A Second Look at FREE FOR ALL (Second Printing coming)

EDITOR'S NOTES:  I was lucky enough to pick up a copy of this last week (impulse buy). Guess I'd better get around to reading it, based on the news  here. Review to follow . . . . . . Retailer Advisory: Patrick Horvath’s FREE FOR ALL #1 Sells Out, Returns with Second Print on April 30th!! From the Eisner Award-Nominated Creator of BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES, 2025’s Critically Acclaimed, Smash-Hit Spectacle of Capitalistic Carnage Returns with an Encore Printing! FREE FOR ALL #1 SECOND PRINTING COVER BY PATRICK HORVATH PORTLAND, OR (April 3, 2025) – IN THIS FUTURE, MONEY ISN’T EVERYTHING – IT’S THE ONLY THING. Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, is proud to announce that FREE FOR ALL #1 – the giant-sized, 56-page death match from Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist Patrick Horvath – has sold out at the distributor level and will return with an all-new second printing in comic shops everywhere on April 30th! to announce the second printing for Patrick Horvath’s FREE FOR ALL #1! A gory and gripping, entirely self-contained one-shot graphic novella, Horvath’s FREE FOR ALL #1 introduces a brave new world where greed and glory have become inextricably linked in a spectacularly brutal game that has enraptured millions around the globe–and the response from comics readers is a unanimous cry for more! Here's what critics are saying about Patrick Horvath’s FREE FOR ALL: “I can’t recommend it enough.”—COMICS BEAT “This new comic book satire flips Squid Game on its head… The reason that stories like "Squid Game" and "The Hunger Games" usually feature the lower classes fighting death matches is because they're the lower classes. In the world we're all living through, it doesn't make sense for the people who control the world to submit themselves to its rules. That they would is a compelling fantasy that Horvath draws with relish.”—/FILM “Unique and thought-provoking.”—GEEK VIBES NATION “Incredibly relevant, poignant… This is the greatest one-shot comic book you'll read all year. Score: 10/10.”—MY KIND OF WEIRD “[A] kooky and blood-soaked satire”—IGN "A damn good bit of comics reading, exploitative and gnarly where it counts… Mortal Kombat for universal healthcare. Horvath conjures an idea that's fun to dream about and puts it in a strip that's fun to read."—DOOM ROCKET “A must read.”—CAPES AND TIGHTS “It’s easy to see why the story is a good fit for the iconoclastic Oni Press, which also publishes the resurrected EC horror and science fiction comics.”—FORBES “I highly recommend this title to everyone and would encourage you to really think about it.” —NERD INITIATIVE  In the future, the World Finance League exists to benefit all, randomly choosing those from among the billionaires and trillionaires of the world and presenting them with a choice: either donate half of their assets to the common good — or defend them in ritual combat.  Reigning champion and real estate magnate Ted Brooks has 22 victories under his belt — defending the wealth he schemed and stabbed to get — when he is forced to face his ex-wife, Luella Dominguez, in a fight to the death. Luella has been training, waiting for this moment. But will she have what it takes to defeat the man who would do anything — absolutely anything — to keep his fortune? It’s every shareholder for themselves when Oni Press brings Patrick Horvath’s FREE FOR ALL #1 SECOND PRINTING back to comic shops everywhere on April 30th! Pre-order with your local comics retailer by April 7th to make sure you don’t miss your second shot at one of 2025’s hardest-hitting, most critically acclaimed new releases! For more updates on Oni Press, visit them on Bluesky, Facebook, and Instagram. FREE FOR ALL #1 SECOND PRINTING WRITTEN BY PATRICK HORVATH ART BY PATRICK HORVATH COVER BY PATRICK HORVATH ON SALE APRIL 30th, 2025 | $7.99 | 56 PGS. | ONE-SHOT  FOC: 4/7/2025 FREE FOR ALL #1 SECOND PRINTING COVER BY PATRICK HORVATH FREE FOR ALL #1 INTERIOR ART BY PATRICK HORVATH

Urge Overkill - Sister Havana

Flashback 1993: Heard this on WXPN Philadelphia radio today and

wanted a second listen . . . . . .

Throwing Muses - Summer of Love (Official Video)

Music of 2025, #20: THROWING MUSES

Noir At A Bar - Oxford PA Mike Clarke

This video was recorded in November 2024, just days after the national

election. It was part of a Noir At A Bar performance by local authors to

benefit the Oxford Public Library. I orginally tried to upload this to the

blog back then but the file size exceeded limit. Recently I was successful in

uploading it to YouTube and now I can share it with you. 

Hope you enjoy it. It was written for a local audience and also took some 

gentle jabs at one of the co-ordinators of the event. He always features 

locals in his readings, and usually not complimentary, so I thought it was 

his turn.

Crowdfunding News; DC ART OF JORGE JIMENEZ

EDITOR'S NOTE: This project has already reached its' campaign goal, and has over 1,100 backers. We post this article for the benefit of our blog readers who may be interested in this . . . .

The DC Art of JORGE JIMÉNEZ - A Deluxe Hardcover & More! is now live! 

 Just launched:  a Kickstarter for the very first volume in a new ongoing series of art books featuring some of the very best artists who have illustrated DC Comics! First up is Jorge Jiménez, who has spent the past several years providing explosive art for Batman, as well as Superman, and Justice League!


IGN has all the details about this new Kickstarter, as well as a sneak peek at some of the art you will find in this book! To read the article, click here:  Jimenez art book

“It is a great honor for me to have an art book featuring my work, which compiles so many hours and days of my life from my first steps in digital series, to my jump to the front line of DC, with everything that entails; high quality inked pages, covers, and previously unpublished concept art.” 

—Jorge Jiménez

Head over to Kickstarter to see all of the different reward options that you can get by becoming a backer of this great project!  Click the link here:  Jimenez kickstarter campaign

Youth Lagoon - Speed Freak (Official Music Video)

Music of 2025, #19:  YOUTH LAGOON

MetalTrump - Paranoid (Black Sabbath)