#WednesdayWebcomic of the Week BOUNCE! by Chuck Collins

 This week I wanna spotlight BOUNCE, a fictionalized semi-biographically inspired webcomic by talented and hardworking cartoonist Chuck Collins. Chuck uses his hefty drawing arm to wrangle the tipsy  and entitled at a New York bar to pay the bills, then turns it into comedy gold...

"I'm sick wit this. I'm miserable. Living with this is difficult..." @MenaceTheDJ

"I need to find another place that's more livable.
Maybe another Planet.  I hope it's Digable..."

Music to Draw to: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DANKOSAURUS REX by Oneofus

Wanna watch Jean Grae's animated Patreon video? You bet your sweet ass you do...

You like Jean Grae right? (Pro Tip: say yes, and I'll fill you in later.) So you should check out this cartoon sales pitch...

New Character art for @KingsCountyComics !CAUSALITY! by @SamaxAmen

Here's a character art piece I did for the fine folks at King's County Comics of their sidekick and future archvillain !Causality! (yeah, his name includes two exclamation points)...

"All you need is within you.The legacy continues. My spirit will not die. It's like the Force that's in the Ginyu"

Whaddup!   So thankful for good art and music to inspire me on my level-up mission.  Will to Power, the 2015 album by New Jersey emcee Venomous2000, has been lifting all boats around here lately. 

#WednesdayWebComic of the Week-- THE IMMORTAL NADIA GREENE by Jamal @_pryce14 Campbell

 Holy CRAP! Our friends at SuperheroesInColour dropped a tweet yesterday linking to this webcomic that blew my mind: The Immortal Nadia Greene by Jamal Campbell.  Nadia... Nah.  I ain't even gonna tell you.  Peep...

"I'd rather be a pirate in a red dress. With a treasure chest. Fuck a diamond ring." @RockyRivera #sheGoHard

"I love science fiction, hip-hop & sports. This project has all three in huge quantities." -@KharyRandolph

 We've been following Khary Randolph's career for a minute, and it looks like 2016 marks a serious level up year for this gifted comicbook artist.  Randolph is co-creating and drawing an ongoing Marvel series MOSAIC, a spinoff of Uncanny Inhumans, that's dropping this fall.

New teeshirt art: "ALL HEART!" by @SamaxAmen

PREVIEW: "SHAFT: Imitation of Life" #4

Yeah, you want to look at this SHAFT: Imitation of Life preview right quick?

"I ain't stressin' no depression. I'ma learn to rejoice. The world is overcome already, I'm just usin' my voice..." -Krum

Currently at the library bumping that Bare Knuckle Gospel, a fine example of Dallas hip hop from Krum (the artist formerly known as Playdough) and the mighty deejay Rob Viktum, in my headphones.  I'm listening to it for the first time right now, and really enjoying it.  I'm not sure when I will have time to properly review it, so here you go:

Respect the Architects: Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez

Spanish master comic book artist Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez moved comics forward with realistic anatomy, brilliant layouts, and attention to detail. He helped define the DC standard look for generations.
 
You probably had his art on a t-shirt or a lunchbox or a pillow case as a kid.

Preview some new pages from the incredible wrassling comic BAMN!

My man Troy-Jeffery Allen sent me a press release and some preview art for his fun-filled wrestling webcomic BAMN.  Peep...

A list of the characters in that DARE: SHOOK cover concept from my sketchbook archives

Nobody asked me who the characters were in this drawing when I posted it on Twitter, but I will geek out about my art even if you don't, so here's a list- top to bottom, left to right- of characters in this drawing of teen action hero Darius "Dare" Davidson.

That damn @DanLish1... ain't Nuthin' ta f*!k wit...

As an illustrator learning to better myself through positive thinking, I've learned not to compare my work to that of other artists.  For example, I NEVER EVER measure myself against the brilliance produced by dudes like Brighton-based drawing machine Dan Lish.  'Cause THAT mofo can draw his ASS off...

"Riddick" and more drawings by birthday boy, Tony Delane Morris! (((airhorn)))

Riddick by Tony Delane Morris

Just wanted to wish a quick happy 50th birthday to Dallas area cartoonist and caricaturist Tony Delane Morris.  No better way to do that than by sharing some of his incredible, fun-filled drawings. So for starters, peep this fresh drawing of Vin Diesel as everyone's favorite unstoppable antihero, Riddick. Dope, right? More below...

New CAGE AND FIST comic by @DavidWalker1201 and @SanfordGreene shows what @MARVEL is getting right (and wrong)

NOTE: Luke Cage doesn't like being called Powerman anymore, so I will be referring to the new  Powerman and Iron Fist series by David Walker and Sanford Green as Cage and Fist.  You should too...

"Superman's a lie, cause Superman don't give a superfuck when black kids die..." @DavidBanner

I think David Banner is my favorite rapper right now...

That dude @KharyRandolph dropped some dope ass sketches at #C2E2!!!!

 I didn't make it to the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo this year because poverty, but one of our favorite artists, the mighty Khary Randolph (BLACK, Starborn, Charismagic), was in full effect.  He shared these sketch joints on social media, and I HAD to bless you with 'em in case you are poor like me.

John Shaft is sick of that bullshit money...

As a freelancer I can tell you... Nothing is worse than being known for providing excellent work in a kind of gig you hate doing.  Feeling stuck earning bullshit money.  David Walker and Dietrich Smith evoke the struggle in Shaft: Imitation of Life #2...

Recently discovered the video for the @SeanPrice single "Haraam"...

Y'all already know I fux with RUCK, aka the late great Sean Price, right? Right.  So, I ran across Haraam on a mixtape promoting his album Mic Tyson a few years ago, but I had no idea there was a video for it until YouTube rolled into it while I was writing that post about King Kong...  Now this shit is in heavy rotation at Starbucks the GhettoManga office! 

In stores TODAY: Zander Cannon's KAIJUMAX: Season One trade paperback

I haven't read nearly enough of Zander Cannon's work, but I LOVED his work on SMAX (no relation), the spinoff of Alan Moore's superhero cop drama TOP TEN.  Cannon is an incredible cartoonist,so based on this preview I think i need to get my hands on this KAIJUMAX paperback...

"Not proud of borders there were natives here before us... displaced before the fires & black forest" @RagingMoses

#nowplaying "OUT TO WIN (Wonder Breed remix)" by Sivion (featuring Manchild and Macho Ortega)

Just ran across this remix of Out To Win (from Sivion's album Group Therapy) by some dude named Wonder Breed. It's dope. Peep...

For all the anthro fans: THE MIGHTY ZODIAC #1 from @OniPress

Check out this short preview of The Mighty Zodiac #1, the new anthro comic by J. Torres, Corin Howell and Maarta Laiho.

My mood this morning: "King Kong" by @SeanPrice f/ Rock

Not in the mood for that bullshit today...

#nowPlaying that Rapsody Tiny Desk Concert

Rapsody is nice or whatever. Here's her Tiny Desk joint...

OH SNAP! New NUMBER13 in the works?!?

So you know I'm already geeking on Robert Love from the new Dark Horse project Children of the Plague he's been teasing about. Now I'm bugging about this new Number13 page he leaked on Facebook this week!

a few words about pioneering cartoonist and entrepreneur Jackie Ormes, w/portrait by @RobertTRES Liu-Trujillo

Arie Monroe first introduced me to the story of Jackie Ormes, the first black female cartoonist, a few years ago. But this week,  one of my contributors shared a link to the BNP/CBLDF article on Jackie's career on the Facebook page, and then my dude TRES posted this portrait of her on his blog... so I just had to go looking for more info on Jackie, cause I'm a nerd like that...

"As a black comix pro and fan, it's striking how underrepresented we are in the business" @kwanzer #goBLACK

"HOW TO ELIMINATE WACK RAPPERS FROM RECORDING" by Crank Lucas

If only it were this easy...

You had me at "Red Sonja and the Nubile Barbarians"...

I come close to posting about Red Sonja all the time, but stop short of doing it, but this banger from Dynamite's Red Sonja 1973 has a sista with a fro holding a sword nonchalantly, so... yeah

You like badass chicks, right? Check out @BOOMstudios' punk-rock Trade Paperback CURB STOMP!

Before I forget, here's a preview of that Curb Stomp trade paperback BOOM! is dropping this week...

Okay... I'm fiending for Robert Love's upcoming @DarkHorseComics book CHILDREN OF THE PLAGUE!

 That dude Robert Love (Chocolate Thunder, Blind Monkey Style, Number 13) is at it again. This time he's getting all post- apocalyptic on your ass in his upcoming Dark Horse comic book Children of the Plague. I couldn't find any real info on the series, so here is a small sample of random shits I culled from Robert's Facebook photos...

#MusicToDrawTo "Beat Reel 33" by @th3oryhazit, and some love for the mighty Richard Pryor (rip)

Theory Hazit is one of my favorite young emcees, but it's easy to forget he makes beats as well.  On Beat Reel 33, Hazit passes the mic to late, great stand up philosopher Richard  Pryor.

The wait is OVER! #BrothermanRevelation is HERE!

Fuck it! I'm in a mood for some ODB...

I'm a positive black man.  I don't want any trouble.  But life is fucking with me right now, and I don't appreciate that shit. Therefore, in the interest of not putting my foot in someone's ass, I'ma listen to some ODB.  Feel free to join me.  Just check yourself, 'lest you wreck yourself...

5 comic book artists I would PAY to work on their OWN comics

Everyone has been fantasizing about what they would do if they won the Powerball, which was over a billion dollars until a handful of people won it last week. Of course, I would put money into perfecting my self-publishing machine, but I would also devote a good portion of it to invest in comic book artists who create comics I want to read, but that I probably won't get to read because artists either have day jobs, or wind up getting sidetracked into working on projects for other people.  Eff what you heard! The only thing missing from the black comix underground is money! And if I had the money, I'd put it where my mouth is. Here's five easy bets...

"Is @DavidBanner Muslim or Christian? IT DOESN'T MATTER MOTHAFUCKA Cause I'm BACK on a mission!"

There are Fantastic Four and Masters of the Universe references, a dope Malcolm X sample, and a whole shitload of knowledge spit over a  grinding Gensu Dean beat in this new David Banner video The Cross. So you know I'm LOVING it...