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ORLA # 4+5 wraps up this awesome series just in time for Valentine’s Day!

One of my favorite comics of 2025 was Mad Cave Studios' ORLA! After a few weeks without new comics, I made into the shop on Wednesday and I got my hands on issues 4 and 5 this week.

Get familiar...

Throwback Thursday: A Few Words About Paul Grist's MUDMAN Volume 1

I ran across this copy of MUDMAN Volume 1 by Paul Grist while going through stuff in storage. Here's my thoughts about it.

Snyder Begins- A few Words About BATMAN: THE BLACK MIRROR

I have never read any of Scott Snyder's work, even though he comes highly recommended.

Last week I decided to read his Batman run. So I started with this Detective Comics story arc BATMAN: THE BLACK MIRROR on hoopla digital.

A few words about BIRDS OF PREY, blah blah blah Harley Quinn

I posted my thoughts about the Birds of Prey movie on Twitter a couple weeks ago, but I am sharing and expanding on them here. My review is basically spoiler-free. There may be spoilers in the comments (if there are any), so read them at your own risk.

The Latin American Anime Experience

Cristal Marie Calderon and the Get in the Robot crew make the case that the experience of Latin American anime fans has been historically better than ours in the U.S.

And they're pro'lly right...

(P)review- EVENT LEVIATHAN by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev

Check out this brief review of EVENT LEVIATHAN by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev (Daredevil)

REVIEW- DOCTOR STRANGE: The Way of the Weird by Aaron + Bachalo

by GhettoManga contributor Michael Lagocki
I’m reading Jason Aaron and Christopher Bachalo’s run on Dr. Strange right now. It is so good. I love everything about it.

Comixology Originals- SUPERFREAKS (p)Review

I knew when Amazon acquired Comixology that they would eventually start publishing original comics, and the first wave of Comixology Originals have arrived. I checked out SuperFreaks, the story of teen sidekicks who must find their way once the heroes (whom they serve hand and foot) vanish mysteriously.

OK, go get a copy DC Nation #0 now. Like, RIGHT NOW.

*post by GM contributor Michael Lagocki*

#NowPlaying LOOPS TWO by MidaZ the Beast

Rhymer/Illustrator Gift Revolver did artwork for this guy MidaZ the Beast, which would be reason enough to encourage you to listen to MidaZ's 2016 album Loops Two. But as it turns out, Loops Two is a fabulous blend of true-school street hop and nerdcore wordery. Stream the record below, and read some words from me, if you're so inclined...

#DownloadThis - SOUL OF THE CITY II by Shyne On Me

Right when I'm thinking social media has nothing to offer me, I got sucked in by the cover art to SOUL Of The CITY II on Twitter. This album by Shyne on Me, a D.C. area rhymer I never heard of before, may have single-handedly saved the internets from the blazing fires of my indifference...

This album will drag you kicking and screaming into your future by acknowledging your past.

"All you need is within you.The legacy continues.
My spirit will not die.
It's like the Force that's in the Ginyu..."
-Venomous2000

Breaking the first two rules of FIGHT CLUB 2...

Some movies are just SCREAMING to be made into comics, and we at GhettoManga love to see screenwriters, actors and novelists using the relatively cheap and elastic medium of comics to expand on the interesting worlds and characters we know from films. To that end, FIGHT CLUB author Chuck Palanhiuk has wisely chosen our favorite storytelling medium to bring us more of his most famous story. Here's a few pages from the first issue, and a review of the series by GhettoManga contributor Michael Lagocki.

Read the first issue of Larime Taylor's A VOICE IN THE DARK: GET YOUR GUN here! Issue two is in stores now.

I never read Larime Taylor's serial killer soap opera A Voice in the Dark before today, but this cover to A Voice in the Dark: Get Your Gun #1 caught my eye, and the sales pitch said it was a good jumping on point for new readers. So I jumped on. Did I mention the whole first issue was posted online by the publisher, Top Cow? Yeah... free comics...

Graphic Novel Review- LEGEND OF THE MANTAMAJI by Eric Dean Seaton and Brandon Palas

I recently got my hands on the first two volumes of Legend of the Mantamaji, an epic urban fantasy which follows the transformation of Elijah Alexander from a young and ambitious assistant district attorney into a warrior of mythical proportions.

Album Review- "OBEY the RAW" by @DOSzastro. Features by @BavuBlakes, @PlanetAsia, @SubKultPatriots and more

That dude Bavu Blakes rhymed on this single Let It Be Known (off D.O.S.'s new album Obey the Raw), so I checked it out...

New cover. New title. STILL the BEST SUPER HERO NOVEL I have ever read! #begBorrowSteal

David Walker (BadAzz Mofo, Blind Monkey Style) has written the best super hero story I've read in a long time, and did it without needing to lean on a superstar artist. If you want to read a decent superhero genre novel, there are lots of choices out there. If you want a GREAT superhero novel, buy Super Justice Force (The Adventures of Darius Logan) now.