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Peow’s comics are exactly for me and my stomach ⊟
Sometimes people go on wild runs making the exact art you want at that point in your life, a wonderful period when each release feels iconic and speaks to something thus-far unattended in your heart. Remember how Aaliyah followed up “If Your Girl Only Knew” with “One in a Million” and “4-Page Letter”? Or when early-2000s Adult Swim had the TV game locked up with programs like Home Movies, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Cowboy Bebop in the same evening lineup? Or indieszero’s decade-long reign when they were grinding out gem after gem with GameCenter CXs, Theathrythms, and NES Remixes?
That’s how I’m looking at comic book publisher Peow Studio lately. They caught my eye with Jane Mai’s Animal Crossing doujinshi Pond Smelt years ago, and I kept seeing them pick up intriguing books from talented artists like Valentin Seiche (Pocket Fantasy). More recently, they put out Patrick Crotty’s Black Border Flowers, a webcomic combining sports manga with Magic the Gathering tournaments; and Jean Wei’s Heat, a “beautiful slice-of-life centered on a naked 8-foot fire demon and farm life with an old Aunt and grand-niece”. They are not playing around when it comes to keeping my attention.
And now they’ve brought out Mami, a lovely, lighthearted book from Manila-based illustrator Diigii Daguna that follows a detective’s career as he chases after a slippery and often hungry art thief. The criminal’s empty stomach keeps getting him into trouble, but it also gives Diigii a chance to introduce readers to delicious Filipino street foods with flavorful intermissions.
No lie, I had to go out and buy tocino (pork belly cured in a sweet mix) at our local asian grocery store to eat with garlic-fried rice and eggs after developing a sudden craving from Mami’s “Pinoy Breakfast” page. And the food intermission for taho, a syrupy amber-colored drink teeming with sago pearls and silken tofu, left me longing to book a trip to the Philippines to enjoy the treat again.
You can buy the 65-page book now for $13.50. Peow Studio has more comics you’ll want on the way – Jane Mai’s Painfully Embarrassing Otaku Weekend apparently includes “Pond Smelt 2”, and Valentin Seiche’s Trigger Soul graphic novel for Samurai Gunn 2 (coming to Switch next year) will have a release with the publisher. Expect posts on those, too :o)
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I’m in love with Black Border Flowers ⊟
A sports anime but with competitive card games is exactly what I’ve dreamt about my entire life – though I wanted something less like Yu-Gi-Oh, and more like What If Netrunner Was A Card Anime. Top table competitions just seem to translate so well as comics with exaggerated anime drama.
Patrick Crotty, who you might know for heading Peow (publisher of many fine comics), is fulfilling my dreams with Black Border Flowers, a “a sports-manga styled comic about competitive Magic,” available to read online for free!
“The story follows a cast of three main characters playing at a Modern Grand Prix in Honolulu. A brother and sister, both amateur magic players, and a Magic prodigy who has been inexplicably absent from the MTG scene are all dragged in to (due to some"’stuff’) a very dangerous high-stakes underground Magic tournament. Weird huh.”
There are only two chapters so far, but the artist will continue to the story if enough people show interest and support his efforts on Patreon. Backers will be able to help influence the story (e.g. “which cards and decks to play, sideboard options, which lines of play the characters should take”), access alternative pages, read behind-the-scenes posts, and more.
Even if you have little to no experience playing Magic the Gathering, you can get by fine with the comic and still enjoy the game’s matches. And if you do want to learn more, Patrick also put together one of the best introductions and illustrated guides on how to play the card game.
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Retsuko Crossing fan comic ⊟
Comic artist Megan Brennan just put out this perfect-looking crossover bringing together the death metal-loving red panda from Aggretsuko and our favorite characters from Animal Crossing. Quick summary of the 20-page comic:
“Retsuko is exhausted by her big city life, and gets a text from her old friend Isabelle inviting her to spend some time in New Leaf. The problem? Retsuko wakes up late and has to scramble to keep her promise. And THEN Isabelle loses track of time when KK Slider drops a new track.“
You can download the fan comic as a PDF for just $4 (or more if you’re feeling generous!). Thanks to James for the tip!
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Poké Fitspo ⊟
I keep thinking about this Machoke (full comic here). I think about the dude putting in hecka hours at the gym, trying to work up to a 2-plate deadlift, telling himself that if he can keep his grip on the bar, he’ll also be able to hold onto his trainer’s attention and heart. You’ll make it, bro.
Shout-outs to Theresa O’Reilly for keeping her endearing comic in my head for a month. And shout-outs to everyone with fitness goals for the new year. I’m out there with you, trynna get swole like Machamp for my girl.
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Lamar Abrams’ Dragon Quest-inspired fan comic ⊟
I’ve wanted to cop Endless World since the Remake creator (and storyboard artist/writer for Steven Universe) debuted it at SPX last year – now Lamar has released a digital version on Gumroad! “Based on the world that exists within the Dragon Quest series of JRPGs by Square-Enix,” the 20-page fan comic is available to purchase for just $3 and features a great cover by Jeremy Sorese.
While you’re at Gumroad, you can also pick up Rhythm Zinegoku, the fanart zine featuring tributes to Rhythm Heaven/Paradise/Tengoku from over 70 artists. This digital version is technically free, but you can also throw a few bucks at it if you’re a nice person who wants to show your appreciation.
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Splatoon manga translated ⊟
The latest issue of Japanese manga magazine CoroCoro features an amusing one-shot manga for upcoming Wii U shooter Splatoon. It’s a cute comic without much story, mostly explaining the game’s concepts and showing how a turf battle plays out – read a fan translation of the manga here!
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“Small Mario” by KC Green ⊟
How did I not notice KC Green (BACK, He Is A Good Boy) making comics like this beauty for USgamer? I love and miss Achewood so much; I can’t even put into words how happy this pitch-perfect tribute to that hall-of-fame comic made me. You can see the second half of the comic here.
Green’s other Video Game Cheats’ n Beatums weekly strips aren’t Achewood-themed, but each one of them is great anyway. Read them all here at USgamer. After that, consider supporting him with a pledge on Patreon.
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Days of Amiibo Past ⊟
Michael Ivey created this riff on The Uncanny X-Men’s iconic cover, replacing fallen mutants with Unbuyable Amiibo, likely hunted down by scalpers. You can see more of his comics and work on his Tumblr and at BT Toons.
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Chemo Comics: “New Leaf” ⊟
This heartbreaking comic, which juxtaposes the experiences of going through chemotherapy and playing Animal Crossing as a distraction during those treatments, comes from Chicago-based artist Krystal DiFronzo.
It’s part of a series of comics about Krystal’s experiences since she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma last August (she completed her treatments in January). She intends to release a collection of her Chemo Comics called The Good Hodgkins in June at the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, and will sell them online shortly after. You can follow her Tumblr here.
I heard about this piece from the first episode of Young Talk, a great new podcast about comics, hosted by Kris Mukai and Laura Knetzger. They also talked about Fantasy Life in that episode, which was neat. Follow them too!
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Chainmail Bikini preview: Project White Mage ⊟
The past week, we’ve featuered samples from Chainmail Bikini, the ”comics anthology celebrating female gamers”. The Kickstarter-ed book features a number of portable gaming-themed stories, and we’re ending the week with this one from artist Sera Stanton (Quick Bio: “Sera Stanton is an illustrator, printmaker, comics artist, and editor and living in Portland, Oregon. Her work reveals a not-so-faraway land of daydreams and challenges.”).
Chainmail Bikini will offer 200+ pages of comics about video games, tabletop RPGs, collectible card games, and more from 40 cartoonists. It sounds like a really awesome project, and we’d be happy if you pledged some cash to get a copy of the book and to help the participating artists get paid even more!
Much thanks to Hazel Newlevant for editing the anthology and working with us to share these excellent previews with you. Her comics are also killer, so you should check her work out– follow Hazel on Tumblr here.
More preview pages from Chainmail Bikini: Boy or Girl?, Life +1, Connections, Pocket Worlds, Achievement Unlocked, and Hermia.
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Chainmail Bikini preview: Boy or Girl? ⊟
All week, we’ve been featuring samples from Chainmail Bikini, the ”comics anthology celebrating female gamers”. The Kickstarter-ed book features a number of portable gaming-themed stories, like this page from artist Kori Michele Handwerker (Tumblr / Bio: “Kori Michele is a watercolorist & the author of the Prince of Cats webcomic. Their current work, which includes various anthology comics & zines, focuses on transgender & nonbinary identities.”).
Chainmail Bikini will offer 200+ pages of comics about video games, tabletop RPGs, collectible card games, and more from 40 cartoonists. It sounds like a really awesome project, and we’d be happy if you pledged some cash to get a copy of the book and to help the participating artists get paid even more!
More preview pages from Chainmail Bikini: Life +1, Connections, Pocket Worlds, Achievement Unlocked, and Hermia.
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Chainmail Bikini preview: Life +1 ⊟
All week, we’ve been featuring samples from Chainmail Bikini, the ”comics anthology celebrating female gamers”. The Kickstarter-ed book features a number of portable gaming-themed stories, like these pages from artist Buntoo (Quick bio: “Drawing and gaming since childhood. ‘You know the down in Phoenix Down? It’s DOWN… like feathers! Wow!!’”).
Chainmail Bikini will offer 200+ pages of comics about video games, tabletop RPGs, collectible card games, and more from 40 cartoonists. It sounds like a really awesome project, and we’d be happy if you pledged some cash to get a copy of the book and to help the participating artists get paid even more!
More preview pages from Chainmail Bikini: Connections, Pocket Worlds, Achievement Unlocked, and Hermia.
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