Yusuke Murata

Get A Hero For Fun With Threezero's 'One Punch Man' Figure
Get A Hero For Fun With Threezero's 'One Punch Man' Figure
Get A Hero For Fun With Threezero's 'One Punch Man' Figure
There have been a lot of action figures made for a lot of superheroes over the years, but I don't think there's ever been a figure made of a hero less suited for "action" than ThreeZero's brand-new 1/6 scale figure of Saitama from One Punch Man. I mean, at least the Man-Eating Cow from The Tick --- who actually did get an action figure --- ate a man once or twice.
Pick Up A Hero For Fun With Figma's 'One Punch Man' Action Figure
Pick Up A Hero For Fun With Figma's 'One Punch Man' Action Figure
Pick Up A Hero For Fun With Figma's 'One Punch Man' Action Figure
Yusuke Murata and ONE's One Punch Man is arguably the best thing going on in superhero comics right now. It's got it all --- hilarious comedy, genuinely thrilling action, a complex and engaging setting that gets a whole lot bigger than you think it's going to be, and some truly amazing character designs. The only thing it didn't have was a line of high-end action figures, but now, the good people over at Figma have finally corrected that oversight. In January, Figma and the Good Smile Company will be releasing an action figure for Saitama, the hero who can defeat any opponent with a single punch --- which means that someone will finally be able to stand on my desk and tell Destro and Batman how to really get things done.
On The Cheap: Get Five Volumes Of 'One-Punch Man' For $20
On The Cheap: Get Five Volumes Of 'One-Punch Man' For $20
On The Cheap: Get Five Volumes Of 'One-Punch Man' For $20
If there's one thing you've probably gotten tired of reading about at ComicsAlliance, aside from endless essays that could best be summed up as "Batman is pretty cool," it's probably about how Yusuke Murata and ONE's One Punch Man might just be the single best superhero comic coming out right now. We've given it our prestigious awards, we've reviewed it extensively, and every chance I get, I talk about how its unique combination of hard-hitting action and hilarious comedy that manages to tweak a single joke over and over without ever getting old makes it a must read. And now, if you still haven't picked it up, there aren't a whole lot excuses left. Right now, Viz is offering up a digital bundle of the first five volumes --- over a thousand pages of one of the best comics on the stands --- for a thin twenty bucks.
On The Cheap: Best Bets For The Viz Manga 'Shonen Jump' Sale
On The Cheap: Best Bets For The Viz Manga 'Shonen Jump' Sale
On The Cheap: Best Bets For The Viz Manga 'Shonen Jump' Sale
This week, Viz and Comixology launched what is probably the most overwhelming digital comic sales since... well, since last month, I guess, when someone decided that it was a good idea to put literally every Dark Horse comic on sale for half off. This time, its's a sale on action manga from Shonen Jump, featuring almost a thousand volumes, including popular series like Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball, Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto and Eichiro Oda's One Piece, but it's going fast. The sale ends tomorrow.
Link Ink: Comics, Film/TV and Gaming News Links 09.08.14
Link Ink: Comics, Film/TV and Gaming News Links 09.08.14
Link Ink: Comics, Film/TV and Gaming News Links 09.08.14
Each weekday, ComicsAlliance brings you a carefully selected variety of links from around the web about comics and comics-related media, including movies, video games, toys, and whatever else might be worth noting. Quite frankly, these are items you may just need to know about to have a productive day. Take a look at today's hand-picked links after the jump.
Buy This Book: One And Yusuke Murata's 'One-Punch Man'
Buy This Book: One And Yusuke Murata's 'One-Punch Man'
Buy This Book: One And Yusuke Murata's 'One-Punch Man'
One of my resolutions this year was to widen my comics reading horizons and try to get a little more into manga, and one of the titles that came most highly recommended, particularly from former ComicsAlliance writer David Brothers, was One-Punch Man. It sounded good, but I'll admit that I was a little reluctant to dive in with a title like that. I mean, I like comic books about punching a lot, so
I’m David: Writing While Black and ‘One-Punch Man’
I’m David: Writing While Black and ‘One-Punch Man’
I’m David: Writing While Black and ‘One-Punch Man’
It's weird being black sometimes. People have expectations that they just assume are true, you know? People at parties want to discuss race relations and Obama all the time for some reason, your non-black friends will grade your blackness, people want to touch your hair, and worse...
Manga Artist Yusuke Murata Creates the Most Innovative Comic You’ll See This Week
Manga Artist Yusuke Murata Creates the Most Innovative Comic You’ll See This Week
Manga Artist Yusuke Murata Creates the Most Innovative Comic You’ll See This Week
Over the past few years there's been a lot of dicussion about what you can do with the "infinite canvas" of digital comics that you just cannot do with traditional paper and ink. It's worth remembering, however, that there are things you can do with those traditional tools that you can't do with anything else -- and in an amazing comic posted to his Twitter account, Eyeshield 21 artist