Jim Zub's Blog, page 40
August 2, 2021
Making Comics – Creator-Owned Comic Teams
In this video I go through my creator-owned comic titles and talk about how I currently structure the creative team in terms of roles, expectations and finances. There are many different ways to do this stuff, but this is how it works for me right now. Watch and share.
July 27, 2021
Making Comics Interview – Jed Mackay
In addition to tutorials, I’m starting to put together some interviews with other comic creators to talk about process. First up is Jed Mackay, writer on Moon Knight, Black Cat and Magic: The Gathering.
We talk about how he broke in, his scripting process (including some sneak peeks at script pages) and more. Check it out!
July 26, 2021
Tech-On Avengers Interview at Dynamic Forces
I spoke to Byron Brewer at Dynamic Forces all about Tech-On Avengers, the new mini-series collaboration between Marvel and Bandai I’m writing that launches in August. Check it out.
New Game, Who Dis – Marvel Super Heroes – Episode 2
The second episode (out of three) of old school Marvel Super Heroes live play on The Glass Cannon Network is now up on YouTube!
Random character creation and our introduction as Jason Bulmahn leads Troy Lavallee, Skid Maher, Alicia Marie, and I on super heroic adventure.
Check it out:
July 25, 2021
Comic-Con@Home 2021: Rick and Morty VS D&D Panel
Grab your D20s and let’s get ready to roll! Join Satine Phoenix (Sirens: Battle of the Bards), Jim Zub (Rick and Morty), Troy Little (Rick and Morty), Fred Van Lente (Incredible Hercules, Marvel Zombies), and Oni Press editor Robert Meyers as they dive into a campaign that could only come from the mind of Rick Sanchez. Jim Zub as Dungeon Master and Satine Phoenix as moderator.
July 23, 2021
Extensive 3-Part Interview: Talking Fantasy and Horror
I spoke at length with Dave Richards about the intersection of fantasy and horror in a 3-part interview that’s just become unlocked over on his Patreon. Check it out here-
PART 1: The Appeal of Fantasy, Horror, Roleplaying Games, and Dungeons & Dragons
PART 2: More Dungeons, More Dragons & Some Stranger Things
PART 3: Conan, Comics, and Fantasy-Horror Films
July 22, 2021
Zub Comics Arriving in October 2021
AVENGERS: TECH-ON AVENGERS #3 (OF 6)
JIM ZUB (W) • CHAMBA (A) • Cover by EIICHI SHIMIZU
Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO
The Marvel-Sentai sensation continues!
• Loki, the Lord of Lies, imbued with Infinity Shard energy?! When the Avengers can’t trust anything they see or hear, they’ll need help from an unexpected source to try to turn the tide!
• Avengers Tech-On is a sentai-inspired action-adventure series produced in partnership with Bandai-Namco of Japan written by Jim Zub (UNCANNY AVENGERS, CHAMPIONS) and illustrated by Jeff “Chamba” Cruz (VENOM: THE END)!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: MINDBREAKER #1 (of 5)
Jim Zub (w) • Eduardo Mello (a) • Max Dunbar (c)
The prelude to the much-anticipated video game Baldur’s Gate III begins here!
Changed by their experiences in Avernus, Krydle, Shandie, Delina, Nerys, Minsc, and Boo return home to Baldur’s Gate to find that something much more insidious has taken root…what could be behind the odd behavior of the Head Librarian of the Knowledge-Hold?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
WORLD OF DARKNESS CRIMSON THAW #2
VAULT COMICS
(W) Tini Howard, Blake Howard, Jim Zub, Tim Seeley, Danny Lore (A) Julius Ohta (CA) Aaron Campbell
For over a century, werewolves of the Twin Cities have protected their blessed places from threats both physical and spiritual. When vampires under Cecily’s rule move in on one of these precious sites, it’s a declaration of war, one that Tyrell ‘the Stainless’ Stinar and his ferocious pack will avenge at any cost, even if that includes slaying one of their own.
World of Darkness: Crimson Thaw continues with werewolves in the spotlight and a bloody battle for leadership.
In Shops: Oct 06, 2021
SRP: 3.99
WORLD OF DARKNESS CRIMSON THAW #3
(W) Tini Howard, Blake Howard, Jim Zub, Tim Seeley, Danny Lore (A) Julius Ohta (CA) Aaron Campbell
VAULT COMICS
In Shops: Oct 20, 2021
SRP: 3.99
Zub Marvel Comics Arriving in October
AVENGERS: TECH-ON AVENGERS #3 (OF 6)
JIM ZUB (W) • CHAMBA (A) • Cover by EIICHI SHIMIZU
Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO
The Marvel-Sentai sensation continues!
• Loki, the Lord of Lies, imbued with Infinity Shard energy?! When the Avengers can’t trust anything they see or hear, they’ll need help from an unexpected source to try to turn the tide!
• Avengers Tech-On is a sentai-inspired action-adventure series produced in partnership with Bandai-Namco of Japan written by Jim Zub (UNCANNY AVENGERS, CHAMPIONS) and illustrated by Jeff “Chamba” Cruz (VENOM: THE END)!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
Dungeons & Dragons: Mindbreaker Foreshadows the Dark Forces Featured in Baldur’s Gate III Video Game
SAN DIEGO, CA (July 22, 2021) – Beginning in October, IDW returns to the Forgotten Realms with Dungeons & Dragons: Mindbreaker, a five-issue monthly comic book series that takes place before the events of Baldur’s Gate III, the highly-anticipated video game!
Acclaimed author Jim Zub joins artist Eduardo Mello in a tense tale of familiar Dungeons & Dragons adventurers Krydle, Shandie, Delina, Nerys, Minsc, and Boo, as they discover that something insidious has taken root in their homeland!
“Our Baldur’s Gate heroes have traveled to remote parts of the Realms, tumbled through the Demiplane of Dread, been exiled to Hell, and somehow made it back alive,” says Zub. “Now they’re home in Baldur’s Gate and the threat that’s arrived on their doorstep is far greater than any of them could have imagined.”
Mindbreaker builds upon IDW’s expansive library of Dungeons & Dragons tales written by Zub, a sixth entry in a Baldur’s Gate saga that includes prior publications Legends of Baldur’s Gate, Shadows of the Vampire, Frost Giant’s Fury, Evil at Baldur’s Gate, and Infernal Tides.
“Getting to write new Dungeons & Dragons stories with Minsc and company alongside the incredible surge in the tabletop game’s popularity has been an honor and a thrill,” says Zub. “Mindbreaker is D&D on a grand scale, jam-packed with action and adventure. It pays off a bunch of elements introduced in earlier D&D miniseries and foreshadows the dark forces that rise to prominence in Baldur’s Gate III. I can’t wait for readers to see how it all plays out!”
“Jim’s wisdom and charisma, combined with Eduardo’s dexterity, have crafted a powerfully emotional adventure that never skimps on action or humor. We’re so excited to collaborate with our colleagues at Wizards of the Coast on a series so closely tied to the franchise’s status quo and that, in the mind flayers, showcases the D&D villain that has most captured popular imagination in recent years,” says series co-editor Zac Boone.
Dungeons & Dragons: Mindbreaker #1 will be available with multiple cover variants for retailers and fans to enjoy, including Cover A by Max Dunbar (artist of Legends of Baldur’s Gate and Infernal Tides), Cover B by Max Davenport, and a Retailer Incentive edition featuring art by Celia Lowenthal.
For information on how to acquire copies of Dungeons & Dragons comic books, please contact your local comic shop or visit www.comicshoplocator.com to find a store near you.
July 20, 2021
Making Comics – Story Outlines
A new #ComicsSchool video is up!
This one is about Story Outlines – Should they be detailed or brief? How they work and what to include.
