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Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday and Post Malone and Vault you to check out Big Rig

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Post Malone and Vault have released a very special video to promote Free Comic Book Day, local comic shops, and Post’s new Vault series, Big Rig, that will debut as part of Free Comic Book Day on May 3rd, 2025.

An original story created by the 9x diamond recording artist, Big Rig is written by Post Malone and Adrian Wassel, and drawn by Nathan Gooden. Big Rig is Evil Dead meets Mad Max: Fury Road in this story set in medieval Europe, where the only thing standing in the way of the horde of demons infesting the continent is a mysterious armored 18-wheeler seemingly sent from the heavens.

THEY PRAYED FOR A MIRACLE. THEY GOT 25 TONS AND 18 WHEELS OF HOLY WEAPON.

BIG RIG, created by Post Malone.

The Dark Ages…Demon hordes plague Europe as Hell invades Earth. The Six Petals, a secret sect of The Knights Templar, are in desperate need of a means to drive back the scourge and turn the tide of the onslaught. What crashes to earth is The Rig, a fully loaded tractor trailer. In the aftermath of its arrival, the only man left standing is an enigmatic former priest excommunicated from The Six Petals. He will become Trucker and lead the fight against Hell behind the wheel of a demon-slaying machine.

Written by Post Malone and Adrian Wassel. Drawn by Barbaric co-creator and Dark Knights of Steel artist Nathan Gooden.

Post Malone, Vault Comics, and Platinum Dunes announces Post Malone’s Big Rig for July with One-of-One Variants

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Post Malone, Vault Comics, and Platinum Dunes have announced that Post’s Malone’s Big Rig will release as a special limited series of comics available only in comic book stores. The double-sized Big Rig #1 will debut in stores on July 9th, 2025, with subsequent issues released monthly. 

Every issue of Big Rig will be released with special, randomly distributed variant covers, including hyper-limited one-of-one variants from the industry’s most popular and influential artists. This stellar lineup of artists includes Daniel Warren Johnson, Peach Momoko, Tula Lotay, Maria Wolf, Jim Mahfood, Darick Robertson, Corin Howell, Dan Panosian, Luana Vecchio, and Big Rig series artist, Nathan Gooden. Additional variant artists will be announced in the weeks to come.  

An original story created by the 9x diamond recording artist, Big Rig is written by Post Malone and Adrian Wassel, and drawn by Nathan Gooden. Big Rig is Evil Dead meets Mad Max: Fury Road in this story set in medieval Europe, where the only thing standing in the way of the horde of demons infesting the continent is a mysterious armored 18-wheeler seemingly sent from the heavens.

Working closely with Post Malone, Vault will launch the story as a limited single issues series, with direct-to-consumer editions of the graphic novel available for pre-order beginning in May, and shipping in October, and a retail release in early 2026. Meanwhile, Post Malone, Platinum Dunes, and Vault will concurrently develop a feature film adaptation of the story.

Fans everywhere can check out Big Rig as part of Free Comic Book Day, and can pick up the double-sized first issue of Big Rig at their local comic shop on Wednesday, July 9th, 2025.

THEY PRAYED FOR A MIRACLE. THEY GOT 25 TONS AND 18 WHEELS OF HOLY WEAPON.

BIG RIG, created by Post Malone.

The Dark Ages…Demon hordes plague Europe as Hell invades Earth. The Six Petals, a secret sect of The Knights Templar, are in desperate need of a means to drive back the scourge and turn the tide of the onslaught. What crashes to earth is The Rig, a fully loaded tractor trailer. In the aftermath of its arrival, the only man left standing is an enigmatic former priest excommunicated from The Six Petals. He will become Trucker and lead the fight against Hell behind the wheel of a demon-slaying machine.

Written by Post Malone and Adrian Wassel. Drawn by Barbaric co-creator and Dark Knights of Steel artist Nathan Gooden.

Free Comic Book Day 2025: Post Malone’s Big Rig debuts

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9x diamond-certified GRAMMY Award-nominated Post Malone, Vault Comics, and Platinum Dunes team up to bring Post Malone’s Big Rig to Free Comic Book Day 2025. An original story created by the global superstar, Big Rig is written by Post Malone and Adrian Wassel, and drawn by Nathan Gooden. The first chapter will be released exclusively at local comic shops on Free Comic Book Day 2025. Free Comic Book Day takes place on May 3, 2025.

Evil Dead meets Mad Max: Fury Road in this story set in medieval Europe, where the only thing standing in the way of the horde of demons infesting the continent is a mysterious armored 18-wheeler seemingly sent from the heavens.

Alongside the graphic novel, Post Malone, Platinum Dunes, and Vault are developing a feature film adaptation together with director Michael Bay.

The complete graphic novel will be available later in 2025, with a release date to be announced.

THEY PRAYED FOR A MIRACLE. THEY GOT 25 TONS AND 18 WHEELS OF HOLY WEAPON.

BIG RIG, created by Post Malone.

The Dark Ages…Demon hordes plague Europe as Hell invades Earth. The Six Petals, a secret sect of The Knights Templar, are in desperate need of a means to drive back the scourge and turn the tide of the onslaught. What crashes to earth is The Rig, a fully loaded tractor trailer. In the aftermath of its arrival, the only man left standing is an enigmatic former priest excommunicated from The Six Petals. He will become Trucker and lead the fight against Hell behind the wheel of a demon-slaying machine.

Written by Post Malone and Adrian Wassel. Drawn by Barbaric co-creator and Dark Knights of Steel artist Nathan Gooden.

Drive easy.

Big Rig

Vault announces Godfather of Hell by Cavan Scott and Pius Bak

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Vault has announced Godfather of Hell, a dark and thrilling new supernatural crime series written by New York Times Bestseller Cavan Scott and drawn by Bram Stoker Award-winning artist Pius Bak. Blending neo-noir and hellfire, Godfather of Hell is sure to be THE comic of fall 2024.   

In Godfather of Hell, Dario Santini has lived a charmed life as an enforcer and debt collector for mob boss Niccolò Mechini. He’s had it all: respect, power, even the love of a good woman. But everything changes when he crosses a line and is shot dead on the sidewalk. Waking up in Hell, Dario faces a future of pain and suffering… unless he can turn eternal damnation into a business opportunity. 

The first issue of Godfather of Hell will launch with an incredible line of crime movie poster homage variants drawn by a murderers row of star artists such as Nathan Gooden, Joshua Hixson, Chris Shehan, Jake Phillips, Corin Howell, and Conor Boyle. 

Godfather of Hell #1 will hit store shelves October 2024. The full synopsis for issue #1 can be read below: 

Dario Santini has lived a charmed life as an enforcer and debt collector for mob boss Niccolò Mechini. He’s had it all: respect, power, even the love of a good woman. But everything changes when he crosses a line and is shot dead on the sidewalk.

Waking up in Hell, Dario faces a future of pain and suffering… unless he can turn eternal damnation into a business opportunity. Neo-noir hellfire from New York Times Bestseller Cavan Scott (Star Wars: The High Republic, Shadow Service, Dead Seas) and Bram Stoker Award-winning artist Pius Bak (Eat the Rich, The Magicians, Stranger Things).

Godfather of Hell #1

Michael Bay is in talks to direct Barbaric based on the Vault Comics series

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Barbaric #1

Michael Bay may be heading to television. The director is in talks to direct Barbaric, the television based on the comic published by Vault Comics. The series has been picked up by Netflix and will be developed by A+E Studios.

Barbaric launched in 2021 and created by Michael Moreci and Nathan Gooden. The comic has been a hit spawning multiple volumes, a spin-off series, as well as an innovative crowdbuilding campaign.

The series is about a warrior barbarian looking for redemption and a demonic axe and their ongoing adventures.

Sam Claflin and Patrick Stewart are set to star in the series. Claflin will step into the main role of Owen while Stewart will voice the axe. It’s being written and exec produced by Sheldon Turner.

Also exec producing is Turner’s partner at 100% Productions, Jennifer Klein. F.J. DeSanto and Damian Wassel of Vault Comics and Claflin will also exec produce along with Luke Carroll and Michael Stevenson of Cusp Films. Barry Jossen and Tana Jamieson of A+E Studios are part of the exec producing team as well.

Vault announces a comic store exclusive edition for Pete Wentz’s Dying Inside

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Vault Comics has announced a comic book store exclusive edition for Dying Inside, the new graphic novel from Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz, Hannah Klein, and Lisa Sterle. Drawn by legendary artist Nathan Gooden, this gorgeously rendered cover will only be available to purchase from comic book stores everywhere in September 17, 2024.  

Today is Ash’s big finale. And by finale, she means exiting the stage permanently. Ash is a sixteen-year-old girl with more angst than Ian Curtis and Elliott Smith combined (her two idols). She’s apathetic and therefore believes death is the easiest route to relief. But nothing is more embarrassing than a lame death. Unfortunately, her meticulous plans are all ruined when the beautiful knife she buys off a webstore turns out to be charmed with a protection spell. Now, Ash has to track down the witch who transformed her clocking out attempt into the worst gift imaginable: immortality. Turns out, the witch responsible is another sixteen-year-old-girl named (get this) Liv. The two vow to undo the charm together and fight for Ash’s death…even as things get increasingly entangled with a strange new antidepressant called Somnia and her mom’s gross boyfriend, Greg.

WARNING: This book includes discussion of suicide and depiction of self-harm. While we hope this book will help some readers feel less alone, its content may be triggering. Please only read ahead if you are safe and supported. If you are struggling, it’s important to share your feelings. The suicide and crisis lifeline is 988.

Dying Inside comic store edition

Vault expands its free-to-retailer program with Something Crawled Out #1

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Vault Comics has announced an expansion of their unparalleled Free-to-Retailers Program, to include Something Crawled Out #1, the terrifying new horror series co-created by writer Son M. and artist Cas ‘MadCursed’ Peirano.  

Since its launch in 2023, Vault’s Free-to-Retailers Program has offered retailers key Vault first issue series debuts at no cost. The issues maintain their cover price, and retailers are free to sell, discount, or give away the books as they see fit.  Prior selections for the program include Christopher Yost and Val Rodrigues’ Unnatural Order #1, Zack Kaplan & Fabiana Mascolo’s Beyond Real #1, and Michael Moreci & Nathan Gooden’s Barbaric: Born in Blood #1. Collectively these three issues received over 350,000 orders totalling over $1,750,000 in retail value. 

Something Crawled Out is a terrifying new horror series that will have you questioning the core concepts of good and evil. Written by Son M., drawn by Cas ‘MadCursed’ Peirano, colored by Vittorio Astone, lettered by Jim Campbell, and designed by Tim Daniel, Something Crawled Out will hit store shelves in July 31, 2024. 

Edith “Eddie” Miller has no grand plans or great prospects for her life in the vague American Midwest. She spends her days sleeping in and her nights working shifts at a gas station. But when her younger sister fails to come home, Eddie unearths a web of missing girls and rotting bodies. The police prove useless, so Eddie teams up with her best friend, Rainer, in a desperate hunt to find her sister. The only thing is, Eddie believes her best friend might be the Devil himself.

The first issue will be released with a suite of variant covers from artists such as Chris Shehan, Nathan Gooden, Cathy Kwan, Rennerei, Priscilla Bampoh, and more. The series is available to preorder now through local comic shops everywhere.

Something Crawled Out #1

Vault’s Deathstalker #1 sells out and heads back to print

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After extremely high demand, Vault Comics’ Deathstalker #1 has sold out at the distributor level. A second printing is being rushed back to press and will hit store shelves alongside Deathstalker #2 on May 29th, 2024. The second printing will feature a new colorway of the immensely popular Nathan Gooden cover for issue #1.  

Presented by rock legend Slash, and published in partnership with, Shout! Studios and Raven Banner Entertainment, Vault’s Deathsalker comic series is an adaptation of the beloved cult classic sword-and-sorcery movie franchise, Deathstalker. The comic is based on a story by writer, director, and legendary creature effects artist Steven Kostanski, and reunites the team from Vault’s hit weird western series, West of Sundown, writer Tim Seeley, artist Jim Terry, and colorist Kurt Michael Russell.

Deathstalker issue #1 hits store shelves on April 24th, 2024. The debut issue features a line of variant covers from an incredible lineup of artists including the legendary original Deathstalker movie poster artist Boris Vallejo, Barbaric co-creator Nathan Gooden, series artist Jim Terry, Conor Boyle, Patrick Gañas, Angela Wu, and more.

The cult-classic warrior-hero Deathstalker bursts into the comics scene from an all-star lineup of creators including Slash (Guns N’ Roses) and writer-director-creature-FX-wizard Steven Kostanski (Psycho Goreman, The Void)!

Deathstalker finds himself once again caught between forces larger than himself-a virgin worshiping cult, a sorcerer hell-bent on saving the world through mad science, and the pissed-off army of the Abraxeon kingdom…not to mention his ex-lover, Princess Evie. Monsters, magic, and mayhem abound…can’t a guy just swing his sword anymore?

Deathstalker #1 second printing

It’s Barbaric vs. Deathstalker this July from Vault

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Vault has announced a Barbaric vs. Deathstalker one-shot is coming to comic book stores everywhere on July 24th, 2024. Co-written by Michael Moreci and Tim Seeley, drawn by Nathan Gooden, colored by Fabi Marques, and lettered by Jim Campbell, the epic overlength issue features two of the most iconic sword and sorcery heroes locked in epic battle! Cursed barbarian versus warrior king! Axe versus sword! Owen versus Deathstalker! When an evil wizard summons the two most reluctant heroes of all time, they’ll have to square off. But a clash of steel alone may not decide the final victor. 

Barbaric Vs. Deathstalker will feature a gorgeous set of variant covers from Barbaric artist and co-creator Nathan Gooden, and Deathstalker artist Jim Terry. 

Overlength one-shot featuring two of the most iconic sword and sorcery heroes locked in epic battle! Cursed barbarian versus warrior king! Axe versus sword! Owen versus Deathstalker! When an evil wizard summons the two most reluctant heroes of all time, they’ll have to square off. But a clash of steel alone may not decide the final victor.

Barbaric vs. Deathstalker

Vault makes Barbaric: Born in Blood #1 FREE for retailers

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Vault has announced they are expanding their industry-changing Free-to-Retailers program,  and will make Barbaric: Born in Blood #1 completely free to retailers. 

In 2023, Vault founded the innovative Free-to-Retailers program, offering retailers first issues at no cost.  The first two titles launched under this program were Christopher Yost and Val Rodrigues’ Unnatural Order #1, and Zack Kaplan and Fabiana Mascolo’s Beyond Real #1. Collectively, these two issues received over a quarter million copies ordered.

Barbaric: Born in Blood #1 is a true jumping on point for new readers, requiring no previous knowledge of the series in order to read, making it a perfect issue for Vault’s free-to-retailers program, enabling retailers to hook in new readers to one of the most beloved and best-selling independent comic series of the past decade.   

The standard cover of Barbaric: Born in Blood #1 will be offered to retailers in free bundles of 25 copies. The issue will retain its $4.99 SRP, and retailers will be free to sell, discount, or freely distribute copies to their customers as they see fit.  In addition to the standard cover, Vault will offer net-priced, open order premium variants from a murderers row of hit artists like Corin Howell, Adam Cahoon, Ed Luce, and Patrick Gañas. Barbaric: Born in Blood #1 will also feature a stunning Berserk manga homage variant by Angela Wu, which is sure to be a hit among manga readers.   

Barbaric: Born in Blood #1 will hit store shelves on April 10th, 2024. The Full synopsis can be read below: 

A new era of Barbaric begins!

Worried Axe is going to find out you fell behind on a few issues? Scared to admit that despite all your friends raving about Barbaric for years, you still haven’t joined in on the fun? Rejoice! For Barbaric: Born in Blood begins the next season of Owen, Axe, and Soren’s tale. Yes, that’s right! We did it…the thing everyone says they’re doing, even when they’re lying through their teeth: a genuinely good jumping on point. How, you ask? Well, it all starts with a compelling new bad guy. 

Meet Orrick, the tortured barbarian now turned master torturer, who will take us deep into Owen’s past, revealing secrets that should have stayed buried…like Axe in a chest cavity slurping up that sweet, delicious blood. Will the cursed-to-do-good barbarian finally do some actual good? Probably not! But some much worse guys will almost certainly lose their heads. Yummy!

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