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[powerssquaredcomicbook]

New video on our YouTube channel: OAPS #233 Moni Barrette, the Director, Collection Development & Publisher Relations at LibraryPass Comics Plus talks with Paul and David about her career and getting comic books into libraries. https://youtu.be/O3ngkzj5fV0

[builtlikeastickofcelery]

I love spending my entire day drinking no water and sitting on the couch reading the entire 2011 IDW TMNT run plus mini/micro/macroseries and universe issues in order

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

my library’s comics platform has a copy of All Roads???

[headworld]

why are all official (aka legal) comics/manga apps thatre supported by libraries so shit. like dog. please

[theblorboscalledtheturtles]

TMNT IDW LIBRARY GUIDE

Want to read the IDW run of tmnt, but confused by the reading order and don't want to spend money? Below is a list of everything in order, with links to library resources (primarily Hoopladigital and ComicsPlus, which are free with a library card at participating libraries) and physical book titles you can search in your library catalog! Happy reading!

This is going to take a long time to complete, so I'm going to go ahead and publish the post unfinished and just keep making edits to it. Readers can at least get a start! CURRENTLY: 8/16 Complete

Bold=reading order, Blue=BOOK, Purple=Digital, Red=Not found, Orange=additional info

*I'm going by the tables of contents from the IDW collections, but it's also on wikipedia **When searching titles, assume TMNT=teenage mutant ninja turtles, fully written out. I just abbreviated it to keep the list tidy ***I'm not going to link ComicsPlus because it requires a library-specific url to actually work. Also their availability sometimes changes. I will occasionally include a search keyword because the ComicsPlus search is funky ****Mega deep library tip: see if your library does Interlibrary Loan through WorldCat. You might have to talk to a librarian and/or fill out a special request form. But the complete IDW collections could be available that way if they aren't in your regular system. I was even able to get vol 14, which is currently out of print.

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 1 (BOOK)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1–4 TMNT Vol.1: Change is Constant (BOOK, issues 1-4) Hoopla, issues 1-4, also on ComicsPlus

A Lot to Learn (30th Anniversary Special) Hoopla, starts pg 34, also on ComicsPlus

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5 TMNT Vol. 2: enemies old, enemies new (BOOK, issues 5-8) Hoopla issues 5-8, also on Comics Plus

Micro Series – Raphael TMNT Micro-Series vol. 1 (BOOK, Raph, Mike, Leo, Don) Hoopla Raph Mike Leo Don, also on ComicsPlus Hoopla Raph

Micro Series – Michelangelo Hoopla Mikey

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #6

Micro Series – Donatello Hoopla Don

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7–8

Micro Series – Leonardo Hoopla Leo

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9–10 TMNT Vol. 3: Shadows of the Past (BOOK, issues 9-12) Hoopla issues 9-12, also on ComicsPlus

Micro Series – Splinter TMNT: Micro-Series Vol. 2 (BOOK, Casey April Splinter Fugitoid) ComicsPlus Casey April Splinter Fugitoid (search "tmnt micro-series")

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #11–12

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 2 (BOOK)

Micro Series – Casey Jones

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13–14 TMNT Vol. 4: Sins of the fathers (BOOK, issues 13-16) Hoopla 13-16, also on ComicsPlus

Micro Series – April

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15–16

Micro Series – Fugitoid

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #17–20 TMNT Vol. 5: Krang War (BOOK, 17-20) Hoopla 17-20, also on ComicsPlus

Villains Micro Series – Krang TMNT Villain Micro-Series Vol. 1 (BOOK, Krang, Stonk, Hob, Alo) Hoopla Krang, Stockman, Hob, Alopex, also ComicsPlus

Villains Micro Series – Baxter Stockman

Secret History of the Foot Clan #1–4 TMNT: Secret History of the Foot Clan (BOOK, 1-4) Hoopla 1-4, also ComicsPlus

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 3 (BOOK)

Annual 2012 *Wikipedia lists this in a different place Hoopla

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #21–22 TMNT Vol. 6: City Fall Part 1 (BOOK, 21-24) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus

Villains Micro Series – Old Hob

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #23–24

Villains Micro Series – Alopex

Villains Micro Series – Karai TMNT: Villain Micro-Series Vol. 2 (BOOK, Karai, Hun, Be&Rock, Shredder) ComicsPlus (search "karai")

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #25 TMNT Vol. 7: City Fall Part 2 (BOOK, 25-28)

Villains Micro Series – Hun

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #26

Villains Micro Series – Bebop & Rocksteady

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #27–28

Villains Micro Series – The Shredder

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 4 (BOOK)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #29 TMNT Vol. 8: Northampton (BOOK, 29-32) Hoopla 29-32, also ComicsPlus

Utrom Empire #1 TMNT: Utrom Empire (BOOK, 1-3) ComicsPlus

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #30

Utrom Empire #2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #31–32

Utrom Empire #3

Annual 2014 Hoopla

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #33–37 TMNT Vol. 9: Monsters, Misfits, and Madmen (BOOK, 33-36)  Hoopla 33-36, also ComicsPlus (search "monsters, misfits, and madmen") TMNT Vol. 10: New Mutant Order (BOOK, 37-40) Hoopla 37-40, also ComicsPlus *Watch out! You only need to read #37 right now!

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 5 (BOOK)

Turtles in Time #1–4 TMNT: Turtles in Time (BOOK, 1-4) *Might be out of print? Hoopla, also ComicsPlus

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #38–40

TMNT/Ghostbusters #1–4 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters (BOOK 1-4) Couldn't find it digital

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #41–44 TMNT Vol. 11: Attack On Technodrome (BOOK, 41-44) Hoopla 41-44, also ComicsPlus

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 6 (BOOK)

Mutanimals #1–4 TMNT: Mutanimals (BOOK, 1-4) *Might be out of print? On ComicsPlus

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #45–46 TMNT Vol. 12: Vengeance Part 1 (BOOK, 45-47, FCBD '15) Hoopla 45-47 +FCBD, also ComicsPlus

FCBD 2015 – Prelude to Vengeance

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #47–50 TMNT Vol. 13: Vengeance Part 2 (BOOK, 48-50) Hoopla 45-47, also ComicsPlus (search "teenage mutant ninja turtles vol #13)

Casey & April #1–4 TMNT Casey & April (BOOK, 1-4) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 7 (BOOK)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #51–64 TMNT Vol. 14: Order from Chaos (BOOK, 51-55) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus (51-55) TMNT Vol. 15: Leatherhead (BOOK, 56-60) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus (56-60) TMNT Vol. 16: Chasing Phantoms (BOOK, 61-65) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus (61-65)

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 8 (BOOK)

Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything #1–5 TMNT: Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything (BOOK, 1-5) ComicsPlus

***The next section starts the TMNT Universe series. The numbering is all weird, and so I'm following the IDW table of contents, listing specific story titles in orange for accuracy. ALL TMNT Universe comics are on ComicsPlus AND Hoopla. Tbh You can probably read through them and not worry about the order too much unless you really care about the official continuity.

TMNT Universe #1–5 (The War to Come and Inside Out) TMNT Universe Vol. 1 (BOOK, 1-5) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus (1-5)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #65

TMNT Universe #5-6 (Urban Legends and The Rot in the Shell) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus (6-10)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #66 TMNT Vol. 17: Desperate Measures (BOOK, 66-70) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus (66-70)

TMNT Universe #10 (Teenage Mutant Ninja Pepperoni)

TMNT Universe #6-9 (What is Ninja?)

TMNT Universe #7-8 (Metalhead 2.0)

TMNT the IDW collection vol. 9 (BOOK)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #67-70 TMNT Vol. 18: Trial of Krang (BOOK, 71-75, FCBD 2017) Hoopla, also ComicsPlus (71-75, FCBD 2017)

TMNT Universe (Toad Baron's Ball)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #71-72 (Part nine is incomplete. I hit a snag and I'm out of time for now)

[zahri-melitor]

If you want to read comics and you want to test the waters:-

Yes, RCO and clones exist, everyone uses them, I do it weekly too for titles I cannot access any other way (The Warlord) but let me tell you, it’s not the only option, particularly if you want to read reasonably modern comics back issues rather than deliberately suppressed obscure stuff. Plus, don’t you want to look at comics without worrying about getting viruses?

Your Local Library: your library probably has comics as trade paperbacks, and inter library loan will have more. It’s not the most consistent way to find things, but you should definitely look them up, there’s probably something there you’d be interested in reading. Good for having multiple presses, and most take suggestions for their collections, which is a slow but free way to read titles with highly detailed art like Wonder Woman Historia in person.

Digital libraries: my local libraries have ComicsPlus subscriptions, which I can use for free. Now you won’t get DC or Marvel on them, but BOOM!, Dark Horse, Image, Oni Press, Papercutz? All options. A really helpful way to easily sample other presses.

Internet Archive Library: the IA is again going to have an eclectic collection and be difficult to search, but it’s there and it has a lot of stuff and you’re not going to be worrying about computer viruses.

DCUI: if you’re in US, UK, Canada, AU or NZ, you can get a DCUI account. There’s a free trial available of course, and if what you’re interested in trying was published more than 6 months ago, you don’t even need to shell out for Ultra. It costs me less than a Netflix subscription per month, even for Ultra. There’s also a small handful of comics you’ll be able to access for free without ANY subscription - essentially advertising for new runs etc.

MU: just like DCUI, only Marvel, and available more places. Also runs on a subscription model. MU also has the quirk that you can manage digital ownership of individual issues also through their app (if you buy Marvel floppies there is a mechanism to obtain a legal digital copy within ~6 months of the publication date)

Local Comics Shops: you can also…buy floppies and trade paperbacks for yourself. If you really love a story and it’s out in trade, I highly recommend buying it for yourself to have forever. It just sidesteps so many future problems. An LCS is also more likely to have a back catalogue of titles available - if you’re looking for a trade published 8 years ago, they might have it while an ordinary bookshop won’t. If you’re less certain, events like Free Comic Book Day and Batman Day are largely a marketing exercise more than new original material these days, but they’re also a good way to get to handle and own actual comic books if you’ve never done that before.

Other bookshops: if you don’t have a local bookshop with a specialist comics and manga collection (I do) it’s going to be a bit like trying to find comics at your local library: you’ll see lots of stuff with Batman and Joker in the title, and a random selection of anything else. Sometimes you can get surprisingly good deals from them as collectors are less likely to use them to get titles.

Overstock/Remainder Sellers: always worth a look, particularly if you’re trying to pick up titles printed several years ago. My local one has found some absolute gems for me, at a significant discount (I have picked up parts of Dixon’s Nightwing run, Bennett’s Batwoman run, Rowell’s Runaways, some Wonder Woman trades from Rucka and Perez, Gotham Central, I just managed to get the second n52 Blue Beetle trade…)

EBay/second hand shops/Abebooks/Biblio: a decent way to measure what the actual value of a comic title is on the second hand market. Sometimes you can find that the market value is far lower than you expected (Cassie’s Wonder Girl series is remarkably affordable). In other occasions you realise DC is leaving a LOT of money on the table by not reprinting (look up Red Robin trade prices and weep).

Friends: do you know anyone else who likes comics? They may already own stuff they can loan to you! (Once I lent out my Birds of Prey collection to a friend and he returned it with the first two n52 titles added. Still unsure if that was meant to be a kindness or just letting me store them)

[bereft-of-frogs]

God. Another relatively minor thing that sucks about this whole situation is we’re going to have to fight to keep library doors open so my campaign to get my library to use literally any other app system for digital lending is going to have to be suspended until the whole system is not at risk of being completely defunded or heavily censored.

❌ this user is anti CloudLibrary and ComicsPlus

Truly terrible interfaces. This could have been a hill I’d die on to get us onto Libby and Hoopla but instead we’ll have to defend their existence and all of their vital programming around new residents smh

[mattodomphoto]

Embrace Your Inner Nerd!👍😉 #portraitmood #portrait #portraitphotography #photographylife #environmentalportrait #photographer #photo #photography #comicstore #comicsplus #teamcanon #canon #5d #college #postmoreportraits #postthepeople #georgiaphotographer #gamer #nerdsrule #settherules #DC #lantern #infinitygauntlet #canonusa #makeportaits #portraitphotography

[youtwitinmyface]

RADIO FREE AMERIKA #2

CHAPTER 2: HOMECOMING Writer/Creator/Penciller B. ROBERT BELL Co-Writer ROBERT JEFFREY II Inks DON HILLSMAN II Colors LEXINGTON WOLFCRAFT

Picking up from the blockbuster first issue, we get a glimpse of what life is like for the citizens living in a Russia/China-occupied America. Russian drones are bombing Ohio, and the mainstream media is strictly controlled by communist regime, to block any…

[dragoninthestars]

On the topic of breaking away from subscriptions Libby, Hoopla, and Kanopy are all free with your local library card.

Libby- Books, audiobook, graphic novels

Hoopla- Audiobooks, books, movies

Kanopy- Movies, documentaries, TV shows

Also you can just go to your actual library and check out physical materials for an even wider selection

Libby, Hoopla, and Kanopy are the most common resources. Your library may also give access to:

indieflix- films from around the world

Freegal Music- music streaming

Classica- classical music, ballets, and operas

New York Times- The New York Times newspaper

Qello Concerts- Music concerts and documentaries

Wall Street Journal- The Wall Streel Journal

Tumblebooks- children's books

TeenBookCloud- teen ebooks, graphic novels, and audio books

ComicsPlus- Comics and graphic novels

ProQuest- Scholarly articles and dissertations

TeachingBooks- books and audiobooks

Flipster- magazines

And that's of course not talking about all the other resources your library has to help you with all manner of things from filing your taxes to repairing your car, to proctoring your exams. That's on top of the resources they have for lifelong learning. CreativeBug, Mango, and the Great Courses Collection are there to be used, for free. The only subscription you need is a library card.

Alright tag game time =)

Im mounting a boycott on my account to defund billionaires, and im starting this tag game to have some fun with it!

Spread the word of this post!

Reblog to get one cupcake 🧁

Reblog and tag 3 people to get 2 cupcakes 🧁🧁

Reblog and tag 5 people to get a cupcake and ice cream 🍦🧁

Reblog and tag 10 people to get cake and ice cream 🍰🍨

Reblog and tag 13 people to get popcorn, ice cream, and a cookie🍿🍦🍪

Reblog and tag 15 people to get watermelon, pizza, and cake 🍉🍕🍰

Reblog and tag 20 people to get a donut and boba 🍩🧋

Reblog and tag 25 people to get waffles, pancakes 🧇🥞

Reblog and tag 30 people to get bread, cheese, milk, and chocolate

Reblog and tag 40 people to get a customized four course emoji meal! 🍜☕️🧃🥪🌭🍕🍚 🍰🧁🎂🍪

Reblog and tag 50 people to get a cornucopia 🎉🍏🍉🍓🍇🍒🌽🍌🫒🌶️🥕🍠🥐🥨🥖🍳🧇🥓🧀🥞🍔🥪🌯🥙🍟🍕🌮🥘🍝🫕🍜🍨🍦🍧🧁🍰🎂🍿🍫🍬🍭🍩🫘🍪🌰☕️🧋🥤🧃🥛🍾

Post the purple image above on your irl instagram story (yeah I know meta is bad but it also doesn’t cost money so I feel like it’s a valid place to use for activism) to claim cake and pretzels 🥨🥨🥨🥨🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁

Post the image on your Instagram story as an add-yours template to claim pretzels, chocolate, donuts, and oranges 🥨🥨🥨🥨🥨🍫🍫🍫🍫🍩🍩🍩🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊

Reblog this post with a personal story about how you’ve personally begun boycotting corporations to claim baguettes, fried eggs, and bacon 🥖🥖🥖🥖🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓

Make your own version of this food game or start making your own posts about the boycott to claim every food emoji in my phone and also literally my gratitude forever 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍋‍🟩🍌🍉🍇🍓🫐🍈🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥝🍅🍆🥑🫛🥦🥬🥒🌶️🫑🌽🥕🫒🧄🧅🥔🍠🫚🥐🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🥚🍳🧈🥞🧇🥓🥩🍗🍖🦴🌭🍔🍟🍕🫓🥪🥙🧆🌮🌯🫔🥗🥘🫕🥫🍝🍜🍲🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍤🍙🍚🍘🍥🥠🥮🍢🍡🍧🍨🍦🥧🧁🍰🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🍿🍩🍪🌰🥜🫘🍯🥛🫖☕️🍵🧃🥤🧋🍶🧉🍾🥣🥡🧂

If you reblog and mention that you follow me/have liked multiple posts of mine you also get burritos and tacos! 🌯🌮

This is focused on social activism, it’s not just for fun. Please help with the boycott if you can, but no hate to anyone who needs to buy whatever they have to in order to survive, I understand you guys :)

[theobsidianperspective]

Halloween in Japan: My 2019 Review

Halloween in Japan: My 2019 Review

I never cared much for Halloween before becoming a father. For me, Halloween has always been the holiday devoid of a proper day off. But with children, I’m obligated to join in the festivities. And honestly, I’m enjoying it.

Halloween is a big deal in Japan.

My daughter’s day care was decked out in Halloween decor for…

[leevandam]

My buddy, Vigilante D just uploaded another set of me playing with some of the local guys. I'm not exactly sure when this happened, but I'm happy to watch some more footage of my Lee in action to see where I can improve.

[thedeaditeslayer]

INTERVIEW: The creative team behind DEATH TO THE ARMY OF DARKNESS chats about making multiple Ashes.

Ash Williams is a larger-than-life character, but is the world ready for more than one of him? Readers are going to find out in Death to the Army of Darkness #1 from Dynamite Comics. Taking place just after the Army of Darkness movie, a bad translation of the Necronomicon is at the heart of the problem, leading to versions of Ash such as the female Ashley Williams, the erratic Lil’ Ash, Dash aka Doggie Ash, Skeleton Ash, and Chainy, Ash’s now sentient chainsaw.

At the helm are writer Ryan Parrott (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Batman: Gates of Gotham) and artist Jacob Edgar (Savage Tales: Red Sonja), with colorist Kike J. Diaz (Sherlock Frankenstein, Ether) and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Red Sonja, Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt) completing the creative team.

The Beat chatted with Parrott and Edgar about the upcoming comedy-horror book.

Deanna Destito: What inspired the premise of this new series?

Ryan Parrott: My editor, Nathan Cosby, actually called me up one day. He’d read some of my work on Power Rangers and was tossing around the idea of doing a “Team Ash” book. Ash is such an iconic character and I loved the idea of trying to surround him with his own team of misfits. At first, we talked about it being Ashes from other realities, but we realized there was already a precedent set for clones and dopplegangers with “Evil Ash” from “Army of Darkness.” And character-wise, we started to really gravitate toward forcing Ash to come face-to-face with different parts of his own personality and it slowly started turning into a story about responsibility and what it means to be “The Chosen One.”

Destito: How big of an Army of Darkness fan are you?

Parrott: Have I read Bruce Campbell’s autobiography If Chins Could Kill? Yes, I have. Have I been playing exclusively with “Ash” for over a year on the horror game, Dead By Daylight? Yes, I have. I actually saw the trilogy backwards in college because of a friend and, I will argue that to this day, there is no better horror hero than “Ash.” Being able to put words in his mouth and add a brick to the legacy wall of a character I love is an insane pleasure.

Jacob Edgar: I came to it late. Right when I took on this project, if I’m being honest. I’ve been familiar with the franchise for a long time, I had seen a lot of Bruce Campbell’s other work (can we do a Brisco County Jr comic next??) but not Evil Dead and Army of Darkness. So immediately after signing on I got to dive in and binge the movies, the Starz show…it’s been a blast. I don’t have the history with it that Ryan does, but I loved it immediately.

Destito: Where does this fall in the mythology and can new fans jump in easily?

Parrott: My approach to nearly every comic series is to try and make it accessible to both hardcore and casual fans alike. And since you can’t guarantee everyone has seen every movie or read every comic series beforehand, I built this story so a person could pick up the first issue only knowing that Ash was the hero of Army of Darkness. Now, since I’m also a fan, there are definitely elements and Easter Eggs for people who are paying attention… but this one is its own story that simply takes place in the world of Army of Darkness.

Destito: Do you find it easier or harder to illustrate something so well known and played by such a distinct, animated actor like Bruce Campbell?

Edgar: I think it’s easier in a lot of ways. Ash as a character is already built for me, that work is done. I know what he wears, I know what he drives, I know what kind of guy he is which informs set design and character acting. I love Bruce Campbell, and I love how expressive Ash is. That’s definitely something I’m trying to translate into our book.

Destito: What was your process for designing each Ash?

Edgar: For Ash himself, I wasn’t ever interested in trying to make a realistic depiction of Bruce Campbell. I don’t think my style lends to that, but also…you really have to nail that EVERY panel, or the panels that are off are going to take the reader out of it. The other thing I wanted to be conscious of was not exaggerating his chin too much, or his build. I think that’s a pitfall sometimes. Ash is fairly fit, but he’s not Batman.

When it came to Ashley, I really wanted her to have a unique look of her own. Reminiscent of Ash, but with some twists. And those twists were never going to be cleavage and booty shorts, which is another pitfall for something like this. Ashley is probably the most tactical and dangerous of the bunch, that’s what needed to come across.

The others are pretty straightforward. Dash is a Boxer dog and we gave him a blue bandana to echo Ash’s shirts. Bones is based on that famous Evil Dead 2 poster, the skeleton with eyes. But I’m getting to add costuming to him in issue #2, which is making him much more fun (and easier to draw!). Then we’ve got Lil Ash who is an exaggerated and extra crazy version of the Ash gremlins from Army of Darkness. I hope readers will love all these weirdos as much as we do.

Destito: How has it been working with the creative team to bring the series to life?

Edgar: This has been especially fun for me because it’s my first time doing multiple issues of something. Ryan’s scripts are a blast to draw and Kike is going to be a superstar colorist, I love the energy he’s bringing. Hassan is one of the best letterers around and I just hope I don’t make his job harder than it has to be. Nate’s been my editor since 2017 and he always gets the best out of everyone, we’re in great hands.

Destito: Of the Ashes, which clone is your favorite?

Parrott: Oh man. I have to tell you which one of my kids is the favorite? This won’t come back to bite me. Oddly enough, it has kinda depended on which issue I’m writing. In the second issue, it was Ashley, Ash’s feminine side because I loved that she wasn’t afraid to call Ash on his tricks. In the third issue, it was Dash, the dog version of Ash, because he started to become the leader, but in the fourth, it became Bones, the walking Skeleton version of Ash, because I started to realize just how in over his head he felt, and that was fun to write. Maybe that’s me dodging your question… but I like the voices of all the characters, it feels almost unfair to choose.

Edgar: At first I was telling everyone Dash, the dog. Because dogs are always best. But I’m really starting to love Bones, the cowardly skeleton. His character is so different from everyone and everything else, he’s really fun to play with.

Destito: What can fans expect in future issues?

Parrott: I think if you love Army of Darkness as much as I do, well… I tried to put in all the hallmarks of the series: Action, adventure, horror and humor. We’ll have Deadite possessions and chainsaw decapitations, and it wouldn’t be complete without a little time travel. For hardcore fans, we’ll get into some of the reasons behind the creation of the Necronomicon Ex Mortis and even the philosophy behind the Deadites themselves. Hopefully, if people like it… this will be the first step into some epic mythological Army of Darkness storytelling, because… we have plans… but if not, I hope people will be happy with a lot of blood, guts and boomsticks.

Death to the Army of Darkness #1 can be preordered at your local comic shop this month. The issue hits shelves in February. For digital, head over to Comixology, Kindle, iBooks, Google Play, Dynamite Digital, ComicsPlus, and more.

[bluefuturismcyberpunkegg]

You can read the first two volumes if your library Is afiliated to cómic plus

https://comicsplusapp.com/comicsplus-for-public-libraries/

Radiant Black Rundown

(aka: Nadia is going to make a rec post for something that isn't Spider-Man or Spider-Man adjacent for once)

(aka "Please read Radiant Black")

(Radiant Black #10)

This is all subjective, obviously, but for me...

Positives:

All the characters are adults, ranging from their 20s (Eva), to 30s (Nathan, Marshall, Satomi), to 50s or 60s (Wendell)

The characters are specific. They have specific personalities, backgrounds, priorities and expertise. They are people with emotions and flaws and lives.

The main characters (Nathan and Marshall) are codependent vaguely homoerotic best friends with a slightly imbalanced dedication to one another (unrequited love?), plus some jealousy (drama!)

Despite occasional clunkiness, does a decent job at mixing humor and seriousness, angst, drama, etc. "Are you an angel?" "No, ma'am, I'm a millennial" did make me laugh.

Diverse characters and creators: Some co-writers include (but are not limited to) Cherish Chen, Melissa Flores, streamer Meghan Camarena, and Chicago local Laurence Holmes, and they're all very skilled at collaborating with each other and with Kyle to breathe life into the characters and their motivations.

And all of the Radiants are brunettes! (lol)

Not a lot of crossovers (basically none) despite being part of a larger universe (the Massive-verse), and not a ton of issue hopscotch (still some).

The stakes are often very personal (most of the time). These characters may have to save the world but they're also all kind of fuck-ups in some way, and are still mostly dealing with their personal and private lives and loved ones, which grounds it.

"Officially," only Eva is queer (afaik) but to me, Marshall also reads as pretty strongly gay or bi-coded, and Satomi gives off some kind of gender thing (to me). With a mix of actual queer WLW/lesbian romance in Radiant Pink and some interesting subtext in the main Radiant Black comics, plus whatever Radiant Red's got going on, I think there's a lot to sink your teeth into in that regard, or at least to go "AUGH" about LOL

Also there's real cool art—

(Radiant Black #17)

(Radiant Black #10)

(RB #10 again — issue 10 whips ass, okay? I have the UV-reactive fluorescent ink printing of this issue... and I don't own a blacklight, unfortunately 😂)

(Costa is the main artist for all of the above panels, with colors by Triona Farrell (#17) and Igor Monti (#10), but I'm a big fan of Ferigato's pencils on the Marshall-focused issues too, plus Lafuente and Muerto's work in Radiant Red is killerrrrrr)

Neutrals:

All the Radiants' eye markings are animated/emotive (except Yellow). Personally, I'm mixed on expressive masks and helmets. (Big shock, I know 😂) I don't dislike the animated eyes, and I get why they're useful, but I prefer the less animated helmet "faces" so far.

Cosmic world-saving stuff — If you know me, you know I tend to prefer street-level superhero stuff, but I think the high-stakes action works in Radiant Black because it's still grounded in the personal and still has that street-level element, so I'm not too bothered by this. (I also like sci-fi, which helps)

Negatives:

Some people over-emphasize just how groundbreaking and different Radiant Black actually is. Like I get it, hype it up, but sometimes it is a little funny to be like "this has never been done before!" and it's like, idk about that 😂

Occasionally it does lean a little into referential humor and quips, but it's got plenty of actually funny jokes, and the dialogue flows naturally most of the time and isn't just a vessel for snappy one-liners, thank God. But if you're like me, sometimes you may roll your eyes.

It takes some time to find its feet (imo), but even then it's still generally engaging. To me, issues 9 and 10 are where it really hits its stride and not long after that is where it takes off running.

There is some issue/series hopping — While there's not a ton of issue hopping, there are some minor details that make more sense if you have read some of the auxiliary issues/miniseries. Luckily, it's not a huge amount of reading.

Prison is where you go to atone 🤡 I didn't like it in Spider-Man: Redemption and I don't like it here lol but Eva seemed unimpressed in volume 4, so I'm hoping it'll have some nuance as I catch up.

Wonky numbering. It's not too bad (and if you read the trade paperbacks, it's a non-issue) but there is a plot thing that happens that means all the issues after #24 (until #30 and #30.5, afaik) have special numbering

(Radiant Black #11)

Radiant Reading List:

Note: here is a really great, in-depth, incredibly precise Massive-verse reading list put together by a fan — It has issue-by-issue and page-by-page instructions for the real chronology sickos out there, and is just a generally fantastic resource/timeline reference.

But here is my personal (way less precise) reading list for Radiant Black plus its auxiliaries, minus all the other stuff:

Radiant Black v. 1 (#1-6)

Radiant Black v. 2 (#7-12)*

Shift #1-4 (not #5)*

Radiant Red (#1-5)*

Supermassive (2022)**

Radiant Black v. 3 (#13-18)

Radiant Black v. 4 (#19-24)

Radiant Pink (#1-5)***

Supermassive (2023)

Radiant Black v. 5 (#25-27.5)

Radiant Black v. 6 (#28-30.5) (issues #30 and #30.5 will be out in October 2024, so volume 6 tpb probably not until the holidays if I had to guess... unfortunately for me 😂)

Shift #5****

Supermassive (2024)****

Notes:

*Okay, so.... parts of Shift and Radiant Red technically occur simultaneously w/ each other and also overlap some w/ Radiant Black #9 and #10, so you probably actually want to stop at Radiant Black #9, then do Shift and Radiant Red, and then return to Radiant Black at #10, but in my opinion, all that really matters is you read Shift before Radiant Red, whether you slot them between Radiant Black issues 9 and 10, or just read whole trades at a time, whichever you find more practical or convenient. I... did both lol

That being said: don't read Shift #5 until… later, as it was a very recent addition for the Shift collected edition and takes place significantly later in the main plot.

**Supermassive 2022 is a pretty simple single issue crossover mini-event/annual with Inferno Girl Red and Rogue Sun, and doesn't really require reading the others' stories nor does it really affect any real plot, but it does offer a tiny bit of context to Radiant Black's main storyline that I found kind of crucial lol — like is it Necessary? No. Does it clarify one (1) little detail? Yes.

***Radiant Pink can probably be read at any point after Radiant Black issue #12, but I happen to be reading it in this order lol

****The in-depth Massive-verse reading guide I linked earlier says to read Shift #5 in the middle of Radiant Black #28.5 and Supermassive 2024 between Radiant Black #29.5 and #30, so ideally... during volume 6, but since 30 and 30.5 aren't even out yet... well. Good luck!

After 30.5 is out I believe the Radiant Black team will be taking a hiatus iirc, which is reasonable.

There is not yet a Radiant Yellow mini, and idk when one will be released. There have been a couple of delays in the Massive-verse over the past year or so, for a variety of reasons (it's massive!), and I'm guessing Yellow's solo got pushed back. Hopefully it will be out sooner rather than later but we'll see! Obviously the teams creating all of this have been working their asses off so, you know, it happens LOL

Personally I'm subscribed to Kyle's newsletter, which is probably one of the best ways to get updates. It can and often does contain spoilers, but you can do what I do and just scroll really fast past them lol

In practice you can just mainline Radiant Black and ignore everything else and be fine, but I think the other Radiants, Shift and Supermassive offer useful context as far as character motivation and juicy stuff like that goes— Especially since Shift deals with the origins of multiple antagonists, and Radiant Red has some main plot implications for Satomi. Useful to know, etc.

Anyway. That got long, but hopefully not too long to be useful.

Stay Radiant ⦵

(Radiant Red #3)

[theanimeview]

Anime Expo Lite (Anime Expo 2020) - Manga for Everyone from TOKYOPOP

2:10 PM - 2:55 PM (PDT) | Channel 2 | Friday 3 July 2020

Panel Description: TOKYOPOP has been bringing manga to the world for over twenty years. With titles for kids, teens, adults, and ongoing initiatives to highlight LGBTQ+ stories and titles by women and people of color, our core belief is that manga is for everyone!

Manga That Matters

This panel was recorded in June 2020. Some works they hope to highlight right now are comics and manga from POC creators. Some works they’d like to highlight here: 

Digital First

TOKYOPOP is advertising its app, POP, which is free to download on app stores. TOKYOPOP is also pushing more and more for digital versions publishing first. Downloadable platforms TOKYOPOP is working with include Amazon’s Kindle, ComiXology, GooglePlay, iBooks, and Barnes & Noble’s NOOK. 

TOKYOPOP is also working with different subscription platforms. You can see their work on KindleUnlimited, Mangamo, hoopla, Webtoons, SCRIBD, ComicsPLUS, Rakuten OverDrive, Izneo, and Graphite. 

LOVE x LOVE 

LOVE x LOVE is a new imprint of TOKYOPOP. The imprint features romances of all kinds--yaoi, yuri, shoujo and josei! You can read more about the new imprint here [https://yurimother.com/post/611069888365314048] and here [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-25/tokyopop-announces-love-x-love-romance-imprint/.156826]

Some titles to look forward to include:

DEKO-BOKO SUGAR DAYS

Still Sick

Don’t Call Me Dirty

Don’t Call Me Daddy

There Are Things I Can’t Tell You

Koimonogatari: Love Stories

Scarlet Soul

No Vampire No Happy Endings

See their full list of releases here: https://www.tokyopop.com/love-x-love. 

International Women of Manga

The International Women of Manga is an initiative the TOKYOPOP team is passionate about. They’ve licensed new titles from all over the world like Caly’s Breath of Flowers (a French work) and Deep Scar by Rossella Sergi (an Italian work).

Disney Manga

Some new releases in the Disney Manga field from TOKYOPOP include: 

Kilala Princess: Mulan - a full-color publication. 

Zero’s Journey: Ultimate Manga Edition - A new Nightmare Before Christmas story!

Descendants Series- a full-color series

Other New Titles / Announcements*

Parham Itan: Tales From Beyond - a new horror title

A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation - isekai title

The Fox & Little Tanuki

Bibi & Miyu - an adapted German series

Aria: The Masterpiece 

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Roselia Stage 

Ossan Idol!

Kami-sama and the Flightless Messenger

Bakeneko Katatte Soro

Kusattemo Ani - a comedy we at TAV are looking forward to!

*Important Note: The names may change before release. 

To see more of their new titles, check out the TOKYOPOP website (at https://www.tokyopop.com)!

[mattelektras]

Hey jess! I believe you have said that you use comic book reader and get comics to download comics online and I was wondering if there’s any similar apps for phones/tablets just bc it’s kind of hard to read on my laptop for me lol, thank you!! I love you and your blog so much!!

i don't use any on my phone so i can't vouch for these but some that I've found!!!! comicsplus, madefire, comiczeal (ios only). one i CAN vouch for is yac reader which i use the mac version of, but they also do a mobile version here (only ios again i think)