shaft

Next month, the world's most famous fictional Private Dick / Sex Machine / Bad MotherSHUTYOURMOUTH will make his first-ever appearance on comic shop shelves, when Dynamite Entertainment releases the premiere issue of Shaft, by the creative team of David Walker and Bilquis Evely. And while John Shaft is a well known figure to moviegoers and soul music listeners worldwide, this title promises to focus on the rough-and-tumble version of the character that originated in Ernest Tidyman's series of novels. We spoke to series writer Walker about the character's long history in multiple media, and his plans for the comic incarnation.

On comic book shelves now: "Die Hard: Year One." That's right. Die Hard. Year One. Could this be the best idea to grace comics since the invention of the four-color process? No, probably not. But it's still awesome! If anybody deserves a Year One, it's foul-mouthed everyman John McClane...