What’s always amazed me about the runaway hit cartoon show Rick & Morty is how completely misunderstood Rick Sanchez is by many of his fans. Sure, he’s a callous, short-tempered ass who gives his family no shortage of grief and anxiety, but there’s heart behind the subversion. He’s the mad scientist who knows his place […]
Mad Cave Studios and Voices Of Children are teaming up to publish Lower Your Sights, a graphic novel anthology/art book, to raise awareness and proceeds for children impacted by war. All earnings from the book’s sales are going directly to the Voices of Children foundation. Comic creators and pin-up artists worldwide are invited to tell […]
Conan the Barbarian #22 Marvel Comics Written by Jim Zub Pencils by Cory Smith Inked by Roberto Poggi & Oren Junior Colors by Israel Silva Letters by VC’s Travis Lanham Cover art by Geoff Shaw & Edgar Delgado Available now, in digital & at your local comic shop! Lace up your sandals and take up […]
He fought his way through the Crucible. He survived the Tooth of the Nightstar, a sentient sword bent on dominating his mind and…well…making a chaotic mess of things. Now, Conan wakes to find himself surrounded by soldiers and taken captive in The Land of the Lotus. 12/13
Coming to your local LCS next Wednesday from IDW and Dark Horse is the premier issue of the Jody Houser/Jim Zub-helmed crossover event, Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons—wherein four youths from Hawkins, Indiana will overcome bullies and school lunch and annoying older sisters to discover…Days of Endless Adventure!!! (12/13)
“I had the idea of putting together some kind of 10th anniversary special back in January and reached out to Edwin, Misty, and Marshall to see if they were interested and available. They were and we had the band back together…I started jamming on what the new story would entail and how we could deliver it, slowly turning the germ of an idea into what we’re now launching on Kickstarter as Skullkickers: Caster Bastards and the Great Grotesque.”
Described by Zub as his “love letter to Conan the Barbarian and Dungeons & Dragons, and swords and sorcery in general,” Skullkickers tracks the antics of the two aforementioned sellswords as they bash and bungle their way through the multiverse, gathering up a host of interesting friends and foes along the way. They fight fiendish necromancers, sail the seven seas, wrestle gorillas with horns, and confront a would-be world-dominating Cthulhu-like entity, with identity issues. (17/13)
Huge news today from the House of Zub and Copernicus Animation Studios: just in time for it’s 10th anniversary and fresh with a nifty new logo, the long-beloved high fantasy/low comedy adventure comic Skullkickers is in development as an adult-themed 2D cartoon!
Writer: Jim Zub (@JimZub)Art: Troy Little (@meanwhilestudio)Colors: Leonardo ItoLetters: Crank!Once upon a game, Rick and Morty and the Smith family went on magical D&D adventures…Now, magical D&D adventures are coming to Earth, and no one will survive the Painscape! The pop culture juggernaut and bestselling role-playing game team up once again in an all new companion story! I have to […]
Back for round two of the Infernal Tides storyline from IDW next week are Minsc, Boo and company, set to page by the capable hands of Jim Zub, Max Dunbar, Sebastian Cheng and Neil Uyetake. And frankly, as enjoyable as the first one was, this one’s even better… (13/13)