new Green Reefer, daily!

My friend and yours, the mighty Josh Boulet, will be dropping a brand new page of his pothead superhero comedy The Green Reefer:The Movie every day for the month of September.

start the day off Right w/Karniege + Lex Boogie

Sorry if you like to get your day started with something soft and jazzy isht... I prefer to crank them gritty intelligent gutter joints, so I reached for this Karniege track Go Harder, produced by Lex Boogie from the BX. It takes all kinds, right?

PREVIEW- "Urban Shogun Character Guide"

 Your boy Mase (no, not the rapper-turned-preacher-turned-rapper) has dropped a new sourcebook for his magnificent martial arts comic Urban Shogun, and (as is my custom) I have posted up a few pages below for your viewing pleasure...

start the day off Right w/the Pharcyde

This classic video (directed by Spike Jonze, I think) for the Pharcyde single Drop is one of my favorite rap videos ever...

PREVIEW: "Radio Free Amerika" by Robert Bell,

Just read a really cool interview on the BlackSuperheroDotCom Blog with Robert Bell, writer of Radio Free Amerika  the post-apocalyptic comic from Atlanta-based publisher Terminus Media. Radio Free Amerika takes place five years after the united States is attacked by a conglomerate of enemy states including China, Russia and Cuba. Looks dope... peep a preview below...

Get more Reeeey in your life!

That dude Corey Lewis (Shrarknife, Peng) has all kinds of self-published swag for you to order while we wait for the publishers to bring us the stuff they're paying him for...

Vicious Cycle interviewed after smashing "Rock the Bells"

The ladies of Vicious Cycle speak on their experience opening up for Raekwon, Ghostface, Mobb Deep and Supernatural at Rock the Bells in the Dallas, how they met, dream collabos and more in this lickle innerview...

She's so Quotable!

"Every jam I drop, they say 'FIYAH!'
Every illusion I shed, I get higher,
the Devil is a liar, but I'm preachin' to the choir..."
-StaHHr
Gotta give some blog love to one of my favorite emcees. The mighty Stahhr posted this track from Concept's dope new production record Impromptu Notes on Facebook today, now I'm sharing it with you... 'cause that's how the eff I roll right now. Enjoy...

Comicbook World #58: Diamond Planet

I admit it: When I heard that scientists had discovered a planet made of diamond, the first thing that came to my mind was Crystar: Crystal Warrior... Just in case you are not a total dork like me, Crystar: Crystal Warrior was a sci-fi fantasy adventure mini-series created by Marvel Comics in the early eighties for the express purpose of pimping to toy companies, the easier to fleece pre-teen boys of their allowance... Oh, I guess you wanna hear more about the diamond planet, huh?
Sure... today is a great day for science...

Ah... Sweet, brown, fragrant VENGEANCE ♥

Okay, who wants to go watch Colombiana with me tomorrow..?

Preview- "Corsairs: Captain's Log" by Charlie Goubile & Daniel McNeal

 Unfortunately, I didn't make it out to Onyxcon this weekend... If I had, I can promise you I would'a copped Corsairs: Captain's Log, which teases the upcoming space action joint by Charlie Goubile and Daniel McNeal about "rebel space pirates from poverty stricken colonies, who are forced to rob and steal for their own survival."  Peep some preview art below...

Conan don't luh deez hoes...

Everybody knows Conan is the grimiest dude ever, and a role model to thugs, gangsters and chin-checkers everywhere! I mean, he rose from rags to riches on the strength of his cunning, his strong arm, and (of course) unending devotion to the god of steel... he's like 50 Cent, but didn't need to resort to rhyming and vitamin water to stack the chips, ya dig?  Anyways, in this 3 page just-for-kicks fan art comic by the mighty Paul Maybury (Aqua Leung), Conan shows you how a true pimp handles his bidness...

Samurai VS Vampires... FIGHT!!!

This came out last month, but I forgot about it. Yeah, sue me... Look: Do you want this preview or not?

Webcomic (p)REVIEW- "Saint's Way" by Yasmin Liang

I was on a friend's blog when I came across an ad for the amazing new webcomic Saint's Way by unbelievable college student Yasmin Liang.

3 words: BLACK! DYNAMITE! PILOT!

You SHOULD already know that the fine folks at Ars Nova, creators of that bad ass mofo Black Dynamite, have combined with the animation team from The Boondocks to bring a brand new Black Dynamite cartoon to Adult Swim in 2012, but you can watch the pilot to the show right now in the video below. Sex, violence, pimps, cussing, puppets, kids with guns...
Do I really have to CONVINCE you to watch this? REALLY?!?

Start the Day off Right w/ MF DOOM & GhostFace

5 years. That's how long heads have been waiting on that MF DOOM- GhostFace collabo. The light at the end of the tunnel better not be a train... here's the first single, Victory Laps chopped into the Madvillainz remix...

PREVIEW- Spider Island: CLOAK & DAGGER #1 (of 3)

I haven't really been paying attention enough to know the context of the new Spider Island: Cloak & Dagger mini, but I always loved the characters, so I was pleased to snatch these pages off ye olde internets to share with you. Peep...

Start the Day off Right w/ Profound & SMP

"I'm LOVIN' my life, while you n*ggas are born losers/
When I perform, people will swarm like Storm Troopers..."
-Profound

"Comics comes from graffiti", "Style is a capitalist invention" and other cool stuff Art Spiegelman says

Here's a cool interview where alt-comics juggernaut Art Spiegelman (Maus, Jack and the Box) drops all kindsa fresh quotable snippets o' thought for you to disagree with...

Start the day off Right w/ Wise Intelligent (of PRT)

If I'm on your Facebook feed, you already either listened to this or ignored it several times, so what's one more right? peep...

On Sale Now- "Peacekeeper: Old World Order #1" by Erik Reeves

If you're not familiar with his work, Erik Reeves is an example of a largely unknown cartoonist whose stock is rising in the comics world. Besides being a go-to guy in the design world, Erik is carving out a niche in the Dallas comics scene with his self-published sci-fi-action comic, Peacekeeper: Old World Order. I snatched the preview below from the jaws of Indyplanet, where the first issue is on sale now.

Mecca Godzilla VS Tsunami: FIGHT!

Yeah, the news media has moved on to other things, but it's still real in the field for survivors of the earthquake/ Tsunami/ meltdown in Japan... so that dude Mecca Godzilla is offering these Rising Sun tees with all proceeds going to relief efforts...

Interview- Shah from DormWorld comics speaks on his hipHop infused comic, Battlemasterz

Your man Crazy Al Cayne caught up with Shah from the DormWorld crew at Bronx Heroes Comicon (where they debuted their promising new hiphop-rich action comic, Battlemasterz) for a quick interview. I've been peeping the Dormworld cats for a while on the internets, but it looks like they cranked it into high gear while I wasn't looking...

Corey Lewis goes all Re(y)tro on you...

I came across this awesome one page comic Bloodshed by Corey "Rey" Lewis yesterday, and thought it was awesome! It's his recreation of a character from his childhood, influenced by the wacky early 90's anti-heroes we loved so much back then. Peep the motion comic and some blahzay blah from Corey below.

PREVIEW- "Staceytron: Mass Perception"

 I did a piece for the faceless internet nerd demigoddess Stacey Owens for her artbook project Staceytron: Mass Perception last year, and now the book is finally out. The cover was smashed out by the venerable Dave Johnson and the book includes a laundry list of dope artists known and unknown, so it will be a great bit of exposure for me I think. Why don't you peep some preview art while I go pat myself on the back?

PREVIEW: Dziva Jones Cover art

 Here's Stanley Weaver Jr's cover art for Aminah Armour's comic about the bodyguard and crimefighter with the brickhouse frame, Dziva Jones. Peep the pencils below...

Start the day off Right w/Jurassic 5

I went on a brief but necessary road trip this weekend with my daughter, and dug into the case for some speeding driving music and grabbed Power In Numbers, the third album from the dearly departed hip hop crew Jurassic 5. In my humble opinion, this particular song (Break) may be one of the best highway songs ever...

The Black Dynamite cartoon is coming August 8th! (sorta)

I'm not the only one geeking about the Adult Swim (aka Cartoon Network After Dark) launch of the animated adventures of former CIA agent and full time righteous brotha Black Dynamite, but I'm happy to take my place in the chorus of voices. Here's a Black Dynamite promo video I copped from the Adult Swim Website...

Getting good Feedback about our Luke Cage Tribute Issue!

Under cover of darkness, I sent out copies of that Luke Cage Tibute issue (lovingly referred to as the "Sweet Christmas Special" even though it's obviously NOT christmastime) to my subscribers, preorderers and other assorted deserving peeps last Wednesday, and the first reverberations started hitting my various inboxes this weekend...

Start the day off Right w/Ryu Black aka Mecca Godzilla

That dude Mecca Godzilla decided to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Street Fighter II the way any sane rapper should: by making a new Hip Hop opera album Perfect Heaven (天): The Ryu Black Musical, and this is the first video from the record.

PREVIEW- Saint 2

 I've run into Wayne Jackson of Austin-based micropublisher Urban Senate at conventions several times and found him to be a cool guy, so I was pleased to see that he had tapped my dude Erik Reeves to draw the interiors for his book Saint, which is now up on IndyPlanet. Erik emailed me these preview pages last night, so I figured you'd wanna see them asap!

In Stores Now (I think)- "Starborn" Trade Paperback!

Yeah, you know I'm dying to get my hands on that Starborn trade paperback! I read the first few issues and really dug 'em so this is definitely on the BegBorrowSteal list...

Physical Graffiti + DJ Priority = DOWNLOAD THIS!!!

I wasn't familiar with this chick Physical Graffiti until my dude DJ Priority dropped this joint Hamlet Complex from her debut album Thought Kryminal on Twitter. PLEASE peep that isht below...

Wishlist- "Our Love is Real" by Sam Humphries & Steven Sanders #WTF

I saw a preview poster for writer Sam Humphries (CBGB; Fraggle Rock) and artist Steven Sanders' (Uncanny X-Men: The Heroic Age, SWORD; Five Fists of Science) new self-published comic Our Love is Real and I have to admit, I'm curious where they're going with it! I gaffled a 6 page preview and  posted it with some of my patented blah blah below...

start the day off Right w/Adam WarRock

If you find yourself in the mood for some light-hearted nerdcore rap shit, feast your ears on this dude Adam WarRock...

Start the day off right w/ Theory Hazit

busy, busy, busy... Here's some fire from Theory Hazit...

start the day off Right w/Curren$y, Mos Def, & Jay Electronica

This song The Day by Curren$y (featuring Jay Electronica and the mighty Mos Def) isn't new, but it is extremely dope.  I never heard it before, but my dude Khalid posted it on Facebook yesterday, and I thought it would be a good song for the early risers...

9 minute Preview... rhymes with "Wonder Bats"

I'm sure this is coming down soon, so enjoy it while you can...

Really, Common? Really?!

I have never been a huge fan of Chicago emcee Common, but I have always given him his props for growing up in hip hop. Starting out as a pretty typical rap dude rapping about typical rap things, Common evolved right before our eyes into a conscious musician with an ear for spiritual, lyrical and musical experimentation. So much so, that he became almost synonymous with conscious rap, and the hinge between the serious lyricists in hip hop and the newly resurgent spoken word poetry movement. I mean, the President actually invited him to perform at a poetry jam at the White House. That is my mental context for listening to Ghetto Dreams, the collabo song Common dropped with Nas last week.  As my longtime readers know, I love it when Nas gets into his deep pro-black, celebratory/revolutionary vibe (as he did on say, One Mic or Black Republican), and that's what I would expect him to do beside Common over a track by No ID. Well, that's not exactly what happened...

the (re)Born Identity

I posted these pages to the first issue of  the Daredevil: Reborn miniseries when  it came out a while back, but figured it was time to bring 'em back since they collected the series in hardcover...