Skullkickers

This weekend is the HeroesCon in Charlotte, North Carolina. Skullkickers writer/creator Jim Zub will be there signing and selling trades and issues (including some rare variant covers for sale) all weekend long at the Image Comics booth, Booth #424.

Come by, say “Hi” and let him know what you thought of the newly released issue #7.

Today sees the release of Shinku #1, a brand new creator-owned series from Image comics. In the back of last week’s Skullkickers #7 we had an exclusive Shinku preview as a way of showing people the high action and fantastic storytelling in this book.

Also in SK#7 was our first ad swap with Oni Press’ The Sixth Gun comic series. This supernatural western tale has amazing characters and a fascinating mythology driving the story. Monsters, wild west action and demonic weapons – what more could you ask for?

Both of these books are ones the Skullkickers team feel you should be reading. It’s a great time for creator-owned comics and there’s a fantastic range of titles on the shelves each week. If you’re not reading Shinku or The Sixth Gun, we highly recommend that you do so.

MTV Geek has a list of their 10 Best Comics For May and Skullkickers lands at #8, sitting shoulder to shoulder with a lot of other great titles released this month.

“Remember when comics were just allowed to be fun? Skullkickers remembers that… This comic, from the art, to the writing, to the lettering, screams bloodthirsty joy from every page. A giant bald warrior, and an angry red-headed dwarf travel the world, killing monsters – and people – for fun and profit.

There’s way more new-reader friendly exposition in the front of the book, but that’s all you really need to know to enjoy the laugh-out-loud funny jokes, over the top violence, and celebrate the return of fun fantasy to comic books. Plus, an awesome pay-off of a last page. What more do you want from a comic book?”