Shaolin Cowboy, Totoro and Godzilla by Geoff Darrow.

Geof Darrow

Godzilla Vs Shaolin Cowboy (2015) by Geof Darrow

Shaolin Cowboy Who’ll Stop The Reign #2 (Cover art by Geoff Darrow)

Page from The Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel To Be Kin #3. 2022. Art by Geof Darrow.

Shaolin Cowboy by Geof Darrow

Geof Darrow

The Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to be Kin #2

Gamera and Shaolin Cowboy by Frank Darrow.

Daily drawing 4 june 2022

The Shaolin Cowboy by Geof Darrow makes me happy.

Shaolin Cowboy 6 Cover by Geof Darrow

Geof Darrow.

Shaolin Cowboy art by Frank Cho

Geof Darrow and longtime collaborator/colorist Dave Stewart return later this week with a new Shaolin Cowboy series, “Cruel to Be Kin.” Dark Horse sent over a preview copy of the first issue, along with a funny yet completely untrue description of the first issue:

The latest installment in the Eisner-Award-winning Shaolin Cowboy series is set in Phase 4 of the SCU, where the Shaolin Cowboy finds his parenting skills being tested when he is forced to homeschool during a pandemic of unparalleled violence, in a story torn from yesterday’s viral twitter feeds.

Well, I shouldn’t say it’s completely untrue, as there is a young gila monster who is central to the story that Shaolin Cowboy adopts — or, rather, who adopts him, and serves as the narrator of the story. Now, if you’ve read any of Darrow’s previous volumes of SC, you know what to expect — there’s gonna be ultra-detailed sequences where it looks like Darrow spent 10 years drawing them but in reality he didn’t because he’s just that damn good. There’s also typically not a lot of plot getting in the way of the violence — there’s gonna be fighting and lots of it, and maybe there’s a reason for it and maybe you’ll find out why, but usually not. (Kind of like Elden Ring, which I’m playing now — why is this knight trying to kill me? No idea, but let’s fight!) And you’re going to get a glimpse at the weird, whimsical world that Darrow has created, which is part fairy tale and part post-apocalyptic wasteland, where you might find giant monsters or zombies or babymen who ride on top of flying jellyfish. But this time around you also get a little more story, even if it’s about the hard life of a baby gila monster in the SCU. I hope he’s around in future issues.

--JK Parkin on Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to Be Kin #1

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Shaolin Cowboy #7

by Geof Darrow and Dave Stewart

Dark Horse