Hey it’s Zack!
Well, the bell has rung, the fight is on and the series is out into the world! METAL SOCIETY, from Image Comics / Top Cow, with artwork from Guilherme Balbi, Marco Lesko and Troy Peteri, written by me, released yesterday. Did you pick it up yet? What are you waiting for!
Metal Society had the biggest pre-orders of my career, it looks like it is close to selling out at Diamond and we picked up some great reviews. So, yeah, forgive me, but I’m stoked! Moreso, I think it really means a lot to me to see that the themes and ideas that I was excited about are coming across. A story about the tribalistic culture clash between two groups, in this case, humans and robots. They say write what interests you. So, it’s just a great feeling to do that and then see others so enthusiastic about it.
Of course, the secret here is that I wrote the robots very human in nature. Their society follows rules and they themselves follow guidelines in their lives, but really, no differently than we do. The first issue focuses on introducing the fight, the world and our human heroine, Rosa, but the echoes of the world are there, and the robots are very human. They have impulses, they have desires and they react in mob like fashion. And of course, making them this way, really allowed me to make this robot v human story an allegory for human v human. Anyway, if you haven’t picked it up yet, here’s the preview, and as you can see, just stunning interior artwork from Guilherme, Marco and letters by Troy!
So METAL SOCIETY is out in the world! If you enjoyed Issue #1, let me know! Metal Society Issue #2 FOC is right around the corner, so if you want on board, tell your shop to subscribe you to the series.
BREAK OUT #2 is out May 18th, and I can’t wait for you all to see more of that one! If you know, some of the best parts of a good heist story are right after the team is assembled and begin their preparations!
MINDSET is gearing up to be a non-stop machine of hype and the early reactions are already a bit surreal. Vault Comics went out with a preview in their newsletter and AIPT dropped an exclusive preview to the world, so if you are curious to read it, you can check it out by clicking on the graphic below.
And lastly, the next project is right around the corner from getting announced later this month, and I am really excited about that one. I’ve already teased that enough with images, so no more, no more. Okay, one more…
Well, I’m still buzzing and I’m off to shameless promote more METAL SOCIETY while I try to get my writing deadlines finished. If you picked it up this week or if you were helping to get the word out, thank you so much!
And thanks for reading!
Zack Kaplan
5.3.2022