Our last product for Shop Talk week:
The Hero Business: Hero Revamp Magnetic Kit
$8.00
When a hero needs an all-new, all-different upgrade, he turns to The Hero Business. And now, you can use their patented formula for PR power-ups with this interactive magnet set. Endlessly rearrange, revamp and repeat as necessary!
On Friday, the Official Hero Business Gift Shop opens, where you can order all these exciting products for yourself.
Continuing Shop Talk week:
The Hero Business Coffee Mug
$12.00
(Wraparound design features The Hero Business logo plus the entire staff) When you need some extra power in the A.M., nothing serves you better than this dishwasher-safe, hero-sized 15 oz. coffee mug. Featuring the entire Hero Business staff, you’ll be inspired to defeat the little disasters of the day!
On Friday, the Official Hero Business Gift Shop opens, where you can order all these exciting products for yourself. Come back tomorrow, heroites, to see the next entry in the Hero Business product line!
Continuing Shop Talk week at the Hero Business:
Test Tube Shots
$2.00 each
Start your super-powered happy hour with a Hero Business test tube shot. Crafted in Dr. Malefactor’s laboratory, these neon plastic shot tubes allow you to administer your own dosage – from responsible citizen to evil incarnate. Party on, fanboys!
On Friday, the Official Hero Business Gift Shop opens, where you can order all these exciting products for yourself. Come back tomorrow, heroites, to see the next entry in the Hero Business product line!
It’s Shop Talk week at the Hero Business. Each day, we’ll talk about an exciting new entry in the HB product line. On Friday, the Official Hero Business Gift Shop opens, where you can order all these exciting products for yourself.
First up: Hero Business Collection 1
$5.00 each
Imagine your office, bitten by a radioactive spider. That’s The Hero Business, a comic chronicling the day-to-day adventures of an agency that caters exclusively to super-heroes (and their super-egos).
This issue collects the first storyline, “Orientation,” along with eight “Coffee Break” gags. 36 office-packed pages in all!
BONUS: Order by April 30th, and receive a limited-edition Boston Comic-Con exclusive slipsheet! This extra insert features “rough draft” sketches of The Hero Business characters never seen online.
Come back tomorrow, heroites, to see the next entry in the Hero Business product line!
Comics Writer Bob Francis had some nice things to say about the Hero Business on his blog:
“Bill Walko’s THE HERO BUSINESS is a grand satirical romp happily skewering standard tropes of superhero comics. His art work is clean, appealing, and personable. Most importantly, the art complements the writing and vice versa.
Walko uses a cartoony approach to his world: bright, vibrant colors, highly stylized figures and minimal backgrounds. But this choice makes the satire all the more evident. The reader is instantly immersed in the world of style consultants to the spandex set with a wink, a nod, and a tongue firmly planted in cheek.
The first arc admirably establishes the characters through the eyes of the newly hired receptionist, Parker (who has a few secrets of her own), working with a Paris Hilton-esque character with newly procured fire powers. Procured? Yes. Bought. Hilarity, naturally, ensues.
After the appropriately named ORIENTATION storyline, Walko treats his readers to a series of “One and Done” pages rounding out some characters while providing commentary on the goings on of the actions and antics of the print comics industry. Keeping with the theme, he calls his interludes “Coffee Breaks”.
THE HERO BUSINESS has everything you need for good comics: good art, good writing and good characters. THE HERO BUSINESS updates on Thursdays.”
Thanks for the kind words, Bob! I feel we’re just getting started. 🙂
