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Bad Karma, the Panel Syndicate digital series by Alex de Campi, Ryan Howe and Dee Cunniffee, will arrive in print this fall, courtesy of Image Comics. Look for the hardcover collection in November.

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Daisy Blackwood

So, y’know that lazy trope where the tomboyish gal who hates dresses seems to end up magically looking sexy and confident when she has to wear one?

One of the things I love about Daisy Blackwood: Pilot for Hire is that it doesn’t cave to that trope. I love that Daisy looks uptight and uncomfortable wearing what looks to be an otherwise elegant evening gown. I’ve plugged the comic by Ryan Howe at least once in the past, as it features a smart, scrappy, resourceful heroine who can fly an airplane or throw a punch with equal skill. The setting has a 1940′s aesthetic and reminds me a lot of the TaleSpin cartoon that Disney ran back in the ‘90s. 

In the current story arc, Daisy and her friends are at a fancy charity auction in order to buy a rare artifact that a ghost pirate queen is after. To blend in and not draw attention to herself, Daisy has to wear a dress. As Ryan pointed out on his Patreon: 

I waffled on sticking her in that dress pretty much from the moment I thought of it because the last thing I wanted was, as you say, the tomboyish gal suddenly gaining her confidence. Daisy's not lacking for confidence, but there's a whole backstory of gender norm rejection tied up with her grandfather that is definitely not just her needing to find her inner sexy.

And, let’s be honest, a dress just isn’t practical for Daisy’s line of work. I appreciate instead that she usually wears a button-up work-shirt, flying gloves, and flight-pants as her flying/adventuring ensemble: 

In fact, her regular in-town outfit is a rather dashing vest-and-fedora combo, fitting with the story’s 1940′s aesthetic: 

As is this Tumblr’s theme, creating a smart heroine should also include making sure they dress smartly as well. Huge thanks to Ryan for letting me borrow images from the comic. Take care and thanks for reading, folks!

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DEBUTING AT TCAF 2019 - The Burning Black: The Legend of Black Shuck by Mark Allard-Will & Ryan Howe

$20 CAD, Published by Renegade Arts Entertainment

Based on the story of Black Shuck, the folkloric monster of rural England that inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Brought to the graphic novel medium by British-born Canadian writer, Mark Allard-Will, The Burning Black: The Legend of Black Shuck will take readers 16th century Suffolk, England to see the horror of his retelling of the origins of Black Shuck.

Combines horror, historical fiction and drama. Recommended for mature readers.

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Mark Allard-Will is the British-born Canadian Comic Books Writer best known for Canadiana comedy comic, Saskatch-A-Man, and Adventure/Metafiction graphic novel, Årkade (2017 TCAF-debut).

Now, in 2019, Mark is shifting his attention to folklore with The Burning Black: Legend of Black Shuck, a Book focusing on the rural British lore of Demon Dog, Black Shuck.

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RENEGADE ARTS ENTERTAINMENT

Western Canada’s graphic novel and comic book publisher, based in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta. 2019 marks our 10th anniversary as a Canadian

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Here’s a peek at Black Terror: Social Insecurity, a graphic novel that I’m working on for later this year. Words and letters by me, art by Ryan Howe, Alan Weiss (page 1) and Tomas Marijanovic (colors).

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The thrilling adventures of Daisy Blackwood, adventurer and pilot. Updates Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Up late reading Daisy Blackwood’s archives. It’s a smart, somewhat pulpy little webcomic with a 1940s action/adventure feel. Heroine is a clever, resourceful, mercenary/pilot/adventuress. Current mission is rescuing wealthy friend who I kind of hope is or will be her girlfriend. Definitely recommend. 

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For fans of ‘The Fix’ and ‘Superior Foes of Spider-Man’ - BAD KARMA features two screw-ups desperately proving their worth by saving one man’s life. But they uncover something much bigger in the process and become targets themselves.

BAD KARMA by Alex de Campi, Ryan Howe & Dee Cunniffe is a 312 page standard hardcover from Image Comics, collecting the seven-issue series from Panel Syndicate