WELCOME TO 2019!

My favorite holla day movie is on...

I'm not a big lover of Christmas movies, unless you count movies like the hilarious Eddie Murphy/ Dan Akroyd comedy Trading Places, that have Christmas as a backdrop and not much else.  Whatever the case, Trading Places is on Comedy Central as I'm writing this on Christmas night, and thanks to my dude Jamar Nicholas, I got into a quoting match on Facebook that turned into a watch party...

How Street Angel Saved Christmas

If you have endured more than your fair share of holiday mishaps, you deserve this Street Angel Christmas Special in your life.  

(Umbrella Academy + Movie) x (Mary J Blige + Time Traveling Assassin) = Yes #DoTheMath

Everyone is shedding crocodile tears about the not-so-sanctimonious end of the Netflix wing of the Marvel Universe.  Meanwhile, Netflix is doing what they need to do.  Namely scraping the lesser comix universes for intellectual property gold...

Keith Knight tries talking to Conservatives...

Keith Knight illustrates the trouble he's having talking to Conservatives in this four panel episode of The Knight Life 

#NowPlaying- RETURN of the KAIJU by Supa Kaiju (Napoleon Da Legend + Sicknature)

Here's a new YouTube video mashing up classic Godzilla clips with the new song from Supa Kaiju (Napoleon Da Legend + Sicknature), Return of the Kaiju. 

#NowPlaying -Tobe Nwigwe paying respect to RAKIM & Z-RO

That dude Tobe Nwigwe dropped a new #GetTwistedSundays freestyle that I've been bumping all week...

I'm THANKFUL for the promise of a TRIBE relaunch...

My friend Alan got me started thinking about the cult-classic comic TRIBE, a creator-owned book that combined the aesthetics of indie superheroes and black consciousness that made it exciting to be a black comic book reader in the early nineties.

RIP Stan Lee

All of us here at GhettoManga are saddened by the passing of iconic Marvel comics writer Stan Lee.  

That new Pharoahe Monch

Andrew Huerta's SOVEREIGN comes to Indiegogo

 Everybody knows I love Andrew Huerta.  I supported his attempt at funding SOVEREIGN on Kickstarter, and I support him on Patreon.  And now that his epic super-powered comic SOVEREIGN has come to Indiegogo, I am pulling pennies together for it here too...

Wanna read DONKEY JAW PROJECTS' new comic CORNCOB ROB for FREE? Here's how...

I recently started backing Marshall Lee on Patreon, so I got an advance look at his new vegetable skater comic CORNCOB ROB pt 1, and since he's making it available for free via Facebook.  A quick preview and details below.

I drew another Ghost Rider Wu-Tang joint

KYLE BAKER announced as writer artist of MARVEL ACTION: BLACK PANTHER

You may have already heard that Marvel has turned to licensing comics upstart IDW to publish a line of all ages comics, and now we are pleased to report that the mighty KYLE BAKER has been tapped to create a full color all-ages MARVEL ACTION: BLACK PANTHER!

"Beauty irrelevant. This is not pageants. I'm a rap dragon." -Sa-Roc #NowPlaying

Starting my day off (late, but still) right with the new video Goddess Gang from card-carrying Rhmesayers emcee Sa-Roc ...

Tobe Nwigwe + Propaganda Ft. Liz Vice | FALLEN. #getTWISTEDsundays

Propaganda and Tobe Nwigwe ("WEE gway") on the same track? Where do I sign?!?

This ramen probably gives you KILLER heartburn...

I had some kind of stomach bug this week.  Fever, vomiting... The whole nine.  It only lasted a couple days.  I'm keeping food down again, but still not looking for any  of these Nissin satanic chicken flavor noodles ...

#RoleModels- Check out POISONOUS an Inktober strip by Muhammad Rasheed

I'm a big fan of independent cartoonist M. Rasheed (Monsters 101, Weapon of the People, The Destroyer).  A devout Muslim, intellectual and culture critic, his most inspiring quality is his belief in the transformational power of cartooning.  It looks like he is doing a series of comic strips for Inktober this year.

(Apollo Brown + Joell Ortiz) x Royce Da 5'9 = Timberlan'd Up

The buzz for Mona Lisa (the upcoming Apollo Brown/ Joelle Ortiz collabo record) continues with the release of Timberlan'd Up featuring Jo-Jo's fellow Slaughterhouse alum RoyceDa 5'9

BBWW 3x3 Vinyl Stickers in the GhettoManga Shop

All the preorders for the BBWW 3x3 Vinyl Stickers have been filled, so I put the limited edition stickers in the GhettoManga Store this week...

2008 was a great year...

You already know I love Jay Electronica.  Here's a youTube drop of the 2008 mixtape Attack of the Clones.

"The bigots who didn't want this book to succeed are having a full-blown meltdown, and it is ADORABLE." -BORDER TOWN scribe Eric M. Esquivel

Andrew Huerta is selling his GOAT character design drawings

 Andrew Huerta has been developing a creator-owned fight comic called G.O.A.T. for a while (I support him on Patreon), and today I saw that he is offering these character design drawings for sale.

Children's Book author/illustrator Robert Trujillo talks BLACK HAIR on THE STOOP PODCAST

Mike McKone's fan art game is DANGEROUS!

Fam... I stumbled onto Mike McKone's Twitter account today, and his fan art commissions kept breaking my heart, they were so good.  The more it hurt, the harder it was to look away...

Which of these Dope DBZ teeshirts is your favorite?

Can you name all the animated celebrities in Childish Gambino's new video FEELS LIKE SUMMER?

I'm sure you can name more than I can...

[(Ghost Rider x Punisher) + Baby Thanos] x [GotG + (HtDxJN) + Cable] = FxCK YEAH #DoTheMath

 I officially FUX wit COSMIC GHOST RIDER, the Spirit of Vengeance-possessed, Galactus-enhanced, post-Valhallan, anti-hero-formerly known as the Punisher.  This book anchored by Donny Cates and Dylan Burnet is more fun than a barrel of time-traveling cyborg monkeys, fam...

Yo...

 Instead of complaining about how somebody's ruining your childhood, you need to eff with stuff like  Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden.  Here's a few preview pages from part six

MISTY KNIGHT: YEAR ONE, anyone?!?

 The artwork from this year's Daredevil Annual is my first exposure to Marcio Takara... but I immediately liked his depiction of Misty Knight.  Definitely gonna drop in on the comic shop this week to lay hands on this flashback issue.  Peep the preview below...

Apollo Brown + Joell Ortiz dropping a collabo album? Where do I sign?!?

Detroit is a hornets nest of dope producers, and Apollo Brown is one of the best.  Also, everyone knows I fux with Brooklyn-based Slaughterhouse alum Joell Ortiz.  The duo has come together to drop a new 11-track album called MONA LISA, which is due out this fall.  Stream the first single Decisions below...

STORM deserves her own book... but HEY, here's X-Men Gold #34. That's just as good, right?

Am I the only one exasperated by the fact that Marvel can't make a Storm solo book work?  No.  No I'm not.  Anyways, here's a preview of X-Men: Gold #34. 

Persephone- a dope new Wolverine villain, designed by that dude Mike Hawthorne

Return of Wolverine writer Charles Soule shared these Mike Hawthorne character concept drawings on Twitter today, and I just HAD to share them with you!

The Intergalactic Empirial march of Wakanda continues

 Trump's Space Force ain't got nothin' on T'challa…

Nnedi Okorafor's WAKANDA FOREVER comes to finish this week!

 Award-winning Nigerian-American author Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death, Black Panther: Long Live the King) has us waiting for the finale of her WAKANDA FOREVER storyline.  AVENGERS: WAKANDA FOREVER #1 is coming out this week!  Peep the preview below:

In the mood for some Gangster Shit?

I would not say that I am often in the mood for gangster shit these days, but when I am, Westside Gunn is one of the cats I've been turning to lately.

In stores this week- WEST COAST AVENGERS #1

I was a big fan of the Hawkeye-anchored West Coast Avengers back in the day, so I readily admit to being excited by the diverse and double-Hawkeye led  line-up Marvel's got on the new book.

Preview- MOON GIRL and DEVIL DINOSAUR #34

A product of Marvel's attempt to replace mutants with a wave of new Inhumans in their mythos, Moon Girl is one of the most promising new characters Marvel has, so it's important to keep an eye on her.  

Looks like Venom #5 Answers a Question We've been asking

 When we were talking about the trailer for the upcoming Venom movie, my dude Lateef asked a question that  gets addressed in this preview of Venom #5.

#MusicToDrawTo : TODAY by Grip Grand

If you're looking for some good background music for your escapades at the drawing board, you need to put August 24 on your calendar, cuz that's when Grip Grand's crate-digger cover album Outsider Art drops.  For now, enjoy the lead single which interprets the iconic sample of a golden era hip hop classic...

#NowPlaying APARTHEID by the immortal SEAN PRICE f/ Buckshit + Steele #riP!

Last week Duck Down Records dropped a video for Apartheid, which is almost universally considered the dopest track on Imperius Rex, the posthumous Sean Price album.

#NewVideo CHAMPION SOUND by Napoleon Da Legend

Napoleon Da Legend is one of my favorite emcees.  He just dropped a new video for Champion Sound, a single from his latest record, Hero's Journey.  Peep the video below.

"There's a lot of guilt in the air..." -RANDOM ACTS OF FLYNESS creator Terence Nance, on the wave of inclusiveness in Hollywood

Random Acts of Flyness looks like my type of hype.  Even if you don't plan on checking for it, you should probably watch this interview of series creator Terence Nance by Audie Cornish.

R.I.P. Project Wonderful

I discovered blogging in 2006.  I never spent a dime out of my pocket for advertising my blog back then, because Project Wonderful enabled me to flip my existing traffic into ads on webcomic sites, video game forums, and more.

So... Are y'all excited to see VENOM, or nah?

There's more special effects, violence, and symbiotes in this VENOM trailer. So are we excited yet?

COP this FREE track LEMME FIND OUT by THE PERCEPTIONISTS

2017 marked the triumphant return of Boston-based microphone masters The Perceptionists (separately Akrobatik and Mr. Lif), and their summer is heating up with the impending release of Low Resolution: The Paten Locke Remixes.  Here's a free single Lemme Find Out for an appetizer

Trump on that "What Had Happened Was..."

Somebody come get your President...

DC Gives YOUNG JUSTICE Fans What They Want...

Nothing taps the rage button of American toon heads faster than mentioning the cancelling of fan-favorite superhero action show Young Justice on Cartoon Network.  So when my dude Lateef shared this first-look video of clips from Young Justice's triumphant return to television on the GhettoManga Facebook page, I started imagining my friends' reactions.

T'challa's sister SHURI gets her own book (again)

Following the record-melting success of the BLACK PANTHER movie this year, Marvel is smartly rolling out a new series starring the Wakandan Royal Family's tech genius, Shuri.

MENACE REALLY wants to get a beat from DJ Premier...

Today I ran across this hilarious track The Preemo Plan, in which Dallas-based emcee-disk jock DJ Menace concocts a scheme to get 20K to buy a beat from venerated Gang Starr producer DJ Premier.

SUNDAY COMICS- Celebrating Steve Ditko + New Comic Strip + Free Custom Comic Strip Contest