This review of Skullkickers Vol. 3: Six Shooter on the Seven Seas brought a smile to my face. Australian accents make everything sound awesome!:

Each of the Skullkickers trade paperbacks have a long and thin strip of repeating artwork that makes up the back and front cover.

Check out this uninterrupted look at the spiffy artwork for Volume 3: Six Shooter on the Seven Seas, available now from your local comic shop or online comic/book retailer:

Line Art by Edwin Huang
Colors by Espen Grundetjern

SK mega-fan Jon Walsh had sculptor Travis MacIntosh put together this custom dwarf figurine. So amazing!

If you’re interested in commissioning one of your own, feel free to drop him a line via email.

Skullkickers #18, the anthology-style “Son of Tavern Tales” issue with 6 short stories by different creative teams, arrived yesterday in comic shops and the reviews its received so far have been strong!

Unleash the Fanboy: “4.5/5 It’s very funny, and very Skullkickers.”

Futile Postion: “…each story takes a microcosm of what makes the series great, from the goofy to the violent.”

Multiversity Comics: “…the various creators’ authenticity to the characters and the humor insure that #18 is just as good a place to start as #1.”

One Geek Nation: “4/5 …a 40 page spectacular that is actually quite enjoyable to read.”

First Comics News: “8/10 …all of them show that they are fans of the series and capture the characters and tone perfectly.”

Fanboy Comics: “…captures the violent fun of the main series in a standalone single issue full of interesting and humorous stories.”

Freakin’ Awesome Network: “…bureaucratic blunderbuss of beards and bludgeoning is vintage Skullkickers!”

Major Spoilers: “5/5. Skullkickers was a great book when the violence and crazy antics drove the book, but now that we are getting that on top of a deep back-story with a complex storyline, Skullkickers has entered the realm of ‘must-buy'”

Forces of Geek: “This is the most fun I have had reading a comic book all year.”

Image Addiction: “…one of the most consistently entertaining comic books in the free market”

Fellowship of the Geeks: “I will happily admit to some bias toward high fantasy, but even so, this book is a delightful read.”

Silver Snail: “4/5. I have to applaud the courage it must have took to end the current arc the way it did”

Futile Position: “Skullkickers remains one of the most beautiful comic books week-in and week-out”

Nerdlocker: “4/5. Really innovative in its sense of using high fantasy and high comedy at the same time.”

Over on Comic Book Resources they’ve posted a 6 page preview of Skullkickers #17, the finale of our third story arc ‘Six Shooter on the Seven Seas’, which arrives in comic book shops tomorrow.

It’s going to be epic!

Our latest Skullkickers issue arrived in comic shops last week and I’m happy to say that it’s been met with some of the strongest reviews for the series so far!

• Newsarama: “This issue really lets loose and is a zany battle royale from start to finish. 9/10”

• eXpert Comics: “…by far one of the most entertaining entries in the series (and with so many damn entertaining issues, that’s saying something). 9/10.”

• Major Spoilers: “rude, violent, foul-mouthed, artistic, and all-around well-done. 4/5.”

• One Geek Nation: “The sequential storytelling is very innovative and the comedic pacing is spot on.”

• Unleash the Fanboy: “Skullkickers #16 is both an excellent example of storytelling and a prime source of humor in comic book form. 4.5/5”

• Comic Buzz: “Skullkickers is one of the most fun, irreverent and devil may care comics out there. 9/10”

• Image Addiction: “…writer Jim Zub bends a particular genre to his will, incorporating the hilariously beloved Skullkickers flavor into a fast-paced, creature-feature, sea-faring, hyphen-inducing horror comic.”

• Silver Snail: “Four high-seas adventures out of five for producing consistent and quality entertainment for those of us who enjoy their share of fantasy and a comedy.”

• Things I Like: “I’m perfectly happy to wallow in the madcap action and amusing sound effects.”

Good News!

We received our advanced copies of Skullkickers #16 (in stores July 18th) today, so we’ll be bringing a handful of advanced copies to sell at San Diego Comicon! If you’re a dedicated fan you can get first crack at checking out the penultimate chapter of ‘Six Shooter on the Seven Seas’ by coming by the Image Comics Booth (BOOTH 2729) to get your advanced copy, and get it signed by Edwin and Jim while you’re there.

Adventure Retail (BOOTH 4423) will also have a limited number of advanced copies of Munchkin-Skullkickers thanks to the fine folks at Steve Jackson Games! If you’re a big Munchkin fan and want to snag a copy a month before it hits stores, they are the spot!

Image has unveiled their San Diego Comicon 2012 exclusive items and we’re quite happy to announce that one of those spiffy exclusives is the infamous SKULLKICKERS KITTEN COVER!

If you’re at the show next week, make sure you swing by BOOTH #2729 and grab a copy. They’ll be selling for $5 personalized, or $10 signed/raw as an incentive for fans to keep their copy rather than flipping it.

Today’s the day! Skullkickers #15, the second part of our “Secret of the Gun” sub-story, arrives in comic shops today. Now you can see why we kept this spiffy cover hidden for so long.

Head on over to your local comic store and pick it up!