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Vamplets: The Undead Pet Society Vol 3

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Watch the Astroneer: Countdown trailer!

Watch the Astroneer: Countdown trailer! #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel #astroneer

For fans of the hugely successful Astroneer videogame, comes an all-new, all-ages adventure set in developer System Era’s universe! Inside each graphic novel, readers can redeem a unique, exclusive cosmetic game code! When bored Astroneer Seven plucks a mysterious crystal from the planet Boreas, he is catapulted across time and space! By taking the crystal, the very fabric of the planet starts…

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NYCC: Dwonch, Balboni + Faccini team up on ‘Banshees’

The new series from Scout Comics arrives in stores in February.

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WRITERS BLOCK 111: Rylend and David chat with Jenny Zero writer Dave Dwonch about what makes a contract “good” and what traditional comic publishers may or may not have to offer creators these days. Also… Rylend and Dave kind of finally talk about the thing that everyone has really wanted them to talk about for a long while but maybe haven’t quite until now.

Available on Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Samsung Podcasts, and more!

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What’s Out This Week? 2/22

This week is super special, Fantom Fam, because our very own Raven’s in a ding-dang book!

Godfell #1 - Christopher Sebela, Ben Hennessy, & Triona Farrell (and Raven on edits!)

One sunny day in the land of Kerethim, God falls dead from the sky. The impact sends out shockwaves that draw in royal families at war, shadowy creatures of the dark, and armies of the dispossessed, all coming to lay claim to parts of God's body. Into this power struggle wanders Zanzi Vuiline, a soldier and berserker trying to get home from a years-long war. Forced to fight her way through the strange landscapes in and on God's corpse, from the soles of its feet through the top of its head, Zanzi will acquire a mysterious traveling companion on her own pilgrimage.

Assorted Entanglements GN Vol 1 -  Mikanuji

Discover a variety of stories about women's love, starting with Iori: twenty-eight-year-old office worker who sets out to drown her love and job sorrows in booze. When she wakes up next to someone, she can't believe her partner was Minami, a worker at the bar who doesn't want to forget what they have!

Banshees #1 (of 5) - Dave Dwonch, Jessica Balboni, Riccardo Facinni & Tim Daniel

Emily is entering her first year of college and looking to reinvent herself after the loss of her best friend. But when she discovers the terrible history of her dormitory, she channels her guilt into a new obsession: discovering the truth about The Lion, a serial killer that stalked her college campus for nearly a decade. But old ghosts can lay dormant for only so long...

Blue Book #1 (of 5) -  James Tynion IV, Michael Avon Oeming, & Klaus Janson 

From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning cocreators of Something is Killing the Children, The Nice House on the Lake, The Department of Truth, and Powers comes this ambitious, nonfiction comic book experience depicting true stories of UFO abductions with an eye to capturing the strange essence of those encounters. In this debut issue, Tynion presents what he calls his "True Weird" stories. Tales of ordinary people encountering the strange and the impossible. Teaming with artist Michael Avon Oeming, they retell some of the most popular UFO and alien encounter accounts starting with the infamous Betty and Barney Hill abduction-the widely publicized and very first abduction that went on to shape and influence all future encounter stories.  

Choujin X GN Vol 1 -  Sui Ishida

Best friends Tokio and Azuma do everything together, even if most of the time it feels like Tokio is just stumbling along in Azuma's cooler, more talented footsteps. But when they're attacked one night by a superhuman mutant called a choujin, Tokio finally has a chance to shine-by turning into a choujin himself!

A First Time For Everything GN -  Dan Santat

Dan's always been a good kid. But being a good kid doesn't stop him from being bullied and feeling like he's invisible, which is why he has low expectations when his parents send him on a class trip to Europe. At first, he's right. Stuck with the same girls from his middle school who love to make fun of him, Dan doesn't know why his teacher insisted he come on this trip. But as he travels through France, Germany, Switzerland, and England, a series of first experiences begin to change him-first Fanta, first fondue, first time stealing a bike from German punk rockers... and first love. Funny, heartwarming, and poignant, A First Time for Everything is a feel-good coming-of-age memoir based on New York Times-bestselling author and Caldecott Medal winner Dan Santat's awkward middle school years.

The Flower That Seems To Truly Dance GN - Saki Tsukahara

"No one can know about these feelings. But at least I can think of you while I dance." It's the 16th year of the Showa era (1941), and Soutarou Kuramoto, the son of a distinguished family, is returning from his studies abroad with something on his mind. As a child, he told his best friend, Haroumi Asuma, "I hate the way you dance".Determined to apologize, he visits Haroumi, but the young man - now a renowned dancer - deftly avoids him. Or perhaps there's another reason why he won't meet with Shoutarou?

Godzilla Rivals: Round One TP - Paul Allor, E. J. Su, Mary Kenney, SL Gallant, Adam Gorham, Rosie Knight, & Oliver Ono

Epic monster battles featuring some of Godzilla's fiercest rivals: Hedorah, Mothra, King Ghidorah, and Battra! Each story is an all-out, knockdown Kaiju brawl.

First, Godzilla and Hedorah smash their way through New York City while the search for the only scientist who can stop the chaos goes on in the streets below. Then, Mothra, the ancient and beautiful guardian of nature and humanity, is trapped in Lake Ikeda, but when one Kaiju awakens, Godzilla is close behind.   When Mars invades Earth, Godzilla surfaces from Tokyo Bay and is pulled into battle with the flying saucers. Captured and taken by the Martians, Godzilla is forced to fight in a gladiatorial arena, where the King of the Monsters faces its biggest challenge yet: King Ghidorah. In the finale, at a quiet beachside town ravaged by constant sewage spillages and toxic waste dumps, something is stirring. Deep under the rolling hills that surround Hackney-on-Sea, Battra is awakening, driven by a single goal: to destroy mankind and save planet Earth.

Golden Record One-Shot -  Rosemary Valero-O'Connell

A bilingual English/Spanish poetry magazine and autofiction chapbook lusciously written and illustrated by award-winning graphic novelist Rosemary Valero-O'Connell. An amalgamation of words and images brought together to become more than the sum of their parts, exploring the body as the site and host of all pleasure and pain.

The Great Cleric GN Vol 1 -  Broccoli Lion & Hiiro Akikaze

After his untimely death as the hardest-working salary man in Japan, Luciel is reincarnated into the magical fantasy world Galdardia. Always the man with a plan, he recreates himself to be a healer, and sets about making his way in the world. But while Luciel knows a thing or two about making money, he knows absolutely nothing about Galdardia. All Luciel knows is, he's got a tough road (and a lot of long days) ahead...!

Irmina GN - Barbara Yelin

In the mid-1930s, Irmina, an ambitious young German, moves to London. At a cocktail party, she meets Howard Green, one of the first black students at Oxford, who, like Irmina, is working towards an independent existence. However, their relationship comes to an abrupt end when Irmina, constrained by the political situation in Hitler's Germany, is forced to return home. As war approaches and her contact with Howard is broken, it becomes clear to Irmina that prosperity will only be possible through the betrayal of her ideals. Based on a true story, this moving and perceptive graphic novel perfectly conjures the oppressive atmosphere of wartime Germany, reflecting with compassion and intelligence on the complicity that results from the choice, conscious or otherwise, to look away.

Liquid Kill #1 (of 6) -  Max Hoven, Aaron Crow, Gabriel Iumazark & Toni Infante

For the staff and clientele of a mysterious island hotel, it's just another night of luxury and vice until members of Liquid Kill (a notoriously violent, all-female militia), lay siege. Demanding compliance or death as they gather intelligence, the adrenaline quickly floods the halls as the team eliminates all threats with ease in their search for their kidnapped leader. That is until something is unleashed... something hungry. If there's anyone prepared for the evils on the island, it's these fearless killers, but when the undaunted begin to falter, their foe must be truly monstrous.

Local Man #1 - Tim Seeley & Tony Fleecs

 Once the star recruit of the media sensation super-team THIRD GEN, JACK XAVER had it all. But when controversy sends CROSSJACK crawling back to his mom and dad's basement in the Midwest, Jack struggles to fit into a world he left far behind. And then the bodies start piling up.

The Lonesome Hunters TP -  Tyler Crook

An old and out-of-practice monster hunter in hiding crosses paths with a young girl that forces him to confront these chaotic creatures. As the beasts invade their tenement they set off on a supernatural road trip to stop these ancient evils in a story that explores the ways that youth informs adulthood and how early traumas can haunt us in old age.

Mermaid Scales & The Town Of Sand GN - Yoko Komori

Everyone but Tokiko denies the existence of merpeople, and yet the townspeople hold a festival every year to honor them. Can she solve the mystery of what is real and what is fantasy? And learn to live with the truth? When Tokiko's parents break up, she and her father move from the bustling city to a sleepy coastal town to live with her grandmother. Starting sixth grade in a new school where everyone has known each other their whole life isn't easy... Things start to look up when local boy Narumi, another outsider, wants to be friends! But then strange memories start to surface. Swimming in the ocean... Drowning... Getting saved by... ...a merman?

Moriarty: Clockwork Empire #1 -  Frederic Duval, Stevan Subic & Lenka Simeckova

In a London opium den, a monster is killed by the police with seven bullets to the body. At the Diogenes club, an investigator and his partner thwart the Machiavellian plans of a card-playing automaton, and that evening the monster's alter ego will come out of the hospital unscathed... and Holmes and Watson are on the case!

Never Satisfied GN Vol 1 - Taylor Robin

The full-color, critically acclaimed graphic novel series that started as a webcomic! In a seaside city flanked by towering statues, a diverse group of magicians live and work with their familiars-animal companions unique to themselves. To young magicians, there is one job coveted more than any: representative champion of their city. Lucy Marlowe is a non-binary apprentice out to prove themself to an apathetic master. The other apprentice magicians reach out to Lucy and each other, but as the competition heats up, it's unclear if friendship can bloom when they are all pitted against each other. Can anybody truly understand anyone else? And at what cost does glory come?

The Princess Of Convenient Plot Devices GN Vol 1 - Mamecyoro & Kazusa Yoneda

Stepping into the world of your favorite book might sound like a dream come true, but for Maki Tazawa, this very opportunity presents a unique challenge. A passionate lover of BL novels in her previous life, Maki now gets to spend her days as princess Octavia, and enjoy the company of her favorite fictional couple-her brother, the crown prince Sirius, and his lover Lord Sil. But two men can't produce an heir! As the story goes, in order to solve the problem of succession, princess Octavia agrees to a political marriage and offers up her own child to the throne. But this Octavia can't accept such an unfair fate! So what if she lives in a BL novel? Her OTP achieved true love and she's determined to do the same!

Project Nought HC -  Chelsey Furedi Ren Mittal's last memory in the year 1996 is getting on a bus to visit his mystery pen pal, Georgia. When he wakes up in 2122, he thinks he might be hallucinating... he's not! Tech conglomerate Chronotech sponsors a time-travel program to help students in 2122 learn what history was really like... from real-life subjects who've been transported into the future...and Ren is one of them. In 2122, Ren's life in the 1990s is practically ancient history-and Ren's not sure how to feel about that. On top of it all, he learns that his memory will be wiped of all things 2122 before he's sent back to the '90s. Adding to Ren's complicated feels, he's forming a crush on his student guide, Mars. And when he crosses paths with the absolute last person he expected to see in the future, he has a bigger problem on his hands: what if Chronotech isn't the benevolent organization they claim to be, and he and his fellow subjects are in great danger?

Rituals One-Shot -  Nicole Goux

In lush illustrations, artist Nicole Goux captures the sacred rites of getting ready to go out: the quiet before the party, the anticipation before the date, and the spiritual creation of self in the safe space of your inner sanctuary.  

Scramblues GN - Mame March

Kurosaki is the designer in charge of the CD jacket design for the powerhouse musician Eddie.As he sees beyond Eddie's surly exterior and catches a glimpse of the man beneath the affectation, he begins to think about the message and emotions that Eddie tries to convey through his music. And at that moment, Kurosaki realizes that Eddie's voice is the thing to guide him on his course. But how can he communicate what he truly feels?

Sins Of The Black Flamingo TP -  Andrew Wheeler, Travis Moore, Tamra Bonvillain & Aditya Bidikar

OCCULT NOIR. MIAMI SLEAZE. Sebastian Harlow is the Black Flamingo, a flamboyant and narcissistic thief who gets his kicks stealing mystic artifacts from the wealthy and corrupt of Miami's occult underground. When his latest job leads him to his biggest score so far, the hedonistic outlaw discovers something he wasn't looking for-something to believe in.

The Snake Who Loved A Sparrow GN  -  Nna Natsuo

In a world where forest creatures can take human form, a member of the sparrow clan, Komazu, is one day saved from a boar stampede by a cold but eye-catching white snake named Shiratoh. Dealing with both animal problems (fear of predation by their common enemy, the eagle), and human problems (class differences, loneliness, and prejudice), these two boys learn to overcome the difficulties that come their way through an open mind and heart.

Sotus GN Vol 1 - BitterSweet (A) Kei

SOTUS is an educational system in which upperclassmen impose "trials" upon underclassmen. Arthit, leader of the engineering seniors, plans to put his new juniors through a harsh training regimen to earn the symbol of their major-the gear. However, a first-year named Kongpob causes new headaches for Arthit when he declares he'll snatch the gear from him: "I'll make you my wife!"

Star Wars: The Nameless Terror #1 (of 4) - George Mann (A) Eduardo Mello, Ornella Savarese 

Even in the shining light of the High Republic, there are shadows lurking in the galaxy. A Jedi mission to the planet Dalna suddenly comes under attack by unknown assailants. As the knights retreat to an ancient structure, it quickly becomes clear that they are far from safe. Something evil stalks the ruins, a ruthless predator, an unknown terror, a Nameless Fear!

Sweet Poolside GN - Shuzo Oshimi

From the creator of Blood on the Tracks, Shuzo Oshimi. A charming story of two middle-schoolers that have a close shave with love! Two middle school swimming club students have problems on opposite ends of the spectrum: Toshihiko Ota is troubled by hairlessness and bullied by his peers, while Ayako Goto garners attention for being too hairy. One day Ayako approaches Toshihiko with a crazy request-will he shave her body hair for her? A perfect example of Oshimi's unique blend of the sweet and the perverse, this is ultimately an innocent, charming love story.

This week is JAM-PACKED with goodness, so whatcha scooping up, Fantomites?

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Comics Review: 'Jenny Zero' TPB #2: Homeland Insecurities

Jenny Zero TPB #2: Homeland Insecurities by Brockton McKinney, Magenta King, Arnaldo Robles, Geraldo Filho, Dave Dwonch

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adventure

coming of age

giant monster

kaiju

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superhero

My Rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Action Science Police is still stocked with a bunch of assholes. Monsters, the jigokai still roam the planet. And Jenny Tetsuo is still a giant mess. JENNY ZERO v2 picks up the action, the mayhem, and the hysterics without missing a beat.

Except, of course, this volume pivots around back stories full of tears and regret. On the face of things, Jenny agrees to tag team with the fools of the ASP with the goal of stopping some massive "overking" monster from awakening. But as luck would have it, or not, the ASP's Director Santo has her own plans for General Fujimoto and the infamous "Jenny Zero." The ASP is the world's foremost organization designed to assess and eliminate high-level threats; it has the tech, the personnel, and the brains. And that's kind of a problem. Will Jenny and her pals figure identify this "problem" before it's too late? The hive mind waits for no one.

JENNY ZERO v2 is less visually and narratively chaotic than the first volume, but still contains solid amounts of delightfully inappropriate humor and gratuitous violence. Sounds like a win. Jenny's time in the mountains with Aiko has mellowed her out a bit (alcohol, yes, but no more drugs), and the young woman's date with destiny has her reckoning with her and her father's pasts more concretely than before. Jenny's assorted collisions with mind-control death cults, indestructible dark gods, and an awkward reunion with Alpha are par for the course.

The art is up to the challenge, too. Here, the coloring is less gratuitous and more amiable, relative to the previous volume. Instead of the creative team's infatuation with brightness and ferocious complementary colors, readers encounter a more consistent and theme-appropriate mixture of blues and purples that give the comic a saturated, mellow, dreamy look and feel. The end result works, and the comic is both fun and easy to read because of it.

Jenny is still a pain in the ass, but she's got Fujimoto and Dana Sheratin, her best pal, nearby to keep her (somewhat) in check. The story's deeper investment in the history of Jenny's father, as well a into Director Santo, lend the comic much-needed dimensionality beyond the tale of a sorrowful adult who refuses to grow up. For want of criticism, JENNY ZERO v2 definitely rushes the ending (e.g., super bad villain misses his time to shine), and the final chapter could well skirt a rather calamitous comic book trope (e.g., good characters with very bad luck), but here's to hoping Jenny remains as strong and complicated as ever.

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Review: Astroneer: Countdown Vol. 1

Writer: Dave Dwonch, Jeremy Lawson, David Pepose, Mia GoodwinStory/Editing: Mia GoodwinArtist: Xenia Pamfil, Jeremy Lawson, Eryk Donovan, Mia GoodwinLetterer: Mia GoodwinPublisher: Titan ComicsReleased: March 28, 2023Received: NetGalley Book Summary: Are you a fan of a game called Astroneer? Well, good news! There’s now a graphic novel portraying this exciting and sometimes humorous…

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Indie Comics Review: Jenny Zero #1

Indie Comics Review: Jenny Zero #1 @DarkHorseComics #JennyZero @davedwonch @BrocktnMckinney @magentaking MeganHuang5 #DCComicsNews #SupportIndieComics

Dark Horse Review: Jenny Zero #1 [Editor’s note: This review may contain spoilers.] Writers: Dave Dwonch and Brockton McKinney Artist: Magenta King Colors: Megan Huang Letters: Dave Dwonch Reviewer: Tony Farina Summary Meet Jenny Tetsuo, the hard drinkin’, hard partyin’ daughter of beloved superhero, Mega Commander Zero. After washing out as the military’s top Kaiju-killer, ”Jenny Zero” now…

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JENNY ZERO #1 review - Fish Cannon (Dwonch, McKinney, King, Huang) Dark Horse Comics

Out now is the 1st issue of @DarkHorseComics JENNY ZERO from @davedwonch, @BrocktnMckinney, @magentaking, @MeganHuang5, @BrettAIsrael, @DharthGators, Kathleen Barnett, & Ann Gray. Here's @DarrenShulman's review of the giant monster title. #ComicBookReview

Writers: Dave Dwonch and Brockton McKinneyArtist: Magenta KingColorist: Megan HuangEditor: Brett IsraelAssistant Editor: Sanjay DharawatDesigner: Kathleen BarnettDigital Art Technician: Ann Gray Thanks to Dark Horse Comics for the review copy! JENNY ZERO is set in a future where giant monsters plague the world. Jenny is the kind of alcohol and drug using protagonist that you would expect to be…

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Vamplets: The Nightmare Nursery Vol 2

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Preview: Astroneer Countdown

Astroneer Countdown preview. When bored Astroneer Seven plucks a mysterious crystal from the planet Boreas, he is catapulted across time and space! #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel

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Dark Horse announces ‘Jenny Zero’ for April

The ‘hard-drinking, hard-partying’ daughter of a superhero goes monster-hunting in April, by the creative team of Dave Dwonch, Brockton McKinney, Magenta King and Megan Huang.

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Jenny Zero #1 (of 4)

Jenny Zero #1 (of 4)

Jenny Zero comes form the team of Dave Dwonch (Cyrus Perkins and the Haunted Taxi Cab, Mind Palace), Brock McKinney (MAD Magazine, Full Moon Deadly Ten films), Megan Huang, and Magenta King and immediately invokes memories of Ultraman, Kaiju movies and everything in between thanks to the Action Science Police advert that opens the issue. We are then quickly introduced to Jenny Tetsuo, the…

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Fans of the beloved but short-lived TV series ‘Hannibal’ are getting more than they bargained for with new comic series, ‘Mind Palace,’ which will unite all of creator Bryan Fuller’s characters under one roof.

Comics creator Dave Dwonch (‘Cyrus Perkins and the Haunted Taxi Cab,’ ‘Infinite Seven’) has been a fan of Bryan Fuller’s for a LONG time. Since the debt of Fuller’s ‘Dead Like Me’ in 2003, Dwonch has been fascinated with the meteoric rise and quick demise of Fuller’s creations. From ‘Wonderfalls’ to ‘Pushing Daisies’ to ‘Hannibal,’ Bryan Fuller’s creations have been acclaimed by both critics and fans and garnered worldwide attention, only to be cancelled within three years. That’s where Dwonch comes in.

“It’s clear that Bryan poured his heart into every single project he’s worked on, and his genius is obviously there on the screen. I can only imagine how much it must have hurt losing any of these shows. You go through the grieving process and tuck the memories into your mind. That’s the real premise of Mind Palace,” Dwonch reveals.

[SPOLIERS:] Mind Palace takes place in Bryan Fuller’s subconscious mind. 

The Mind Palace is a place where Bryan has sequestered his creations away. He hasn’t forgotten them, just given them a new purpose as the caretakers of a bed and breakfast in the back of his brain, the “The Fuller House.” Imagine a world where Hannibal Lecter is the Executive Chef to Ned’s (Pushing Daisies) Pastry Chef, where actress Caroline Dhavernas’ Alana Bloom (Hannibal) andJaye Tyler (Wonderfalls) exist together. It’s a recipe for madness.

“Think of Mind Palace as Herman’s Head, but with 100% more murder,” Dwonch continues. “Some of these characters have been trapped in Bryan’s mind for years. It’s going to affect some of them in ways that are going to surprise readers. Things will get even more complicated as a certain someone comes to visit. We’ve got a lot of strange, scary things planned.”

Mind Palace launched on San Diego Comic Con Preview Night with the first complete chapter, and new pages are posted every Tuesday and Thursday. Dwonch and artist Santi Guillen have planned Season One to span an entire year and hope to continue into Season Two in mid-2019. Read the entire series for free at https://www.mindpalacecomic.com and help keep the dream alive by donating to their Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MindPalace.

New webcomic series resurrects ‘Hannibal’ Fans of the beloved but short-lived TV series ‘Hannibal’ are getting more than they bargained for with new comic series, ‘Mind Palace,’ which will unite all of creator Bryan Fuller’s characters under one roof.

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Jenny Zero #1 Review

Jenny Zero #1 Review

Jenny Zero #1 Dark Horse Comics Written by Dave Dwonch and Brockton McKinney Art by Magenta King Colors by Megan Huang Letters by Dave Dwonch The Rundown: Jenny is going to discover that there are big secrets being kept from her. That is, if she sobers up. Jenny is the ultimate party girl. She loses herself and drowns her sorrows in alcohol and drugs. Jenny might also be the world’s best…