subhumanzoids

Here’s the opening/cover page to an as-yet-unreleased Dudu Blaq & Dirty Earl short, Pulmonary Dog Pound. Enjoy, and maybe we’ll get to see the rest someday!

Oil Bambara, pictured above, is a particularly crafty member of the Neo-Human elite. Dressed as a genie, this oozing cyclopean beast tricks an otherwise sweet young girl into committing arson across town thanks to his hypnotic pot of oil. With the pot clutched tightly in hand, she spills its contents in buildings and razes them with glassy-eyed nonchalance. If I were to wager a guess, I’d say Oil Bambara weighs 127kg and is made of pure burning evil.

Quote: “You cannot escape from my world of fire!”
Inazuman to Oil Bambara: “Oil is your weapon, and your weakness! Your body is made of oil! I will use my powers to blow it up!”

As some of you know, I am a daily watcher of Canaan’s devil dog, Rocky. Though th’ devil in him may run to his roots, he has proven a mighty artistic muse since I first moved here. Now that I finally have Photoshop once more and am rediscovering the joy of scanning and coloring things, I can upload the pile of Rocky drawings that has accumulated for the past 11 months or so.

Here is the first, a subtle yet bold announcement:

Oh yes, this would appear to be Streets of Fire fan art, technically speaking. I truly am a man of no shame. Depicted here is breakout singing group The Sorels as they perform “I Can Dream About You” in one of my favorite scenes.

You can download a larger version here, if that is your cup of tea.

I’m a little late on getting around to these, but I finally picked up the first Viz release of Kazuo Umezu’s Cat Eyed Boy, which is an awesome read just as pretty much everything else I’ve read by Kazmandu is. What really impresses me, though, is the design of the cover and insides of the manga. I wish I could scan the whole 360 degrees of it, but rest assured that once I have the second volume, they’ll each make a formidable pair of bricks on my shelf.

I also really like this image below, which I recklessly stole from Same Hat, and wouldn’t have minded seeing on one of the covers. That logo looks especially rad, but man, you gotta see the spine on these Viz editions. Totally worth the use of my Borders gift card.

Anyway, you should pick these up at Amazon, because the price is right, they’re thick as hell, and if you’re interested at all in this type of comic they’re worth supporting.