buzzkill Archives

We were big fans of Buzzkill, the series by Donny Cates, Eliot Rahal, Geoff Shaw, and Lauren Affe that set up some of the tone and especially the humor and art quality that we see in the new series Paybacks, set in the same universe as the previous comic but only very loosely overlapping. Now, it's[...]

The podcast consists of the latest news in comics, creator interviews, and a weekly book club discussion. This week we're reading a classic with up-and-coming badass DONNY CATES! Cates writes titles such as The Ghost Fleet and Buzzkill for Dark Horse Comics with quite a few coming out the gate in 2015[...]

Your guess is as good at ours… Donny Cates is the co-creator of the likes of Buzzkill, Ghost Fleet and The Paybacks for Dark Horse Comics Could this, by any chance, be the next project he has in mind? Also for Dark Horse, or for someone else? It looks a bit… space-y….   [...]

Donny Cates, the writer behind Buzzkill has a new series from Dark Horse coming out called Ghost Fleet on November 5th The story revolves around a trucker myth that there are government truck drivers who aren't aware of the cargo they're carrying and can't be pulled over by law enforcement I sat down with Cates to[...]

This week, a highly unusual comic hit the stands, one that not only features an dragon to curdle the blood of those who think they are fairy-tale cute, but also one that's a fully rendered pencilled series preserving the obsessive detail of artist Geoff Shaw, who drew a great deal of attention to himself through[...]

I had a chance to sit down and talk with him about his past Dark Horse work, his upcoming Valiant story, and a spinoff from the Dark Horse series Buzzkill along with a brief mention of his work as a stand-up comic. Alex Wilson: So Eliot, how did you get into writing comics? Eliot Rahal: That's a[...]

Donny Cates, an ex-Bleeding Cool writer, is a rising star in the comic book scene right now, with Dark Horse having published his recent superhero series Buzzkill, and with trucker conspiracy Ghost Fleet to come. And so now, since he's moved on from Bleeding Cool, we get to gossip about him. I've heard a rumour regarding two[...]

The Dark Horse series Buzzkill was a fan favorite of 2013, and even got plenty of attention in the yearly assessment here on Bleeding Cool But even before the hard-hitting end to the mini-series about a substance-fuelled, guilt-ridden and conflicted super-hero, I was asking if there would be more Buzzkill The answer seems to be[...]

Buzzkill, from Dark Horse Comics, written by Donny Cates and Mark Reznicek, with art by Geoff Shaw and colors by Lauren Affe Buzzkill is another comic that changes the conversation in comics and about comics without becoming a thinly disguised social treatise In fact, it's hard to even type the phrase "social treatise" in connection with[...]

This isn't exactly business as usual… Looking for a great book to read? Check out BUZZKILL #5 from @Doncates and @DarkHorseComics ! We'll even thrown in a money back guarentee! — ValiantComics (@ValiantComics) December 21, 2013 One company liking another company's comic so much that they offer a money back guarantee Is this totally from the goodness of[...]

As per my predilections, there's a lot of Image and Dark Horse catching my attention. Buzzkill comes to a rip-roaring conclusion in its first mini-series arc this week from Dark Horse, written by Donny Cates and Mark Reznicek , and with virtuoso art by Geoff Shaw It's been one of the most interesting series of the[...]

Today, Frank Barbiere, writer on Image's Five Ghosts and IRL friend Donny Cates, co-writer on Dark Horse's Buzzkill were taunting each other about the pirate plots of the new Five Ghosts storyline "Lost Coastlines" Barbiere asserted that Cates is this salty-language prone pirate (drawn by Five Ghosts series artist Chris Mooneyham). But wait, just kidding, or[...]

Softer flashbacks fill us in on Georgina's ambiguous role in Prince's life, and so the character development continues alongside a high-octane conclusion to the series first mini-arc. Buzzkill is back, one of my favorite series this autumn, from Dark Horse, written by the fairly gonzo writer Donny Cates with Mark Reznicek, and art by the rising[...]

Buzzkill is one of the most interesting recent releases from Dark Horse in a strong slate of new books It follows the life and times of Ruben, a superhero whose powers only become active when he ingests alcohol, often to the point of blacking out, and he lives in a world where some other heroes[...]

This may be the most significant issue of Batman '66 so far as the book moves away from the already attractive spectacle possible in every issue toward the combination of ongoing conflict with visual fireworks now that the Joker's rampage looks to set up a longer storyline. Dark Horse publishes Buzzkill #1 this week, written by[...]

They are a dragon. Nothing moves but their eyeballs in Kiss Me Satan #1… don't have an accident in that thing in your first issue, okay? Too late for Buzzkill #1… And Harbinger has a vehicle that, basically, no one wants to get in an accident with Of course, there are other ways to get around. And Bounce[...]

The panel featured Tim Seeley and Mike Norton, of The Occultist and Revival, Joe Casey, of Cataclysm Comix and Sex, Joshua Williamson, of Captain Midnight; Donny Cates of Buzzkill, and Duane Swierczynski of X.. The panel started off with announcement of Francesco Francavilla's Black Beetle getting a second miniseries Below is the cover of what will[...]