Savage Beauty #1 now on sale!

I'm embarrassed, but I totally whiffed on mentioning last week that you could've bought a comic with writing by me in it. I didn't write the comic itself, but in the back of Savage Beauty #1 is a text piece I wrote about jungle fiction in general and jungle girl stories in particular. 

The reason I forgot to bring it up here was that I was busy getting my interview with Savage Beauty's real writer, Mike Bullock, ready to go for Robot 6. Part of my fascination with modern jungle comics is how writers avoid the offensiveness of some of the genre's tropes. I talked to Mike about how he balances fun adventure with the horrific, real-world elements that he weaved into The Phantom and now Savage Beauty.

Check and see if your store has a copy of Savage Beauty #1. It promises to be a cool, interesting series.

The Awesome List: Isle of 1000,000 Graves

I'm trying a slightly different, less image-intensive format for this. It's not as fancy, but it'll help me streamline things and is more organized than the way I used to do it. Let me know what you think in the comments, even if what you think is, "Eh. Whatever."

Comics

• Cartoonist Jason's new Fantagraphics book Isle of 100,000 Graves will feature a a girl protagonist and pirates. [First Second Books]
• Nemo Publishing's Sea Ghost #1 is available for pre-order through Previews. [Maine News Simply]
• Shanna, the She-Devil Blogger has scans of a Shanna article that ran in Back Issue Magazine #43.
• CBR has a preview of Savage Beauty #1, Moonstone's new jungle girl comic that also has a back-up article by This Guy. [Comic Book Resources]

Movies

• Ewan McGregor may be playing eco-pirate Paul Watson in Ocean Warrior. [/Film]

TV

• Four photos from Stephen Spielberg's time-travel/dinosaur TV show Terra Nova. Sadly, no dinosaurs in any of them. [/Film]