It’d been a long time since I’ve announced a new comic series—but that changed this week.

If you haven’t seen the news already, allow me to introduce you to BARBARIC, my new series with Vault Comics, illustrated by Nate Gooden, colors by Addison Duke, and lettered by Jim Campbell.

The story goes like this:

BARBARIC follows Owen the Barbarian who has been cursed to do good. His bloodthirsty, drunken weapon, Axe, has become his moral compass. Together they wander an untamed, mythic realm battling supernatural cultists, hungry giants, creatures of the night, and more in their quest to somehow, amidst all this chaos, do the right thing.

Welcome to the skull-cracking, blood-splattering, mayhem-loving comic brave enough to ask: How can a man sworn to do good do so much violence? It’s just…BARBARIC.

Personally, I'm absolutely thrilled about this series. I’ve said that I think of BARBARIC as Conan + Hellboy + a dash of Wasted Space's irreverence. It's big, it's bloody, but it's good a lot of heart underneath all the mayhem. I have big plans for this series, so hopefully we're able to keep this going for a long time. And, the art by Nate and Addison is absolutely stunning.

Find the first issue in stores this June. And please—do be sure to tell your local comic shop to order a copy. It’ll guarantee you have one waiting for you, and the more retailers hear about this series, the more confident they’ll be in putting it on the shelves.

Cover A is above, and here’s our cover B, which homages the great Barry Windsor-Smith: