02/01/2023
Kicking off the New Year with a little Cassandra Cain coloring practice. Inspiration, left, courtesy Paris Alleyne.
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Bringing you comics reviews and interviews with a bit of snark. Dude, why the hell do we need another comic book review site? I should know. I am one. Trust me.
First off it seems prudent to tell you why I’m bothering to do this. That’s an easy one, I was dissatisfied with seeing reviews based solely on a numerical value or without an in depth look at the artwork and storyline. It’s hard work being a professional creative. For me, it’s lazy and disrespectful to consider a proper review as art was great, story was awesome. Not only does that tell you absol
utely nothing about why you should shell out your hard earned cash to buy it but it marginalizes the blood, sweat, and tears that goes into birthing something from one’s imagination. My endeavor here is to give the creative spirit its due and provide honest feedback to ex*****on. It’s just one guy’s perspective. Take it or leave it. I also have trouble finding good information as a parent as to something being appropriate for my kid or not. My son enjoys comics a lot and I take an active role in curating what he puts in front of him. Ok, there was that one time he swiped the first volume of Bill Willingham’s Fables from the shelf without me knowing. This caused a few discussions that maybe we hadn't yet anticipated, including an explantation to my wife, but we had the discussions and I’d rather he gets info from me than his teenage buddies. So short story long, I’ll try to include an area in each review for parents so they can gauge if this is ok for their child or not. We all parent differently and my comfort level might not be yours but I am trying. My own background -
My first experiences with comic books were picking them up at the local gas station close to my parents house. I’d save up allowance money and go buy Spider-Man and West Coast Avengers. I still have them all even if their condition is less than ideal or rather they are in the proverbial parent’s attic. It’s cliche, I know and that’s honestly why I don’t do the individual issue collecting thing these days and stick to trades mostly. Trades are far easier to store on the shelf. My first three jobs were in comic book shops: World Class Comics, Big Orange Comics and Cards, and Comics Inc. This encompassed from when I was 16 to about the time I was 21. As I developed and matured, my interests shifted from The X-Men to Hellblazer. On one fateful day, I was invited to work a Carmen concert. If you don’t know who that is he had a big boxing ring in the center of the arena where he punched out the devil, hence why nobody wanted to work it. The backstage life got into my blood and I created a career both on the road and as a house guy that lasted 15 plus years and comics kind of fell into the ether for awhile. Fast forward ( I mean you didn’t want my whole life’s history, right?) and I’m a middle aged artist, happily married, with a teenager. Life had settled down a bit and I started picking up graphic novels with greater frequency, relying largely on recommendations from our local shop in Tacoma, Washington (shout out to Atomic Comics.) Then there was the whole lupus thing. I got officially diagnosed in late 2020. Something had been greatly amiss physically for years now, it just didn’t have a name. Some days are good, some aren’t but now I have to hide from the sun. Lupus sucks by the way. While moving towards something ethereal called remission, I started devouring comics again which coincided with a need to occupy my brain with something other than what part of my body hurt on any given day. So, this little project is part of my recovery plan. It’s a work in progress so don’t judge too much. Well, even if you do I’m unlikely to care all that much honestly. Hey, Slytherin all the way baby. Seriously, I don’t know anyone who tests more strongly to be exclusively Slytherin than me. I’m one of the good ones though. Why Bifrost Industries? My parent’s had a dog when I was born that hated me simply because I was alive and got the attention he was used to. The little s**t bit me when I was a toddler and I wouldn’t have anything to do with dogs for many years. In my middle twenties, I got an adorable husky, shepherd, beagle mix. Episode One came had come out that year so I named him Maul. Please tell me I don’t need to explain the reference. That dog secured me my wife. We met online and once we decided to meet in person, our first night meeting in real life was going great. I can’t call it a date because I was working as a bouncer at the time and she came down to the club to meet me. After one of the best conversations of my life and basically ignoring all my duties at work, I asked if she wanted to meet my dogs. When she met Maul, he gave me a look of gratitude as if all this time with me had been leading up to that moment when he found his person soul mate and I was summarily abandoned in favor of her. He passed at a ripe old age many years ago now but is remembered in the form of a tattoo of Mjolnir on my arm. You know, a big heavy hammer which is also known as a maul. All my dogs have memorial tattoos for them but he was the first and scored me the love of my life. Those of us that are pet lovers know about the Rainbow Bridge which is also know as the Bifrost in Norse mythology connecting Midgard and Asgard. I probably didn’t yet mention I have an anthropology degree and mythology is a big thing to me. Anyway, there’s the connecting threads of it all. Now you know.
26/04/2022
I got to sit down and chat with creator Kyle Starks about his new Image Comics project I Hate This Place, haunted places, and The Facts of Life(yes, that tv show) on the pod.
Give it a listen. 🎧
Show Cryptid Creator Corner, Ep Kyle Starks talks I Hate This Place - Apr 26, 2022
01/02/2022
My The Comic Book Yeti Creator Interview Series kicked off with Joe Ciano and his Dark Horse Comics graphic novel, Children of the Woods. Never thought you’d see my face on YouTube did ya? Frankly, I didn’t either but check it out. Great book.
Comic Book Yeti contributor Byron O'Neal interviews writer Joe Ciano about his new Dark Horse Comics horror graphic novel, Children of the Woods.
06/12/2021
Hey, I’m a YouTube star. Not quite but I did just release the first episode of my new series highlighting current Kickstarter comic campaigns for The Comic Book Yeti. Check it out.
Comic Book Yeti contributor Byron O'Neal reveals 5 live Kickstarter comics projects that you shouldn't miss in this first episode of his new YouTube series, ...
09/11/2021
My recent interview with creators from the children's anthology Adventures Everywhere just dropped on The Comic Book Yeti. They still have a few days left towards geting this amazing project funded. Please consider cheking it out and supporting a diversity project for young readers.
Editor/Creator: Nathan Kempf Interview Participant And Contributor: Myrjam Van de Vijver Interview Participant And Contributor: Brittany Matter Comic Book Yeti's Byron O'Neal interviews editor/creator Nathan Kempf about his Kickstarter children's anthology project, Adventures Everywhere. Transcribed...
25/10/2021
My interview with The Gateway creators Devin Arscott and Markus Pattern just dropped today on The Comic Book Yeti. They have just 5 days left to get their project funded. Check it out.
THE GATEWAY - A Twitter Spaces Interview With Devin Arscott And Markus Pattern
05/10/2021
The transcript of my recent interview with Max Majernik and the Band of Bards crew about their Kickstarter comic project, Prospects, just got released. Check it out.
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PROMISING PROSPECTS: An interview with the creative team behind the new Kickstarter launch PROSPECTS
01/10/2021
The transcription of my interview with Ruination creators Ryan Bis and Giulia Lalli is now available. Their Kickstarter project is fully funded with a couple weeks left so back with confidence.
RUINATION: An Interview with RYAN BIS and GIULIA LALLI via Twitter Spaces
29/09/2021
My interview with Chris Mancini about his Kickstarter release of Rise of the Kung Fu Dragon Master Vol 2 was released today on The Comic Book Yeti.
RISE OF THE KUNG FU DRAGON MASTER VOL 2: An Interview with CHRIS MANCINI via Twitter Spaces
23/09/2021
The transcript of my recent The Comic Book Yeti Twitter Spaces interview with Dark Horse Comics Goblin creators Will Perkins and Eric Grissom was just released today. Eric has a Doctor Who padcast, and Will is really into bones. Interested in learning more? You know what to do.
GOBLIN: An Interview with ERIC GRISSOM and WILL PERKINS via Twitter Spaces
19/09/2021
My review for Marvel's new mini-series Dark Ages was just released today. In three words, it's a 𝚍𝚢𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚌, 𝚍𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎. Tom Taylor, Iban Coello, and company have created something really fun here. Check it out.
A review of Marvel Comic’s new series Dark Ages issue #1, written by Tom Taylor with artwork by Iban Coello .
19/08/2021
My review for 𝕁𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌𝕟𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 dropped today on The Comic Book Yeti. I seem to be on a kaiju kick lately (great band name BTW.)
Oni Press has produced a lovely little book here. Check it out.
Review - An all-ages adventure comic set in a post-apocalyptic world with monsters. Think Jurassic World with kaiju crossed with elements of Tarzan.
18/08/2021
Cross The Italian Job or The Big Hit mixed with Godzilla written by Quentin Tarantino and you’ve got AfterShock Comics graphic novel Kaiju Score.
My review on The Comic Book Yeti dropped today. Fun book.
A classic heist story mixed with elements of kaiju. One massive, aquatic element.
15/08/2021
Tonight's reading is Ghosts of the Carousel from Matt Battaglia. Matt was nice enough to let me preview it in advance of its release. People I trust are raving about it. It's availble for preorder until September 1st. Check it out.
https://dauntlessstories.com/ghosts-of-the-carousel
27/07/2021
My review of Kickstarter comic campaign, Pilgrim's Dirge just dropped on The Comic Book Yeti. Gritty, aggressive, and immersive, it's is a fast-paced dystopian sci-fi space drama revealed at breakneck speed. Check it out.
Writer/letterer: Toben Racicot Artist: Matteo Leoni Colorist: Martina Bonanni Publisher: Self (Kickstarter) WHAT IS IT? An ex-soldier turned scrapper tries to earn enough credits to get home to his family and gets in over his head on a post-apocalyptic planet Earth turned ice cube. Think Star Wars:....
09/07/2021
I started writing Kickstarter comic reviews on the Comic Book Yeti sight (those that know me well, yep that says yeti.) If you get a minute, take a look. Good weekend all.
A high adventure story about two pirate friends stranded on a desert world trying to get home.
08/07/2021
Tonight's reading is the trade of King In Black. I gotta admit that I never was a big Venom fan until Cates took over the reins so this is treading some new ground.
06/07/2021
Tonight's reading is DC Comics' The Doomed and The Damned which seems like a pretty good backdrop to take in a hurricane here in Central Florida. Rain rain, go away....
04/07/2021
Have a very safe and happy 4th of July all.
29/06/2021
Tonight's reading is Djeliya by Juni Ba from TKO Comics. I've been looking forward to getting this one labeled a West African fantasy epic.
23/06/2021
Tonight’s reading is Billy The Kid’s Old Time Oddities from, my fellow Tennessean, Eric Powell and Kyle Hotz. Taking it back to 2005 with Dark Horse Comics.
19/06/2021
At the end of a long work week, I finally finished my review of Canto Vol 2 - The Hollow Men from IDW Publishing. Written by David Booher with illustrations by Drew Zucker, it's a gem of an all ages book with striking emotional depth. I'm looking forward to more journeys with these diminutive heroes as a comic book and soon as an animated series as well.
A review of Canto Volume 2 - The Hollow Men from IDW Publishing written by David M. Booher and illustrated by Drew Zucker.
14/06/2021
Tonight's reading Image Comics Sea Of Red Vol 2: No Quarter. I have quotes from the Lost Boys running through my head, "One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach,all the damn vampires."
14/06/2021
Tonight's reading is Canto Vol 2 - The Hollow Men from IDW Publishing written by David Booher with illustrations from Drew Zucker. I don't use the term adorable often but these guys are adorable. Makes me happy.
10/06/2021
Dropping my review today for Dark Horse Comics Skulldigger trade paperback. It's a beautiful, grimy addition to Jeff Lemire's Black Hammer Universe.
A review of the trade paperback Skulldigger from Image Comics, written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Tonci Zonjic
01/06/2021
My first three jobs were in comic book shops. The journey began in 1992 so I've been in this awhile. I could not have imagined a day that one of the major companies in the industry would openly embrace Pride Month. This makes me over the moon happy. Happy everybody and thanks DC Comics.
26/05/2021
The Sandman, coming to Netflix. This is exciting. Note the appropriate use of pronouns for the cast.
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