It’s usually difficult to buy comic book issues every month. Most likely, I’ll wait till the issues are collected and buy the trade paperback. It’s easier for me to see how the story arc comes full circle. But often, the best comics are the ones I buy in single issues and still get the trade paperback as well. Here is my list of the best trade paperbacks to come out of 2012. READ MORE
Menton3 and Kasra Ghanbari’s dark, sci-fi, horror, post-apocalypse masterpiece, Monocyte is getting a well deserved set of IDW Limited releases. This Deluxe hardcover editions will feature original artwork from an insane group of artists including menton3, George Pratt, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Ben Templesmith. The book is now available for pre-order over at www.idwlimited.com. This one is going to sell quick, so don’t blow it. Full details after the break. READ MORE
If you read horror comics, you know the name Ben Templesmith. Over the past decade Templesmith has solidified his spot as one of the top horror artists in the game. After a brief two year hiatus, he returned to the comics industry this past year with renewed appetite and vision.
Recently, Ben Templesmith co-founded a company called 44FLOOD alongside Menton3, Kasra Ghanbari, and Nick Idell as a way to offer unique comic/art fusion books. Their first project, an annual anthology series called “TOME”, was launched through Kickstarter, reaching it’s goal of $18,400 in only a few hours. Over the past week, 44FLOOD has been teasing a new project called “LUST” through their facebook page that will reunite Ben Templesmith and Steve Niles (more details coming tomorrow). Templesmith sat down with Bloody-disgusting at Montreal Comiccon to discuss his return to the industry, his excitement for the future of 44FLOOD, his views on art, and plenty more. READ MORE
While we anxiously await “Nosferatu Wars”, Steve Niles and Menton3 are teaming up on another vampire project called “Transfusion”, and will hit just in time for Halloween from IDW. The series pits vampires against robots for an all out blood war. Coming from the mind of Niles, with artwork by Menton3, you can bet this won’t be your typical “versus” storyline. Although not much is known about the series yet, it looks like a helluva lot of fun. READ MORE
Menton3 is a one-of-a-kind artist whose dark, and often grim artwork is unlike any other in comics today. Menton3 announced that he will be releasing his first art book, titled “Tropes and Loci” in August that collects 48 colored pages of his finest work from the past four years. He is best known for his stellar work on books such as “Monocyte” and “Silent Hill”, and with his upcoming project with Steve Niles, “Nosferatu Wars”, we’ll be seeing a lot more of his art in the coming year. You can pre-order the book on his website. READ MORE
Kasra Ghanbari and Menton3 have created a sprawling, terrifying world with Monocyte, and next week brings the grand finale to this wonderful mini-series. We’re obsessed with this book here at BD, and we cannot recommend it enough.
The series is set in the future, in a world devoid of life, save for two long feuding immortal races who have claimed the world as their own. The figure of Death calls upon his long forgotten necromancer, Monocyte, to put an end to immortality, and introduce death into the world once again. “Monocyte” is a grim and beautiful story unlike anything you’ve ever read before. The writing is poetic, and the artwork is simply breathtaking. You can see the details for the oversized collected edition below, as well as the preview for the final issue which hits shops May 16th, 2012 from IDW. READ MORE
Since the first issue, “Monocyte” has been a grim portrayal of the future of humanity, yet it is equally beautiful at the same time. Co-creators Menton3 and Kasra Ghanbari have developed an insane, vast, sprawling epic, and the four-issue mini-series, only offers a small glimpse into their dark world. The series follows the story of two feuding immortal races thousands of years in the future, and the slumbering necromancer, Monocyte, who has been awakened to introduce death to the world once again. With poetic dialogue and some of the best artwork in horror right now, “Monocyte” is like nothing else out there today.
The creative team took the time to sit down with BD and chat about their series from IDW Publishing. With the fourth installment set for release at the end of the month, the book has almost reached its conclusion. Kasra and Menton3 offer in-depth insight into the future of the series, the creative process as a whole, the fear of immortality, plus an exclusive announ Check out the interview after the break. READ MORE
Kasra Ghanbari and Menton3 are stealing the hearts’ of horror fans with their beautifully bleak Monocyte. This book is unparalleled in comics right now, no other book is doing anything close to what the Monocyte team is doing. Monocyte tells the tale of a distant future, where two feuding immortal races meet face to face with death, who appears in for form of a poetic necromancer. Filled with Betrayal, bloodshed, and philosophical musings, you can expect to have your mind blown over and over again. This book offers a cerebral look into the horrors of immortality, and you won’t be disappointed. Check the preview for issue #3 below plus some clips from Saltillo’s accompanying soundtrack album. Read on for the skinny…
Menton3 is one of the biggest, if not THE biggest, names in horror art right now. With his work on books like Monocyte, SIlent Hill, and the forthcoming Nosferatu Wars with scribe Steve Niles, menton3 is a force to be reckoned with, he’s hot shit, and he’s got a big year ahead of him. As fans we can’t help but wonder how the eff he works to get such a unique style that is both beautiful and horrific. Menton3 has posted several “speed painting” videos on the youtubes for your viewing pleasure. Watch as a master performs his witchery below!
Last week we announced that Steve Niles and Menton3 were teaming up for a somewhat secretive vamp-epic, Nosferatu Wars. It was announced today that the series will officially be a part of the Dark Horse lineup, making it’s premiere in an issue of Dark Horse Presents later this year. Niles’ has stated that he intends to do a lot more creator owned work in the coming year, and this is only the beginning. Nosferatu Wars is the story of two vampire lovers (surprise, surprise), who,after being separated for hundreds of years, are brought back together in modernity. Check out the official press release and some teasers below.
Steve Niles announced that himself and artist menton3 are teaming up for a new series, titled The Nosferatu Wars. Niles has been teasing about this project for the last few months via his twitter account. Now, Niles is no stranger to the vampire world, and as you’ll see below, this book looks like it might take him back to his roots. Check out two preview pics after the jump.
Monocyte is a densely gothic work of science fiction that will grab you by the throat and refuse to let you go until the last page. For a book that seems to intentionally disregard all major tropes in mainstream comics today, it is without a doubt a book that will find a large number of fans, and deservingly so. After issue #2 it is certain that IDW has another hit horror book on their hands, one that brings something completely novel to the table, one that works adamantly to re-imagine the horror genre. It’s bleak, dark, absurd, complex, poetic, and it remains steadfast in its use of elevated language and beautiful artwork. The creative team certainly has a wonderfully dark vision, and to let us into their minds is an absolute treasure that you would be hard-pressed to find anywhere else. Read on for the skinny…
Just going to throw this one out there, and take it for what you will, but I am pretty sure that although IDW’s “MONOCYTE” might end up as more of a cult hit than anything, that by the end of 2011 this will be high up on my list for “Best Artwork in A New Series”. The upstart project scribed by Kasra Ghanbari with help from illustrator Menton3, dropped its first issue this week, and beyond the break you can check out a 6 page preview of the book and get all the deets. Read on for the skinny…
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