Kingsway West #2 hits stores this Wednesday! It’s the second issue of the Chinese gunslinger magical Western written by yours truly with art by Mirko Colak, colors by Wil Quintana, and letters by Simon Bowland, and YOU WANT IT.
Check out the lettered preview below, where we learn more about Kingsway’s relationship with Sonia, his missing wife.
And then ask your local retailer to hold a copy for you!
Ridiculously excited about this! As AMNY reported on Friday, the great Jeremy Lin will co-star with Amadeus Cho in Totally Awesome Hulk #13 and #14, written by yours truly with art by Luke Ross and covers by Bernard Chang! The first issue hits in December — ask your local retailer to order a copy for you today!
Here’s Lin talking about the book:
“They had me with Hulk’s hair. We’re kindred spirits,” Lin said. “It is an honor and a cool opportunity to become part of the Amadeus Cho, ‘Totally Awesome Hulk’ storyline. Additionally, I think it’s great that Marvel is making real efforts to add diversity to its superheroes and their origin stories.”
If you’ve followed me during the basketball season on Twitter, you know I’m a huge Lin fan, so this storyline is a dream come true — it’s the biggest Asian American sports star teaming up with the biggest Asian American superhero! Amadeus is a cocky teenager who thinks he knows everything and is going to be the best Hulk ever. Lin knows a little something about the greatness that comes from teamwork and what it takes to keep going no matter what. So in between all the smashing and hooping, someone big and green might just learn a little something.
Here’s another quote from Lin from the New York Post:
“It’s weird right? It was just a cool opportunity, and I think Greg [Pak] was really supportive of me and my story, so I’m thankful for that,’’ Lin told The Post, referring to the New York-based comics writer who became a diehard fan of the guard during his days as a Knick.
Don’t forget to ask your local retailer to order copies for you today!
The podcast of the superfun Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men panel I did at the Rose City Comic Con has gone live! Check it out here!
Had a blast on that panel. Realized I’ve written a heck of a lot of X-Books over the years — X-Men Phoenix Endsong, X-Men Phoenix Warsong, Magneto Testament, Astonishing X-Men, X-Treme X-Men, Storm… even Alpha Flight with Fred Van Lente, which is kind of X-Adjacent. And we talked about a ton of those books! Especially Magneto and X-Treme X-Men.
Jay and Miles are very, very funny and the audience was incredible. Enjoy!
(You can also subscribe to the X-Plain the X-Men podcast right here via iTunes.)
Just switched webhosts for GregPak.com and now I’m testing things out. Everybody seeing this?
Hey, friends! Huge news — I’ve been authorized by BOOM! to share the first four pages of the BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA/ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK book I’m writing! Yep, it’s a cross-over story starring the Kurt Russell characters from the two cult classic movies, and it’s been an absolute blast to work on. The book hits stores on October 5 and is drawn by the supercool Daniel Bayliss with colors by Triona Farrell and letters by Simon Bowland.
Scroll on for the opening scene — and if you dig, be sure to ask your local retailer to order a copy for you today!
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It’s the mother of all crossovers as Jack Burton and Snake Plissken meet for the first time ever anywhere!
Done with director John Carpenter’s complete blessing, witness this melee of the mullets as two cult-classic characters made famous by actor Kurt Russell crossover in an improbable adventure.
As lightning cascades around Jack and his good ol’ Pork-Chop Express, he finds himself transported and driving through the horrors of what seems to be the dystopian future of…Escape from New York?!
Snake Plissken catches wind of Jack and goes on the hunt to find who is trying to steal his identity.
Prepare for the road trip of a lifetime, with Jack and Snake rumblin’ down the streets of a dystopian future to find what craziness caused Jack to jump through worlds.
Written by Greg Pak (Totally Awesome Hulk, Action Comics) and illustrated by Russ Manning Award nominee Daniel Bayliss (Kennel Block Blues, Translucid).
Hey, I’m tabling all weekend at the FlameCon 2 comic con in Brooklyn at booth 154! I’ll have tons of comics for sale as well as the Princess Who Saved Herself and ABC Disgusting children’s books!
Check out the official website!
The show runs from 12-8 pm Saturday and 11 am to 5 pm Sunday at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, 333 Adams St., Brooklyn, NY.
I’ll also be on the “Breaking the Mold: Writing for Diversity in Comics” panel at 4 pm Saturday in Room B with amazing folks like Heather Hogan, Steve Orlando, Terry Blas, Sophie Campbell, and Amy Reeder!
See you soon!
Big news! I’m doing an East Coast signing tour for Kingsway West #1, the first issue of my new Dark Horse book about a Chinese gunslinger searching for his wife in an Old West overrun with magic! Stops include New York City, Long Island, Wilmington, Philly, Annapolis, and Washington, DC!
Read on for the dates and please do come see me! I’ll have signed mini-prints to give away and will also be toting my children’s books, ABC Disgusting and The Princess Who Saved Herself.
Please do feel free to contact the awesome stores below to make sure they hold you a copy.
Kingsway West was written by yours truly with art by Mirko Colak, colors by Wil Quintana, and letters by Simon Bowland. You can check out some rave advance reviews here and pre-order the next few issues at KingswayWest.com.
Wednesday, August 24
6-8 pm – Fourth World Comics – Long Island
33 NY-111, Smithtown, NY 11787
http://fourthworldcomics.com/sales.html
Thursday, August 25
7-8 pm – Midtown Comics Downtown, New York City
64 Fulton Street, New York, NY 10038
https://www.facebook.com/events/1659285771058807/
Saturday, August 27
11 am – 1 pm – The Comic Book Shop, Wilmington, DE
1855 Marsh Rd, Wilmington, DE 19810
https://www.facebook.com/events/820631111370520/
4-6 pm – Amalgam Comics, Philly
2578 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125
https://www.facebook.com/events/314423165575863/
Sunday, August 28
11 am – 1 pm – Third Eye Comics – Annapolis
2027 West St, Annapolis, MD 21401
http://www.thirdeyecomics.com/sun-82816-kingsway-west-launch-signing-w-greg-pak/
3-5 pm – Big Planet Comics – Washington, DC
1520 U St NW, Washington, DC 20009
A few years back, I wrote twelve issues of a Battlestar Galactica comic book series that tied in with the brilliant Ron Moore reboot of the television series. Now Comixology is selling the digital versions of three volumes of those issues for just $2.99 each in its BSG sale! Had a ton of fun on that series and it had great art by Nigel Raynor and Jonathan Lau. Check it out and enjoy!
Hey, all! Today’s the big day — the day comic book shops send in their orders to the distributor for KINGSWAY WEST #1, the first issue of the new Dark Horse series I’ve been talking about incessantly for weeks. If you’re at all intrigued, please do contact your local comics shop and pre-order the book today! Pre-orders are hugely important since the print run of a comic book is determined by how many copies comic shops order. In simple terms, the single most helpful thing you can do to help a comic book is pre-order it with your local shop.
But why, you might ask… why should I order KINGSWAY WEST? Well, here’s an answer from my interview with ComicsBeat:
If you’re looking for adventure, we’ve got big action, mind bending fantasy, and wild alternative history.
If you’re looking for emotion, we’ve got romance and a huge journey of heroism, horror, and redemption.
If you care about diversity in storytelling, our hero’s a Chinese gunslinger searching for his Mexican wife, pursued by an African American soldier. This is a world that explores the glory of American diversity and the tragedy of American racism with a Chinese American Golden City in Northern California, a República de los Californios in the Southwest, Native American city-states in the Midwest, and the United States of New York back East. Don’t sleep on this one, friends!
And dragons. We mentioned the dragons, right?
And here’s an excerpt from a 10/10 review from Comicosity, which lavishes much-deserved praise on artist Mirko Colak, colorist Wil Quintana, and letterer Simon Bowland:
I know I can rely on Greg Pak for entertaining stories, Colak for solid art, Quintana for vibrant, descriptive coloring, and Bowland for masterful lettering, so I had high hopes coming into Kingsway West #1. This creative team met that bar, effortlessly stepped over it, and gave me a story that was thoroughly entertaining and completely engrossing from cover to cover.
And here’s that trailer once more:
Thank you so much for your consideration and all the best!
Kingsway West is a Dark Horse miniseries about a Chinese gunslinger searching for his wife in an Old West overrun with magic. The book’s written by Greg Pak (hey, that’s me!), drawn by Mirko Colak, colored by Wil Quintana, and lettered by Simon Bowland. The first issue hits stores August 24 — and below are eight gorgeous lettered preview pages for your reading pleasure!
The final order cutoff for comic shops is August 1, so please, please do contact your local shop and order a copy of the book before then! You can also use the handy preorder form at KingswayWest.com.
Thank you so much for your consideration! And if you like what you read, please do share this page with your friends!
