Everyone that half way knows me, know that I am not a only a super human hip-hop head but a comic book collector and amateur illustrator. I grew up on the work of Kirby, Frazetta, Kubert etc…. These men created the characters I grew up with….I say all that to say this. As a African … Read More “EL-P does the closing credits for the up coming Fantastic 4 film” »
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Valiant comics is slowly becoming my favorite comic companies. Divinity is one of my favorite stories arcs they have developed so far. A black orphan(Abram Adams) is left on the doorstep of a Russian scientist and ends up a part of the space race between the u.s. and Russia upon adulthood. While in space something … Read More “Divinity-by valiant comics” »
Jiba Molei Anderson’s imprint blaxis publishing has created a series called “4 Pages | 16 Bars: A Visual Mixtape” to show some of the diversity sprouting up in the indie comic book community. The series began as a art installation is Chicago back and 2013 and will be launched as a comic series in June … Read More “Blaxis Publishing presents- A visual mixtape 4 pages| 16 bars” »
WOW! first Cannibal OX announce a return and now Milestone media. Words cannot express how happy this makes me. I always felt like the characters of this universe deserved more development and attention in general. Just being after thoughts and cast offs in the DC universe is not good enough. I can’t wait to see … Read More “The Return of Milestone media” »
Hip-hop has always had a direct relationship with comics. Fantogram recently released a cool series entitled “hip-hop family tree” telling the story of many hip hop legends in comic format. I felt like that was brilliantly done and the art was awesome. They even made the pages resemble the type of paper comics were printed … Read More “Run the Jewels and Marvel comics team up” »
Ok I have ignored adult swim for some time but this Mike Tyson Mysteries show is lining up to be on the venture brothers level of parody. It Parodies the 70’s mystery cartoon shows built around Scooby Doo and places Mike Tyson as the lead and foil with the of beat character being a ghost. … Read More “Check out the Hilarious Trailer For Adult Swim’s Upcoming Series ‘Mike Tyson Mysteries” »
I cannot wait to see how this turns out. A comic book based on a super fantastic idea of the life of Darryl McDaniels life, the legendary DMC from RUN DMC fame. The Graffiti style illustration is incredible by artists like Chase Conley, Jeff Stokely, Felipe Smith, Mike and Mark Davis aka the Mad Twiinz, … Read More “RUN DMC’s Darryl McDaniels Preps Forthcoming ‘DMC’ #1 comic” »
 I have no idea why DC cannot sustain a series with the characters from milestone media or find writers who can write ethnic characters better than the current lot, But Hardware was one of my favs from back in the day and I only lament the fact he never really got decent treatment overtime … Read More “HARDWARE….a hero in need of a second chance” »
The oldest surviving cover art from a Superman comic is Action Comics #15, dated August 1939. The Fred Guardineer-drawn cover sold at auction recently for $286,800, exceeding early estimates. A pioneer of the medium itself, Guardineer contributed two features to the seminal Action Comics #1, the comic book that introduced Superman.