Who's A Very Good Boy? Krypto The Superdog!

Due to land in stores on June 18, Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton is a reimagining of the origin story of Superman's beloved canine companion by the Fantastic Four's Ryan North with art by the wonderful Mike Norton of Battlepug fame.

DC’s Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton comic book series begins Krypto’s journey on the planet Krypton.

Jor-El and Lara are working on a ship capable of keeping someone alive in interstellar space, but when their first test - with Krypto inside - goes catastrophically wrong, the dog is thought lost.

Unbeknownst to them, Krypto and his spacecraft merely entered an unexpected space-time gateway, and days later from his point of view - even though it’s been decades in real time- Krypto lands on Earth.

Through the five issues of Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton, Krypto explores Earth in search of his family.

Finding himself lost and alone on our alien world - and with strange new superpowers quickly coming in - Krypto begins traveling the strange planet he finds himself in the middle of, always on the trail of his lost friend: Kal-El, a being now better known as Superman.

DC has released a short tease of the first issue, which you can see below:

Joe Bob's Going Back To The Drive-In

I guess it's fair to say that most adults have a book from their formative years that helped shape their life and thinking going forward.

However, as I've said before, mine wasn't full of fairy stories, but rather delightfully grungy reviews of even grungier movies.

My life-changing book was 1989's Joe Bob Goes to The Drive-In.

You can read here about how this book kindled a spark in me to review movies, which, of course, then propelled my life in a whole new direction, going to university, then heading into public relations, meeting Rachel, getting married etc.

The good news - no, great news - is the long-out-print Joe Bob Goes To The Drive-In is getting a funky reprint this October, courtesy of Dark Horse, in "a brand new updated and expanded art book-sized hardcover edition."

Scheduled for an October 14 publication, the 2025 edition will include "... new writing, movie reviews, and fan letters not seen in over 40 years, plus new artwork by comic book artist Mike Norton and an introduction by Stephen King".

Mike Norton is, of course, the genius creator of one of my all-time favourite comic books: Battlepug.

As well as Norton's new art, this 200-page tome boasts features "Joe Bob Briggs’ writing on beloved horror classics ranging from Basket Case to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to The Evil Dead, [and] is essential reading for all drive-in cinema and Joe Bob Briggs fans".

This is very exciting news for me. I haven't read Joe Bob Goes To The Drive-In for decades (and I discovered I actually had two copies the other year when sorting through my shelves), but the prospect of getting hold of an expanded, new edition fills my ragged little heart with glee.