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...
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Ryan Balkam
- Jun 17, 2020
- 2 min
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...
Dylan Abuel
- Jun 16, 2020
- 3 min
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...
Ryan Balkam
- Jun 15, 2020
- 3 min
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 8, 2020
- 2 min
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 6, 2020
- 2 min
Indie Comic Showcase: Serious Creatures
SERIOUS CREATURES Writer: Tony McMillen Artist: Tony McMillen Colorist: Tony McMillen Letterer: Tony McMillen Publisher: Bounce House...
Ryan Balkam
- May 28, 2020
- 2 min
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...
tnttag44
- May 25, 2020
- 2 min
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...
Ryan Balkam
- May 20, 2020
- 4 min
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...
Mario Miranda
- May 19, 2020
- 5 min
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...
Ryan Balkam
- May 18, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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 9, 2020
- 4 min
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 8, 2020
- 2 min
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 4, 2020
- 3 min
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,...
Ari Levi
- Apr 27, 2020
- 3 min
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...
Ryan Balkam
- Apr 21, 2020
- 3 min
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 8, 2020
- 9 min
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
- Mar 23, 2020
- 4 min
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...