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The Triptych of Terror comes to The Last Comic Book on the Left

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The fevered minds behind The Last Podcast on the Left, Marcus Parks, Henry Zebrowski, and Ben Kissel, have once more joined unholy forces with Z2 Comics for a third tome in the The Last Comic Book on the Left series. Overflowing with stories equally heretic and hilarious, this new anthology has ensnared a new batch of writers and artists to conjure more macabre and profane sequential art inspired by the podcast, featuring doomed descents into Norwegian Black Metal, the Andreasson Affair, the Hollow Moon, and the Edgewood Arsenal (among others). 

What other degenerates have been recruited into this brochure of the wicked? 

  • Eliot Rahal (Amelia Aierwood: Basic Witch, Cheech & Chong’s Chronicles)
  • Bob Fingerman (Minimum Wage, Beg the Question)
  • Brennan Wagner (Blondie: Against the Odds)
  • Jenna Cha (Black Stars Above)
  • Grim Wilkins (Mirenda, Prophet)
  • Maria Lovett (Faithless, Porcelain)
  • Josh Simmons (Black River, Flayed Corpse)
  • Bayard Morse (The Last Comic Book on the Left)
  • Eryk Donovan (Heavy, Memetic) 
  • Jade Young 
  • Jensine Eckwall

In addition, Marcus Parks and Henry Zebrowski will step out from the bullpen to write their own stories in this new volume. Legendary creator Matt Wagner (Mage, Grendel) provides the cover art for the deluxe edition with repeat offender Bob Fingerman returning to provide cover art on the standard edition; Rob Schwager illustrated the hardback. 

Like the first two volumes of The Last Comic Book on the Left, a series of prints will come bundled with deluxe editions of the book. Artists and subjects include:

  • Maria Lovett, Vampires
  • Rob Schwager, The Flatwoods Monster 
  • Jade Young, Curse of the Kelpie 

WonderCon 2023: Z2 Comics and the Last Podcast on the Left crew take Anaheim

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Z2 Comics WonderCon 2023

RISE FROM YOUR GRAVES. Darkness will consume Southern California next week as The Last Podcast on the Left trio of Ben, Marcus, and Henry storm the Anaheim Convention Center to celebrate The Last Comic Book on the Left Vol. 2! A graphic anthology channeling the sordid (and often hilarious) tales of horror and crime from their podcast, The Last Podcast on the Left Vol. 2 pairs the hosts with such comic necromancers as James Tynion IV, Tyler Boss, Lonnie Nadler, and many more.

Ben, Marcus, Henry, and comic artist Tom Neely will be at WonderCon 2023, sharpies and podiums in hand, to sign all the books, make all the jokes, and shake all the hands. See Z2 Comics’ full WonderCon 2022 Schedule below!   

Friday, 3/24

The Last Comic Book on the Left Signing with Ben, Marcus, Henry, and Tom Neely
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Z2 Comics Booth 1500

Saturday, 3/25

Z2 Comics Presents: The Last Comic Book on the Left with Marcus, Henry & Ben
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Room: 209

Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks, and Henry Zebrowski have been filling our ears with laughs and shrieks for over a decade with The Last Podcast on the Left. Last summer, their hilarious, obsessively-researched tales of the morbid and morose transcended mediums for The Last Comic Book on the Left, a chilling anthology filled with Last Podcast icons including Detective Popcorn, sexy Mothman, and John Wayne Gacy. A second volume just resurrected to fill your panels and nightmares with even more untold horrors. Join Marcus, Henry, and Ben for a hilarious panel filled with tons of heart—both metaphorical and literal.

The Last Comic Book on the Left Signing with Ben, Marcus, and Henry
12:30 PM -1:30 PM
Z2 Comics Booth 1500

The Last Comic Book on the Left Rises for Volume Two

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Following the launch of The Last Comic Book on the Left this summer, curators of the grotesque Marcus Parks, Henry Zebrowski, and Ben Kissel will return this Fall with a new volume stuffed with  tales disgusting, disturbing, and perversely delightful. Alongside the clandestine organization known as Z2 Comics, the minds behind Last Podcast on the Left have recruited a new batch of victims creators devoted to ushering terror and hilarity onto panel and page for The Last Comic Book on the Left Volume 2. These conjurors of the profane will unleash new tales featuring Bigfoot, Philip K. Dick android, Gef the Talking Mongoose, the return of the Well Actually Killer, Alcatraz island, the Manson Family, and more sad, buttery goodness from Detective Popcorn.

What deviants are responsible for this debauchery? 

  • James Tynion IV (The Department of Truth, Something Is Killing the Children)
  • Rick Veitch (Swamp Thing, Miracleman)
  • Bob Fingerman (Minimum Wage, Beg the Question)
  • Ian McGinty (Adventure Time, Invader Zim)
  • Tom Neely (Henry & Glen Forever)
  • Lonnie Nadler (Black Stars Above, X-Men)
  • Brandon Montclare (Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur)
  • Butch Mapa (Avengers)
  • Masa Minoura (Genesis One: A Poppy Graphic Novel) 
  • Jensine Eckwall (Almost A Full Moon)
  • Tyler Boss (4 Kids Walk Into a Bank, What’s the Furthest Place From Here?)
  • Eliot Rahal (Machine Gun Kelly’s Hotel Diablo, the upcoming Cheech and Chong’s Chronicles: The Graphic Novel)
  • Logan Faerber
  • Bayard Morse

Like the first volume of The Last Comic Book on the Left, a series of prints will come bundled with deluxe editions of the book. Artists and subjects include: 

  • Koren Shadmi, Alien…um…accessories
  • Ashley Ross, Hail Yourself 
  • Butch Mapa, The Birdman of Alcatraz
  • Jenna Cha, Sexy Mothman
  • Zack Pape, Jeffrey Dahmer’s Apartment 
  • Joefur, Last Podcast on the Left Medley

Preview: DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #6

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DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #6

Written by: Henry Zebrowski, Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks
Art by: PJ Holden, John McCrea

After five issues of blood, Bible verses, barf, and Blorps, it’s all come down to this. How on Earth will a seminary dropout and his noseless pal save the day? The biblical, bizarre, and sometimes nauseating saga of Edgar Wiggins reaches its biblical, bizarre, and sometimes nauseating conclusion in this final issue that needs to be seen to be believed!

DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #6

Preview: DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #5

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DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #5

Written by: Henry Zebrowski, Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks
Art by: PJ Holden

The arrival of the Els by spaceship 19 years earlier was a pivotal moment for the kingdom, and a prophecy was born! But what were those early years like for the Els, and how did they come to be monarchs of the kingdom? And what catastrophic event triggered everything that was to follow?

DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #5

Preview: DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #4 (of 6)

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DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #4 (of 6)

(W) Henry Zebrowski, Marcus Parks, Ben Kissel (A) John McCrea
In Shops: Jan 05, 2022
SRP: $3.99

Things get weirder, grosser, and more biblical as Edgar and Elk follow Blorp’s trail of carnage across the city. But is this visitor from another dimension truly as dangerous as it seems, or is there something innocent about it? Perhaps even something divine? Edgar’s time in seminary couldn’t possibly prepare him for what’s in store!

DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #4 (of 6)

Preview: DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #3

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DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #3

Written by: Henry Zebrowski, Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks
Art by: PJ Holden

Blorp, a strange creature with an unsettling affinity for the human race, has been unleashed upon an unsuspecting world. Now, doing its best to fit in amongst mankind-by assembling a human body for itself-this invader from beyond the veil has one mission…but what is it? And how can Edgar and his noseless pal Elk put a stop to it?

DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #3

Preview: DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #2

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DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #2

Written by: Henry Zebrowski, Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks
Art by: PJ Holden, John McCrea

After stealing blueprints from the Soul Plumbers in an attempt to build an exorcism machine, Edgar Wiggins has instead opened a portal that has pulled a homicidal inter-dimensional being into our world that has not only left carnage in its wake, but has left Edgar questioning his faith.

DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #2

Preview: DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #1

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DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #1

Written by: Marcus Parks, Henry Zebrowski, Ben Kissel
Art by: John McCrea, PJ Holden

From the creators of The Last Podcast On The Left, exorcism just got a whole lot easier. After attending a seminar hosted in a hotel conference room by a mysterious group called the Soul Plumbers, Edgar Wiggins, disgraced former seminary school student, discovers what he thinks is the secret to delivering souls from the thrall of Satan. But after stealing the blueprints and building the machine himself, out of whatever he can afford from his salary as a gas station attendant, Edgar misses the demon and instead pulls out an inter-dimensional alien with dire consequences for all of mankind.

DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber #1

Soul Plumber Comes to DC Horror

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 Finally, exorcism made easy in DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber.

From Marcus Parks, Henry Zebrowski, and Ben Kissel, the hosts of “The Last Podcast on the Left,” comes a new six-issue series that dives deep into the sewers of the human soul—also, there are demons.

Edgar Wiggins, a disgraced former seminary student, is desperate to find a way to answer what he believes is his higher calling. He thinks he’s found it in a seminar hosted in a hotel conference room by the Soul Plumbers, who have a machine that could be the secret to delivering souls from Satan. Edgar’s too broke to buy in, but that’s not enough to stop this true devotee: he steals the blueprints and builds a pirated version with what components he can afford on his gas station attendant salary.  Then he goes after a demon, misses… and ends up pulling out something much worse.

With gorgeous art by John McCrea, Soul Plumber is a hilarious, horrifying roller coaster ride for fans of comics, fans of horror, and fans of horror comics. Issue #1 will be available wherever comics are sold on October 5, and digitally on the same day for DC Universe Infinite Subscribers. In keeping with the Comics Code Authority, this one’s not for the kids and has an age rating of 17+. It features a main cover by McCrea, open order variant by Tom Neeley, and 1:25 variant by Riley Rossmo.