2 posts tagged “comic books”
Brooklyn-based comic book publisher Rick Spears, who's behind Gigantic Graphic Novels, has a new book coming out soon from Image Comics: The Pirates of Coney Island.
Rick Spears, writer of the indie hit Teenagers From Mars, and hot international artist Vasilis Lolos rock this riotous, teenage romp through young love, car jacking and gang violence. In the first issue, Patch arrives in Coney Island only to get his eye sliced out by Trish, the wicked bad leader of the girl gang The Cherries. Across town, Sal, a pizza-selling bookie, meets a nasty end delivered by a monstrous shadow with a shotgun.
Who knew Coney Island could be so fun. I thought it was all about the Brooklyn Cyclones, mermaids, and gentrification!
On July 22, Giant Robot Gallery (437 E. 9th St.) will kick off the Three Way Tie for Last group show featuring the art of Keith Jones, Jeffrey Brown, and UglyDolls. There will be a reception at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, July 22, and the show will run until Aug. 23.
GRNY is the east coast outpost of Los Angeles-based Giant Robot,
one of the best independent magazines published today. While I'm most
familiar with -- and already appreciative of -- Brown's comic book
work, Jones's art looks like the real need-to-see here. Should be
amazing in larger formats.
