Comics

Get Published With Radical

 Looking to have your artwork published in a Radical comic? Well, now is your chance! Radical Publishing is pleased to announce a new contest to test your illustration skills. Simply draw your best version of the villainous Jebediah Crone, based on a scene from Radical’s newest horror miniseries, ABATTOIR. For each of the first five issues, Radical will select a winner to be featured on a per issue basis, with 5 winners in total. For a chance to be featured in Abattoir #2, upload and email a link of your Jebediah Crone artwork to [email protected] no later than November 10th, 2010. Your illustration MUST be based on a scene of Jebediah Crone as seen in the pages of ABATTOIR #1.

Neonomicon #2 – Review

Within this issue, Alan Moore sparks controversy with some of the content in the latter part of the comic. The comic includes nudity, sexual activity and acts of sexual violence. Whilst controversy can attract lots of readers just to see what the dilemma is, it does not always mean it is for the better. I’ll explain that later on.

The series continues to follow agents Gordon and Merril, now with a lead connecting a series of crimes. Merril works out that they are all somehow influenced by the writings of H.P. Lovecraft; in turn this leads them to a sex shop that is purely for H.P. Lovecraft fanatics. Going undercover they wish to check it out and discover the owners and regular customers are part of a sex cult. Things from there make a turn for the worst.

Vlad’s Origin Revealed in : Me Without You

Cassie Hack has taken out some of the most dangerous slashers in the world. But could she have done it without the help of her enormous sidekick, Vlad? In January 2011, HACK/SLASH fans will finally find out how Cassie and Vlad became an inseparable pair!

The follow-up to the smash hit HACK/SLASH: MY FIRST MANIAC miniseries, HACK/SLASH: ME WITHOUT YOU reveals the origin of comicdom’s favorite hulking sidekick. Before Vlad roamed the country, battling slashers with Cassie Hack, he haunted the alleyways of Chicago as the living urban legend, the Meat Man. But even a cleaver-wielding monster gets lonely, and Vlad’s quest to find out who he really is will lead him on a bloody path!

Abattoir Signing at Golden Apple

On October 27th, starting at 5:00 P.M., Golden Apple Comics will present an autograph signing with Darren Lynn Bousman, along with writers Rob Levin and Troy Peteri, for the release of the new comic book from Radical Publishing, ABATTOIR.

From director Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw franchise, Mother’s Day, Repo! The Genetic Opera) comes a chilling, supernatural tale set in the cold beauty of Middle America in the late 80s. After a brutal massacre takes place in a gorgeous house, real estate agent and family man Richard Ashwalt is assigned the impossible task of picking up the pieces and selling the property. As Richard inspects the blood-soaked grounds, a twisted old man arrives at the house with a sinister and terrifying purpose. Richard is about to be drawn into a web of shadows, murders and massacres that will shatter him to his very core!

Uncanny X-Force #1 Review

I really hope that Rob Liefeld isn’t getting paid for that title still… that being said X-Force re-launched with the moniker of “Uncanny” this month. I’m not sure why the last volume of X-Force was cancelled and re-launched, but I can assume that the whole zombie-rip-off-Blackest-Night-thing didn’t boost the sales like they wanted forcing another re-launch of the series.

Off the bat this series has the writing of Rick Remender going for it. Remender’s most recent writing work being The Last Days of American Crime, a title from Radical Comics that was very good (9.5 good!). The issue begins with everyone’s favorite character Deadpool talking to himself as he infiltrates an underground temple of sorts. He has on what’s become the standard X-Force costume of Black and Silver, which makes him stick out like a sore thumb in the well lite temple.

Morning Glories – Teasers and News

You would think that by the third sell out Image would learn to just print more issues to begin with, but no, no they didn’t learn that yet. Morning Glories has been the most talked about Indie book and very likely Shadowline’s best seller thus far. So it should come as no surprise that the second issue is going back for a third printing and that the third issue (which hasn’t been released yet) is also going back for a second print. Also released from Image and Shadowline, is a batch of teasers with the same phrase and flower on each of the teasers. I will say that the Marvel style marketing is really paying off for Image. Nick Spencer must love it as well, since he’s become comics new golden boy with projects with Robert Kirkman and Marvel already underway for next year. Personally I just finish “Bad Kids go to Hell” so that I could see for myself any comparison between the two, but one day, one day soon I read this damn book.

Tomb of Terror #1 Review

Fans of old school horror rejoice! Tomb of Terror brings you four tales of terror with black-and-white artwork reminiscent of your darkest nightmares, and filled with chilling twists. The fourth tale is unfortunately a boring three-page long short story. It’s still worth buying, however, to see Man-Thing, the Son of Satan and Werewolf by Night within pages of each other.

Man-Thing takes the number one spot in a story known as “Descent of the Beast.” For the moment he has regained his memory and attempts to save a boy from two trigger-happy racist hunters. The story is done by Paul Hornschemeier.