We’ve talked about Radical before (here, here, and here) and we’re quickly growing into fans. To this point, we’ve seen a lot of interesting and dark science fiction and fantasy comics come out of Radical, so I wasn’t entirely surprised when I read an early copy of one of their latest efforts, Mata Hari, and came away ready for more.
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It will be five years this Sunday that Hurricane Katrina swept New Orleans. Josh Neufeld, author of A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, took a break from his latest project to answer some questions for us. Josh talked about his experience as a Red Cross volunteer in Katrina’s aftermath, the difference between webcomics and their paper counterparts, and his main artistic influences.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, Harvey Pekar died, and one of the more interesting comic writers was lost to us. What he was able to do in telling the story of a man going through an ordinary (if not mundane) life—a man who then goes through the nuts-and-bolts of being diagnosed with cancer—brought to our [...]
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Jarrett J. Krosoczka, author of the Lunch Lady graphic novels, stopped by the Suvudu booth during Comic-Con International (that giant shindig out in San Diego each year) to talk about his character, The Lunch Lady, the Breakfast Bunch, those cool Lunch Lady weapons, and his recent Eisner nomination.
Click through to view the video interview.
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Another year, another CDR release from the folks in the Random House Library Group. Unlike straight-up catalogs featuring “why you should buy” title information, this catalog has been put together with the goal of starting or growing a materials collection at your local library. But don’t go away thinking that this guide is exclusively for librarians, it can be a very helpful addition for everyone else.
Download the 2010 Graphic Novel, Manga, and Comic CDR here!
Read MoreObviously with so many webcomics living out in the ether, there’s going to be some hits and some misses.
I’m going to firmly place Under the Influence in the “miss” column.
The idea, while perhaps a bit pedestrian, has its merits: Young people are hip. Young people like to drink. Young people like sex. [...]
Radical Publishing has confirmed that Sam Raimi (he of the Spider-Man and Evil Dead franchises) will produce and direct a film adaptation of Radical’s Earp: Saints for Sinners.
Curious to know what this series is about? Picture Wyatt Earp transported to a modern day dystopian Las Vegas.
Read on for more details…
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It happens every year and is one of the great things about conventions like Comic-Con: author/illustrators sketching their characters for fans during signings. This year, we caught up with Lunch Lady author, Jarrett J. Krosoczka during his booth signing and witnessed his sketching of the Lunch Lady. We call it “Lunch Lady in 50 seconds” and wanted to share it with you.
Read MoreIn the near future, Shinkai and Akito are the sons of the president of Japan. Shinkai arranges for his brother to be drugged, and Akito and his female friend Yaya awaken in a dark cavern lit by glowing mushrooms. They soon realize that they are in a different world… 
When their parents are killed in a coup, two 11-year-old twin brothers are sent to the terrible prison planet Kimaera, aka “Jyu-oh-sei,” the Planet of the Beast King…
A manga popcorn movie about hitmen, mercenaries and criminals in a nameless dark city, with biotechnology and science fiction elements lurking mostly offscreen…
Asuka, a handsome and stoic martial arts expert, is a secret otomen (a girlish guy), who keeps a huge collection of stuffed animals and loves sewing, cooking, and other girly arts. He has feelings for a girl, Ryo, but is afraid of revealing his inclinations, including his love of the shojo manga “Love Chick”…
Nanami is a 15-year-old starting at a new school. Against her better judgment, she starts falling in love with Yano, an attractive, flippant boy who has the attention of all the girls. But soon she discovers that Yano’s carefree attitude is just a front…
To investigate his sister’s death, Masahiko enters the strange world of astral projection, and discovers that out-of-body experiences are real — and that humans aren’t the only beings that dwell in that mysterious transcendent world.
Teenage Kyon has his life turned upside down when he meets Haruhi, a mysterious, spunky girl obsessed with science fiction. Haruhi quickly invites/bullies Kyon to join her sci-fi club, and soon discovers something that Haruhi doesn’t know: every other members of the club is an esper, a time traveler, or an alien in disguise, who have all gathered to secretly observe Haruhi, the greatest anomaly in the universe.
This mixture of mostly offscreen S&M erotica and the occult would have been better translated under its original title Teizokurei Daydream (“Vulgar Ghost Daydream”).
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