A new interview\’s just been posted up on Broken Frontier about Skullkickers, including some background material on the series and why the human mercenary runs around with a gun in a fantasy world of swords and axes.

If you want to get an autographed copy of Skullkickers the week it\’s released, you have 4 different ways to make that happen in New York and Toronto. Click on each one for the Facebook event and RSVP.

Here they are:

Less than two weeks until #1 arrives in stores!

Wednesday September 22nd
Skullkickers #1 arrives in stores and Jim Zubkavich will be signing twice in Toronto that day:

3:30 – 6:30pm at Paradise Comics uptown, 3278 Yonge Street, Toronto for an in-store signing.

7:00 – 9:00pm at The Central Bar & Lounge downtown, 603 Markham Street, Toronto with the Beguiling gang with probably a few celebratory drinks afterwords.

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Friday September 24th
Edwin signs in downtown New York.

7:30 – 8:30pm at Midtown Comics downtown New York, 200 West 40th Street, New York artist Edwin Huang will be doing an in-store signing along with free sketches!

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Saturday September 25th
Jim will be signing in downtown Toronto.

1:00 – 4:00pm at The Silver Snail Comic Shop downtown, 367 Queen Street West, Toronto for an in-store signing.

Comic Buzz gets a big kick out of Skullkickers #1 in their advance review. Click on the logo to check it out.

\”If you like your fantasy laced with humour and splattered with bloody action then you really can’t miss out on this energetic romp of a book.\”

David Korotkin, winner of our Skullkickers Twitter Art Contest, sent us a great photo showing us his prizes.

David won a page of original inked artwork from the first issue of Skullkickers and, as a bonus for following mt @zubkavich Twitter account as well, Edwin included a bonus head sketch of the Skullkicker dwarf.

Congrats, David! Thanks for your support.

Over at Bleeding Cool, Rich Johnston speculates on Skullkickers\’ launch success, comparing it favourably to Image titles like Walking Dead, Chew and Morning Glories. Have you pre-ordered your copy of #1 yet?

Here\’s another great teaser sent out today by Image:

Click for full-sized version

Multiversity Comics interviewed me about action-fantasy, characters and cats. Click the logo and go check it out!

-Zub

I recorded a quick interview piece for Comic Geek Speak while attending the Toronto Fan Expo over the weekend.

If you want to jump right to Skullkickers coverage you can fast forward to the 29:00 mark on the podcast and listen to the 7 minute interview segment.

-Zub