We’re huge fans of the fantastically talented Geof Darrow here at FreakSugar–check out our catalogue of interviews and articles for all things Mr. Darrow here! That’s why we’re over-the-moon excited that our favorite unstoppable force is returning with a new miniseries this May, with Darrow on art and story and legendary colorist Dave Stewart on colors! In Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to be Kin from Dark Horse Comics, Darrow will set his sights on fatherhood, navigating homeschooling, and pandemic problems:
The latest installment in the Eisner-Award-winning Shaolin Cowboy series is set in Phase 4 of the SCU, where the Shaolin Cowboy finds his parenting skills being tested when he is forced to homeschool during a pandemic of unparalleled violence, in a story torn from yesterday’s viral twitter feeds. Can he get a kung fu grip on the situation before a horde of .45 loving human monsters and not so human monsters send him to the ICU? Only guns, swords, and flying guillotines will tell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Color us intrigued and jazzed! This seven-issue tale will be the third installment in the Shaolin Cowboy world, preceded by Shemp Buffet and Who’ll Stop the Reign?, both of which you can learn about here at FreakSugar. Having worked on everything from The Matrix films to Super Friends to collaborating with a whole host of comic creators, Darrow has gained a well-earned reputation of being one of the most talented and nicest artists and writers in the comic book industry, and it’s so heartening to see him turning his attention back to the beloved Shaolin Cowboy.
Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to be Kin goes on sale May 18th from Dark Horse Comics. Check out the covers that just dropped and then read the official press release!
From the official press release:
Dark Horse To Publish Geof Darrow’s SHAOLIN COWBOY: CRUEL TO BE KIN
Seven Issues of ACTION-PACKED Intellectual Drama
Featuring Covers by Darrow and Eisner Award-Winning Colorist Dave Stewart,
With Variant Covers by Some of the Biggest Names in Comics
(February 10, 2022) This year, Dark Horse Comics will publish Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to Be Kin, an all-new, seven part comic book series of action-packed intellectual drama by award-winning Geof Darrow and Eisner award-winning colorist Dave Stewart. The latest installment in the Eisner-Award-winning Shaolin Cowboy series is set in Phase 4 of the SCU, where the Shaolin Cowboy finds his parenting skills being tested when he is forced to homeschool during a pandemic of unparalleled violence, in a story torn from yesterday’s viral twitter feeds. Can he get a kung fu grip on the situation before a horde of .45 loving human monsters and not so human monsters send him to the ICU? Only guns, swords, and flying guillotines will tell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Geof Darrow is one of the most influential and revered cartoonists working today. Darrow is renowned for his early work with Moebius, his designs for television (including Super Friends, Richie Rich, and Pac-Man) and films (including The Matrix, The Matrix Resurrections, and Speed Racer), his collaborations with Frank Miller and Andrew Vachss, and his iconic and detailed comic book covers. For nearly twenty years, he’s been creating stories for the Shaolin Cowboy that are chock full of monsters, carnage, copses, and chainsaws. For the latest, epic Shaolin Cowboy series, some of the biggest names in comics will provide variant covers:
issue #1: Mike Mignola
issue #1: Alice Darrow
issue #2: Frank Quitely
issue #2: Ed Piskor
issue #3: Stan Sakai
issue #3: Steve Skroce
issue #4: Duncan Fegredo
issue #4: Jim Rugg
issue #5: Katsuya Terada
issue #6: James Harren
issue #7: Tsui Hark
Dark Horse Comics will publish Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to Be Kin issue 1 on May 18, 2022. AMITOUFU!!!!!!