Over at the news site Comics for Sinners, you’ll find my review of Psycho Bonkers #1, currently available from Aspen Comics. Written by Vince Hernandez (Wolverine and Deadpool) and illustrated by Adam Archer (Ratchet & Clank), this female-led mash-up of the Mario Kart video-game series and the classic cartoon Speed Racer stars Shine, a girl seeking to become the latest champion of the Bonk Rally, just like her father and grandfather before her. It’s an all-ages comic series that should be fun for boys and girls alike, whether or not they play video games. Head over to C4S to learn more.
Speaking of Speed Racer, were you aware of the time I came thisclose to writing an original Speed Racer novel that would have picked up the cast’s storyline a decade after the classic animated series ended? You weren’t? Well, then allow me to point you to this post, this post, and this one—a three-part Tale of Development Hell from 2012 in which I discuss Speed Racer: Leviathan, a blockbuster novel that never got beyond the early planning and writing stages. Oh, what could have been for that demon on wheels!
