Kirby Your Enthusiasm, ep. 46: "Wrestling comix, I've read a few..." - reviews of Ultimate M.U.S.C.L.E., Love and Rockets, Headlocked and more

IT'S been a while but here's a special podcast about some wrestling comics I read last month. ENJOY.
And here's the list of comics I read in JULY.

Andre is coming.....again

FOLLOWING the Box Brown autobiographical graphic novel in 2014, a new novel is being released by IDW later this year. Details here:

http://www.newsarama.com/24326-andre-the-giant.html

Random stuff (better late than never)...

I BOUGHT the very entertaining Spying With Lana: Flashbang Declassified and found there's a luchador in the background of one scene at a fancy-dress party. I'm only running this pic 'cos Lana's hot arse is in the foreground. Wanna know more about Lana's spying'n'sexing adventures? Head to spyingwithlana.com.

Los Luchadores Mysteriosos #1

Los Luchadores Mysteriosos #1

An update on wrestling-related comics I've read in recent times...

WONDERMARK by David Malki

As you may have noticed...

This blog is now inactive.

To read any of my wrestling-related writings, please check out Rasslin' Riot HERE.

Check this out!

It's the full first issue!
http://www.castleandkeypublications.com/issue1.html

Hola!

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/04/29/la-mano-del-destino-luchador-comics/

I've bought the first ish from Lone Star Comics in Texas and will review it soon. :)

REVIEW: "On The Mat" by Mister J

Cartoonist (and dear friend) Mister J may have had his work published in mainstream publications like Pro Wrestling Illustrated and UK tabloid The Sun. But his roots are firmly in zines.
On The Mat is a classy collection of wrestling-themed toons – poking gentle (and not-so-gentle) fun at some of the stars of the bone-bending biz – is a fitting tribute to one of the best artists around.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

To buy a copy, write to Jason Conlan, PO Box 12123, George St, Brisbane, QLD, 4003, AUSTRALIA, or email mrjslack@hotmail.com.

THE PROMOTION #2 is fucking awesome!

IT BLOWS away every other wrestling comic out there. Just an awesome backstage look at the locker-room politics of a wrestling territory in the 1970s. Just so much fun.

Rob Schamberger (http://www.thewrestlingpromotion.com/) has done a phenomenal job of authentically capturing the in-ring action and backstage ribs and bullshit. I love this comic to death. Buy it at:

http://thewrestlingpromotion.com/?page_id=50

New podcast! Super Pro K.O.! Volume 1

http://kirbyyourenthusiasm.libsyn.com/what-would-chris-benoit-do-episode-6

REVIEW: Headlocked: The Tryout #2

ONLY two years late...where's my goddamn review copies of issues 2 & 3?!
Find out more (and ask them the same question) at http://visionarycomics.blogspot.com/2010/01/headlocked.html.

Killer pics

Killer Khan
and wrestler-killer Greg Valentine

It's officially on hiatus...

...but you really should check out the archive at BotchedSpot, including this very latest toon. :)

If only this was real (part 3)

If only this was real (part 2)

Memphis caricatures

ART by Jerry Lawler, I believe.

Justic Luchadores of America!

IF ONLY this was real. Ahhhhhh...what could've been.
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/09/30/jla-justice-luchadores/

Still not enough to make me actually go out and buy the comic...

IN THE new issue of the DC/Vertigo comic SCALPED, a small town Nebraska sheriff named Wooster T. Krakow has a picture of Ric Flair on his desk, with the inscription, "To Woooooster, Ric Flair." (thanks to Mark Coale)
- as reported in today's Figure Four Online.

Super Pro K.O. Vol.1 is awesome!

I JUST finished this manga-style digest last night and it is awesome - and I *HATE* faux manga art. But Jarrett Williams nails the concept and energy of pro wrestling perfectly. Along with The Promotion, Super Pro K.O. is possibly the best wrestling-related comic I've ever read.

I'll be talking about this comic in detail in an upcoming podcast.

BELOW is the official guff. Buy it!

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Jarrett Williams. Joe Somiano is late to his first match in Super Pro K.O.!, and has no clue what awaits him in the rowdy ring! A seasoned sumo wrestler, a jolly luchador, a flambouyant tag team, suspicious executives, and a drunken Heavyweight Champion all stand between him and the superstardom that is his destiny. If the huge egos, clothesline take-downs, and broken chairs across the head don't squash Joe's dreams, he may just come out on top. But if he's going to take home the champion's belt, he'll need to bring his best moves against the likes of S.P.K.O.! stars Tomahawk Slamson, Yoko No-No, Mr. Awesomeness 2, and many more in this grand slamma jamma event of a graphic novel! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $11.99.