Black Phoenix Vol. 1

by Rich Tommaso

Black Phoenix is, at its core, a contemporary comics magazine featuring original characters and stories of various comics genres--all dreamed up by its sole author, Rich Tommaso. Don’t be fooled by the pseudonyms inside--he changes names as often as drawing styles. But, the magazine is also like a walk through comics history itself. Each volume of these golden age, pulp styled digest anthologies is headed up by a long-form comics adventure which is backed up by a bunch of short-form comics--all in the same genre or flavor.

Genres: Comics

136 pages, Paperback

Published February 28, 2023

About the author

Rich Tommaso is an American comic book artist.

He studied comics at the Joe Kubert Art School, but dropped out after the end of his first year.

He then spent many years making pizza while working on his art projects.

His first comic book was published in 1997 by Fantagraphics, and he subsequently produced numerous works published by Dark Horse.

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been following Tommaso on IG and love the previews of work. Couldn't afford a patreon account so I was really excited to finally read this.
Not disappointed!

[Jonathan Hawpe · Rating 5 out of 5]

A long undervalued master of the sequential narrative arts, Rich Tommaso really swings for the fences with Black Phoenix. This is a one-man anthology of ridiculously entertaining golden age style genre comics from caped crime fighters, hard boiled detectives and goofball animals to Scifi monsters, teen romance and more. It's a cornucopia of fun, adventure, satirical mayhem, and eye-popping artwork! File alongside Chris Ware, Dan Clowes, Art Spiegelman and the E.C. library.