BUG WARS Returns with THE SPYDER WYTCH SPECIAL

BUG WARS Book One: LOST IN THE YARD was just hailed by Comixology and the Hollywood Reporter as one of the Top Comics of 2025, and now the series is set to return this January with BUG WARS: THE SPYDER WYTCH SPECIAL. an over-sized one-shot jam-packed with tales of the Yard’s most mystical and venomous Mytes, the Spider Sect.

The Special features interior art by Mahmud Asrar, Baldemar Rivas (Godzilla vs. Kansas City), and David Messina (Ultimate Spider-Man), colors by Matt Wilson and David Messina, letters and design by Becca Carey, and stories written by both me and Mahmud, spotlighting Wysta the Wayward Wytch and the rest of the deadly denizens of the Hanging Gardens of Wyrdweb. Plus there's more world-building backmatter, including journal pages from Professor James Slaymaker, an updated version of the map of The Yard, and an all-new BUG WARS prose story. All coming your way January 28 from Image Comics.

Monday, January 5 is FOC for BUG WARS: THE SPYDER WYTCH SPECIAL, which means it’s your last chance to pre-order a copy of this bug-infested beauty with the good folks at your local comic shop. The SPYDER WYTCH SPECIAL marks our return to the wild world of the Yard, helping set the stage for Book Two, which’ll be coming later this year. (But be warned, the SPYDER WYTCH SPECIAL, the first of multiple planned sect specials, won’t be included in the eventual collection of Book Two, so best grab a copy at your comic shop while you can.)

The main cover is by the usual team of Mahmud and Matt, and we’re also rolling out some awesome variant covers, as seen above, including the work of the inimitable Tula Lotay (Somna) and the great Michael Avon Oeming (Powers 25 in stores now).

But one variant cover you won’t find anywhere online ahead of release will be our XXX Spider Sex variant by Mahmud and Matt. You’ll have to rip one of those creepy crawlers from its polybagged cocoon in order to get a load of the cover in all of its eye-melting, bug-fucking-crazy lasciviousness. But here’s a sneak peak of the bag’s insert.