Hardbody Deluxe fan art by samax


I got a Cintiq this weekend, and I'm breaking it in with a fan art for Hardbody Deluxe, an upcoming comic about a rapper who gets fed up with the music industry and goes on a killing spree...

My Ralph Bakshi Story, and Bakshi's guide to Surviving in Tough Times

Legendary alternative animation director Ralph Bakshi came to my table at the Fan Days convention in Dallas on Saturday and dug my stuff! Here's a few of the joints he was feeling...

"Hip-Hop And Comics: Cultures Combining" Panel from New York Comic Con

Come get an education in the spirit of what GhettoManga is all about via the "Hip-Hop And Comics: Cultures Combining" Panel from New York Comic Con. The panel features a who's who of rap and comics cats including Kagan McLeod, Pete Rock, Jean Grae, D-Pi & DMC. Plus, there's a mention of Son of Bazerk. Just Sayin'...

"Snatch food from the mouth of a tiger. Take a gasoline bath and I walk through fire." -the RZA

Here's the video for The Baddest Man Alive by the RZA and the Black Keys. It's off the soundtrack for RZA's upcoming directorial debut: The Man with the Iron Fists.

IN STORES NOW- "The Curse" by Mike Norton

 I have seen some pretty awesome 24 Comics, but Mike Norton's Pug vs Pirate epic The Curse is the illest shit ever! He did a Curse 24 hour comic each year 2009-2011, and now he has collected all three comics into one book!
peep...

PREVIEW "Number 13" by David Walker & Robert Love

 We are psyched to report that the Robert Love/ David Walker post-apocalyptic sci-fi comic Number 13 drops next month.

DALLAS! The FAN DAYS Convention starts today!

Fan Days is HERE! Come out to the Irving Convention Center this weekend and get your fan on. Me and my boys will be at table #221. Some other people will be there, too...

"I make the K spray Ill. Fam with the hammer I am Beta Ray Bill" -Sean Price

Even if your boy Sean Price didn't name drop Beta Ray Bill in the last line of this mixtape joint Haraam, I would still have had this banging as my background music all day today. But he did. So there's also that... And the radio interview rant from the late Peter Tosh that serves as the hook is dope as well.

PREVIEW- "Multiple Warheads #1" by Brandon Graham

 I feel like I've been waiting forever for Multiple Warheads #1 to drop and now it's finally here! Almost... Read this preview.

I finally added "Black Comix" added to my online store!

I was able to get a few copies of the beautiful hardcover BLACK COMIX:African American Independent Comics, Art and Culture from the publisher at a good price, so I was finally able to add it to my online store.

New Teaser ad for project I'm working on...

 Here's a teaser ad I made to fill in one of the as-yet unpurchased ad spaces in the new issue of GhettoManga Quarterly Magazine.

Dark Avengers VS Thunderbolts?

 I really like Jeff Parker's Thunderbolts. Especially his take on Luke Cage. Now it looks like his super-villain work release program is going head up with the Dark Avengers. No company-wide crossover required...

Bryan Lee O'Malley covers Young Avengers

Young Avengers #1 B.L.O. style...

KICKSTART THIS- "Kick-Heart" (Romance + Wrestling + Secrets = YES)

Renowned animation studio Production IG teams up with visionary director Masaaki Yuasa (Mind Game, Samurai Champloo) to bring the Romeo VS Juliet story Kick-Heart to screens around the world. With Kick-Heart, they are attempting to circumvent the traditional funding system to bring an unfiltered vision directly to the fans...

peep this SUPER-LIMITED EDITION "Kung-Fu SWAGGA: NEW RIVALZ" print!

I just got this artwork for the super-limited edition KUNG-FU SWAGGA! NEW RIVALZ poster in my email. Check it out...

J. Rhodes & Playdough Dual Album Release Party (plus a FREE DOWNLOAD)

Yep. Mark your calendars For the J.Rhodes/ Playdough Dual CD Release party October 26th. Besides getting your hands on Rhodes' new joint OakCliff Huxtable and Playdough's Writer Dye: Deux or Die, I'll be in the house creating live art with my dude Big Steelo and the mighty ArtLoveMagic crew.

RZA's new "Man with the Iron Fists" tv spots & Soundtrack leaks by the mighty Wu-Tang Clan, Pharoahe Monch & M.O.P.

Wow... All that's missing is a limited edition comic by me.
GET AT ME RZA!!!
What was I saying? Oh yeah, peep these pre-release tracks from the soundtrack to the upcoming kung-fu movie The Man with the Iron Fists starring and directed by the mother-effing RZA...

Preview the new Cyber-force joint... and get the first 5 issues FREE?

Powered by the cool Hundred Grand they raised on Kickstarter, the fine folks at TOP COW are making the first five issues of the new Cyber Force relaunch available for free in print and digital formats...

#KickstartTHIS- kaBOOMBOX: Volume One

Am I (f)unemployed? Yes. Family depending on me? DAMN RIGHT! but this 200-plus page artbook/ anthology kaBOOMbox is too damn hot to pass up! LET'S GO!!!

PREVIEW- The Walking Dead: Michonne Special

The undisputed champeen of creator-owned cash cows in comics, The Walking Dead is dropping this little treat for all you fans of the mighty Michonne, with this fresh one-shot.

preview- Zombies VS Fanboys #7

Another banging cover by Khary (rhymes with Atari) Randolph for the BOOM! Studios hit Fanboys VS Zombies by Sam Humphries, Jerry Gaylord, Bryan Turner and company...

PREVIEW- Creator-Owned HEROES #5


Image Comics did not invent creator-owned comics, but it fair to say that we have them to thank (or to blame, if you prefer) for the renaissance of the creator-owned spirit in the marketplace today. As such, it's fitting that 20 years in, Image is the publishing home of this Creator Owned Heroes anthology. Here's a preview of the latest issue...

PREVIEW- Halloween Eve by Brandon Montclare and Amy Reeder

Halloween Eve is finally upon us! And I've got a preview with immaculate artwork by Amy Reeder and slick talk from Brandon Montclare to prove it...

PREVIEW- The Dresden Files: Fool Moon #8


 Here's some pages from Dresden: Fool Moon #8, with art by that one dude Chase Conley. Peep, rinse, repeat...

Start the day off Right w/ Von Pea

I Woke up this morning with a desire to bump some Von Pea. So let's start it off with the new J. Lately single Good Stuff, with Von on the help out and see what happens, a'ight?

"Book of Rhymes" pt 1 animated pilot by Distrakt

Here's the first episode of Book of Rhymes, a new animated web cartoon created by emcee Distrakt.

PREVIEW & PRE-ORDER Lea Hernandez's Pre-teen Vampire Sitcom Comic "The Garlicks!"

Lea Hernandez is working on a fresh all-ages vampire family comic called The Garlicks starring Pandora, a middle school aged vampire who wants to be a graphic novelist. The book has a great cast of characters and fun supernatural sit-com style, so I put down $25 to get a signed copy of the book when it comes out, and I think you should too...

"Mesmo Delivery" by Rafael Grampa' is all kinds of HOT!

My dude Marshall got me thinking about  Mesmo Delivery by Rafael Grampa, so here's a (p)review...

Best Tweet about the Presidential debate...


"Slap a politician, sample the slap into a beat..." -Bambu

The homie Salina shared this video for Rent Money (by soCal street hopper Bambu, with a feature by Rocky Rivera) on Facebook and I've been bumping it all day...

Preview- Green Lantern #13

 I wish I could say I had a good feeling about the new Green Lantern Simon Baz, but I don't. And yes, I'm still irked by the skinny iteration of Amanda Waller. Still, this preview of Green Lantern #13 by Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke is free, so I won't complain too much...

Preview- Love & Capes:What to Expect #3

 I've never read the superhero romantic sit-com comic Love and Capes, but this cover had TWO (2) black people on the cover AT THE SAME TIME! Controversial, I know! So I had to check it out...

Dawud Anyabwile speedpaints STICKY FINGAZ

Just saw this ill speedpaint of Sticky Fingaz from Onyx by indie comics legend Dawud Anyabwile and had to share...

#downloadThis "Fresh Produce(d)" Vol1 by Rob Viktum

The mighty Rob Viktum is back on the beat-making scene, and just to show you sucker deejays what's what, Vik dropped this free beat tape featuring 14 tracks so fresh and clean, even the vegans in the house can consume guilt-free...

LeSean's teasing CannonBusters again...

Now that the first season of his hit show Black Dynamite the Animated Series is in the books, Seoul Brother number one (the checks he say LeSean Thomas) is doing his victory lap the only way he knows how: Teasing fans with screencaps from his personal project CannonBusters...

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