Archive for April, 2010

McBLACK reviewed at Scaryminds

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

According to scaryminds.com:

“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.”

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

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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

McBLACK is now available from amazon.com.

Click here to purchase:

http://www.amazon.com/McBlack-Jason-Franks/dp/0980516749/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272449368&sr=1-2

– McB

McBLACK

Monday, April 12th, 2010
The paperback of my first graphic novel, McBLACK, will first become available at Melbourne Supanova on the 16th. I've been working on this bastard for five years now. Written and penciled by me, inked by Dave Gutierrez, cover by Ron Salas, 72 pages of sequential art plus a pinup and an illustrated song, the "Ballad of McBlack". It's 10 bucks, and it'll soon be available from the Blackglass Press webstore and from other sites. 
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In addition, I will be serializing the book online at www.mcblack.com, updating Monday-Wednesday-Friday. You have no excuse not to check it out--it's free!

Lock and load,

-- JF
 

KAGEMONO #2 reviewed at Scaryminds

Friday, April 9th, 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

-- JF

THE SIXSMITHS #1

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

THE SIXMITHS #1 is coming out in July from SLG Publishing:




http://www.slgcomic.com/Sixsmiths-1_p_1447.html#

This is a 24 page collection of 1-2 page SIXSMITHS stories remastered from the webcomic plus an exclusive 2-pager, all for the hefty price of $1.00 USD. Stories are  by J. Marc Schmidt, J. Marc, Jen Breach and myself.

The book will be available from Diamond (order code 978-1-59362-197-1), shipping in July, and J. Marc and I will be flogging it in from the SLG pavilion at San Diego Comicon.

This is my first appearance in the Direct Market and I am mildly pleased to mention it here.

– JF


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