Aimee Mann made an appearance in Gil Thorp. I felt I should inform my followers of this development.

CREEPSHOW no.4 • cover art • Chris Burnham [Dec 2022]

In the spirit of all iterations of Creepshow in pop culture, each issue of the Creepshow comic anthology series comes packed with two spine-chilling stories.

First, Kyle Starks (I HATE THIS PLACE) and Fran Galán (Lucky Devil) deliver the story of a ragtag group of kids who hunted a nest of vampires in their neighborhood…and the one who lived to tell the tale.

“It’s an honor and a privilege to get the opportunity to work with a franchise as legendary and iconic as Creepshow,” said Kyle Starks. “I believe we’ve continued with our story its legacy of spooky greatness and timeless creeps.”

“As a kid I watched both parts of the movie Creepshow countless times. I loved being scared with their stories, the animated scenes, the clear reference to the world of comics,” said Fran Galán. “Kyle’s story maintains the purest essence of those stories and drawing it in my mind has evoked that happy time. I hope you have as much fun with it as I did drawing it.”

Then, Henry Barajas (Helm Greycastle) and Dani (Detective Comics, Coffin Bound) drop a hellacious tale of a fallen luchador who will do anything to claw her way back to the top!

“Growing up, my family told me horror stories like La Llorona and El Cucuy. Now I get to pass this tradition down and scare a new generation,” said Henry Barajas. “It’s a dream come true to work on Creepshow with Dani. I just want to tell a story that would make the late, great Bernie Wrightson proud.”

Exclusive: Check out "Monstre Qui Desole Le Gévudan" by writer Henry Barajas and artist Salomée Luce-Antoinette coming in Project: Cryptid #4

Exclusive: Check out "Monstre Qui Desole Le Gévudan" by writer Henry Barajas and artist Salomée Luce-Antoinette coming in Project: Cryptid #4 #comics #comicbooks

View On WordPress

Preview- Project Cryptid #5 (of 6)

In this cryptid-packed issue, we give you not one, not two, but three thrilling stories! Melissa F. Olson and Lane Lloyd take us to the wilds of Wisconsin, where we meet the fearsome Hodag. Newcomer and rising star Hanna Bahedry teams with Lloyd to give us a glimpse into a secretive Cryptids Anonymous meeting. And finally, Zander Cannon and superstar artist Gene Ha bring us a tale of…

View On WordPress

Unexpected

Around lunch, phone ringing like mad (while trying to do three other things at the same time), I get a knock at my office's door from Dublin. Remember him? He's one of our two Security colleagues - and he was on duty, today.

'Hi, did you order something from Madrid?

Nope. Thessaloniki. Chocolate.

Madrid. Not Thessaloniki.

I haven't.

Whatever. I checked it. You'll find it in your locker.

What is it?

I didn't open the envelope.'

A short explanation: whatever comes by mail is always checked upon delivery. Basic rules and regulations. If found suspect, it is simply destroyed. If not, it's delivered in my personal locker, at the Chancery.

The Chancery was rather sleepy and slow, today. And listened to this:

'Mmhm. Celia Cruz, eh?

No clue. It's on the radio.

Trust me. It's Celia Cruz. Cuando salí de Cuba... dejé mi vida, dejé mi amor...

You've got mail.

Apparently. I'd kill for some coffee, by the way.

Help yourself.

Bless you, sweetheart.'

Found this:

No card. No explanation. No nothing.

One thing I do know, however, is that it was not Someone, although he loved -he still does - precisely this kind of charade: calling the minister's chief of staff, pretending he was some UNESCO bigwig and asking 'imperatively' to talk to me ('Christ, you're such an eyeroll, sometimes'). Sending a limo at Barajas, but not showing up ('a curse on your house and damn you, idiot': the idiot was tremendously amused to hear all the juicy details, après coup). Getting a coveted table at a fancy restaurant in Paris under the name of Henri Beyle ('no worries, they have no idea, anyway'). And more.

I recognized the smile and the delicate thought immediately. And I have no idea (ok, I might have one or two or even three ideas, but that is of no special import) of who you are, but know this:

Someone forgot the DVD he was supposed to bring along. I didn't sulk, because it was useless and I had other pressing things in mind, to be honest. Also, I was quite sure it was going to happen exactly like that - I've seen worse. 🤭

Also know that I was very, very moved and that I feel tremendously grateful - so moved and so grateful, in fact, that I can only babble. To receive it just before Los Reyes rings a very strong (and special) bell in this house.

So thank you, Unknown Friend, whoever you might be. Today, you have been the absolute light in somebody else's dizzy, grumpy workday. Kindly let me know in DM, if you want - I'd really, really like to get even. And I have something very precise in mind, too. :)

PS: Agapitos is my favorite chocolatier from Thessaloniki, probably the best in this blessed country. Nowhere else in this world would you find his iterations of a Jackson Pollock-inspired milk tablet.

Previewsworld wrote my name wrong again but don't let this stop you from pre-ordering The Thirteen Origins : Gila Girl #1

Written by Henry Barajas

Drawn by me

Reblog appreciated 🙏

Batman: Urban Legends #18 - "Blood in & Blood Out" (2022)

written by Henry Barajas art by Serg Acuna & Dave McCaig

Rise and shine everyone. The preview for Urban Legends issue 18 just dropped and after waiting a lifetime and half, we’re finally getting a story with Duke Thomas and the Outsiders!!!!!!!!

Writers: Brandon Thomas, Henry Barajas, Chris Burnham, Tini Howard & Black M. Howard

Artists: Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque, Serg Acuna, Chris Burnham, Max Raynor, Mike Norton

Colors: John Kalisz, Dave McCaig, Nathan Fairbairn, Marissa Louisie, Hi-Fi

Letters: Steve Wands, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Josh Reed, Travis Lanham

Cover: Liam Sharp

I’m looking forward to Tuesday August 9th!!!!!!!!

Too Many Conventions!

Hello! 

Turns out, I'm a liar. If you read last week's blog, I ended it with a whole little plan for the next couple of weeks, completely having forgotten that I'm about to enter the most convention heavy stretch I have all year! This is my last "free" weekend until April pretty much! 

A week from today, 2/25, I'll be at the Arizona Comic Book Arts Festival! If you're anywhere near the Phoenix area and want to see me to buy comics or bring your own to get them signed, this is the place to do it! I'll be bringing a pretty chunk of my stock, including stuff from Sonic, Godzilla, and pretty much what's left of my Transformers/Hasbro stock! Maybe this one, maybe in a couple more events like this, I'm going to be running out of Transformers vs. Terminator and Wreckers, so get 'em now while you can! Becca will be there too and you can get us both to sign our little mini-comic, Jimmy Squarefoot! We'll also be bringing copies of a zine we made explaining the issues with AI! And Becca will have a bunch of other stuff at their own table! 

There are a bunch of other really great people attending including Elizabeth Brei, Danny Djeljosevic, Mitch Gerads, Steve Rude, John Layman, Henry Barajas, Jay Fotos, Jeff Mariotte, Marcy Rockwell, John Yurcaba, Andrew MacLean, Alexis Zirrit, Meredith McClaren, James Owen, Ryan Cody, Tone Rodriguez, Cecil Castellucci, and so many more! So come on out and see us! 

Then, Becca got into WaifuExpo the following weekend, 3/3-3/5! It's going to be a cool little adult (18+) focused con in the Dallas-Fort Worth area! Becca's going to be in the artist's alley and I'm going to be there as their booth babe. I will NOT be bringing any of my stuff, only Becca is tabling (*tho if you are planning to attend and get ahold of me ahead of time, I might be able to pack a few things to give in person). Becca's working very hard on preparation and will have some exclusive stuff for adults debuting there! 

Similarly, lots of cool guests including some very notable cosplayers and voice actors and other artists! It also seems like it's going to be a very activity heavy con if that's your jam! 

It's also our first time in the DFW area, so if you have recommendations, those would be appreciated! 

Then, if everything goes right with the first two cons and I'm still feeling groovy, I am tentatively planning on going up to TFCon LA on 3/10. Again, this is health and finances permitting after two other back-to-back shows, and I am not coming as anything other than an attendee, but if you catch me at Jack Lawrence's table and want me to sign your Wreckers or Alex Milne's table and want me to sign your TF/Terminator or whatever, I'm happy to do so! 

And finally, I expect to be attending WonderCon 2023, March 24-26! Again, same deal as TFCon--my availability will depend a little bit on not having gotten sick/burned out from the other shows with only one weekend of "downtime" and I'm going mostly as an attendee, rather than tabling individually or with IDW, but this is the one con where I'll be most open for meetings. 

After that, I have to assume that I'll hibernate until the summer! And somewhere around there I'll get back to what I mistakenly proposed last week and do another "Ask Me (Almost) Anything". In the meantime, new posts are going to be coming to the blog, but they'll be a little irregular because they'll be coming in-between shows! 

Thanks for rolling with that change and hope to see you soon! 

What I enjoyed this week: Blank Check (Podcast), Honkai Impact (Video game--I managed to get the new Kiana and Mei back-to-back, so I'm pretty happy!), House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Book), Poker Face (TV show), Romantic Killer (Anime), Warioware Inc (Video Game), The Fablemans (Movie--I cried 3 times!), Kaguya-Sama: Love is War-The First Kiss That Never Ends (Movie), Valentine's Day, Snack vs. Chef (TV show), Chainsaw Man (Manga), rearranging my desk (I had to dust the... 150 [estimate] little hunks of plastic on my desk and decided to rearrange them), Becca's first Twitch stream (more on that below)! 

New Releases this week (2/15/2023): Off week for my books

New releases next week (2/22/2023): Also an off week for my books!

Announcements: Wait, this is still a section? With all that other stuff I've already been promoting? Well... Yeah! 

Social Media - I am still primarily on Twitter because that's still where I know the most people and the format I like the best, unfortunately, but you can find me on all my socials here as I continue to try to move away from that site that is less and less functional each day! And, hey, sometimes it still works to reach people like this update on Sonic (it is good and fine and in many languages and countries). 

Aradia Beat - The past few weeks, I've been plugging this cool Magical Girl Anthology Magazine that Becca's part of! This morning, the campaign closed and they had just exceeded their second stretch goal! Thanks anyone here who contributed and if you missed out, well... you missed out! No, but give Aradia Collective a follow and they'll be able to tell ya if there'll be any other ways of getting it in the future! 

More Magical Girls - Our pals Elizabeth Brei & Danny Djeljosevic and a bunch of their friends are getting close to their goal on their Kickstarter for Sweet Little Resistance, which you should check out! And you can tell them you're psyched for it at AZCAF! 

Becca is a busy beean - Somewhere in all this con prep and the many shows we're attending, Becca's also managing regular Patreon updates (and this month, any new sign-ups will have their first pledge go to The Brown Building here in San Diego). They're also open for commissions. And they're now streaming Wednesdays & Saturdays (including tonight, but not when we'll be at shows) on Twitch! I'll usually be there too, moderating the chat and making jokes, playing the soundboard or whatever. You can check out their first stream playing Heartbreak High on their page now! I think the plan is Wednesdays will be games and Saturdays will be art, so come check it out and hang! 

Legislative Tracking - Legislators are doubling down on attempting to pass anti-trans bills. Fortunately, some of them are not managing to move forward. Unfortunately, the bad guys keep trying. Here is a legislative tracker for you to keep an eye on and hopefully if anything is happening locally to you (and on the federal level), you're able to reach out to your reps and can tell them to knock that shit off. 

Pic of the Week: A very dumb little promo I made for all of our upcoming stuff (or... well, a lot of it) to the theme of Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania, in theaters now! (NOTE: Made when Aradia Beat was still funding, it's over now, sorry!)

BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS #18 Written by TINI HOWARD, BLAKE HOWARD, BRANDON THOMAS, CHRIS BURNHAM, HENRY BARAJA, and GREG HAHN Art by ROSI KAMPE, ALBERTO JIMENEZ ALBURQUERQUE, CHRIS BURNHAM, and SERGIO ACUNA Cover by LIAM SHARP Variant covers by DIKE RUAN and GERARDO ZAFFINO $7.99 US | 64 pages | Prestige ON SALE 8/9/22 A string of new sagas begins! Tini Howard and Blake Howard pen an epic Batman story! Batman and the Outsiders have to save the Signal from burning out! A new mystery begins, starring Alfred Pennyworth before his passing, from all-star creator Chris Burnham! And in a story from Batman's past, the Dark Knight must team up with Etrigan the Demon to stop the Reincarnators!

Julie Starsign from The Girl Scouts in Space. A comic book I did with my beautiful wife @shootingstarbea and my good friend Henry Barajas. I aged her up a little and tried to keep her costume similar.

Splintered Fate

TMNT: SPLINTERED FATE ONE-SHOT

August 2023

By Henry Barajas, Pablo Verdugo, Gigi Dutreix, and Shawn Lee.

Tie-in book to the Apple Arcade game. Splinters is taken and the Turtles have to rescue him.

SCORE: 6

I haven't played this game yet (I don't have an Apple Arcade subscription), but I have to say that this comic book doesn't really sell me the idea of playing the game.

I don't think it's the writer's fault... he was probably given too many restrictions and he tried to give the turtles the most generic TMNT video game lines in existence.

What I can tell is that the game is based on the IDW comics (in the same way that many non-canon TMNT crossover these days look somewhat based on it). But you can tell it's its own universe.

Will I play this game? Maybe at some point... mobile games are too time-consuming, but at least this one doesn't seem to have micro-transactions.

The art is good but I wonder how it looked before the coloring (which somehow looks off).

UPDATE: I decided to go ahead and try playing the game after all. It's impressive how much it takes from the IDW lore. Having said that, I found it a little repetitive.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate #1 Review

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate #1 Review #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesSplinteredFate #TMNT #ninjaturtles #teenagemutantninjaturtles #IDW #IDWcomics #comics #comicbooks #news #mcu #art #info #NCBD #comicbooknews #previews #reviews #Amazon

Writer: Henry Barajas Art: Pablo Verdugo Colors: Gigi Duterix Letterer: Shawn Lee Cover art: Pablo Verdugo and Gigi Duterix Publisher: IDW Price: $3.99 Release Date: August 16, 2016 Reviewer: Samriddh Chaudhary Introduction: Enter a new interpretation of The Mutant Ninja Turtles written originally for the mobile game format. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate #1 transports us into the…

View On WordPress

Preview: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate #1

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate #1 preview. When Splinter is kidnapped, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles search for clues across NYC to try to find their master #tmnt #comics #comicbooks

View On WordPress

Trejo Barajas, Dení. 2006a. “Del Caribe al Mar Del Sur.Comercio marítimo por el Pacífico mexicano durante las guerras de independencia.” In Entre la tradición y la modernidad. Estudios sobre la Independencia, edited by Moisés Guzman, 353-380. Morelia: Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo.Trejo Barajas, Dení. 2006b. “Implicaciones del comercio por el puerto de San Blas durante la guerra de Independencia.” Revista de Indias66(238): 711-736. doi: 10.3989/revindias.2006.i238.337.Trejo, Barajas, Dení. 2006c. “El puerto de san Blas, el contrabando y el inicio de la internacionalización del comercio en el Pacífico Noroeste.” Tzintzun. Revista de Estudios Históricos44: 11-36. Valdés Lakowsky, Vera. 1987. De las minas al mar: Historia de la plata mexicana en Asia 1565-1934.MexicoCity: Fondo de Cultura Económica. Wagner, Henry Raup. 1929. Spanish Voyages to the Northwest Coast of America in the Sixteenth Century. San Francisco: California Historical Society. Yuste López, Carmen. 1984. El comercio de la Nueva España conFilipinas, 1590-785.MexicoCity: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH).Yuste López, Carmen. 2007. Emporios transpacíficos: comerciantes mexicanos en Manila, 1710-1815. Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-comercial re-use and distribution, provided the original work is properly cited, andis not altered or transformed in any way.