| PORTLAND, Ore. 09/28/2026 — New York Times bestselling writer Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Die, The Power Fantasy), popular game designer Jim Rossignol (Sir, You Are Being Haunted), artist Jeff Stokely (The Spire, Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Witches), colorist Tamra Bonvillain (Once & Future), and letterer Clayton Cowles (Bitter Root, Moonstruck) take readers on a wildly unhinged ride through an epically whimsical kingdom where everything is topsy-turvy and the characters are completely insane in, The Ludocrats, Vol. 1. This completely absurdist satire of overly-elaborate high fantasy is available now in trade paperback from Image Comics.
Main nut job Baron Otto Von Subertan embodies an excess and impulsiveness that would make the Queen of Hearts look tame by comparison. His close companion, Professor Hades Zero-K provides a deadpan counter to his flamboyant assertions. Together they defend their wacky and bizarre civilization against banality and boredom. To be “ludicrous” is not only just a requirement in this gonzo world—it’s a virtue!
Monty Python and I Hate Fairyland humor are tossed in a blender with such exhaustively intricate sagas as Dune and The Silmarillion for a surprising cocktail of aristocratic customs, impossible architecture, sexual jokes, and visual gags to delight any reader willing to ride shotgun for the journey.
The Ludocrats, Vol. 1 trade paperback (ISBN: 9781534317031) collects The Ludocrats #1-5 and is available at local comic book shops, independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones.
The Ludocrats is also available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Google Play, Apple’s iBooks, Barnes & Noble’s Nook, Scribd’s Everand, Kobo, Overdrive, Hoopla, Sweet app, Comic Plus, and more.
Select praise for The Ludoctrats:
“Bawdy, pointed, glorious nonsense. For folks on its wavelength, The Ludocrats is pure, bonkers joy.” —AIPT
“Through witty wordplay and gloriously comic visuals, we can tumble, like Alice, into this wonderland fever dream. If you want a book that’ll lift the spirits and you don’t mind a bit of weird, then this could be for you.” —Big Comic Page
“I think what I enjoyed the most about this series is that it was quite, literally, unpredictable… The Ludocrats is designed to make everyone a bit crazy, all while letting loose and having fun.” —BookHype
“The real highlight is the amazing art from Jeff Stokely who is clearly having a blast with this comic… Somewhat reminiscent of the recent Matt Groening series Disenchantment, but with a healthy dose of H.P. Lovecraft thrown in for good measure.” —Biff! Bam! Pop!
“You may want to give this one a go as a great antidote to the realities of our own world and escape to for a moment or two to the ludicrously loopy land of The Ludocrats.” —Comicon
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