MISTY KNIGHT: YEAR ONE, anyone?!?

 The artwork from this year's Daredevil Annual is my first exposure to Marcio Takara... but I immediately liked his depiction of Misty Knight.  Definitely gonna drop in on the comic shop this week to lay hands on this flashback issue.  Peep the preview below...

Apollo Brown + Joell Ortiz dropping a collabo album? Where do I sign?!?

Detroit is a hornets nest of dope producers, and Apollo Brown is one of the best.  Also, everyone knows I fux with Brooklyn-based Slaughterhouse alum Joell Ortiz.  The duo has come together to drop a new 11-track album called MONA LISA, which is due out this fall.  Stream the first single Decisions below...

STORM deserves her own book... but HEY, here's X-Men Gold #34. That's just as good, right?

Am I the only one exasperated by the fact that Marvel can't make a Storm solo book work?  No.  No I'm not.  Anyways, here's a preview of X-Men: Gold #34. 

Persephone- a dope new Wolverine villain, designed by that dude Mike Hawthorne

Return of Wolverine writer Charles Soule shared these Mike Hawthorne character concept drawings on Twitter today, and I just HAD to share them with you!

The Intergalactic Empirial march of Wakanda continues

 Trump's Space Force ain't got nothin' on T'challa…

Nnedi Okorafor's WAKANDA FOREVER comes to finish this week!

 Award-winning Nigerian-American author Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death, Black Panther: Long Live the King) has us waiting for the finale of her WAKANDA FOREVER storyline.  AVENGERS: WAKANDA FOREVER #1 is coming out this week!  Peep the preview below:

In the mood for some Gangster Shit?

I would not say that I am often in the mood for gangster shit these days, but when I am, Westside Gunn is one of the cats I've been turning to lately.

In stores this week- WEST COAST AVENGERS #1

I was a big fan of the Hawkeye-anchored West Coast Avengers back in the day, so I readily admit to being excited by the diverse and double-Hawkeye led  line-up Marvel's got on the new book.

Preview- MOON GIRL and DEVIL DINOSAUR #34

A product of Marvel's attempt to replace mutants with a wave of new Inhumans in their mythos, Moon Girl is one of the most promising new characters Marvel has, so it's important to keep an eye on her.  

Looks like Venom #5 Answers a Question We've been asking

 When we were talking about the trailer for the upcoming Venom movie, my dude Lateef asked a question that  gets addressed in this preview of Venom #5.

#MusicToDrawTo : TODAY by Grip Grand

If you're looking for some good background music for your escapades at the drawing board, you need to put August 24 on your calendar, cuz that's when Grip Grand's crate-digger cover album Outsider Art drops.  For now, enjoy the lead single which interprets the iconic sample of a golden era hip hop classic...

#NowPlaying APARTHEID by the immortal SEAN PRICE f/ Buckshit + Steele #riP!

Last week Duck Down Records dropped a video for Apartheid, which is almost universally considered the dopest track on Imperius Rex, the posthumous Sean Price album.

#NewVideo CHAMPION SOUND by Napoleon Da Legend

Napoleon Da Legend is one of my favorite emcees.  He just dropped a new video for Champion Sound, a single from his latest record, Hero's Journey.  Peep the video below.

"There's a lot of guilt in the air..." -RANDOM ACTS OF FLYNESS creator Terence Nance, on the wave of inclusiveness in Hollywood

Random Acts of Flyness looks like my type of hype.  Even if you don't plan on checking for it, you should probably watch this interview of series creator Terence Nance by Audie Cornish.

R.I.P. Project Wonderful

I discovered blogging in 2006.  I never spent a dime out of my pocket for advertising my blog back then, because Project Wonderful enabled me to flip my existing traffic into ads on webcomic sites, video game forums, and more.

So... Are y'all excited to see VENOM, or nah?

There's more special effects, violence, and symbiotes in this VENOM trailer. So are we excited yet?

COP this FREE track LEMME FIND OUT by THE PERCEPTIONISTS

2017 marked the triumphant return of Boston-based microphone masters The Perceptionists (separately Akrobatik and Mr. Lif), and their summer is heating up with the impending release of Low Resolution: The Paten Locke Remixes.  Here's a free single Lemme Find Out for an appetizer

Trump on that "What Had Happened Was..."

Somebody come get your President...

DC Gives YOUNG JUSTICE Fans What They Want...

Nothing taps the rage button of American toon heads faster than mentioning the cancelling of fan-favorite superhero action show Young Justice on Cartoon Network.  So when my dude Lateef shared this first-look video of clips from Young Justice's triumphant return to television on the GhettoManga Facebook page, I started imagining my friends' reactions.

T'challa's sister SHURI gets her own book (again)

Following the record-melting success of the BLACK PANTHER movie this year, Marvel is smartly rolling out a new series starring the Wakandan Royal Family's tech genius, Shuri.

MENACE REALLY wants to get a beat from DJ Premier...

Today I ran across this hilarious track The Preemo Plan, in which Dallas-based emcee-disk jock DJ Menace concocts a scheme to get 20K to buy a beat from venerated Gang Starr producer DJ Premier.

SUNDAY COMICS- Celebrating Steve Ditko + New Comic Strip + Free Custom Comic Strip Contest

Only CYBORG Can Stop Ultraviole(n)t John Stewart in the new JUSTICE LEAGUE!

 Comic book dream team Scott Snyder and Jorge Jimenez are holding it down on their new JUSTICE LEAGUE book, based on these pages from Justice League #3...

A few words about the late, great Steve Ditko

We at GhettoManga are heartbroken to hear about the passing of the mighty Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-man, Doctor Strange, the Question, the Creeper, Shade the Changing Man, and Hawk and Dove.

Go home, America. You're drunk.

 I am not feeling particularly patriotic right now.

#WuTangTuesday- HOLLOW BONES

Hollow Bones is one of my favorite Wu-Tang Clan songs, for which I flipped an old Ghost Rider sketch from my sketchbook.  Enjoy...

ComicBook World- Teacher Hypnotizes Students as Part of his "Master Plan"

FAM!  You are not gonna believe this!  According to Pennsylvania state police, elementary school teacher James Mentzer got caught in his "master plan" to enslave at least five girls (ages 8-11) with hypnotic suggestion!

Punisher + Hell + Galactus + Thanos = COSMIC GHOST RIDER #DoTheMath

 Did you know that Frank Castle aka the Punisher was dead, and brought back as Cosmic Ghost Rider?  Me neither... That's what we get for not paying attention.  Here's a summary of what we missed...

#NowPlaying - THE FACTORY by Evidence

I loved Evidence's latest album Weather or Not, so I just wanna point out this video to the The Factory...

Quotable- Polite Attacks

#FanArtFriday- MISTY KNIGHT

Congratulations!  You made it to Friday!  So let's celebrate by checking out this drawing I made of Misty Knight. 

"Silly Call" by Keith Knight

Ray Anthony Height is drawing MOON GIRL & DEVIL DINOSAUR?!

 Late pass in full effect.  I had no idea that Ray Anthony Height (Midnight Tiger) was drawing Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur.  Even if it's his first issue, this came out weeks ago.  No excuses.

Coming JULY 4th - CAPTAIN AMERICA #1

I'm not gonna lie:  Ta-Nehisi Coates is the reason I'm checking for this Captain America relaunch that's dropping on independence day.

#WuTangTuesday- "FISH" by Ghostface

It's Wu-Tang Tuesday, so celebrate by bumping Fish, by Ghostface Killah…

Comicbook World #79- FISH BOSS

My dude Michael shared some video of a fish driving an aquarium yesterday on the GhettoManga Facebook page, and I knew that my heart would not be settled until I drew it.  So it's today's Daily Sketch.

THE SHEEPLE'S CHAMP, a comic strip by Samax Amen

#NowPlaying STEAL THIS MIXTAPE VOL 4 by Napoleon Da Legend

Napoleon Da Legend's latest installment of his Steal This Mixtape series dropped in my email inbox today.  If you like golden era verbal imagery, stream it below.

REVIEW- DOCTOR STRANGE: The Way of the Weird by Aaron + Bachalo

by GhettoManga contributor Michael Lagocki
I’m reading Jason Aaron and Christopher Bachalo’s run on Dr. Strange right now. It is so good. I love everything about it.

KEITH KNIGHT makes the case for marijuana legalization in North Carolina

I'm a huge fan of brilliant cartoonist Keith Knight and comics-powered news magazine The Nib, so when I saw that The Nib published this strip where Keith the case for legalized weed in North Carolina, I had to share it with you...