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How To Get Into Comics: A Handy Guide
We all started somewhere. We all have our own origin stories. When asked the questions “How to get into comics” some fellow members of...

Ryan Balkam
Jun 26, 20209 min read


Comics Everyone Should Read: Hip-Hop Family Tree
As we continue this week of Hip-Hop & comics, I'd be a fool not to include HIP-HOP FAMILY TREE. This is the premier comic book for...

Ryan Balkam
Jun 17, 20202 min read


Art that Imitates Art that Imitates (Hip-hop) Life
In Hip-hop, we always find ourselves compiling lists of which artist or which album we personally consider to be the best the...
Dylan Abuel
Jun 16, 20203 min read


Hip-Hop & Comics: The Connection
The influence of comic books on hip-hop reflects the similarities between both art forms— both constantly changing and highly influential...

Ryan Balkam
Jun 15, 20203 min read


Indie Comic Showcase: The Baboon
THE BABOON Writer: Jamie Jones Artist: Jamie Jones Colorist: Jamie Jones Letterer: Jamie Jones Publisher: Bow Tie Press Continuing the...

Ryan Balkam
Jun 8, 20202 min read


Indie Comic Showcase: Serious Creatures
SERIOUS CREATURES Writer: Tony McMillen Artist: Tony McMillen Colorist: Tony McMillen Letterer: Tony McMillen Publisher: Bounce House...

Ryan Balkam
Jun 6, 20202 min read


Comics Everyone Should Read: Heartbreak Soup & Human Diastrophism by Gilbert Hernandez
Next up for our "Comics Everyone Should Read" series, we're here to talk about ,Heartbreak Soup & Human Diastrophism. Similar to how his...

Ryan Balkam
May 28, 20202 min read


The Original Samurai Jack (Ronin by Frank Miller)
In Feudal Japan, a young nameless samurai protects his master from assassins, but after the demon Agat takes the form of a geisha and...
tnttag44
May 25, 20202 min read


Essential Reading List: Greg Rucka
Greg Rucka has long been one of my favorite writers. First discovering his work on the Batman titles during the "No Man's Land" storyline...

Ryan Balkam
May 20, 20204 min read


Comics Everyone Should Read: Gotham Central
GOTHAM CENTRAL Writers: Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka Artists: Michael Lark, Stefano Gaudiano, Kano, Greg Scott, Brian Hurtt, Jason...
Mario Miranda
May 19, 20205 min read


Creating An Outlaw Comic (Ed Piskor's RED ROOM)
If you follow the great Ed Piskor or the Cartoonist Kayfabe Channel, then you've probably heard about his latest project RED ROOM. Ed has...

Ryan Balkam
May 18, 20202 min read


Cartoonist Kayfabe: For The Love Of Comics
What can I say about the Cartoonist Kayfabe that you guys don't already know? What Ed Piskor & Jim Rugg have created with their YouTube...

Ryan Balkam
May 18, 20202 min read


Jim Rugg Launches Outlaw/Blacklight Comic
Jim Rugg has launched a project that is both exciting and groundbreaking at the same time. Known mostly for his books STREET ANGEL,...

Ryan Balkam
May 18, 20202 min read


Cartoonist Kayfabe: The Reading List
For anyone that may be new to the world of Cartoonist Kayfabe or maybe just a fellow comic book reader interested in checking out some...

Ryan Balkam
May 9, 20204 min read


Comics Everyone Should Read: Street Angel
Continuing my trip down the Cartoonist Kayfabe vortex, I've not only been watching hours of the YouTube channel, but I've been reading...

Ryan Balkam
May 8, 20202 min read


Gødland: Kirby Krackle With A Modern Twist
GøDLAND: CELESTIAL EDITION ONE Writer: Joe Casey Artist: Tom Scioli Colorists: Bill Crabtree & Nick Filardi Letterer: Jimmy Betancourt,...

Ryan Balkam
May 4, 20203 min read


Craig Thompson: Essential Reading List
With all this uncertainty going on in the world and the lack of new comics coming out, now’s the perfect time to start branching out and...
Ari Levi
Apr 27, 20203 min read


Reading List: Best of Kieron Gillen
Kieron Gillen is best known for his creator-owned comics PHONOGRAM and THE WICKED + THE DIVINE. But having written for years, he has a...

Ryan Balkam
Apr 21, 20203 min read


Best Binge Worthy Series
With all this time on our hands as we sit around, waiting for the world to go back to normal, I put together a list of series that are...

Ryan Balkam
Apr 8, 20209 min read


The Comic Lounge's Picks of the Week (3/25/20)
RYAN'S PICKS BATMAN CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT #8 The "Murphyverse" has been one of the best things being published at DC and one of my...

Ryan Balkam
Mar 23, 20204 min read
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