Since 2004, Greg Pak has written over 600 individual comic books. He’s best known for his Hulk, Superman, and Darth Vader runs as well as his creator-owned books Mech Cadet Yu and Ronin Island.
Just stumbled across this listing on the Midtown Comics page, so the cat’s out of the bag! I’m writing one of the stories in the CRUEL KINGDOM #4 anthology book from EC Comics and Oni! Check out this incredible Gabriel Rodriguez cover!
Here’s the official solicit:
In EC’s final slash through the realms of fatalistic fantasy, step once more through the vale into a shadowy world of demons and dragons, alchemy and anguish . . . where a fork in the path can bet the difference between untold treasures and certain doom! Leading this month’s dark excursions into the weirdest frontiers of wonder: J. Holtham, Greg Pak, Valeria Burzo & more!
Thrilled to report that LAWFUL #7 is now in comic shops — and has earned an absolute rave 9.2/10 review from the Super Powered Fancast, which calls it “a powerful, engaging and entertaining issue.”
And ask your local comic shop to hold a copy for you today — and to preorder the big finale issue #8 for you!
LAWFUL #7 was published by BOOM! Studios and written by Greg Pak with line art by Diego Galindo, colors by Irma Kniivila, letters by Simon Bowland and Taylor Esposito, covers by Qistina Khalidah, Miguel Mercado (above), Erica Henderson, and editing by Shante LaRoque and David Mariotte.
Visitors will be able to admire the work of the cartoonists Paolo Bacilieri, Lorena Canottiere, Carmine Di Giandomenico and Pietro Scarnera who have addressed the topic of the Shoah from various points of view and with different narrative and graphic approaches. They range from biography to fantastic storytelling, from historical reconstructions faithful to bittersweet reflections and from intimate portraits to dramatic action.
MAGNETO TESTAMENT remains one of the comics projects I’m most proud of contributing to. Much gratitude to Carmine, as always, and big thanks to Nicola for organizing this exhibition.
Big high five to Tiffany Babb, who announced on Bluesky that she and her family “are giving four mini grants of $250 to comics critics.” The deadline is February 28 and you can apply here.
Tiffany interviewed me for Popverse a while back — she’s now editor of a new print comics publication called the Comics Courier.
Marvel just announced that SAM WILSON: CAPTAIN AMERICA #2 will have a variant cover featuring movie concept art by Ryan Meinerding! Check it out above and feel free to pre-order it from your local comic shop!
UPDATE: I just discovered the bundle actually delivers the PLANET HULK: WORLDBREAKER comic series instead of the PLANET HULK prose novel. I think that’s a glitch, since the bundle is for prose novels. Will update if I find anything else out!
Very happy to see that the PLANET HULK prose novel I wrote in 2015 is part of a new Humble Bundle of Marvel Universe books benefiting the Hero Initiative!
The Hero Initiative is a tremendous charity that helps comics creators in need. You can donate to them separately here if you’re so inclined.
The PLANET HULK prose novel is one of my favorite projects of the last decade. It’s my first prose novel and it delves deep with new insight into characters and elements of the original PLANET HULK comics — and it has a different ending than the original story! It’s great; I hope you dig it!
Real talk: 2024 was rough. So I’m gonna take a minute to celebrate some wins and share some thanks. I’ve already written about the past year on my gregpak.net blog, which you can feel free to check out for a more personal angle on all of this. But please read on for some highlights of the creative work I was able to do with awesome collaborators — and a big Happy New Year to you!
Finished a 50 issue run on DARTH VADER
Working on the DARTH VADER comics throughout the pandemic has been one of the great joys of my comics career. So I’m particularly proud of the way we wrapped up the run this year with an oversized issue #50 in September. Artists Raffaele Ienco, Paul Fry, Luke Ross, and Adam Gorham absolutely knocked the four stories in the book out of the park, with glorious coloring by Federico Blee, Frank William, Alex Sinclair, and Guru-eFX, cover by Leinil Yu, letters by Joe Caramagna, and editing by Mark Paniccia and Mikey Basso.
DARTH VADER #50 concluded the Schism Imperial arc and featured a final showdown between Vader and the Emperor with major denouements for Sabé, Ochi, and even Kitster and Wald and little Anakin Skywalker. We were able to pay off our big themes and put a button on our exploration of the tragedy of Darth Vader, and I loved the whole experience.
Thanks so much to all the readers and retailers who supported the book and massive love to everyone who worked on the entire series.
I’m also honored that the series was declared Best Comic of 2024 by TheHoloFiles.com — also nabbing the Fan’s Pick citation. Huge thanks, y’all!
Worked on some fun STAR WARS oneshots
Speaking of Star Wars, I also had the awesome chance to write two one shot comics this year — the PHANTOM MENACE 25th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL draw by Wil Sliny and the DARTH MAUL: BLACK, WHITE, and RED #4 book drawn by Luca Pizzari and Wil Sliny.
The PHANTOM MENACE book gave us a tremendous chance to dig deeper into the heart and soul of young Anakin and serves as a great companion to the main DARTH VADER series. The NerdyNook called it “truly incredible” and named it one of the best books of the year.
And the DARTH MAUL book was just a blast — a dark, bleak fable that along with the other Maul stories in the series ended up on Chad Burdett’s Top Ten best books of the year at Comic-Watch.com.
Worked on the Stop Project 2025 comic
I was proud to join an all-volunteer group of comic book artists and writers who worked like hell to put out the Stop Project 2025 comics, which you can read here. They remain a valuable resource to get a handle on what Project 2025 supporters have in mind for our country in the months and years to come.
Edited the A STORY IN EVERY OBJECT! Asian American comics anthology
A STORY IN EVERY OBJECT! features six stories by brilliant Asian American cartoonists about the history of personal objects in their families. The book was produced for the NYC DOE Civics for All Comics Group and is free to download in PDF form right here!
It’s one of the best books I’ve worked on in the last decade and I hope you’ll check it out. If you’re a teacher, you might find it really helpful as a way to get kids to think about history — and there’s a fun “make your own comic” section at the end of the book!
The incredible cartoonists include MariNaomi, Trung Le Nguyen, Nidhi Chanani, Shing Yin Khor, Gene Luen Yang, and Kolbe Yang. The stories they share in this anthology are so personal and funny and moving all at once; I’m so grateful to them and I hope you’ll love the book as much as I do.
Launched LAWFUL
In June, BOOM Studios launched the comic series LAWFUL, which tells the story of two young heroes coming of age in a world in which any time you break the rules, you turn a little more into a monster. The book’s drawn by the great Diego Galindo with colors by Irma Kniivila and letters by Simon Bowland, and it’s absolutely gorgeous. Our amazing editors are Shantel LaRoque and David Mariotte.
LAWFUL’s one of the most personal books I’ve ever written and might be one of the best. Please feel free to check out the FreakSugar interview for more about the series.
Wrote eight issues of LILO & STITCH
LILO & STITCH is my favorite of the modern Disney animated movies and I was thrilled when editor Nate Cosby approached me about writing it and even more thrilled when we were able to bring Moana McAdams on board as a cultural consultant. The book’s drawn by the brilliant Giulia Giacomino with letters by Jeff Eckleberry, and you can buy signed copies of the first issue at the Greg Pak Shop!
Worked on a secret project I think you’ll love
Here’s a sketch I did in preparation for a secret project. I can’t say anything more about it except that it’s been a dream project for years and I think it’ll blow your minds. Cross your fingers for us in 2025!
What’s coming up?
SAM WILSON: CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 hits comic shops TODAY, January 1! And it’s already gettingravereviews! Please do check it out. The book’s written by yours truly and Evan Narcisse with interior line art by Eder Messias and Valentine De Landro, colors by Fer-Sifuentes Sujo, letters by Joe Caramagna, editing by Alanna Smith, and cover by Taurin Clarke.
Taurin and I will be doing a signing of the book starting at 2 pm on January 5 at Anyone Comics in Brooklyn — please do come by, NYC!
I’m also working on three (3) different unannounced and very exciting comics projects — more news on everything soon!
I hope you’re all having a restful day and wish you all as good a 2025 as we can make!
Hey, NYC! I’m signing SAM WILSON: CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 at Anyone Comics in Brooklyn on January 5 from 2-4 pm — and cover artist Taurin Clarke will sign as well from 2-3 pm! Come see, come see!
I’ve got a story called “Blood of the Robo King” inspired by that phenomenal Adam Polina cover and drawn by Leomacs in Oni Press’s CRUEL KINGDOM #1 anthology book that hits comic shops on January 8!
SAM WILSON: CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 hits comic book shops on January 1, 2025 – and Comic Book Club has a five page lettered preview!
The official synopsis:
SAM WILSON SOARS AGAIN! When Captain America attends a birthday party for Isaiah Bradley, he catches wind of a new tech venture that sounds too good to be true: magnificent floating platforms in the sky, where the disenfranchised can apply for land grants and establish their own farms. But after Sam discovers the organization’s dark underbelly, he’ll have to tangle with its head of security: Red Hulk! Greg Pak (INCREDIBLE HULK, WEAPON H), Evan Narcisse (RISE OF THE BLACK PANTHER) and Eder Messias (PHASES OF THE MOON NIGHT) join forces for a high-flying Cap adventure!
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