Month: April 2010

  • Justin Green’s Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary Reissued

    Justin Green’s Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary Reissued

    McSweeney’s Press have reissued Justin Green’s 1972 comic book Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary. Often cited as the first long autobiographical work to appear in underground comics, Binky Brown chronicles Green’s Catholic upbringing and adolescent battles with his burgeoning obsessions and neuroses. For many years the influential work has been out of print,…

  • American Vampire #1 Comic Book Review

    American Vampire #1 Comic Book Review

    DC/Vertigo, $3.99 Writers: Scott Snyder, Stephen King Art: Rafael Albuquerque Colours: Dave McCaig It’s practically impossible to review American Vampire without first mentioning that Vertigo’s latest marks the comic book debut of Stephen King, who’ll be providing a 5-part secondary tale in this ongoing “vampires through the ages” series from Scott Snyder. And a solid…

  • Indie Comic Spotlight: The Erotic Adventures of Space Babe 113

    Indie Comic Spotlight: The Erotic Adventures of Space Babe 113

    Site: www.spacebabe113.co.uk Written and illustrated by John Maybury Despite its promises of full frontal nudity, The Erotic Adventures of Space Babe 113 isn’t, by purest definition, as erotic as the name might suggest. Not once did it arouse sexual desire in me. Rather, John Maybury’s surreal little series is a bizarre, sex-obsessed space comedy that…

  • The Sinister Truth Premiers at MoCCA Fest 2010

    The Sinister Truth Premiers at MoCCA Fest 2010

    Where: The 69th Regiment Armory @ 68 Lexington Ave b/w E25-E26 streets on Manhattan Island When: Saturday & Sunday, April 10th & 11th 2010 Time: 11:00am – 6:00pm both days Jason Ciaccia and Aaron Norhanian will debut their graphic novel The Sinister Truth: Mkultra at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art’s MoCCA Fest 2010, on…

  • Mihailo Vukelic Gallery Show, Opera Gallery New York

    Where: Opera Gallery, New York City (www.operagallery.com) When: 15th April 2010 Time: 6pm to 8pm Mihailo Vukelic, the artist of Jimmy Palmiotti and Garth Ennis’ Image Comics series Back to Brooklyn, will be opening a gallery show of his art, a fusion of fantasy themes, comic book inspired illustrations and sculptures. Check out the video…

  • First Wave #1 (of 6) Comic Book Review

    First Wave #1 (of 6) Comic Book Review

    DC, $3.99 Writer: Brian Azzerello Art: Rags Monzales Colours: Nei Ruffino When DC resurrected Will Eisner’s The Spirit, the job went to the only man who could; Darwyn Cooke, whose retro-stylised lines and storytelling sensibilities already reflected the optimism of the late 40s and 50s. As with the Spirit, Doc Samson was recently welcomed back…

  • Toonpunk Goes Loco on the Gringo Trail

    Toonpunk Goes Loco on the Gringo Trail

    Samuel Hamilton and James Smith have announced the release of their collaboration Toonpunk Goes Loco on the Gringo Trail, a 64 page colour graphic novel is based on the duo’s real life adventures in Mexico. Toonpunk Goes Loco on the Gringo Trail is written by Samuel Hamilton (Welcome to the Machine), who has been producing…

  • Geary’s The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans Strikes in June

    Geary’s The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans Strikes in June

    This June NBM will be releasing the latest in their ghoulish A Treasury of XXth Century Murder series, The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans. Part of the Junior Library Guild selection, this graphic novel by Rick Geary explores the infamous Louisiana serial killer’s reign of terror. Press Release below: Nights of terror! A city awash…