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Around the Tubes

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Graphic Policy Team

The weekend is almost here! What geeky things are you all up to? Sound off in the comments below. While you think about that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

Kotaku – Disney War Continues As CEO Punches Back At Florida Gov. DeSantis – Good to see Disney fighting.

ICv2 – Binc Offers Financial Assistance for Comics Retailers Attending Diamond Summit – Nice to see this.

Reviews

CBR – Extreme Venomverse #1
CBR – Ghostlore #1
The Beat – Kaya Book One
CBR – Something Epic #1

Around the Tubes

Around the Tubes

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Graphic Policy Team

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

ICv2 – Kodansha Digital Manga App Launches in U.S. with 400 Titles – A nice amount of titles.

Reviews

Comicbook – Amazing Spider-Man #25
CBR – Amazing Spider-Man #25
Collected Editions – Batman & Robin Adventures Vol. 3
Comicbook – Ghostlore #1
CBR – Green Lantern #1
Comicbook – Green Lantern #1
CBR – Silk #1
CBR – Spirit World #1

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Ghostlore #1 is a tragic, emotional opening

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Brett

We’ve all heard of ghost stories… but what stories do the ghosts themselves tell us? The concept of ghosts wanting to “confess” and tell their story isn’t new. We’ve seen this concept over and over as the driver of so many stories. Often, the need to tell the story is a way for the lost soul to find peace and rest. Ghostlore #1 seems to be going that direction with an opening chapter that’s tragic and a bit jarring.

Created by Cullen Bunn and Leomacs, Bunn handles the writing duty as we meet a dysfunctional family in a small town. The father is a pastor at the church with a supportive wife, a rebellious daughter, and a son who stopped speaking. In what feels like an afterschool special prompt, the jarring part, the story unfolds in tragedy as a car accident leads to deaths and unsettled spirits all around the trapped family.

Ghostlore #1 is an interesting beginning that feels a bit like an afterschool special drama in so many ways. It’s not Bunn’s strongest debut but he does an excellent job of setting things up. It also feels like a start that is done in a way to take advantage of its premise. With spirits around them, there’s a chance to tell so many stories from here creating an almost anthology feel. Whether this is where the series goes remains to be seen but overall, it’s a debut with potential.

Leomacs handles the art with color by Jason Wordie while Brian Hurtt and Bill Crabtree provide art for one particular section. The art is interesting, veering away from scares and gore and sticking to the “sad” feel of the comic. There’s a morose vibe to the story that the art depicts, down to the choice of color. It’s all good though nothing really jumps out. It feels held back a little bit with potential to do more with the emotion of the story. Ed Dukeshire‘s lettering is solid giving the living and dead their own style adding to concept of the series.

Ghostlore #1 is an interesting start that has some potential. While it doesn’t completely excite, there’s a concept that could play out in interesting way telling stories of various styles and delivering a bit of an emotional punch with each. As an opening chapter, the comic falls a little short in its excitement but it’s not enough to turn off reading further issues. Overall, the jury is still out on the series as a whole but there could be something intriguing there.

Story: Cullen Bunn Art: Leomacs, Brian Hurtt
Color: Jason Wordie, Bill Crabtree Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
Story: 7.5 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7.5 Recommendation: Read

BOOM! Studios provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: Zeus Comics – Kindle

Preview: Ghostlore #1 (of 12)

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Graphic Policy Team

Ghostlore #1 (of 12)

(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Brian Hurtt (A/CA) Leomacs
In Shops: May 10, 2023
SRP: $4.99

We’ve all heard of ghost stories… but what stories do the ghosts themselves tell us?

An estranged daughter and her pastor father wander a haunted land; they only have the restless spirits, each with its own story to tell, as company along the way.

After a deadly accident of which they were the only survivors, Lucas and Harmony Agate can see the dead-an overwhelming amount of the deceased, all with their own warnings, cries for help, and malevolence alike.

But Lucas and Harmony aren’t the only ones with this ability; there are other nearly-deads, some of which have malicious motivations…

Cullen Bunn of Basilisk and The Empty Man acclaim is joined by superstar artist Leomacs (Basketful of Heads) and guest artist Brian Hurtt (The Sixth Gun)-the first in a haunting lineup of artists featured in each issue-to bring readers the most eye-opening spectral story since The Sixth Sense!

This 12-issue series is the newest BOOM! Studios collaboration with Cullen Bunn, with issue #1 featuring a special Spot UV Ghost Variant!

Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Graphic Policy Team

Wednesdays (and Tuesdays) are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in

Each week our contributors choose what they can’t wait to read this week or just sounds interesting. In other words, this is what we’re looking forward to and think you should be taking a look at!

Find out what folks think below, and what comics you should be looking out for this week.

Amazing Spider-Man #25 (Marvel) – Marvel’s teasing some big stuff in this one, so don’t miss out Spidey fans!

Daughters of Snow and Cinders (Fantagraphics) – Fleeing the fires of her war-torn homeland, a young woman travels to the New World in search of gold to rebuild her life.

Disney Villains: Scar #2 (Dynamite) – The first issue was fantastic filling in some of Scar’s unknown story from The Lion King.

Dog Knight Vol. 1 (Feiwel & Friends) – Frankie is saved from a friendly golden retriever from bullies and wakes up in a giant doghouse and tasked to prove they posses the six dog virtues of loyalty, kindness, honesty, justice, stubbornness, and smell.

Extreme Venomverse #1 (Marvel) – It’s the Summer of Symbiotes and this is a small piece of that big puzzle that’s going on.

Gatsby (AWA Studios) – A new take on the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel.

Ghostlore #1 (BOOM! Studios) – We’ve all heard of ghost stories… but what stories do the ghosts themselves tell us? Ghosts telling ghost stories? Written by Cullen Bunn with art by Leomacs? Yeah, we’re in.

Green Lantern #1 (DC Comics) – It’s a new status-quo for the Lanterns, Hal Jordan, and John Stewart and it’s a fantastic start.

The Nasty #2 (Vault Comics) – The first issue was an interesting spin on the horror genre about a group of kids wanting to save their video store and going to make their own scary movie.

Samurai Doggy #6 (AfterShock) – The series has been an entertaining story but it’s the visuals that have us really excited to check out each issue.

Something Epic #1 (Image Comics) – Outside our perception, creative thought takes physical form, with only a handful of individuals known as Epics able to interact with this wondrous hidden world. It sounds like an intriguing idea and we’re excited to see how this one plays out.

Spirit World #1 (DC Comics) – From the pages of Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate, a new Chinese hero emerges who’s able to travel to and from the Spirit World, the realm of the dead, and that of the living. We’re always excited to check out new heroes and ideas.

WildC.A.T.s #7 (DC Comics) – The series has been a wild ride that fans of the characters should enjoy and this latest issue begins to lay out the conspiracy as we’re not sure who we can trust.

Preview: Ghostlore #1 (of 12)

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Graphic Policy Team

Ghostlore #1 (of 12)

(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Brian Hurtt (A/CA) Leomacs
In Shops: May 10, 2023
SRP: $4.99

We’ve all heard of ghost stories… but what stories do the ghosts themselves tell us?

An estranged daughter and her pastor father wander a haunted land; they only have the restless spirits, each with its own story to tell, as company along the way.

But Lucas and Harmony aren’t the only ones with this ability; there are other nearly-deads, some of which have malicious motivations…

This 12-issue series is the newest BOOM! Studios collaboration with Cullen Bunn, with issue #1 featuring a special Spot UV Ghost Variant!

A Haunting First Look at Cullen Bunn and Leomacs’ Ghostlore #1

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Graphic Policy Team

BOOM! Studios has revealed a first look at Ghostlore #1, the premier issue of a brand new horror series by acclaimed author of The Empty Man and Harrow County, Cullen Bunn, superstar artist Leomacs, colorist Jason Wordie, and letterer Ed Dukeshire—along with guest artist Brian Hurtt and colorist Bill Crabtree—tell a new kind of ghost story this May10.

We’ve all heard of ghost stories…but what ghost stories to the ghost themselves tell?

After a deadly accident, estranged father and daughter Lucas and Harmony Agate can see the dead–an overwhelming amount of them. Each one with their own warnings, cries for help, and malevolence alike. But the pastor and his daughter aren’t the only ones with this haunting ability; there are other nearly-deads, some of which have malicious intentions…

Ghostlore #1 features a main cover by series artist Leomacs, and variant covers by Brian Hurtt, Tonči Zonjić, Reiko Murakami, and Jenny Frison.

Cullen Bunn and Leomacs tell ghost stories at BOOM! with Ghostlore

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Graphic Policy Team

Acclaimed author of The Empty Man and Harrow County, Cullen Bunn, superstar artist Leomacs, and colorist Jason Wordie—along with a cavalcade of guest artists illustrating haunting short stories in each issue starting with Manor Black’s Brian Hurtt—tell a new kind of ghost story this May at BOOM! Studios with Ghostlore.

We’ve all heard of ghost stories…but what ghost stories to the ghost themselves tell?

Ghostlore #1 features a standard cover by Leomacs, and variant covers by Brian Hurtt, Tonči Zonjić, Reiko Murakami , and Jenny Frison!

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