Hey fam, Check out this old 9-11 tribute from the comic I was self-pushing back in 2002

#ThrowbackThursday indeed...

Hey fam, Since Wednesday was the 18th anniversary of September 11th terror attacks, I decided to share the memorial drawing I made the following year.

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PREVIEW- "Champion of Children Vol1: I'm Known as the Champ"

For those who have never read it, Champion of Children is about kid superheroes (because kid villains have to be stopped by kid heroes, right?). The greatest kid hero at any given time inherits the title "Champion of Children" along with the requisite privileges and responsibilities. The current Champion of Children is 5 year old martial arts powered hero Li'l Madd Skillz, but this particular short story Da Old School stars her big brother Junior Raw, and his friend Smash Boogie (whose name I only learned after drawing this story, by the way). To help promote our Kickstarter campaign, Champ co-creator and writer Corance Davis has empowered me to offer Da Old School in its entirety...

#KickstartTHIS- "Champion of Children Vol1: I'm Known as the Champ"

Okay, so just in case you somehow managed to not notice, my good friend and partner Corance (Minister of Wordery for the mighty GhostWerks conglomerate) launched a Kickstarter campaign for our hip-hop-flavored, multicultural, kung-fu-kid-hero comic Champion of Children. We need your help to get this book into the hands of parents, librarians, teachers, and kids of all ages around the world...

ya hear THAT, ya slobs: I'm FAMOUS!

If you've been with me a while, you may already know that I'm featured in the upcoming book Black Comix: African American Independent Comics, Art and Culture by underground comics dudes Damian Duffy and John Jennings (The Hole: Consumer Culture). I had no idea that my drawing of Maddy from Champion of Children would make it onto the cover of that joint, until my dude Vee of ScritchAndScratch.com put me on!

BOOM Luh da Kids!

I got a warm spot in my heart for BOOM! Studios because they are showing mad love for the kids! In addition to the Monsters Inc comic which is already in stores, they're dropping another issue of the Cars: Radiator Springs mini, as well as zero issues of The Muppet Show Comic Book and Toy Story (that are preludes to ongoing series for 2010) in comic shops tomorrow December 9th. and if you've been sleeping on the Incredibles comic, i don't know what to say. point being, if we want more comics for us grown folks to read, we gotta make sure that the kids market keeps growing! for whatever reason, those geniuses at BOOM! are tryin'a take the industry on their backs on this one! so you should probably check out the Champion of Children blog if you wanna get the heads up and peep free previews of comics, movies, etc for the young 'uns.
holla!
-samax

Brand new Champ on the Way

My new book Spontaneous: 2009 (due out in time for Indy Comicbook Week in December) will have a short Champion of Children story (about 8 pages) in it designed to explain in a very simple and hopefully entertaining fashion what Champ is all about. we always worked very hard to make it a book that both adults and kids could read and enjoy, so i decided to include it in Spontaneous (which is NOT an all-ages book by any means!). if all goes according to plan (or even halfway according to plan) i will reprint the story as part of a Champ-centric book for the kids in 2010. so hopefully adults who cop my book will also be tempted to give Champion of Children a try. so, i said all that to say, here's a quick portrait of our star that i did before diving into the pages. hope ya'll like it!
stay tuned...
-samax
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New Champ Fan Art!

here's a cool fan art pic of the Champ by that dude DARNELL G. KIRNON.
when our new Champion of Children book comes out, we'll include this joint! he sent me this a while back, but i forgot to post it. Darnell is nice with the tools of the trade (you remember his piece from the DOOM Art Contest right? no worries, it'll be in your copy of the magazine you preordered...). you can check out more of his art (like his dope comic Inner City Blues) here.
holla!
-samax
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Deviant of the Day

Lil' Mad Skills by *Roboworks

here's a pin up for Champion of Children that was done back in the day by long-time friend of ghettoManga Kelsey Shannon (no one just goes by their name on Deviant Art but me!). seein' as we are coming out with new Champ stuff soon, maybe this ill joint will see print!

holla!

-samax

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Champion of Children Award

Power Pack rocked hard in 2008, taking adventures with Iron Man, Spiderman, Avengers, the Hulk and more, and that's why Power Pack gets the Champion of Children Award for showing love to the kids! writer Marc Sumerak and Gurihuri are crafting fun, fabulous tales that'll entertain kids and adults alike starring the world's foremost kid superteam! i take a lotta crap for it, but i've always LOVED Power Pack! and for whatever reason, Marvel has decided to relaunch Power Pack in a series of miniseries, TPBs and magazines with a cool cartoon style!

now the Power Pack is running around with Wolverine... sorta. Jack Power and Franklin Richards take a wild trip through the time-stream and end up face-to-face with a pre-teen Wolverine! But since young James Howlett is nothing at all like the hero he is destined to one day become, it'll be up to our time-tossed troublemakers to teach the once-and-future-Wolvie how to kick some butt! click the pic to peep preview pages.
Wolverine/Power Pack is in stores now. peep more kid stuff at the Champion of Children blog.
holla!
-gM

another Champ drawing

greetings, Family! hope everyone's doing well... i think this is a good time to announce that i'm working on a NEW Champion of Children story! i wrote it a long time ago, but always wanted to collab with other people on it. having given up on that, i finally mustered up enough energy to draw it myself! i'm not sure how long it will be, so we'll see... but i have broken down the first five pages, and i'm feeling good about it!

it will star the Champ, (seen here) with her whole fam, (Big Madd Skillz, Junior Raw, and 2 Raw), and cameos by every major Champ hero and villain! Plus, a special guest that might just earn me a lawsuit! anyways, 'till then, enjoy the fresh pic!
peace, love, etc.
-gM

new Champ sketch...

click to enlarge.

okay, so after i got that new Fan art joint for Maddy from Champion of Children, i could not get maddy off my mind ever since, so i've been working on new champ stuff, including doing this new Maddy sketch... stay tuned for new Champ news coming soon (hopefully!)

peace,

samax.

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Li'l Madd Skillz by divatude

one of my main people on mySpace is Houston 3-D designer miss Divatude... Divatude was nice enough to hook up this fly joint of Li'l Madd Skillz star of Champion of Children recently, and has shown interest in doing more Champ characters, so stay tuned!
holla!
samax.
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in case you care...

here's a new ghettoManga banner i made today for a webblogging site...
fans of Champion of Children will recognize the drawing i did of series star Li'l Madd Skillz.
holla!
samax

new Champion of Children poster!

Madd Trainin' (Champions) by samax.
cop this slick 11x17 print with champ, Li'l Madd Skillz and moms Big Madd Skillz from Champion of Children... just $20 with FREE SHIPPING! while supplies last....




holla!
samax.
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My Comics...

aaaalllrightythen!

i will be using this blog to post news on happenings about my assorted comics projects (did i mention i also make the darn things?) as well... that way, i don't hafta update my website in the middle of a project, but i also don't hafta keep my peeps in the dark about what i'm doin'...

for those unfamiliar with my work, here's the short list of what's in the works:
Dare! the Adventures of Darius Davidson

Dare is my "baby"... it's an action adventure comic that takes place in a world much like ours, BUT with superheroes, monsters, mad scientists, and other assorted dangerous junk like that...

Darius is not a superhero per se (at least not yet!)... he has no powers, special training, or high-tech doodads. still, he may be the greatest hero the world has ever seen!!!
anyways you can get caught up here, and expect more updates as news pops up, as i have BIG plans for the little man with the big hair...

Manchild: Birthday Boy
Manchild:Birthday Boy is the first in a short series of graphic novels i plan to do. Inspired by my fascination with manga, hip hop and social issues, i can honestly say that by the time this series of books is done, it will be the most violent, disturbing and mind-bending thing i have ever done. that said, it's gonna take a while... you'll be kept up to date on its progress for now, go here to read what i got so far...

Champion of Children

Champ is the result of the most satisfying collaboration of my young comics carreer. as part of ghostWerks comics, i got to contribute to what will surely be a houshold name, in Champion of Children, a comic about kid superheroes. Champ stars Little Madd Skillz, the latest kid hero to hold the proud title of Champion of Children (the hero all other young heroes defer to...). Maddy (she hates being called that, but i do anyways!) is 5 years old, and using the venerable Pure Skillz technique of martial arts, fights evil like nobody's bidness!

the book also features her friends and family, almost all of whom are heroes themselves (she's seen above with her big brother, former Champion Junior Raw), in a comic as much about family, friendship and growth spurts as it is about hellacious butt-kicking!

it's a book for kids, but so far, we have as many adult fans as kids! for the low, peep what we got so far at the (still under construction) website www.ChampionOfChildren.com, and confidentially, my man Corance has handed me a script for new Champ mini, Secret Scrolls, that is bananas!!!

stay tuned...

samax
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