A new #ComicsSchool video is up!
This one is about Dialogue Density and Pacing – How do you balance text and imagery in comic panels? How much text is too much?
A new #ComicsSchool video is up!
This one is about Dialogue Density and Pacing – How do you balance text and imagery in comic panels? How much text is too much?
I spoke to Nerd Caliber all about writing Conan the Barbarian – inspirations, conflict, pulp fantasy, and more. Check it out!
A new #ComicsSchool video is up!
This one is about The Power of Short Stories – skill development, building relationships with artists, and developing new concepts!
I spoke to the gang at Conskipper all about Stone Star and Conan the Barbarian. Check it out!
Max Dunbar and I chatted with True North Country all about Stone Star Vol. 1: Fight or Flight, in stores this week from Dark Horse Comics! Give it a listen-
I spoke to Chris Cobb at One-Quest about working on Conan the Barbarian, lore around the character, and other projects I have currently underway. Give it a listen.





CONAN THE BARBARIAN #25 (Legacy #300)
Story by JIM ZUB, CHRISTOPHER PRIEST, LARRY HAMA, and DAN SLOTT
Art by CORY SMITH, ROBERTO DE LA TORRE, PAUL DAVIDSON, and MARCOS MARTIN
Cover by GEOFF SHAW
Variant Cover by DANIEL ACUÑA
Variant Cover by KEVIN EASTMAN
Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO
Variant Cover by MR. GARCIN
Variant Cover by DAN PANOSIAN
Hidden Gem Variant Cover by ALEX TOTH
BLANK VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
ON-SALE 09/08/21
CELEBRATING 300 ISSUES OF CONAN THE BARBARIAN…AND THE RETURN OF BÊLIT!
By Crom and Mitra, it’s been 300 issues since Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith first brought the Barbarian to comics in 1970’s CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1! CONAN’s oversized 300th-issue spectacular kicks off with Jim Zub and Cory Smith’s ongoing saga, as we return to Conan’s much-lauded days sailing with the queen of the seas herself, BÊLIT! But – past, present and future will collide in ways unexpected and strange!
Sharpen your blade for three additional, all-new tales from across Conan history! Dan Slott enters the Hyborian Age with Marcos Martín, for an untold NIGHT OF OBLIVION from Conan’s thieving days. Larry Hama and Christopher Priest at last return to the saga with their own new stories — from a hotheaded young barbarian in battle to an aged KING CONAN, who must defend his kingdom from the re-emergence of WRAARL, the DEVOURER OF SOULS!
40 PGS./Parental Advisory …$4.99
© 2021 Conan Properties International LLC
AVENGERS: TECH-ON AVENGERS #2 (OF 6)
JIM ZUB (W) • CHAMBA (A) • Cover by EIICHI SHIMIZU
Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO
ON-SALE 09/08/21
The Avengers encounter Venom in Yokohama, but he’s supersized, super charged and out of control!
Can Tony Stark’s untested “Do Hatsu” mode upgrade turn the tide, or is this the beginning of the end?
AVENGERS: TECH-ON AVENGERS is a sentai-inspired action-adventure series produced in partnership with Bandai Namco of Japan, written by Jim Zub (Uncanny Avengers, Champions) and illustrated by Jeff “Chamba” Cruz (Venom: The End, Street Fighter)!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
CONAN THE BARBARIAN BY JIM ZUB VOL. 2: LAND OF THE LOTUS TPB
Written by Jim Zub with Christopher Priest, Larry Hama & Dan Slott
Penciled by Cory Smith with Roberto de La Torre, Marcos Martin and PAUL DAVIDSON
Cover by GEOFF SHAW
ON SALE 11/10/21
It will take more than chains to keep a Cimmerian down! Conan’s march to Khitai has landed him as a prisoner of the imperial guard. He plans his escape, but what dreaded beasts lurk in this strange land — and what new dangers will impede his quest to return the deadly Tooth of the Nightstar to its rightful master? Conan has a new comrade, but is Meiwei everything she seems? Heng the Insurgent and his roving band of thieves hide a dark secret, and Conan must fight for his life against the bandit king’s deadly power! Will the barbarian have what it takes to survive the land of Khitai — even if it costs his very soul?
Also featuring tales celebrating 300 issues of CONAN THE BARBARIAN at Marvel, exploring the past and future of Conan! Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (2019) #19-25.
168 PGS./Parental Advisory …$19.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-92096-8
Trim size: 6-5/8 x 10-3/16
A new #ComicsSchool video is up!
This one is about Prose Writers Making Comics – collaborating with your team and common pitfalls to avoid. Watch and share!
In this new tutorial video I cover a couple storytelling techniques unique to comics- page turns and panel size/configuration for dialogue. In my demonstrations I use page artwork by Max Dunbar, Cory Smith, Steven Cummings, and Djibril Morissette-Phan, with coloring by Sebastian Chen, Israel Silva, John Rauch, and K. Michael Russell, and lettering by Neil Uyetake, Travis Lanham, and Marshall Dillon.
Give it a watch and, if you enjoy it and find it useful, please share it as well.
I asked my Patreon supporters for their questions about writing comics and working in the industry and then shot this video covering the answers.
Watch and maybe it’ll answer questions you have about the process too: