Talkshoe Podcast with Dan Burke

Comics Cafe. Making comics.
Listen to the APE report podcast for early reports of my (Allen Freeman) going to San Francisco and this huge small press comic show.

Then listen to all of the other great podcasts by Dan!

Things Undone - Shane White (NBM Publishing)

Things Undone was one of my best finds at APE this year. Yes, my first time to be at this show in San Francisco. Lots and lots of books to look at and this was my favorite, so that says one heck of alot! I must admit that I only found the book because Shane White the artist, writer, genius showed it to me at his booth, and I was at his booth because he and I go way back when we both worked at the gaming company his character in this book works at. Don't for a minute think that my opinon of this book was swayed due to the fact that I know Shane, and know he is a comic mastermind and artist extrodinare. No, I liked the book the minute I flipped through it. First of all it is mostly based on Shane's life and I love true stories. It is also about 20 percent fantasy (The zombie parts.) and I feel that this just brought his story to a more interesting avenue. I can't say enough for the art in this book. The way Shane can grab you and carry you along from panel to panel is masterful. His unique use of orange to shade the black and white line art is fantastic. But just because the art is very, very good, don't be fooled. The story is amazing. It takes you into the characters life and you "feel" for him. Let's just say things are not going well for this poor guy. I can't say enough great things about this book. You simply need to go to this link: http://www.nbmpub.com/comicslit/white/whitehome.html buy the book today....and see for yourself.

I also shot a video interview with Shane and will post a link to this YouTube video once I've edited it and posted it there. Yes, Shane likes orange.

5 out of 5 stars!!!!! Read an interview with Shane White, see more about this book, with some comic pages here: http://www.newsarama.com/comics/070907-ThingsUndone.html And while you are at it, visit Shane's web site here: http://www.shanewhite.com/index.htm

Captain Cure #1-Alternate Reality Comics-Ty Wakefiled

Captain Cure #1 is a $3, full size, color comic by Alternate Reality Comics. 22 pages, slick covers and with a slick poster bound in. Ty Walkefiled seems to be the artist and colorist and letterer and writer. I see a name at the bottom of the poster Ty Douglass. Anyway, the art is very good, the coloring appears to be done with markers and is a bit rough. The lettering is also rough and sometimes doesn't fit in the balloons. But ignore all that. The story pulls you along starting out realistically then taking you into a superhero world with Captain Cure fighting Cancer, a Villian-monster with his evil cell cronies. The intro, and the article in the back about Lance Armsrong's Foundation to help people that are fighting cancer is a nice touch. This is a great idea and I can see a following for this. It's all for a great cause. Ty was diagnosed in March of 2007 with bone cancer and continues to fight in his home town of Lewiston, Idaho and is the co-founder of Reality Comics. (3 out of 5 stars)

Get your copy at: http://www.captaincure.net/

3-D Pete's STAR BABE INVASION SPECIAL!

I liked Mike Fisher's flyer so much I have it above. Just click on it for all the funny, insightful info about his cool comic digest: 3-D Pete's Star Babe Invasion Special! 12 pages, black and white digest, with color covers and color centerspread!

I was waiting for my wife to get her hair done. It was to take one hour. After about 90 minutes of waiting, with the last 30 minutes in the car, I grabbed the mail that I'd not opened yet. To my surprise and happiness here was a review copy of 3-D Pete's STAR BABE INVASION Special. It looks like Mike Fisher did all this himself. Impressive. The articles and comics: "Devil Girl From Mars 1954", Classic Sex Symbol- Raquel Welch", "Two of the Best Places (to find Star Babes)", "How Well Will You Do ? (Great Galactic Matrix of Star Babeness Quiz)", "Gort, The Planet Dstroyer- Interview" and A FULL COLOR CENTER SPREAD!

Wow, I was having a blast reading all this. Great art of Roquel Welch, the "Devil Girl" strip, more great Star Babe art than you can shake a ray-gun at! Plus such learn about the girls of Lost in Space and Star Trek...whew.....I'm all sweaty just looking this over again....I need a cold shower and it's not even the end of the month yet.

Photos, articles, comics, and good girl art......pant, gasp.....just order it now before I have a heart attack!

(6 stars out of 5) How? I don't even know.

Here comes my wife. Just got the book finished. Stashed it under the car seat. This one's a keeper.

Contact Mike Fisher at: www.goofaman.com and fivefish@satx.rr.com

$5 gets the book and pays the shipping and keeps Mike off your back.....just do it. (Make Checks/Money Orders out to Mike Fisher) Send it to:
Star Babe Invasion, 510 Enchanted Way, San Antonio, TX 78260 (Or whatever is on that flyer up above. You did click on it, right?)

City of Fever- Mad Ink inc.

City of Fever by Mad Ink Inc.

Written and Edited by Kalean Spigel. Penciled and Inked by: Rodolfo Maximiliano Buscaglia. Colored by Vanu Adieuka. Lettered by Jason Arthur. Front and Inside cover by Greag Folender.

I've only seen a few pages of City of Fever, but it looks fantastic! I can't wait to see the full comic. Penciler and Inker Rodolfo was nice enough to send me some advance pages and the intro pages. This should be a huge hit! I'll post more when I've seen the full book, but from what I've seen so far you should go to: http:www.madinkpress.com/products.html and order this book!

Mini-Comics Box Set-Tempo Lush-Richy K. Chandler

Ten Mini-Comics, One Box, In the Shape of a Bear!

I go to the mailbox and inside find a nice little box. Upon opening it I find another box. But this box is like no other. It's a bear box! Full of mini-comics! Wow! Color mini comics for the most part and all are lovely and so different from each other! Lucy the Octopus: A very high production color strip on high quaility paper no less. Funny stories, well drawn!

Get your Bear Box from Tempo Lush today. All the work is by Rocky K. Chandler (my new alternative press hero!).

Make sure you check out his work here: http://www.myspace.com/tempolush

Find out how to get his comics shipped to you from over the pond (London) to the US, or wherever you may be. You'll get a laugh! A belly full of laughs and a conversation piece on your bookshelf. A bear box? Yes, a bear box full of comics! No where else but Tempo Lush.

---5 Stars out of 5--- no lie.

NORTH WIND #1

EXCLUSIVE: The release of the first issue of NORTH WIND, complete and free for download! Category: Art and Photography
Hey gang! This is a very cool, very historic first for MySpace Comic Books, and a great way to celebrate the new year! In partnership with our excellent friends at BOOM! Studios, we are releasing a comic book series online at the same time as it is released in comic book stores. You read that right: you can download the complete issues of NORTH WIND for FREE on the same day they hit the stands! Today, we are proud to release NORTH WIND 01. You can read the pages online below, or download the complete issue to your hard drive to read at your leisure with your favorite comic book reader. The choice is yours!In the coming weeks we will be releasing subsequent issues as they arrive at your local store. If you like what you read, be sure to support NORTH WIND by picking it up at your local comic book store! Call 1-888-COMIC BOOK to find the shop nearest you!A huge thank you goes out to BOOM! Studios for taking the leap into the wild world of digital distribution with us. Enjoy NORTH WIND 01 and come back next month for issue 02!

Go to the BLOG and see the comic or hit the download button:
HERE.

Free Magazine E-Books!! RKYV #24 released.

Check this link: HERE for a look at 24 issues of RKYV a free e-fanzine with articles, news, music reviews, and interesting stuff that is mostly art, and comics related. Check them out.

They are put out by Randy Pere, a guy I met at SPACE this year.