Uptown Girl: The Lazarus Heart Words and Art: Bob Lipski Publisher: 7 C Press Available soon from UptownGirlComic.com Uptown Girl: The Lazarus Heart is a story that is 14 years in the making. It started with a self-published all-ages comic that a guy ran off monthly at his neighborhood copy shop and sold to friends […]
Kim Reaper #1 Writing and Art: Sarah Graley Letters: Crank! Publisher: Oni Press Available date: April 5, 2017 Like every great “Person of Mystery” story, Kim Reaper isn’t told from Kim’s point of view, but that of her admirer and new friend. Becca is in Fine Arts class with her friend Tyler, with Becca rhapsodizing […]
Betty & Veronica #1 Writer: Adam Hughes Art: Adam Hughes Colors: José Villarrubia Letters: Jack Morelli Published by: Archie Comics Available: July 20, 2016 IT’S BETTY VS. VERONICA! The most highly-anticipated debut in comics history is here! Betty and Veronica are America’s sweethearts… until they turn on each other! “Pops’ Chocklit Shoppe is being taken […]
Power Up TP Writer: Kate Leth Artist: Matt Cummings Publisher: BOOM! Box, an imprint of BOOM! Studios It has been foretold that four noble warriors of incredible strength would be gifted with cosmic abilities at a moment of planetary alignment…which, yeah, something definitely went wrong here. Amie is a disaffected twentysomething, Kevin is a washed-up […]
Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy #1 (of 6) Writer: Chynna Clugston Flores Artist: Rosemary Valero-O’Connell Publisher: BOOM! Box, an imprint of BOOM! Studios with permissions from DC Comics for use of the Gotham Academy characters and setting. Available: June 8, 2016 Lumberjanes: An all-ages series about tween/teen girl scouts at a camp where seriously strange things happen. Gotham […]
Ghoul Scouts: Night of the Living Undead #1-4 Writer & Letters: Steve Bryant Art: Mark Stegbauer Colors: Jason Millet, Drew Browne Publisher: Action Lab Comics Available: June 8, 2016 Here’s the problem with all-ages books today. They’re written for first graders. Not even particularly smart first graders, only those 6-7 year-olds who have just […]
The Retros Created by: Bob Lipski Writing: Brian Bastian Art: Bob Lipski Updated weekdays at The Retros home site or at Tapastic.com. Bob Lipski is a Twin Cities based artist who spent the last 10 years or so writing his own independently-produced comic Uptown Girl. I met Bob when he was on about issue 8. A lot […]
Teen Dog TP Writer/Artist: Jake Lawrence BOOM! Box from BOOM! Studios In Stores: December 23, 2015 What’s not to Love: Teen Dog is John Hughes movies meets ’90s Nickelodeon cartoons, two of our absolute favorite things. It’s a totally awesome adventure that stars the canine that spun out of Jake Lawrence’s web comic Time Cowboy […]