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Now on Substack

I’ve been dragging my feet about adopting this particular platform. I’m still not ready to commit to migrating our MUSEletter onto it, but I thought I could at least echo my work there with enough variation to make it worth visiting. As I often edit down my monthly missives before hitting send, I’ll be using Substack to expand upon aspects of what I regularly write about. So for those MUSEletter…

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Rival Schools: The Official Complete Works

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& Elden Ring: Art Book Vol. III 

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Reviewing: Who Smashed Hollywood Barriers with Gung Fu?: Bruce Lee

Discover how Bruce Lee introduced gung fu to millions across America through his historic role as Kato in this dynamic graphic novel by APALA Award–winning author Teresa Robeson and Eisner-nominated, APALA Honor–winning illustrator Ryan Inzana. Just this February Penguin Random House released their latest addition to their line of Who HQ Graphic Novels. This #1 New York Times bestselling Who…

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Cocinas’ Kirkus Review

Kirkus Review: FROM COCINAS TO LUCHA LIBRE RINGSIDES A LATINX COMICS ANTHOLOGY From the Latinographix series EDITED BY FREDERICK LUIS ALDAMA & ANGELA M. SÁNCHEZ RELEASE DATE: AUG. 13, 2025 Many readers will find a story that resonates with them in this broad-ranging anthology.. Kirkus Reviews The vibrant cover art depicting a luchador eating a taco is the perfect teaser for what this…

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ROY by Gilbert Hernandez

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Immortal Studios’ THE HERO RE-AWAKENS

Join Gene CHing and others for THE HERO RE-AWAKENS, Thursday, May 8 | 7:00 PM at the NeueHouse Hollywood RSVP required — space is running out https://lu.ma/r9vewhal … THE HERO RE-AWAKENS – Thursday, May 8 | 7:00 PM at the NeueHouse Hollywood

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Tony Hale's SKETCH

Click to watch the trailer Directed and Written by SETH WORLEYProduced by STEVE TAYLOR, TONY HALE, DUSTY BROWN Starring TONY HALE, D’ARCY CARDEN, BIANCA BELLE, KUE LAWRENCE  DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT FROM SETH WORLEY Seven years in the making, I’ve made a movie that is 100% me, and I still can’t figure out how to describe it to people. Ask me the genre, and I’ll vamp for a bit, mutter something…

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Creating Books for Vulnerable Children

Over at the Let’s Go! A Kids Comics Studio Anthology Kickstarter Page we feel so strongly about the power of story, that instead of raising funds to pay the creators, we’re donating our many hours to do something we think will make the world a little better. One way we’re hoping to share that mission is by inviting you to help us fund copies of our anthologies that will go to organizations we’ve…

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Funded in 15 Hours!

Yesterday’s Campaign Launch for LET’s GO! A Kids Comics Studio Anthology was an absurd delight. It features a morning filled with last minute updates to the campaign page, tech-checks for a mostly-improvised live launch. That 60+ minute live stream is a blur to my memory. Most details were subsumed by the rapid rise of our campaign funding…

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Character swap with graphic novelist Bert Tzeng

Bert Tzeng calls himself a Part-time creator, full-time cat dad. His in-the works graphic novel is titled Solaa’s Order. As a side effect of the two of us having work in LET’s GO! A Kids Comics Studio Anthology and the themes evident in his work, I suggested we try a character swap. We would each take a turn depicting the other’s character. Here’s a bit of what he had to say about working on the…

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It's my most ambitious project yet. Not just as a comics artist (I'll have 2 pieces in this book) but also as a Crowdfunding Campaign Manager! #LetsGo #Kickstarter

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Let's Go! A Kids Comics Studio Anthology!

31 Creators, 28 Stories, 1 Book: “Let’s Go! A Kids Comics Studio Anthology” Launches on Kickstarter April 22nd  From a giant turtle village to a town called Nowhere, a dragon friend to a pair of book-loving sharks, Let’s Go! A Kids Comics Studio Anthology is a genre-hopping, creature-filled, all-ages graphic novel packed with journeys of the imagination—and powered by community. Launching…

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Simon & Schuster & UDON

UDON Entertainment is the publisher of original and translated art books, graphic novels, and manga. they are best-known for projects based on popular video game franchises, including Street Fighter, Mega Man, Monster Hunter, Dark Souls, Persona, and more. UDON also publishes art books and manga based on top transmedia properties including More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers, Summertime…

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M.A.G.I.C. & Mastery: exclusive Interview with author Steven Barnes

I met Steven Barnes while attending the last panel of Friday Night at San Diego Comic Con. That Panel was titled Camera, Culture, and Combat: Unveiling Filipino Martial Arts Legacy in Popular Culture. It featured Arlene Pinpin Stevens, Ron Balicki, Sachi Villareal, Julius Vladimir Francisco, Aiodhan M. Cochrane, Paul Rosales and Steven Barnes. This was the only panel listed in a Jam-Packed…

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Minotaurs, Mazes & some movies they're in.

Who’s Theseus? Wikipedia says he was a divine hero in Greek mythology, famous for slaying the Minotaur. The myths surrounding Theseus is sometimes described as the son of Aegeus, king of Athens and other times as the son of the god Poseidon. The myths surrounding his journeys and exploits have provided material for storytelling throughout the ages yet his most famous tale remains the slaying of…

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Repainting Shaolin Temple