"From my spaceship, Look down on n*ggas tell em you ain't ish. Can't get caught in the Matrix, fuck what you think bitch" STS powered by @Skibeatz

Rewind with me to 2011. I was working for a very cool e-learning company, helping to make educational cartoons for their website. Fun work, but it requires lots of music (Trust me on this). I didn't have an iPod or anything like that, and they didn't allow loading music on the computers. They DID however allow us to stream internet content, so I created extensive youTube playlists that I listened to while working...

This YouTube cartoon "Shady, California" by @AlfonsoAmey1 is hilarious!

If you watched Alfonso Amey's Paula Deen Meets Black Jesus, you already know about his love for bad language and NSFW comedy.  If not... well... I apologize in advance for all the gay jokes in SHADY CALIFORNIA... of which there are many.

We're curious to know what YOU guys are working on?

Things are busy at GhettoManga headquarters, but we find ourselves wondering: What are YOU working on these days?

#musicToDrawTo "GGMOOD!" by the sentient DOOMbot known as @GripGrand (tastes great with or without MF DOOM)

Okay, I officially fux with the Cali-based rogue scholar Grip Grand, who produced this mixtape GGDOOM with a shite-load of vinyl and some  lifted acapellas by everyone's favorite rapping super villain.

Brandon Graham, Ron Wimberly, and... Jeru? Yeah, I go there...

He leaps over lies in a single bound. Who is he? The black Prophet! One day, he got struck by Knowledge of Self. It gave him super scientifical powers... Wait. No...  I was thinking of someone else. This is the cover to the new issue of Brandon Graham's PROPHET. Well, the character technically belongs to Rob Liefeld, but Brandon has made the concept his own in a big way!

PREVIEW - new "BLACK DYNAMITE" comic from @IDWPublishing

Here at GhettoManga, we love Black Dynamite. We love the movie. We love the cartoon. We love the one-shot comic that Ars Nova self-published a while back. And now, we're excited to see that they've taken the comic over to IDW for a brand new #1, with that dude Ron Wimberly making nice on pencils. Peep...

"We killin' em softly with beats and rhymes. If the city bump this, you will see a decrease in crime..." -Kilo Art-of-Fact

Real quick, here's the single I Look Arabian by Dallas-based rap crew Grey Matter from their new album the Grey Matter Project, plus enjoy the album art by my dude GhettoManga contributor Michael Lagocki.

MISFORTUNE HIGH #1 by @JulesRivera is on the way... PLUS issue 2 is in full swing!

I just filled out the form to receive my copy of Jules Rivera's Kickstarter-funded urban fantasy funnybook Misfortune High #1, which I am very excited to read. She posted the pic above of the books which arrived last week, and I imagine books have already went out to other backers, since I was late filling out my shipping info. Anyways, I went diving through her Kickstarter updates and the MH Tumblr and found some process art from issue #2...

Up late drawing and listening to old school raps. Join me, won't you?

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I'm up late drawing and dropping links to old school Youtube joints on Facebook. No, Biggie isn't old school. Sorry...

"I'm Thor with the hammer, you soft like Rick Moranis..." @Headkrack

I want to thank Headkrack and the whole Bodega Bros fam for reminding us that rappers never get tired of referencing Thor's hammer. This quotable comes from the Bodega Brovas song Steve Buschemi, which you can stream or download below.

I drew Blade again...

#nowWatching "Full Throttle" by Castor Pollux (prod. by Rice Master Yen)

I got a message today from German producer Rice Master Yen linking to this video for Full Throttle by Castor Pollux. I always enjoy the Rice Master's beats, so I checked it out...

#musicToDrawTo "ALL DAT GLITTERS AIN'T GOALS" instrumentals produced by @Illastrate inspired by the works of Fahamu Pecou.

I'm streaming these instrumentals to All Dat Glitters Ain't Goals, by Fahamu Pecou and Illustrate. I also embedded the original EP, which features Atlanta-based hip hop from emcees like Ekunday (Liuns Den) Clan Destined, Boog Brown, Methuzulah, Stic man, Starchile, etc. You're welcome.

"My inner prize is more precious than the Enterprize. Starship Star Trekking when the pen applies" @Th3oryHazit of DC COMETS #nerdcore

I'm a big fan of Kentucky native emcee-producer Theory Hazit, so I was intrigued to see him combine with Cream of Beats under the moniker DC Comets.  Peep DC Comets' new video Astro, where Hazit gets his MF DOOM on courtesy of a cheap gladiator helmet...

Our friend @Erik_Reeves is hard at work on his afrofuturist comic PEACEKEEPER: NEW WORLD ORDER #2

Here's Erik Reeves' artwork for the cover to the second issue of his science-fiction series Peacekeeper: New World Order. Because Erik does so much illustrating work to pay bills, his comics (like Peacemaker and Hoodratz in Space) come out slowly...

A quick preview of QUANTUM & WOODY #7 (published by @ValiantComics)

"I got them go-go-gadgets. So when the Cobra-La come through the floor, I'm putting snakes in baskets..." -Vast Aire

REVEALED: The SECRET ORIGIN of BROCCOLI ROB!

If you're patiently waiting on Jamar Nicholas's all ages superhero graphic novel LEON: PROTECTOR of the PLAYGROUND, you might enjoy to see the rough artwork leading into the genesis of Leon's nemesis Broccoli Rob below! If not, well... it's still down there...

Brandon Graham eats kung-fu posters, shites comics, and fux with one of his heroes...

"I eat posters and steal their power."
-Brandon Graham, explaining how he took inspiration from old kung-fu joints to put together the cover for the Empowered: Internal Medicine one-shot, wherein the GhettoManga favorite cartoonist and KRS ONE acolyte takes on Adam Warren's cheesecake superhero comedy. Peep the cover in question and some preview pages below...

Have you seen this Kickstarter trailer for the 80's style action comedy KUNG FURY? No? CLICK THIS NOW!

Judging from the almost six thousand backers it has already, you may have already heard about the silly ass CGI 80's love fest KUNG FURY, but I'll be damned if I wasn't gonna share what has gotta be the best Kickstarter video ever...

New KING RA animated video by @GoodIdeaStyle coming soon? I can't wait!

“Defending my bars first, never respond to a fucking Kendrick Lamar verse.” -Sean Price

Y'all know how I feel about MegaSean's blue collar raps, right? Here's some Sean Price SoundCloudery...

"We broke Batman's back. We killed Superman." -Rob Liefeld, speaking on the impact of the Image Comics founding.

Just finished watching The Image Revolution, a documentary chronicling the history of iconic creator-owned publisher Image Comics. I went ahead and embedded it for you to watch below

#KickstartTHIS "BREAKBALL" by Gavin Weir

Check out this preview of Breakball, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi sports comic by Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale graduate Gavin Weir.

"No one is born hating another person... If they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love." -Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela #1 by Sidney Maurer

Felipe Smith and Tradd Moore BOTH drew covers for their new "Ghost Rider" debut

 So we are pretty psyched for the new Ghost Rider comic written by the mighty Felipe Smith, but we aint forgot he's got mad drawing chops, too! He pulled out a new style for this variant cover, and it looks pretty dope. For more fire, peep the regular cover by series artist Tradd Moore (Luther Strode) below...

#nowPlaying "Strange" by the Boogie Monsters

Order your copy of BLACK COMIX now and get $20 OFF the cover price!

Ring the alarm! I just got new copies of Black Comix in today, just in time for Black Friday! Buuuut I can't wait, so I'm offering $20 OFF, cause that's how I roll!

#nowPlaying "Thank You" by Busta Rhymes f/ Q-tip. And some other dudes y'all like ad-libbin'...

THIS would get me into the movie theaters for an X-men movie...

"I ain't rich but I hustle, cause everyday is another chance to get out the struggle..." @DaShade

Temp job and freelancing is keeping me away from the blog, but Da'Shade rapping over a Raph Saadiq track was more than I could resist, seen? Peep...

Napoleon Da Legend and Crazy Al Cayne working on a new SugarCayne Experiment EP?

#nowPlaying "Just Let It Go" by @teknique45 and Lejend #nerdcore

GET YOUR DIRTY HANDS OFF MY WOMAN, TEK!

I met nerdcore emcee/beatmaker Tekforce at the Listening party for Sivion's album last month. Cool cat. Even though he went to the Jean Grae show and I didn't, I am posting a couple of his songs to show how much I am not hating. Cause... I'm totally not hating.

This dude ANDREW HUERTA is SICK with the pen... SICK, I SAY!!!

Because I am obviously a glutton for punishment, I took on the task of being a moderator of a Luke Cage fan art group on DeviantArt, and as a result, ran across this ill drawing by Andrew Huerta (Jinnrise, Pathfinder). Dude is insanely dope! Peep some art below, fam...

FOOD ONE is TAKING OVER LOS ANGELES this week!!!! (((airhorn)))

If you've found yourself with a case of the Mondays, I figure some random art from the mighty FOOD ONE (his momma named him Jim Mahfood) should lift your spirits. My Los Angelinos should be especially festive, because FOOD ONE's VISUAL FUNK WEEK is in full mother-fucking efFIZZect in your area! Here's an itinerary (that's just a list of places and dates, fools) and some more art below...

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.

*Shrug* I'd watch it...

I'm obviously a big fan of indie comic book dude and filmmaker Yehudi Mercado (Buffalo Speedway, Pantalones, TX), so that explains why I'm already in line to watch/read whatever Hero Hotel is gonna be.  Watch this youtube trailer and I'll hold a spot for you in line...

#nowPlaying "How You Spit?" by Skeezo f/ Napoleon Da Legend

First of all, this artwork is the bomb. Okay, having gotten that outta the way, I can direct your attention to How You Spit? by Skeezo, featuring a nice verse by Napoleon Da Legend...

Will Richey, David Rodriguez and the DaVerse Lounge crew rock TEDx SMU

Spoken word artist Will Richey brought some representatives of the spoken word/art experience that is DaVerse Lounge to TEDxSMU and burned the house down...

MISTY KNIGHT is looking good in this DAREDEVIL: DARK NIGHTS preview!

Amanda Connor and Paul Mounts KILT this cover to Daredevil: Dark Nights #6 which features Matt Murdoch side-by-side with my homegirl Misty Knight! The interiors aren't bad, either...