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Vault Comics and Matt Dinniman Announce Dungeon Crawler Carl Ongoing Comic Book Series

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Vault Comics and Matt Dinniman have announced a Dungeon Crawler Carl ongoing comic book series. Available in comic book stores everywhere beginning in January 2027, the Dungeon Crawler Carl comic book series will serialize the smash-hit webtoon written by Matt Dinniman and Tevagah, with art by Laurel Pursuit Studios and Kuzomari, now with scaled up art that will fit the comic book page. Vault has already released two collected volumes of the series as well as a zero issue. You can check out our review of the first volume, second volume, and Dungeon Crawler Carl #0. The new format sounds like a slightly reformatted another bite at the apple and after how many variant covers Dungeon Crawler Carl #0 has seen (over 230 of them), this move is not a surprise.

The Dungeon Crawler Carl ongoing series will feature a line of main A covers by the legendary Nathan Gooden. Variant covers will be drawn by a rotating cast of all-star artists, including the likes of Ryan Ottley, Brett Bean, Frank Cho, Clayton Crain, Yoshi Yoshitani, Katie Cook, Riley Rossmo, Tyler Walpole, Doug Mahnke, Trish Forstner, Todd Beats, Tony Moy, and beloved Dungeon Crawler Carl novel cover artist, Luciano Fleitas. More top-flight cover artists will be announced in the coming weeks and months. 

Dungeon Crawler Carl is the #1 New York Times-bestselling LitRPG novel series by Matt Dinniman. With over 19 million copies sold, Dungeon Crawler Carl follows Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world—or just get to the next level—in a video game-like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that’s actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. In 2026 it was announced that Peacock officially greenlit the Dungeon Crawler Carl TV series from Universal International Studios and Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door. The writer’s room is already in progress, with Chris Yost (Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok, and Disney+’s The Mandalorian), and Eric Heisserer (Arrival, Bird Box) as co-show runners.

Dungeon Crawler Carl #1 will be a double-sized 48 page issue that will hit store shelves in January, 2027, then subsequent issues in the series will be released on a monthly schedule.

New Achievement! You like ’em floppy! You wanted Carl and Donut every month, you get Carl and Donut every month. Reward: An ongoing series with scaled up art! You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Getting stuck on a sadistic alien game show with her cat! Dungeon Crawler Carl #1 is 48 pages, combining Episodes 1 and 2 of the hit Webtoon (which is a lot more story than issue #0). The New York Times, USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling adaptation of Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman starts its monthly ongoing run here!

Comic book cover for 'Dungeon Crawler Carl' issue #1, showcasing a muscular character in heart-patterned shorts, surrounded by a dragon, a cat, and a mouse in a whimsical fantasy setting, with the phrase 'YOU WILL NOT BREAK ME!' prominently displayed.
Cover of 'Dungeon Crawler Carl' comic book #1 featuring a character in action with a large, menacing creature, bright colors, and cartoonish art style.

Vault Comics and Jeremy Robinson announces One Zero Zero One Saves the World

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Vault and New York Times bestselling author Jeremy Robinson have announced One Zero Zero One Saves The World, a bold and unique new science fiction comic book series drawn and lettered by Tiago Palma, and colored by Manuel Rodriguez.  

1001 awakens confused and alone, a genetic experiment that quickly adapts to any threat or environment. He wakes up hundreds of years into Earth’s post-apocalyptic future—only to discover he is being hunted by a pack of vicious creatures. Can his adaptations keep pace with their fury?

One Zero Zero One Saves The World #1 will hit store shelves in November, 2026. The series debut will feature an absolutely incredible lineup of variant covers by some of the coolest artists working in comics, including Brett Parson, Edison Neo, Adam Cahoon, Michael Dialynas, Nathan Gooden, Derek Laufman, Tiago Palma, and Jeremy Robinson himself. 

One Zero Zero One Saves The World #1

Vault announces Vampire: The Masquerade Compact Edition

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Vault Comics’ Vampire: The Masquerade comic series will be returning to print in an all new compact edition, available on August 31, 2026 in comic shops everywhere, and September 1, 2026 in bookstores everywhere. The comics are based on the bestselling tabletop role-playing game published by White Wolf.

The complete compact edition includes all ten issues of Vampire: The Masquerade—Winter’s Teeth together with all three issues of World of Darkness: Crimson Thaw. Vampire: The Masquerade—Winter’s Teeth was written by Tim Seeley and drawn by Dev Pramalnik, with back-up stories written by Tini and Blake Howard and drawn by Nathan Gooden. World of Darkness: Crimson Thaw was written by Tim Seeley, Jim Zub, and Danny Lore, and drawn by Julius Ohta.

Later this year, Vault and White Wolf will announce more details of an all new Vampire: The Masquerade comic series coming from Vault in 2027.

Vampire: The Masquerade

Vault reveals that Michael Moreci and Nathan Gooden’s Barbaric is getting an Adaptation from Netflix

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Netflix has announced it will be adapting Vault’s hit fantasy series, Barbaric, as a new episodic series. Barbaric is co-created by writer Michael Moreci and artist Nathan Gooden; Gooden is also a co-founder of Vault Comics. Debuting in 2021, Barbaric rapidly secured its place as a critical-darling and fan-favorite. As of 2026, Barbaric is currently on its fifth volume, and is one of the best-selling fantasy comics of the past decade.

Barbaric follows Owen, a bloodthirsty barbarian and his drunk axe as they roam an untamed, mythic realm battling supernatural cultists, hungry giants, creatures of the night, and more in their quest to somehow, amidst all this chaos, do some good.

Academy Award nominee Sheldon Turner will co-showrun and write the Netflix series along with Robert Rovner, who is best known for his showrunning and writing work on CW series Supergirl.

Also on the exec producing team are Jennifer Klein, Turner’s partner at the duo’s 100% Productions, Barry Jossen and Tana Jamieson for A+E Studios, TV veteran Javier Grillo-Marxuach, and F.J. DeSanto and Damian Wassel for Vault Comics. Actor Sam Claflin, along with Luke Carroll, and Michael Stevenson, are exec producing via Soft Claw Productions.

Check out the series before it comes to Netflix and see what you’ve been missing!
Bookshop – Volume 1 – Volume 2 – Volume 3 – Volume 4 – Volume 5
Amazon – Volume 1 – Volume 2 – Volume 3 – Volume 4 – Volume 5

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Post Malone’s Big Rig #4 wraps up the first volume with a lot of over-the-top action

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Double-length finale — collects chapters 7 & 8! Post Malone’s BIG RIG. FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL, THE BLOOD RIG EMERGES. Trucker flees. Edda is captured. And Lucifer comes to the surface for the one soul she wants most. The epic conclusion of Big Rig’s first arc!

Story: Post Malone, Adrian Wassell
Art: Nathan Gooden
Color: Der-Shing Helmer
Letterer: Jim Campbell

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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NYCC 2025: Post Malone will be in attendance for Big Rig!

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Post Malone has officially announced that he will attend New York Comic Con with Vault Comics to celebrate his best-selling comic book series, Big Rig. 

Post will join the already announced Big Rig panel that will take place on Friday October 10th from 5:00pm to 6:00pm inside the Javitz Center in room 405. The panel will also feature Big Rig artist Nathan Gooden, Big Rig co-writer and Vault Editor-in-Chief Adrian Wassel, and Vault CEO and Publisher, Damian Wassel.  The panel will be full of surprises as it focuses on the past, present, and future of all things Big Rig, from inside the comic to its adaptations beyond.  

Vault will have limited quantities of special deluxe hardcover editions of Big Rig for sale at the site, as well as some exceedingly rare Big Rig #1 convention exclusive single issue variant covers drawn by legendary artists such as Peach Momoko and Pete Carroll. 

Vault and Post Malone tease Big Rig, Book 2: Damned

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Vault and Post Malone have teased the return of the Big Rig comic series in 2026 with Big Rig, Book 2: Damned. Vault have released a piece of teaser art by Nathan Gooden, hinting at what’s to come as the Rig’s journey continues. 

In the next chapter of Big Rig, Trucker, Edda, and Batu have put Lucifer and the Princess of Hell in the rearview mirror, but the bloodshed is far from finished. Satan has sent a new general to lead his invasion. As Belphegor advances through Europe on a mission to raise Hell, the Rig chases, only to end up on a collision course with an unexpected enemy: invaders from the north capitalizing on the chaos. Now, it’s a war on two fronts. And what’s worse, both enemies possess weapons that make the Rig look less like the miracle our heroes need and more like a deathtrap. Will the vehicle keeping them alive be their doom? All depends on how well Trucker can drive.

Big Rig is written by Post Malone and Adrian Wassel, drawn by Nathan Gooden, colored by Eisner-nominee Der-Shing Helmer, lettered by Jim Campbell, and designed by Tim Daniel. 

Big Rig, Book 2: Damned

Post Malone’s Big Rig #3 is more fun with a little choppiness in the narrative

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Double-length — collects chapters 5 & 6! Post Malone’s BIG RIG. 18 WHEELS VS. HELL’S ARMY. The Rig is stuck. Minos’ army descends. Can Trucker, Edda, and Batu survive the night? What will be left of them if they do?

Story: Post Malone, Adrian Wassell
Art: Nathan Gooden
Color: Der-Shing Helmer
Letterer: Jim Campbell

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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NYCC 2025: Vault Comics Celebrates Post Malone’s Big Rig with a Panel

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Vault has announced they will host a star-studded panel for Post Malone’s Big Rig at New York Comic Con 2025.   Joining the panel will be Vault Editor-in-Chief and Big Rig co-writer Adrian Wassel, series artist Nathan Gooden, Vault Publisher & CEO Damian Wassel, and some extremely special guests. The Big Rig panel will be moderated by Coy Jandreau.

The panel will take place on Friday October 10th from 5:00pm to 6:00pm inside the Javitz Center in room 405 and will focus on the past, present, and future of all things Big Rig, from inside the comic to its adaptations beyond.  

Vault will have limited quantities of special deluxe hardcover editions of Post Malones’ Big Rig for sale at the site, as well as some very rare Big Rig #1 convention exclusive single issue variants by legendary artists Peach Momoko and Pete Carroll.

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Vault Announces Barbaric: The Long Death From Michael Moreci and Nathan Gooden

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Vault has announced the return of the beloved and best-selling comic book series, Barbaric, for its fifth story arc entitled, Barbaric: The Long Death. Co-created by Michael Moreci and artist Nathan Gooden, Barbaric: The Long Death, marks Gooden’s return to the series after his tremendously successful work on the smash hit series with Post Malone, Big Rig. Joining Moreci and Gooden are long-time Barbaric collaborators Fabi Marques on colors, Jim Campbell on letters, and Tim Daniel on design. 

BARBARIC loves you! AXE LOVES YOU! And he’s giving you his heart, in the form of The Long Death #1. Our heroes slaughter their way ever closer to the answers to their big questions. Owen learns all about his curse; Soren learns about her curse; Axe gets drunk. The consequences are…BARBARIC.

Barbaric follows Owen, a bloodthirsty barbarian and his drunk axe as they roam an untamed, mythic realm battling supernatural cultists, hungry giants, creatures of the night, and more in their quest to somehow, amidst all this chaos, do some good.

Barbaric: The Long Death #1 hits store shelves in December 2025, and will feature an stellar line of variants from artists Pete Carroll, Jim Mahfood, Luana Vecchio, Corin Howell, and Brett Bean.

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