Comics, Lawful

LAWFUL #1 sneak preview – please preorder with your local comic shop by May 20!

Friends, I’m absolutely thrilled to share an exclusive preview of the first five pages of LAWFUL #1, the first issue of a brand new comic book series written by Greg Pak (hey, that’s me!), drawn by Diego Galindo, colored by Irma Kniivila, and lettered by Simon Bowland.

LAWFUL #1 hits stores on June 12 — but May 20 is the final order cutoff date for comic shops to order the book from the publisher, BOOM! Studios. So please ask your local comic book shop to preorder the book for you TODAY!

LAWFUL tells the story of two young heroes coming of age in a world in which any time you break the rules, you turn a little more into a monster. Check out the FreakSugar interview for more about the series — and feast your eyes on the gorgeous pages below and the covers from Qistina Khalidah, Miguel Mercado, and Erica Henderson!

I’ll say it once again — PLEASE do preorder the book with your local comic book shop! An indie book like this depends hugely on preorders, and you can make a huge difference with just one call. Thank you so much!

Qistina Khalidah cover for LAWFUL #1 showing Sung and Eris on a rock before a walled city with a mix of 1970s-style buildings and medieval towers and walls, overgrown with trees. Eris is a young white woman in a black leather jacket with horns and a cheetah paw and tail. Sung is a young Asian man with a kind of cloak/shawl and satchel.

PAGE ONE of LAWFUL #1 Panel 1: Wide shot of a funky city surrounded by a moat on an alien landscape. Crumbling 1970s style buildings along with newer but more medieval-like walls and towers. CAPTION: NEW SANCTUM. SUNG'S VOICE: DON’T--! SFX (something falling into the moat): SPLOOSH Panel 2: Eris, a white girl with orange hair and a cat tail raises another rock to throw into the moat. Behind her, Sung, an Asian boy standing next to a cart filled with junk and debris, watches apprehensively. ERIS: Relax, Sung. SUNG: My dad says we're not supposed to DO that, Eris! SUNG: There are MONSTERS in that water! Panel 3: Rock hits the water. ERIS (off): Aw, no one’s seen any for MONTHS! ERIS (off): And it’s more FUN that trucking all this crap down to the DUMP. Panel 4: Eris eyes Sung. ERIS: Okay. ERIS: Now you. Panel 5. Sung scratches his head, looking away. ERIS: Come oooon! ERIS: You ever gonna LIVE or what?Panel 1: Sung smiles at Eris. SUNG: Hmp. ERIS (off): Thaaat’s it! Panel 2: Sung kicks a tiny rock off of the wall into the water. SFX: tink Panel 3: The rock hits the water. SFX: plink Panel 4: Eris and Sung eye each other. ERIS: See? That wasn’t the end of the word. ERIS: The grown-ups just wanna keep us SCARED so we do what they say. ERIS: If you ask ME-- Panel 5: Sung and Eris look down in shock. SFX: HSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ERIS: Oh no… SUNG:Wha…?PAGE THREE of LAWFUL #1 Panel 1: A giant red reptilian monster surges up over the wall towards them! MONSTER: GRRRAAAAA! SUNG AND ERIS: AAAAA! Panel 2: The monster charges forward, slashing at them. Sung pushes Eris back out of the way. SUNG: GET BACK! ERIS: Gah! SFX: SKLAAANG Panel 3: The monster charges at Sung, who stumbles back! MONSTER: GRRAAAAAA! SUNG: AAAH! PAGE FOUR of LAWFUL #1 Panel 1: The Champion, an Asian man with a beard and long hair wearing armor and carrying a plexiglass riot shield and Korean-style sword, charges across the frame, blocking the monster’s attack. SFX: SKLAAAANG CHAMPION: Not today, beast! Panel 2: The Champion stabs the monster. SFX: SHAAANG CHAMPION: You’ve been BANISHED! Panel 3: The Champion kicks the monster off the wall, back into the moat. CHAMPION: FOREVER! Panel 4: The Champion kneels by Sung. CHAMPION: Are you all right? SUNG: Y-yes. I-- Panel 5: Wider shot so we can see a group of villagers staring at them. CHAMPION: What if the monster had reached THEM? CHAMPION: The security of ALL depends on EVERYONE obeying the RULES.PAGE FIVE of LAWFUL #1 Panel 1: New angle -- the Champion is turning to look at blood seeping from cracked slashes in the armor over his shoulder. SUNG: Daddy… SUNG: I’m…I’m sorry. CHAMPION: Hnn. Panel 2: The Champion looks down sternly. CHAMPION: THIS… this is NOTHING… CHAMPION: …compared to what you’ve done to YOURSELF. CHAMPION: Now you’ll learn the BLESSING… CHAMPION: …and the CURSE… CHAMPION: …that keeps us SAFE. Panel 3: Sung starts to unbutton his shirt. CHAMPION: If you BREAK the RULES… SUNG: Nngh! Panel 4: Sung stares down in alarm - -there are three red scales on his chest! CHAMPION: …everyone will SEE it. SUNG: Ah! Panel 5: Close on the grim Champion. CHAMPION: And if you KEEP breaking them… Panel 6: Close on Sung, ashamed and fearful, buttoning his shirt back up. CHAMPION: …YOU’LL become a monster YOURSELF.Credits page for LAWFUL #1. Written by Greg Pak Illustrated by Diego Galindo Colored by Irma Kniivila Lettered by Simon Bowland Cover by Qistina Khalidah Variant covers by Miguel Mercado, Erica Henderson, Qistina Khalidah Logo Designer Keith Wood Designer Grace Park Editor Shantel LaRoqueMiguel Mercado variant cover for LAWFUL #1 showing Sung gritting his teeth and clutching his chest, looking out towards us, while a reptilian monster looms behind him. Sung is a young Asian man with a kind of cloak/shawl and satchel.Erica Henderson variant cover for LAWFUL #1 showing Sung and Eris sitting on the stoop of a brownstone watching with some surprise as a big red monstrous tail goes by in the foreground. Eris is a young white woman in a black leather jacket with horns and a cheetah paw and tail. Sung is a young Asian man with a kind of cloak/shawl.

Calendar, Comics, Darth Vader, Star Wars

2024-05-08 – DARTH VADER #46 in comic shops today!

Cover of DARTH VADER #46 by Leinil Yu and Romulo Fajardo, Jr. showing Vader with lightsaber drawn surrounded by a bunch of Exegol giant warriors. Text says "The Sith Apprentice vs the Sith Eternal!"

DARTH VADER #46 hits comic shops today! Interior line art by Raffaele Ienco, colors by Federico Blee, letters by Joe Caramagna, script by Greg Pak. The official solicit:

THE RAZING OF EXEGOL, PART ONE! DARTH VADER and the SCHISM IMPERIAL launch their boldest challenge to the power of PALPATINE with an assault on EXEGOL, the home of the EMPEROR’S greatest secrets and treasures! But if sheer brute force can’t overcome the defenses of the SITH CITADEL, what terrifying new resources will the DARK LORD draw upon? Also: CAPTAIN ENRIC PRYDE faces his greatest test!

Check out a lettered preview here and ask your local comic shop to hold a copy for you!

Calendar, Comics

2024-04-06 – 04-07 – Greg Pak at FanfaireNYC!

Fanfaire NYC promotional art featuring a picture of comic book writer Greg Pak along with the text "fanfairenyc" and "April 6-7 2024"

Hey, NYC! I’ll be tabling and doing panels at FanfaireNYC at the High School of Art & Design on April 6 and 7! Come see, come see!

This is a very fun local con run by a New York City public school that I did for the first time last year. The artist alley features both high school students and local pros, and it’s a total blast. Hope to see you there!

For more about the event and to get tickets, visit fanfairenyc.com.

Comics, Lawful

Huge comics news! LAWFUL coming this June from Pak, Galindo, Kniivila, and Bowland!

Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social · 1h Check out these amazing designs of Eris and Sung from Diego Galindo! So much character in just these sketches! Diego Galindo's character designs for Eris from LAWFUL as both a little girl and a young adult. Eris is white with orange hair; as a kid she's got a cat tail and is wearing a shirt with a heart stitched onto it; as an adult she's got horns and a cheetah tail and paw and wears a leather jacket with a flaming heart on it. Lots of cheeky attitude. ALT Diego Galindo's character designs for Sung from LAWFUL as a young kid and a young adult. Sung is an Asian male. As a kid, he's wearing baggy, hand stitched shirt and pants with a kind of cape; as an adult, he's wearing similar clothes but is also carrying a satchel. Tentative smile as a child; wary look as an adult. ALT 3 Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social LAWFUL is one of the most personal and fantastical stories I've ever written. There's a lot in there about my specific Asian American experience growing up in the 1980s and that only semi-conscious, desperate feeling that following the rules to the letter will provide safety. And there are monsters. Mar 21, 2024 at 10:41 AM 1 repost 11 likes 1 Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social · 1h I love this book and I love these characters and I love love love what artist Diego Galindo, colorist Irma Kniivila, letterer Simon Bowland, and all our cover artists doing to breathe life into this world. It feels really special and I hope you'll preorder LAWFUL #1 with your local comics shop! Greg Pak @gregpak.bsky.social · 1h "Imagine a chunk of a big city ripped from Earth in the 1980s, set down on a fantastical planet, and cursed with one simple spell: every time you break a rule, you turn a bit more into a monster. Now jump forward 75 years and let's see what happens." #Lawful www.gamesradar.com/fantasy-comi... www.gamesradar.com Fantasy comic Lawful is a "revisionist morality tale" where breaking the rules makes you a monster - literally Exclusive | Greg Pak breaks down his new collaboration with Diego Galindo 1 Royal Nonesuch @royalnonesuch.bsky.social · 1h This looks incredibly cool. I'm checking this out! 1 LAWFUL #1 cover by Qistina Khalidah. Featuring two young people on a rock before a weird walled city. The character in the foreground is a crouching Asian male with a kind of scarf and a satchel and a wary expression. The character standing behind him is a white woman with horns and a cheetah tail and paw and black leather jacket and a small smile.

Big news, friends! I’m writing a new original comic series called LAWFUL, published by BOOM! Studios and drawn by Diego Galindo with colors by Irma Kniivila, letters by Simon Bowland, cover by Qistina Khalidah, and editing by Shantel LaRoque! Coming this June!

Here’s a tease from the interview with Newsarama:

“Imagine a chunk of a big city ripped from Earth in the 1980s, set down on a fantastical planet, and cursed with one simple spell: every time you break a rule, you turn a bit more into a monster. Now jump forward 75 years and let’s see what happens.”

LAWFUL is one of the most personal and fantastical stories I’ve ever written. There’s a lot in there about my specific Asian American experience growing up in the 1980s and that only semi-conscious, desperate feeling that following the rules to the letter will provide safety. And there are monsters.

Check out these amazing designs of our young heroes Sung and Eris from Diego Galindo! So much character in just these sketches!

Diego Galindo's character designs for Sung from LAWFUL as a young kid and a young adult. Sung is an Asian male. As a kid, he's wearing baggy, hand stitched shirt and pants with a kind of cape; as an adult, he's wearing similar clothes but is also carrying a satchel. Tentative smile as a child; wary look as an adult. Diego Galindo's character designs for Eris from LAWFUL as both a little girl and a young adult. Eris is white with orange hair; as a kid she's got a cat tail and is wearing a shirt with a heart stitched onto it; as an adult she's got horns and a cheetah tail and paw and wears a leather jacket with a flaming heart on it. Lots of cheeky attitude.

I love this book and I love these characters and I love love love what artist Diego, Irma, Simon, and all our cover artists doing to breathe life into this world. It feels really special and I hope you’ll preorder LAWFUL #1 with your local comics shop!

Calendar, Comics, Lilo & Stitch

2024-03-20 – LILO & STITCH #2 in stores today!

LILO & STITCH #2 cover drawn by Nicoletta Baldaria showing Stitch standing atop a building looking forlornly out over the city, holding a drawing of Lilo in one hand.

LILO & STITCH #2 hit comic book shops today! The book was written by Greg Pak (hey, that’s me!) with interior art by Giulia Giacomino, letters by Jeff Eckleberry, editing by Nate Cosby, cultural consulting by Moana McAdams, and covers by Nicoletta Baldari, Trish Forstner, Edwin Galmon, Craig Rousseau.

The official blurb:

Having evaded the agents of the evil Cluster Sovereign, Stitch has landed in New York City, where he finds the perfect place to hide: a toy convention! But can he evade the Sovereign’s drones long enough for Lilo to find him? Or will Manhattan become the latest battleground for Experiment 626?

Check out the preview here and ask your local comic shop to hold a copy for you!

Writer of over 500 comic books, including PLANET HULK, MECH CADET YU, FIREFLY, and DARTH VADER