It was pretty quiet in the comic world Thursday due to Thanksgiving but we still have some news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.
The Beat – Thanksgiving Special: Four Native and Indigenous Creators and Comics You Should Know – This is pretty awesome to see.
Reviews
ICv2 – Children of the Whales Vol. 1
Geek Dad – Detective Comics #969
VIZ Media delivers a gripping new post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure manga series with the launch of Children of the Whales on November 21st.
The series, featuring story and art by creator Abi Umeda, is rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens and will be published in print and digital editions under the VIZ Signature imprint. Volume 1 will carry a print MSRP of $12.99 U.S. / $17.99 CAN. The series also launches digitally via VIZ.com and the VIZ Manga App, as well as from the Nook, Kobo, Kindle, iBooks, comiXology, and Google Play stores. Future volumes of Children of the Whales, which is also continuing in Japan, will be published in English by VIZ Media on a bi-monthly basis.
In an endless sea of sand drifts the Mud Whale, a floating island city of clay and magic. In its chambers a small community clings to survival, cut off from its own history by the shadows of the past. Chakuro is the archivist for the Mud Whale, diligently chronicling the lives and deaths of his people. As one of the short-lived thymia wielders, he knows his time is limited and is determined to leave a better record than his predecessors. But the steady pace of their isolated existence on the Mud Whale is abruptly shattered when a scouting party discovers a mysterious young girl who seems to know more about their home than they do…
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