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Preview- "The 50th Law" comic adaptation by that dude Dave Crosland.

Did you know that one of our favorite indie cartoonists Dave Crosland (Everybody's Dead, Scarface:Scarred for Life) did the comics adaptation of 50 Cent's book the The 50th Law? Yeah, me neither...

Yeah... I drew @RossCambelll's character Shadoweyes...

Felt like doing fan art, but no mainstream stuff. Here's my drawing of Ross Campbell's monster/superhero character Shadoweyes.

#BegBorrowSteal- "Darius Logan and the Super Justice Force" by David F. Walker

I don't read novels much. Don't get me wrong: I read books, just not a lot of fiction. My fiction reading is largely limited to graphic novels, but I enjoy a "real" novel every now and then. When I saw David Walker (BadAzz Mofo, Blind Monkey Style) pimping Super Justice Force (The Adventures of Darius Logan), I bit the bait. I'm seriously glad I did...

#Kickstart THIS- Kung Fu Swagga: Welcome 2 Brickhaven

Ever since I first encountered Houston-based writer Adrian Engmann on these internets, I have been waiting to see the release of Kung Fu Swagga, his hip hop martial arts comic. Now, the book is on Kickstarter. Peep a quick preview...

Homeboy Sandman calls in to KNON

Dallas hip hop radio jocks DJ Easy Eddie D and M. Slago interview that dude Homeboy Sandman on KDLT KNON 89.3FM

In Stores NOW- "Prince of Cats" by Ron mother-effing Wimberly

It had to happen eventually: Those ruthless bastards at Vertigo have unleashed Ron Wimberly (known in the international intelligence community by his codename D-pi) on that unsuspecting sliver of the public that still reads comics. The visual assault comes in the form of Wimberly's new graphic novel Prince of Cats, which is in stores right now...

Some @ComicBookDiner Fan Art...

Felt like doing fan art, but no mainstream stuff. Here's a drawing of Rich Faber & John Gallagher's Roboy Red. John and Rich do a podcast with my dude Jamar under the moniker Comicbook Diner, so after I drew this I figured I oughta draw some other characters from the ComicBook Diner crew...

#DownloadThis "A Week In TX- What Could Have Been" by Rob Viktum

My dude Rob Viktum made some beats for a project that never came out because business is stupid or something. But Rob decided to give us us beats via the miracle of Bandcamp...

PREVIEW- Fanboys VS Zombies #6

I haven't gotten a chance to read Fanboys VS Zombies yet, but Sam Humphries is a beast and the art by Jerry Gaylord looks dope. It doesn't hurt to have covers by the likes of Khary Randolph and Felipe Smith to get people talking either...

In Stores now- "Dial H for Hero" #0

I used to cut for Dial H for Hero when I was a kid for lots of reasons I won't get into unless you badger me in the comments. Suffice to say that I have read many incarnations of Dial H whenever DC would revive it I haven't read the reboot version, since I can't afford to really follow mainstream books anymore. But who cares about me? Here's a preview...

#BegBorrowSteal- "KODOJA: TERROR MOUNTAIN SHOWDOWN"

Like beat tapes, kaiju movies, indy comics and/or multimedia storytelling projects? Philly funk band Big Pimp Jones and the 70's pop-culture-fueled party machine Hot Peas and Butta have joined forces with illustrator Elroy Jenkins and comicbook artist Recs (his momma named him Rory Smith) to create the city-smashing Kodoja: Terror Mountain Showdown, which you can experience via ceedee, digital download, comicbook, or vinyl (or if you're smart like me, all of the above!)... For all the cheapskates, here's some youTubery!

"Undead Celebrities" is coming...

What I'M Talm'Bout... by Samax Amen

"You know what they call @MikeHawthorne in France?"

Me neither... but I imagine the metric system plays a part in it. Anyways, here's a preview of some stuff my dude Mike Hawthorne is drawing for French publisher Ankama. Can't tell you much about it because it's in French or whatever. Just look at the pretty pictures, tough guy!

Michael Jai White & Arsenio Hall talk about "Black Dynamite"

Brandon Graham covers Elephantmen #43

Peep the wraparound cover Brandon Graham did for Elephantmen #43. SPOILER ALERT! Nah, just kidding, I don't know anything about the issue... I just snatched this off'a Facebook...

HOLY CRAP! That WolfSmoke "Bat Man of Shanghai" joint is HARD!

I haven't watched television in months. Not bragging or anything, but I don't think I've seen anything everyone's bugging over since before the Olympics... but this DC Nation Bat Man of Shang Hai short is on YouTube now, so there you go...

DVD REVIEW- "White Scripts and Black Supermen" directed by Jonathan Gayes, PhD

White Scripts and Black Supermen cover art by John Jennings.

In college I minored in Social Science, a combination of Sociology and Psychology. This facilitated lots of ruminating on race, and the the many ways we talk about it as individuals and as a society. Also being a card-carrying comicbook ~~nerd~~ enthusiast, I jumped for joy at the thought of White Scripts and Black Supermen, a documentary featuring scholarly discourse focused on the genesis of black superheroes at all-white companies like Marvel and DC...

"Prelude to Scrap Mettle" by Columbo Black #DownLoadThis

Shout out to that dude Lex Boogie from the BX for dropping this link on the Twitter machine. True-school Compton emcee Columbo Black is dope. Peep these tracks that didn't make it onto his upcoming album Scrap Mettle, and download via the miracle of Bandcamp!

Preview Video and Art: "CHRONICLES of PIYE" a new African Fantasy by Richard E. Gaskin & Chris "Crazyhouse" Miller

Looks like Chris Miller (Chris Crazyhouse, Nukkullheadz, ACTION! Magazine) is getting his black Jack Kirby on. Here, he's working with writer Richard E. Gaskin on Chronicles of Piye, An African inspired fantasy graphic novel they are looking to release in late 2012 in both digital & print form.
peep some promo materials I found below...

PREVIEW- "Infernal Man-Thing" #3 by Steve Gerber & Kevin Nowlan

Man-Thing #3 cover art by the mighty Art Adams

Guru + Common + Bob James + Fritz the Cat = Yes

Somebody shared this youTubery of the late great Guru's State of Clarity with me today. Love the Fritz the Cat animations...

"You must protect your nuts at all times, no matter how minute or hairless they are..." -Black Dynamite

Here's some promo clips from the next episode of Black Dynamite: 'Apocalypse This!' Or 'For the Pity of Fools,' AKA 'Flashbacks Are Forever...

Preview some Multiple Warheads interior and cover art by Brandon Graham!

Multiple Warheads (Whale Restaurant) by Brandon Graham

That dude Brandon Graham dropped a new blog post this week, including a link to the Prophet #28 preview I posted yesterday. Anytime Brandon links to my blog, traffic spikes dramatically. I'll show my gratitude by stealing some of his art and posting it here, 'cause that's how the eff I roll...

TEDxTALKS : Sinchon- LeSean Thomas talks about Successful Failure in the Korean Animation Industry

In this 15 minute TEDx Talk, animated TV producer LeSean Thomas (The Boondocks, Black Dynamite) is very open and honest about his decision to move to Korea.

PREVIEW "Prophet #28" by Brandon Graham & Giannis Milonogiannis

Comicbook World #66 - Cougar's son goes Wolverine on roommate!

In comics, a hero's greatest enemy is often a friend gone bad. From the looks of it, life is imitating art again in Vernal, Utah where 19 year old Kristofer Ryan Huff allegedly attacked his roommate with Wolverine claws for giving his moms the ole fastball special...

(DOOM x Jneiro Jarel) + (Moredcai x Rigby) = GUV'NOR #doTheMath

Neither Mordecai nor Rigby of the Cartoon Network hit Regular Show makes an appearance in the video for the JJ DOOM single Guv'nor, but I'm sure they are bumping this in between funny internet videooos...

PREVIEW- VOODOO #12

I forgot all about this comic. I have no idea what's going on, but the art is pretty. So there you go...

"Sullivan's Sluggers" Wraparound cover, Baseball Cards, and more preview art

If you're one of the three or four people in the universe that didn't back Mark Andrew Smith and James Stokoe's limited-edition baseball horror graphic novel Sullivan's Sluggers, you probably don't care about the front and back cover art (above) or any of the other preview art I posted below. But I'm showing it anyways, because I'm excited and stuff...

#IFWT- "Soda Girl and the Sugar Scouts" by Whitney Gardner

Whitney Gardner is in one of the million Facebook groups I participate in. She posted this hilarious mini-comic she made. I honestly felt like Soda Girl and the Sugar Scouts is way too good not to share it... Check it out below...

Sanford Greene on "Heroes for Hire"..?

Chris "Crazyhouse" Miller debuts his "Action! Magazine" at Onyxcon 4

Peep some preview art from Chris "CrazyHouse" Miller's new all-ages cartoon anthology Action! Magazine

This is some black James Bond type shit... DAMN YOU, RON WIMBERLY!!! (not really)

I'm so mad at myself right now for not being more like Ron Wimberly... I mean, not in a "Damn, he fly, I'ma dress like/ draw like/ talk like him" kinda way... more of a "Fuck! He draws comics all the time and I don't" kinda way. Here's a short story of his called Africa? that I shamelessly snatched off'a Behance...

Official Video to "Grown Up" plus a few words about that dude Danny Brown

I just snatched this video for the Danny Brown track Grown Up off Crazy Al Cayne's website. It's what I do...

Is it possible? A Darius Davidson cartoon?

I already posted this drawing of my teenage adventurer Darius Davidson on Facebook, but I haven't said much about why.

(Romeo & Juliet) + Samurai sword warfare + hip hop = Ron Wimberly's "Prince of Cats"

I should really be drawing right now. So of course, I am sitting here sweating Prince of Cats, the upcoming hip hop remix of a that hoary olde Shakesperean classic Romeo & Juliet by the bard of the bristol boards Ron Wimberly (known the world over as D-Pi). Since I am not quite important enough to get DC/Vertigo's press releases sent to me directly, I just ripped some art off Wimberly's Tumblr, cuz that's how the eff I roll...

In Stores NOW- "GODZILLA: HALF CENTURY WAR" by James Stokoe!

In case you didn't know (or you forgot, like me), the first issue of James Stokoe's Godzilla: Half-Century War mini-series came out this week. Peep the 8 page preview below...

#nowPlaying "WHOOP ASS" by Oh No f/Sticky Fingaz

If you can look at the cover to Oh No's new plate OhNomite and not want to buy it on sight, well... I can't be your friend anymore. Don't take it too hard, but if this cover art by Charles Munka (art direction by the mighty Jeff Jank) doesn't make you wanna buy this record... you know, put ACTUAL MONEY down for it... then we have nothing in common. This relationship's not going anywhere, so it's best that we part ways now. No hard feelings...

VIDEO: BLACK DYNAMITE PANEL from SDCC

Feast your eyes on the people that get paid to make folks mad on the large and small screens with their blaxploitation sensation Black Dynamite. There's 22 and a half minutes of panel, about 6 minutes of which is the introductions. But they're pretty funny too, so peep...