I’m not sure if I had ever met the talented Writer/Artist/Publisher Robert Roach in person before I ran into him at San Diego Comic Con in 2005 or so. More than likely, I first saw his name on the now defunct but classic website and message board, BlackSuperHero.com and Herotalk. Robert was instrumental in turning me from a wannabe comic publisher into the writer that I’ve become today. Below...
Andre Owens
Andre Owens
Andre Owens is the creator of the comics Force Galaxia and The Bovine Leauge, as well as the screenwriter of the forthcoming Screen Gems, feature film, Reparations. He is a former Director of Photography who has been hiding out in Los Angeles for the past 22 years. His company website is at www.hirounlimited.com.
Missives from the Nebula: ‘Quarantine!’
Its April, 2020. Locked down in Los Angeles. I am not sure that I saw a global pandemic on the horizon as another year, and decade, came to fruition on New Year’s Eve. (Yes, I know that technically it is not a new decade, not gonna argue with you, as it says ’20, so...
Missives from the Nebula: ‘Looking for The Perfect Beat’
Universal b-boy, looking for the perfect beatMortal motivations, looking for the perfect beatMighty Zulu Nation, they have found the perfect beatAfrika Bambaataa, I present the perfect beat beat beat beat After Planet Rock exploded onto the scene in the early ’80s, my...
Missives from the Nebula: ‘From Here to the Legion’
I started reading comics in the early 70’s in collected additions of the daily strip (not actually a strip) Family Circus. Those collections introduced to me the concept of an overlapping story with sub-stories throughout. That early exposure to comic book...
Review: Marassa #2
Created and Story by Greg Anderson-Elysee Art by Antonello Cosentino Colors b: Francesco Montalbano Letters by Justin Birch Edited by Marcel Dupree Published by Evoluzione Publishing Marassa #2 is an interesting and well-developed space opera and is a terrific...
Review: Psi-Lords #1
Writer: Fred Van LenteArtist: Renato GuedesLetterer: Dave SharpePublisher: Valiant Comics Wham! Like all good epics, Psi-Lords #1, drop us smack dab into the middle of a budding epos. The trope is well served here as the script by Fred Van Lente gets the action...
Review: The Life and Death of Toyo Harada #2
Written by Joshua Oysart Art by Cafu and Mico Suayan Colors by Andrew Dalhouse Letters by Dave Sharpe Edited by David Menchel and Karl Bollers Published by Valiant The epic tale of the Psionically powered Toyo Harada continues in the second issue and begins to provide...
Review: The Life and Death of Toyo Harada #1
Written by Joshua Oysart Art by Cafu and Mico Suayan Colors by Andrew Dalhouse Letters by Dave Sharpe Edited by David Menchel and Karl Bollers Published by Valiant Can Man achieve world peace without first going through violent conflict? That is the central question...