Created by Bob Frantz (Co-Founder of Loophole Comics) and Kevin Cuffe (The Elvis Adventures, IF Anthology); artwork by Walter Ostlie (Shiver Bureau, Haxor) and Shawn Greenleaf (Escape From Jesus Island)
METALSHARK BRO! takes place off the coast of Bali where sharks swim along, casually looking for their next meal. Beelzbra, the horrific nephew of Satan himself, interrupts this tranquil patch of mother nature by turning one of the deadly fish into an anthropomorphic shark with a penchant for brutal murder. Wanting nothing more than to be turned back into the happy, swimming creature he was, METALSHARK BRO must collect nine cursed souls for the wretched little demon before he will turn METALSHARK BRO back.
From co-creator of METALSHARK BRO!, Bob Frantz:
“At its very core, METALSHARK BRO! is a tale of honor. Far too often, those who are lacking in honor get ahead by stepping over or selling out anyone for even the smallest taste of success. This mentality may lead to some victories, but they’re short lived. The tale of METALSHARK BRO! shows that enduring the harder, more honorable path can be longer and far more brutal. But it’s a path that teaches friendships, valuable lessons, real honor and a whole lot of heavy metal! We are incredibly excited to be part of the Scout team and look forward to working together.”
From Scout President James Haick:
“METALSHARK BRO! is exactly the kind of originality and ‘outside the box thinking’ we at Scout take great pride in. We firmly believe that our Scout ‘Mavericks’ will absolutely love this newest addition to our Scout library and family. METALSHARK BRO! is exactly what our fans have come to love and expect from us.”
Scout Comics was founded to discover, develop, and support content creators in addition to helping translate their projects to different platforms and mediums. The label has had several breakout hits recently, including Zinnober, Obliv18n, The Mall, The Source, and Stabbity Bunny.
The art is amazing. Just not my cup of tea.
Looks dumb. Im sure Netflix will try to make a show out of it and it’ll be a $50 book in a year lol
Really cool character design. Looks fun. My biggest gripe with these books is that it’s almost like they are stereotyping the audience they’re trying to attract. Maybe I’m wrong, because I’m really not that Metal, bro.
Growing up loving punk rock, I hated the metal kids and metal music. But as I got older I noticed so much cross over between the two genres that I actually like metal now. Drives my wife nuts though.
I can appreciate the technicality of metal, but the themes and theatrics are corny af. Maybe I’m just not ‘brutal’ enough. Old school hardcore and the occasional Discharge or Motorhead is as close as I get.
I love old school hard core. I am a huge horror fan so love the horror imagery in metal. Love Lemmy and Motörhead.
Have you seen this dude’s shirts? https://rotn.bigcartel.com/
Looks exactly like someone took a look at Image Comics’ series Murder Falcon and said, “I can do that, too!”
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Metal Shark!