Sh*tshow has become a huge breakout story, but I feel like I need more. What’s next for our surly motley crew of ragtag heros?
– Next for the Magnificent McCoys is a second volume of SH*TSHOW stories! We’re working on that now. It’s another three-issue tale called Lost Sun, which has all sorts of meaning packed into it—and you’ll see why once you read through the story. – I don’t want to spoil you too much, but after the McCoys have their newfound fame after defeating Balam in Vol. 1, they decide to take the circus on the road. They find themselves near Cairo, where a mysterious ancient force has started to awaken. Pretty good timing, eh? Take the classic SH*TSHOW tale, add in a whole lot of Egyptian mythology, and sprinkle in some Weekend At Bernies, and you have SH*TSHOW Vol. 2: Lost Sun. – Outside of that, we’ll see what the future holds for our motley crew. I have 20 issues (5 volumes) already written for the main storyline, and that’s about the story I want to tell with them. Then whatever we eventually decide to do for spinoffs.
What’s “Lunchroom Riot”?
– Self-publishing has become huge in the indie comics game. Some creatives don’t even have a desire to pitch to publishers anymore and would rather just self-publish. Lunchroom Riot is the result of me realizing that some stories I may want to take on their own journey. – Take SH*TSHOW Shorts as an example. That short-story anthology wasn’t under our initial deal with Scout, so we opted to self-publish it through Kickstarter. – As for the name Lunchroom Riot itself, I nearly went with Food Fight Entertainment, but wanted to take it a step further. Since a food fight is nothing but a lunchroom riot, why the hell not?
Adam, I feel like I can tell you anything, So I know I can trust you when I say I LOVE cuddly bears with unicorn horns in space! When I can get a Comicbook in my hands with exactly that I’m all about it! Tell me about “Keepers Of The Cosmos”!
– Keepers of the Cosmos is our first SH*TSHOW spin-off. One of the Keepers is named Lemondrop, and he was first introduced in our “Killer Bears from Outerspace” short story at the end of SH*TSHOW #1. He’s part fluff, and part pirate. Imagine if Rob Liefeld told a Care Bears story, and you have Lemondrop and his group of cronies. – Outside of Lemondrop is a group of equally pirate beings of various shapes and sizes. There’s a human named Mark Sullivan—the intergalactic space cop that wants you to call him Nightbrand—and there’s Vafar’ra, a warrior that comes from a line of royalty, except she has zero desire for the throne. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, and you’ll meet the rest of them in Keepers of the Cosmos #1, hopefully due out from Scout sometime in 2022!
I was introduced to you when I discovered “Sh*tshow” & now you’ve got “Keepers Of The Cosmos” dropping soon, both of these tales have some variation of a super hero. How did you pull that off at Scout, when they don’t normally do super hero books, now you have two?
– Honestly? I just did. I outline the series, wrote the script, got six pages of interior artwork completely done, and pitched it around—luckily Scout bit! There’s this bizarre bias against superhero stories from independent publishers, despite the genre being the one that made comics great in the first place. I understand superheroes can be found anywhere, but there are still infinitely good superhero tales to tell, and I hope they make a resurgence amongst indie publishers. Here’s to hoping!
Thanks again Adam for getting me excited for some “Keepers of The Cosmos” and all things Sh*tshow!
-Joey Galvez Host