ULTIMATE SPIDER MAN is about Miles Morales, a Black Latino kid who gets a similar but different set of powers as the now deceased Peter Parker. This series just started, so it’s a great way for new fans to get on board. It’s got great art, great writing, and great new cast of characters we are just getting to know. Order it NOW!
Tom Morello's ORCHID is a Rocking Comic Book
Tom Morello is a rock god, known from RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, his new solo album THE NIGHTWATCHMAN and his film scores. Now’s he’s a comic book writer, and his new original creation ORCHID is very much in the spirit of all his other work…spirited, innovative, political, sexy, and rocking!
Set in a future where civilization has collapsed and humans are no longer top of the food chain, a sex worker named Orchid (who has “property” tattooed on her chest and “know your role” branded on her arm) becomes the unlikely leader of the revolution.
I can tell you it’s a fresh book full of interesting new ideas and twists. I recommend it. It’s a 12 issue series so get on board now!
Dark Horse Comics!
Mike Richardson is the publisher of Dark Horse Comics, one of the best in the business. If Marvel and DC are like major studios, then Dark Horse is like Miramax, the classy, artsy alternative.
The creator friendly company publishes great books like HELLBOY, which inspired two hit movies, ORCHID (see above) and MARTHA WASHINGTON, a great series from Frank Miller (300, SIN CITY) and Dave Gibbons, the artist of WATCHMEN.
Tom Morello got turned on to Dark Horse by Gerald Way, another rock star from the band MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE. Way wrote the hit series THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY. If you want to check out this very cool series, here it is:
Batwing – The Batman of Africa!
Batman is now franchising his crime fighting skills and weapons to handpicked candidates around the world. BATWING is the Batman of Africa, and so far the series has great storytelling and art. Order issues HERE.
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Reginald Hudlin's "Black Panther" is perhaps one of the most dynamic pieces of comic storytelling converted to animation.
— THE TRADES
Featuring outstanding voice acting and a level of motion that blew away all competitors, the title left me itching for more.
— N:ZONE MAGAZINE
The Marvel Knights offering is filled with intrigue and action thanks to it being written masterfully by Reginald Hudlin and animated in true Marvel fashion by John Romita Jr. and it all comes to a climactic head with an ending that won’t let you down. Yeah, I know I’m nerding it up right now, but I can’t help it. This DVD was an absolute joy to behold.
— EURWEB
With Black Panther, the decision was made to feature big-name actors (Djimon Hounsou, Alfre Woodard, Carl Lumbly) and pepper the cast with plenty of other recognizable voices (Nolan North, Phil LaMarr, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jill Scott, Stephen Stanton). It pays off splendidly.
— THE EXAMINER
‘Black Panther’ Animated Series Rocks: Are You Ready?
I loved it. T’Challa, voiced by Kimora’s boo Djimon Hounsou, has this catchy theme song and Kerry Washington and Alfre Woodard also contribute their vocals for T’Challa’s sister and mother, respectively. And like any good comic, the writer Reginald Hudlin, weaved in other superheroes including the X-Men and my favorite, Storm.
But what’s really interesting about the series is its incorporation of African history, including all of the European invaders from the Dutch to the French.
— i09.COM
Unlike Marvel’s earlier Saturday morning TV shows, Black Panther uses the original artwork done by John Romita, Jr. This isn’t simplified limited animation techniques commonly used. His shading and character design is part of the image. The big difference between this and previous Marvel Knights productions is that there’s more than what was on the page. BET had greenlit the production so each episode needed to be twice the length of the previous Marvel Knights projects. Hudlin added more subplots and brought in Storm from the X-Men to fatten up the comic books. The additions work for the series. Benin’s Djmon Hounsou (Gladiator) lends a true African voice to Black Panther. He should play the role if it goes live action. Jill Scott does a better job as Storm’s voice than Halle Berry.
Black Panther should have lasted longer than six episodes.
— INSIDE PULSE
My friend and neighbor Ziggy Marley isn’t just a son of a musical legend, or a 5-time Grammy winner himself. He’s also a real comic book fan. So when he decided to create his own comic book character, he enlisted the help of the talented team of Joe Casey and Jim Mahfood to write and draw his concept.
At Wondercon, we had glimmers of hope for the Green Lantern movie — but there was another green superhero being unveiled. We were lucky enough to spend some time chatting with Ziggy Marley about his new superhero, Marijuanaman.
Regular humans' genetic makeup is built out of DNA — but Marijuanaman's genes are made out of THC. And he gets his power from one plant in particular. Can you guess what it is?
Spoilers and cannabis ahead...
Not surprisingly, Marijuanaman is being released by Image Comics on 4/20, featuring a script by Joe Casey and art by Jim Mahfood.
It's the story of Sedona, an alien who travels to Earth from the planet Yelram. Sedona finds that he has a particular affinity with Earth's biosphere, and then he makes a connection with one plant in particular. But he's faced with an evil corporation that wants to sell a synthetic marijuana substitute called GanjaRex — and the corporation sends a deadly monster named Cash-Money to destroy Marijuanaman and his nature-loving friends.
We caught up with Ziggy Marley at Wondercon, and he told us more about how this epic superhero story came to be.
The idea of Marijuanaman came from learning more about cannabis, and the fact that this plant "has millions of uses beyond just smoking," says Marley. And he started to wonder why the world isn't taking advantage of this versatile plant. "It's beneficial to the environment and less destructive than some of the things we're doing now," he adds — for example, you could use hemp-derived products in place of a lot of oil-based plastics and other stuff.
So I said, let me create a superhero. Let me create someone who can shed another light on the plant and put it in a different perspective.
And he says that Marijuanaman's planet faces an ecological crisis because the THC that's in the atmosphere is being depleted "similar to our own Ozone layer." So Marijuanaman is sent on a journey to Earth to find a solution, and when he arrives here, "he feels a connection to this plant." He joins a community of people who live in harmony with the environment and teach him more about the plant. And he gets power from marijuana — just like Popeye with his spinach.
It's very important to Marley that Marijuanaman gets his power from marijuana without smoking it — he's not a smoker. "His friend [Smokestack] smokes and he gets a contact high." Marley stresses: "Nobody can say he's a bad influence because he smokes. He doesn't smoke. But he still gets his power from marijuana anyway."
When Marijuanaman encounters the plant, it empowers him and "his connection with it is immediate." But even though he gets superpowers, he's not violent — he has a philosophy of pacifism, "that sometimes is contrary to what we here would want him to be. We would want him to just beat the bad guy all the time."
Marley says there are a lot of industries out there that don't want marijuana to be legal — including pharmaceutical companies like the one in his comic book that are trying to sell "fake marijuana" and synethetic cannabinoids.
Not to mention the alcohol and tobacco industries, which don't want the competition. Marley is very passionate about the potential of cannabis to transform the environment and the economy, and replace oil-based byproducts.
"Hemp and other alternative energies could be used, but they don't want to do that. They're okay with the risk of... destroying the environment to have oil. They're not okay with the risk of somebody smoking weed."
We asked Marley if he'd like to see more Marijuanaman stuff come out, like a television show or movies, or action figures. And he was definitely into the idea. "We want to use him to just shed a light for this world to see, for the common people to see. Somebody to speak the truth about the plant. Somebody who stands up for the plant. And still, he doesn't smoke." Even though Marijanaman's sidekick is named Smokestack, "He's not promoting you smoking."
Adds Marley: "I want him to be a hero just like Superman, Batman, [or] any one of those guys. Everybody can love him. Kids can love him. Just because he's called Marijuanaman doesn't mean kids can't love him."
Dolomite!
I love Dolomite. Some people don’t get it, but I’m not one who is snooty about the difference between high and low art. Wait, here’s me talking about it so I don’t have to type:
And here I am with The Man himself:
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