Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows are ready to shine a satirical lens on the sword & sorcery genre in their upcoming six-issue mini-series from AHOY Comics this summer.
The series introduces Babs, a skilled barbarian/thief with an itchy metal wardrobe (sound familiar?) and the world’s worst enchanted sword (named Barry). Babs and Barry inhabit a fantasy universe filled with wizards, dragons, trolls, demons, and best of all, towering palaces and that contain loads of magical treasure. The pair are opposed by Tiberius Toledo, and his band of very white knights, who are anxious to exploit a local town’s citizens.
Ennis said “Writing BABS was an absolute hoot. The character is one of my favorite types—good at the job but crap at life, with a lousy attitude to boot—and the world of Sword & Sorcery provides endless opportunities for deeply disrespectful humor. Having our heroine smash her way through goblins, ogres, imps, incels and other vermin was extremely satisfying; nobody’s going to be Making Middle Earth Great Again while she’s around.”
Burrows said “I’ve been lucky enough to work in a lot of genres over the years but I have always wanted to work on a fantasy story. I’m having such a great time getting to design the world and characters and I can’t wait to take readers on this wild ride. The humor, the action, the wild creatures, and settings, this really is a dream project for me!”
“Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows master the genre of orcs, dragons, and living swords, adding an ill-gotten bounty of humor and heart,” said AHOY Comics Editor-in-Chief Tom Peyer. “Babs herself—an outsized spirit of greed, frustration, courage, and comic violence—will linger in your memory.”
Ennis and Burrows also recently teamed-up for another Punisher/Nick Fury mini-series titled Get Fury.
Chris Burnham and Amanda Conner will both provide a variant cover for the debut issue on July 17.
Check out the standard cover below and stay tuned to Conskipper for all of your comic news.
