Barbarian Behind Bars

When the smoke clears and the dust settles, one barbarian finds himself in a place no sword can save him from: prison…

Who is the mysterious, musclebound warrior who came to our world in a storm of magic and violence?! That’s what public defender Irene Chang wants to know. This guy came out of nowhere, doesn’t speak English, and now she’s supposed to help him beat a murder charge after he chopped some other weird dude’s head off with a magic axe in broad daylight? Of course, he may not live to go to trial, with all the enemies he’s making in prison. Good thing his cellmate grills a mean cheese sandwich. BARBARIAN BEHIND BARS is the fight-packed fantasy prison thriller you didn’t know you always needed.

Creative Team

Get to know the talented individuals behind this series.

Elliott Kalan

Author

Elliott Kalan is a writer and comedy person. He's written TV shows like The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Mystery Science Theater 3000; comic books like Maniac Of New York, Harley Quinn, and Spider-Man & the X-Men; picture books like Sharko & Hippo and Sadie Mouse Wrecks the house: and also hosted podcasts like The Flop House and Smartless Presents: Clueless. He's very busy and very tired.

Andrea Mutti

Author, Cover Artist, Illustrator

Andrea Mutti began his career illustrating the superheroes comic 'DNAction' for Xenia Edizioni. He then illustrated horror comics for Fenix. He moved over to Star Comics, where he drew stories with 'Lazarus Ledd' and some episodes of 'Hammer'. Since then he's worked with DC/Vertigo, Marvel, Mad Cave Studios, and IDW.

Taylor Esposito

Letterer

Taylor Esposito is multi-award winning comic book lettering professional, owner of Ghost Glyph Studios, and teacher at the legendary Kubert School. A former staff letterer at DC and production artist at Marvel, he has lettered titles such as Red Hood and The Outlaws, Robin Lives!, and Harley Quinn The Eat KILL Bang Tour; Flash Gordon, Edenfrost (Mad Cave Studios), Exorsisters, Drawing Blood (Image); Babyteeth, Maniac of New York, Bunny Mask (Aftershock); No One Left to Fight and Survival Street (Dark Horse). Other publishers he has worked with include BOOM! Studios (Amory Wars, Fence) Dynamite (Elvira, Space Ghost, Jonny Quest, Green Hornet), and IDW (Brynmore).

On his world, he was a legend—in ours, he’s fresh fish!

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