Jim Zubkavich, known professionally as Jim Zub, is a

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comic book writer, artist, and art instructor best known for creating comics ''Skullkickers'' (2010), '' Wayward'' (2014), and ''Glitterbomb'' (2016) for

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, writing on the series '' Thunderbolts'' (2016), ''

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'' (2017)'','' ''Avengers: No Surrender'' (2018), and '' Champions'' (2018) for

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, and creating '' Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons'' (2018–2022) and '' Rick and Morty vs. Cthulhu'' (2022–2023) for Oni Press. As well as writing and creating comics, Zub is the former program co-ordinator and a current art professor at

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's Seneca College.

Early life

Jim Zub is Canadian. He grew up watching

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cartoons as a kid, and soon after fell in love with comics. He has stated that

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was a big influence on him, specifically by giving his superheroes flaws.

Career

Jim Zub created his first comic, '' Makeshift Miracle'', in 2001, followed by a nine-year stint at UDON Entertainment as a colorist, illustrator, project manager, writer and editor where he wrote various ''

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'' comic books. In 2010, Zub launched ''Skullkickers'' at Image Comics. A creator-owned sword & sorcery action-comedy, ''Skullkickers'' ran for thirty-three issues completing six volumes. The series came to an end in 2015. In 2013, Zub wrote ''Samurai Jack'' comics for IDW and

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. Initially intended as one five-issue arc, the comic ran twenty issues, ending in 2015. In 2014, Zub launched ''Wayward'' at

with art by co-creator Steven Cummings. His first creator-owned book since ''Skullkickers'', ''Wayward'' is described as ''Buffy The Vampire Slayer'' set in

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." A teen coming-of-age story injected with Japanese myth and the supernatural. The series spanned 30 issues and six trade paperback volumes before coming to an end on October 31, 2018. Zub and IDW partnered up for ''Dungeons & Dragons: Legends of Baldur's Gate'' #1-5 in 2014, followed up by ''Dungeons & Dragons: Shadows of the Vampire'' #1-5 in 2016, ''Dungeons & Dragons: Frost Giant’s Fury'' #1-5 in 2017, and ''Dungeons & Dragons: Evil At Baldur’s Gate'' #1-5 in 2018. In 2016, Zub and

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artist Djibril Morissette-Phan launched ''Glitterbomb'' at

, a four-part mini-series about a struggling actress trying to regain fame in a sexist, abusive industry. A second four-part mini-series, ''Glitterbomb: The Fame Game'', launched in 2017. Zub started writing for Marvel in 2016 with ''Thunderbolts'', followed by ''

'' in 2017. He created a new hero, villains, and new backstories in the 16-part ''Avengers: No Surrender'' in 2018, as well as taking over '' Champions'' with #19, and creating a new Canadian Hero, Snowguard. Also in 2018, Zub wrote the four-part ''

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'' miniseries, ''Mystery in Madripoor''. In August of 2018, Zub teamed up with writer Patrick Rothfuss and artist

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to write a ''

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/ Rick & Morty'' crossover

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, titled '' Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons'' #1-4. Zub co-wrote, with Sarah Stern and with art by Little, '' Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: Chapter II: Painscape;'' the follow-up series was published from September to December 2019. The ''Rick and Morty vs Dungeons and Dragons Deluxe Edition'', by Rothfuss, Zub, and Little, was nominated for the 2022 "Best Graphic Album—Reprint"

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. In late 2018, it was announced that Zub, along with writers Mark Waid and

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, would reunite for ''Avengers: No Road Home'', being called a "spiritual successor" to their previous collaboration, ''Avengers: No Surrender.''" Art will be done by Paco Medina and Sean Izaakse. The series began in February 2019. From December 2022 to March 2023, Zub returned to Oni Press to write the

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crossover mini-series '' Rick and Morty vs. Cthulhu'' #1-4.

Personal life

Zub and his wife, Stacy King live in Toronto. As well as writing comics, Zub is also a professor at Toronto's Seneca College and teaches classes in layout and design, character animation and animation history.

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

IDW

* '' Samurai Jack'' #1-20 collected as: ** ''Volume 1'' (collects #1-4, TPB, 120 pages, 2014, ) ** ''Volume 2'' (collects #5-10, TPB, 120 pages, 2014, ) ** ''Volume 3'' (collects #11-15, TPB, 120 pages, 2015, ) ** ''Volume 4'' (collects #16-20, TPB, 120 pages, 2015, ) * ''

'' limited series: ** ''Dungeons & Dragons: Legends of Baldur's Gate'' #1-5 collected in ''Volume 1'' (collects #1-5, TPB, 124 pages, 2015, ) ** ''Dungeons & Dragons: Shadows of the Vampire'' #1-5 collected in ''Volume 1'' (collects #1-5, TPB, 120 pages, 2016, ) ** ''Dungeons & Dragons: Frost Giant's Fury'' #1-5 collected in ''Volume 1'' (collects #1-5, TPB, 128 pages, 2017, ) ** ''Dungeons & Dragons: Evil At Baldur's Gate'' #1-5 collected in ''Volume 1'' (collects #1-5, TPB, 120 pages, 2018, ) **''Dungeons & Dragons: Mindbreaker'' #1-5 collected in ''Volume 1'' (collects #1-5, TPB, 2022, ) * ''Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons'' #1-4 (co-written with Jody Houser) collected as ** ''Volume 1'' (collects #1-4, TPB, 96 pages, 2021, ) * Other collected editions: ** ''Dungeons & Dragons: Days of Endless Adventure'' (March 2020, ) which collects ''Legends of Baldur's Gate'', ''Shadows of the Vampire'' and ''Frost Giant's Fury'' ** ''Dungeons & Dragons: Best of Minsc & Boo'' (April 2022) which collects ''Legends of Baldur's Gate'' #1, ''Shadows of the Vampire'' #2, ''Evil at Baldur's Gate'' #1, and ''Evil at Baldur's Gate'' #5

Image

* ''Skullkickers'' #1-34 collected as: ** ''Volume 1'' (collects #1-5, TPB, 144 pages, 2011, ) ** ''Volume 2'' (collects #6-11, TPB, 144 pages, 2011, ) ** ''Volume 3'' (collects #12-17, TPB, 144 pages, 2012, ) ** ''Volume 4'' (collects #18-23, TPB, 160 pages, 2013, ) ** ''Volume 5'' (collects #24-29, TPB, 144 pages, 2014, ) ** ''Volume 6'' (collects #30-33 & #100, TPB, 144 pages, 2015, ) * '' Wayward'' #1-30 collected as: ** ''Volume 1'' (collects #1-5, TPB, 144 pages, 2015, ) ** ''Volume 2'' (collects #6-10, TPB, 136 pages, 2015, ) ** ''Volume 3'' (collects #11-15, TPB, 128 pages, 2016, ) ** ''Volume 4'' (collects #16-20, TPB, 136 pages, 2017, ) ** ''Volume 5'' (collects #21-25, TPB, 136 pages, 2018, ) ** ''Volume 6'' (collects #26-30, TPB, 152 pages, 2018, ) * ''Glitterbomb'' #1-4 collected as: ** ''Volume 1'' (collects #1-4, TPB, 136 pages, 2017, ) * ''Glitterbomb: The Fame Game'' #1-4 collected as: ** ''Volume 1'' (collects #1-4, TPB, 120 pages, 2018, )

Marvel

* '' Thunderbolts'' (2016-2017) #1-12 collected as: ** ''Volume 1'' (collects #1-6, TPB, 144 pages, 2017, ) ** ''Volume 2'' (collects #7-12, TPB, 144 pages, 2017, ) * ''

'' #26-30 collected as: ** ''Volume 5'' (collects #26-30, TPB, 112 pages, 2018, ) * '' Avengers'' #675-690 collected as: ** ''Avengers: No Surrender'' (collects #675-690, TPB, 352 pages, 2018, ) * '' Champions'' Vol. 2 (2016-2019) #19-27, Vol. 3 (2019) #1-10 collected as: ** ''Champions Volume 4: Northern Lights'' (collects #19-21 and Infinity Countdown: Champions #1-2, TPB, 112 pages, 2018, ) ** ''Champions Volume 5: Weird War One'' (collects #22-27, TPB, 176 pages, 2019, ) ** ''Champions by Jim Zub Volume 1: Beat the Devil'' (collects #1-5, TPB, 136 Pages, 2019, ) ** ''Champions by Jim Zub Volume 2: Give and Take'' (collects #7-10, TPB, 112 Pages, 2019, )

Oni Press

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'' limited series: * '' Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons'' #1-4 (co-written with Patrick Rothfuss) collected in ''Volume 1'' (collects #1-4, TPB, 120 pages, 2019, ) * ''Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: Chapter II: Painscape'' #1-4 (co-written with Sarah Stern) collected in ''Volume 2'' (collects #1-4, TPB, 2020, ) * ''Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: The Meeseeks Adventure'' #1 (2022) * '' Rick and Morty vs. Cthulhu'' #1-4 collected in ''Volume 1'' (collects #1-4, TPB, 112 pages, 2023, ) Other collected editions: * ''Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: Deluxe Edition'' (September 2021, ) which collects ''Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons'' #1-4 & ''Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: Chapter II: Painscape'' #1-4, and ''Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: The Meeseeks Adventure'' * ''Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: The Complete Adventures'' (October 2022, ) which collects ''Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons'' #1-4 & ''Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: Chapter II: Painscape'' #1-4, and ''Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: The Meeseeks Adventure''

References

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