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Jim Zub Displaced by Ed Brisson as Oshawa’s Most Famous Comic Creator
*And then things get worse*Pre-order with confidence! pic.twitter.com/DfAXmafq0K — 𝐉𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐀𝐘 (@jedmackay) January 16, 2024 But possibly no one was more supportive than Jim Zub who like Brisson is from the real world Oshawa admitted defeat in their previously secret competition of which one of them is the more famous creator "For years, @edbrisson and I have[...]
Conan The Barbarian #2 with Pictish Scout Brissa From Titan in August
Conan The Barbarian #1 comes to Titan Comics and Heroic Signatures at the end of July, from Jim Zub, Roberto De La Torre and Dean White introducing his new Pictish companion Brissa But what comes next? Why issue two of course Details and covers below… CONAN THE BARBARIAN #2 (ONGOING) Writer: Jim Zub Artists: Roberto De La Torre,[...]
Jim Zub On Nine Years of Writing Dungeons & Dragons
With the new Dungeons & Dragons movie out, Jim Zub has been revisiting how he came to write the comic books at IDW Publishing, which turned around the comic book version of the franchise He tweeted; "Back in 2014 I begged IDW to try publishing Dungeons & Dragons comics again and the people in charge were[...]
Void Rivals & Conan On Cover Of Next Week's Diamond Previews
Titan Comics to the front cover for their new Conan The Barbarian #1 by Jim Zub and Roberto de la Torre which will be solicited next month for July 2023. The Previews order form cover will feature Michael Dolce and Talent Caldwell's love-letter to 90s super-hero comics, The Sire, in Dren Productions' The Sire Volume 2:[...]
Interview: Jim Zub & Stacy King Chat D&D: Dragons & Treasures
We had a chance to chat with Jim Zub and Stacy King, two of the three people behind the latest book (along with Andrew Wheeler), as we chat about how this one came about and the content within! Credit: Penguin Random House/10 Speed Press BC: Hey gang! How have you both been since we last spoke? JZ: Like everyone,[...]
Cover image for RICK AND MORTY VS CTHULHU #1 CVR C ELLERBY
One Press' continues its Rick & Morty comic book license with a new series by Jim Zub, Leonardo Ito and Crank! pitting the pair against the Old One itself, in Rick And Morty Vs Cthulhu, as well as Pink Lemonade, Action Journalism and a collection of Seasons Of The Bruja. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top:[...]
Unbreakable Red Sonja
Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja gets a relaunch from Dynamite as Unbreakable Red Sonja, to follow Invincible Red Sonja and Immortal Red Sonja, in time for New York Comic-Con from  Jim Zub and Giovanni Valletta, and hitting FOC this Monday Which is why Dynamite is so keen to show off artwork from the first issue[...]
Full Image Comics November 2022 Solicits & Solicitations
Image Comics has plenty of (already discussed) launches in November 2022, but their solicits and solicitations begin with I Hate Fairyland, as serialised on Substack from Skottie Young and Brett Bean. And the return of Skullkickers by Jim Zub, Edwin Huang and Misty Coats for their tenth anniversary and for Image Comics' 30th. SKULLKICKERS SUPER SPECIAL #1 STORY:[...]
Multiverse Role Playing
Hunter Cox, Nathan Crowder, Zack Davisson, Erik Scott de Bie, Tim Deschaines, Brian Dillingham, Tim Dillon, Sean Edgar, Robert Emerson, Sydney Engelstein, Heather Fisher, Helen Forbeck, Ken Forbeck, Marty Forbeck, Nick Forbeck, Pat Forbeck, Eric Gerson, Jessica Geyer, Jason Gonding, Craig Groff-Folsom, Chris Hazard, Thad Heltemes, Jody Houser, Jim Hudson, Robert Ingram, Rosemary Jones, Collin[...]
Marvel Comics Says Goodbye To Conan Today (Mostly)
and a pleasure digging deeper into the-lore and expanding it with the likes of Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar, Matthew Wilson, Travis Lanham, Esad Ribic, Roy Thomas, Jim Zub, Gerry Duggan, Meredith Finch, Saladin Ahmed, Tini Howard, Kevin Eastman, Chris Claremont, Larry Hama, Christopher Priest, Frank Tieri, Steven S DeKnight, Kurt Busiek, Dan Slott, Ron Garney,[...]
Cover image for WITCHBLOOD #6 CVR C YOSHITANI
Vault comics time… With Tini Howard, Jim Zub, and Tim Seeley on board, this might as well be a Marvel of DC event with a bunch of experienced writers working together on a shared continuity project Which may not be so far from the truth, with World Of Darkness: Crimson Thaw launching from Vault Comics[...]
Vault Announces "World of Darkness: Crimson Thaw" Coming In September
 It will be the first issue of a three-issue event series that is a spin-off of Vault's other smash-hit series, Vampire: The Masquerade, and is written by Jim Zub, Tim Seeley, Blake Howard, Tini Howard, & Danny Lore, drawn by Julius Ohta, colored by Addison Duke, lettered by Deron Bennett, and designed by Tim Daniel. The cover to World of Darkness: Crimson Thaw #1 by[...]
Jim Zub On Being Fired Off Birds Of Prey Before His First Issue
DC Comics then arranged an interview with CBR to run that would announce the new writer on the book as Jim Zubkavich with #18, then best known for his comic book Skullkickers Something Jim was really happy about. Birds Of Prey #18 that Jim Zub would have written. But on the 13th of January 2013, in another[...]
Obscure Comics: Spider-Man: Homecoming Part 3, Morning Rush & Jim Zub
Jim Zub, the writer of the two-part comic, first mentioned his work on it on Twitter, June 8th, 2017. I wrote the SPIDER-MAN:HOMECOMING digital comic available in @PostCereals boxes!Art @Andrea_Di_Vito @SotoColorLetters @JoeSabino pic.twitter.com/cfvYBsF7lg — Jim Zub (@JimZub) June 8, 2017 Obscure Comics: Spider-Man: Homecoming: Morning Rush Part One & Part Two It was written by Jim Zub, drawn by Andrea[...]
Review: Lonely Receiver #1
Does the man who embodies the Savage Lands survive Empyre: Avengers #3, the final issue of this event tie-in? Empyre: Avengers #3 concludes Jim Zub's tie-in Credit: Marvel While Empyre: Avengers was overall a fun read now that the whole thing is complete, the set-up was far more interesting than the payoff The first issue was a roller coaster[...]
Empyre: Avengers #2
Though Jim Zub's dialogue does lean a little bit toward the way Luke Cage was written in his earlier appearances, Zub remains one of Marvel's most consistent writers, delivering an action-packed issue with solid emotional beats This could have been another issue of battles, but Zub anchored the narrative to these two showdowns and used[...]
Empyre: The Avengers #1: Non-stop Frenetic, Global Action
Credit: Marvel Comics. Jim Zub is one of the best writers in comics and has been since the release of his hilarious indie comic Skullkickers back in the year it was supposed to all end… 2012 Now, eight years later, when it all actually is ending, Zub is one of Marvel's go-to writers Zub excels with action,[...]
Missing In Action
And while Marvel Comics has reduced the list of Empyre tie-in books, it wasn't confirmed whether or not the books would be released in other formats, such as digital-only. Jim Zub, author Black Panther and the Agents Of Wakanda brings closure He tweets. As far as I know, today's release of BLACK PANTHER and the AGENTS of[...]
A look at promo art for Skullkickers (Image: Jim Zub, Edwin Huang and Chris Stevens)
Writer Jim Zub and illustrators Edwin Huang and Chris Stevens' Skullkickers looks to be the next comic book series making the leap from the printed page to the small screen, with Copernicus Studios Inc announcing on Wednesday a development deal for a 2D animated action-adventure-comedy series for adults Paul Rigg, President of Copernicus Studios, sees[...]
D&D Days Of Endless Adventure Review-1
But the ones that really caught media attention the past few years were the ones written by Jim Zub, whose stories kicked off in late 2014 and has had a hand in nearly every D&D comic since Including the massively popular Rick and Morty crossover back in 2019 with Patrick Rothfuss Recently, IDW released what[...]
Dungeons & Dragons Wizards & Spells Book Cover
Jim Zub clearly had an amazing time writing it up and putting it together, along with fellow writers Stacy King and Andrew Wheeler We highly recommend the book if you have kids who are into D&D but aren't at the level to understand how the game is played entirely yet Or those who do get[...]
Jim Zub Offers Free Digital Comics to Get You Through the Coronavirus Pandemic
Comic book writer Jim Zub has shared PDFs of the first full volumes of two of his creator-owned comics, Skullkickers and Wayward, to provide at least a distraction from the stressful coronavirus pandemic. On Patreon, Zub writes: 2020 has thrown us all a bunch of curve balls and it looks like a lot of people are going[...]
Jim Zub Graduates to Marvel's Conan The Barbarian Ongoing Series in February
Jim Zub is having a strange year, apparently. The strangeness of my classes continues this year… Thanos and the Zubfinity Gauntlet pic.twitter.com/IOvhP25IZv — Jim Zub (@JimZub) November 12, 2019 Can't argue with that But he is also the new ongoing writer on Conan The Barbarian, a title he has been jonesing to write at Marvel[...]
Now Christos Gage Joins Dan Slott on Tony Stark: Iron Man
A few more changes between solicitation and publication for Marvel Comics. Tony Stark: Iron Man #17 was solicited as written by Dan Slott and Jim Zub, and drawn by Valerio Schiti.  Well, Slott remains, but the rest are changed it is now co-written by Slott and Christos Gage, who has worked with Slott before on the Spider-Verse,[...]
Fanboy Rampage: Whose Job Is It To Sell Comics, Anyway?
Whatever. Others still place the blame on readers who pirate the books rather than pay for them, like Jim Zub, speaking of the at-that-time not canceled but eventually canceled Champions earlier this year. If you love this series/these characters, please consider paying for it, otherwise we won't be around long enough to deliver on its potential. That's the[...]
Review: Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons - GameStop Hardcover Edition
Penned by Jim Zub and Patrick Rothfuss with art by Troy Little and colors by Leonardo Ito, it was the pop-culture peanut butter and chocolate combo you never knew you needed until IDW and Oni Press gave it to you After the initial release and all of the various different cover versions came out, it[...]
Jim Zub and Max Dunbar Kirkman-Drop New Comic Stone Star on ComiXology
In a shocking move Wednesday, digital comics purveyor ComiXology surprise-released a hitherto-unannounced new digital comic book series called Stone Star by writer Jim Zub and artist Max Dunbar, available EX-X-XCLUSIVELY on ComiXology and the various digital comics platforms of its parent company, Amazon The series is about a gladiatorial arena on an asteroid, starring a[...]
Todd Nauck and Jim Zub Have Discussed an Excalibur Revival at Marvel
For Nauck, who already got to do a Nightcrawler book with legendary X-Men writer Chris Claremont, it was really a second best answer type of question, but Nauck had an answer in mind anyway: an Excalibur revival! Unfortunately, Nauck didn't suggest Chris Claremont write it, but he did name someone with whom he's already discussed the[...]