KAGEMONO: FLOWERS AND SKULLS

Saturday, 30 October 2010

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, troglodytes and troglodettes,

 

Blackglass Press is proud to announce the newest volume of Kagemono, Flowers and Skulls.

 

Flowers and Skulls features 22 horror stories from the depths of space, the moshpit, the farmyard, the swamp, the suburbs. Yakuza wives and bike-obsessed rednecks, comic collectors and interstellar gourmands, music fans and veterinarians, vengeful priests and toyshop lunatics. Evil sorcery, wartime atrocities, barroom botany, casual drug abuse, bad relationships and ill-advised business deals.  There might even be a zombie outbreak or two.

 

Flowers and Skulls will be a 138 page trade paperback, black and white, colour covers. Edited by Jason Franks, cover art by Nicholas Hunter:

 

Flowers and Skulls is brought to you by more than two dozen creators from Australia and around the world, including Russell Lissau (Batman Strikes), Christopher Sequeira (X-Men vs Vampires), mpMann (Inanna's Tears), Jan Scherpenhuizen (Wolverine: Doombringer), Lou Manna (The Phantom), Paul Bedford (The List), Bobby N. (Digested), Trevor Wood (Sawbones), Jen Breach (Sawbones),  Dino Caruso (Acts of Violence), Jason Franks (The Sixsmiths), Alisha Jade (CC Around), Bernard Caleo (svengali editor of Tango), Dwight Williams, Renan L'Hopsum, Antonio Goulart, Yuriko Sekine, Harry Purnell, Nicholas Hunter, Brendan Halyday, David Richardson, Gerard Dwyer, Richard Butler, Leigh Kuilboer, Sam Romero, Carlen Lavigne, Luke Pickett, James Andre, Tim Twelves and David Scherwood.

 

Supanova Sydney

Friday, 18 June 2010

This weekend Franks will be appearing at Supanova Sydney, sharing a table with J. Marc Schmidt.

Stop by, say hi, by some books!

http://www.supanova.com.au/

-- JF

McBLACK reviewed at Scaryminds.com

Friday, 16 April 2010

"One of the most insanely great graphic novels to be released anywhere in the World in 2010. Check this one out kids, Jason Franks has gone psycho on our arses!"

"A tight plot, a lot of imagination, and exceptional writing."

"The panels are clean, crisp, and easy to read making the novel an enjoyable experience both from a reading stance and a visual point of view."

http://www.scaryminds.com/reviews/2010/comic018.php

10 stars. 

Buy your copy right here, or read it as it's serialized online at McBlack.com.

Doujicon 2010

Tuesday, 27 April 2010

Blackglass Press will be attending Doujicon in Melbourne this weekend, with copies of KAGEMONO and McBLACK for sale--look for the banner with Old Smiley on it. 

Saturday May 8th, from 10am, at Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Building K.

Most Melbourne indie comics creators will be present. Of particular note, Bobby N. will be launching the newest installment of his amazing DIGESTED book there. If you're in town and you like Aussie comics, you need to go to this event.

-- JF

KAGEMONO #2 reviewed at Scaryminds

Thursday, 08 April 2010

 

Scaryminds.com continues their Blackglass reviewfest with KAGEMONO #2, which they have given 9 stars:

 

"Kagemono #2 was just the right dose for an over wise rain drenched and miserable day; yes we do get them in Oz folks. I was once again highly impressed with Jason Franks writing, noted the deeper thoughts a number of the stories addressed, and grooved along to the artwork. There's something subversive about Kagemono that kept me humming to Mr Franks beat."

 

Full review is here: http://www.scaryminds.com/reviews/2010/comic016.php

 

ROCKSTAR PIZZA reviewed at Scaryminds

Sunday, 28 March 2010

The good folks at scaryminds.com have rated ROCKSTAR PIZZA 8 stars:

 

"Each of the scripts in the comic are written with an eye to plot flow, get where they are going with minimum detours, and have something to say about either the Institutions we live amongst or the human condition. However when Franks decides to get funky, see the excellent Peas, he can deliver a humours off the cuff yarn that will bring a grin to your face. There's a versatility going down in Franks' published work that immediately brings to mind Forrest's view on a box of chocolates."

 

Full review is here: http://www.scaryminds.com/reviews/2010/comic014.php

 

KAGEMONO #1 reviewed at Scaryminds

Monday, 22 March 2010

 

A comprehensive review of KAGEMONO #1 at scaryminds.com, where the book was awarded a 'hard 7' stars.

 

"The scripting is damned fine here, once again I'll emphasis that there's more going on under the hood than it first appears, with each story in the issue being well constructed."

 

Full review: http://www.scaryminds.com/reviews/2010/comic011.php

 

Scaryminds specializes in horror genre work from Australia and New Zealand and I encourage fans of darkf ictionto explore the site in depth.