ghettoManga: March 2018

IN STORES NOW- MOON GIRL + DEVIL DINOSAUR #29

When I read the first Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur trade, I didn't like it as much as I wanted to, not because it wasn't good, but... Wait. I'm getting ahead of myself. You probably showed up to see this preview of Moon Girl #29, not to read my rambling. So I'll show you the preview FIRST, and ramble second.

IN STORES NOW - Black Panther #171

GhettoManga Funnies- STORMY: No She DIDN'T! by Samax Amen

Y'all already know we at GhettoManga can't STAND Donald Trump...You probably also know the Stormy Daniels interview dropped this weekend, so our social meteors are leaving all kinds of impact craters in the President's face. I hadn't watched the interview myself, but I drew a sketch in my big book this morning about it anyways. Response to the sketch was energetic, so I cleaned it up to make a proper black and white political cartoon...

#NowPlaying- JIREN THE GREAT by Napoleon Da Legend

Your favorite nerdcore rapper can't get no respect because real emcees like Napoleon Da Legend are rhyming over Dragonball Super clips.

Inspiring kids to own their power via another Black Panther live art piece

I was proud and happy to create art live at an assembly serving the students and staff at Burnett Elementary in Dallas.

New Episode: FUSEBOX RADIO BROADCAST with DJ FUSION + AUSUR RA BLACK HAWK

Our friends over at the Fusebox Radio Broadcast dropped a new episode of the podcast building on the latest string of celebrity deaths, goofy backlash memes, and other cultural goings on. Then they get on the wheels and do the musical knowledge...

BLACK PANTHER VS JUSTICE LEAGUE!!! Wait... not really...

Yes, I clicked on this cover that has an obvious Black Panther knock-off ripping the techno-jugular out off'a the highest-ranking African-American superhero in the DC Universe fully prepared to talk about how pop-culture stays pitting black Americans against our African counterparts, but I was clearly getting ahead of myself, because Justice League's scribe PRIEST helped make BLACK PANTHER the phenom he is in the first place. Let's jump back and preview the previous issue, then see if it helps us contextualize this one.

Ah, so MIGHTOR is black now? I can dig it...

Nostalgia on 10! (((airhorn)))

IN STORES NOW- Bombshells United #14

I love Bumblebee. That's all.

#nowPlaying SEAN PRICE & ILLA GHEE - METAL DETECTORS EP

Yeah, it's my birthday, but I'm not feeling sweet or nothing, so I'm bumping Metal Detectors, the new Callabo record from the late Sean Price and his Brooklyn BFF Illa Ghee...

OH SHIT!!! NEW CZARFACE/ MF DOOM VIDEO!

I'm loving this new video for the Czarface/MF DOOM collabo BOMBS THROWN!

On Repeat- MAGNOLIA by DAVID BANNER f/ CeeLo & Raheem DeVaughn

Although it has been out for at least a week, Mississippi monster/mogul David Banner dropped the video for Magnolia on his YouTube channel today, and I just watched it a few times before posting it here for you...

#GoFundTHIS- KAIJU vs CANCER or #KickstartTHIS KAIJU GODS

Kaiju illustrator extraordinaire Frankie B. Washington posted about TWO awesome projects Kaiju Vs. Cancer, AND KAIJU GODS which only has a day or so to reach its goal!

DJINNX #5 by J.R. LeMar & Samax Amen

I have spent enough time unemployed and struggling to know that when you're desperate, you aren't careful enough about what you wish for...

"I'm on a mission from the Kingdom of God. Do away with emcees representin' Nimrod" -Craig Mack #rip

I was shocked this morning to find out that Craig Mack, one of my favorite rappers of the golden era of Bad Boy Records, has died near his home in Walterboro, South Carolina.

#NowPlaying at GhettoManga HQ- the BASQUIAT documentary

As a difficult, dreadlocked, black hip hop-soaked painting student at the University of North Texas in the mid-nineties, I was constantly being compared to Jean-Michel Basquiat. It was incredibly patronizing and irritating, but the more I learned about him, the more I enjoyed the comparison. But I'm not a huge star getting 5 figures for my paintings, so instead of talking about me, let's look at this documentary about Basquiat that I ran into on YouTube today...

"The role of blacks in half the movies. I ain't have a weapon, you ain't hafta shoot me. Yo, that's propaganda..." -Napoleon Da Legend

I haven't posted any joints from Napoleon Da Legend in a minute, but when this video for PROPAGANDA dropped into my email inbox, I knew I was gonna post it here for you...