2024-05-08 – DARTH VADER #46 in comic shops today!

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Cover of DARTH VADER #46 by Leinil Yu and Romulo Fajardo, Jr. showing Vader with lightsaber drawn surrounded by a bunch of Exegol giant warriors. Text says "The Sith Apprentice vs the Sith Eternal!"

DARTH VADER #46 hits comic shops today! Interior line art by Raffaele Ienco, colors by Federico Blee, letters by Joe Caramagna, script by Greg Pak. The official solicit:

THE RAZING OF EXEGOL, PART ONE! DARTH VADER and the SCHISM IMPERIAL launch their boldest challenge to the power of PALPATINE with an assault on EXEGOL, the home of the EMPEROR’S greatest secrets and treasures! But if sheer brute force can’t overcome the defenses of the SITH CITADEL, what terrifying new resources will the DARK LORD draw upon? Also: CAPTAIN ENRIC PRYDE faces his greatest test!

Check out a lettered preview here and ask your local comic shop to hold a copy for you!

2024-04-06 – 04-07 – Greg Pak at FanfaireNYC!

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Fanfaire NYC promotional art featuring a picture of comic book writer Greg Pak along with the text "fanfairenyc" and "April 6-7 2024"

Hey, NYC! I’ll be tabling and doing panels at FanfaireNYC at the High School of Art & Design on April 6 and 7! Come see, come see!

This is a very fun local con run by a New York City public school that I did for the first time last year. The artist alley features both high school students and local pros, and it’s a total blast. Hope to see you there!

For more about the event and to get tickets, visit fanfairenyc.com.

Huge comics news! LAWFUL coming this June from Pak, Galindo, Kniivila, and Bowland!

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Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social · 1h Check out these amazing designs of Eris and Sung from Diego Galindo! So much character in just these sketches! Diego Galindo's character designs for Eris from LAWFUL as both a little girl and a young adult. Eris is white with orange hair; as a kid she's got a cat tail and is wearing a shirt with a heart stitched onto it; as an adult she's got horns and a cheetah tail and paw and wears a leather jacket with a flaming heart on it. Lots of cheeky attitude. ALT Diego Galindo's character designs for Sung from LAWFUL as a young kid and a young adult. Sung is an Asian male. As a kid, he's wearing baggy, hand stitched shirt and pants with a kind of cape; as an adult, he's wearing similar clothes but is also carrying a satchel. Tentative smile as a child; wary look as an adult. ALT 3 Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social LAWFUL is one of the most personal and fantastical stories I've ever written. There's a lot in there about my specific Asian American experience growing up in the 1980s and that only semi-conscious, desperate feeling that following the rules to the letter will provide safety. And there are monsters. Mar 21, 2024 at 10:41 AM 1 repost 11 likes 1 Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social · 1h I love this book and I love these characters and I love love love what artist Diego Galindo, colorist Irma Kniivila, letterer Simon Bowland, and all our cover artists doing to breathe life into this world. It feels really special and I hope you'll preorder LAWFUL #1 with your local comics shop! Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social · 1h "Imagine a chunk of a big city ripped from Earth in the 1980s, set down on a fantastical planet, and cursed with one simple spell: every time you break a rule, you turn a bit more into a monster. Now jump forward 75 years and let's see what happens." #Lawful www.gamesradar.com/fantasy-comi... www.gamesradar.com Fantasy comic Lawful is a "revisionist morality tale" where breaking the rules makes you a monster - literally Exclusive | Greg Pak breaks down his new collaboration with Diego Galindo 1 Royal Nonesuch @royalnonesuch.bsky.social · 1h This looks incredibly cool. I'm checking this out! 1 LAWFUL #1 cover by Qistina Khalidah. Featuring two young people on a rock before a weird walled city. The character in the foreground is a crouching Asian male with a kind of scarf and a satchel and a wary expression. The character standing behind him is a white woman with horns and a cheetah tail and paw and black leather jacket and a small smile.

Big news, friends! I’m writing a new original comic series called LAWFUL, published by BOOM! Studios and drawn by Diego Galindo with colors by Irma Kniivila, letters by Simon Bowland, cover by Qistina Khalidah, and editing by Shantel LaRoque! Coming this June!

Here’s a tease from the interview with Newsarama:

“Imagine a chunk of a big city ripped from Earth in the 1980s, set down on a fantastical planet, and cursed with one simple spell: every time you break a rule, you turn a bit more into a monster. Now jump forward 75 years and let’s see what happens.”

LAWFUL is one of the most personal and fantastical stories I’ve ever written. There’s a lot in there about my specific Asian American experience growing up in the 1980s and that only semi-conscious, desperate feeling that following the rules to the letter will provide safety. And there are monsters.

Check out these amazing designs of our young heroes Sung and Eris from Diego Galindo! So much character in just these sketches!

Diego Galindo's character designs for Sung from LAWFUL as a young kid and a young adult. Sung is an Asian male. As a kid, he's wearing baggy, hand stitched shirt and pants with a kind of cape; as an adult, he's wearing similar clothes but is also carrying a satchel. Tentative smile as a child; wary look as an adult. Diego Galindo's character designs for Eris from LAWFUL as both a little girl and a young adult. Eris is white with orange hair; as a kid she's got a cat tail and is wearing a shirt with a heart stitched onto it; as an adult she's got horns and a cheetah tail and paw and wears a leather jacket with a flaming heart on it. Lots of cheeky attitude.

I love this book and I love these characters and I love love love what artist Diego, Irma, Simon, and all our cover artists doing to breathe life into this world. It feels really special and I hope you’ll preorder LAWFUL #1 with your local comics shop!

2024-03-20 – LILO & STITCH #2 in stores today!

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LILO & STITCH #2 cover drawn by Nicoletta Baldaria showing Stitch standing atop a building looking forlornly out over the city, holding a drawing of Lilo in one hand.

LILO & STITCH #2 hit comic book shops today! The book was written by Greg Pak (hey, that’s me!) with interior art by Giulia Giacomino, letters by Jeff Eckleberry, editing by Nate Cosby, cultural consulting by Moana McAdams, and covers by Nicoletta Baldari, Trish Forstner, Edwin Galmon, Craig Rousseau.

The official blurb:

Having evaded the agents of the evil Cluster Sovereign, Stitch has landed in New York City, where he finds the perfect place to hide: a toy convention! But can he evade the Sovereign’s drones long enough for Lilo to find him? Or will Manhattan become the latest battleground for Experiment 626?

Check out the preview here and ask your local comic shop to hold a copy for you!

STAR WARS: PHANTOM MENACE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1 coming from Greg Pak and Will Sliny this May!

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Cover of the STAR WARS: PHANTOM MENACE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL drawn by Phil Noto - showing kid Anakin surrounded by head shots of a bunch of characters from the movie, including Shmi, Obi-Wan, Jar Jar, Padmé, Qui-Gon, Palpatine, and a Tusken Raider.

Big news! I’m writing a huge anniversary special for THE PHANTOM MENACE drawn by Will Sliny, in stores this May! If you’ve been enjoying my DARTH VADER series, you absolutely don’t want to miss this deep dive into the heart and soul of young Anakin. Ask your local comic shop to pre-order a copy for you today!

From the official solicit:

STAR WARS: PHANTOM MENACE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1

GREG PAK (W) • WILL SLINEY (A) • COVER BY PHIL NOTO
VARIANT COVER BY MIKE MCKONE • VARIANT COVER BY MATEUS MANHANINI
THE PHANTOM MENACE 25TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS SPROUSE
PLO KOON & BULTAR SWAN MASTER & APPRENTICE VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO

CELEBRATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PHANTOM MENACE WITH AN ALL-NEW STORY!

Explore the earliest days and secret inner life of ANAKIN SKYWALKER with never-before-seen, revelatory stories set before, after and between the scenes of the classic movie! Featuring the dream of a JEDI, the gift of a TUSKEN RAIDER, the heart of a GUNGAN, the ache of a mother and the horror of a hero!

2024-02-21 – MECH CADETS #6 in comic shops today!

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MECH CADETS #6 cover by Tak Miyazawa and Ian Herring showing a giant Sharg raising General Park up via creepy tentacles.

Thrilled to report that MECH CADETS #6 hits comic shops today!

The book was written by Greg Pak (hey, that’s me!) with line art by Takeshi Miyazawa, colors by Ian Herring, and letters by Simon Bowland.

This is the last installment of this season of MECH CADETS, which could have been titled MECH CADET PARK, given its emphasis on Olivia Park. I’m really proud of the book and especially like that we’re ending in a VERY different place from where we began. Big themes, big character development, major choices, wild action. Please do ask your local comic shop to hold a copy for you today!