click the pic to see an ill collection devoted to that mushroom cloud layin' muthaf*cka Jules from Pulp Fiction. these joints had me DYING, so i just HAD to share, fam!holla!
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Get the Jules!
click the pic to see an ill collection devoted to that mushroom cloud layin' muthaf*cka Jules from Pulp Fiction. these joints had me DYING, so i just HAD to share, fam!
We're All Witnesses...
that dude Jeremy Biggers is back again with another one o' these hand-painted (yeah, i said HAND PAINTED!) fitteds, this time featuring NBA MVP Lebron James. sweat him hard enough and he'll do you one, but he don't repeat himself, so you can't have the same image on your lid unless the one shown here hasn't sold yet (yeah, right!).holla!
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MF DOOM Art Contest
i'm happy to announce that the next issue of ghettoManga Quarterly will have a sweet article featuring everybody's favorite supervillain, the mighty MF DOOM! to commemorate this joyous occasion, i've decided to run an MF DOOM ART CONTEST!as if drawing a nice pic of the villain wasn't it's own reward, The top 5 vote getters will be featured in the magazine AND receive a FREE copy so's they can brag to their people about being published in the ILLEST rag anywhere! out of those five, i'll pick the best one and break them off $100 cash and put their piece on the COVER!
yeah, that's DOLLARS, not pesos, so get your pencils sharpened up, cuz that dude goldi Gold already sent in SupermuthaphuckinVillain (seen above)! enter as many times as you like to improve your chances of winning... send your artwork to ghettomanga@gmail.com. deadline to enter is June 15. it's gotta be 8.5 x 11 300 dpi to be eligible, but color or black and white will do. and don't just copy a picture (that's wack!)... please remember to put GHETTOMANGA MF DOOM ART CONTEST on your email subject line! payout will be done with paypal, so if you don't have a paypal account, get one (it's free dude!)
anyways, i'll post the entries as i get 'em in. if there's any questions, let me know!
uno.
-samax
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making Magic, for the Love of the Art
(yeah, that's me rocking the authentic Jungle45 tee!)you know I love kids... it has only gotten worse (or is that better?) since i had one of my own. so when my boy Mike asked me to participate in the ArtLoveMagic Arts Workshop he had set up for this past Saturday, i was ALL over it! (for more on that, go here).
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Deviation of the Day
Exalted 2nd Ed- Jade South by (the mighty) UdonCrew Udon comes through with the fly visuals once more.
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Quote of the Day
"Either you’re making enough money to live on, or you’re in your first year and on your way to making enough money to live on, or you’re not really in business."
-Morris Rosenthal, author of
Print-on-Demand Book Publishing:
A New Approach To Printing And Marketing
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-Morris Rosenthal, author of
Print-on-Demand Book Publishing:
A New Approach To Printing And Marketing
Books For Publishers And Self-Publishing Authors
TAGnificent!
So Much Love In Just One Can #1by Jay Moreno
A contemporary graffiti and street art coloring book for kids and bombed out black book for their adults. This book features work by Pose2, Sew, Sye, PRVRT, Zimad and many more. Kid's need to learn about graffiti from someone other than the status quo that teaches them it's an eyesore. 50% of the profit goes to Pose2's Graffiti: The Art Form Class and the tri-city B-Boy BBQ. Printing on acid free 80lb paper makes this book a cool, fun activity for a rainy day.
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because "Boondocks Wasn't Hood Enough"
"I like Marcel Comix... kid's got some Hood Peanuts going on. The art is amateurish, but the writing is there. Give him 5 years of grind and he could have something.Boondocks wasn't hood enough - it was like Spike Lee writing a comic.This kid's shit is like your cousin Malik writing the Boondocks."
-Jamar Nicholas (Detective Boogaloo, Jamar Chronicles, Draw! Magazine)
Comicbook World #28
Okay, try to follow me... Comics writer Mark Sable writes a book for BOOM! Studios called Unthinkable about a government thinktank that comes up with worst-case terror scenarios. hyjinx ensue when they start to see those scenarios come true. so dude was detained at the airport by TSA, who read the script (for a company called BOOM!) and weren't sure what was real and what was fiction...“The minute I saw the faces of the agents, I knew I was in trouble. The first page of the Unthinkable script mentioned 9/11, terror plots and the fact that the (fictional) world had become a police state. The TSA agents then proceeded to interrogate me, having a hard time understanding that a comic book could be about anything other than superheroes, let alone that anyone actually wrote scripts for comics.
“I cooperated politely and tried to explain to them the irony of the situation. While Unthinkable blurs the line between fiction and reality, the story is based on a real-life government think tank where a writer was tasked to design worst-case terror scenarios. The fictional story of Unthinkable unfolds when the writer’s scenarios come true, and he becomes a suspect in the terrorist attacks."
Dick Cheney would be so proud...
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Comicbook World #27
wish you had a healing factor like Wolverine, Telepathic skills like Professor X, or other superhuman powers? yeah, me too. but stuff like that doesn't happen in the REAL world, right? wrong! "The Real Superhumans" is a Science Channel joint about people who can do things that'll raise your eyebrow, cousin! i snatched this 90-minute special off youTube for the people, so you can see what's out there, and as you might expect the scientific community is on a quest to make superpowers available across the board (for a price, i'm sure!). after all, it's a comicbook world!holla!
-samax
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dope artwork can STILL sell the record!
okay, so my homegirl PeanutButterCookiez did this fly album cover for Rain All Day (click the pic to enlarge) by this hip hop crew called The Nope
. the artwork was tight enough that i decided to listen to the song (which she had on her profile). so, after about 4 bars of finely tuned lyricism, i went to the group's profile for more, and before long i was on my blog, pasting together this post. so what's my point? listen to the snippets and if you are impressed like i was, go to The Nope's mySpace and listen to the songs for free (or buy 'em at amazon.com), and remind them that it all happened because they had DOPE artwork!-ghettoManga.com
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All up in the Hood...
that dude Tres of Come Bien Books did us a solid and copped this ghettoManga Logo Hoodie, and just to show what a cool cat he is, sent me this pic he took while rockin' it in NYC. aside from having exquisite fashion sense, Tres is a comicbook and graf artist reppin' the mighty TYS Collective (NYC-Cali STAND UP!). dude manages many hustles in the spirit of ghettoManga, and we mos definitely appreciate the love. for more of our coverage of Tres' Come Bien Books, go here. and make sure you visit the Come Bien mySpace spot too, homey! now, i'm not sayin' rockin' a ghettoManga hoodie will make you as fly as Tres... but it couldn't hurt! COP THAT!holla!
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Obama Moves the Crowd
so far, i haven't seen Obama rap, but he can do comedy! he clearly had a ball at the White House Correspondents Dinner last night, where he got laughs taking shots at Dick Cheney, Fox News and even his own veepee, Joe Biden. Charlene and I watched this last night and couldn't stop laughing!
holla!
-samax
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Happy Mother's Day from ghettoManga
Momma Can You Hear Me by Talib KweliMadonna and Child by Samax
have a good time with your moms. if your moms not around, borrow someone else's... i spent time with other people's mothers when i wasn't getting along with mine. now, wifey's momma #1 in my life (but me and moms are cool now). so i'll call my momma, and my sisters (both are vets in the parenting game) as well as celebrating my wife's first full-fledged mother's day here in the boondocks. have a good one people...
peace fam...
-samax
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She Want the Longhorn like it's Texas Again...
here's a link to a SoCal hip hop group called E.A.R.T.H.they sound pretty cool, but i'm interested to see what you guys think of 'em. if you give 'em a listen, let me know what you think...
holla!
-samax
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new Princess and the Frog trailer
what up fam! here's the new Princess and the Frog trailer. despite all the hullabaloo on BET, i can pretty much guarantee that my wife and i will take our daughter to this joint. good chance we'll like it too...
just sayin'...
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Saturday Night Fever...
one of the downsides of being a freelancer is that you don't get sick days, so i've been drawing through my flu-like symptoms (which my doctor insures me are not Swine-Related) as much as possible, trying to knock out more pages and get to bed. i do take breaks to play with my daughter, watch teevee, read comics (and write reviews like this Kill Bill joint) etc. 
anyways, i made mad progress today, so yay me! So here's a couple panels from the comic i'm working on now. i'm about 2/3 finished with it, and completing pages much faster than when i started. as much as i appreciate the assignment (and the money!), i'll breath a big fat sigh of relief when it's done. it looks like i will be getting more work after this from the client, so i'm excited about the light i see at the end of this tunnel. oh well, i hope everyone had a good saturday! now i gotta get back to my orange juice and drawing board...holla!
-samax.
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Deviation of the Day
sketchpage - akbar's warning by ~HUMPHREYSIRcatch a bit of sketchbook wisdom for the fellas in the lower right corner...
got a bit of wisdom for the people in YOUR sketchbbook? get at me and i'll share the knowledge with the people...
out!
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Rhymefest Flexes His COMICS Knowledge
Chicago by Rhymefest, directed by Konee Rock. Fest drops more superhero references than i've heard in a long time from any emcee not named MF DOOM (i mean, he said "I'm Hellboy, li'l boy, you like Elroy. I'm more like T'challa on steroids")
i'm sayin'... Rhymefest is tryin'a become my favorite rapper...
-samax
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King City Returns this Summer
my clandestine sources have confirmed that Tokyopop and Image comics are ganging up to release Brandon Graham's KING CITY as twelve 32 page oversized books, starting on August 19th. Brando is one of the illest cats doing it right now... he's deep into hip hop and the influence is clear in his work. the first six issues will incorporate the Tokyopop released OGN i reviewed last year but of course, Brandon is sweetening the pot with added bonuses to woo people like me to buy them anyways!The young do-it-all comicbook artist is a ninja about comics who works hard (he has at least one other comic Multiple Warhedz dropping this year), and surrounds himself with artists who are just as psycho about making comics as he is (his girlfriend is currently drawing a story arc of ElephantMen). man after my own heart... anyways, do yourself a favor and peep more about Brandon and King City here.
holla!
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Another DJ Shirt by =Move Merchants, Theory Hazit and Playdough?
Live As It Gets by Move Merchants f/Theory Hazit and Playdough
Manchild from Mars Ill and Playdough's dj Sean P are the Move Merchants. listen to the track YouTube Style. sweet! cop the new joint in june...
-gM
my Jams be Packed like a Laundromat
greetings, party people! congratulate yourself for getting through monday alive! i've been sluggin' away on my freelance project, watching a lotta basketball games, and trying to master the art of twitter. jury's out on that, but here's a panel from page 55. hope ya'll been taking advantage of the free music... that Busta is nice!so i did an in-store appearance at a comic shop this weekend, drew some tight sketches (pix coming eventually) and was blessed with a gift card with which i copped a bunch'a swag, including that GI JOE:ORIGINS and a couple Un-Men trades (both featuring art by that dude Mike Hawthorne... i'm a Hawthorne fan for real right now dunny!) i'll review the Un-Men joints once i finish 'em, but one chapter into the first one, i gotta say, they're pretty hot. also got the rest of that Black Lightning:Year One... so expect a review of that soon too... oh and if you didn't know, the title is a snippet from this classic e-dub joint.
anyways, just wanted to dip in, case anyone was watching! back to the drawing board!
holla!
-samax
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Busta can give you Shit for NOTHIN'!
Download “I Bullshit You NOT” FREE!1. Fate Of The World
2. Director’s Cut (feat. Uncle Murda)
3. Let’s Do It (feat. Spliff Star)
4. Foreign Currency (feat. Maino)
5. Piano Man (feat. Spliff Star & Reek)
6. Death Wish (feat. Raekwon)
7. Try Your Hand (feat. Show Money)
8. The Game Room (feat. Lil Fame)
9. Victim
10. Give A Damn (feat. Show Money & Reek)
11. Bounce Back
12. Feel My Pain
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401k? by the Writing's on the Wall (LITERALLY)
Is Your Child a Tagger?
(click to enlarge) fam! this joint had me DYING! i don't know who did it... if you do, let me know and i'll credit it. [UPDATE: according to our clandestined sources, this actually came from a Graf Taskforce website in Cali... that makes it even MORE hilarious!]
holla!
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not HIS story, your story!
the term "graphic novel" is thrown around a lot these days. for some people, it's just a way to say "comic book" without feeling like a dork. although the term is generally held as a badge of legitimacy, in the case of Still I Rise, it doesn't do the book justice. for one thing, this joint isn't a novel at all, but a Graphic History of African Americans. from the infancy of the middle passage and slave trade to the election of that one dude as the first black President, Roland and Taneshia Nash Laird painstakingly plot out the 400+ year history of African America, and the rock-solid cartooning of Elihu "Adofo" Bey (Neverknots) will make sure you feel every bump along the way. 
the authors use duel narrators with distinct perspectives to walk the reader through history with a broad view not skewed to just one narrow ideology. Bey's intelligent use of cartooning makes heavy ideas accessible and the book's humor lightens tough situations and moments without erasing their gravity. because the research and hard work of the writers and cartoonist covers so many topics, historical figures, and events (and makes it look effortless), this book will create or reawaken curiousity about black history in children and adults that read it. it will make you laugh, it will make you angry, and it will fill you with pride and hope. every african-american family, every library, and every comic book enthusiast should have a copy of this book. and when you get your copy, don't stash it on a musty shelf. put it on your coffee table... where it can do some good! as for me, the copy which the publisher was good enough to give me to review is going to my local public library, but not until i buy another one for my own coffee table.holla!
-samax
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Say Hi to the Bad Guys!
greetings, Fam! here's a sneak peek at the comic i'm working on. in this panel from page 48, we see one bad guy yoking another! a little bad on bad crime, as it were... i'm in high-speed mode, drawing and coloring this as fast as i can! feel free to leave comments below or via email!peace,
samax
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Big Trouble in Tokyo
i'm watching that Teen Titans - Trouble in Tokyo
joint on the DVR... this mess is fun and original, but still brings the 'toon violence for cats like me! i found it on youtube for the fam, but you can click the pic if you want it for your teevee, here's the sales pitch:When a high-tech ninja from the Far East attacks Titans Tower, ROBIN, STARFIRE, CYBORG, RAVEN, and BEAST BOY spring into action and bring him down. But when Robin finds out the ninja was sent by a mysterious and menacing Japanese criminal known as BRUSHOGUN ... our heroes realize that the action isn't over -- it's just getting started. So the Titans pack their bags, hop in the T-Ship, and take off for Tokyo on mission to track down Brushogun -- and bring him to justice. But can our teenage heroes stay out of trouble in the City That Never Blinks? And can Robin solve the mystery of Brushogun before our villain takes down the Titans -- and destroys everything Robin is?
anyways, i gotta meeting to go to, so i'ma go ahead and finish the movie!
holla!
-samax
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the NEW New...
a'ight, i was raised on eighties comics, so when i saw they were reuniting the original team from The New Mutants. i geeked!here's the sales pitch:
They’re back together again! Cannonball, Dani Moonstar, Karma, Sunspot, Magma and Magik have been gathered once more, but can they stand against one of the most powerful X-Villains of all time? Legion is back, and the villain that thrust us into the Age of Apocalypse is scarier than ever. But what does he want with the New Mutants? Zeb Wells (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and Diogenes Neves (X-MEN: WORLDS APART) bring your favorite teen heroes into adulthood. Don’t miss it!
so yeah, i'm all over it! New Mutants #1 drops wednesday, may 6th... COP IT! meanwhile, click the pic on the left for a free preview!
holla!
-gM
"The Kinda Media Coverage Obama Gets"
2008's ghettoManga Emcee of the Year, the ever-enigmatic Jay Electronica is gonna be a big part of something called Tweetstock this summer, according to the blog at URB.com:" Our sources tell us that Tweetstock is in fact an event coming together this summer, lead by Jay Electronica. And it will be bigger than you think..."
so the tease is on, i guess. anyways, i'm still waiting on more info, so i'll let you know when i do...
uno
-gM
So Fresh, So Clean...
if this isn't a first... it's the first I ever heard of it... Rachel Rage Soap (designed to coincide with the release of the new OGN) wins the ghettoManga T'ing of the Week! definitely the most creative comics promo item i've seen in a long time!props to OldeTowneComix.com for bringin' the sweet savour of brown sugar to the game!
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Deviant of the Day
lil' lord vader by ~HUMPHREYSIRnow THAT would'a made a hard prequal...
holla!
-samax
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Dallas Penn and The VILLAIN
that dude Dallas Penn dropped this extra-ill video he made for the MF DOOM track Microwave Mayonaisse, off'a DOOM'S bangin' new plate Born Like That. props to Jamar for emailin' this to me! this is the illest thing ever! click the pic for the director's commentary from the dead serious action figure film maker!holla!
-samax
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