Trusty Henchman Rant: 3/18/26

This past week's assorted news highlights, Kickstarters to check out, and more

Reviews:

‘Imperial Guardians’ #1 is the strongest Marvel cosmic title yet

Let This One Be a Devil Vol. 1 – An Intriguing Look at a Genuine American Folk Tale and Its Origins from Dark Horse

MRS ORWELL is believable graphic historical fiction of the highest order

‘X-Men United’ #1 sets up an intriguing new direction

30 Seconds from Gaza: Diary of Genocide

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Crowdfunding worth your time & money:

A Midsummer Night's Dream - A collector's edition: Shakespeare's masterpiece, illustrated by Julien Delval

The Collected Letters of Courier Z - volumes 1 & 2

Dying Hard on Hardlight Station: Anthology Edition

We've Always Been Here: A multicultural LGBTQ+ art book

Draw Like a Boss 2 — Final Print Run

AZUL SKETCHBOOK

Hyper Sentinel Fusion🕹️A new arcade shooter on floppy disk!

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News, Previews, & Misc Links:

Stephen R. Bissette Named Vermont Cartoonist Laureate

Diamond Bankruptcy Update: Publishers argue they should get their inventory back due to Chapter 7

Fantagraphics to Publish R. E. Burke’s ‘Visiting America: 19 Days in an I.C.E. Facility’

X-Men’s BISHOP to star in new solo series

Marvel reveals new ‘Spider-Man/Superman’ #1 covers and interior art

Fans remain skeptical of Seven Seas’ potential AI translation usage

Godzilla is getting a massive movie theater revival this spring

Dark Horse turns the tables on dungeon-crawling with ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Total Party Killers’ in July

First Look: Deicidium the SF epic from Ram V, Evan Cagle and Anand Radhakrishnan

An enclave of pain, enlightenment, and sass: Patrick Kindlon and EPHK bring us deep into ‘Tigress Island’

Spiritfarer dev's gorgeous next game has stolen the show at GDC 2026

Empiria launches as Rocketship’s first ongoing comic

Let the ‘Marvel Maximum Collection’ Take You Back to Your Childhood

DC and MARVEL Team Up to Re-Release Entire JLA/AVENGERS Series as Facsimile Editions

'The Last Starfighter' Adaptation Gets Graphic Novel Reprint

‘Nimona’ Director Troy Quane To Helm DreamWorks’ ‘The Wild Robot’ Sequel, Heidi Jo Gilbert To Co-Direct

We need sales charts for comics!

Half the Battle

IDW Studios launches new podcasts providing fans unfiltered access to comics publisher

The Spirit portfolio by Will Eisner, 1977.

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That's it for this Rant, take care and stay safe!