Category Archives: Rick and Morty

Zub Comics Arriving July 2023

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1
Story: JIM ZUB
Artists: ROBERTO DE LA TORRE, JOSE VILLARRUBIA
Cover Artist(s):
COVER A: DAN PANOSIAN (MAY231133)
COVER B: ROBERTO DE LA TORRE (MAY231134)
COVER C: ARTGERM (MAY231135)
COVER D: PATCH ZIRCHER (MAY231136)
COVER E: MIKE MIGNOLA (MAY231137)
COVER F: E.M. GIST (MAY231138)
COVER G: WRAPAROUND HYBORIAN AGE MAP CARD STOCK ($5.99) (MAY231139)
COVER H: COLORED BLANK SKETCH COVER ($4.99) (MAY231140)
COVER I: FOIL CONAN MOVIE NOVEL REPLICA VIRGIN ($13.99) (MAY231141)

ROBERT E. HOWARD’S LEGENDARY CONAN IS BACK IN A NEW TALE OF BRAVERY AND HEROISM!
CONAN THE BARBARIAN FCBD EDITION LEADS INTO THE DEBUT ISSUE!

Years after the battle of Venarium, a weary CONAN returns to his homeland to seek rest and solitude. However, a mysterious scout rides in to warn the Cimmerians of an imminent threat on the march from the Pictish wilderness. Will CONAN and his new ally be able to hold off this new horde of invaders?
In Shops: Jul 26, 2023


RICK AND MORTY VS CTHULHU tpb
MAY231927

Story: JIM ZUB
Art and Cover: TROY LITTLE

When their home is infested by eldritch terror, Rick Sanchez and the Smith family traverse a Lovecraftian hellscape to track down and defeat the big guy himself: CTHULHU.

On their journey through Arkham and the realms beyond, they’re waylaid by literary monstrosities and the characters obsessed with them-fighting off hordes of fish-people, finding and losing love, battling sentient cosmic color, and taking potshots at ol’ HP along the way.

Collects Rick and Morty VS Cthulhu #1-4.
In Shops: Jul 19, 2023


UNBREAKABLE RED SONJA tpb
MAY230454

Story: JIM ZUB
Artists: GIOVANNI VALLETA, ADRIAN M. GARCIA, JONATHAN LAU
Cover Artist: LUCIO PARRILLO

Red Sonja carries a hazy vision that lurks just out of reach in her memories. The answer to that mysterious moment will unlock a journey of forbidden magic and searing steel as Sonja’s past and present collide in a quest beyond anything our scarlet-haired hero has faced before!

Dynamite Entertainment is proud to present a sweeping story of sword and sorcery and high adventure by writer JIM ZUB (Conan the Barbarian, Dungeons & Dragons, Avengers) and artists GIOVANNI VALLETTA (John Wick, James Bond) and JONATHAN LAU (Battlestar Galactica, Warlord of Mars)!

Collects Unbreakable Red Sonja #1-5 and the one-shot Red Sonja and Cub.
In Shops: Jul 12, 2023

Zub Comics Arriving March 2023


MURDERWORLD: GAME OVER #1
Story – Jim Zub and Ray Fawkes
Art – Lorenzo Tammetta
Cover Paco Medina

The grand finale! The big prize! Bodies are piled high and only one person can win it all! Arcade’s darkest game comes to a close and anything can happen…especially if Natasha Romanoff has something to say about it.

Arcade’s circus-style contests have been a punchline in the past, but writers Ray Fawkes (One Soul, Constantine) and Jim Zub (AVENGERS, CONAN THE BARBARIAN) and artist Lorenzo Tammetta are here to put the “murder” back in “Murderworld.” Don’t miss it!
32 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$3.99

RICK AND MORTY VS CTHULHU #4 (of 4)
Story – Jim Zub
Artist – Troy Little and Leonaro Ito
Cover – Troy Little

It’s R’yleh happening! In the final confrontation of the Smith-Sanchez Lovecraftian horror saga, family turns on family, and the battle for pop culture relevance is waged between Rick and Cthulhu—with devastating stakes. Morty embraces his eldritch identity and finds comfort in the supportive arms of his adoptive old-god father. Summer will mete out divine retribution in the name of Azathoth. Rick has lost ground at home against the Color Out of Space, and must abandon his daughter to fight this evil at its source: Cthulhu.

Rick and Morty Script Sample

If you want to check out my script for the first issue of Rick and Morty VS Cthulhu, I posted it up (along with an archive of over 270 other scripts I’ve written) here on my Patreon. Learn how comics are made for the price of a fancy coffee:

Rick and Morty VS Cthulhu #1 – Full Script

Rick and Morty VS Cthulhu #1 Reviews

The Brown Bag: “This opening instalment of a four-part mini-series should easily please fans of both Cartoon Network’s animated sitcom and the Lovecraft-inspired universe – the Cthulhu Mythos.”

Capes & Tights: “Sometimes comics based on other properties are either straight adaptations or very thinly written and illustrated as a way to make more money on a popular media property. However, Zub and Little have been able to make a story worth reading and the artwork doesn’t skip a beat.”

Comics Beat: “It’s hard to talk about someone so iconic and beloved, but also terrible. But they pulled it off — from the immensity of the cosmic world, to the fragility of our psychological nature, part one of Rick & Morty vs. Cthulhu will be a good read for fans and anyone who wants to jump in to the property for the first time!”

Comic Book.com: 8/10 “The series is in keeping with the irreverent tone of the Rick and Morty comics and Lovecraft’s work are treated with both respect and appropriate disdain for Lovecraft himself. If you’re a Rick and Morty fan, you’ll enjoy this comic.”

Comic Book Club: “The Zub is super smart. He’s a super geek and goes super hard and I’m glad this is no exception…If you love the show you’re gonna love this comic.”

Comic Town: “The book, the art, it’s just amazing. It looks like you’re reading the animated series…and there’s a plot twist at the end that I did not see coming.”

The Geekiary: “As a fan of the show, I think that Zub’s narrative had the tone of the long-running animated series down. That gelled well with Troy Little’s illustrations and Leonardo Ito’s colors. In a sense, my mind actually saw the panels play out as a normal Rick and Morty animated episode would. Complete with the proper voice acting.”

League of Comic Geeks: 9/10 “Lovecraft’s works are both lovingly homaged and brutally eviscerated.”

The Outerhaven: “As I’m reading the dialogue panels, I can just hear the characters in my head squabbling as if they were on TV! It definitely helped with the immersion but what can I say? This is Rick and Morty through and through.”

The Pullbox: 9/10 “Little brings an unconventional, cartoony style into this world of mayhem and mischief, and nails the look of the show. His spin on the character designs fits perfectly, no small thing with a property as loved as this one, where trying to ‘make it your own’ could bring a fan backlash of epic proportions.”

We Have issues: “I want to see where this goes, because it’s absolutely ridiculous and I loved it.”