Mini Battle Men cover art in progress by ZEES

Under cover of darkness, I sent out copies of that Luke Cage Tibute issue (lovingly referred to as the "Sweet Christmas Special" even though it's obviously NOT christmastime) to my subscribers, preorderers and other assorted deserving peeps last Wednesday, and the first reverberations started hitting my various inboxes this weekend...

Thor Review and artwork by ZEES...

Our dude ZEES Moreno is back w/ his sci-fi action comedy webcomic Mini Battle Men, and it looks like the trio of alien superheroes won't be landing on Earth anytime soon, since it looks like Mega Neutron has found some work for them to do on this pit-stop world first...

new Mini Battle Men panel by Zees Moreno...

I'm happy to inform you that Zees' sci-fi comedy webcomic Mini Battle Men will make it's print debut in the GhettoManga Sweet Christmas Special, which we are feverishly assembling at this very moment...

If you haven't checked out his smash-mouth webcomic Mini Battle Men, you're wack and it's all your fault!

GhettoManga readers already know all about ZEES, who won our MF DOOM art contest and drew the cover art to the issue featuring the world's greatest rapping supervillain! Now ZEES is hard at work on a new webcomic called Mini Battle Men!  MBM tells the story of three invincible warriors who helped their planet overthrow the tyrannical bureaucrats who ruled for a century, only to find themselves horribly bored. Unable to bear the burden of living in a utopia, the trio set their sites on the Earth.

If you're one of the discerning few who copped the second GhettoManga print magazine, you already know all about ZEES, who won our MF DOOM art contest and drew the cover art featuring the world's greatest rapping supervillain! Not that he ever went anywhere, but ZEES is back on cover chores for the Rocktronic Mixtape Vol 1 for the Brooklyn-based band Americans UK.

so this dude over at Poopsheet Foundation reviewed Mine All Mine, the 16 page collection featuring one page tales of wanton theft written by indy madman David Hopkins (Karma Incorporated, Antigone, Emily Edison). he seemed to like it... even though he made no mention of the page i did (phillistine!), you may still want to read his little review. i still have a few copies left, so if his review convinces you that you just gotta have it, you can cop one of 'em below for three bucks (with FREE shipping, homie!).

still not convinced? just peep this list of contributors:
Cover by Tania Kaufmann
Samax Amen ("The Plan")
Ryan Cody ("Long Walk Home")
David DeGrand ("Stealing Electricity")
Joe Eisma ("Lost Wallet")
Jake Ekiss ("Vending Machines")
Derrick Fish ("Misdirection")
John Gonzales ("My First Stolen Car")
Michael Lagocki ("Tools of the Trade")
Jim Lujan ("The Nigerian Scam")
Paul Milligan ("Kidnapping")
Wes Molebash ("I Found It")
Chad Sell ("Will Run for Food")
Cal Slayton ("Return Policy")
Justin Stewart ("Blanket Thief")
ZeeS ("Pickpocket")
Scott Zirkel ("The Oil Change")
holla!
ghettoManga.com

good news! i finally settled on a winner for the MF DOOM ART CONTEST, so we have a cover for the new issue! for ZEES, that meant a cool $100 for the starving artist fund, and for us, that means we can start taking preorders for the new issue. in addition to an expanded feature that will include the DOOM article and Album review by Purple Magazine's own Dazjae Zoem and the best entries in the art contest, there's also brand new comics from Nat Landry and Kristoffer Smith. of course you can always look forward to more informative articles about comics, hipHop, news, art and culture in the vaunted ghettoManga tradition!
the new joint will be available late next month for Ten bucks, or order before we go to press and get it for $8. if you're REALLY down, subscribe and get 4 issues for the price of three (like getting an issue FREE!). anyways, that's the pitch. pay with paypal, check, or credit card below or snail mail a money order. anyways, we're putting the book together now, so it won't be long. thanks again everybody for your support!

Preorder gMQ

New Issue $8.00New & Previous Issue $15.004 issue Subscription $24.00Previous issue & 4 issue Subscription $30.00

the time has come to VOTE in the MF DOOM ART CONTEST!!! you can help the artist whose work you like best get into the next issue of ghettoManga Quarterly! the top 5 get an automatic place in the magazine and a free copy, and one lucky joker will walk away with $100 (paid by me, via paypal)! so choose carefully and select your favorite! vote on the sidebar poll to the right (comments are always welcome, but will not be counted). refresh your memory by clicking here to see all the fly DOOM pieces, or click a name below to see their work individually. voting ends at 11:59PM on Friday June 26th.

MF DOOM by ZEES -samax!

you lucky dog! now you can buy a copy of Mine All Mine, the 16 page collection featuring one- page tales of wanton theft written by indie madman David Hopkins (Karma Incorporated, Antigone, Emily Edison) with each page drawn by a different artist! the book made its glorious debut at CAPE. Dave's indie comics label, Antihero Comics, broke me off a dozen copies for my contribution, and you can cop one of 'em for three bucks (with FREE shipping, homie!) by clicking the link.

not convinced? just peep this list of contributors:

Cover by Tania Kaufmann

Samax Amen ("The Plan")
Ryan Cody ("Long Walk Home")
David DeGrand ("Stealing Electricity")
Joe Eisma ("Lost Wallet")
Jake Ekiss ("Vending Machines")
Derrick Fish ("Misdirection")
John Gonzales ("My First Stolen Car")
Michael Lagocki ("Tools of the Trade")
Jim Lujan ("The Nigerian Scam")
Paul Milligan ("Kidnapping")
Wes Molebash ("I Found It")
Chad Sell ("Will Run for Food")
Cal Slayton ("Return Policy")
Justin Stewart ("Blanket Thief")
ZeeS ("Pickpocket")
Scott Zirkel ("The Oil Change")

holla!
-gM

as promised, here is the cover to Mine All Mine, the collection of one page tales of wanton theft, written by indie madman David Hopkins (Karma Incorporated, Antigone, Emily Edison) with each page drawn by a different artist. the book will debut from Antihero Comics on may 3rd (Free Comicbook Day for those keeping score at home).

each artist should have copies, and for those in Dallas, Dave and I (and many of the other contributors from the area) will be around at CAPE in Craddock Park this Saturday (go here for more CAPE info)!

here's a list of contributors:
Cover by Tania Kaufmann

Samax Amen ("The Plan")
Ryan Cody ("Long Walk Home")
David DeGrand ("Stealing Electricity")
Joe Eisma ("Lost Wallet")
Jake Ekiss ("Vending Machines")
Derrick Fish ("Misdirection")
John Gonzales ("My First Stolen Car")
Michael Lagocki ("Tools of the Trade")
Jim Lujan ("The Nigerian Scam")
Paul Milligan ("Kidnapping")
Wes Molebash ("I Found It")
Chad Sell ("Will Run for Food")
Cal Slayton ("Return Policy")
Justin Stewart ("Blanket Thief")
ZeeS ("Pickpocket")
Scott Zirkel ("The Oil Change")

holla!
-gM