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Rodeo Hawkins and the Daughters of Mayhem is a fun sci-fi adventure for young readers

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Foster kid Sidney Poblocki is thrilled to learn his destiny is to save the multiverse—until he discovers it’s actually his destiny to destroy it—in this fantasy adventure graphic novel!

Get ready for Mayhem!

When Sidney Poblocki runs away from his troubled home life, he winds up in a whole new world of trouble. Why are interdimensional assassins after him along with every other kid named Sidney Poblocki throughout the multiverse? Will he ever see his best bud Walt again now that Walt’s memory of Sidney has been erased? And what the heck is the deal with Rodeo Hawkins and her ragtag gang of mischief-making girls the Daughters of Mayhem?!

They claim they’re trying to keep him safe, but Sidney isn’t so certain “safe” is even in their vocabulary. As Sidney is swept into a series of misadventures that will change the multiverse forever, one thing is for certain: with Rodeo Hawkins around, his life is about to be filled with a lot more mayhem.

Story: John Claude Bemis
Art: Nicole Miles

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Review: Still Not Equal

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Still Not Equal

James Baldwin once said “To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage.” What he is talking about in that very moment is to realize exactly what the world has done to black people as a whole and not knowing exactly how to react to this truth.

It becomes even more exacerbated when you see these prejudices exist in foreign countries you visit. Each culture has their own preconceived notions about another culture or race. I witnessed this the first time I went to France when I was in the military. The locals saw me and my friends as both Americans and people of color. At that particular place and time, neither helped our stay in their country. A few places refused us service. We got nasty looks from some old women. In that instance we knew no one wanted us there. This is also what Baldwin was talking about in the above quote. He found out, like we did, that no matter how far we progressed in the world, we were not equal. In Jordan Clark and Nicole Miles‘ brilliant Still Not Equal, the pair brings to life one of Baldwin’s most powerful accounts about being in Black in the world.

It’s December 1948. Baldwin has just moved to Paris into a depressing apartment as he needed space to write. Eventually, it becomes claustrophobic. He ventures out and finds the open-air cafes to be more of a fit. There he meets another American who gave him a glimmer of hope that everything will be okay. Everything changes when his new friend gets questioned by the police. From there, it’s an exploration of the French legal system and exploration of being Black and American within.

Overall, a commanding and sobering depiction of the atrocity that Baldwin faced 69 years ago that is depressingly still relevant. The story as interpreted by Clark is impactful, sensitive, and concise. The art by Miles paints these characters with heart and humanity. Altogether, an excellent interpretation of one of Baldwin’s demonstration of how the world doesn’t see us all as equal.

Story: Jordan Clark Art: Nicole Miles
Story: 9.5 Art: 9.6 Overall: 9.7 Recommendation: Buy

Small Press Expo 2019 Announces Comics Debuting at the Show

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Small Press Expo has announced that over 100 books and comics will debut at the 2019 festival. The festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 14-15, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center and will have over 650 creators, 280 exhibitor tables, 22 programming panels, and 14 hands-on workshops to introduce attendees to the amazing world of independent and small press comics.

A complete list of debuts, including cover images and publishing information, can be found on the SPX web site.

Check out some of books debuting this year:

Rusty Brown

Chris Ware’s Rusty Brown is a fully interactive, full-color articulation of the time-space interrelationships of a couple people in the first half of a single midwestern American day and the tiny piece of human grit about which they involuntarily orbit. Published by Pantheon.

Rusty Brown

CosmoKnights

For Hannah Templer’s ragtag band of space gays, liberation means beating the patriarchy at its own game.

In CosmoKnights, Pan’s life used to be very small. Work in her dad’s body shop, sneak out with her friend Tara to go dancing, and watch the skies for freighter ships. On the run and off the galactic grid, Pan discovers the astonishing secrets of her neo-medieval world… and the intoxicating possibility of burning it all down. Published by Top Shelf.

CosmoKnights

The Hard Tomorrow

Told with tenderness and care in an undefined near future, Eleanor Davis’s The Hard Tomorrow blazes unrestrained, as moments of human connection are doused in fear and threats. Her astute projections probe at current anxieties in a cautionary tale that begs the question: What will happen after tomorrow? Published by Drawn & Quarterly.

The Hard Tomorrow

Twice Shy

Joel Orff’sTwice Shy tells the story of two strangers who have shut themselves down emotionally as a way to cope with their lives. Bob is an artist with a creative block who loses himself in an aimless existence; while Casey suffers from deep-seated anxiety and feelings of abandonment. As they tentatively try to build a life together, the harsh realities of the outside world begin to intrude on their happiness, but the experience changes them both in fundamental ways. Published By Alternative Comics.

Twice Shy

Sports Is Hell

For Ben Passmore, some wars are for religion and some are for political belief, but this one is for football. After her city wins the Super Bowl for the first time, Tea is separated from her friend during a riot and joins a small clique fighting its way through armed groups of football fanatics to meet a star receiver that just might end the civil war or become the city’s new oppressive leader. Published by Koyama Press.

Sports Is Hell

The Breakaways

Cathy G. Johnson’sThe Breakaways is a middle-grade graphic novel about a rebellious girls’ soccer team. It is a portrait of friendship in its many forms, and a raw and beautifully honest look into the lives of a diverse and defiantly independent group of kids learning to make room for themselves in the world. Published by First Second.

The Breakaways

So Buttons #10

How does Jonathan Baylis celebrate his 10th-anniversary issue of So Buttons? With friends of course! This all-new issue features cover art by Thomas Boatwright in tribute to Jim Aparo’s cover for Detective Comics #469 (my first Batman comic). It includes new, funny toddler stories by Summer Pierre, heartwarming tributes to my passed dog Mocha by Haley Boros and New Yorker cartoonist Emily Flake. Plus art & stories by T.J. Hirsch, Princess Pamela, Nicole Miles, Jeremy Nguyen and Paul Westover. Published by Jonathan Baylis.

So Buttons #10

Henni In the Lowlands

Miss-Lasko Gross’Henni In The Lowlands continues the heroines adventures as an anti-authoritarian protagonist in this special edition only available at SPX 2019. Self-published.

Henni In the Lowlands