Word on the street (specifically, on the corner of Press Release Road and Web Hype Boulevard) is that the Silent Devil himself, Christian Beranek, is part of the troika running the new Disney graphic novel division, Kingdom Comics. Check out the details here and here. 

I have only one question: Does this mean Division 18 is going to Disney World? There’s a certain pantsless duck the Union needs to have a few words with…

For some reason, dressing up kids in novelty costumes has been flagged as a “weird” new trend on Buzzfeed.com. Well, I call it smart parenting! It’s never too early to start training your younglings for a fruitful life in costumed entertainment.

Let’s talk geek semantics for a moment…

If a Trade Paperback collects previously released single issues into one bound collection, and a Graphic Novel is just a long-form comic that is first released in that bound format, what do you call it when two thirds of the bound collection are previously unreleased content? No wonder the NPR crowd and Lit Nerds have taken to calling every comic a Graphic Novel. (No offense, Lit Nerds, but knock it off, will ya?!)

We told you D18 was coming back. More on this in a bit.

For now, just soak in the awesome!

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Whoda thunk the creators of The Union of Novelty Costumed Performers would ever resort to hiring a scab to work their biggest event to date? But, then again, you can’t blame us when the guy was willing to work for two bummed cigarettes and a half-eaten cheese sandwich. Why he had a kangaroo costume handy, we may never know…

You might be wondering what happened to Division 18 issues 2 and 3. Trust me when I tell you we’ve got a plan. Several plans, in fact. Of course, not all of them are D18-centric!

There’s this little guy, for instance…

And these two gents…

And, something tells me you’re going to want to brush up on the rules of this game….

But our biggest plan involves getting you your full sequential fix of Division 18: The Union of Novelty Costumed Performers before this year is up. And you WILL get that fix. Updates soon. (And maybe some new preview art, too!)