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On my Patreon-

The full script for CONAN THE BARBARIAN (2019) #13, the first issue of my original run and part 1 of 'Into the Crucible', with Conan caught in a death contest in a strange land.

Learn how comics are made for the price of a coffee!

This is also the 296th script I've posted up on my Patreon! Creeping ever closer to 300...

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CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 arrived in comic shops last week. What did critics think of the kick-off to a new era of Hyborian adventure?

Click on through and find out- http://www.jimzub.com/conan-the-barbarian-1-2023-reviews/

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Highlights from interviews I recorded at the Proko studio a year ago as part of Marvel's "The Art of Storytelling" digital training course.

My voice is so gravely because it was right after SDCC and I'd been talking for a week straight.

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Zubby Newsletter #18: Beware the Vultures

• Predatory publishers

• Social media suffocation

• Summer pulp reading

• Convention appearances

and more!

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A new comic tutorial post is up on my site and this one's long overdue-

Predatory Publishing and You – A Tragedy in the Making:

www.jimzub.com/predatory-pu...

Read, learn, and share far and wide.

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Zubby Newsletter #16: Cutoff, Colors, and Crazy Cardstock Creations

https://jimzub.substack.com/p/zubby-newsletter-16-cutoff-colors

• The Barbaric Cutoff is Here

• Dramatic VS Literal Color

• A Convenient Murder

• More Than Just a Pop Up

• Conan in Portuguese

• Limited Edition variants

and more!

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In stores today: 

MURDERWORLD, collecting our superhero-fueled game of death told across 5 connected issues! 

 This one grabbed readers by surprise and, if you missed it, now you can find out why! Twists and turns aplenty. :)

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In CHAMPIONS #25 (2018), we pulled Marvel's young heroes into Weirdworld and they were transformed into sword & sorcery variants. Sean Izaakse designed Miles as "Shadow-Spider", a daring cloaked Rogue.

In SPIDER-MAN 2, coming to PS5, Shadow-Spider's costume is a pre-order bonus!

Sword & sorcery + superheroes yarns always entertained me as a kid, so getting to do that here with the Champions was an absolute thrill. Seeing our Shadow-Spider show up in the game and engage a huge new audience like this is even cooler still.

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Zubby Newsletter #6: Covers to Come and Cosmic Clarification-shorturl.at/glpOZ - Behind the scenes of Avengers: No Road Home

- Wanda Maximoff and the House of Ideas

- Snowguard in SNAP

and more!

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CONAN THE BARBARIAN 

 MAY: issue #0 on Free Comic Book Day 

JULY: issue #1 

 Pre-order now and join us in the Hyborian Age. 

 (art by Rob De La Torre and Dean White)

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On my Patreon- The Unbreakable Red Sonja #5 script and initial pitch so my patrons can compare the original concept to the published series. For the price of a fancy coffee, dig into over 280 scripts, interviews, and Q&A all about how to make comics: https://patreon.com/jimzub

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Murderworld

MURDERWORLD wraps up today!

If you haven't snagged the whole story yet, here's the reading order for the series- 

1) Murderworld: Avengers

2) Murderworld: Spider-Man

3) Murderworld: Wolverine

4) Murderworld: Moon Knight

5) Murderworld: Game Over

For those of you who don't know the back story on how this pitch came about, Ray Fawkes and I originally pitched Murderworld to Marvel back in 2004!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=mR738h8wdm4

Seeing this project finally come to life 18 years later has been a wonderful and surreal experience.

Huge thanks to C.B. Cebulski and Jordan D. White for seeing the potential in our story and our incredible editor Sarah Brunstad for taking it from concept to reality.

At each step of development, Sarah has championed Murderworld, encouraging us to tell the darkly twisted tale in our outline and making sure we didn't have to sand down any sharp points. Every issue I thought we were going to get push back, but she saw it through.

Ray and I have known each other since college. We've watched each other navigate highs and lows of this business, cheerleading and commiserating on each success or setback. Finally getting the chance to work side-by-side with him on this has been such a blast.

At the end of the story we sowed a few seeds for a possible sequel but, whatever happens next, just having this story finally told feels like a huge win. Thanks for joining us on the ride.

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I spoke to Michael Brodie at Cinema Splash Page about movies that ignited my creativity when I was young and still influence my work now, including Conan the Barbarian, The Castle of Cagliostro, Big Trouble in Little China, The Last Unicorn and more: http://jimzub.com/talking-about-the-movies-that-influenced-me-with-cinema-splash-page/

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MURDERWORLD: MOON KNIGHT (part 4 of Arcade's twisted contest) arrives in stores Wed, Feb 15!

Under the harsh light of the moon there is no escape, and with only a handful of contestants left, anything can happen!

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MURDERWORLD: SPIDER-MAN, the second part of Arcade's new twisted game, arrived in comic shops this week. Thank you for the great response, readers and reviewers!

http://jimzub.com/murderworld-spider-man-1-reviews/

Huge thanks to our editor, Sarah Brunstad, for helping champion this wild project and ride the razor's edge of mature content throughout the series, this issue in particular. She encouraged Ray Fawkes and I to go for the intense moments in our outline rather than holding anything back.

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Thank you for helping make this year such an amazing one.

Here's to an epic 2023!