‘Minor Threats’ universe grows with ‘Barfly’ out July 2024

The Lower Lair bar is home to all sorts of supervillains, lowlifes, and scumbags… but only one of them has to puke digestive fluids onto his food to eat.

David Brooke

March 21, 2024

Press Release

The Minor Threats superhero universe by Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt is growing this July with a new spinoff series, Barfly. Written by Kyle Starks, the series will be drawn by Ryan Browne with letters by Nate Piekos. The first issue will be available in comic shops on July 10th.

“I’m so excited to be invited to add to the tapestry that is the wonderful, superpowered world of Minor Threats that Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt have brought to comics,” Starks said. “To get to do it with incredible, unequaled Ryan Browne is an unbelievable cherry on top of an already delicious great comic ice cream sundae. I truly think people are going to fall in love with the lovable loser Sh*teater – a sweet little fella who’s just trying to find his place in the world after years of being a nameless minion!”

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So what’s Barfly about?

Back in Twilight City…

The Lower Lair bar is home to all sorts of supervillains, lowlifes, and scumbags… but only one of them has to puke digestive fluids onto his food to eat. $#!%eater, the humanoid mutant fly, is a loser–a lifelong minion who lives to serve his criminal master. But what happens to a henchman when he no longer has anyone left to hench for?

Ryan Browne added, “I got drunk and destroyed Kyle Starks prize winning begonias with a hedge trimmer. The least I could do was repeatedly draw a sad fly man for him as an apology.”

So what are we in store for?

“It’s a punk rock human/fly hybrid that pukes and does crime! What are we NOT doing?”
– Patton Oswalt

“It’s Kyle @#$!’ing Starks and Ryan @#$!’ing Browne making a comic about $#!%eater! What else is there to say?! That’s the quote! Buy a hundred @#$!’ing copies and become an instant millionaire! It’s that easy!”
– Jordan Blum

Check out covers below by Browne, Martín Morazzo, Dan Hipp (1:10 ratio), and one more to be revealed at a later date.

MILWAUKIE, Ore., (March 21, 2024)— Dark Horse Comics is buzzing with some exciting news: the world of Minor Threats continues expanding with a new spinoff series, Barfly! Comic book legend Kyle Starks (Where Monsters Lie) joins Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum on writing duties on a feel-good, coming-of-age series about an insect monster-man searching for his identity in the criminal underworld of Twilight City. Ryan Browne, co-creator of the critically-acclaimed series Eight Billion Genies, will provide artwork for Barfly, with letters handled by Nate Piekos (Minor Threats). The first issue will also feature a main cover art by Minor Threats co-creator Scott Hepburn, with three variant covers featuring art by Browne, Martín Morazzo, Dan Hipp (1:10 ratio), and one more to be revealed at a later date. The series is set to begin this July.

Back in Twilight City…

The Lower Lair bar is home to all sorts of supervillains, lowlifes, and scumbags… but only one of them has to puke digestive fluids onto his food to eat. $#!%eater, the humanoid mutant fly, is a loser–a lifelong minion who lives to serve his criminal master. But what happens to a henchman when he no longer has anyone left to hench for?

Here’s what the creative team had to say about Barfly:

Patton Oswalt: “It’s a punk rock human/fly hybrid that pukes and does crime! What are we NOT doing?”

Jordan Blum: “It’s Kyle @#$!’ing Starks and Ryan @#$!’ing Browne making a comic about $#!%eater! What else is there to say?! That’s the quote! Buy a hundred @#$!’ing copies and become an instant millionaire! It’s that easy!”

Kyle Stark: “I’m so excited to be invited to add to the tapestry that is the wonderful, superpowered world of Minor Threats that Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt have brought to comics. To get to do it with incredible, unequaled Ryan Browne is an unbelievable cherry on top of an already delicious great comic ice cream sundae. I truly think people are going to fall in love with the lovable loser Sh*teater – a sweet little fella who’s just trying to find his place in the world after years of being a nameless minion!”

Ryan Browne: “I got drunk and destroyed Kyle Starks prize winning begonias with a hedge trimmer. The least I could do was repeatedly draw a sad fly man for him as an apology.”

From the World of Minor Threats: Barfly #1 (of 4) flies into comic shops on July 10, 2024. It is now available to pre-order from your local comic shop for $4.99.

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