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Bug Wars Spotlight with Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar
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BUG WARS – Release Date February 12, 2025
Final order Cut-Off January 20, 2025
Jace is joined by Jason Aarona and Mahmud Asrar to talk about Bug Wars. An eclectic mix of two of Jason’s favorite types oif stories growing up, the hidden civilazations of “tiny people” who live at our feet. like The Littles or The Borrowers, and mythical fantasy. Joined by superstar artist Mahmud Asrar, these two creators are building an amazingly rich world that combines the best elements of both. Jason describes it as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids meets Game of Thrones. The guys discuss the first issue and the elements of bringing these two types of stories together and also some hints of how the main character goes from our world to the sprawling land of The Yard. With roots in Jason’s childhood, from the stories he created in his own backyard as a child, to the amazing and inventive design work from Mahmud, this is an incredible story and a must-read debut issue. There’s plenty more to the conversation so join us to learn more and pre-order the book now! Final Order Cut-Off is January 20th and Bug Wars hits comics shops on Feruary 12th. You can read the full press release from Image Comics that was released in Oct 2024 during NYCC below.
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PORTLAND, Ore. 10/16/2024 — The superstar team of writer Jason Aaron (Southern Bastards, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Absolute Superman) and artist Mahmud Asrar (Conan the Barbarian, X-Men, Batman & Robin) join forces for the upcoming series, Bug Wars. The extra-length first issue of this six issue, dark fantasy, epic miniseries is set to debut in February 2025 from Image Comics.
Aaron and Asrar will appear on the “Image Comics Presents: Breaking Ground” panel on Sunday, October 20 @ 11 a.m. in room 406.2 at New York Comic Con this week to share more details about the announcement. They can also be found in Artist Alley at tables H42 (Aaron) and D24 (Asrar) where a limited number of Bug Wars ashcans will be available for sale.
Slade Slaymaker is a kid from Alabama suddenly lost in a vicious world beyond his imagining, a world of marauding ant armies, spell-casting spider witches, and beetle-riding barbarians. A kingdom of tiny but deadly warriors hidden in his own backyard. The same world that saw his father eaten alive by insects and now plunges young Slade into the middle of a brutal Bug War to decide the fate of his family.
“When I was a kid, our backyard was a wondrous place, where I spent hours imagining epic adventures, action figures scattered all through the grass. In a lot of ways, I still feel like that kid, running around the yard, making up stories. Only the stories have gotten a bit darker over the years,” said Aaron. “For Slade Slaymaker, the backyard of his home in Alabama turns out to be a place of terror and brutality, where sects of tiny sword-wielding Mytes and their armies of flesh-eating beetles and acid-spraying ants have declared war on his family. Think Honey, I Shrunk the Kids meets Game of Thrones.”
Asrar added: “Bug Wars is the culmination of what I wanted to do in comics: A fantasy epic told with no holds barred. A tale where our imaginations run wild. A place where we reach the heights of escapism, all while keeping everything grounded with pure human emotion straight from the heart.”
A savage, bloody look at the world below our feet, enter: Bug Wars—where tiny warriors wage a violent war for dominance over an insect-driven kingdom.
Bug Wars #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. It will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
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