Hey it’s Zack!
Did you know the Earth is traveling 67,000 miles per hour. How do we go so fast and still keep it all together? That’s a metaphor, it works for the Earth, but also for our lives. These are the amazing quips and sci-fi puns you can expect from this newsletter.
I’ll keep it short and sweet today, because there’s just too much going on over here. Oh really, Zack? Um, yeah. I’m prepping the announcement for the new secret series, which should hit any day now, I’m pulling together the last issue of Metal Society, and I’m prepping a ton of new pitches and comics for 2023. In fact, I even just wrote a mega perspective/interview for the next Panel x Panel about juggling several creator-owned comics all at once - because I’m still new to it, and I’ve been thrown into the deep end, and I’m actually sort of staying afloat. It’s really a balance of project management and creative focus. I learned a lot from Anthony Johnston’s The Organized Writer, although that book is a general guide for writers and comic creators to have good writing habits and productivity workflow. There are definitely some comics specific elements I tried to share in the Panel x Panel, but if I miss something, let me know - I feel like this is an area I can talk more about. I also talk a lot about my process making comics with different creators and my attempts to take risks in the comics medium and craft. Fun stuff!
First off, Dark Horse Comics BREAK OUT #2 is out today, and I’m buzzing off of some good reviews and retailer excitement. I can’t wait to see what you all think! This issue is power charged with 26 pages of energy and heart. And I’m really in awe by Wilton Santos and Jason Wordie’s collaboration together. It’s really something special, just gorgeous. There are two great covers today, one from Adam Gorham, the artist on Blue Flame, and the other from Jacob Phillips, the artist on That Texas Blood and Newborn.
I’m also going on Vault Comics WHATNOT today to talk about Mindset! What’s WHATNOT? Got me! It seems to be a platform for bidding on things, and Vault uses it to give away crazy rare comics at silly low prices, like a $100 variant for $5. So it’s like the secret inner chamber where the Gods play, and you are invited. Plus, I’ll be there and I may accidentally give some stuff away on Mindset, or you can ask questions. So that will be fun!
Here’s the link for that - VAULT WHAT NOT
I also had a really great interview with John Pearson on WMQ&A with Dan Grote and Matthew Lazorwitz. We really talked a lot about technology and the themes of Mindset, as well as our collaboration together. Was a lot of fun! Hope you guys are getting excited about Mindset, it’s going to be amazing!
METAL SOCIETY #1 is out, and METAL SOCIETY #2 orders are in! The fight continues on May 8th.
BREAK OUT #2 is out now!
MINDSET #1 has 11 more days to pre-order! We should start to see the drip of insane covers being revealed. Click here for preview - FREE YOURSELF
New series says what? Soon!
That’s it! See, balance…chaotic, beautiful balance. Sometimes I think balance is an illusion, maybe it just means you remain calm as you hurdle through space time at 67,000 mph. That’s balance, it’s a subjective mood. Alright, enough sci-fi metaphors.
And thanks for reading!
Zack Kaplan
5.18.22