Hobbies And Interests
Heavy Metal
Originating as a French publication, Heavy Metal comics have been a staple of American pop culture for decades due to their graphic violence and overt sexuality set in fantastical times and places. The lines of good and evil are blurred in the characters' purpose within the plot, and this is exactly what makes these stories so metal. The dark material made Heavy Metal one of the original "underground" comics in popular culture.
Art of Heavy Metal
In addition to the plot lines and themes mentioned above, Heavy Metal's popularity comes from the high-quality art work in each comic. Each issue features the art work of a different illustrator, and their stories run as a series. Heavy Metal's fan base can track their favorite heroes and epic adventures, and discover artists whose work appeals to their heavy metal taste.
Black Metal Comics
Black Metal comics find their inspiration in a different subgenre of metal that nonetheless communicates the same imaginative storylines and imagery as the Heavy Metal series. In Black Metal, the two main characters are teenage boys who live the heavy metal dream by recreating the adventures of their favorite metal lyrics. The graphic novels are appropriate for teens, but can be appreciated by all metal fans.
Metalocalypse Comics
Metalocalypse fans can rejoice now that their favorite fictional death-metal supergroup in coming to print form after years of animated syndication on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Follow the adventures of Dethklok as they battle villains of all sorts while maintaining control of the world through the power of heavy metal.