Dawn of the Ninja - Chapters 1 and 2

This is the latest in a series of Dawn of the Ninja reviews. Dawn of the Ninja is a fan comic being released a page a week on DawnoftheNinja.com. The entire project started in 2005 with the ultimate goal of acquiring a licence to publish their 13 chapter graphic novel. Ray first brought it to our attention shortly after the completion of chapter 1. Now that chapter 2 has been completed, I will review both issues in their entirety.

Bravest Warriors #1, by Joey Comeau & Mike Holmes

As much as I love the Crossover Comics Podcast, it has been on hiatus recently and I have been listening to a variety of other podcasts that discuss comic books. This book was brought to my attention by a hilarious review in episode #137 of the NonCanonical podcast. There was so much uncontainable laughter, I just had to get a copy. Bravest Warriors is about four teenage heroes who save aliens throughout the universe. This is an original comic book series based on the web series from Adventure Time and is aimed at teenagers and young adults.

Interview with Andy Kuhn, Artist of IDW's TMNT

IDW Publishing’s new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ongoing series has been firing on all cylinders and is a must read for any Turtles fan. Tom Waltz and Kevin Eastman are doing a great job of drawing from every Turtles universe to develop a rich, new timeline. One of the tools that IDW has used rather nicely is the Micro-Series (guest one-shots). Instead of telling a unique story that has nothing to do with the ongoing, they have used their guest one-shots to build on, and expand, the current Turtles universe. I recently had the opportunity to ask Andy Kuhn (Twitter @andykuhn), the artist on the Michelangelo Micro-Series issue as well as issues 13-16 of the ongoing, some questions about his experience.

Support "Sebastian Hawks - Creature Hunter" Crowdfunded Project

The hottest books out there right now are on the independent scene. With DC's New 52 and Marvel NOW!, the big two of the comic book publishing world are panicking and rebooting their titles to try to boost interest with new readers. The unfortunate side-effect is that they are alienating their current readers. If you're finding yourself bored with what the mainstream has to offer, then you need to check out Sebastian Hawks - Creature Hunter.

TMNT Micro-Series Vol 2, by Erik Burnham et al

This is the latest Return to the Sewers comparison piece following IDW’s new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles timeline and how it differs from the original Mirage timeline. These reviews will reference IDW’s TPBs as well as original issues that are being re-released by IDW in TPB format. IDW’s Micro-Series Vol 2 was released in November 2012 and collects the next 4 micro-series issues of this new series, Splinter, Casey Jones, April O’Neil, and Fugitoid. IDW will release Tales of the TMNT Vol 1 in December 2012 which contains Tales of the TMNT issues 1, 2, 3 and 4 from the original series. These reviews will also contain spoilers to the plot lines so ***SPOILER ALERT*** to everyone who wanted to read these issues first.

TMNT Annual 2012, by Kevin Eastman

This is the latest Return to the Sewers comparison piece following IDW’s new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles timeline and how it differs from the original Mirage timeline. These reviews will reference IDW’s TPBs as well as original issues that are being re-released by IDW in TPB format. IDW’s TMNT Annual 2012 was released in October 2012. IDW will release The Ultimate Collection Vol 4 in December 2012 which contains issues 48 to 55 from the original series, the Shades of Gray story arc and the first half of City at War. These reviews will also contain spoilers to the plot lines so ***SPOILER ALERT*** to everyone who wanted to read these issues first.