Exploring the band’s mythology with the Fox God
Japan’s Babymetal Headlines a Graphic Novel
Apocrypha: The Legend of Babymetal ships in October.
DJ legend Paul Oakenfold tours with a new graphic novel, The World of Perfecto
It’s Cyber Monday so let’s celebrate by talking about a techno/comics crossover that involves one of the biggest names ever in club culture: Paul Oakenfold. Oakenfold is, as they say, a legend. He’s the guy who practically invented that “boom shikka shikka shikka….whoooooosh” break you hear all the time. He’s also one of the […]
Allen, Son of Hellcock – The Title Says It All, But the Tom Hanks Quote Might Say It Better
Allen, Son of Hellcock. You’re probably wondering what’s up with the title. Short version: the two writers are Will Tracy, who used to be EIC of The Onion and writes for Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, and Gabe Koplowitz of Viceland. See, now you’re not confused about the title anymore. The OGN is about a young man […]
The Murder Ballads Graphic Novel Releases a Music Single
There’s long been a relationship between music and comics. Frank Zappa advertised in Marvel Comics and was pals with Jack Kirby. Gerard Way won an Eisner for Umbrella Academy and has his own imprint at DC. Bloom County begat Billy and the Boingers and “U Stink, But I Luv U,” Mad had “It’s a Gas.” While it’s not […]
EDM meets comics with Paul Oakenfold graphic novel
We’ve followed Z2 Comics on its journey for several years here – and publisher Josh Frankel is a Certified Beat Pal – but of late they are sliding into the “music/comics” connection, a combo periodically tried. Following up on the bluesy Black Keyes-inspired Murder Ballads, they’ve just announced THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF PERFECTO: WITH PAUL […]
Nice Art: Tyler Boss makes some prints for the Mondo edition of Murder Ballads
There’s been a lot of buzz about the upcoming graphic novel/CD Murder Ballads. The comic is by Gabe Soria, with art by Paul Reinwand and Chris Hunt, but it’s the soundtrack by blues artist Robert Finley and Grammy winner Dan Auerbach (best known for his day job with The Black Keys) that makes this a unique project. The album […]
FCBD Preview: The Ballad of Franklin Bonisteel, a prequel to Murder Ballads
Murder Ballads is one of the comics sert to make a splash this spring: a mini seres by Gabe Soria and Paul Reinwand that will have an accompanying album by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. The story is about a record label owner who finds two brothers who make amazing blues music. Auerbach’s album […]
Nice Art: These Legend posters show a world that’s gone to the cats and the dogs
Legend by Sam Sattin and Chris Koehler has been one of the under the radar hits of the season. Published by Z2, the collection came out in November, and this post-apocalyptic tale of animals trying to rebuild the world seems to have hit a nerve. Not the least because of Koehler’s amazing art on the series – an […]
Make comics, it’s what Prince would want us to do
I’m sitting here in my office in Chicago, thinking as to what I’m going to write about comics. I’ve been publishing comic books for over six months now, as the co-publisher at Z2 Comics. In that time I’ve met incredible artists, discussed stories and characters, gone through sleepless nights peppered with nightmares of cash flow, and had these brief, fleeting moments of joy as I held a new issue of a book we just made in my hands. I’m wondering how to describe that feeling, as it would be the core of this piece, and for some reason I’m having a hard time putting it together in my mind.
And then Prince died.