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Our Creator Interview series returns with a set of amazing and insightful interviews with multiple creators of the Ghost Machine team. For our first interview, we've got Geoff Johns, Co-Founder and Co-Owner of Ghost Machine, the newest imprint of Image Comics. Having recently released new titles like Rook: Exodus, Redcoat, and Geiger, we just had to reach out and ask for an interview.

GlobalComix: For those new to your work, can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your favorite projects you’ve been a part of?

Geoff Johns: I was born in Detroit, live in Los Angeles, and I love comic books. I have since I first started reading. The graphic form and serialized...

When was the last time you sat down to hear someone's life story? Our Fresh Friday Features will take you on different journeys of characters working with each other and learning to expand their perspectives. It's amazing what and who you can become when you open up to others.

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - Ghostlore: An estranged daughter and her father wander a haunted land; they only have the restless spirits, each with its own story to tell, as company along the way.
• Graphic Novel - Crossroads: Excite your senses with our spooky cryptid road trip and how family never gives up on you with, Crossroads.
• Manga - Best of you: The rebellious young girl of the...

Don't forget your flashlight while exploring this What's Trending! Lurking in the darkest corners of the vast universe lurk horrors we've never imagined. From hunting down killer aliens to defending the planet against galactic threats, the shadowy beings of unknown worlds will make you glad aliens aren't real… are they?

Ice Cream Man: Sundae Edition, 866 pages - Published by Image Comics, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)

“I’ve literally never read anything like this ‘genre-defying,’ sorta-anthology thing, but it’s f*cking awesome. The writing is strange and deeply unsettling, and the artwork is gorgeous. The new comic I most look forward...

Steve Aoki's HiROQUEST is now available to read on GlobalComix. Dive into a new comic setting featuring the story of a genetically augmented meta-human named Hiro. Explore alongside Hiro as he journeys through the multiverse, and into the future, to save Earth from a disaster it can't avoid.

HiROQUEST is from the mind of Steve Aoki, written by New York Best-selling Author Jim Krueger & Steve Aoki, with the book published by Gungnir.

Join Hiro on his quest and start reading the graphic novel with the link below, only available on GlobalComix.

1. HiROQUEST, 271 pages - Published by GUNGNIR, (cc/ @Gungnir)

HiROQUEST THE GRAPHIC NOVEL is the story...

We're going to be focusing on the future where we all have a personal spaceship and robots drive our flying cars. This Popular Last Week will have your gears turning and your eyes glued to your screen! For you it's a big day but for the characters in these stories, it's just another Mecha Monday

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Recharged (Volume), 230 pages - Published by BOOM! Studios, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)

When a Ranger is forced to make a decision that will forever change the Power Rangers, what will their legacy become? As stories end and converge, and new beginnings arise, join the Power Rangers and kick off a brand new journey! News of a deathly threat reaches...

You can't control the sands of time, but you can control what you do with the time you have. Spend it wisely with our picks for this week's Fresh Friday Features! Some characters have harsh lessons to learn, and some go out of their way to teach others. They are inspiring tales about taking control of your life and fighting for peace, worthy causes, or just to find your role in this world.

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - Season of the Bruja (Volume): Althalia, along with her two companions, Dana, a were-coyote, and Chuey, a chupacabra, uses her abuela’s training to help and assist others from all manner of spirits.
• Graphic Novel - The Impending Blindness...

The best relationships have laughs to go along with the love. Our What's Trending this week highlights romance titles full of humor to lighten your hearts with wholesome moments! Laughing at yourself, the absurdity of life, or pulling pranks on your best friend, we've got the love and laughs for you to enjoy.

Scott Pilgrim Color Collection, 1128 pages - Published by Oni Press, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)

The New York Times bestselling series and basis for the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is now available in a new full-color format! Laugh as slacker Scott Pilgrim tries and sometimes fails to get his life together and win the heart of the literal girl of his dreams, Ramona...

Celebrate Ghost Machine Day on GlobalComix with the release of the first three series by Ghost Machine, a new Image Comics imprint with creator-owned shared universes by industry luminaries Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Jason Fabok, and many more talented creators.

Read Geiger, Redcoat, and Rook: Exodus first on GlobalComix. Get PDFs to download on the go, and find where to order a print copy from within the reading experience.

1. Geiger (2024), 32 pages - Published by Image Comics

IT ALL STARTS HERE! The critically acclaimed team of storytellers GEOFF JOHNS and GARY FRANK return to the nuclear wasteland of GEIGER for an ALL-NEW ONGOING series starring the violent and unpredictable...

Today's Popular Last Week will leave you spellbound with enchanting realms of mysticism and the supernatural. Let the ancient prophecies, modern-day witches, and spooky other-worldly forces whisk you away, offering a bewitching escape from the ordinary. Diving into the spell-binding pages of these tomes, it's just another Mystic Monday in the lives of these characters!

Falling awake, 274 pages - Published by JAN DITLEV, (cc/ @jditlev)

After awakening from cryosleep on a remote and hostile planet, John finds himself stranded with a young girl and a looming threat that isn't human. As they struggle to survive and unravel the mystery of their predicament, John must...

Polish your metal and oil your gears, our What's Trending has brought the steampunk train to town! From airships soaring through smog-choked skies to clockwork automatons roaming cobbled streets, these comics promise an enthralling adventure for fans of the genre. Enjoy the Victorian-era elegance with futuristic technology, offering readers a glimpse into a world where steam-driven contraptions and clockwork marvels reign supreme.

Broken Gargoyles, 159 pages - Published by Source Point Press, (cc/ @TravisM)

In this Dieselpunk post-WWI mini-series, two men come home from the war scarred and forgotten. One man is looking for redemption as the other looks for revenge. Both are on...

Wrapping up our Creator Interview series of March, we've got Queenie Chan, mangaka and artist behind Women Who Were Kings, Fabled Kingdom, and The Dreaming. I recently met Queenie Chan on social media last year, and she's been a wealth of knowledge. Whether it's technical manga knowledge, publishing, or industry how-to's, Queenie Chan is someone all aspiring mangaka should be following and taking notes from.

With that intro out of the way, let's begin!

GlobalComix: Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got into making manga.

Queenie Chan: My name is Queenie Chan, and I was originally born in Hong Kong, who then moved to Australia when I was 6...

Today we're starting to wrap up our Women's History Month activities, we're shining the spotlight on women in comics and manga. Be sure to check out our past articles at the link above, and don't forget to view our GlobalComix Connects podcast this Friday with our guest Queenie Chan. For our article today, we'll be covering current and amazing women working in comics that you should be following, including Zoe Thorogood, Peach Momoko, Fiona Staples, and Joëlle Jones.

Zoe Thorogood

Zoe Thorogood, a graphic novelist and concept artist, hails from Bradford and currently resides in Middlesbrough, England.

Her academic journey began with a degree from De...

They say that "Adventure is out there" but you don't have to leave your house for these expeditions! Our Popular Last Week has all the adventure that you'll need to get your travel fix! The women leading these journeys are some of the most capable around and know exactly what they're doing... most of the time.

Necroblivion™, 166 pages - Published by Haunted Pixel Studio, (cc/ @cmc)

When a young woman named Umbra (who has the soul of a thief trapped in her hair) accepts a contract and unknowingly releases a tyrant from his prison, she and her unwitting companion are thrust into the middle of a war for the very survival of the realm.

Story and Art by...

Get excited for another GlobalComix Connects podcast, a live stream we run on our YouTube channel, happening this Friday, March 29th, 2024 at 4 PM EDT. We'll be speaking to long-time manga creator Queenie Chan.

Some of the topics we'll cover during the stream:

• Traversing the Manga space as a Woman
• Writing Women in Manga
• Advice for how to write the women in your stories best
• Review of the top 10 most popular of March
• Staff Picks and comments from the community (That's you!)

There will also be a Q&A at the end of the livestream and we would love to answer any questions you may have. We've scheduled the GlobalComix Connects...

Through the savannah, over the mountain, and into the woods. On this week's Fresh Friday Features, these comics explore the self through nature.

This week, @Nen picked:

• Comic - Mother Wilds: Deep in the lands far from her world, A girl is trapped with no way home. In ancient times, these were known as the Mother Wilds. Wherefrom ages long past, dwell the creatures and spirits once forgotten.
• Graphic Novel - KARIBA: The daughter of a river god, raised by a human father and bound to a tragic destiny. Siku has always called the Zambezi River her home.
• Manga - Chrysanthemum Boy: The emperor sends his most loyal men to find the fountain of youth, believed to...

What beasts lurk within our What's Trending today? These monstrosities are all about actions and getting things done. Be the monsters of ancient lore or your common-variety minions, we've got the best trending beastly tales all in one collection.

DAIMONS, 302 pages - Published by ZER0, (cc/ @ZER0)

Six friends answer the call of their Lord to keep an old promise. They are cursed, hated, hunted. They are monsters with red eyes. Gods rule the world. Monsters will free it!

Story and Art by ZER0

RAGS, 300 pages - Published by New Age Ninja Corps, (cc/ @RAGSComix)

Regina Ragowski is a salty Marine Vet who suddenly finds herself without pants...

Today we're chatting with @Pluvias, creator of Entwined, for our Creator Interview series. Entwined placed 1st in all its 2023 end-of-year lists: Fantasy by creators, Webcomcis by creators, and Creators Overall on the platform. That's insanely impressive, and I'm so excited to get to connect with Pluvias and share some of her experiences and history with you. It's full of great advice that anyone can enjoy and learn from.

With that intro out of the way, let's begin!

GlobalComix: Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got into making webcomics.

Pluvias: I’m a self-taught artist and content creator. I was born in Iraq, raised in the Middle...

Crowdfunding is a group effort, and we're partnering today with Crowdfundr to give a boost to comics with active campaigns! Take a gander at these 6 comics that need your help to come to life:

1. UM Volume One by buttercup

Campaign link: https://crowdfundr.com/umvolume1

Description:
UM is a magical girl comic about Eugenée, a Black, nonbinary, aspiring birth-worker who finds themself mixed up in a millennia-old conflict between the powers that be and a faction of cosmic, shamanic midwives. UM Vol.1 is intended for readers 18+.

2. We Don't Go Through the Angelgrass Volume IV by Courtney Loberg

Campaign link: https://crowdfundr.com/72MHc9

Descri...

As part of Women's History Month activities, we're shining the spotlight on women in comics and manga. Every Tuesday, we'll feature amazing women who have left a mark on the comics and manga industries. Today, we're traveling the world and covering women from different corners of the world who have made incredible impacts lasting multiple generations: Rumiko Takahashi, Marjane Satrapi, Tove Jansson, and Marguerite Abouet.

Rumiko Takahashi

Rumiko Takahashi is a highly acclaimed mangaka renowned for her influential contributions to the manga industry. Takahashi began her career in the late 1970s with the publication of her debut manga series, Urusei Yatsura, which...

Next up for our Creator Interview series is Novelist Nickie, creator of No Strings. This webcomic was our #1 in the Romance genre by creators, #2 Webcomic by creators, and #3 most popular comic by creators of any format in 2023! That's a major accomplishment. We're so excited to get to sit down with Nickie, and talk about this amazing webcomic.

GlobalComix: Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got into making webcomics.

Novelist Nickie: You all know me as Novelist Nickie. I’m the creator of the mature, murder-mystery, romance webcomic “No Strings”. I’m passionate about writing. I work full-time in marketing, and I’m a mom. My...

Don't laugh too loud, or the teacher will hear! Have some fun with our Popular Last Week, capturing the absurdity and antics of school life with quirky classmates, outrageous situations, and witty humor. From misadventures in the classroom to zany dares and games in the hallways, these stories are side-splitting journeys through the ups and downs of school life.

Futaribeya, 1580 pages - Published by TOKYOPOP, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)

Sakurako and Kasumi live together in a one-room apartment, share a bed, and have always been together since they first met as roommates in their freshman year of high school. Now, they've finally reached their final year of college. As their...

We've traveled the World and the Seven Seas, and we've hunted down some amazing titles for this Fresh Friday Features this week! What is it that you're searching for? Maybe you'll find it hidden in the depths of these pages.

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - TALES OF THE VAGRANT DRAGON: follow the journey wandering knight 'Raphael Belthran' through unknown and cursed lands in search of a powerful artifact
• Graphic Novel - Murinae: After Midnight: Rather than a simple innocent tale of survival, a mother mouse tumbles into a reality where human morals are non-existent. Where cruelty and viciousness are the constant. She then discovers a reality where...

While Pi Day celebrates math, any excuse to celebrate desserts and good food is a win! Our What's Trending does just that, showing off some of the tastiest cooking comics and manga around. From delicious desserts to mouth-watering appetizers, you'll find this list more than satisfying.

Papa and Daddy's Home Cooking, 763 pages - Published by MediBang Inc., (cc/ @MediBang)

Sengoku, a chiropractor, was left with a child by his willful ex. Harumi, a manga editor, gained custody of his child after a rough divorce. Each struggling to raise their own child, they decide to share an apartment in the suburbs... What twists and turns await their new family life?! Follow them in...

For our next Creator Interview, we've connected with Alexandra McCarthy in the United Kingdom about her work, featuring the manga Reluctant Hero. Alex has already contributed to numerous comics and manga, including anthologies. We've been excited to hear from manga creators in other parts of the world. We all have different experiences, and I'm sure you'll love hearing from Alex too, so let's get into it!

GlobalComix: Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you came to work with Band of Bards?

Alexandra McCarthy: My name is Alexandra McCarthy, and I’m a UK illustrator based in the West Midlands. I studied at Birmingham City University and received a...

As part of Women's History Month activities, we're shining the spotlight on women in comics and manga. Every Tuesday, we'll feature amazing women who have left a mark on the comics and manga industries. Today, we'll be covering Wimmen's Comix and some of the women speaking out for visibility for both women creators and characters.

Wimmen's Comix

Wimmen's Comix, later renamed Wimmin's Comix, emerged as a groundbreaking all-female underground comics anthology from 1972 to 1992. It followed the influential 1970 publication of It Ain't Me, Babe, the inaugural American comic solely crafted by women, spearheaded by the prominent figure Trina Robbins...