We’re changing up the newsletter a bit here. Many of you will be receiving this email from Substack for the first time. I’ve ported my Mailchimp list over here, which allows me to have public posts, comments, and other features I am experimenting with. We’ll see how it goes. As always, this is a low pressure, low stakes newsletter where I share projects, comics, art, and whatever is on my mind.
This week I only have one thing for you: Justice Warriors.
Our hit comic with Ahoy is coming out in trade on February 21, with 168 pages collecting all six issues of dystopian mayhem by me, Ben Clarkson, and Felipe Sobreiro. This series introduces the crime-free world of Bubble City surrounded by the crime-forward slums of The Uninhabited Zone. The story follows veteran Swamp Cop and rookie Schitt as they work to stop a new astrology-based gang seeking to upend society’s bad vibes in what AIPT calls “the type of comic that comes around once in a while and reminds you what the form can achieve.”
If you’ve liked my work in political cartoons, I think you’ll love Justice Warriors. And if you want to see more Justice Warriors (something we have years of stories ideas for), or the other comic book ideas I’d like to launch, then your support is crucial.
Your local comic shop and bookstores are important to keep in business, so consider pre-ordering from them directly. Otherwise, you should order from my website right here and now. I have a haul of books that are being mailed by Bors Associates (family) within the US. Outside the States, you’ll have to turn to stores, websites, libraries, theft, etc.
We have a blurb from Peter Chung too. If that name means anything to you, then you probably understand how frankly cool that is, as he’s had a huge influence on both me and Ben.
“Do not resist. Justice Warriors is no doubt some kind of elaborate hoax, and requires only that you succumb to its power to confound, outrage and delight."
— Peter K Chung, creator of Æon Flux
To further entice you, this book contains an exclusive six page backup story written, drawn, colored, and lettered by me. It’s a short, action-packed comic featuring our lead character Swamp Cop where I tried to bring my A-game so it could stand next to Ben Clarkson’s stunning drawings. Here are some choice panels.
I leave you with this panel from Crisis On Infinite Earths, which is completely unrelated to anything to do with Justice Warriors. I was reading it last night and it’s simply a hilarious sentiment.
Overwhelmingly jealous of what I have to imagine is some kind of blood brother through space and time situation between you and Peter Chung.
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