious consequences for their own well-being!<\/span>\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"205321,205320,205319,205318,205317,205316,205315\"]\r\n\r\n<span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong> follows the adventures of two earthlings: Sanda Oung, a 23-year-old girl from the UK, and Champo Oung, Sanda\u2019s 19-year-old, non-binary sibling. In the series, 15% of the world\u2019s population of 7.5 billion people are now stuck on another planet, miles from the safety of home. Sanda learns that humans have been brought to Planet Divoc-91 because the Earth is at risk of an extinction level event \u2013 and young adults have been moved to safety by the Board of Adversity Scientists for Intergalactic Leadership\u2019 (BASIL), led by a charismatic and fearsome alien named ADRO.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong> is produced by Dr Bella Starling, Director of Vocal at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Sara Kenney, Creative Director at Wowbagger Productions, in association with the UK Academy of Medical Sciences. \u201cBella and I were already working together on creative projects to engage audiences in sharing their views about antibiotic resistance and immunisation and when lockdown hit, it became obvious that our thinking could be refocused on the COVID pandemic,\u201d said Kenney. \u201cWe realized there was a ton of information and advice about the pandemic out there, but it\u2019s so difficult to know what to believe and who to trust, and there were virtually no young voices in the mix.\u201d The project has since grown in scale and ambition, and there is a young editorial team from UK, India, South Africa, and Malawi who are interviewing experts from scientists to historians, ethicists to anthropologists, and from that material curating articles, creating art and videos in reaction to the interviews.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cBeing teenagers and going through the most challenging stage of our lives is hard in itself \u2014 but now the impact of this new virus is resonating through our lives without any sense of when this will end,\u201d writes Shanjida Hossain, one of the young adults contributing to the comic, in an interview with Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK Government\u2019s Chief Scientific Advisor; \u201cHaving studied hard since the age of five, getting to the very end of our educational journey to face this global pandemic wasn\u2019t something we could have ever planned for, yet here we are, left with nothing but insecurities and confusion.\u201d Shanjida\u2019s interview will accompany<strong> PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong>\u2019s debut chapter.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWhenever our worlds are turned upside down and we find ourselves crying \u201cwhat the hell\u201d, we call upon stories to explain \u201cthis: this the hell,\u201d Berry writes in the afterword to <strong>PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong> Chapter One. \u201cOur brains are hardwired with a furious need to find patterns as a means of survival, and we hunt for them - and for their subsequent meanings - everywhere, in everything. Stories bring shape and meaning to random events. They are about the conflict and the resolution; the breaking apart and the coming together; they help us to find hope in darkness and rally us when we are lost and, ultimately, they help us overcome. Faced with the greatest upheaval of a generation, and the strict social obligations keeping us all apart, where better to seek that sense of connection and meaning now than in stories?\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<strong>PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong> is a thought experiment, one that\u2019s a metaphor for what we\u2019re currently experiencing around the world with COVID-19,\u201d said Kenney. \u201cWe\u2019re releasing the series on WEBTOONS, because it's an inclusive, wide-reaching, digital platform, with a global audience of 10 million readers daily, and we want to foster a dialogue in the comments section, about the pandemic and where we go from here. We\u2019ve also got some exclusive mixes hidden as Easter Eggs in the comic starting with one of the best UK Grime DJs, and a uniquely talented and much loved producer in his own right Grandmixxer. Chapter 2 features a mix from one of the most important new-generation experimental UK club music producer, artist and label owner LCY. Chapter 3 features an Afrofuturism playlist from one of the UKs best loved MCs Juice Aleem. And at the end of the day, we want readers to come back each month for the story and art. Why is Planet Divoc-91 inhabited only by 16-25 year old humans? Who are these strange aliens? Sanda Oung, a bit of a conspiracy theorist at first, has to figure out what is real and who to trust.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The project was kick started via NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre seed funding who are providing continued support. Additional supporters include The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC); The University of Manchester through the Wellcome Institutional Strategic Support Fund award; Sarah Iqbal,\u00a0 DBT\/Wellcome Trust India Alliance; Anita Shervington, Blast Fest and Nabeel Petersen, Interfer (South Africa). The series was inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cOur aim is to empower audiences to make sense of a pandemic situation, to create a forum for their ideas, and to use participatory arts to inform science research and influence science policy,\u201d said Kenney.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWe\u2019re creating a crazy, exquisite corpse with writers and artists taking on the same characters that will be accessible, entertaining and informative,\u201d said Starling. \u201cThe wider project will capture young people\u2019s thinking and ideas about pandemics and related research, to feed into scientific research and policy, as well as helping and challenging our research communities to think about the best ways of actively involving young adults in ongoing and future research\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong> debuted on July 15, 2020 Free on WebToons:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/planetdivoc91\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/planetdivoc91<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span>\r\n\r\n ","post_title":"Planet Divoc-91 Chapter 3 Preview","post_excerpt":"Sci-fi comedy ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"planet-divoc-91-chapter-3-preview","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-09-11 13:59:01","post_modified_gmt":"2020-09-11 12:59:01","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=205314","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":195081,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2018-03-21 16:34:32","post_date_gmt":"2018-03-21 16:34:32","post_content":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Discover The First Ongoing Series From I KILL GIANTS Co-creator and Artist Ken Niimura,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Fantastical Cooking Comic UMAMI<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">March 21, 2018) On Friday, March 23rd, the release of the film<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4547194\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4547194\/&source=gmail&ust=1521735371592000&usg=AFQjCNEOSyyN0dDN-obzBrK5kLHCyhPvtA\"> I KILL GIANTS<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">starring Zoe Saldana will introduce a new audience to the acclaimed graphic novel by writer Joe Kelly (BIG HERO SIX) and co-creator and illustrator Ken Niimura, that inspired the film. The film\u2019s release, in theaters<span style=\"color: #000000;\">, On Demand, and Digital HD, promises to bring new attention to the career of International Manga Award-winning and Eisner Award-nominated artist Ken Niimura. Today, ten years after the original release of the I KILL GIANTS comic book, Niimura is currently creating a wonderful, whimsical ongoing webcomic,<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/panelsyndicate.com\/comics\/umami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=http:\/\/panelsyndicate.com\/comics\/umami&source=gmail&ust=1521735371592000&usg=AFQjCNH6Hlh34xWK-2T2JDuHLef0tEZcaw\"> UMAMI<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, which is published in monthly installments<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> on Panel Syndicate. Food and cooking comics are all the rage in Japan, where Niimura currently lives, and UMAMI offers something new for American audiences.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Umami120.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-195082 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Umami120.jpg\" alt=\"Umami120\" width=\"800\" height=\"1148\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">UMAMI presents the story of a kingdom in trouble,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and two cooks that are going to save the day using their cooking skills. It\u2019s a crazy adventure story that combines high-fantasy, cooking, and lots of absurdity. Niimura charmingly illustrates the adventures of two girls, Uma and Ami. Uma is a cheerful and determined girl from a remote village, who always has an amazing dish ready to solve any problem\u2026 if only she wasn\u2019t such a disaster. Ami is the future king\u2019s chef, stickler and extremely proud, whose aim in the kitchen is to achieve the best taste following traditional techniques and recipes. Despite their many disagreements, together they're an explosive team and no obstacle stands in their way. But how could anybody imagine that the destiny of the entire kingdom -- complete with warriors, dragons, and beasts -- would depend on their culinary skills?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">UMAMI is hand-drawn and inked in a distinctive black and white style by Niimura and, like his art for I KILL GIANTS,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> is an evolution of the western comics and \u201880s and \u201890s adventure-style manga. <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/panelsyndicate.com\/comics\/umami\">UMAMI <\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">is available on Panel Syndicate in English & Spanish and fans pay what they want to read the stories. The fifth issue will be published <\/span>on<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Panel<\/span> Syndicate \u00a0on<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Thursday, March 22.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Umami121.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-195084 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Umami121.jpg\" alt=\"Umami121\" width=\"800\" height=\"1148\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cBrimming with fantasy, over-the-top zaniness, and deep-rooted friendship, <strong>UMAMI is a balm to the darkness that often permeates modern storytelling<\/strong>.\u201d \u2015 FREAK SUGAR<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<strong>Delectable<\/strong>.\u201d \u2015 IMPULSE GAMER<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThe original comic book edition of I Kill Giants introduced readers to the beautiful artwork of Ken Niimura, which mixed American, Japanese and European influences into something <strong>unique and irresistible<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2015 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER<\/span><\/p>\r\n ","post_title":"Discover Umami From I Kill Giants Co-creator Ken Niimura","post_excerpt":"The fantastical cooking comic","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"discover-umami-from-i-kill-giants-co-creator-ken-niimura","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-09-16 02:38:55","post_modified_gmt":"2018-09-16 02:38:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=195081","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":187483,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2017-09-05 15:19:22","post_date_gmt":"2017-09-05 15:19:22","post_content":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The adventures of <i>Johnny Bullet<\/i>, comics' favourite street and drag racer continue in a new story set in 1969, and rendered as a silent chapter, in his weekly webcomic.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Following the explosive revelation about Johnny Bullet in strip #132, this week's strip (#133), explores the hero's life five years in the past at the height of his glory and in the middle of muscle car madness in America.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the decision to tell this flashback as a silent comic, creator Herv\u00e9 St-Louis says \"Regular readers of Johnny Bullet already know that I have always been cheap with words, sometimes with just one per strip. Much of the action in the comic has always been visual. I am simply pushing things to their logical ends with this 22-page flashback. It is a challenge to tell such a story but I bet that readers will enjoy the ride.\"<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cartoonist Larry Hama wrote the first silent comic in <i>G.I. Joes #21<\/i>. Since,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> silent comics have become a favourite of readers and for cartoonists, a way to express the essence of comic art.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Strip #133 of Johnny Bullet starts a new chapter in the life of the 1970s professional racing driver originally inspired by Steve McQueen and Frank Frazetta's <i>Johnny Comet<\/i>. The silent story continues weekly at Johnny Bullet's home at ComicBookBin.com\/bullet where Johnny Bullet chases beautiful women and outruns shady characters.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-187484 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/johnny-bullet133-publicity01.jpg\" alt=\"Johnny Bullet 3\" width=\"1200\" height=\"248\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">St-Louis published the first instalment on November 2014 at ComicBookBin.com, a comic news and review site. ComicBookBin publishes <i>Johnny Bullet<\/i> every Sunday as a free black and white retro web comic strip. Follow Johnny Bullet at<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/comicbookbin.com\/bullet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=http:\/\/comicbookbin.com\/bullet&source=gmail&ust=1504710243078000&usg=AFQjCNGgUr3bVV5QtbntNSygevWAxRCfCQ\">comicbookbin.com\/bullet<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">and if you want to test your high school French at<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/comicbookbin.com\/Johnny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=http:\/\/comicbookbin.com\/Johnny&source=gmail&ust=1504710243078000&usg=AFQjCNHQCZ2ZFREp2Yidof_tFRJeFiN74Q\">comicbookbin.com\/Johnny<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Founded in 2002, animation studio Toon Doctor Inc. publishes the comic news and review site ComicBookBin. <i>Johnny Bullet<\/i> is Copyright \u00a9 2017 Herv\u00e9 St-Louis. Johnny Bullet\u00ae is a registered trademark at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Toon Doctor\u00ae is a registered trademark at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>","post_title":"Johnny Bullet Begins Silent Comic Adventure","post_excerpt":"A comic about a man and his ride","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"johnny-bullet-begins-silent-comic-adventure","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-09-19 02:00:03","post_modified_gmt":"2018-09-19 02:00:03","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=187483","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":187294,"post_author":"5","post_date":"2017-08-30 17:09:40","post_date_gmt":"2017-08-30 17:09:40","post_content":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Created by:<\/strong> Aran Froggatt & Kyle Kenny Cody<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Artist:<\/strong> Aran Froggatt<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Format:<\/strong> Online webcomic<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Genre:<\/strong> Sci-fi<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Chapters:<\/strong> 18, ongoing<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">In an intergalactic colony of religious warriors, lives a character known simply as \u2018The Knight\u2019. Summoned by the ArchDruid, he is assigned a mission that will help save his people but at a great cost. This is a story filled with numerous species from across the galaxies, including the humans living on Earth, alien technologies, a religious cult looking to expand their followers at whatever cost, and two species that are about to collide under unusual circumstances\u2026<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The story begins just as our lead character is assigned to a mission, which, due to his heroic efforts and devotion over the years, is delegated by the head of his religious order. We are introduced to a colony of extraterrestrials, their starship travelling throughout the galaxy on a religious crusade, a clear analogy to what happened across our world just a few centuries ago. Each of the colonists on board the vessel is devoted to their religion, but \u2018The Knight\u2019 has to undergo life shattering<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> surgery in order to carry out the mission. This leaves him beyond scared knowing the consequences of his sacrifice. It opens up a new approach to the story, encouraging future character development.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2018The Knight\u2019 is a veteran warrior amongst his community, having fought against many tribes throughout the galaxy, in the name of his God - Triberus. His actions and ranking are seen as admirable amongst his fellow worshippers, but there seems to also be some who think the opposite. Meanwhile, down on Earth, we have two flatmates whose personalities could not be more opposite from each other. We have Kyle, the alien loving mooch, who is an unemployed \u2018free spirit\u2019. He also, unfortunately, lives like a slob and regularly dodges the rent. His housemate Aran holds a steady job and seems to be constantly on edge, especially with regards to Kyle\u2019s behaviour. However as we can see in the comic, Aran has allowed for Kyle to stay in their shared house for a long period of time without paying the rent, covering both shares for quite a long time, but has yet to actually kick out his freeloader. This could be due to the fact he does not want to be alone in the house, or he simply has not had the time to clear up the situation. This may lead to a clash in the future.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Regarding Aran, his job also has its own annoyances with his boss overlooking all his work and passing it onto his son. This seems to suggest there will be a grand confrontation between Aran and his boss in the near future.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-187299 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/arkian1.jpg\" alt=\"Arkian 1\" width=\"800\" height=\"1133\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Back in the midst of space, \u2018The Knight\u2019 is appointed a mission to destroy a creature they once thought they had annihilated. Knowing both where it resides and the danger involved getting close to it, Knight must undergo an experimental surgery in order to gain the upperhand<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> in his mission, which will see him looking towards the humans of Earth for assistance. Where this story will lead is still unclear, as I would like to see how Knight will meet both Aran and Kyle, although this currently published chapters hint at plenty of action to come.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arkian has so far managed to capture my attention, with the sci-fi orientated artwork presenting interesting character designs, including a number of alien species. However, it was the script and the characters that really pulled me in; how a mixture of alien species, all bound on one ship, have devoted themselves to the one religion. It actually took me aback, as I had not encountered this idea before. The advanced technology of their society has allowed them to understand how to alter DNA, thus changing the biological and physical appearance of those that join their religion, assessing their strengths and putting them to work in a specialised sector. The artwork is clean, well bordered<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and detailed. It is certainly original when it comes to designs, but includes knowing nods to numerous other shows\/books\/games. For example, a character similar to Mad Moxxi from Borderlands appears on the pizza van on page 7; a clear nod towards those inspirations and hobbies close to each of the creators.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arkian is co-created by two Cork lads by the names of Aran Froggatt and Kyle Kenny Cody. Childhood friends with a shared passion for comics, they fell out of touch,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and reconnected one night over a drunken phone call. Driven with<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the sudden need to create a comic, the pair worked for months on end in order to devise a solid plot, history, designs and world in which this series would take place. I came across these two comic creators whilst attending Brocon last month, where they were sharing the news of their work. New chapters are usually released once every three weeks, with Chapter 19 hitting the website soon. Since the beginning, Arkian<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> has had a loyal following, which is set to rise even more as positive praise of this series hits the ears of more interested comic fans.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arkian is still in the early stages of its story,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> but is set to pick up some real pace very soon as the action is about to get underway. Make sure and check out their social media links below, as well as where you can read this on-going<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> webcomic for yourself. If you love sci-fi, extraterrestrials and alien loving room-mates, then check out Arkian. If none of those things is<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> your cup of tea, check it out anyway!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Overall:<\/strong> 8\/10<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/arkian.thecomicseries.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><u>http:\/\/arkian.thecomicseries.com\/<\/u><\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArkianComic\/\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><u>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArkianComic\/<\/u><\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arkiancomic\/\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><u>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arkiancomic\/<\/u><\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 740px; left: 306px;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 740px; left: 306px;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>","post_title":"Arkian Review","post_excerpt":"In an intergalactic colony ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"arkian-review","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-09-19 16:21:02","post_modified_gmt":"2018-09-19 16:21:02","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=187294","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":185569,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2017-07-13 17:00:57","post_date_gmt":"2017-07-13 17:00:57","post_content":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\">68-page book of side-splitting true stories with rewards like custom metal name plaques.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">We've all had bad jobs. Stuffing envelopes, cleaning toilets, catering to arrogant customers... The goal of HOW WE STAY SANE @ WORK is to collect work stories from all over the web so we can laugh at them instead of cry.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Inspired by sites like Not Always Right and Clients From Hell, HOW WE STAY SANE @ WORK takes reader-submitted workplace stories and illustrates them in a full-color newspaper strip format. The webcomic was first published online in 2013, and successfully Kickstarted its first volume in 2015. This latest crowdfunding campaign seeks to publish not only the final 50 strips, but all the guest comics received along the way. Some of the 14 guest artists include: Andy Purviance (<em>I, Mummy<\/em>), Neil Kapit (<em>We Are The Wyrecats<\/em>), and Tantz Aerine (<em>Without Moonlight<\/em>).<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-185570 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hwssawv2_Doesnt-Fall-Far.jpg\" alt=\"How We Stay Sane @ Work Volume 2 2\" width=\"800\" height=\"246\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Traditional webcomic crowdfunding rewards like digital sketches and original pages appear alongside more esoteric ones like personalized plastic name badges and desktop calendars. \u201cThe funnest part of these Kickstarters has been finding truly executive rewards for you all,\u201d creator Sara Rude-McCune confesses in the campaign video. Donators to the previous campaign\u2019s \u201cExecutive\u201d level received brushed metal name badges. This time Executives are treated to a laser-cut aluminum desk plaque adorned with their fantasy job title of choice.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Kickstarter campaign runs until August 11th, 2017.<\/span> Donate at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/76500561\/how-we-stay-sane-work-volume-2?ref=cskluk\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/76500561\/how-we-stay-sane-work-volume-2?ref%3Dcskluk&source=gmail&ust=1500045133255000&usg=AFQjCNGU16-Yi8U5bNzNwEwEyBgnVMlPeQ\">https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/76500561\/how-we-stay-sane-work-volume-2?ref=cskluk<\/a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sara Rude-McCune lives in Overland Park, KS with her husband and cat. She is best known for her colorist work on the series <em>Zero\u2019s Heroes<\/em> and <em>Science Hero<\/em>, both from New Haven Comics. She enjoys illustrating dramatic lighting and weird expressions, of which HOW WE STAY SANE @ WORK has plenty.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">HOW WE STAY SANE @ WORK can be read online in its entirety at:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/howwestaysaneatwork.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=http:\/\/howwestaysaneatwork.com\/&source=gmail&ust=1500045133255000&usg=AFQjCNE4leESIj7Nw9tBTDSmTJr3vwZjvg\">http:\/\/howwestaysaneatwork.com<\/a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Or on Tapastic at<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tapas.io\/series\/How-We-Stay-Sane-at-Work\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=https:\/\/tapas.io\/series\/How-We-Stay-Sane-at-Work&source=gmail&ust=1500045133255000&usg=AFQjCNE07F-r4CN9Q_UbeRhjTZFzZOx8KQ\">https:\/\/tapas.io\/series\/How-We-Stay-Sane-at-Work<\/a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">HOW WE STAY SANE @ WORK Vol. 1 books or PDFs can be purchased online at:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/gumroad.com\/projectshiro\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=https:\/\/gumroad.com\/projectshiro&source=gmail&ust=1500045133255000&usg=AFQjCNGZ0ETbs5BHhSRJY4x6t54Co-V8_Q\">https:\/\/gumroad.com\/projectshiro<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>","post_title":"How We Stay Sane @ Work Volume 2 - Kickstarter","post_excerpt":"We've all had bad jobs","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"how-we-stay-sane-work-volume-2-kickstarter","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-09-20 18:07:08","post_modified_gmt":"2018-09-20 18:07:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=185569","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":184822,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2017-06-20 14:19:58","post_date_gmt":"2017-06-20 14:19:58","post_content":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Destiny, NY<\/em>, the ongoing graphic novel series created by Pat Shand & Manuel Preitano about a world where magic is a real and accepted part of life, has launched a spinoff webcomic. <em>Destiny, NY: The Space Between<\/em>, a seasonal webcomic telling standalone stories focusing on the supporting cast of the series, launches its first episode today, <em>Summer Solstice<\/em>. Written by creator Pat Shand and illustrated by Rachel Dukes (<em>Frankie Comics, Steven Universe<\/em>), <em>Summer Solstice<\/em> is a feel-good and comedic story about former magical girl Logan McBride moving in with her temperamental girlfriend Lilith, and the storm of craziness that follows.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-184825 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Destiny_Buckets_Short_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"Destiny, NY 2\" width=\"800\" height=\"1237\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shand says, \u201cWith this webcomic, our aim is to broaden the universe of <em>Destiny, NY<\/em>. We introduced a wide variety of characters with our first volume, so this seasonal webcomic is a way to have fun in that world, telling stories that don\u2019t necessarily fit in the ongoing narrative. We\u2019re starting with a romance, but our next episode could be a dark crime thriller. Anything goes.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-184824 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Destiny_Buckets_Short_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"Destiny, NY 3\" width=\"800\" height=\"1237\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Destiny, NY: The Space Between<\/em> will feature a different artist for each episode. The first episode, <em>Summer Solstice<\/em>, can be read for free on Tapas:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftapas.io%2Fepisode%2F734387&h=ATMuWz6jFd8HmVoY9al7eX-e5MmWsMJNUDamN4ATPn44xJeEKPytad3VgVxzWoFb6nPzG8mtAYS5rU_MJQHSu_I0qxnlIAJwxpKvU2UXTjd3gAWaVqGCjO-Km3TP14ylMpXALSEeZeIp1t8\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftapas.io%252Fepisode%252F734387%26h%3DATMuWz6jFd8HmVoY9al7eX-e5MmWsMJNUDamN4ATPn44xJeEKPytad3VgVxzWoFb6nPzG8mtAYS5rU_MJQHSu_I0qxnlIAJwxpKvU2UXTjd3gAWaVqGCjO-Km3TP14ylMpXALSEeZeIp1t8&source=gmail&ust=1498054171568000&usg=AFQjCNFx2T3iqRFO1ksLKWaZ-luqC22hDw\">https:\/\/tapas.io\/episode\/734387<\/a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Destiny, NY Volume One<\/em> can be purchased on Amazon:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Destiny-NY-Who-Used-Be\/dp\/0998658502\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Destiny-NY-Who-Used-Be\/dp\/0998658502&source=gmail&ust=1498054171568000&usg=AFQjCNHtlXyUmkka0e5VvV1RPDwl_DcZfw\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Destiny-NY-Who-Used-Be\/dp\/0998658502<\/a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">For more from Continuity Entertainment, please follow @ContinuityEnt on Twitter.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 1489px; left: 191px;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>","post_title":"Destiny, NY Launches Free Spinoff Webcomic","post_excerpt":"Destiny, NY: The Space Between","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"destiny-ny-launches-free-spinoff-webcomic","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-09-21 01:02:07","post_modified_gmt":"2018-09-21 01:02:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=184822","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_22"};</script></div></div></div></div></div></div></section> \n<p><\/p>\n","post_title":"Simon Hanselmann Chats with ComicBuzz","post_excerpt":"Crisis Zone","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"simon-hanselmann-chats-with-comicbuzz","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-08 21:25:40","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-08 20:25:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=206758","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":205725,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2020-12-01 19:12:11","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-01 19:12:11","post_content":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Imagine a world where everyone had a super-power...<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Zeros webcomic will return in January 2021 with a special digital issue on Comixology. The all-ages story is set in a future world where every single person has a superhuman power. The series is created, written and drawn by Martin Eden, the award-nominated creator behind spic superhero soap opera The O Men and groundbreaking LGBT superhero series Spandex.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Zeros focuses on 12 school pupils in \u2018Class O\u2019 at the Powertown Institute,\u201d says London-based Martin. \u201cIn Volume One, the main characters were 8 years old but now the story has moved ahead by 10 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RMa617ESzDA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The main characters have changed since Volume One. \u201cA lot has gone on over the 10 years,\u201d says Martin, \u201cincluding another Super World War. There are a lot of changes for Class O too - two of them are dating, one barely speaks, another is homeless and another now has a disability.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Zeros will appear from January at <strong>www.zeroscomic.com<\/strong> where a new chapter will be released each month. The first three chapters will be available exclusively in a special issue on Comixology and Amazon Kindle from the start of January. The issue will also include an interview with Martin and a preview of Volume Two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-205731\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/zeroes-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"zeroes\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Martin promises some intriguing storylines in Volume Two, mostly looking at the personal lives of the characters but there will be plenty of action too. Martin also promises something unique: \u201cOne of the characters has to deal with some huge changes in her life. They\u2019re actually things that happened to me, in a way. There\u2019s a chapter where it\u2019s showcased and I don\u2019t think this kind of story has been done in a \u2018superhero\u2019 comic before.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Zeros Volumes One and Two can be read for free at<strong> zeroscomic.com<\/strong>. A complete Volume One book is available on Comixology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","post_title":"Zeros Webcomic Returns","post_excerpt":"Created by Martin Eden","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"zeros-webcomic-returns","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-08 18:58:45","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-08 17:58:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=205725","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":205314,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2020-09-11 13:36:29","post_date_gmt":"2020-09-11 12:36:29","post_content":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\">In\u00a0<strong>Chapter 3<\/strong>, Sanda and Champo volunteer their time to help the sick alien children. But what they don't realise is that the curative transfuser device has serious consequences for their own well-being!<\/span>\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"205321,205320,205319,205318,205317,205316,205315\"]\r\n\r\n<span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong> follows the adventures of two earthlings: Sanda Oung, a 23-year-old girl from the UK, and Champo Oung, Sanda\u2019s 19-year-old, non-binary sibling. In the series, 15% of the world\u2019s population of 7.5 billion people are now stuck on another planet, miles from the safety of home. Sanda learns that humans have been brought to Planet Divoc-91 because the Earth is at risk of an extinction level event \u2013 and young adults have been moved to safety by the Board of Adversity Scientists for Intergalactic Leadership\u2019 (BASIL), led by a charismatic and fearsome alien named ADRO.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong> is produced by Dr Bella Starling, Director of Vocal at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Sara Kenney, Creative Director at Wowbagger Productions, in association with the UK Academy of Medical Sciences. \u201cBella and I were already working together on creative projects to engage audiences in sharing their views about antibiotic resistance and immunisation and when lockdown hit, it became obvious that our thinking could be refocused on the COVID pandemic,\u201d said Kenney. \u201cWe realized there was a ton of information and advice about the pandemic out there, but it\u2019s so difficult to know what to believe and who to trust, and there were virtually no young voices in the mix.\u201d The project has since grown in scale and ambition, and there is a young editorial team from UK, India, South Africa, and Malawi who are interviewing experts from scientists to historians, ethicists to anthropologists, and from that material curating articles, creating art and videos in reaction to the interviews.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cBeing teenagers and going through the most challenging stage of our lives is hard in itself \u2014 but now the impact of this new virus is resonating through our lives without any sense of when this will end,\u201d writes Shanjida Hossain, one of the young adults contributing to the comic, in an interview with Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK Government\u2019s Chief Scientific Advisor; \u201cHaving studied hard since the age of five, getting to the very end of our educational journey to face this global pandemic wasn\u2019t something we could have ever planned for, yet here we are, left with nothing but insecurities and confusion.\u201d Shanjida\u2019s interview will accompany<strong> PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong>\u2019s debut chapter.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWhenever our worlds are turned upside down and we find ourselves crying \u201cwhat the hell\u201d, we call upon stories to explain \u201cthis: this the hell,\u201d Berry writes in the afterword to <strong>PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong> Chapter One. \u201cOur brains are hardwired with a furious need to find patterns as a means of survival, and we hunt for them - and for their subsequent meanings - everywhere, in everything. Stories bring shape and meaning to random events. They are about the conflict and the resolution; the breaking apart and the coming together; they help us to find hope in darkness and rally us when we are lost and, ultimately, they help us overcome. Faced with the greatest upheaval of a generation, and the strict social obligations keeping us all apart, where better to seek that sense of connection and meaning now than in stories?\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<strong>PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong> is a thought experiment, one that\u2019s a metaphor for what we\u2019re currently experiencing around the world with COVID-19,\u201d said Kenney. \u201cWe\u2019re releasing the series on WEBTOONS, because it's an inclusive, wide-reaching, digital platform, with a global audience of 10 million readers daily, and we want to foster a dialogue in the comments section, about the pandemic and where we go from here. We\u2019ve also got some exclusive mixes hidden as Easter Eggs in the comic starting with one of the best UK Grime DJs, and a uniquely talented and much loved producer in his own right Grandmixxer. Chapter 2 features a mix from one of the most important new-generation experimental UK club music producer, artist and label owner LCY. Chapter 3 features an Afrofuturism playlist from one of the UKs best loved MCs Juice Aleem. And at the end of the day, we want readers to come back each month for the story and art. Why is Planet Divoc-91 inhabited only by 16-25 year old humans? Who are these strange aliens? Sanda Oung, a bit of a conspiracy theorist at first, has to figure out what is real and who to trust.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The project was kick started via NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre seed funding who are providing continued support. Additional supporters include The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC); The University of Manchester through the Wellcome Institutional Strategic Support Fund award; Sarah Iqbal,\u00a0 DBT\/Wellcome Trust India Alliance; Anita Shervington, Blast Fest and Nabeel Petersen, Interfer (South Africa). The series was inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cOur aim is to empower audiences to make sense of a pandemic situation, to create a forum for their ideas, and to use participatory arts to inform science research and influence science policy,\u201d said Kenney.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWe\u2019re creating a crazy, exquisite corpse with writers and artists taking on the same characters that will be accessible, entertaining and informative,\u201d said Starling. \u201cThe wider project will capture young people\u2019s thinking and ideas about pandemics and related research, to feed into scientific research and policy, as well as helping and challenging our research communities to think about the best ways of actively involving young adults in ongoing and future research\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong> debuted on July 15, 2020 Free on WebToons:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/planetdivoc91\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/planetdivoc91<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span>\r\n\r\n ","post_title":"Planet Divoc-91 Chapter 3 Preview","post_excerpt":"Sci-fi comedy ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"planet-divoc-91-chapter-3-preview","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-09-11 13:59:01","post_modified_gmt":"2020-09-11 12:59:01","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=205314","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":195081,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2018-03-21 16:34:32","post_date_gmt":"2018-03-21 16:34:32","post_content":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Discover The First Ongoing Series From I KILL GIANTS Co-creator and Artist Ken Niimura,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Fantastical Cooking Comic UMAMI<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">March 21, 2018) On Friday, March 23rd, the release of the film<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4547194\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4547194\/&source=gmail&ust=1521735371592000&usg=AFQjCNEOSyyN0dDN-obzBrK5kLHCyhPvtA\"> I KILL GIANTS<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">starring Zoe Saldana will introduce a new audience to the acclaimed graphic novel by writer Joe Kelly (BIG HERO SIX) and co-creator and illustrator Ken Niimura, that inspired the film. The film\u2019s release, in theaters<span style=\"color: #000000;\">, On Demand, and Digital HD, promises to bring new attention to the career of International Manga Award-winning and Eisner Award-nominated artist Ken Niimura. Today, ten years after the original release of the I KILL GIANTS comic book, Niimura is currently creating a wonderful, whimsical ongoing webcomic,<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/panelsyndicate.com\/comics\/umami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=http:\/\/panelsyndicate.com\/comics\/umami&source=gmail&ust=1521735371592000&usg=AFQjCNH6Hlh34xWK-2T2JDuHLef0tEZcaw\"> UMAMI<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, which is published in monthly installments<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> on Panel Syndicate. Food and cooking comics are all the rage in Japan, where Niimura currently lives, and UMAMI offers something new for American audiences.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Umami120.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-195082 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Umami120.jpg\" alt=\"Umami120\" width=\"800\" height=\"1148\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">UMAMI presents the story of a kingdom in trouble,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and two cooks that are going to save the day using their cooking skills. It\u2019s a crazy adventure story that combines high-fantasy, cooking, and lots of absurdity. Niimura charmingly illustrates the adventures of two girls, Uma and Ami. Uma is a cheerful and determined girl from a remote village, who always has an amazing dish ready to solve any problem\u2026 if only she wasn\u2019t such a disaster. Ami is the future king\u2019s chef, stickler and extremely proud, whose aim in the kitchen is to achieve the best taste following traditional techniques and recipes. Despite their many disagreements, together they're an explosive team and no obstacle stands in their way. But how could anybody imagine that the destiny of the entire kingdom -- complete with warriors, dragons, and beasts -- would depend on their culinary skills?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">UMAMI is hand-drawn and inked in a distinctive black and white style by Niimura and, like his art for I KILL GIANTS,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> is an evolution of the western comics and \u201880s and \u201890s adventure-style manga. <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/panelsyndicate.com\/comics\/umami\">UMAMI <\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">is available on Panel Syndicate in English & Spanish and fans pay what they want to read the stories. The fifth issue will be published <\/span>on<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Panel<\/span> Syndicate \u00a0on<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Thursday, March 22.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Umami121.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-195084 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Umami121.jpg\" alt=\"Umami121\" width=\"800\" height=\"1148\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cBrimming with fantasy, over-the-top zaniness, and deep-rooted friendship, <strong>UMAMI is a balm to the darkness that often permeates modern storytelling<\/strong>.\u201d \u2015 FREAK SUGAR<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<strong>Delectable<\/strong>.\u201d \u2015 IMPULSE GAMER<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThe original comic book edition of I Kill Giants introduced readers to the beautiful artwork of Ken Niimura, which mixed American, Japanese and European influences into something <strong>unique and irresistible<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2015 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER<\/span><\/p>\r\n ","post_title":"Discover Umami From I Kill Giants Co-creator Ken Niimura","post_excerpt":"The fantastical cooking comic","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"discover-umami-from-i-kill-giants-co-creator-ken-niimura","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-09-16 02:38:55","post_modified_gmt":"2018-09-16 02:38:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=195081","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":187483,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2017-09-05 15:19:22","post_date_gmt":"2017-09-05 15:19:22","post_content":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The adventures of <i>Johnny Bullet<\/i>, comics' favourite street and drag racer continue in a new story set in 1969, and rendered as a silent chapter, in his weekly webcomic.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Following the explosive revelation about Johnny Bullet in strip #132, this week's strip (#133), explores the hero's life five years in the past at the height of his glory and in the middle of muscle car madness in America.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the decision to tell this flashback as a silent comic, creator Herv\u00e9 St-Louis says \"Regular readers of Johnny Bullet already know that I have always been cheap with words, sometimes with just one per strip. Much of the action in the comic has always been visual. I am simply pushing things to their logical ends with this 22-page flashback. It is a challenge to tell such a story but I bet that readers will enjoy the ride.\"<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cartoonist Larry Hama wrote the first silent comic in <i>G.I. Joes #21<\/i>. Since,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> silent comics have become a favourite of readers and for cartoonists, a way to express the essence of comic art.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Strip #133 of Johnny Bullet starts a new chapter in the life of the 1970s professional racing driver originally inspired by Steve McQueen and Frank Frazetta's <i>Johnny Comet<\/i>. The silent story continues weekly at Johnny Bullet's home at ComicBookBin.com\/bullet where Johnny Bullet chases beautiful women and outruns shady characters.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-187484 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/johnny-bullet133-publicity01.jpg\" alt=\"Johnny Bullet 3\" width=\"1200\" height=\"248\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">St-Louis published the first instalment on November 2014 at ComicBookBin.com, a comic news and review site. ComicBookBin publishes <i>Johnny Bullet<\/i> every Sunday as a free black and white retro web comic strip. Follow Johnny Bullet at<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/comicbookbin.com\/bullet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=http:\/\/comicbookbin.com\/bullet&source=gmail&ust=1504710243078000&usg=AFQjCNGgUr3bVV5QtbntNSygevWAxRCfCQ\">comicbookbin.com\/bullet<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">and if you want to test your high school French at<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/comicbookbin.com\/Johnny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=http:\/\/comicbookbin.com\/Johnny&source=gmail&ust=1504710243078000&usg=AFQjCNHQCZ2ZFREp2Yidof_tFRJeFiN74Q\">comicbookbin.com\/Johnny<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Founded in 2002, animation studio Toon Doctor Inc. publishes the comic news and review site ComicBookBin. <i>Johnny Bullet<\/i> is Copyright \u00a9 2017 Herv\u00e9 St-Louis. Johnny Bullet\u00ae is a registered trademark at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Toon Doctor\u00ae is a registered trademark at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>","post_title":"Johnny Bullet Begins Silent Comic Adventure","post_excerpt":"A comic about a man and his ride","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"johnny-bullet-begins-silent-comic-adventure","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-09-19 02:00:03","post_modified_gmt":"2018-09-19 02:00:03","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=187483","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":187294,"post_author":"5","post_date":"2017-08-30 17:09:40","post_date_gmt":"2017-08-30 17:09:40","post_content":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Created by:<\/strong> Aran Froggatt & Kyle Kenny Cody<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Artist:<\/strong> Aran Froggatt<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Format:<\/strong> Online webcomic<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Genre:<\/strong> Sci-fi<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Chapters:<\/strong> 18, ongoing<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">In an intergalactic colony of religious warriors, lives a character known simply as \u2018The Knight\u2019. Summoned by the ArchDruid, he is assigned a mission that will help save his people but at a great cost. This is a story filled with numerous species from across the galaxies, including the humans living on Earth, alien technologies, a religious cult looking to expand their followers at whatever cost, and two species that are about to collide under unusual circumstances\u2026<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The story begins just as our lead character is assigned to a mission, which, due to his heroic efforts and devotion over the years, is delegated by the head of his religious order. We are introduced to a colony of extraterrestrials, their starship travelling throughout the galaxy on a religious crusade, a clear analogy to what happened across our world just a few centuries ago. Each of the colonists on board the vessel is devoted to their religion, but \u2018The Knight\u2019 has to undergo life shattering<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> surgery in order to carry out the mission. This leaves him beyond scared knowing the consequences of his sacrifice. It opens up a new approach to the story, encouraging future character development.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2018The Knight\u2019 is a veteran warrior amongst his community, having fought against many tribes throughout the galaxy, in the name of his God - Triberus. His actions and ranking are seen as admirable amongst his fellow worshippers, but there seems to also be some who think the opposite. Meanwhile, down on Earth, we have two flatmates whose personalities could not be more opposite from each other. We have Kyle, the alien loving mooch, who is an unemployed \u2018free spirit\u2019. He also, unfortunately, lives like a slob and regularly dodges the rent. His housemate Aran holds a steady job and seems to be constantly on edge, especially with regards to Kyle\u2019s behaviour. However as we can see in the comic, Aran has allowed for Kyle to stay in their shared house for a long period of time without paying the rent, covering both shares for quite a long time, but has yet to actually kick out his freeloader. This could be due to the fact he does not want to be alone in the house, or he simply has not had the time to clear up the situation. This may lead to a clash in the future.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Regarding Aran, his job also has its own annoyances with his boss overlooking all his work and passing it onto his son. This seems to suggest there will be a grand confrontation between Aran and his boss in the near future.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-187299 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/arkian1.jpg\" alt=\"Arkian 1\" width=\"800\" height=\"1133\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Back in the midst of space, \u2018The Knight\u2019 is appointed a mission to destroy a creature they once thought they had annihilated. Knowing both where it resides and the danger involved getting close to it, Knight must undergo an experimental surgery in order to gain the upperhand<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> in his mission, which will see him looking towards the humans of Earth for assistance. Where this story will lead is still unclear, as I would like to see how Knight will meet both Aran and Kyle, although this currently published chapters hint at plenty of action to come.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arkian has so far managed to capture my attention, with the sci-fi orientated artwork presenting interesting character designs, including a number of alien species. However, it was the script and the characters that really pulled me in; how a mixture of alien species, all bound on one ship, have devoted themselves to the one religion. It actually took me aback, as I had not encountered this idea before. The advanced technology of their society has allowed them to understand how to alter DNA, thus changing the biological and physical appearance of those that join their religion, assessing their strengths and putting them to work in a specialised sector. The artwork is clean, well bordered<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and detailed. It is certainly original when it comes to designs, but includes knowing nods to numerous other shows\/books\/games. For example, a character similar to Mad Moxxi from Borderlands appears on the pizza van on page 7; a clear nod towards those inspirations and hobbies close to each of the creators.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arkian is co-created by two Cork lads by the names of Aran Froggatt and Kyle Kenny Cody. Childhood friends with a shared passion for comics, they fell out of touch,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and reconnected one night over a drunken phone call. Driven with<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the sudden need to create a comic, the pair worked for months on end in order to devise a solid plot, history, designs and world in which this series would take place. I came across these two comic creators whilst attending Brocon last month, where they were sharing the news of their work. New chapters are usually released once every three weeks, with Chapter 19 hitting the website soon. Since the beginning, Arkian<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> has had a loyal following, which is set to rise even more as positive praise of this series hits the ears of more interested comic fans.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arkian is still in the early stages of its story,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> but is set to pick up some real pace very soon as the action is about to get underway. Make sure and check out their social media links below, as well as where you can read this on-going<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> webcomic for yourself. If you love sci-fi, extraterrestrials and alien loving room-mates, then check out Arkian. If none of those things is<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> your cup of tea, check it out anyway!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Overall:<\/strong> 8\/10<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/arkian.thecomicseries.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><u>http:\/\/arkian.thecomicseries.com\/<\/u><\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArkianComic\/\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><u>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArkianComic\/<\/u><\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arkiancomic\/\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><u>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arkiancomic\/<\/u><\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 740px; left: 306px;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 740px; left: 306px;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>","post_title":"Arkian Review","post_excerpt":"In an intergalactic colony ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"arkian-review","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-09-19 16:21:02","post_modified_gmt":"2018-09-19 16:21:02","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=187294","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":185569,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2017-07-13 17:00:57","post_date_gmt":"2017-07-13 17:00:57","post_content":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\">68-page book of side-splitting true stories with rewards like custom metal name plaques.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">We've all had bad jobs. Stuffing envelopes, cleaning toilets, catering to arrogant customers... The goal of HOW WE STAY SANE @ WORK is to collect work stories from all over the web so we can laugh at them instead of cry.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Inspired by sites like Not Always Right and Clients From Hell, HOW WE STAY SANE @ WORK takes reader-submitted workplace stories and illustrates them in a full-color newspaper strip format. The webcomic was first published online in 2013, and successfully Kickstarted its first volume in 2015. This latest crowdfunding campaign seeks to publish not only the final 50 strips, but all the guest comics received along the way. Some of the 14 guest artists include: Andy Purviance (<em>I, Mummy<\/em>), Neil Kapit (<em>We Are The Wyrecats<\/em>), and Tantz Aerine (<em>Without Moonlight<\/em>).<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-185570 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hwssawv2_Doesnt-Fall-Far.jpg\" alt=\"How We Stay Sane @ Work Volume 2 2\" width=\"800\" height=\"246\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Traditional webcomic crowdfunding rewards like digital sketches and original pages appear alongside more esoteric ones like personalized plastic name badges and desktop calendars. \u201cThe funnest part of these Kickstarters has been finding truly executive rewards for you all,\u201d creator Sara Rude-McCune confesses in the campaign video. Donators to the previous campaign\u2019s \u201cExecutive\u201d level received brushed metal name badges. This time Executives are treated to a laser-cut aluminum desk plaque adorned with their fantasy job title of choice.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Kickstarter campaign runs until August 11th, 2017.<\/span> Donate at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/76500561\/how-we-stay-sane-work-volume-2?ref=cskluk\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/76500561\/how-we-stay-sane-work-volume-2?ref%3Dcskluk&source=gmail&ust=1500045133255000&usg=AFQjCNGU16-Yi8U5bNzNwEwEyBgnVMlPeQ\">https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/76500561\/how-we-stay-sane-work-volume-2?ref=cskluk<\/a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sara Rude-McCune lives in Overland Park, KS with her husband and cat. She is best known for her colorist work on the series <em>Zero\u2019s Heroes<\/em> and <em>Science Hero<\/em>, both from New Haven Comics. She enjoys illustrating dramatic lighting and weird expressions, of which HOW WE STAY SANE @ WORK has plenty.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">HOW WE STAY SANE @ WORK can be read online in its entirety at:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/howwestaysaneatwork.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=http:\/\/howwestaysaneatwork.com\/&source=gmail&ust=1500045133255000&usg=AFQjCNE4leESIj7Nw9tBTDSmTJr3vwZjvg\">http:\/\/howwestaysaneatwork.com<\/a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Or on Tapastic at<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tapas.io\/series\/How-We-Stay-Sane-at-Work\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=https:\/\/tapas.io\/series\/How-We-Stay-Sane-at-Work&source=gmail&ust=1500045133255000&usg=AFQjCNE07F-r4CN9Q_UbeRhjTZFzZOx8KQ\">https:\/\/tapas.io\/series\/How-We-Stay-Sane-at-Work<\/a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">HOW WE STAY SANE @ WORK Vol. 1 books or PDFs can be purchased online at:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/gumroad.com\/projectshiro\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=https:\/\/gumroad.com\/projectshiro&source=gmail&ust=1500045133255000&usg=AFQjCNGZ0ETbs5BHhSRJY4x6t54Co-V8_Q\">https:\/\/gumroad.com\/projectshiro<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>","post_title":"How We Stay Sane @ Work Volume 2 - Kickstarter","post_excerpt":"We've all had bad jobs","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"how-we-stay-sane-work-volume-2-kickstarter","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-09-20 18:07:08","post_modified_gmt":"2018-09-20 18:07:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=185569","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":184822,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2017-06-20 14:19:58","post_date_gmt":"2017-06-20 14:19:58","post_content":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Destiny, NY<\/em>, the ongoing graphic novel series created by Pat Shand & Manuel Preitano about a world where magic is a real and accepted part of life, has launched a spinoff webcomic. <em>Destiny, NY: The Space Between<\/em>, a seasonal webcomic telling standalone stories focusing on the supporting cast of the series, launches its first episode today, <em>Summer Solstice<\/em>. Written by creator Pat Shand and illustrated by Rachel Dukes (<em>Frankie Comics, Steven Universe<\/em>), <em>Summer Solstice<\/em> is a feel-good and comedic story about former magical girl Logan McBride moving in with her temperamental girlfriend Lilith, and the storm of craziness that follows.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-184825 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Destiny_Buckets_Short_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"Destiny, NY 2\" width=\"800\" height=\"1237\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shand says, \u201cWith this webcomic, our aim is to broaden the universe of <em>Destiny, NY<\/em>. We introduced a wide variety of characters with our first volume, so this seasonal webcomic is a way to have fun in that world, telling stories that don\u2019t necessarily fit in the ongoing narrative. We\u2019re starting with a romance, but our next episode could be a dark crime thriller. Anything goes.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-184824 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Destiny_Buckets_Short_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"Destiny, NY 3\" width=\"800\" height=\"1237\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Destiny, NY: The Space Between<\/em> will feature a different artist for each episode. The first episode, <em>Summer Solstice<\/em>, can be read for free on Tapas:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftapas.io%2Fepisode%2F734387&h=ATMuWz6jFd8HmVoY9al7eX-e5MmWsMJNUDamN4ATPn44xJeEKPytad3VgVxzWoFb6nPzG8mtAYS5rU_MJQHSu_I0qxnlIAJwxpKvU2UXTjd3gAWaVqGCjO-Km3TP14ylMpXALSEeZeIp1t8\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ftapas.io%252Fepisode%252F734387%26h%3DATMuWz6jFd8HmVoY9al7eX-e5MmWsMJNUDamN4ATPn44xJeEKPytad3VgVxzWoFb6nPzG8mtAYS5rU_MJQHSu_I0qxnlIAJwxpKvU2UXTjd3gAWaVqGCjO-Km3TP14ylMpXALSEeZeIp1t8&source=gmail&ust=1498054171568000&usg=AFQjCNFx2T3iqRFO1ksLKWaZ-luqC22hDw\">https:\/\/tapas.io\/episode\/734387<\/a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Destiny, NY Volume One<\/em> can be purchased on Amazon:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Destiny-NY-Who-Used-Be\/dp\/0998658502\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Destiny-NY-Who-Used-Be\/dp\/0998658502&source=gmail&ust=1498054171568000&usg=AFQjCNHtlXyUmkka0e5VvV1RPDwl_DcZfw\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Destiny-NY-Who-Used-Be\/dp\/0998658502<\/a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">For more from Continuity Entertainment, please follow @ContinuityEnt on Twitter.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 1489px; left: 191px;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>","post_title":"Destiny, NY Launches Free Spinoff Webcomic","post_excerpt":"Destiny, NY: The Space Between","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"destiny-ny-launches-free-spinoff-webcomic","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-09-21 01:02:07","post_modified_gmt":"2018-09-21 01:02:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=184822","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"epic_block_22"};</script></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e72a154 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="e72a154" data-element_type="section"><div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"><div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9c0fdc" data-id="d9c0fdc" data-element_type="column"><div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-bca8cd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-epic_archive_title_elementor" data-id="bca8cd7" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="epic_archive_title_elementor.default"><div class="elementor-widget-container"><div class='jeg_archive_title_wrapper '><h1 class="jeg_archive_title">webcomic</h1></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e811e5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="e811e5b" 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14:06:06","post_date_gmt":"2022-03-17 14:06:06","post_content":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\">We are so happy to be joined by Josh O'Neill today. Josh is publisher and co-founder of Beehive Books. As Beehive Books have launched a Kickstarter this week for the <em>GratNin<\/em> graphic novel by Ronald Wimberly, we got a chance to sit down and chat with the editor of the graphic novel.<\/span>\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hi Josh, it's a pleasure to have you here with us.<\/span><\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Could you please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us about Beehive Books? Hello! I'm the publisher and co-founder of Beehive, a small-press graphic arts outfit based out of Philadelphia. We sometimes describe our project as an exercise in the possible -- we want to test the boundaries of what a book can be, and what kind of creative work we can produce. With inventive formats, visionary art and writing, and an utterly obsessive approach to design, we aim to build paper worlds. We have titles from Brecht Evens, Mike Mignola, Yuko Shimizu, Jim Woodring, Paul Pope, Bill Sienkiewicz, Ronald Wimberly, Rebekka Dunlap, Kent Williams and more. GratNin is our fourth project with Ronald.<\/span>\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How did this collaboration between Ronald Wimberly and Beehive Books come about? <\/span><\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">I've worked with Ron several times as a contributor to books for my previous publishing venture, Locust Moon Press. So when Ma\u00eblle Doliveux and I launched Beehive in 2016, I knew Ron personally, and admired his work to no end. When Ma\u00eblle and I began approaching authors, our basic pitch was: what's a project that you think no publisher would take on? Ron, who for my money is one of the true visionary working artists of the 21st century, was literally the first person we approached. The answer then was LAAB Magazine, an experimental broadsheet art newspaper powered by the radical imagination -- we've since released three annual issues of LAAB. Now it's GratNin, this crazy accordion-folded story scroll, the next step of our ongoing work together (and part of the sort of nascent LAAB imprint). Ron has become more than an author, to us -- he's a friend and a partner, and his work is part of the DNA of Beehive.<\/span>\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-207641\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gratnin2.jpg\" alt=\"gratnin2\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\">\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When and how did you discover<em> GratNin<\/em>? <\/span><\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">I just read it as a passionate follower of Ron's work. I'll read anything and everything he puts out. When I finally sat down to read the whole thing through several years ago, I just fell in -- it's full of such humor, excitement, suspense, humanity, love for its source material, love for its characters. And it has this wonderful feeling of being a huge world to roam around in. We follow the characters we follow, but there's this feeling that more intrigue is down every alleyway. It's just an outstanding comic and we're so excited to be publishing it. <\/span>\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Can you tell us about the Kickstarter for the <em>GratNin <\/em>graphic novel? <\/span><\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">GratNin presented an exciting and singular problem -- how to present this pageless digital comic in a print format.  As per our usual ideological commitments in Beehive, we came up with the least practical, most exciting solution -- to present these remarkable stories on a series of unbroken accordion-folded scrolls, turning the downward-swiping digital read into a thrillingly physical experience. You track down four hundred feet of narrow page-space, in a format that brings to mind skyscrapers, alleyways, subway tunnels -- all the long verticals iconically representing this fantastical vision of New York. And we filled the box with ephemera from this alternate reality -- metrocards and maps and furoshikis and trading cards, making up a whole enveloping experience, skulking around New York with then Namba clan.<\/span>\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What have been some of the hurdles that you have had to overcome to get the project up to this point?<\/span><\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The biggest one was just figuring out how to present this story in a readable way. It's this pageless comic that goes down and down and down. How do you do it in print? That was the problem that we faced. It's the kind of problem that our team, and especially LAAB and GratNin designer Chloe Scheffe, find most delicious. I think it's been solved beautifully here.<\/span>\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-207642\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gratnin3.jpg\" alt=\"gratnin3\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We understand that the graphic novel will be an accordion style with folded pages; was this feature something that you wanted to do right from the beginning? <\/span><\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">No -- we started with the problem. We didn't know the best solution. We thought about doing it as a scroll, as a giant folding map, as a long vertical book with a spine at the top.  The accordion seemed the most elegant solution, especially for something so long -- we're talking about 600 pages, printed on three pieces of paper. It's the best at replicating and reinventing that feeling of falling down into this crazy thrilling world that you get from reading GratNin digitally.<\/span>\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Beehive Books is releasing the <em>GratNin<\/em> graphic novel as a box set; can you tell us about the box set? <\/span><\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">We took the next step, when designing GratNin as a fully formed reading experience -- we created a little miniature space to explore. We filled the box with ephemera from this alternate reality -- metrocards and maps and furoshikis and trading cards, making up a whole enveloping experience. A world for you to crawl into a skulk around. We didn\u2019t want to just present a print version of Ron\u2019s wonderful web comic \u2013 we wanted to work with him to reinvent it, and to build out his world.<\/span>\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-207644\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gratnin5.jpg\" alt=\"gratnin5\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\">\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>As you are crowdfunding the graphic novel and dealing directly with consumers, does that make the project more special for you?<\/strong> <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Well, we crowdfund most of our projects, so it's not any different from what we usually do. But yes -- crowdfunding does mean a much deeper-than-average engagement with your audience, and we conceive of Beehive as something other than a producer of goods with a base of customers. We see our readership as a vital community, the backbone of this whole operation. They're keeping the garden cared for and the soil tilled, so we can grow the things we grow. Our practice of building books out of an engaged community of readers makes all of our projects feel a bit more special to me.<\/span>\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-207643\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gratnin4.jpg\" alt=\"gratnin4\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\">\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Do you have a favourite Kickstarter reward? <\/span><\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Beyond the comic itself, I really love the printed cotton-cloth furoshiki wrap! I know I'll get a lot of use out of that... just a beautiful and useful object, which is all we ever really aim to make.<\/span>\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Any message for the ComicBuzz readers? <\/span><\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Be kind to yourself. And buy GratNin! (These two go together quite nicely.)<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">We would like to say thank you to Josh for chatting to us about <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>GratNin. <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We would like to wish the whole team of <em>GratNin<\/em> the best of luck.<\/span>\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Feel free to check out the<\/span><\/strong><span id=\"m_7575243172665136202m_-5586963427961842238m_-1801198417747872339gmail-m_7825086762430624028gmail-docs-internal-guid-c790f527-7fff-1bae-6c3b-23754f6d28aa\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> campaign<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/beehivebooks\/gratnin?ref=6h1h34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> GranNin at<\/a><\/span><\/span><span id=\"m_7575243172665136202m_-5586963427961842238m_-1801198417747872339gmail-m_7825086762430624028gmail-docs-internal-guid-c790f527-7fff-1bae-6c3b-23754f6d28aa\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"_wp_link_placeholder\"> Kickstater<\/a>.<\/span><\/span>","post_title":"ComicBuzz Chats With Josh O'Neill","post_excerpt":"GratNin\u00a0graphic novel","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"comicbuzz-chats-with-josh-oneill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-07 21:32:04","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-07 20:32:04","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=207638","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":206758,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-08-17 22:10:33","post_date_gmt":"2021-08-17 21:10:33","post_content":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today marks the release of the Crisis Zone graphic novel from Fantagraphics. The graphic novel is a collection of the Eisner Award-winning webcomic from Simon Hanselmann. Simon is best know for his Megg, Mogg, & Owl series. We are so delighted to be joined by the artist and writer Simon Hanselmann.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For any of our readers who may not be familiar with the Megg, Mogg, & <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Owl series, what can you tell us about the series?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\"My elevator pitch is that it's like the Simpsons, back when the Simpsons was actually relevant and well written but with more drug abuse and rimming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It's a comedy sitcom, on paper, that can also get horribly, brutally depressing at times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My aim is to make entertaining comics that read well and keep the reader satisfied and coming back for more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It's not for everybody though. It's not for p***ies.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-206760\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Crisis-Zone-0-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Crisis Zone-0\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Can you talk us through the origins of Crisis Zone?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\"When the pandemic hit I was about to start a book called Megg's Coven, the follow up to my 2019 book Bad Gateway, but everything was falling to shit and I figured now was a good time to actually do a \"webcomic\". Free entertainment for the confined masses! I just wanted to entertain people, and myself. We all set out on a journey together, not knowing what the end would look like.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I threw out all of my established canon and just put these characters into the current situation and went with it.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Was the primary reason for creating Crisis Zone to create a webcomic, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and did creating a webcomic present any additional challenges for you?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\"Yeah, I'd never done a \"proper\" webcomic before. I'm a zine guy, I like physical sh**. I'm generally not a fan of webcomics on the whole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Covid presented the perfect opportunity to finally plunge into that world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It's not really a standard webcomic though. It was drawn on stolen printer paper, with colored pencils and photographed with my phone and put onto instagram.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It's hilarious\u00a0to me that it won the Eisner for best webcomic.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As a creative person, do you think that the pandemic challenged your creativity?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\"Nah, not really. I'm an insane workaholic, I'd been putting in 12hour days for years, the pandemic was kind of a blessing to me because it meant that I could leave the house and my studio even less than I did before. No visitors! No weddings or events I felt obligated to attend. Yes, please!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I could just work all day without any bullsh**. I f***<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ing LOVED it. I THRIVED.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-206761\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Crisis-Zone-68-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Crisis Zone-68\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Do you think the pandemic changed you as a person, and if so, how?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\"Everything kind of felt the same for me, just staring at a sheet of paper everyday, losing myself in fantasy, \"suburban Dungeons & Dragons\".<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My wife and I had our first kid during all this crazy sh**, that's the only thing that's really different for me, I'm a dad now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It's weird to not be insanely focused on comics but I'm really enjoying being insanely focused on my kid. I'm a very hands-on father, unlike my own dad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I'm trying to be as good at being a dad as I am at making comics (make of that what you will, critical detractors!)\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-206763\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Crisis-Zone-109-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Crisis Zone-109\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Did your real-world experience of the pandemic; change aspects of Crisis Zone?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\"Not especially, I was pretty well set-up to weather the pandemic, I'd been working my ass off for years and had some savings and a good stock of toilet paper. I spent the summer grilling and playing Animal Crossing in and around the Covid panic. I guess stuff did seep in, the selfishness of being concerned about video games being delayed, the whole TV show within the comic was somewhat a commentary on the public popularity of the Crisis Zone comic and a TV show I was working on in real life... I think most writers can't help putting parts of themselves into what they produce...\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What was the feedback like when you were posting it as a webcomic?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\"It was all over the place, mostly people were appreciative for the daily distraction and loved it and certain factions f***ing hated it... There were often a lot of ideological battles in the comments which I absolutely loved, it was fun seeing people do battle! Engagement is good,\u00a0even if it's bad!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At one point I was being harassed by both right wing and left wing extremists which was very funny to me. The left wing kids were the scariest ones, they go beyond just telling you you're a horrible loser, they seem to actually actively want to destroy your career and your livelihood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I ignored ALL of these ding dongs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I just make the art I want to make, no apologies.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Do you have a favourite scene from Crisis Zone?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\"Too many to count. I laugh at my own work way too much, although often I'll also go into a place of deep critical hatred for my shit (which I think is very healthy).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If I had to pick some favourite moments it'd most likely be the whole \"Carrot Bottom\" thing or the way in which Werewolf Jones gets his Netflix series cancelled (and I can't believe I got away with that...)\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Do the events of Crisis Zone change Megg, Mogg, & Owl moving forward?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\"It exists in a different continuity, it's kind of its\u00a0own thing. The Megg and Mogg series now exists as a confusing multiverse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It will be kind of difficult in a way, going back to the old canon, I kind of pushed things a bit far in Crisis Zone by revealing a certain character that was intended to debut in the \"normal\" books and also the relationship between Owl and Werewolf Jones's kids progressed a lot... I kinda blew my load on some of that stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I figured I'd just go for it though, I had a captive audience and a kid on the way and I'm unsure if I'll ever have this kind of attention again in the future.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-206762\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Crisis-Zone-110-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Crisis Zone-110\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Crisis Zone graphic novel from Fantagraphics features additional p<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">anels and a director's commentary; is it important to you that <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">readers can access this extra content?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\"Nah, it's just some bonus sh** to make the book a bit more special, trick people into giving me money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I gave it all out for free, no patreon bullsh** or donate buttons, just free if you had a phone and internet access.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I'm counting on people who enjoyed it to pony up 30 bucks for a cumbersome book 8 months after the thing ended and people have probably moved on with their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I hope the 500 extra panels in between\u00a0all the episodes and the little epilogue will bring in some financial supporters. The commentary isn't even really designed to be read, it's kind of just supposed\u00a0to exist as an insane block of unreadable handwritten text. I guess if anybody actually has a big chunk of time on their hands they could try and read it. Good luck!\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We would like to say a big thank you to Simon for taking the the time to chat with us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","post_title":"Simon Hanselmann Chats with ComicBuzz","post_excerpt":"Crisis Zone","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"simon-hanselmann-chats-with-comicbuzz","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-08 21:25:40","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-08 20:25:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=206758","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":205725,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2020-12-01 19:12:11","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-01 19:12:11","post_content":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Imagine a world where everyone had a super-power...<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Zeros webcomic will return in January 2021 with a special digital issue on Comixology. The all-ages story is set in a future world where every single person has a superhuman power. The series is created, written and drawn by Martin Eden, the award-nominated creator behind spic superhero soap opera The O Men and groundbreaking LGBT superhero series Spandex.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Zeros focuses on 12 school pupils in \u2018Class O\u2019 at the Powertown Institute,\u201d says London-based Martin. \u201cIn Volume One, the main characters were 8 years old but now the story has moved ahead by 10 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RMa617ESzDA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The main characters have changed since Volume One. \u201cA lot has gone on over the 10 years,\u201d says Martin, \u201cincluding another Super World War. There are a lot of changes for Class O too - two of them are dating, one barely speaks, another is homeless and another now has a disability.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Zeros will appear from January at <strong>www.zeroscomic.com<\/strong> where a new chapter will be released each month. The first three chapters will be available exclusively in a special issue on Comixology and Amazon Kindle from the start of January. The issue will also include an interview with Martin and a preview of Volume Two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-205731\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/zeroes-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"zeroes\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Martin promises some intriguing storylines in Volume Two, mostly looking at the personal lives of the characters but there will be plenty of action too. Martin also promises something unique: \u201cOne of the characters has to deal with some huge changes in her life. They\u2019re actually things that happened to me, in a way. There\u2019s a chapter where it\u2019s showcased and I don\u2019t think this kind of story has been done in a \u2018superhero\u2019 comic before.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Zeros Volumes One and Two can be read for free at<strong> zeroscomic.com<\/strong>. A complete Volume One book is available on Comixology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","post_title":"Zeros Webcomic Returns","post_excerpt":"Created by Martin Eden","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"zeros-webcomic-returns","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-08 18:58:45","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-08 17:58:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=205725","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":205314,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2020-09-11 13:36:29","post_date_gmt":"2020-09-11 12:36:29","post_content":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\">In\u00a0<strong>Chapter 3<\/strong>, Sanda and Champo volunteer their time to help the sick alien children. But what they don't realise is that the curative transfuser device has serious consequences for their own well-being!<\/span>\r\n\r\n[gallery ids=\"205321,205320,205319,205318,205317,205316,205315\"]\r\n\r\n<span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong> follows the adventures of two earthlings: Sanda Oung, a 23-year-old girl from the UK, and Champo Oung, Sanda\u2019s 19-year-old, non-binary sibling. In the series, 15% of the world\u2019s population of 7.5 billion people are now stuck on another planet, miles from the safety of home. Sanda learns that humans have been brought to Planet Divoc-91 because the Earth is at risk of an extinction level event \u2013 and young adults have been moved to safety by the Board of Adversity Scientists for Intergalactic Leadership\u2019 (BASIL), led by a charismatic and fearsome alien named ADRO.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong> is produced by Dr Bella Starling, Director of Vocal at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Sara Kenney, Creative Director at Wowbagger Productions, in association with the UK Academy of Medical Sciences. \u201cBella and I were already working together on creative projects to engage audiences in sharing their views about antibiotic resistance and immunisation and when lockdown hit, it became obvious that our thinking could be refocused on the COVID pandemic,\u201d said Kenney. \u201cWe realized there was a ton of information and advice about the pandemic out there, but it\u2019s so difficult to know what to believe and who to trust, and there were virtually no young voices in the mix.\u201d The project has since grown in scale and ambition, and there is a young editorial team from UK, India, South Africa, and Malawi who are interviewing experts from scientists to historians, ethicists to anthropologists, and from that material curating articles, creating art and videos in reaction to the interviews.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cBeing teenagers and going through the most challenging stage of our lives is hard in itself \u2014 but now the impact of this new virus is resonating through our lives without any sense of when this will end,\u201d writes Shanjida Hossain, one of the young adults contributing to the comic, in an interview with Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK Government\u2019s Chief Scientific Advisor; \u201cHaving studied hard since the age of five, getting to the very end of our educational journey to face this global pandemic wasn\u2019t something we could have ever planned for, yet here we are, left with nothing but insecurities and confusion.\u201d Shanjida\u2019s interview will accompany<strong> PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong>\u2019s debut chapter.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWhenever our worlds are turned upside down and we find ourselves crying \u201cwhat the hell\u201d, we call upon stories to explain \u201cthis: this the hell,\u201d Berry writes in the afterword to <strong>PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong> Chapter One. \u201cOur brains are hardwired with a furious need to find patterns as a means of survival, and we hunt for them - and for their subsequent meanings - everywhere, in everything. Stories bring shape and meaning to random events. They are about the conflict and the resolution; the breaking apart and the coming together; they help us to find hope in darkness and rally us when we are lost and, ultimately, they help us overcome. Faced with the greatest upheaval of a generation, and the strict social obligations keeping us all apart, where better to seek that sense of connection and meaning now than in stories?\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<strong>PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong> is a thought experiment, one that\u2019s a metaphor for what we\u2019re currently experiencing around the world with COVID-19,\u201d said Kenney. \u201cWe\u2019re releasing the series on WEBTOONS, because it's an inclusive, wide-reaching, digital platform, with a global audience of 10 million readers daily, and we want to foster a dialogue in the comments section, about the pandemic and where we go from here. We\u2019ve also got some exclusive mixes hidden as Easter Eggs in the comic starting with one of the best UK Grime DJs, and a uniquely talented and much loved producer in his own right Grandmixxer. Chapter 2 features a mix from one of the most important new-generation experimental UK club music producer, artist and label owner LCY. Chapter 3 features an Afrofuturism playlist from one of the UKs best loved MCs Juice Aleem. And at the end of the day, we want readers to come back each month for the story and art. Why is Planet Divoc-91 inhabited only by 16-25 year old humans? Who are these strange aliens? Sanda Oung, a bit of a conspiracy theorist at first, has to figure out what is real and who to trust.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The project was kick started via NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre seed funding who are providing continued support. Additional supporters include The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC); The University of Manchester through the Wellcome Institutional Strategic Support Fund award; Sarah Iqbal,\u00a0 DBT\/Wellcome Trust India Alliance; Anita Shervington, Blast Fest and Nabeel Petersen, Interfer (South Africa). The series was inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cOur aim is to empower audiences to make sense of a pandemic situation, to create a forum for their ideas, and to use participatory arts to inform science research and influence science policy,\u201d said Kenney.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWe\u2019re creating a crazy, exquisite corpse with writers and artists taking on the same characters that will be accessible, entertaining and informative,\u201d said Starling. \u201cThe wider project will capture young people\u2019s thinking and ideas about pandemics and related research, to feed into scientific research and policy, as well as helping and challenging our research communities to think about the best ways of actively involving young adults in ongoing and future research\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PLANET DIVOC-91<\/strong> debuted on July 15, 2020 Free on WebToons:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/planetdivoc91\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/planetdivoc91<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span>\r\n\r\n ","post_title":"Planet Divoc-91 Chapter 3 Preview","post_excerpt":"Sci-fi comedy ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"planet-divoc-91-chapter-3-preview","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-09-11 13:59:01","post_modified_gmt":"2020-09-11 12:59:01","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=205314","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":195081,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2018-03-21 16:34:32","post_date_gmt":"2018-03-21 16:34:32","post_content":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Discover The First Ongoing Series From I KILL GIANTS Co-creator and Artist Ken Niimura,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Fantastical Cooking Comic UMAMI<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">March 21, 2018) On Friday, March 23rd, the release of the film<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4547194\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4547194\/&source=gmail&ust=1521735371592000&usg=AFQjCNEOSyyN0dDN-obzBrK5kLHCyhPvtA\"> I KILL GIANTS<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">starring Zoe Saldana will introduce a new audience to the acclaimed graphic novel by writer Joe Kelly (BIG HERO SIX) and co-creator and illustrator Ken Niimura, that inspired the film. The film\u2019s release, in theaters<span style=\"color: #000000;\">, On Demand, and Digital HD, promises to bring new attention to the career of International Manga Award-winning and Eisner Award-nominated artist Ken Niimura. Today, ten years after the original release of the I KILL GIANTS comic book, Niimura is currently creating a wonderful, whimsical ongoing webcomic,<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/panelsyndicate.com\/comics\/umami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=http:\/\/panelsyndicate.com\/comics\/umami&source=gmail&ust=1521735371592000&usg=AFQjCNH6Hlh34xWK-2T2JDuHLef0tEZcaw\"> UMAMI<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, which is published in monthly installments<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> on Panel Syndicate. Food and cooking comics are all the rage in Japan, where Niimura currently lives, and UMAMI offers something new for American audiences.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Umami120.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-195082 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Umami120.jpg\" alt=\"Umami120\" width=\"800\" height=\"1148\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">UMAMI presents the story of a kingdom in trouble,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and two cooks that are going to save the day using their cooking skills. It\u2019s a crazy adventure story that combines high-fantasy, cooking, and lots of absurdity. Niimura charmingly illustrates the adventures of two girls, Uma and Ami. Uma is a cheerful and determined girl from a remote village, who always has an amazing dish ready to solve any problem\u2026 if only she wasn\u2019t such a disaster. Ami is the future king\u2019s chef, stickler and extremely proud, whose aim in the kitchen is to achieve the best taste following traditional techniques and recipes. Despite their many disagreements, together they're an explosive team and no obstacle stands in their way. But how could anybody imagine that the destiny of the entire kingdom -- complete with warriors, dragons, and beasts -- would depend on their culinary skills?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">UMAMI is hand-drawn and inked in a distinctive black and white style by Niimura and, like his art for I KILL GIANTS,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> is an evolution of the western comics and \u201880s and \u201890s adventure-style manga. <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/panelsyndicate.com\/comics\/umami\">UMAMI <\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">is available on Panel Syndicate in English & Spanish and fans pay what they want to read the stories. The fifth issue will be published <\/span>on<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Panel<\/span> Syndicate \u00a0on<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Thursday, March 22.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Umami121.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-195084 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Umami121.jpg\" alt=\"Umami121\" width=\"800\" height=\"1148\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cBrimming with fantasy, over-the-top zaniness, and deep-rooted friendship, <strong>UMAMI is a balm to the darkness that often permeates modern storytelling<\/strong>.\u201d \u2015 FREAK SUGAR<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<strong>Delectable<\/strong>.\u201d \u2015 IMPULSE GAMER<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThe original comic book edition of I Kill Giants introduced readers to the beautiful artwork of Ken Niimura, which mixed American, Japanese and European influences into something <strong>unique and irresistible<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2015 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER<\/span><\/p>\r\n ","post_title":"Discover Umami From I Kill Giants Co-creator Ken Niimura","post_excerpt":"The fantastical cooking comic","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"discover-umami-from-i-kill-giants-co-creator-ken-niimura","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-09-16 02:38:55","post_modified_gmt":"2018-09-16 02:38:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=195081","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":187483,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2017-09-05 15:19:22","post_date_gmt":"2017-09-05 15:19:22","post_content":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The adventures of <i>Johnny Bullet<\/i>, comics' favourite street and drag racer continue in a new story set in 1969, and rendered as a silent chapter, in his weekly webcomic.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Following the explosive revelation about Johnny Bullet in strip #132, this week's strip (#133), explores the hero's life five years in the past at the height of his glory and in the middle of muscle car madness in America.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the decision to tell this flashback as a silent comic, creator Herv\u00e9 St-Louis says \"Regular readers of Johnny Bullet already know that I have always been cheap with words, sometimes with just one per strip. Much of the action in the comic has always been visual. I am simply pushing things to their logical ends with this 22-page flashback. It is a challenge to tell such a story but I bet that readers will enjoy the ride.\"<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cartoonist Larry Hama wrote the first silent comic in <i>G.I. Joes #21<\/i>. Since,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> silent comics have become a favourite of readers and for cartoonists, a way to express the essence of comic art.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Strip #133 of Johnny Bullet starts a new chapter in the life of the 1970s professional racing driver originally inspired by Steve McQueen and Frank Frazetta's <i>Johnny Comet<\/i>. The silent story continues weekly at Johnny Bullet's home at ComicBookBin.com\/bullet where Johnny Bullet chases beautiful women and outruns shady characters.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-187484 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/johnny-bullet133-publicity01.jpg\" alt=\"Johnny Bullet 3\" width=\"1200\" height=\"248\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">St-Louis published the first instalment on November 2014 at ComicBookBin.com, a comic news and review site. ComicBookBin publishes <i>Johnny Bullet<\/i> every Sunday as a free black and white retro web comic strip. Follow Johnny Bullet at<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/comicbookbin.com\/bullet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=http:\/\/comicbookbin.com\/bullet&source=gmail&ust=1504710243078000&usg=AFQjCNGgUr3bVV5QtbntNSygevWAxRCfCQ\">comicbookbin.com\/bullet<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">and if you want to test your high school French at<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/comicbookbin.com\/Johnny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=http:\/\/comicbookbin.com\/Johnny&source=gmail&ust=1504710243078000&usg=AFQjCNHQCZ2ZFREp2Yidof_tFRJeFiN74Q\">comicbookbin.com\/Johnny<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Founded in 2002, animation studio Toon Doctor Inc. publishes the comic news and review site ComicBookBin. <i>Johnny Bullet<\/i> is Copyright \u00a9 2017 Herv\u00e9 St-Louis. Johnny Bullet\u00ae is a registered trademark at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Toon Doctor\u00ae is a registered trademark at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>","post_title":"Johnny Bullet Begins Silent Comic Adventure","post_excerpt":"A comic about a man and his ride","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"johnny-bullet-begins-silent-comic-adventure","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-09-19 02:00:03","post_modified_gmt":"2018-09-19 02:00:03","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=187483","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":187294,"post_author":"5","post_date":"2017-08-30 17:09:40","post_date_gmt":"2017-08-30 17:09:40","post_content":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Created by:<\/strong> Aran Froggatt & Kyle Kenny Cody<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Artist:<\/strong> Aran Froggatt<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Format:<\/strong> Online webcomic<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Genre:<\/strong> Sci-fi<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Chapters:<\/strong> 18, ongoing<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">In an intergalactic colony of religious warriors, lives a character known simply as \u2018The Knight\u2019. Summoned by the ArchDruid, he is assigned a mission that will help save his people but at a great cost. This is a story filled with numerous species from across the galaxies, including the humans living on Earth, alien technologies, a religious cult looking to expand their followers at whatever cost, and two species that are about to collide under unusual circumstances\u2026<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The story begins just as our lead character is assigned to a mission, which, due to his heroic efforts and devotion over the years, is delegated by the head of his religious order. We are introduced to a colony of extraterrestrials, their starship travelling throughout the galaxy on a religious crusade, a clear analogy to what happened across our world just a few centuries ago. Each of the colonists on board the vessel is devoted to their religion, but \u2018The Knight\u2019 has to undergo life shattering<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> surgery in order to carry out the mission. This leaves him beyond scared knowing the consequences of his sacrifice. It opens up a new approach to the story, encouraging future character development.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2018The Knight\u2019 is a veteran warrior amongst his community, having fought against many tribes throughout the galaxy, in the name of his God - Triberus. His actions and ranking are seen as admirable amongst his fellow worshippers, but there seems to also be some who think the opposite. Meanwhile, down on Earth, we have two flatmates whose personalities could not be more opposite from each other. We have Kyle, the alien loving mooch, who is an unemployed \u2018free spirit\u2019. He also, unfortunately, lives like a slob and regularly dodges the rent. His housemate Aran holds a steady job and seems to be constantly on edge, especially with regards to Kyle\u2019s behaviour. However as we can see in the comic, Aran has allowed for Kyle to stay in their shared house for a long period of time without paying the rent, covering both shares for quite a long time, but has yet to actually kick out his freeloader. This could be due to the fact he does not want to be alone in the house, or he simply has not had the time to clear up the situation. This may lead to a clash in the future.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Regarding Aran, his job also has its own annoyances with his boss overlooking all his work and passing it onto his son. This seems to suggest there will be a grand confrontation between Aran and his boss in the near future.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-187299 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/arkian1.jpg\" alt=\"Arkian 1\" width=\"800\" height=\"1133\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Back in the midst of space, \u2018The Knight\u2019 is appointed a mission to destroy a creature they once thought they had annihilated. Knowing both where it resides and the danger involved getting close to it, Knight must undergo an experimental surgery in order to gain the upperhand<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> in his mission, which will see him looking towards the humans of Earth for assistance. Where this story will lead is still unclear, as I would like to see how Knight will meet both Aran and Kyle, although this currently published chapters hint at plenty of action to come.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arkian has so far managed to capture my attention, with the sci-fi orientated artwork presenting interesting character designs, including a number of alien species. However, it was the script and the characters that really pulled me in; how a mixture of alien species, all bound on one ship, have devoted themselves to the one religion. It actually took me aback, as I had not encountered this idea before. The advanced technology of their society has allowed them to understand how to alter DNA, thus changing the biological and physical appearance of those that join their religion, assessing their strengths and putting them to work in a specialised sector. The artwork is clean, well bordered<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and detailed. It is certainly original when it comes to designs, but includes knowing nods to numerous other shows\/books\/games. For example, a character similar to Mad Moxxi from Borderlands appears on the pizza van on page 7; a clear nod towards those inspirations and hobbies close to each of the creators.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arkian is co-created by two Cork lads by the names of Aran Froggatt and Kyle Kenny Cody. Childhood friends with a shared passion for comics, they fell out of touch,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and reconnected one night over a drunken phone call. Driven with<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the sudden need to create a comic, the pair worked for months on end in order to devise a solid plot, history, designs and world in which this series would take place. I came across these two comic creators whilst attending Brocon last month, where they were sharing the news of their work. New chapters are usually released once every three weeks, with Chapter 19 hitting the website soon. Since the beginning, Arkian<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> has had a loyal following, which is set to rise even more as positive praise of this series hits the ears of more interested comic fans.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arkian is still in the early stages of its story,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> but is set to pick up some real pace very soon as the action is about to get underway. Make sure and check out their social media links below, as well as where you can read this on-going<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> webcomic for yourself. If you love sci-fi, extraterrestrials and alien loving room-mates, then check out Arkian. If none of those things is<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> your cup of tea, check it out anyway!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Overall:<\/strong> 8\/10<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/arkian.thecomicseries.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><u>http:\/\/arkian.thecomicseries.com\/<\/u><\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArkianComic\/\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><u>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArkianComic\/<\/u><\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arkiancomic\/\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><u>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arkiancomic\/<\/u><\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 740px; left: 306px;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 740px; left: 306px;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>","post_title":"Arkian Review","post_excerpt":"In an intergalactic colony ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"arkian-review","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-09-19 16:21:02","post_modified_gmt":"2018-09-19 16:21:02","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=187294","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":185569,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2017-07-13 17:00:57","post_date_gmt":"2017-07-13 17:00:57","post_content":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\">68-page book of side-splitting true stories with rewards like custom metal name plaques.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">We've all had bad jobs. Stuffing envelopes, cleaning toilets, catering to arrogant customers... The goal of HOW WE STAY SANE @ WORK is to collect work stories from all over the web so we can laugh at them instead of cry.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Inspired by sites like Not Always Right and Clients From Hell, HOW WE STAY SANE @ WORK takes reader-submitted workplace stories and illustrates them in a full-color newspaper strip format. The webcomic was first published online in 2013, and successfully Kickstarted its first volume in 2015. This latest crowdfunding campaign seeks to publish not only the final 50 strips, but all the guest comics received along the way. Some of the 14 guest artists include: Andy Purviance (<em>I, Mummy<\/em>), Neil Kapit (<em>We Are The Wyrecats<\/em>), and Tantz Aerine (<em>Without Moonlight<\/em>).<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-185570 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hwssawv2_Doesnt-Fall-Far.jpg\" alt=\"How We Stay Sane @ Work Volume 2 2\" width=\"800\" height=\"246\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Traditional webcomic crowdfunding rewards like digital sketches and original pages appear alongside more esoteric ones like personalized plastic name badges and desktop calendars. \u201cThe funnest part of these Kickstarters has been finding truly executive rewards for you all,\u201d creator Sara Rude-McCune confesses in the campaign video. Donators to the previous campaign\u2019s \u201cExecutive\u201d level received brushed metal name badges. This time Executives are treated to a laser-cut aluminum desk plaque adorned with their fantasy job title of choice.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Kickstarter campaign runs until August 11th, 2017.<\/span> Donate at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/76500561\/how-we-stay-sane-work-volume-2?ref=cskluk\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/76500561\/how-we-stay-sane-work-volume-2?ref%3Dcskluk&source=gmail&ust=1500045133255000&usg=AFQjCNGU16-Yi8U5bNzNwEwEyBgnVMlPeQ\">https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/76500561\/how-we-stay-sane-work-volume-2?ref=cskluk<\/a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sara Rude-McCune lives in Overland Park, KS with her husband and cat. She is best known for her colorist work on the series <em>Zero\u2019s Heroes<\/em> and <em>Science Hero<\/em>, both from New Haven Comics. She enjoys illustrating dramatic lighting and weird expressions, of which HOW WE STAY SANE @ WORK has plenty.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">HOW WE STAY SANE @ WORK can be read online in its entirety at:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/howwestaysaneatwork.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=http:\/\/howwestaysaneatwork.com\/&source=gmail&ust=1500045133255000&usg=AFQjCNE4leESIj7Nw9tBTDSmTJr3vwZjvg\">http:\/\/howwestaysaneatwork.com<\/a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Or on Tapastic at<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tapas.io\/series\/How-We-Stay-Sane-at-Work\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=https:\/\/tapas.io\/series\/How-We-Stay-Sane-at-Work&source=gmail&ust=1500045133255000&usg=AFQjCNE07F-r4CN9Q_UbeRhjTZFzZOx8KQ\">https:\/\/tapas.io\/series\/How-We-Stay-Sane-at-Work<\/a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">HOW WE STAY SANE @ WORK Vol. 1 books or PDFs can be purchased online at:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/gumroad.com\/projectshiro\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&q=https:\/\/gumroad.com\/projectshiro&source=gmail&ust=1500045133255000&usg=AFQjCNGZ0ETbs5BHhSRJY4x6t54Co-V8_Q\">https:\/\/gumroad.com\/projectshiro<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span>","post_title":"How We Stay Sane @ Work Volume 2 - Kickstarter","post_excerpt":"We've all had bad jobs","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"how-we-stay-sane-work-volume-2-kickstarter","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-09-20 18:07:08","post_modified_gmt":"2018-09-20 18:07:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/?p=185569","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":184822,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2017-06-20 14:19:58","post_date_gmt":"2017-06-20 14:19:58","post_content":"<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Destiny, NY<\/em>, the ongoing graphic novel series created by Pat Shand & Manuel Preitano about a world where magic is a real and accepted part of life, has launched a spinoff webcomic. <em>Destiny, NY: The Space Between<\/em>, a seasonal webcomic telling standalone stories focusing on the supporting cast of the series, launches its first episode today, <em>Summer Solstice<\/em>. Written by creator Pat Shand and illustrated by Rachel Dukes (<em>Frankie Comics, Steven Universe<\/em>), <em>Summer Solstice<\/em> is a feel-good and comedic story about former magical girl Logan McBride moving in with her temperamental girlfriend Lilith, and the storm of craziness that follows.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-184825 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Destiny_Buckets_Short_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"Destiny, NY 2\" width=\"800\" height=\"1237\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shand says, \u201cWith this webcomic, our aim is to broaden the universe of <em>Destiny, NY<\/em>. We introduced a wide variety of characters with our first volume, so this seasonal webcomic is a way to have fun in that world, telling stories that don\u2019t necessarily fit in the ongoing narrative. We\u2019re starting with a romance, but our next episode could be a dark crime thriller. Anything goes.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-184824 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/comicbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Destiny_Buckets_Short_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"Destiny, NY 3\" width=\"800\" height=\"1237\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Destiny, NY: The Space Between<\/em> will feature a different artist for each episode. 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