(W) Garth Ennis (A) Jacen Burrows Cover A: Jacen Burrows Cover B: Keith Burns April 1, 2026 $4.99
On their quest down the demon-cursed Black Road South, Babs and Izzy face murderous creatures, a murderous hobbit who’s into bondage, and a couple of particularly murderous, impossible-not-to-mock examples of cosmetic surgery attached to a narcissistic swordswoman! Is all of this stress worth the treasure that might await at road’s end? Of course. It’s treasure!
Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows take their sword-and-sorcery heroine even further down the Black Road in Babs: The Black Road South #5! What if the Triple Orb of Mordynn—a token of unimaginable evil, of inconceivable power—were in Babs’ hands? What if she wanted to sell it? And what if the buyer were dangerous? What then, hmm?
We have an exclusive first look at the covers by Jacen Burrows and Torunn Grønbekk.
From Ahoy Comics, Babs: The Black Road South #5 is on shelves May 20, 2026.
The sword-and-sorcery comedy by Ennis and Burrows (Crossed, Get Fury) continues! Seeking to recover a large sum of treasure, swordswoman Babs and her friend Izzy ride a depressed hired dragon along the Black Road South to Mordynn—a hazardous wasteland from which no one has ever returned. Except Babs, once. But she doesn’t like to talk about it!
The hit Ennis/Burrows sword-and-sorcery satire returns! A day of over-the-top carnage in a gladiator arena leads Babs and her partner-in-barbarism Izzy directly into a strange, unfamiliar, bizarre situation: they actually have money! That’s good, right? Wrong—because it’s about to lead them down a dark, horrific road to the devastated wasteland of Mordynn.
Any retailer who orders at least 3 copies of cover A (Jacen Burrows) will be eligible to order unlimited copies of cover B (John McCrea).
The 2025 Baltimore Comic-Con returns to the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center on October 17-19. The Baltimore Comic-Con has announced the first-time appearance of comics creators Jacen Burrows, Kevin Delgado, Gavin Guidry, Derek Kirk Kim, Alex Maleev, and Patrick Olliffe. Purchase your tickets now to avoid further lines at the show!
Jacen Burrows is a renowned comic book artist whose precision linework and haunting visuals have made him a standout in the world of graphic storytelling. He’s best known for his collaborations with legendary writers Alan Moore (Providence, Neonomicon) and Garth Ennis (Crossed, Babs, The Ribbon Queen), as well as his acclaimed work with Marvel Comics on Moon Knight, Warhammer 40k, and Punisher: Soviet. With a career spanning over two decades, Burrows continues to push the boundaries of horror, suspense, and sci-fi comic storytelling.
Kevin Delgado, appearing courtesy of Comics and Collectibles R Us, is a Buffalo, New York-based cartoonist and cover artist renowned for his versatility and expertise in mixed media and varying techniques. As a highly sought-after cover artist, he has collaborated with top comic book publishers like Image Comics, IDW, Dynamite Entertainment, and more, producing dozens of works for titles such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Godzilla, and Vampirella.
However, his true passion project is Tuff Stuff, a comic series featuring a scruffy crime-fighting cat. This labor of love has led to publishing deals with Cosmic Lion Productions and Source Point Press, and has been successfully funded through five Kickstarter campaigns. As the creator, Kevin is committed to working on Tuff Stuff for as long as possible, pouring his heart and soul into the ongoing saga.
Gavin Guidry is a comic artist from the New Orleans area. He’s best known for his work on JSA, Action Comics, Uncanny X-Men, Birds of Prey, and Superman ‘78: The Metal Curtain as well as for drawing multiple shorts and covers for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, IDW, and several others.
Derek Kirk Kim is an award-winning writer, artist, and director. He is the creator of The Last Mermaid from Image Comics and the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Award-winning graphic novel, Same Difference and Other Stories. He garnered his second Eisner Award with The Eternal Smile, a collaboration with MacArthur Fellow Gene Luen Yang. In television, Kim has worked as a director, storyboard artist, and character designer for numerous shows including Disney’s Amphibia, Adventure Time, and Green Eggs and Ham on Netflix. He eats chips with chopsticks. Instagram: @derekkirkkim
Derek will be signing at intervals at the Cards, Comics & Collectibles booth during the weekend. His signing schedule will be posted here when available.
Alex Maleev was born in 1971 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He attended the High School of Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts where he received his bachelor’s degree in printmaking. He arrived in the US in 1994 where he settled in New York City. From 1994 to 1995, he studied for 4 months at the Joe Kubert School. His comics credits include: Arabian Nights, Magic the Gathering, The Crow, Alien vs. Predator, Superman vs. Predator, Sam and Twitch, Hellboy, Weird Tales, Daredevil, Illuminati. Spider-Woman, Halo, Scarlet. Moon Knight, The Dark Tower, and Batman. He has received the Russ Manning Award in 1996 for Most Promising Newcomer and the Eisner Award for Best Ongoing Series in 2003. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Patrick Olliffe is a veteran comic book illustrator with over 38 years of experience, working for some of the largest publishers in the industry, including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse, and Disney Publishing. His long list of credits include Untold Tales of Spider-Man, Spider-Girl, Thor, Marvel Team-Up, Secret Wars Battleworld, Star Wars, Captain Marvel, Barb Wire, DC’s 52 series, Booster Gold, The Atom, Catwoman, Scooby Apocalypse, and Hawkman, plus Captain America, The Fantastic Four, The Avengers, and the X-Men for Disney’s Marvel Press. He, along with writer Chuck Austen, has created the sci-fi western series Edgeworld and the supernatural series The Tormented for Comixology Originals as well as the upcoming sci-fi book Defiant for DSTLRY.
This year’s confirmed guests for the show include: Arthur Adams (Longshot), Kaare Andrews (Spider-Man: REIGN 2), Eddy Barrows (Superman), Jeremy Bastian (Cursed Pirate Girl), Marty Baumann ((Pixar artist), John Beatty (Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars), Josh Blaylock (Mercy Sparx, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Russ Braun (The Boys), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Jacen Burrows (Crossed), Jim Calafiore (NED, Lord of the Pit), Richard Case (Doom Patrol), Keith Champagne (Stranger Things), Howard Chaykin (Time Squared), Jo Chen (Runaways), Jim Cheung (Young Avengers), Mark Chiarello (Wednesday Comics), Frank Cho (Harley Quinn), Amy Chu (Emma Frost: The White Queen), Chris Claremont (X-Men), Matthew Clark (Adventures of Superman, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Becky Cloonan (Somna), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Michael W. Conrad (Manowar: Invictus), Dani (Sensational Wonder Woman), Alan Davis (Excalibur), Deans Family Productions (Crass Fed), Jeff Dekal (Something is Killing the Children), Kevin Delgado (Tuff Stuff, courtesy of Comics and Collectibles R Us), Vito Delsante (Stray), Todd Dezago (The Perhapanauts), Garth Ennis (The Boys, Saturday and Sunday only), David Finch (Moon Knight), Tony Fleecs (Stray Dogs), Trish Forstner (Feral), Franco (Deadman Tells the Spooky Tales), Barbara Friedlander (Swing with Scooter), Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (DC Nation), Chris Giarrusso (Mini Marvels), Dan Goldman (Unfinished Business), Randy Green (Witchblade). Mike Grell (Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters), Torunn Grønbekk (Catwoman), Gavin Guidry (Action Comics), Brian Haberlin (Spawn, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Bob Hall (West Coast Avengers), Cully Hamner (Blue Beetle), Scott Hanna (Amazing Spider-Man), Dean Haspiel (The Red Hook), Mike Hawthorne (Deadpool), Marc Hempel (Sandman), Jamal Igle (Superman, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Chris Kemple (Artist Alley Comics), Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Incredible Hulk), J.G. Jones (Wanted), Derek Kirk Kim (The Last Mermaid), Dan Krall (House of Night), Adam Kubert (Wolverine), Jae Lee (Inhumans), Tula Lotay (Barnstormers), Nate Lovett (Dungeons & Dragons), Kevin Maguire (Justice League), Alex Maleev (Star Wars: Boba Fett – Black White and Red), Laura Martin (Nubia: Queen of the Amazons), Shawn Martinbrough (Red Hood: The Hill), Ron Marz (Green Lantern), Jose Marzan Jr. (Y: The Last Man), Charlie McElvy (Spider-Squirrel), Mike McKone (Red Goblin), Bob McLeod (New Mutants), Adriana Melo (Action Comics), Josh Middleton (Aquaman), Al Milgrom (Spectacular Spider-Man), Mark Morales (Thor), Trevor Mueller (Albert the Alien), Sarah Myers (TMNT Saturday Morning Adventures), Tom Nguyen (The Switch), Mike Norton (Battlepug, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Kevin Nowlan (Batman: Sword of Azrael), Patrick Olliffe (Untold Tales of Spider-Man), Dan Parent (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), John J. Pearson (In Bloom), Andrew Pepoy (Simone & Ajax), Barbara Perez Marquez (The Cardboard Kingdom), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Khoi Pham (Star Wars: Darth Vader), Paul Pope (THB), Tom Raney (Green Lantern), Amy Reeder (Power Girl), Esad Ribic (Conan the Barbarian), Afua Richardson (Kahhori: Reshaper of Worlds), James Robinson (Starman), Don Rosa (Uncle $crooge), Craig Rousseau (Herculoids), Stephane Roux (Void Rivals), Jim Rugg (Street Angel), Andy Runton (Owly), Stuart Sayger (Conan the Barbarian), Joseph Schmalke (Seven Years in Darkness, courtesy of Groundbreaking Comics), Bart Sears (Deathstroke), Declan Shalvey (Old Dog), Louise Simonson (The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special), Walter Simonson (Thor), Don Simpson (Megaton Man), Jeff Smith (Bone), John K. Snyder III (Suicide Squad), Mark Sparacio (Chelsea Dagger and the Women of Excalibur), Joe Staton (Dick Tracy), Paul D. Storrie (Storm Kids: Stanley’s Ghost), Karl Story (The Mandalorian), Zoe Thorogood (It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Universe), Peter Tomasi (The Rocketfellers), Billy Tucci (Shi), Brian K. Vaughan (Spectators, Friday and Saturday only), Gus Vazquez (Sunfire and Big Hero Six), Charles Vess (Stardust), Mark Waid (Justice League Unlimited), Dan Watters (Nightwing), Mark Wheatley (Breathtaker), Matt Wieringo (Stargate Atlantis: Gateways), Keith Williams (Web of Spider-Man), Maria Wolf (Phoenix), Rich Woodall (Electric Black), John Workman (Wild Things), Kelly Yates (Doctor Who), and Thom Zahler (Love and Capes).
(W) Garth Ennis (A) Jacen Burrows Cover A: Jacen Burrows Cover B: Juan José Ryp Cover C: Juan José Ryp B&W Undressed March 12, 2025 $3.99
Fists! Swords! Blood and eyeballs! The hit series by Ennis (The Boys) and Burrows (Get Fury) concludes with Babs locked in final combat against Lord Tiberius and his horde of White Knights! Will somebody’s janky nasty bits play a decisive role in the ultimate battle? What do you think?
(W) Garth Ennis (A) Jacen Burrows Cover A: Jacen Burrows Cover B: Juan José Ryp Cover C: Juan José Ryp B&W Undressed March 12, 2025 $3.99
Fists! Swords! Blood and eyeballs! The hit series by Ennis (The Boys) and Burrows (Get Fury) concludes with Babs locked in final combat against Lord Tiberius and his horde of White Knights! Will somebody’s janky nasty bits play a decisive role in the ultimate battle? What do you think?
(W) Garth Ennis (A) Jacen Burrows Cover A: Jacen Burrows Cover B: John McCrea January 29, 2025 $3.99
More sword-and-social-satire action from the acclaimed Ennis/Burrows team! In the depths of Tiberius Toledo’s diamond mine, Babs and her allies toil in captivity, until an escape plan forms—involving the libidinous Head Guard and a shocking sacrifice of virtue!
(W) Garth Ennis (A) Jacen Burrows Cover A: Jacen Burrows Cover B: John McCrea January 29, 2025 $3.99
More sword-and-social-satire action from the acclaimed Ennis/Burrows team! In the depths of Tiberius Toledo’s diamond mine, Babs and her allies toil in captivity, until an escape plan forms—involving the libidinous Head Guard and a shocking sacrifice of virtue!
(W) Garth Ennis (A) Jacen Burrows Cover A: Jacen Burrows Cover B: Peter Krause November 27, 2024 $3.99
More outrageous sword-slinging from the red-hot team of Garth Ennis & Jacen Burrows (Get Fury, Crossed)! On a mission to recover her friend Izzy, Babs takes to the sea aboard a ship of smug, precious, affected elves, whose very existence infuriates her—and whose captain has undisclosed plans for her!
