Children of The Blazing Fist

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• Children of the Blazing Fist @ A-Kon 25!

  By Alexa C. on June 5, 2014 • ( 0 )

  We will be doing panels once again at this year’s A-Kon! Get ready for some updated and revamped versions of our usual panels and a completely brand new one. If you can come by the Hilton Anatole anytime between Friday… Read More ›

• A•TOMCAT Review: Yo Dog! Heard You Liked Meta!

  By Alejandro Hajdar on May 25, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

    Astro Boy, a beloved character spanning generations since his premier in 1952, is the flagship and most iconic of all of Osamu Tezuka’s creations. In high school, I had the luck of having fellow writer Franklin Raines as a… Read More ›

• God Hates Astronauts Review: Like Saga’s Louder Younger (Older?) Brother

  By Franklin Raines on May 13, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  My glorious plan to cover more Kickstarted (Indigogoed and etc., pick your favorite) comics as of late have hit a few snags. While I am not about to deeply ponder the Service Life Cycle of crowd funding, I believe enough… Read More ›

• Golgo 13: The Professional Review: Feur Frei!

  By Alexa C. on April 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Based on Takao Saitou’s long-running Golgo 13 manga, Golgo 13: The Professional was originally released in Japan in 1983.  The film was directed by the late Osamu Dezaki. Dezaki, who was best known for directing a variety of classic anime,… Read More ›

• Panda! Go, Panda! Review: The Adventures of Mimiko Longstocking

  By Alejandro Hajdar on April 23, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

    A long time ago when I was in 1st grade, I was lucky to have a weekly Japanese class taught by a lovely woman who worked well with children. From what I remembered, we learned very basic things about… Read More ›

• Space Adventure Cobra (The Movie) Review: SPACE BUTTS…AND ARTSY VISUALS

  By Franklin Raines on April 10, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  We recently noticed that we had a ton of Discotek Media DVDs lying around waiting to be reviewed (as is a common problem, as you know). Thinking we could make a theme month out of it, we decided to turn April… Read More ›

• Another Guest Appearance on The Greatest Movie Ever! Podcast: Santa Sangre

  By Franklin Raines on March 27, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  I was once again on the Greatest Movie Ever! Podcast talking about what I feel is one of the greatest movies ever, Santa Sangre. Yes, I butcher some Spanish. Yes, I force some jokes. Yes, I mumble my words. But… Read More ›

• Black Summer Review: Extremes and Extremities

  By Alexa C. on March 14, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Black Summer was written by English comic book writer Warren Ellis, known for the comics Transmetropolitan and Hellblazer, as well as novels like Crooked Little Vein. The comic was illustrated by Juan Jose Ryp, who also worked on Alan Moore’s… Read More ›

• The Book of Human Insects Review: More Like a Pesky Mosquito

  By Alexa C. on March 3, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally published in 1970, Osamu Tezuaka’s The Book of Human Insects ran in Akita Shoten’s Play Comic magazine along with other manga titles like Leiji Matsumoto’s Space Pirate Captain Harlock. Human Insects falls under Osamu Tezuka’s adult-oriented and gekiga-inspired 60’s-70’s… Read More ›

• Utsubora – The Story of A Novelist Review: Some People Could Call Being Mysterious A Personality

  By Franklin Raines on February 13, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Utsubora (full title: Utsubora The Story of A Novelist)  was created by Asumiko Nakamura, a crazy talented mangaka known for a ton of untranslated Yaoi manga that I doubt most of you reading have heard of like Middle School, Third… Read More ›

• King of Thorn Review: Sleeping Beauty Based Science Fiction

  By Franklin Raines on January 27, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  I once almost had the pleasure of meeting King of Thorn director, Kazuyoshi Katatamaya, at a con when he was promoting King of Thorn around 2009, but came down with a cold (con flu perhaps?) the day before. Regardless, Kazuyoshi… Read More ›

• Papa Review: A Little Late for Father’s Day

  By Franklin Raines on January 13, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Enough time has passed that many of my Kickstarter-funded comics have arrived and accumulated at my residence. Meaning, be expecting me exclusively to be on full indie-comic and self-published comic mood for the next few months. Yes, I hate the… Read More ›

• Merantau Review: Caught Between a Rock & a Hard Place

  By Alexa C. on November 15, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  I am a big believer that settings in fictional stories should be meaningful. Settings should complement a story, not simply add an aesthetic. A few times, I have consumed stories wherein the author has an interesting setting or time period… Read More ›

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