Ahoy Comics has announced a Friday panel for San Diego Comic-Con 2024 that dives into The Toxic Avengerthe cult-classic black comedy that’s being revived as a brand new comic series from the indie publisher. In addition to an all-star lineup of talent, the panel will also feature a giveaway for a Toxic Avenger ashcan providing a first look at the new series from writer Matt Bors and artist Fred Harper.
“There’s a sweet spot in pop culture that’s my favorite place to live, where high ideals merge with low trash and genius melds with drooling idiocy,” said Ahoy editor-in-chief Tom Peyer. “It’s in the anti-cynicism of old MAD magazines, the righteous settling-for-each-other that still drives The Simpsonsand the grossout fights for a just and unpolluted world in Toxic Avenger. For Ahoy Comics to join forces with Toxie is an honor we don’t take lightly.”
Bors revealed he approached Troma Entertainment president and The Toxic Avenger (1984) writer/producer/co-director Lloyd Kaufman about reviving the character in comics for the first time in over 30 years. Marvel previously published the series in the early ’90s.
“This year, we’re on a panel together to talk about the new series as well as all the abnormal mutations we’ve developed since our last meeting,” Bors said. “We’ll be showing a preview of the story I’m making with artist Fred Harper, where teenager Melvin Junko, his bullies, and the whole town of Tromaville find themselves knee-deep in toxic waste. “A mysterious corporation Biohazard Solutions linked to the spill has the town under strict quarantine and definitely has everyone’s best interests in mind, just trust them.”
Kaufman added, “Toxie loves comic books—but only the most fantoxic when it comes to the books he licenses! Since it is known that Ahoy Comics are at the top of the mop, we are all honored and overjoyed: [The Toxic Avenger co-director] Michael Herzthe Troma team and I rejoice!”
Check out The Toxic Avenger #1 covers by Harper, Bors, and Tim Seeley below, as well as Bors’s wraparound cover for issue #2.
Ahoy Comics will host “Ahoy Comics Gets Toxic!” on Friday, July 26, from 5-6 pm in Room 28DE at SDCC ’24. Read the full panel description below.
AHOY Comics has made a name for itself on the comics scene with its acclaimed creators, witty satires, and commitment to bold and risk-taking storytelling. Join author and legendary director Lloyd Kaufman (Troma), comic creators Matt Bors (Toxic Avenger, Justice Warriors), Mark Russell (Second Coming), Tyrone Finch (Deadweights), Melissa F. Olson (Project Cryptid), Juan Castro (The Wrong Earth), and AHOY Ops guy Stuart Moore (Captain Ginger) for this can’t-miss panel discussion about the future of the publisher that asks its readers to expect more. Get the scoop on exciting upcoming projects like award-winning writer Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows’ sword-and-sorcery satire Babs; Pulitzer finalist Matt Bors and Fred Harper’s take on Troma’s Toxic Avenger; Tom Peyer, Jamal Igle and Castro’s epic multiversal satire The Wrong Earth; Russell, Bryce Ingman and Peter Krause’s gut-bustingly funny superhero parody My Bad; the star-studded, cryptid-packed anthology series Project: Cryptid; and so much more!
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