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Art Baltazar Announced as the Commemorative Artist for FCBD 2025

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Diamond Comic Distributors has revealed the commemorative artist for Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) 2025. Multi-award-winning cartoonist Art Baltazar, celebrated for his dynamic and heartwarming artistry, has created a one-of-a-kind design, featuring colorful and vibrant artwork that captures the love and joy in comics. The design will serve as the commemorative t-shirt, poster, and vinyl sticker for FCBD 2025.

In a career that spans thirty years, Art’s work has ranged from his own AW YEAH COMICS characters including Patrick the Wolf Boy and Action Cat; the award-winning Tiny Titans, Superman Family Adventures, and DC Super-Pets for DC Comics. Additionally, Art has worked on Itty Bitty Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics and the graphic novels Gillbert the Little Merman and Flash Gordon Adventures! for Papercutz. His newest project, the Dr. Seuss: Cat Out of Water graphic novel from Random House, showcases his continued ability to bring beloved characters to life with his signature charm and creativity. Baltazar’s love for the medium shows on every page, making him a perfect choice for the Free Comic Book Day Commemorative Artist in 2025.

The FCBD 2025 Commemorative T-shirt will be available in adult sizes small through 3XL (MSRP: $15.99-$21.99) and in youth sizes small through large (MSRP: $15.99). The Commemorative Poster will be 22” x 24” on a black background (MSRP: $11.99). The Commemorative Vinyl Sticker will be 3.5” tall on a white background; check with a retailer for pricing. The shirt, poster, and vinyl sticker, along with a complete listing of all the FCBD 2025 comic book titles and exclusive collectibles, can be found in the January issue of the PREVIEWS catalog, available in comic shops on December 26, 2024. 

Aw Yeah! Free Comic Book Day 2025

Preview: Flash Gordon Adventures Vol. 1

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Flash Gordon Adventures Vol. 1

(W) Art Baltazar, Franco, John Patrick Green (A) Franco, John Patrick Green (A/CA) Art Baltazar
In Shops: Nov 27, 2024
SRP: $7.99

Flash Gordon Adventures is an all-ages series by the award-winning creative team of Art Baltazar and Franco! Perfect for fans of Tiny Titans and Itty Bitty Hellboy!
Join Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, Dr. Zarkov and their allies from Lexray as they battle the evil tyrant, Ming the Merciless. Readers will be thrilled by Flash Gordon and his friend’s zany adventures, while enjoying valuable, but humorous life lessons learned about friendship, teamwork, and how alien-world gravity affects the digestive system, why a lizard machine is important for making new lizards and why Zarkov develops a way to make fake beards for Ming to wear.

Flash Gordon Adventures Vol. 1

Preview: Yahgz: The Gwash War

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Yahgz: The Gwash War

(W) Art Baltazar (A) Art Baltazar
In Shops: Aug 07, 2024
SRP: $14.99

WATCH OUT! The evil GWASH MONSTERS are invading Cray City! Their evil leader, The GWASHIE is set upon revenge! And CRAYBI CRAYNOBI may be the only one who can stop her!
Continuing the story events from where YAHGZ The Craynobi Tales left off; we find our Cray heroes thrown into the GWASH WAR! This action-packed adventure of good versus evil tells us more about the Cray characters and reveals much more of the legendary Cray Lore and the mysteries that surround the Land of YAHGZ! What is The Cray Stick of Joy? How angry is the Angry Stick? What magical mysteries do they possess? One thing is for sure, if the sticks touch it will mean destruction and devastation for all! What challenges lie in front of the Crays? Why won’t Weezerd use the Mystic Orb? What does the Giant Green Gorilla play in all this? Will the Cray Cousins find the Cray Stick of
JOY in time to save CRAY CITY?
New characters! New secret origins! Questions answered in this epic tale of CRAY Proportions! Join us on this “30 years in the making” epic journey! By famous cartoonist ART BALTAZAR.

Yahgz: The Gwash War

Papercutz announces Flash Gordon Adventures from  Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani!

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Papercutz has announced Flash Gordon Adventures, an all-ages series by the award-winning creative team of Art Baltazar and Franco! Perfect for fans of the duo’s Tiny Titans and Itty Bitty Hellboy!

Join Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, Dr. Zarkov and their allies from Mongo as they battle the evil tyrant, Ming the Merciless. Readers will be thrilled by Flash Gordon and his friend’s zany adventures, while enjoying valuable, but humorous life lessons learned about friendship, teamwork, and how alien-world gravity affects the digestive system, why a lizard machine is important for making new lizards and why Zarkov develops a way to make fake beards for Ming to wear.

Around the Tubes

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It was new comic book day yesterday. What did you all get? What’d you like? Dislike? Sound off in the comments below. While you think about that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web to start the day.

The Hollywood Reporter – ‘Daredevil’ Hits Reset Button as Marvel Overhauls Its TV Business – This doesn’t sound good at all and Marvel being a current mess.

Smash Pages – Art Baltazar, James Kochalka + Kaeti Vandorn will bring Dr. Seuss characters to comics – Exciting!

Reviews

Collected Editions – Green Lantern Vol. 2: Horatius
Comicbook – Operation Sunshine #1
Comicbook – Superior Spider-Man #1

Superior Spider-Man #1

Yahgz: The Craynobi Tales kicks off a new trilogy that young kids will enjoy

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Join Craybi Craynobi and his son, Crayski Craynobi, the future chosen one with the chosen nose, as well as their many friends and allies like Weezerd the wise wizard, as they adventure through mythical lands to try to save the city of Yahgz and its people, the Yahgeez.

Story: Art Baltazar
Art: Art Baltazar

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Art Baltazar’s YAHGZ: The Craynobi Tales gets a trailer

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Papercutz has released a trailer for YAHGZ: The Craynobi Tales the newest book from renowned creator Art Baltazar, the beloved cartoonist known for his work on The Eisner Award winning “Itty Bitty Hellboy” and The New York Times bestselling “Tiny Titans.”

YAGHZ: The Craynobi Tales tells the story of Craybi Craynobi and his son, Crayski Craynobi, as they adventure through mythical lands to try to save the city of Yahgz and its people, the Yahgeez, from the Giant Green Gorilla and other foes. With their wits and helpful allies, they must work together to save Yahgz in this zany new graphic novel series.

Art’s incredible spirit and energy come alive in his creation of the Craynobis and the world of YAGHZ.

Papercutz announces Art Baltazar’s Yahgz: The Craynobi Tales

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Papercutz and Mad Cave Studios have announced Yahgz: The Craynobi Tales by renowned creator Art Baltazar– the beloved cartoonist known for his work on The Eisner Award winning Itty Bitty Hellboy and The New York Times bestselling Tiny Titans. It’ll come to shops August 1, 2023.

Yahgz: The Craynobi Tales tells the story of Craybi Craynobi and his son, Crayski Craynobi, as they adventure through mythical lands to try to save the city of Yahgz and its people, the Yahgeez, from the Giant Green Gorilla and other foes. With their wits and helpful allies, they must work together to save Yahgz in this zany new graphic novel series.

Yahgz: The Craynobi Tales

DC’s Saved by the Belle Reve arrives this August

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School’s back in session with DC’s newest anthology, DC’s Saved by the Belle Reve. It comes to comic shops on August 30th.

DC’s Gotham Academy is Back!

DC’s latest 80-page anthology features eight all-new back-to-school stories from talent across the world of comics, including a brand-new Gotham Academy story from the original creative team of writers Becky Cloonan and Brenden Fletcher and artists Karl Kerschl and Msassyk! With Olive Silverlock M.I.A. and Mia “Maps” Mizoguchi entering her sophomore year, what hijinks can DC’s Jr. Detective Club get into?

Super Sons, Tiny Titans, Teen Angel Azrael, and more!

Packed with eight tales of schooltime fun from around the DC Universe, DC’s Saved by the Belle Reve’s pages are a Who’s Who of creators and characters you’ve been asking to see more of! The Suicide Squad is sent to an international prep school to protect a dignitary’s son! Jean-Paul Valley returns to the school that made him into Azrael! Plus, a return to Tiny Titans by Art Baltazar and Franco, and Jon and Damian head back to school with a story set in their Super-Sons continuity! Grab your pencils and notebooks and get educated!

DC’s Saved by the Belle Reve #1 includes:

  • Gotham Academy in “Sophomore Year” by Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher, and Karl Kerschl
  • The Suicide Squad in “High School Lows” by Tim Seeley and Scott Kolins
  • The Super Sons in “Back to School” by Peter J. Tomasi and Max Raynor
  • Green Arrow & Speedy in “Earn It Back” by Dave Wielgosz and Mike Norton
  • The Tiny Titans in “Piece Making” by Art Baltazar & Franco
  • Black Lighting in “This Is Why” by Brandon Thomas and Craig Cermak
  • Azrael in “How Angels Are Made” by Dan Watters and Juan Ferreyra
  • Nightwing and Batgirl in “A Night Off” by Andrew Aydin and Nelson Daniel

School’s back in session, and we just know you’re waiting for the BELLE to give you some REVElief…all right, you can’t say we didn’t try! DC’s Saved by the Belle Reve #1 hits shelves on August 30 with a main cover by Juni Ba and an open-to-order variant cover by Riley Rossmo & Ivan Plascencia.

Preview: Powers in Action Volume 1

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POWERS IN ACTION VOLUME 1

Writer(s): Art Baltazar
Artist Name(s): Art Baltazar
Cover Artist(s): Art Baltazar
128 pgs./ E / FC
$14.99

Join us on this bold adventure as Lynx brings his sister, Ocelot, to join the super team in their first meeting. Let’s hope there are no delays along the way in the form of super villains! Oh no! Looks like our heroes may have work to do before they even join the team. Will these cat-heroes fit in with the members of the Hero Squadron? Their mysterious leader thinks so. Who else is on the team, you ask? Meet…Suplex! Eclipse! The Alien Enormus! And their leader Moon! Bold adventure awaits! The super-heroic bold adventure of cartoony super hero all age awesomeness that only Art Baltazar can bring!

POWERS IN ACTION VOLUME 1
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