OUT NEXT WEEK!
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=142958
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Free '76 at FX Show!
Four/Sixth of Atomic Revolver will be appearing at the FX Show in Orlando at the end of January.
Seth and I will be giving away free signed copies of '76 #1 at the Atomic Revolver panel on Saturday. Get 'em while they last!
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Ain't It Cool News calls '76 a "great comic"
But we knew that, right?
Here's the review:
’76 #1
Image Comics
Remember the seventies? Well, to be honest, I don’t. I was born in the mid-seventies, so I wasn’t really cognizant of such things, but now I can appreciate the cult following it has. Having done my Tarantino film and TV Land research, I have to say that I have a firm handle on some of the coolness that came from that wonderful decade and so does the talent behind this book. In the tradition of POWER MAN & IRON FIST comes ’76, an anthology (is it an anthology book if it has two ongoing stories? Not sure.) featuring the age old Black Guy/White Guy team up theme with a generous amount of ass-kicking and silky smooth styles throughout. Writer B. Clay Moore and artist Ed Tadem bring us “Jackie Karma” which features a pair of action toughs forced out of retirement when an old criminal returns to the streets. It’s the type of story that will most definitely warrant the line “I’m getting’ too old for this shit.” The art in this story is moody and harkens back to those gritty action movies of old. It’s kung-fu and street fighting mayhem you won’t forget. The second feature is called “Cool” and it definitely is that. From the fun way of introducing the main characters to the total embrace of seventies styles and clichés, writer Seth Peck and artist Ty Walker have made a great tribute to seventies stories and a helluva read too. The art is especially nice bringing enough cartoony aspects to make it fun, but maintaining a realism that doesn’t make the story too light and fluffy. All in all, this is a great comic honoring an age of cinema that is refreshing to see revived in graphic storytelling format. It debuts in January, so it looks like we all have a fun trip back in time in store for us in 2008. – Bug
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34973
Here's the review:
’76 #1
Image Comics
Remember the seventies? Well, to be honest, I don’t. I was born in the mid-seventies, so I wasn’t really cognizant of such things, but now I can appreciate the cult following it has. Having done my Tarantino film and TV Land research, I have to say that I have a firm handle on some of the coolness that came from that wonderful decade and so does the talent behind this book. In the tradition of POWER MAN & IRON FIST comes ’76, an anthology (is it an anthology book if it has two ongoing stories? Not sure.) featuring the age old Black Guy/White Guy team up theme with a generous amount of ass-kicking and silky smooth styles throughout. Writer B. Clay Moore and artist Ed Tadem bring us “Jackie Karma” which features a pair of action toughs forced out of retirement when an old criminal returns to the streets. It’s the type of story that will most definitely warrant the line “I’m getting’ too old for this shit.” The art in this story is moody and harkens back to those gritty action movies of old. It’s kung-fu and street fighting mayhem you won’t forget. The second feature is called “Cool” and it definitely is that. From the fun way of introducing the main characters to the total embrace of seventies styles and clichés, writer Seth Peck and artist Ty Walker have made a great tribute to seventies stories and a helluva read too. The art is especially nice bringing enough cartoony aspects to make it fun, but maintaining a realism that doesn’t make the story too light and fluffy. All in all, this is a great comic honoring an age of cinema that is refreshing to see revived in graphic storytelling format. It debuts in January, so it looks like we all have a fun trip back in time in store for us in 2008. – Bug
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34973
Jackie and Marcus's pad
In '76 #4, Marcus and Jackie return to their old HQ, and Marcus is surprised to find that Jackie's maintained the pad (click on it, baby. It won't bite!):
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Updates soon!
I just realized we've been a little slow updating the blog over the past month.
There should be some tasty '76 publicity appearing here and there shortly, and we'll be sure to pass links along when it pops up.
For now, have this Ed Tadem page, from the fourth chapter of JACKIE KARMA!:
Damn, this Tadem kid is good. Hell, he's still working on the page....
There should be some tasty '76 publicity appearing here and there shortly, and we'll be sure to pass links along when it pops up.
For now, have this Ed Tadem page, from the fourth chapter of JACKIE KARMA!:
Damn, this Tadem kid is good. Hell, he's still working on the page....
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
SOLICITED!
'76 #1 (of 8 )
story B. CLAY MOORE & SETH PECK
art ED TADEM & TIGH WALKER
cover ED TADEM
Two continuing tales of Bicentennial street justice, featuring "Jackie Karma," by B. CLAY MOORE & ED TADEM, and "Cool," by SETH PECK & TIGH WALKER. Jackie Karma is a Sixties-era New York City karate master and street fighting legend who comes out of retirement to battle an old foe, while "Cool" features Los Angeles bounty hunters Pete Walker and Leon Campbell as they deal with runaway strippers, geriatric gangsters, drug-dealing dwarves and ex-porn star hit men.
JANUARY 9 o 32 PAGES o BW o $2.99
story B. CLAY MOORE & SETH PECK
art ED TADEM & TIGH WALKER
cover ED TADEM
Two continuing tales of Bicentennial street justice, featuring "Jackie Karma," by B. CLAY MOORE & ED TADEM, and "Cool," by SETH PECK & TIGH WALKER. Jackie Karma is a Sixties-era New York City karate master and street fighting legend who comes out of retirement to battle an old foe, while "Cool" features Los Angeles bounty hunters Pete Walker and Leon Campbell as they deal with runaway strippers, geriatric gangsters, drug-dealing dwarves and ex-porn star hit men.
JANUARY 9 o 32 PAGES o BW o $2.99
Thursday, October 04, 2007
King of Cool
When two shirtless, bearded men fight in an abandoned swimming pool, EVERYBODY wins!
From "Cool" chapter 4
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Ed Tadem pencils, '76 #4
Go ahead and click it. You know you want to.
Page two from chapter four of JACKIE KARMA:
Page two from chapter four of JACKIE KARMA:
Friday, September 14, 2007
Get Your FreeCon
I'll be at the Free State FreeCon in Lawrence this weekend, as will Jason Aaron and possibly Clay. Stop in and say hello!!!
Here's a little bit of genius from Tigh...
Here's a little bit of genius from Tigh...
Monday, September 10, 2007
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
The boys up at Newsarama
Well, sort of.
Image is announcing the book in Baltimore:
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=128145
Image is announcing the book in Baltimore:
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=128145
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Theme songs
So click on this YouTube track. "All of Our Dreams Are Coming True" by Gene Page:
It's the closing credits theme to Jackie Karma episode one. At about the 55 second mark (or the 3:10 mark, counting down), listen and CLICK on this image. That's how it's designed to sync:
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Dining in the City
I love the exchange in the first panel here. Yes, I wrote it, but it's been a long time, and sometimes when you letter old pages, you realize you've forgetten that now and then you like your own writing:
Monday, August 20, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
Know Your Street Heroes & Villains
From the Jackie Karma Bible:
Jackie Karma: Ten years ago, Jackie Karma and Marcus King worked together to clean up the corrupt streets of New York. Since that time, Jackie has retired from competitive martial arts, completed a law degree, and is working in Manhattan as John Carmichael, attorney.
Trained by a secret martial arts order in the ways of the Golden Lion, Jackie is a master of unorthodox fighting styles, which he uses to full effect. Once Jackie emerged as a force in the late sixties, he abandonded the order, and the order disbanded (although remnants remain together as the Sabaki Boys). In the years since they disappeared, Jackie and Marcus have become street legends, and their return lifts the inner city’s spirits.
Marcus King: Marcus was once your prototypical angry young black man. Putting aside his resentment of white men of privilege, he formed a strong bond with Jackie Karma in the late sixties, and the two formed a legendary duo. After he and Jackie gave up a life of physical combat, he drifted from the Black Panthers into community activism. Exchanging fists of fury for a headful of knowledge, Marcus is doing research in the city library when Jackie tracks him down.
Marcus’s fighting style was reliant upon street brawling as much as anything, but his excellent athleticism allowed him to pick up a few moves from Jackie.
Gil Gunn: The baddest of the bad back in the day, Gunn was once a high powered pimp and heroin dealer, but he’s been gone for the better part of a decade, having been kicked out of town by Jackie, Marcus and Bobby Howler. Now he’s back, with an array of cheap pills and vicious smack designed to send users into orbit. Jackie initially figures he needs to take Gunn out again in order to stop the city from sliding further into despair, but he begins to realize the stakes are much, much higher than New York City.
Jackie Karma: Ten years ago, Jackie Karma and Marcus King worked together to clean up the corrupt streets of New York. Since that time, Jackie has retired from competitive martial arts, completed a law degree, and is working in Manhattan as John Carmichael, attorney.
Trained by a secret martial arts order in the ways of the Golden Lion, Jackie is a master of unorthodox fighting styles, which he uses to full effect. Once Jackie emerged as a force in the late sixties, he abandonded the order, and the order disbanded (although remnants remain together as the Sabaki Boys). In the years since they disappeared, Jackie and Marcus have become street legends, and their return lifts the inner city’s spirits.
Marcus King: Marcus was once your prototypical angry young black man. Putting aside his resentment of white men of privilege, he formed a strong bond with Jackie Karma in the late sixties, and the two formed a legendary duo. After he and Jackie gave up a life of physical combat, he drifted from the Black Panthers into community activism. Exchanging fists of fury for a headful of knowledge, Marcus is doing research in the city library when Jackie tracks him down.
Marcus’s fighting style was reliant upon street brawling as much as anything, but his excellent athleticism allowed him to pick up a few moves from Jackie.
Gil Gunn: The baddest of the bad back in the day, Gunn was once a high powered pimp and heroin dealer, but he’s been gone for the better part of a decade, having been kicked out of town by Jackie, Marcus and Bobby Howler. Now he’s back, with an array of cheap pills and vicious smack designed to send users into orbit. Jackie initially figures he needs to take Gunn out again in order to stop the city from sliding further into despair, but he begins to realize the stakes are much, much higher than New York City.
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