Brendan Allen

1 week ago | wp.me | Brendan Allen

The Toy Experts Johnny Jimenez and Steve Johnston present Who The F*#k Is Frank? Joining them  to discuss comics, toys, collectibles, and all things in worlds of pop culture fandom are Co-Hosts Paul Vato (MADtv, Ted, The Big Game) and Brendan Allen of Comicon. Johnny is back from Mexico, where he spent a weekend with his friend Noel G at Super Garage Fest in Querétaro.

1 week ago | wp.me | Brendan Allen

On January 1st, 2025, Buck Rogers entered the public domain. Now live on Kickstarter, Green Archer Comics is throwing down the gauntlet with Buck Rogers vs. the Cyber Lords. The 56-page book is a high-stakes, rocket-fueled one-shot that drags the iconic space hero into a new age. Based loosely on the original Philip Francis Nowlan stories, Buck Rogers is a World War 1 veteran who returns home to rural Pennsylvania to work as a mining engineer.

2 weeks ago | wp.me | Brendan Allen

Anime distributor AnimEigo and parent company MediaOCD have announced the home media Blu-ray release of the anime series Romeo’s Blue Skies on July 29th. The 33-episode series was produced in 1995 by Nippon Animation and was directed by Kozo Kusuba with screenplay by Michiru Shimada and character designs by Yoshiharu Soto. It is based on the 1941 Swiss novel Die Schwarzen Brüder (The Black Brothers), by Lisa Tetzner.

2 weeks ago | wp.me | Brendan Allen

Nick Seluk has come a long way in thirteen years with his deceptively simple drawings of a blue yeti named Lars. The Awkward Yeti has arguably long been eclipsed by his own anthropomorphised organs, notably his Heart and Brain. Seluk launched a Kickstarter a couple days ago for Heart and Brain: Barely Hanging On (…But Never Giving Up), a brand new curated anthology of Heart and Brain/Awkward Yeti comics from the past few years, including the poignant viral hit Heart Transplant.

2 weeks ago | wp.me | Brendan Allen

Mad Cave Studios 8th Annual Talent Search is officially open for submissions. The initiative, which has seen talents like David Hassan and Sarah Cooke emerge, continues to shine a light on bold, original voices who haven’t yet had the opportunity to break into the comics industry. Mad Cave’s goal is simple, but powerful.; to give aspiring creators the opportunity many only dream of“Mad Cave understands how difficult it can be breaking into the comic book industry.