Gerald Benton fan art by Samax Amen

To warm up for a day of comicking on Monday, I drew Gerald Benton, star of indie cartoonist Anthony Harris's debut comic 35. 

CELEBRATE Amandla's birthday with 19% OFF on STRANGER COMICS titles!

As a backer of the NIOBE: She is Death kickstarter campaign, I got an email update from Stranger Comics today letting me know that they are having a sale in observance of Niobe creator Amandla Stenburg's 19th birthday.  I figured it would be a good look to pass it on to you.

The mighty DMC on Sway's Universe promoting his comic, speaking on negativity in the culture and more.

I'm listening to Sway's latest interview of DMC that just posted on YouTube.  Decided to post in case you wanted to peep it too...

L'Orange + Del + stop motion animation = the new video BLAME THE AUTHOR

L'Orange is back with another dope video!  This time the visuals are for Blame The Author f/Del the Funky Homosapien.  

New (to me) Rah Digga album?!?

Rah Digga recorded a gang of songs for an album that never came out in the early ots called Everything is a Story, with features and production by all kinds of all-stars. You already know I LOVE me some Rah Digga, so let's not stand on ceremony and just get into it...

Peep these Corey Lewis Inktober joints... Just becuz!

 I have never participated in Inktober- drawing 31 ink drawings (one per day) in the month of October- and this year is no different ('dem deadlines), but here's some drawings from Corey Lewis (Sharknife, Peng, Sunbakery).

MC Eiht + Lady of Rage = HEART COLD

Got my day started the right way this morning bumping this video Heart Cold by MC Eiht featuring Lady of Rage...

#NowPlaying BROKEN MAZES by MarQ Spekt and Gary Wilson

MarQ Spekt is one of those dudes who has been flying under the radar making dope hip hop for a hot minute.  Check out BROKEN MAZES his new collabo album with veteran new wave  artist Gary Wilson.

Oh no

Ruby Ibarra goes in on her new album CIRCA91

"We are taught to fear darkness, but ironically find solace in the shade..."
-Ruby Ibarra
For all the people unaware of the diversity in hip hop, Ruby Ibarra is another nice Filipino emcee for your rolodex.  Ibarra brought fellow GhettoManga Filipino favorites Bambu and Rocky Rivera along for the ride on CIRCA91, which guaranteed I would at least check it out.

#LaughToKeepFromCrying

#nowPlaying- WESTSIDE(Gunn +MF)DOOM "GORILLA MONSOON"

Here's Gorilla Monsoon, off the upcoming collabo record by Westside Gunn and the mighty rhyming supervillain MF DOOM.

(BLADE RUNNER + anime) x Shinichiro Watanabe = FUCKYEAH #DoTheMath

So I took a minute to watch BLACK OUT 2022, the BLADERUNNER-verse anime short by  that dude  Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo).  You should too...

RIP Lein Wein, co-creator of the All-New All-Different X-Men

Mike Hawthorne + The Red Skull + Venom equals THIS

That Mike Hawthorne sure can draw...

A few words about master cartoonist Kyle Baker

Hey, fam... I just watched this hilarious 'toon Bleth Thith Meth, by the mighty Kyle Baker on vimeo, and it got me thinking...

Amurican God's Son...

DOOM/ Westside Gunn Collabo album? YES, PLEASE!!!

Y'all know we fux wit DOOM.  Also fux wit Westside Gunn.  So they're doing an album together, I hear?  Dope

Name Your Price for Mike Hawthorne's anatomy lecture handouts! #BegBorrowSteal

HOLY CRAP! Deadpool artist, college anatomy professor, and GhettoManga magazine contributor Mike Hawthorne is sharing this whopping 110 page hand-drawn anatomy notebook on some name-your-price type isht!!!

#NowPlaying Dih Binny by YAMIN SEMALI

"I'm more worried bout y'all than the bad guys.
We in the same boat, so we fucked if it capsize.
It's anti-Matter when it come to them Black Lives..." 
Yamin Semali

Kensugi- A one page comic by Josh Boulet

My buddy Josh Boulet drew a neat little one page comic called Kensugi, and for all those not interested in all that reading, he also whipped up a video version for you.

Chibi Celina reviewed DEFENDERS so I don't have to...

 So I binge-watched Marvel's DEFENDERS on Netflix right away when it came out, but I still haven't gotten around to writing about it.  My indie cartoonist buddy Celina Hernandez dropped this brief chibi-powered review because that's how she rolls, and I posted it here, cuz that's how I roll!

Sketch the World with Joshua Boulet- Clonakility and Cork, Ireland

Check out this video from GhettoManga contributor and indie commix phenom Josh Boulet's Sketch The World Tour.  This one includes sketch adventures in Clonakility and Cork Ireland.

"Thanks for the love, Mister President!"

New video from The Perceptionists- FREE AT LAST

Somehow, I managed to not post the video for Free At Last, the single off Lif and Ak's new album RESOLUTION, when they dropped it last week... but here it is now.

"The Scooby Gang Finds the Real Racists" By Kasia Babis

Speedpaint video EUROPA by David Dennis

Peep this speedpaint video for Europa by professional illustrator, animator, storyteller David Dennis.

#NowPlaying- "3 Lyrical P's" by SEAN PRICE f/ Prodigy + Styles P #riP

Just heard this new Sean Price track 3 Lyrical Ps (f/ Prodigy & Styles P) on YouTube... Soooo I drew a gorilla?  Yes.  That's how it works...

Video- Joshua Boulet Makes Comics

My dude Josh Boulet posted a quick video showing you his process for making comics, and I figured it would be neat to check out!

Fan Art Friday #8 - The Tick

This week for #FanArtFriday I drew The Tick!

The GOP FAIL Parade on Healthcare Reform continues...

Caroline Kelly's ongoing Facebook meme portraying the Republican attempts to Repeal the Affordable Care Act as a game of DND got me dying over here...

#KickstartTHIS- ACID OF THE GODZ

 I ran into this incredible graphic novel project Acid of the Godz on Kickstarter today, and I HAD to share it.  Too dope to ignore...

A few cuss words about the THOR: RAGNAROK trailer, plus my drawing of Thor for those who missed it...

Holy shit, fam!  You GOTTA WATCH THIS NEW TRAILER for THOR: RAGNAROK!!!

#FanArtFriday Week 7- The Mighty THOR!

This week for #FanArtFriday I drew Thor, one of my all-time favorite characters!  I actually drew this Thursday (literally "Thor's Day") morning, but I decided to offer it up for #FanArtFriday this week anyways!

#NowPlaying CHASE ME by Dangermouse, RTJ + Big Boi

Full disclosure: I have not seen the movie Baby Driver,  so I can't speak to its quality, but I freaking LOVE this Danger Mouse song Chase Me (f/ Run the Jewels & Big Boi), and the video at least makes the movie look awesome...

FELIPE SMITH is back on his creator-owned shit with his first Kickstarter campaign!

Check out this video (and some screencaps) from the Kickstarter campaign to launch the brand new creator-owned comic from GhettoManga Award-winning writer-artist Felipe Smith (All-New Ghost Rider, Peepo Choo, MBQ).   Based on teaser images Felipe had been sharing on Twitter, I thought this new project was gonna be a straight Los Angeles buddy cop story.  Boy, was I wrong!

#nowPlaying Dilla Instinct by Noveliss

Right now at GhettoManga HQ we're bumping the shit outta Dilla Instinct, a fitting tribute to one of the most venerated producers ever, by Noveliss, a promising young emcee from the magnificent Motor City crew Clear Soul Forces...

PREVIEW- Astonishing X-men by Charles Soule and Jim Cheung

 I can't say I even know what's going on with the X-Men these days.  But I'm a big fan of Jim Cheung's art, Old Man Logan, Bishop wearing cornrows, and Warren Worthington as winged Death... So here's some preview pages and variant covers from the new Astonishing X-Men #1...

New video IMPERIUS REX by Sean Price #riP!

Yeah, peep the brand new animated video for title track to Sean Price's upcoming posthumous album Imperius Rex, courtesy of the fine folks at Duck Down... 

#FanArtFriday- VENOM!