As the summer months draw closer, new videogame releases inevitably slow to a depressing trickle. Still, David found time to take a look at the recent release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine for the PSP and the upcoming Harry Potter game.

He's also interviewed Rick Madison, CEO of Faithstar Comics. It's a very interesting read even if you wouldn't exactly consider yourself within their desired demographic. Full interview below, and thanks to Rick Madison for taking part.

Rasmussen: Good day, please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us abit about yourself.

Rick Madison: Rick Madison, CEO of FAITHSTAR COMICS inc.
 
Rasmussen: The Secret Origins of Faithstar Comics. Tell us how it came to be and it’s present disposition on the eve  of it’s 4th Anniversary (May 17th 2009)?

Rick Madison: Well I've always been a fan of comics, When I was 29yrs old I was in the hospital for chronic heart failure, I saw an article (don't want to say where) but it talked about 2 icons using foul language...

Schoolgirl Milky Crisis. Three words that shouldn’t really be anywhere near each other, yet alone in the same title. They conjure up some pretty disturbing images involving schoolgirls and milk that - yep - they went and put that on the cover. A schoolgirl with udders.

There's actually a lot more to this book from author Jonathan Clements than a disturbing udder girl, which the subtitle 'Adventures in the anime and manga trade' kinda gives away.

Well, I guess a little explanation is in order. But before that, I'd like to apologise to anyone who tried to access the homemademech.com domain over the past week or so. Due to a unfortunate set of circumstances the domain expired without my knowledge. If you're interested in the (lengthy & tedious) details hit the jump, otherwise please accept my apology and look forward to some new content in the *very* near future.

First, apologies for the tardy update. I had meant to get this review up earlier but I kinda didn't feel like doing much with a cold. Better late than never and all that.

Anyway, the point of this post is something else entirely. You might have noticed that almost every review since our return has been given a gold or silver award.

We've just added a new affiliate, Qubetube, which is long time contributor Marq's blog site. He also runs a podcast called Synthwave Radio, so go pay him a visit and say hello!

And we've also recently completed a new forum template of behalf of Simple Gamer which you can access here. It's actually slightly narrower than the standard template so it might be useful for those of you on smaller displays.

Welcome to the new Anime Boredom Home Made Mech! It's long overdue in more than one sense, so I'll have to apologise for my tardiness and hope the wait was worth it. Not only have we had a complete redesign, there are plenty of new features too.

Not least this little 'more' link thingy which takes you through to read the rest of the post...

...and here's the rest. Mostly, well, entirely manga focussed this time around, David has reviews of The King of Fighters Art Book, Twilight X Volume 2, The Four Constables : Secret of the Delirium Dagger Volume 1, Pirates vs. Ninjas : Global Harming, Mamoru : The Shadow Protector Volume 1, Goofyfoot Gurl Volume 2 to 4 and Serenity Volume 3 to 6. Links to the right, or alternatively a more comprehensive listing/search is available from the manga section above.

Err...the site isn't dead. Honest. Far from it, we're actually readying an entirely new version of the site which will be launching in the coming months. No set date yet, but I felt you guys were at least owed an explanation for the lack of activity in recent weeks. But fear not! We have an update ready for the weekend with some good stuff, so keep an eye out.