If you're headed to San Diego Comic-Con this year, pencil Thursday night (7/24) on your dance card now. Oni Press and The Nacelle Company are once again teaming up with… Read the rest of the article: "Biker Mice from Mars" ride again… for free speech! CBLDF's Comic-Con party is back for 2025
Painter Aron Wiesenfeld is best known for his moody, realistic oil paintings of often-solitary figures drifting through strange and dreamy spaces. His work has caught the attention and admiration of… Read the rest of the article: A book of Aron Wiesenfeld's dreamy Post-it Note art, now on Kickstarter
Mike Mignola's new dark folklore universe, Lands Unknown, is expanding, and if the next installment is anything like the first, we're all in for a wonderfully weird ride. Following the… Read the rest of the article: Mike Mignola returns to Lands Unknown in "Uri Tupka and the Gods"
We here at Boing Boing have long been admirers of the work of iconoclastic comic artist, Paul Pope. This June, NYC's amazing "high-end narrative art" space, Philippe Labaune Gallery, is… Read the rest of the article: Ink-splattered comics maverick, Paul Pope, gets his due in NYC show
If you haven't yet encountered the indie comics of Stephan Franck, now might be a good time to correct that. Stephan Franck, an animator, writer, director, and cartoonist whose day-job… Read the rest of the article: Stephan Franck Brings Dystopian Mice, Noirish Country, and a Space God to Kickstarter
Those who've followed Boing Boing from its early zine roots know Robert Anton Wilson was a huge inspiration to the founders of this happy mutant enterprise. We even devoted a… Read the rest of the article: Review: Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of China Miéville's groundbreaking novel Perdido Street Station, The Folio Society is releasing a lovely limited edition of this iconic work of weird fiction.… Read the rest of the article: An exclusive peek at The Folio Society's new edition of "Perdido Street Station"
Oni Press—the award-winning publisher behind Scott Pilgrim and Gender Queer—is about to bring us one of the most ridiculous and metal comics of the year, and Boing Boing was given… Read the rest of the article: "Dark Regards," a comic so metal, it's printed in human blood!
Starting on February 13, New York's Philippe Labaune Gallery is set to host an important exhibition celebrating the life and work of pioneering cartoonist Will Eisner, considered the father of… Read the rest of the article: New York gallery celebrates Will Eisner with landmark retrospective
Mike Mignola is back, and this time, the Hellboy creator is inviting us into a wholly new universe of eerie, whimsical, and darkly enchanting folktales. Mignola's Bowling With Corpses and… Read the rest of the article: "Bowling with Corpses" in Mike Mignola's new land of dark fantasy folklore
Looking for gifts for tabletop gamers? Here are some of my suggestions based on games I've enjoyed this year… and games I would love to see under my tree this… Read the rest of the article: Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2024
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! When it comes to the pantheon of Marvel Comics' greatest hits, narrowing the list down to just ten… Read the rest of the article: Marvel's greatest hits curated by Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Fifty years after its 1974 debut rocked the comics world, the venerable French publisher Humanoids has launched a… Read the rest of the article: Humanoids is bringing back the future, one "Metal Hurlant" at a time
In this episode of Amoeba's What's In My Bag?, legendary comic, podcast host, and "occasional actor," Marc Maron, takes to Amoeba's bins to offer us a glimpse into his musical… Read the rest of the article: Marc Maron reveals "What's in My Bag?"
There are so many games that I absolutely love but have yet to actually play. One of them is Free League's multi-award-winning Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game (see my previous… Read the rest of the article: Blade Runner RPG: A masterclass in world-building and storytelling
Necromolds ($60, two players, ages 9 and up) is a devilishly fun tabletop wargame where you make and field armies of monstrous golems cast from clay. If you've been looking… Read the rest of the article: Necromolds is a fun, squishy, and creative wargame
Four years ago, we wrote about Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons, the gorgeous collection of seminal sword and sorcery and dark fantasy fiction that Peter Bebergal… Read the rest of the article: Peter Bebergal's "Appendix N" in a revised, expanded edition
Hold onto your satin capes and spandex underpants, comics nerds! This year's San Diego Comic-Con will get a superheroic boost of nostalgia and free speech advocacy as Oni Press teams… Read the rest of the article: Party at San Diego Comic-Con to revive EC Comics legacy
The highly-anticipated first trade paperback of Ben Stenbeck's Our Bones Dust hits bookstores today. Ben is a long-time collaborator with Mike Mignola (on projects such as Baltimore, Witchfinder, Frankenstein, and… Read the rest of the article: Ben Stenbeck's post-apocalyptic comic debut, "Our Bones Dust"
It seems like, these days, every YouTube game/dungeon crafter has also gone into game design and publishing. DM Scotty has EZD6, Jeremy of Black Magic Craft has Idols of Torment,… Read the rest of the article: Neon Skies, a standout cyberpunk TTRPG worth your attention
