Darby Pop Publishing

History

Darby Pop Publishing is a creator-owned comic book publishing company founded in 2013 by Jeff Kline as an extension of his production company Darby Pop Productions. Darby Pop′s distribution partner is Magnetic Press. Cover artists have included: Howard Chaykin, Bernard Chang, Jose Lopez, Tony Fleecs, Tommy Lee Edwards, and Eisner Winner Andrew Robinson.

Indestructible

The satire Indestructible was created and originally written by Darby Pop founder Jeff Kline (Transformers: Prime, G.I. Joe: Renegades) before Ken Kristensen took over writing duties on issue #5. Indestructible is a tale of mistaken secret identity, centering on everyman Greg Pincus, who is mistakenly believed to be super-powered and immediately vaulted into celebrity-dom.

City: The Mind in the Machine

City: The Mind in the Machine was created by Eric Garcia (Matchstick Men, Anonymous Rex). City follows Ben Fischer, who helped build the world’s most advanced surveillance system, "Golden Shield", which utilizes every camera, cell phone, and computer in San Francisco to battle crime. Unfortunately, Golden Shield operates in black and white, unable to prioritize threats or distinguish true danger amidst a sea of false alarms. In other words, the program can’t properly function without a human mind to operate it. Against his will, Ben Fischer is chosen to be that “mind”, resulting in a controversial melding of man and machine.

The 7th Sword

The 7th Sword was created by John Raffo (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story). Daniel Cray—a Samurai mercenary—stumbles upon the legendary city of ZenZion, a mysterious desert outpost currently under siege from a vicious Warlord. The peace-loving citizenry beg Cray to train them in exchange for passage back to Earth, but their battle is a hopeless one: six fresh recruits versus a relentless army of robots, hybrids, and their savage masters.

Doberman

Doberman is a comedic series about a ″roundhouse-kicking, beer-shotgunning, Dodge Stealth–driving badass with a badge.″ It was created by Rob Rosell and Scott Marder (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Unsupervised), and Jack Lambert. Frank “Doberman” Doberano is a 1980s cop who is forced to function in a modern-day police department in order to avenge his partner's death and take down his nemesis.

Dead Squad

Dead Squad relates the tale of three U.S. military operatives who are murdered by their own commanding officer after completing a questionable mission. Thanks to experimental nanotechnology, each is granted a 36-hour reprieve to track their killer and change their ultimate fate (heaven or hell). Dead Squad was created by Matt Federman and Stephen Scaia (Jericho, Warehouse 13).

Side-Kicked

Side-Kicked, created by Russell Brettholtz and Miguel Mendonca, is a superhero satire about what happens when Chicago's five most loyal sidekicks finally grow tired of being disrespected by both the prima donnas they work for and the citizenry they strike to protect and go on strike. Side-Kicked was the first comic published under Darby Pop's partnership with Magnetic Press.

Dead Man's Party

Created by Jeff Marsick and Scott Barnett. In the assassin trade, a Dead Man's Party is part Viking funeral, part Irish wake, a twisted way for your murderous peers to either honor your memory or settle a score. Each of the five professional killers who participate have 30 days to collect the bounty on your head, adding your distinguished name to his or her resume. And the "contract" is wholly irrevocable. For the world's most feared executioner – known only as Ghost – arranging such a Party for himself is a last resort, a way to go out on his own terms and at the top of his game.

Fake Empire

Created by Eric Palicki. Fairies have always existed in secret, without a kingdom of their own, living side-by-side with humankind. But when one of his own children is murdered, King Oberon asks his surviving daughters – newly minted NYPD detective Charli and wingless black sheep Lucy – to find her killer amidst the citizenry of New York. As Charli and Lucy delve deeper into the mystery, they begin to discover the extraordinary measures their father has taken – some clever, some desperate – to keep an entire people hidden in an increasingly treacherous world. For Charlie and Lucy, unmasking their sister’s executioner will mean confronting their own blood-drenched legacy.

Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises

Bruce Lee never died. And he hasn’t aged. But, he has no idea who he is, what’s happened in the world in the past 40+ years, or why so many “thugs” want a piece of him. With the help of a fly BFF from the ’70s – Joe Toomey, P.I. – and a pair of precocious Teens, Bruce will piece together a mystery more insidious than ever imagined, and find himself forced to do battle with both an enigmatic Villain and his very own conscience. In other words, the Dragon rises… and “walks on” once more! Written by Bruce Lee's daughter, Shannon Lee, and Jeff Kline.

The Living Finger

When well-meaning Jason discovers a disembodied finger that appears to “alive,” it quickly becomes the sole focus of his life. He names the digit “Wendy,” learns to communicate with it via “tap code,” and discovers that the one thing Wendy wants more than anything else is a living, breathing human body to attach to. But, as soon as Jason helps Wendy secure an unwitting “host,” problems arise. Soon, Jason has collected a bathtub full of corpses, a rightly suspicious sister, and a best friend hellbent on selling Wendy to the highest bidder. Even worse, Jason is beginning to realize that he may have acted a bit rashly, especially with Wendy proudly displaying an unhealthy fascination with knives. Is there any way for Jason to set things right without becoming another casualty?

Women of Darby Pop

The Women of Darby Pop is a specially-priced, double-sized floppy collecting short stories written and drawn by the winners of Darby Pop Publishing’s second “Breaking Into Comics” contest. This unique anthology shines a spotlight on both major and minor female characters from nearly every book Darby Pop has published to date while simultaneously introducing readers to a wellspring of new talent.