Weekly Rant: 5/28/25

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

Reviews:

RoboWolf #1 – Jake Smith’s Dayglo Retro Crime Comedy from Dark Horse Comics Sells His Zany Vision

Batman FULL MOON is a new werewolf classic

‘The Thing’ #1 shows a lot of promise

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO CRIMSON JUSTICE? #1 is an Alan Moore riff, and more

‘Sleep’ #1 hums with horror just beneath the surface

When We Were Trekkies by Joe Sikoryak

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Crowdfunding worth your time & money:

Ultimate OZ Universe: The Lost Lands Collector’s Edition

The Man Who Shook the Earth

Lampblack #1-5: Fantasy Comic for Studio Ghibli Fans

Lake Yellowwood Slaughter

Dark Planet Comics' 2025 Graphic Novels by Stephan Franck

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News, Previews, & Misc Links:

RIP Peter David

Diamond Will No Longer Distribute Marvel Comics

Mapping a Post-Diamond Future: Is An ''Indie Direct'' Channel Possible?

PHR pulling digital versions of BOOM! titles from libraries

Diamond is leaving retailers in the dark

Chris Condon and Jeffrey Alan Love dispatch ‘News From The Fallout’

Hermes Press now has no distributor due to Diamond situation

Al Ewing + Pasqual Ferry will relaunch ‘Thor’ in August

Spider-Gwen’s Twisty 2025 Continues in New Comic Relaunch

Jed MacKay Talks ‘X-Men’

Jonathan Hickman’s reimagining of Marvel’s cosmic comics adds ‘Imperial War’ one-shots

The wait is almost over: BRASS SUN returns to 2000 AD in September

“A Time Travel Story through Rave Culture” – Sara Kenney and Company on ‘Acid Box’, Working with Avery Hill, and Mentoring Young Creators

BENJAMIN writer Ben H. Winters on science fiction’s ‘timelessness’

Put on your poker face for ‘Arcana Royale’

One Step ‘Beyond’: Matias Timarchi talks Valiant’s new heroes, future prospects

Patrick Horvath on the new BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES: RITE OF SPRING

Alison Bechdel Creates An Alternate Reality In New Novel ‘Spent’

Jackson ‘Butch’ Guice, June 27, 1961-May 1, 2025

1989’s Marvel Fanfare Vol.1 #45 pin-up process by Steve Rude

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

-Chris