Jeffrey Meyer covers Multiforce

Original cover by Mat Brinkman; Picturebox 2009. Jeffrey Meyer's website is here.

How STUPID is THIS?!?

I found this hilarious promo for How to Draw Stupid, an animation how-to book by master cartoonist Kyle Baker...


Kyle is one of my favorite artists, and has created lots of great comics (King David, Nat Turner, Special Forces) without needing to do typical comicbook artwork. Every now and then, someone says my work reminds them of Baker's, which means my study must be going alright! If I ever come close to his ability to inject humor without derailing a serious story, I'll be a happy camper! If you want this book as much as I do, click here to cop it on Amazon.

holla!

-samax.

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Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak

Sylvester is a pimp, that much is clear. I understand Sylvester keeping a bevy of birds to lure in some johns, he's got to pay for all that stuff he orders from Acme somehow and honey-traps are as good a way as any. What I don't get is why didn't Sylvester just eat Prostitweety when he had the chance then go after Tweety once the smack in her body hit his system and amped him up into a raging killing machine? Maybe she was a robot.

Dark Shadows #34 (Nov 1975).

GET YOURS: Missile Mouse 2010 Giveaway!

The Prize:
1)  The original inked art for the back cover to Missile Mouse: Rescue On Tankium 3 (11 x 17in).
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3)  A signed hardcover copy of Missile Mouse: the Star Crusher.
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You know you want it...

you can enter up to SIX times, so go to Jake Parker's blog for details. In the event you have no idea what I'm talkin' about, go here for a Jake Parker/Missile Mouse crash course!

holla!

-samax.

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Killer Mike & Rhymefest trade nerdcore verses

Here's a track with well-known comics fiend Rhymefest trading verses with Killer Mike for three minutes of Nerdcore rap bliss.


Please forgive Mike for mixing up Johnny Blaze (Ghost Rider) and Johnny Storm (Human Torch of the FF), whose battle cry is "flame on"... it's a common mistake. Anyways, props to that dude Goldi for posting this on his blog. You can cop the track here.
anyways, enjoy!
holla!

-samax.

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"Monsters 101" swimsuit pinup? yeah, that's right!

After seeing the strip Muhammad Rasheed drew of Dare, I did this pinup of his characters Mort and Pugroff chilling at the beach...

Rasheed published the fourth volume of his fantasy OGN series Monsters 101 (which stars nerd sorcerer Mort and bully-turned-monster Pugroff) this past spring. Rasheed has been showing art on his Facebook albums teasing a proposed Monsters 101 "swimsuit issue" which would be a really cool treat for fans of the series, so I whipped this up! Hope you enjoy it!

holla!

samax.

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The Mahfood Brothers help keep your Hood Pass Intact!

Saint Louis natives FOOD ONE and DJ Mahf hold down their hometown with quality freestyle art and scratching...

If you've been reading this blog very long, you already know I cuts for GhettoManga Award winning cartoonist, muralist and illustrator Jim Mahfood aka FOOD ONE, but you might not know I also dig the work of his brother DJ Mahf! When the cool kids were still on mySpace, I was known to bump his remixes and blends on my profile regularly... anyways, the Food brothers activate their wondertwin powers on some "shape of... form of..." isht in this bit of youTubery. Get more DJ Mahf's basement scratch action here. You can also click here to read more of my posts featuring the various works of FOOD ONE.

holla!

samax.

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Akumu Ink covers Superman 306

Original cover by Ernie Chan and Bob Oksner; DC 1976. Akumu Ink's website is here.

Tim Foley covers Ghost Rider 1

Original cover by Dick Ayers; Superior Publishers Limited 1951. Tim Foley's website is here.

Mini Battle Men #17 is here!

Our dude ZEES Moreno is back w/ his sci-fi action comedy webcomic Mini Battle Men, and it looks like the trio of alien superheroes won't be landing on Earth anytime soon, since it looks like Mega Neutron has found some work for them to do on this pit-stop world first...

Zees has moved recently, so the strips will be in black and white while he gets situated, but that just gives you a chance to appreciate the inks he's layin' down on this joint! If you're already familiar, click here to peep the new strip.

For those unfamiliar with Mini Battle Men, it tells the story of three invincible warriors who helped their planet overthrow the tyrannical bureaucrats who ruled for a century, only to find themselves horribly bored. Unable to bear the burden of living in a utopia, the trio set their sites on the Earth. I was an instant fan of ZEES' comics when I first ran up on his work on mySpace (remember mySpace?) and would recommend Mini Battle Men to you even if it wasn't gonna make it's print debut in the next issue of GhettoManga Quarterly (which it totally is), so click here to read MBM from the start, so you can look cool at the comic shop when the new issue comes out!
holla!

-samax.

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Jeffrey J. Manley covers Usagi Yojimbo: Grasscutter II - Journey to Atsuta Shrine

Original cover by Stan Sakai; Dark Horse 2002. Jeffrey J. Manley's website is here.

The liar's kiss that says I love you, and means something else

The howl of demons, hell unleashed, the screams that do not end...Some of the most intense 3:50 in cinema.

Kiss Me Deadly (1955).

OH SNAP!! Dare Fan art by M. Rasheed!!!

Sadly, I haven't made time to work on any new Dare comics in a while... but who needs me, when M. Rasheed (Monsters 101) clearly has a pretty good handle on the little man wi' nah fear?

Darius Meets Big Shirley by M. Rasheed

I first became aware of M.Rasheed on the Herotalk Forum over at the Black Superhero Museum, and have been impressed with his prolific cartooning ever since. He has done fan art of just about everybody's characters over there, but I didn't know he had taken a stab at my character Darius Davidson, star of Dare! The Adventures of Darius Davidson, until I saw this on his Facebook profile today. In addition to lampooning the hell out of other people's characters on what seems like a daily basis, Rasheed is an accomplished cartoonist and author. He's been quietly publishing his Monsters 101 OGN series for a while, with Monsters 101, Book Four: Late Enrollment just dropping last spring. feel free to hit his website for more of what he does!
Anyways, I have lots of Dare stuff written and plotted out waiting to be worked on...  you can read some of it if you buy the GhostWerksComics anthology in my store, or click here to learn more about Dare.

holla!

samax.

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Rob Steen covers Man-Thing 8

Original cover by Mike Ploog; Marvel 1974. Rob Steen's website is here.

Mysta of the Moon - Chapter 18

Originally presented here from a November 2009 post is "Mystery of the Time Chamber" from issue #52 of the Mysta of the Moon serial featured in Planet Comics. For those of you who have read this entry already go ahead and scroll down to the last page for a note about Mysta and Bron's relationship (it's fan-wank, but it works in context).

Before I continue with the Futura Saga I am going to take a break to present a special request appearance of Mysta of the Moon.

Mysta of the Moon was long-running science fiction adventure serial that ran in Planet Comics from 1945 to 1949. Mysta is perhaps the most consistent serial in regards to art and story quality to have been published by Fiction House. Mysta originally appeared as a young girl in issue #35 of Planet Comics as a victim of the machinations of Mars, the God of War, the star of an early and very popular Planet Comics serial. In those stories, the evil Mars would travel the galaxy and possess different people, forcing them to commit horrific acts and spread terror and strife all in the name of conflict.

Having survived an attempt to destroy her at the end of issue #35 an adult Mysta began her own feature with issue #36, effectively replacing the Mars series with her own. Like many superheroes Mysta, who was now the repository of all knowledge, sometimes maintained a secret identity so the public at large would not know she was acting as their savior and defender. In her guise as an older and unappealing librarian, Mysta fought criminals, mutant zombies and solved mysteries with the aid of a deadly, unstoppable robot with which she shared a telepathic link. Mysta eventually abandoned the pretense of a civilian disguise.

Out of all the female characters featured in Planet Comics it is Mysta of the Moon that was the strongest in terms of characterization. Unlike many other contemporary characters Mysta largely stood on her own in her adventures. Typically in almost any comic book tale, while a female would often act as the lead in a story it was not unusual to have a man show up near the end of the tale and take charge, wrapping things up as the female character shed angst-filled thought balloons expressing gratitude and unrequited love. Among the Planet Comics entries this was most common among the Gale Allen serial. Mysta, being the most intelligent person in the Universe, would have none of that. Anyone interested in researching a good example of early female empowerment in comic books could do worse than reading the Mysta of the Moon series.

Planet Comics #52 (January 1948) features Mysta using time travel to defeat the menace of brain-sucking plants. The story also gives a nice recap of her origin with only an oblique reference to the original Mars story.

Enjoy!

I realize that it is a print artifact of the era but it sure appears in the final panel as if Mysta's lipstick has been smeared by some grateful kissing from Bron.

Greg Elmensdorp covers X-Men Annual 9

Original cover by Art Adams and Walt Simonson; Marvel 1985. Greg Elmensdorp's website is here.

She's incredible math

Hilarious! From The Truth About Spring (1965).

Drinking Companions

"Ideal for Beer, Highballs, Water and Every Beverage." I don't imagine that any of these glasses still exist anywhere but yeah, I want them all and the matching coasters, too.

Thrilling Comics #36 (July 1943).

PREVIEW! The Dog Years #7

I should be sleeping but I'm not, cause I just HAD to read the 7th issue of the romantic comedy webcomic The Dog Years, by Andre Roberts. Trey and Rasheed get into it after the events of #6, which prompts Trey to take a hilarious stroll down memory lane...

 Good stuff, huh? I'm not EVEN gonna tell you what Rasheed and Trey fell out about, because if you haven't read The Dog Years #6, you don't DESERVE to know! But seriously, read it here, dude. It's free. Then move on to the new issue. If somehow you managed to miss the winner of last year's GhettoManga awards for best Cartoonist and Webcomic just click here to read all six issues. If you believe you will go blind if you read comics on the web, or you actually like to PAY creative people who entertain you, you can click here to buy The Dog Years Volume 1, which collects the first five issues. It took me forever to order it, but I got my copy earlier this month, and it's awesome!

holla!

-samax.

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