Category: Comics

HIT: COMPLETE COLLECTION by Bryce Carlson & Vanesa Del Rey is Coming!

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The HIT: COMPLETE COLLECTION by Bryce Carlson (Author), Vanesa Del Rey (Illustrator) will appeal to crime fiction fans.  Here’s the downlow…

To combat the organized crime rings threatening to overwhelm 1950s Los Angeles, the LAPD sends in Harvey Slater, a detective authorized off-the-books to take care of “untouchable” criminal problems…

Los Angeles in the 1950s is a place of contrast. It’s home to the bright lights and movie stars of Hollywood’s golden age… and a hotbed of organized crime muscling in on Mickey Cohen’s turf. But LAPD has a plan—Harvey Slater, a detective authorized off-the-books to take care of “untouchable” criminal problems.

The criminals aren’t the only untouchable thing Slater’s going after, though. When his captain’s absent daughter returns, Slater quickly finds himself entangled in the trouble she brings with her… and her ties to his other cases!

From writer Bryce Carlson (Zombie Tales) and artist Vanesa Del Rey (The Creeping Below), experience the entire dark, violent, and sensual look into corruption on both sides of the law, inspired by the true history of LA and collected into one volume for the first time!

Collects Hit: 1955 #1-4 and Hit: 1957 #1-4.

HIT: COMPLETE COLLECTION drops May 20, 2025.

Jack Carter and John Wick by Roy Chang!

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Every year the Cartoon Art Museum does a fundraiser.  Artists take on commissions with the funds raised going to support the Museum.  It’s a great cause by awesome artists who share their talents in an effort to support the Museum.

This year one of the two artists I commissioned was Roy Chang.  As you can see, I asked for Stallone from Get Carter and Keanu Reeves as John Wick.  Mr. Chang came through like a champ!

“Daredevil: Born Again” – The Trailer is Here!

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Daredevil: Born Again looks good.  This is coming from a guy who pretty much stopped watching mainstream superhero movies.  Of course the Daredevil comic (especially under Frank Miller) always leaned heavily into crime stories.

Deal me in.

Marvel Television’s all-new series #DaredevilBornAgain premieres March 4 at 6pm PT/9pm ET. Only on @DisneyPlus.

Wolverine by John Byrne & George Perez!

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Here’s something you don’t see everyday.  Wolverine in one of his most famous scenes penciled by John Byrne and inked by George Perez!

The piece was originally published in 1993 as a pencil drawing for the John Byrne X-Men Portfolio as Plate 7 (Editions Deesse, 1993).  Then in 2003, the owner of the original art commissioned George Perez to ink it!

Click over to the George Perez Website on X to see a larger version.

LOST MARVELS NO. 2: HOWARD CHAYKIN VOL. 1: DOMINIC FORTUNE, MONARK STARSTALKER, AND PHANTOM EAGLE is Coming!

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LOST MARVELS NO. 2: HOWARD CHAYKIN VOL. 1: DOMINIC FORTUNE, MONARK STARSTALKER, AND PHANTOM EAGLE is an immediate purchase for me.

Here’s the lowdown…

Collected as part of our new Lost Marvels series, collaboratively produced with Marvel Comics, this new Howard Chaykin-centered volume of smartly imaginative scripts and beautifully designed art features Dominic Fortune, Monark Starstalker, and Phantom Eagle!

When Howard Chaykin broke into comics in the 1970s, there was nothing quite like him. His original characters Dominic Fortune and Monark Starstalker took classic pulp heroes and ran them through a postmodern blender. This new volume contains retro-science-fiction bounty hunter Monark Starstalker’s debut appearance and all Chaykin’s color-comic-book Dominic Fortune stories, including the character’s unexpurgated Max series, published a generation later. Completing the package is the collision between pulp heroism and the devastating, bloody realities of World War I in Chaykin’s 111-page collaboration with The Boys writer Garth Ennis on War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle. The collection is introduced by author and comics scholar Brannon Costello. This second title in Fantagraphics’ Lost Marvels series collects some of the most exciting, sought-after work by Howard Chaykin from 1975 to 2008. Full-color illustrations throughout.

LOST MARVELS NO. 2: HOWARD CHAYKIN VOL. 1: DOMINIC FORTUNE, MONARK STARSTALKER, AND PHANTOM EAGLE drops July 8, 2025.  Pre-orders available now.

“Judge Dredd”: The Movie – The 30th Anniversary Edition!

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Just in time for the 30th anniversary of Sly Stallone as Judge Dredd comes the, you guessed it, 30th Anniversary Edition of Judge Dredd: The Movie by writer Andrew Helfer and artist, Carlos Ezquerra.  Here’s the synopsis…

In the Third Millenium, the world changed. Climate. Nations. All were in upheaval. Humanity itself turned as violent as the planet. Civilisation threatened to collapse. And then… a solution was found. The crumbling legal system was merged with the overburdened police, creating a powerful and efficient hybrid. These new guardians of society had the power to dispense both justice and punishment. They were police, jury, and executioner all in one. They were the Judges!

When Mega-City One erupts in violent block wars, there’s only one man Justice Department can rely on to suffocate the flames of rebellion. His name is Judge Dredd.

But when the city’s brightest beacon of justice is convicted of breaking the very law he’s been entrusted to uphold, he’s sentenced to spend the rest of his life rotting in the Aspen Penal Colony.

In order to clear his name, Dredd must escape captivity, make his way across the toxic Cursed Earth, break back into the city, and find the familiar foe that framed him. All in a day’s work for Judge Dredd.

Featuring art by legendary Judge Dredd co-creator Carlos Ezquerra (Preacher) and a script by Andrew Helfer (The Shadow), this is the official adaptation of Judge Dredd, the 1995 movie written by William Wisher, Jr. (Terminator 2: Judgement Day) and Steven E. de Souza (Die Hard).”

30th Anniversary Edition Judge Dredd: The Movie drops Wednesday 12th March 2025