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Good news! Our newest comic, Ninja IV: Dark Vengeance, is available to pre-order. It’s 58 pages of full color ninja action, inspired by the great 1980s ninja movies made by Canon Films. Pre-ordering helps us with up front printing costs, so please consider ordering if you like the look of this new book. All Pre-orders come with an exclusive print of 4 Ninja Masters, plus there is a special Pre-order level where you get an original Inked ninja drawing by James. Pre-Orders are only open until October 14.  The book is expected to ship the last week of October.

Dino Beasts is coming to the Comic Con Revolution this December in Ontario, CA.  If you are in So Cal over the weekend of the 18th & 19th, swing by. We will have Dino Beasts comics, a Ninja Zine, art prints, Keshi toys, and more.

  We had a great chat with Shah at Witsendpod, covering Dino Beasts 3, Ninja IV, Namor, and lots more.  Check it out. https://witsendpod.com/podcast-episodes/105-john-amp-james-coats-return-dino-beasts-ninja-iv  

Hey Dino Fans, We are starting a Newsletter where we can show off process stuff, talk about what we are working on and random comics goodness that we are reading, thoughts about comics artists, and all kinds of other good stuff.  Hopefully, this will will provide some insight and amusement into the minds of some dudes that love making and reading comics. Plus, its in the awesome old school 90s format of an email! What?! Retro-Crazy! Anyways, the first letter will come out in a couple weeks, so sign up at www.tinyletter/DinoBeasts

We were interviewed on 2 recent Podcast! We talk comics on Wits’ End,  HERE And we talk Dino Beasts world building ideas with the World Craft Club, HERE   Super fun talks both times. Give them a listen.

Great news! Dino Beasts 1 & 2 can now be found in Gutterpop Comics in Buffalo, NY and at Holy Mountain Printing in Charlotte, NC. If you are in those areas, please visit those excellent shops. Local stores are the life blood of our communities. J&J

Dino Beasts book 2 is now on Comixology.  Plus, we did a short interview with Fanbase Press about our process and the origins of Dino Beasts.  Find it HERE.

http://www.stlspex.com/2020/04/14/the-one-only-cosmic-dino-beasts/ A short interview John recently did with the organizers of the St. Louis Small Press Expo. A quick but excellent little read. Enjoy.   J&J  

Dino Beasts book 1 is now available on Comixology. If you like to read your comics through their portal, you can find Dino Beasts by following this URL: http://bit.ly/2U0q9C1

Hey Dino-fans, In case you didn’t know already, Dino Beasts book 2 will be available in April!  We are taking pre-orders and asking for support right now on Kickstarter. We have some great original art rewards. Check it out.

Exciting news!!   Now you can grab a high quality PDF version of Dino Beasts book 1, for all your digital reading enjoyment. And…….. it’s only $3.00 ! Head to the shop now and get a copy.   PDF BOOK 1

Hello Dino-fans! With the holiday season approaching fast, we are offering Dino Beasts book 1 for a discounted price of only $12.   The sale starts on 11/14 and runs for a few weeks into early December, so don’t miss this chance to treat yourself and all your friends to a new comic book full of dinosaur-barbarian fantasy adventure amazingness. Dino Beasts book 2 is looking fantastic and is on schedule for a late December or mid-January release. If you aren’t caught up on the story of Kumoto, then now’s your chance to grab book 1 at a discount, and then you’ll be ready for the mind-blowing experience that will be book 2. Till next time, keep your crests in the sun. J&J

Hey, Midwest dino-fans!!!  We are proud to announce another date on our inaugural Dino Beasts convention tour.  We will be at the Totally AMAZING Twin Cities Zine Fest, September 21st at the Hennepin County Library main branch in downtown Minneapolis.  Its from 11am to 5pm.  Come by and say “Hi”, talk comics and/or dinosaurs with us, and get a little sketch inside your copy of Dino Beasts from James. We will post more information when we get close to the show. Until then, check out https://tczinefest.org/  

We are proud to announce that we will be tabling at the wonderful Kansas City Zine Con on August 31. Its a great event in a great city and it’s going to be filled with tons of cool self-published books, zines, and comics. The event is from 11am – 6pm. Check their website for more info: https://kczinecon.com/ Come on by and get a copy of Dino Beasts no.1, or to just say “hi” and to talk comics and dinosaurs. We will also have some stickers and maybe some other goodies as well. Hope to see you there!!! J & J

Dino Beasts got a shout out from Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg on the newest Cartoonist Kayfabe weekly shoot. You should watch the whole thing, and Dino Beasts gets a nod beginning around 8:00 minutes in. Thanks for sharing it guys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDA9hZEN-1U Anyone not familiar with their own comics you should check out Hip-Hop Family Tree and X-Men Grand Design by Ed Piskor, and Street Angel and Plain Janes by Jim Rugg. They are making fantastic videos on their Cartoonists Kayfabe youtube channel, that are interesting and informative, and frankly, something that comics has really needed. If you love comics as a medium, then you’ll love the Kayfabe.

Hello, It’s been a long road to this point, but Book 1 is printed and on sale! Get it HERE Getting to read it in actual printed form has been amazing, and worth the work it took to create it. Anyways, we hope you grab yourself a copy. Thanks, J&J

Dino Beasts book 1 has arrived from the printer, and WOW, it looks good. Really high quality stuff, and we are thrilled with the results. They will be going on sale soon on this very website!

The first printing of Dino Beasts book 1 is underway! Proofs have arrived from the printer and we are going through them now to make sure everything looks good. Books should be available for sale on this website in April.

Dino Beasts is getting printed!!! We are taking pre-orders right now on Kickstarter for the first printing. The first book is a whopping 82 pages long. Follow the link below to make sure you get a copy as soon as they are printed. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1764299439/dino-beasts-the-hunt

Happy 2019, Dino Fans. We hope everyone has had a nice holiday season. New pages will start getting posted again this coming Tuesday, so be sure to check back, and feel free to re-read the story to get ready. Also, in a few short weeks we will begin taking pre-orders (via Kickstarter) for the first printing of Dino Beasts book 1, which comes in at an excellent 82 pages. We’ll have more info on that soon. For now, just keep reading comics.