Book Review: Witchcraft Coloring Book Paperback – Coloring Book by Christina Haberkern

Witchcraft Coloring Book Paperback – Coloring Book
by Christina Haberkern
August 2, 2022

96 pages

Publisher: Plume
Do you love potions, crystals, spells and spell books? Witchcraft Coloring Book combines the fun of coloring with everyone’s favorite spooky-season subjects in this intricate, beautiful, and giftable package from the creator of the popular gift-item and stationery brand Hello Harlot.

This brand-new, all-original coloring book features beautiful, fun-to-color illustrations that celebrate all thing witchy, including images of potions, crystals, and spell books; evocative sayings; and tributes to historical witches through the ages as well as those from contemporary pop culture, such as Marie Laveau, Samantha from Bewitched, Willow from Buffy, and so many more.

This is an all-age coloring book with fun witch facts and witchy-style images. There are coloring pages from simple to more detailed. Below are some examples...

This would also be a perfect Halloween purchase to put the family in a festive mood!

If you are looking for delightful coloring fun and learning some real and fictional pop culture history at the same time, then check the Witchcraft Coloring Book out!

4 "Witchy" Sheep

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Christina Haberkern is a designer and illustrator in Los Angeles. She is the owner and creative mind behind Hello Harlot, a stationery and gift-item brand specializing in pop culture and humorous products.

Book Review: Coloring the Zodiac by Christina Haberkern

Coloring the Zodiac
by Christina Haberkern
December 7, 2021

112 pages

Publisher: Plume

Celebrate the heavens, your own personal sign, and the fun of coloring in an intricate, beautiful, and giftable package from the creator of the popular gift-item and stationery brand Hello Harlot. 

There are twelve signs in the zodiac and twelve ways to celebrate the radiance of the stars, as well as the incredible history and symbolism behind each sign. Illustrator Christina Haberkern shares beautiful, intricate, fun-to-color pages influenced by the latest trends in fonts, design, and pop culture, with more than forty pages to color. The symbol, character, and constellation of each sign will be featured, along with pages of pure celestial, decorative, and pattern designs.

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I was a little disappointed when I saw the pages. I expected designs like the ones on the cover. Those pretty designs are in there, but only those twelve. The rest are very simple. But I then read it was for all ages. So most of the designs can be done with regular crayons or big markers. 

As an all-ages coloring book, it is nice. An older and younger sibling can share. Or an adult and a child.

3 1/2 "what's your sign" Sheep

SharonS

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Hello Harlot Store

Christina Haberkern is a designer and illustrator in Los Angeles. She is the owner and creative mind behind Hello Harlot, a stationery and gift-item brand specializing in pop culture and humorous products.

What's coming to Action Lab Entertainment & Danger Zone in July

I love Action Lab Entertainment and Action Lab: Danger Zone comics. They have something for everyone and many LBGT inclusive series. Action Lab titles are for all ages and Danger Zone is their mature comic line.

COLD BLOOD SAMURAI #5

Writer(s): Massimo Rosi
Artist Name(s): Ludovica Ceregatti (Pencils), Renato Stevanato (Colors)
Cover Artist(s): Ludovica Ceregatti
The honor of the samurai is like a stone. None seems to win the siege: the Emperor’s army is marching south to help Black-Spit destroy the Shogun fortress. Black-Spit tries something suspicious: a meeting with Swollen-Cheeks to make them surrender. But something bad is happening behind the Black-Spit's intentions.
32 pgs./ T / FC $3.99
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MIRACULOUS: TALES OF LADYBUG & CAT NOIR:
SEASON TWO – TEAR OF JOY
Writer(s): Jeremy Zag, Thomas Astruc, Wilfried Pain, Mélanie Duval, Sébastien Thibaudeau, Fred Lenoir, Nicole D’Andria
Artist Name(s): Cheryl Black
Cover Artist(s): Cheryl Black
Adapted for comics by: Cheryl Black, Nicole D’Andria & Bryan Seaton
The second season of MIRACULOUS: TALES OF LADYBUG & CAT NOIR is collected here! This TPB features the episodes “Zombizou” and “Syren.” In “Zombizou,” Marinette creates a lovely gift for her teacher, Miss Bustier, but then Chloé goes and ruins it! Distraught, Marinette is targeted by Hawk Moth, but Miss Bustier isn’t about to let her student get akumatized! In “Syren,” Marinette’s classmate Kim is oblivious to his swim mate Ondine’s feelings for him. Hawk Moth akumatizes Ondine into Syren, who plans on making all of Paris an underwater kingdom for him. Having troubles under the sea, Ladybug and Cat Noir may just have to use brand new powers in order to beat this latest villain!
SPOTS ON, CLAWS OUT!
128 pgs./ E / FC $8.99
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PRINCELESS VOLUME 8: PRINCESSES

Writer(s): Jeremy Whitley
Artist Name(s): Jackie Crofts, Newt Taber, Takeia Marie, Robin Kaplan, Kaitlin Jann, Brett Grunig
Cover Artist(s): Emily Martin, Brett Grunig
You’ve been there from the beginning for the story of one princess and her long quest to save her sisters, but how much do you really know about those sisters? They’re the breakout characters of each volume, but then we sweep off on our dragon to find the next one.

Now Princeless proudly presents the return of the rest of the Princesses of the Ashe family in four stories all their own. Alize tells the story of how she came to be under the care of the Sphinx and met a very special prince. Angelica learns a little something about what she loves (other than herself). Angoisse and her spooky monster pet The Grimmorax find a new calling. And Andrea and Antonia try to find a way to use their magic for good – if they can get out of each other’s way. All this and a special bonus story about politics in the goblin kingdom! Come see the world of Princeless from perspectives you’ve never seen before.
128 pgs./ E / FC $14.99
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RAVEN THE PIRATE PRINCESS BOOK SEVEN: DATE NIGHT

Writer(s): Jeremy Whitley
Artist Name(s): Xenia Pamfil, Christine Hipp, Lexillo
Cover Artist(s): Sorah Suhng, Eddy Swan
The defeat of Magpie and sacking of the Golden Fortress took a lot out of our crew. They’re back at sea and on their way to find Crow, Raven’s other brother, but first…they deserve a chance to treat themselves!

On a small island, hidden behind a waterfall, is a hidden neutral city where any pirate can come to enjoy themselves and leave the trouble of the sea behind. And for our crew that means one thing: Date Night. Join us as Raven and her crew leave behind action and adventure for four issues and our comic becomes a romance comic. Date Night is everything you’ve wanted and it’s finally here!
128 pgs./ T / FC $14.99
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SEAFOAM: A FRIEND FOR MADISON #3

Writer(s): Jeanine-Jonee
Artist Name(s): Jeanine-Jonee (Pencils, inks, color), Kyle P. Holland (Additional colors)
Cover Artist(s): Jeanine-Jonee
Seafoam follows the adventures of Madison, a spunky 9-year-old girl who is granted passage to a beach full of mystical and nautical themed creatures after helping a beached narwhal. There she befriends a stand-offish boy she calls Blue, who has a few secrets of his own. During this adventure Madison becomes the lucky charm for a jinx as she risks her own safety to save him from the ornery island natives.
32 pgs./ E / FC $3.99
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VAMPLETS: THE UNDEAD PET SOCIETY TPB

Writer(s): Gayle Middleton, Dave Dwonch
Artist Name(s): Amanda Coronado, Dave Dwonch, Anna Lencioni, Penny Gaylord
Cover Artist(s): Amanda Coronado
A collected edition of "The Undead Pet Society" stories. The Vamplets are baby vampyres always up to mischief! In "Legend of the Ghost Pony," the mysteries of the Ghost Pony are revealed, including the Ghost Pony's connection to a vampyre baby named Lily Rose Shadowlyn. In "Beware the Bitemares," the Vamplets pet Bitemares are released all over Gloomvania, causing chaos! The secret connection between the Bitemares and Cinder the Vampyre Kitten is also explored. And in "Scary Rottens," someone is capturing the different Ghost Pony’s all over Gloomvania! Who will solve the mystery?
Enjoy all these secret connections unveiled and lots of chaos in this VAMPLETS collection.
96 pgs./ E / FC $9.99
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HERALD: LOVECRAFT & TESLA VOL. 1: HISTORY IN THE MAKING

Writer(s): John Reilly
Artist Name(s): Tom Rogers, Dexter Weeks
Cover Artist(s): Jack Ciolli
While searching for Amelia Earhart, famed inventor Nikola Tesla is forced to work with reclusive horror writer H.P. Lovecraft as they race against a conspiracy of Cthulhu cultists for an extant copy of the original Necronomicon. Collects Herald: Lovecraft & Tesla #1-3.
96 pgs./ T / FC $11.99
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PRINCELESS VOLUME 1: SAVE YOURSELF

Writer(s): Jeremy Whitley
Artist Name(s): M Goodwin
Cover Artist(s): M Goodwin
Adrienne Ashe never wanted to be a princess. She hates fancy dinners, is uncomfortable in lavish dresses, and has never wanted to wait on someone else to save her. However, on the night of her 16th-birthday, her parents, the King and Queen, locked her away in a tower guarded by a dragon to await the rescue of some handsome prince. Now Adrienne has decided to take matters into her own hands!
128 pgs./ E / FC $11.99
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PRINCELESS TP VOL 01 NEW PTG (O/A) - MAY191279

RAVEN THE PIRATE PRINCESS BOOK 1:
CAPTAIN RAVEN AND THE ALL-GIRL PIRATE CREW
Writer(s): Jeremy Whitley
Artist Name(s): Rosy Higgins, Ted Brandt
Cover Artist(s): Rosy Higgins, Ted Brandt
Fresh off her adventures in the pages of Princeless, Raven is ready to set out on her quest for revenge against her brothers. They've stolen everything that should be hers and now she's going to get it back. But first, she needs a crew. Share the laughs, action, and adventure as Raven assembles the fearless crew of awesome ladies who will help her get her revenge.
128 pgs./ A / FC $14.99
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VAMPLETS BOOK 1: THE NIGHTMARE NURSERY

Writer(s): Gayle Middleton, Dave Dwonch

Artist Name(s): Amanda Coronado, Bill Blankenship
Cover Artist(s): Amanda Coronado, Bill Blankenship
Teenager Destiny Harper is at a crossroad in her life. Graduation is coming, and she has zero prospects for the future. Answering an ad for "The Night Care Nursery" seems like a great idea, until she is magically transported to Gloomvania, where dark creatures lurk the streets, and the world is being mysteriously overrun by baby vampyres called Vamplets! Can Destiny serve her term as Governess of "The Nightmare Nursery" and return home?
48 pgs./ E / FC $15.99

ABERRANT SEASON 2 TPB

Writer(s): Rylend Grant
Artist Name(s): Davi Leon Dias (Artist), Iwan Joko Triyono (Colorist), HdE (Letterer)
Cover Artist(s): Davi Leon Dias (Artist), Iwan Joko Triyono (Colorist)
The follow-up to the critically acclaimed first season! A U.S. Army Special Operations Commander must team with the man he hates most in this world – a wildly eccentric, usually very drunken, former superhero – to bring down the renegade General responsible for the deaths of his unit.
160 pgs./ M / FC $14.99
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BANJAX #2

Writer(s): Rylend Grant
Artist Name(s): Fábio Alves (Artist), Edson Ferreira (Colorist), HdE (Letterer)
Cover Artist(s): Fábio Alves (Artist), Edson Ferreira (Colorist)
***Same artists for both the regular and variant covers.
CHAPTER 2: WHERE’S OUR HERO? When cancer-ridden former superhero Laird Mason launches a violent and misguided Death Wish-like campaign to purge the city of supervillains before he dies, his straight-laced protégé, Abel Raines, is tasked with bringing him in. The problem? Raines isn’t remotely up to the task. A story presented exclusively from the maniacally twisted point of view of a man who hasn’t slept in over seven days.
32 pgs./ M / FC $3.99
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NULL FAERIES VOLUME 1: DUST PILOT DOWN

Writer(s): Chad Cicconi
Artist Name(s): Chad Cicconi (pencils, inks), Federico Sioc, Jr. (colors), Adam Wollet (letters)
Cover Artist(s): Chad Cicconi
Our tale begins with Ionantha Hesperis, a faerie felled by a cursed blade and stripped of her powers. But when the queen’s pixie dust shipment is hijacked, Ionantha is called in to solve the case of the century! This deluxe collection includes the complete first story of the Null Faeries. Featuring a mature, intelligent female protagonist, this story will resonate with fans of high fantasy, sword and sorcery, faerie tales, and action adventure.
184 pgs./ T+ / FC $14.99
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SPENCER & LOCKE 2 #4

Writer(s): David Pepose
Artist Name(s): Jorge Santiago, Jr. (Pencils), Jasen Smith (Colors)
Cover Artist(s): Jorge Santiago, Jr. (Cover A), Maan House (Cover B), Joe Mulvey (Cover C)
Clawing back from defeat, Spencer and Locke make their final stand against the merciless Roach Riley. Can these unlikely partners overcome their inner demons long enough to stop this reign of terror? Or will Roach have the last laugh after all? Find out in this thrilling conclusion!
24 pgs./ T+ / FC $3.99
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VAMPBLADE SEASON 4 #4

Writer(s): Jason Martin
Artist Name(s): Winston Young
Cover A – Winston Young Regular Cover (unlimited)
Cover B – Winston Young Risqué Variant (limited to 2000)
Cover C – Danielle Gransaull Artist Variant (limited to 1000)
Cover D – Danielle Gransaull Artist Risqué (limited to 1500)
Cover E – Brao Classic Variant (limited to 1000)
Cover F – Brao Classic Risqué (limited to 1500)
Now that Katie’s not only trapped in the 90s, she’s also stuck in the head of her alternate self!! Can the two Katie’s sync up enough to wield the Vampblades against the latest Glarkian space vampire threat??
Features 3 regular and risqué variants.24 pgs./ M / FC $4.99
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VAMPBLADE SEASON 4 #4 CVR F BRAO RISQUE (MR) - MAY191299

VORACIOUS: APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION #3

Writer: Markisan Naso
Artist Name: Jason Muhr
Cover A – Jason Muhr
Cover B – Gregery Miller
Nate Willner makes a lot of mistakes in his life, like hunting and cooking dinosaurs from another dimension. But one of the biggest blunders he’s ever made is taking his best friend, Starlee, for granted. This issue, she confronts him about that. Plus, Captain Jim makes a plan for taking down Owen.
Featuring a “Saurian Science” variant cover by Gregery Miller (The Tales of Reverie)Limited to 250 copies!
24 pgs./ T+ / FC $3.99
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ZOMBIE TRAMP #62

Writer(s): Dan Mendoza, Vince Hernandez
Artist Name(s): Marco Maccagni
Cover A – Marco Maccagni Regular Cover (unlimited)
Cover B – Marco Maccagni Risqué Cover (limited to 2500)
Cover C – Richard Garcia Artist Variant (limited to 2000)
Cover D – Richard Garcia Artist Risqué variant (limited to 2500)
Cover E – David Harrigan Variant (limited to 2000)
Cover F – David Harrigan Risqué variant (limited to 2500)
In Norway, the forces chasing Angel collide as her powers continue to be her biggest asset, but also her greatest danger. With everyone wanting a piece of her newfound abilities, she must decide not only her next step but possibly her fate altogether--as the Necrophilia Club makes their true intentions known!
Features 3 regular and risqué variants, from fan favorite series artists!!24 pgs./ M / FC $4.99

Premier of Monthly Old School Horror Webcomic (all ages): Brooding Muse

Brooding Muse Announces Premier of Monthly Old School Horror Webcomic Illustrated by Nik Poliwko & Earl Geier

For more information be sure to visit

https://broodingmuse.com

Old school horror is alive and well. Brooding Muse is a compelling new webcomic fusing classic themes, remarkable work from two very-skilled artists and a compelling storyline that would make H.P. Lovecraft proud.

Fans of black and white classic horror comics have a good reason to be happy. New webcomic Brooding Muse celebrates the genre to the fullest recently releasing their 8-page prologue backed by an online store featuring a diverse selection of Brooding Muse merchandise. Featuring the illustrations of Nik Poliwko and Earl Geier and a scary but appropriate for all ages plot, the webcomic has been greeted by comic enthusiasts with open arms.

“We wanted to do something as a family,” commented Patrick co-creator of the Brooding Muse world with his wife Jen. “Everyone knows it is important to do things you enjoy, so for us to be able to do this comic and develop our merchandise with the help and influence of the people we love most has been a great experience. This teamwork has resulted in a storyline that contains elements that all ages can connect with and merchandise that appeals to all ages. We hope our fans out there enjoy it as much as we did making it.”

Some highlights of merchandise currently available from Brooding Muse include head-turning t-shirts, hats, and even skateboard decks. Expect more items to be added as the project grows.

The early feedback for Brooding Muse has been extremely positive.
-John S., from California, recently said in a five-star review, “I really love horror comics and Brooding Muse has me totally hooked with their prologue. I can't wait to see what happens next. I just ordered a t-shirt to show support!”

Selah's Manga Mania Reviews: FukuFuku Kitten Tales Vol. 1 by Konami Kanata

FukuFuku Kitten Tales Vol. 1

by Konami Kanata

October 4, 2016

Publisher: Vertical

Volumes: 2

160 pages

Vignettes in the life of a kitten and her doting owner, wherein even the most mundane things appear exciting and fresh.

As much as I love horror and grit, sometimes I just want something cute, y’know? Something low stakes, something that’s just going to make me happy.

Admittedly, I may also have an addiction to anything cat related. Shut up, it doesn’t count if the entire internet is with me on this.

I grabbed FukuFuku Kitten Tales because cats. I admit it. That’s the only reason. However, it’s super cute and relatable and I may now be tracking down all of the creator’s titles because cats.

The gist is that FukuFuku and her owner look back on FukuFuku’s kitten antics. The owner is a lovely older lady who wants to befriend her kitten, and FukuFuku is terrified. Lots of typical cat antics ensue. It’s obviously meant for younger readers, but I don’t care, because cats.

The good: There’s a lot of variety in terms of kitten adventures: discovering new objects and routines, wandering outside into the neighborhood world, bumping into other animals. The author keeps things simple and charming, and honestly, it works. Plus, the sheer amount of expression on Fukufuku’s face whether she’s ecstatic or affronted or whatever is hilarious. The owner is left to be exasperated or charmed with the reader, and I found myself giggling quite a bit I’m easy to please, what can I say. I can see where this would be great for new readers or for parents and kids to read together. That being said, as an adult I can appreciate its warmth and kindess, and it made for great bedtime reading.

The bad: Nothing, really, as long as you keep in mind this is for kids so it’s fairly low key.

The ick: Nah, nothing.

4 meowy sheep

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Selah Janel is a writer who is trying to start doing that again instead of reading manga all the time.