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Asylum Press to Auction Off Original Art
Art consists of comic book pages/artwork from 1991-2010, drawings, sketches and animation art from Frank Forte’s personal collection.
Press Release: Frank Forte, publisher of Asylum Press, announces that Asylum Press will be auctioning off it’s collection of original comic art, paintings, animation cels, animation production art, comic strip art and signed editions on Ebay.
The collection includes original comic pages … read more
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Tagged Asylum Press, comic collectables, indie comics, original comic art
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In Between Days in ‘The Floundering Time’
New Graphic Novel from SLG in May
Press Release: It’s graduation week, and Emma is having to move forward whether she wants to or not. There are crushes to confess, sexuality to sort out, and a few (or maybe more than a few) last drinks to down with her best friend Joey. In her debut graphic novel, The Floundering Time, … read more
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Tagged graphic novels, indie comics, Slave Labor Graphics, small press
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Septagon Studios Releases Gator Bunch on Graphicly
Press Release: Gator Butch, the long-awaited comic project written by Kurt Belcher, illustrated by David Hollenbach and published by Septagon Studios has hit digital media platforms with a Truckload of Bonuses!
Gator Butch is the story of Charles “Gator Butch” Buchinsky, a mutant half-human, half-alligator country boy and licensed ‘Monster Fighter’. When Gator Butch agreed to find a runaway teenager, … read more
Asylum Press Releases Black Powder #1 (of 3) Preview
Press Release: Frank Forte, publisher of Asylum Press, announces the release of previews for the company’s April solicitations (Featured in Diamond Comics’ Feb. Previews). Black Powder, written and illustrated by Dwayne Harris, is a very exciting action adventure series that takes place during the catastrophic New Madrid earthquake of 1812. Each issue will be double-sized at 56 pages and retail … read more
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Tagged Asylum Press, comic books, indie comics, pirate comics
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I See the Promised Land Book Review
2010, Tara Books/Patua Graphics
Writer: Arthur Flowers
Artists: Manu Chitrakar, Guglielmo Rossi
During my time writing reviews for this site, the question of what exactly defines a graphic novel as such rears its head on an almost weekly basis. I See the Promised Land, an illustrated account of the life of Martin Luther King Jr., lacks the tight panel-to-panel … read more
SLG Creator’s Studio Drop in and Draw Event
When: 7:00 – 10:00 PM, Thursday February 10th
Where: SLG Art Boutiki, 577 S. Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113
Jazz and Comic Books are two original American art-forms, and SLG Publishing will be marrying the two during it’s Jazz Warehouse event.
Press Release: This is the first in what we hope will be a monthly Jazz and Drawing jam. … read more
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Tagged all-ages comics, comic art, indie comics, music, Slave Labor Graphics
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Interview: RIP M.D and Angry Beavers Creator Mitch Schauer
Little terrors love big monsters. Rip, the protagonist of RIP M.D., the new series from animation studio Lincoln Butterfield and publisher Fantagraphics Books, is so convinced that the creatures that go bump in the night are simply misunderstood, he decides to make it his business to befriend the undead.
From Angry Beavers creator Mitch Schauer, RIP M.D. is an all-ages … read more
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Tagged all-ages comics, comic books, indie comics, small press, zombie comics
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Interview: Zenescope at NYCC
Interview with Zenescope Entertainment’s Ralph Tenesco at the New York Comic Con. Continue reading
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Tagged comic books, fantasy comics, indie comics, superhero comics, Zenescope
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Amity Blamity: A Fun For All-Ages Farmland Adventure
Pot bellies, pigtails and flying garlic invade the family farm in new SLG graphic novel series
Press Release: Starting a new job is an adventure for anyone, but when you are a four-year old girl working in the barnyard offices of a pot-bellied pig adventure becomes more than a euphemism. So goes Amity Blamity, the new graphic novel series by … read more
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Tagged all-ages comics, comic books, indie comics, Slave Labor Graphics, small press
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Interview: Ape Entertainment at NYCC
Interview with the Founders of Ape Entertainment, David Hedgecock and Jason M. Burns, at the New York comic Con. Continue reading
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