Paul Tobin Teams with Carlos Javier Olivares for a Wild New Series Featuring Backup Stories by Colleen Coover, Junk Punch!
It’s one woman’s quest to solve a bizarre series of thefts, such as kisses stolen from willing and waiting lips! Mad Cave Studios has announced Junk Punch, an all-new series that explores a world where sudden compulsions begin affecting people in bizarre and uncontrollable ways.
This offbeat new series reunites the creative duo behind the Mad Cave hit String—Eisner Award-winning writer Paul Tobin features a main story and backup story, with main story art by Carlos Javier Olivares, colors by Francesca Vivaldi, and lettering by Taylor Esposito, bringing the strange world of Junk Punch to life with playful humor and dynamic visual storytelling.
Each issue also includes a fun, standalone backup story with art, colors, and letters by Colleen Coover, kicking off a rotating lineup of guest artists including Lin Visel, Christine Larsen, and Dani Strips. These additional stories expand the strange world of Junk Punch, introducing new characters and misadventures across its growing gallery of oddballs.
Junk Punch #1 features a variant cover by Marguerite Sauvage and retailer incentive by Mirka Andolfo.
In a near-future world, peculiar new compulsions have arisen to afflict individuals in bizarre ways, such as a need to paint all pigeons pink or the unfortunate craving to tell the truth on dating apps. One such individual is Clara Castanelle, aka Junk Punch, who “suffers” an addiction to punching people square in their junk!
With its wildly inventive premise and unpredictable sense of humor, Junk Punch will appeal to readers who enjoy comics where absurdity, mystery, and heart collide.
Junk Punch #1 drops in shops June 3, 2026.
