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
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KAGEMONO #2 reviewed at Scaryminds
Friday, April 9th, 2010KAGEMONO #1 reviewed on Scaryminds
Monday, March 22nd, 2010A quite exhaustive review of KAGEMONO #1 just went up on scaryminds.com:
"Yes folks, in keeping with other Down Under comic Publishers Black Glass are hitting the newsstands with a comic that not only rivals the big publications coming out of the U.S but costs about as much as a schooner of beer at a decent hotel. 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. The artwork ranges from classic fantasy, through Japanese inspired anime, to pretty simple panels."
A really nice review; the author understands exactly what we're going for and he says something about every story , mentions every writer and artist involved.
(Clicky here for the full review)
-- JF
Manolo Sanctis
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010A couple of stories I wrote for the amazing Renan L’Hopsum are now available on the French comics website Manolo Sanctis. If you click over to the site you can read them for free. (The site is in French but the comics are in English).
The first of them is The Devil’s Vintner, a suspense story that was published last year in KAGEMONO: TOOTH AND CLAW.
The other piece… the Ron Beadle Triptych, is a series of three as-yet-unpublished comedy shorts based on some of the tall stories told to me by my old mate, the Beadler himself.
Some of Ren’s other excellent work is up there, too (some some in English, some not).
Check ‘em out. Like I said, the whole site is free, and I encourage you all to explore it. Even if you don’t speak French (like me), there’s tons of interesting stuff on there.
– JF
KAGEMONO VOL. 2
Friday, August 28th, 2009The new Blackglass Press KAGEMONO horror anthology is shaping up nicely; should be ready for print next month. The book will be an 84 page trade paperback featuring a cover by Nicholas Hunter and work by 12 indie creators:
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“Trauma Ward”, 8pp, by Percival Constantine and Carl Yonder “Yum yum, it’s the end!”, 5pp, by James Andres and Luke Pickett “The Devil’s Vintner”, 12pp, by Jason Franks and Renan L’Hopsum “Conspicuous Consumption”, 6pp, by Justin Jordan and Yuriko Sekine “The Smart Toilet”, 6pp, by Dino Caruso and Jeff Womack “Blood and Shadow”, 8pp, by Jason Franks and Yuriko Sekine “Seen and Heard”, 8pp, by Jason Franks and Carlen Lavigne “Chalx”, 10pp, by Jason Franks and Brendan Halyday “Pretty Bird”, 10pp, by Jason Franks and Richard Butler “Skin”, 10pp, by Jason Franks and Nicholas Hunter |
Werewolves, bad medicine, a cubano gangster under a curse, vampires, hoodoo blues, malicious ghosts, a closet that grants wishes, a chocolate apolcaypse, the world’s smartest toilet, and necrophilia. Enough blood, cutlery, viscera, depleted rounds and megalomaniacal laughter to choke a horse with a large and… somewhat unusual… apetite.
Previews and ordering information to come in the following weeks.
Peace, love and head explosions, baby,
– JF