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August 31st, 2023




July 16, 2023


  • Updated the Blue Blaze Bulletin fanzine page with six more issues - 1 thru 4 as well as 6 and 7 -that are now available for download from the 1987 time period. That means we may have the complete run of the fanzine, assuming it ended with issue 7. Special thanks to Matthew "Wolf" Hood for making the issue available. If you have any additional issues, me us know.



October 31st, 2022

  • Trick or treat! The latest issue of the Buckaroo Banzai newsletter, World Watch One, is a Halloween Spooktacular! All sorts of fun size goodness awaits in the latest issue. Cultists. Crew Stories about the making of the docudrama. Orson Welles's The War of the Worlds, and the list goes on and on.

    Added the latest issue of the World Watch One newsletter to Was there an official Buckaroo Banzai newsletter?
World
              Watch One October 31st, 2022

Download here: https://www.figmentfly.com/bb/newsletters/world_watch_one_october_31st_2022.pdf




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January 25th, 2022

  • World Watch One is proud to present the issue you’ve all been waiting for, celebrating the long awaited BUCKAROO BANZAI AGAINST THE WORLD CRIME LEAGUE! Take a deep dive into the making of the new novel, the fan response to it, and as many other bits-o-Banzai as we could cram into a single issue.  Also featured are interviews with actor Pepe Serna, writer Earl Mac Rauch, musician Tommy Mack, and filmmaker Jonathan Lawrence, as well as extensive coverage of Buckaroo Banzai podcasts and a look back at the Samurai Errant Banzai fanzine, including an exciting announcement about its future!

    Added the latest issue of the World Watch One newsletter to Was there an official Buckaroo Banzai newsletter?
World
              Watch One January 24th, 2022

Download here: http://www.figmentfly.com/bb/newsletters/world_watch_one_january_25th_2022.pdf


November 14th, 2021



October 3rd, 2021


Buckaroo Banzai Collector's Compendium


October 2nd, 2021


June 21st, 2021


  • On this, the 40th anniversary month of Dr. B Banzai's unprecedented transit through solid matter, we present to you World Watch One's Jet Car issue! Also of note are an interview with Denise and Michael Okuda regarding their work on the Apple TV+ series FOR ALL MANKIND, as well as extensive coverage on the making of special features for Buckaroo's 2002 DVD and the 2016 SHOUT! Factory Blu-ray, sundry bits of assorted Banzai goodness, and related subjects of note.

    Added the latest issue of the World Watch One newsletter to Was there an official Buckaroo Banzai newsletter?
World Watch One June 21st, 2021

Download here: http://www.figmentfly.com/bb/newsletters/world_watch_one_june_21st_2021.pdf


May 22nd, 2021

Dan Berger, the editor of World Watch One, was interviewed on the Deep Cuts podcast and talks about Buckaroo Banzai with podcast hosts Andrew and Dave.

One of the coolest features of this podcast is at the end where a special audio drama can be found called "Andrew & Dave meet Pinky Carruthers & The Reno Kid." Not only was this written by Buckaroo Banzai author Earl Mac Rauch specially for the podcast, but it features the original actors Pepe Serna as The Reno Kid and Billy Vera as Pinky Carruthers!


January 12th, 2021

On January 12th, The Nerdist website announced Dark Horse Announces BUCKAROO BANZAI Sequel Novel! You can order the novel on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or wherever you buy your books.

Buckaroo Banzai
                Against the World Crime League


From the Dark Horse website on January 12th, 2021:
DARK HORSE PRESENTS THE RETURN OF BUCKAROO BANZAI
01/12/2021 11:11am

The Cult Classic Recieves its Long-Awaited Sequel From 'Buckaroo Banzai' Creator E.M. Rauch

The long-anticipated sequel to the sci-fi novel and motion picture The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is finally here! As told by the Reno Kid to Buckaroo Banzai chronicler E.M. Rauch (Buckaroo Banzai novelist and screenwriter), this novel reintroduces everyone’s favorite scientist-surgeon-entertainer-daredevil as he sets off on a brand-new hair-raising adventure in Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League, et al: A Compendium of Evils!     

Still mourning the losses of his beloved Penny Priddy and his surrogate father Professor Hikita, Buckaroo Banzai must also contend with the constant threat of attack from his immortal nemesis Hanoi Xan, ruthless leader of the World Crime League. To make matters worse, Planet 10 warrior queen John Emdall has sent her Lectroid legions against Earth with a brutal ultimatum. Or is her true target Buckaroo Banzai? As the apocalyptic threats continue to mount, only Buckaroo and his Hong Kong Cavaliers stand in the way of global destruction—or in the words of one of the movie’s iconic lines: “Laugh-a while you can, monkey boy!”

Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League is a 544-page hardcover prose novel and will retail for $29.99. It will be available everywhere books are sold August 10, 2021. It is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at your local comic shop and bookstore.

Praise for Buckaroo Banzai and Earl Mac Rauch:

“At [The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension’s] best, which it frequently is, it's a lunatic ball, an extremely genial, witty example of what is becoming a movie genre all its own.”–The New York Times

“The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension has become a movie that is the embodiment of ‘nerd’ culture.”–Minty Comedic Arts

“From the moment you open The Hardest of the Hard, writer Earl Mac Rauch hooks you and keeps you reading page after page.”–Comics Bulletin



January 10th, 2021

World
              Watch One January 2021

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August 10th, 2020

World
              Watch One August 2020

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May 25th, 2020


May 10th, 2020


  • Added five brand new pages about the Buckaroo Banzai Production Binders:



April 6th, 2020


January 25th, 2020

  • Added more information about the Samurai Errant fanzine, including an image of issue 3 and all new information about issue 5, to Samurai Errant


January 11th, 2020


August 31st, 2019

World Watch One August 2019 Cover



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October 14th, 2018


September 12th, 2018

World Watch One Cover September 2018

Download the latest issue here: http://www.figmentfly.com/bb/newsletters/ww1_sept18.pdf

This September, 2018 issue of World Watch One, brought to you by editor BBI's Big Shoulders and contributors Camelot, Rainbow Kitty, Buckaroo Trooper, and Figment. 28 pages of Banzai goodness


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September 8th, 2007

  • Totally updated and revised Was there an official Buckaroo Banzai newsletter? to include newsletters published more recently.

  • Added the following information to Will there be more Buckaroo Banzai comics from Moonstone in the future?:

    In September, 2007 on Moonstone's site at http://www.moonstonebooks.com/banzai.asp the following information was posted about upcoming Buckaroo Banzai comics :

    Watch this page for news on our NEW Banzai mini series, OF HUNAN BONDAGE which is a prequel to the film! - also written by Mac of course! This time with art by "Superman Returns" storyboard artist Chewie!

    AND we also have a special oversize one-shot WILD ASSES OF THE KUSH, also written by Mac with art by Paul Hanley!

    AND, in Dec '07, there will be a new Banzai comic story A CHRISTMAS CORRALL in the Moonstone Holiday Special, also written by Mac and drawn by Ken Wolak!


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