This series, a collision of comedy, sex, and violence, follows the misadventures of America’s most dysfunctional family as they go head-to-severed head with an Oprah-loving ax murderer, a cult-crazy soap opera star, and a neo-Nazi prison gang.
First issue: Todd wants desperately to make friends, but every kid he approaches winds up decapitated. Or worse. Meanwhile, Todd’s mother is on a mission to get even with her husband who she believes is having an affair.

Todd, The Ugliest Kid On Earth is a new four issue series with a story by M.K. Perker and Ken Kristensen. The issue is written by Kristensen with art and letters from Perker. Cemal Soyleyen joins the duo by providing colors. Todd is an odd new book, but is it worth checking out?

A new family is moving into their new home when Todd, the ugliest kid on Earth, comes over to try and make friends with the nice little Korean girl. Todd frightens most other children his age because he walks around with a giant paper bag covering his face. But Todd is a nice, sweet kid who just wants to make a friend. That’s hard to do when Mike, the neighborhood bully, and his gang roll up on the scene to harass Todd and cause him to get into trouble. Mike is the little devil that bullies everyone but uses his silver tongue to talk his way into the good graces of the adults. Back at home Todd has to deal with his drunken father and inattentive mother. While watching the news, the family learns of an axe murderer on the loose who targets children. While the news report tells parents to keep their children inside, Todd’s mom wants him to take out the trash…in the rain…with an axe murderer in the area. You might be able to guess what happens. That sets off the comedy of misunderstanding that ensues.

Perker and Kristensen have a truly unique story on their hands. This odd, politically incorrect, and wacky story features a cast of messed up characters and humor that should hook any reader. While it’s hard to say there’s anything quite like Todd, the nearest compression would be something along the lines of The Maxx and The Oblongs. The art is absolutely amazing. Perker along with Soyleyen’s colors make a beautiful book. I mean this as a huge compliment, but it looks similar to what you would see in a children’s book. You have some cartoony looking art with bright and vivid colors. The backgrounds are fantastic and the characters are slightly exaggerated in their face, size, and features.

Bottom Line: Todd, the Ugliest Kid on Earth is a fantastic book like no other. This oddball story features slightly risqué humor with fantastic art. Perker and Kristense have a lot to live up to with the remaining three issues. If it’s anything like the first issue, we’re in for a great ride 5/5

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, Advance Review: Todd, The Ugliest Kid On Earth #1

The comic book and games store voted “Best of Tucson” in 2009, 2010 and 2011 by the readers of The Tucson Weekly joins forces with The Diamond Children’s Medical Center to inspire the next generation of superheroes.

Heroes and Villains tries to live up to the first part of their name this February as they collect donations of new comic books and graphic novels for the Diamond Children’s Medical Center’s library.

Says store owner, Mike Camp: “Heroes and Villains believes in comics’ power to inspire, to make kids (of all ages) feel like maybe there’s a Superman coiled just beneath those horned rim glasses, or a Wonder Woman waiting beneath that tangle of braces and barrettes.

It’s our hope that these comic books (generously donated by our superheroic customers) give kids an extra boost of encouragement during a difficult time in their young lives”

If you’d like more information about Heroes and Villains and their Annual Charity Comic Book Drive for the Diamond Children’s Medical Center, please call Eric M. Esquivel at (520)-321-HERO, or email Eric at EricEsqu.comics@gmail.com.

Heroes and Villains will collect new, unread comic books and graphic novels all throughout the month of February. They are also accepting monetary donations, both in-store and over the phone (using a debit or credit card) and starting at $1, which will be used to purchase books at the end of the month.

Heroes and Villains is located at 4533 East Broadway, Tucson Arizona, 85711, between Swan and Columbus and can be found online at www.Facebook.com/HeroesAndVillainsTucson.

Agent Burgos, Heroes and Villains’ Annual Comic Book Drive for the Diamond Medical Children’s Center!

“Grandpa Won’t Wake Up” is wicked little adult read that incorporates my nostalgic memories of those classic childhood reads  with my enjoyment of dark humor.

Two little kids anxious for their promised playtime with Grandpa are distressed to find him “asleep”. Thus begins a series of actions to wake Grandpa: they paint his nails green with paint, put him on a trampoline , dress him in Nazi clothes and fishnets um yeah you get the idea right?

Simon Max Hill’s prose will make you laugh, shake you head and leave you uncomfortably silent! Shannon Wheeler is a marvelous artist. The gorgeous watercolor and four color illustrations are reminiscent of beloved childhood classics. This pair has a deal to produce more books for Boom in the future and I can’t wait to see what’s next. Priced at 7.99 this is a wonderful deal and dark twisted fun.

Yogikai, REVIEW: GRANDPA WON’T WAKE UP by Hill & Wheeler

Pariah is the story of Brent Marks a young teen trying to live a normal life in Akron Ohio. Brent however is not normal. He is a Pariah also called “Vitro” Brent’s generation re a group of children who have superior intelligence as a side effect of a cure for a genetic disease.

Brent plods through his days with the energy typical of a teen. He wonders about the romantic potential with his best friend. He feels disconnected from his family and lacks friends. Now some Vitros have engaged in acts of terrorism and the government has decided they all must be rounded up.

I really liked the premise of this story and was interested in Brent’s story but found the overall book to be very slow. The art was really interesting but I wasnt intrigued enough to see what happens next.

Yogikai, REVIEW: PARIAH by Aron Warner & Brett Gelatt