Some thought scheduling the Black Crown party to kick off Philip Bond's gallery of work at Orbital Comics in London alongside the MCM London Comic Con was a mistake But, instead, it led to a much bigger turnout as dozens of comics creators schlepped across town from the East End Docklands to WC2.Shelly Bond and[...]
London, until Sunday.Black Crown Bumper Signing + After Party. Signing with talent from Shelly Bond’s Black Crown imprint with the following in attendance:
Followed by a free after-hours party running late into the evening DJs, drinks and all manner of Black Crown swag The party also doubles as launch night for a very special Philip[...]
Bleeding Cool has been hearing for some time there were issues between comic book publishers IDW and their imprint Black Crown run by former DC Vertigo's Shelly Bond And for another month IDW solicitations did not contain any mention of Black Crown titles.Their most recently published title, Eve Stranger is delayed Issue 3 came out[...]
Chaos and shenanigans straight out of an 80s comedy ensue, but also adventure and mystery straight out of something like The Goonies, as THR's report promises "seances, secret passageways, and time-bending mystical romps."All of that in four issues?"We’ve been trying to capture the feel, the excitement, the energy of the rise of the New Romantics,[...]
Truly living up to its name in at least one way (punk, sadly is dead as disco), David Barnett and Martin Simmonds' Punk's Not Dead is returning to Black Crown for a second volume Dubbed Punk's Not Dead: London Calling after the original proposed title, Punk's Not Dead: Argy Bargy was rejected, the new volume was[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Thalia Rosewood awakens in a coffin currently being set on fire by a man named Indigo. He thought Thalia was dead and helps her out once she wakes up. Thalia goes back to her job, but Circe and Gullame, Dr. Wolfe's assistants find her at her job. Thalia freaks out, and the two […]
It gels with the narrative very well.House Amok #1 is a strange and intriguing addition to the Black Crown lineup Christopher Sebela is putting together a surrealist family drama with breadcrumb hints as to what is going on I want to know the mystery of it all, but I can’t stay engaged if #2 is[...]
They talk for a moment and seem to bond, but the woman suddenly hits Thalia in the head with her oxygen tank.[caption id="attachment_895531" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Euthanauts #1 cover by Nick Robles[/caption]IDW’s Black Crown imprint continues its proud tradition of Grant Morrison-esque surrealism with the takeoff of Euthanauts #1.The comic starts fairly tame, but things take[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] We learn Dorothy's career from years ago. She used to be a freelance hunter of the paranormal who took frequent dips in the Fountain of Youth, but a particularly intense case aged her to look as she does now. This is when she joined up with the British government. In the present, Fergie […]
On the whole, the comic looks great.Punk’s Not Dead #4 is another great installment from this Black Crown series David Barnett and Martin Simmonds have created a truly unique and compelling series here, and it earns another recommendation with this book Pick it up.[rwp-review-ratings id="0"]
[rwp-review-form id="0"] [rwp-review-recap id="0"]Culpepper and Asif investigate the case of the[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Natalie confronts Fergie about their shared dream, and she's not especially happy about it. Fergie and Sid continue to explore their abilities together. Culpepper and Asif continue to investigate the rise in supernatural happenings around London. People are dancing in the streets. Punk's Not Dead #3 shows how hard this book is looking […]
Get ready for another Comic Book Wins and Losses list, this time for the week of March 28th, 2018. This was actually a great week for comics reading — or at least the chunk of content I read was great. That made it a little harder to find what really stood out from the week, […]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] I'm not even sure where to start with the plot of this one. Kid Lobotomy has a flashback to a time when he saw Big Daddy beat a man to death over a disagreement about a book. Kid runs away, and we return to the present where he is given guidance by a […]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Fergie has some graphic dreams about a girl in his class. Later, he and Sid continue to get along, learn more about why they're stuck together, and the bizarre powers Fergie exhibited in the schoolyard fight. Elsewhere, Culpepper and her new partner try to oust a political ghost. Punk's Not Dead #2 continues […]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Roz has trouble keeping up with the kid, and Octavia, Dominic, and Taylor struggle through a forest full of Roz's deathtraps just to survive the night. Dominic is forced to shoot someone, and Octavia and Taylor help him through it. Above all else, Assassinistas #3 is quirky. It has one dangerous assassin in […]
Announced at ECCC yesterday, Shelly Bond's Black Crown imprint from IDW has two new titles to its bow.Tini Howard of Assassinistas and Nick Robles of Alien Bounty Hunter will be launching Euthanauts.
What happens to us after we die?Two women aim to find out in this series which combines classically intrepid explorers with our anxieties about[...]
Of course, that last part may yet prove to be a boon.[caption id="attachment_801731" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Punk's Not Dead #1 cover by Martin Simmonds[/caption]Punk’s Not Dead #1 is a very promising opening for this new IDW Black Crown series The premise is unique, challenging, and has the anarchy bug in a time where everyone could probably[...]
A failed rockstar/successful madman gets one last chance to prove his worth—and regain his sanity—by turning the hotel that was once his childhood sanctuary into a lucrative business despite a host of obstacles including seductive shapeshifters, dead literary heroes and Kid’s own sister, who would love nothing more than to see him fail miserably.
“A giddy[...]
Maybe it’s because we were the first one to post the teaser for the interview between Shelly and Gerard, or maybe it’s because Black Crown and Bleeding Cool share the same initials, it seems that someone thinks Bleeding Cool would be a fitting place to debut the first part of the interview between Gerard Way[...]
IDW has given us some more information on Black Crown, the new Shelly Bond imprint they will be curating The new line of books will be home to creative talents like Peter Milligan, Tess Fowler, Tini Howard, and Gilbert Hernandez.Milligan and Fowler will debut the imprints first title, Kid Lobotomy, in October Then Howard and[...]
