Happy Valentine's Day everybody!

What are your thoughts on Felipe Smiith and Tradd Moore's ALL NEW GHOST RIDER designs?

Here's a shiteload of pre-production art for Felipe Smith and Tradd Moore's upcoming All New Ghost Rider comic. Besides the fact that his civilian persona Robbie Reyes is obviously based on my west-coast homie and GhettoManga contributor Eric M. Esquivel (Blackest Terror, Thor:Unkillable Thunderchrist, FREELANCERS, Loki: Ragnarok and Roll), what do you think of the direction the latest incarnation of Marvel's revanent road warrior?

I drew @BavuBlogs again...

Hip Hop Grew Up by Samax Amen

#nowWatching that "One" video by the mighty SubKulture Patriots! #AustinHipHop

I was drawing and listening to randon empeethrees when this track One by Austin-based rap massive SubKulture Patriots came on. A quick YouTube search revealed they made a video to this joint. Ooooh snap...

#nowPlaying @ActionBronson and Statik Selektah "Well Done" mixtape.

Action Bronson (sketch) by Samax

Yeah... I came across a youTube link for Well Done, the mixtape by Queens-based emcee Action Bronson and Statik Selektah this morning and was feeling it. One thing lead to another and before the record was over, I had banged out a 30 minute sketch of Bronson...

"NJ to UK. Clientelle Massive..." @RealKingRA (from that new cartoon Sci Fi Stu video "Breaking Bad", animated by @GOODIDEAstyle)

It wouldn't come as a surprise to find out that I like animated hip hop videos.  I was excited to find out that the new Sci Fi Stu-produced joint Breaking Bad (featuring Jersey growler King RA) debuted on YouTube this morning. Peep...

Check out the February issue of NORTHWEST LEAF, which features cover art by Josh Boulet! #420

Here's the cover to the February 2014 issue of Northwest Leaf, which features art by GhettoManga contributor Josh Boulet (Green Reefer, The Wrong Night in Texas, B-Girls VS D-Grrls). You can read the issue below via Issuu.

"28 Reasons (to Hug a Black Guy)"

Okay, so you know I haven't watched Saturday Night Live since the Charles Barkley episode, but the Black History Month presentation spoof 28 Reasons had me DYING ever since GhettoManga Minister of Education and Media Assassination Salina Gray sent me this YouTube video on Sunday...

Our friend @RobertTRES Trujillo supplies RadDad cover art!

Massive shout out to that dude Robert TRES Trujillo, whose art graces the cover of the new issue of RAD DAD!

In Stores Now- "SAGA #18" by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples

We didn't do a GhettoManga Awards list for 2013, but if we had, there's a pretty good chance that Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples's genre-bending science fiction fantasy  SAGA would have won for Comicbook of the Year. Check out this preview of  the latest issue...

Preview a couple more of Dynamite's "JOHN CARTER, WARLORD OF MARS" comics in stores today

Obviously, Dynamite Entertainment has more sense than Walt Disney Pictures. Disney gave their 2012 adaptation of A Princess of Mars the lack-luster title John Carter, while Dynamite gives their comics exploring the Barsoom series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs titles like Warlord of Mars and Dejah Thoris and the Green Men of Mars. You know, titles that might actually make one want to check them out...

IN STORES TODAY- Adventure Time 2014 Winter Special

Just when you thought there was no upside to the polar vortex, global colding and other assorted winter bee ess, (ka)BOOM drops the Adventure Time 2014 Winter Special to warm your hearts and hearths. Peep...

New TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES pages by @RossCampbelll

We're obviously champions of creator-owned indie comics here at GhettoManga... but there is something special about watching a creator get the chance to work on a property they truly love. After years of interacting with Ross Campbell (Wet Moon, Shadoweyes) on the internet, I know Ross LOVES the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, so it is especially cool to watch him illustrate the Turtles on this IDW book.

"Matt Hearts Elektra" limited edition print by @SamaxAmen to hang in @ArtLoveMagic's milestone exhibit next month.

Matt Hearts Elektra by Samax Amen (11x17 )

Boondocks Season 4 OFFICIAL Air Date?!?!

"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