Critical Entertainment is a Los Angeles based partnership between publishers Christopher Reda and Mason Mendoza, who look for innovative and engaging content with original characters that reach their readers on an intellectual level. They strive for quality-driven collaborations with their creative partners as well as seeking out new opportunities for film, television and animation.
This year, Critical Entertainment can be found at Booth #4014 on the exhibit floor. In addition to having publisher and writer Christopher Reda on hand at the booth, they will be offering several books for sale and hosting a panel called “Critical Entertainment Showcase,” with the day and time TBA.
Let’s take a closer look at some of Critical Entertainment’s comic books:
The First Americans by Christopher Reda and Tadd Galusha: At the end of the Ice Age 14,000 years ago and on the verge of starvation, a Tribe of Paleo-Indians travel across from Siberia into North America to hunt an elusive pack of Mammoths; but when they fail to hunt down the beasts, the tribe members must adapt to their new surroundings before becoming extinct.
Planetary Expansion by Christopher Reda and Alonso Molina Gonzales: Abandoning their lives being stuck on earth, one thousand hand-selected passengers aboard a Starship head to repopulate a new habitable planet. In another Solar System exists a planet just like Earth. With fresh air, clean water, and a sustainable life. They will brave the dangers of space and push themselves past the limit to get there.
The Cowboy with Many Hats by Christopher Reda and Tadd Galusha: When the Sheriff of an old western town is framed for murder by the State Marshall, he must realize that all things pass before he loses hope to move on.
Space Dragon by Christopher Reda and Alonso Molina Gonzales: After his habitat planet runs dry, a gigantic Dragon travels through space in search of a new water source with an Alien Bird passenger; but when he fails to find any drinkable water, the Dragon must learn to push on through the unknown to avoid dying of thirst.
Lifeboat by Mason Mendoza and Leandro Rizzo: In the Dark Era of space time, year 1.7×10^106, moments before particle decay unwinds the atomic fabric of the universe as we know it, Mae, Jacob, and Dove carry the faint, flickering torch of life through an endless void. This comic book short story is about loss, fate, and the hope that we must hold dearly on our journey toward the ultimate unknown.
Life is an Open Door by Mason Mendoza and Alonso Molina Gonzales: Have you ever worked in a cramped office, looked at the exit door, and felt that urge to get up from your desk and make a break for it? Al, the working class Dalmatian, channels his animal impulses in this fun comic book short story about giving into instinct and going remote.
