Invader Zim (comics)

Invader Zim
Invader Zim #1 retail cover
Publication information
Publisher Oni Press
Schedule Monthly
Format Ongoing series
Genre Black comedy, Comic science fiction
Publication date July 8, 2015 – present
No. of issues 35
Creative team
Created by Jhonen Vasquez
Written by Jhonen Vasquez
Eric Trueheart
various others
Artist(s) Aaron Alexovich
Dave Crosland
Warren Wucunich
various others
Colorist(s) Warren Wucinich
Fred C. Stresing
various others

Invader Zim is an ongoing American comic book series created by Jhonen Vasquez. It is a continuation of the animated television series of the same name that originally aired on Nickelodeon.

In February 2015, Oni Press announced that a comic book series based on the show, in collaboration with Jhonen Vasquez and Nickelodeon, was being released as the continuation of the series. Vasquez said about the show: "I'm always confused when people say how much they miss Invader Zim because the show never stopped running in my head, and then I remember everyone else isn't in my head". A pre-issue 0 was released on May 23, 2015 as a zine and foreshadow to the comic book series. The first issue was released on July 8, 2015, and since then most issues are released on a monthly basis.[1][2]

Issues

Issue Release date Story Art Colors Summary
0 May 23, 2015 Jhonen Vasquez
Aaron Alexovich
Rikki Simons
Eric Trueheart		 Pencils/typesetting: Aaron Alexovich
Inks: Megan Lawton		 Rikki Simons “Truth Shrieker Magazine”
Featuring “Where Is Invader Zim?” by Dib Membrane
1 July 8, 2015[3] Jhonen Vasquez Pencils: Aaron Alexovich
Inks: Megan Lawton		 Simon "Hutt" Troussellier “The Returnening – Part 1”
Dib discovers Zim has a new evil plan and Zim escapes into space with GIR to complete the plan.
2 August 19, 2015[4] Eric Trueheart
Jhonen Vasquez		 “The Returnening – Part 2”
Dib tracks Zim down in space to stop him from using the Gargantis Array before it is too late.
3 September 16, 2015[5] Eric Trueheart Rikki Simons “Star Donkey”
Zim summons the Star Donkey in an attempt to destroy Earth.
4 October 21, 2015[6] Mildred Louis “Munchitronic Deathskrang”
The Almighty Tallest send Zim a "secret weapon" and Zim has to charge it by completing a series of tasks.
5 November 11, 2015[7] Jhonen Vasquez Cassie Kelly “The Humble Bundle of Horrors”
Gaz punishes Dib for interrupting her game by forcing him to become a NPC in an alternate universe.
6 January 6, 2016[8] K.C. Green Savanna Ganucheau “Zim's Bad Day”
Zim goes to the bank to get loans, but things get chaotic after GIR runs off with their disguise's pants.
7 February 10, 2016[9] Kyle Starks Layouts: Aaron Alexovich
Illustrations: Dave Crosland		 Warren Wucinich “Primordial Space Ooze”
Zim and GIR crash-land on a planet that evolves at a super fast pace. As giant ladybugs steal Zim's Voot Cruiser, he uses the help of tiny amoebas to get it back.
K.C. Green “Invader Who”
In this short follow-up comic, Zim tries to erase Dib's memories with one of his machines.
8 March 23, 2016[10] Eric Trueheart Pencils: Aaron Alexovich
Inks: Megan Lawton		 Warren Wucinich “Pants”
Zim teams up with a race of aliens (which bear a strong physical resemblance to pants) to brainwash every single person on Earth. Dib, one of the only two not to be possessed by the alien "pants", must save the day.
NOTE: This comic's premise was taken from the unproduced season 2 episode "When Pants Ruled!"
9 May 4, 2016[11] Eric Trueheart
Jhonen Vasquez		 Dave Crosland J. R. Goldberg “Interner Derb”
Dib disguises himself as Zim's intern in order to catch him on video and prove to the Internet that Zim is an alien.
10 June 8, 2016 Dennis Hopeless
Jessie Hopeless		 Warren Wucinich “Mighty Hunter Zim”
Zim seeks out a dangerous alien predator in order to dominate the Skool children.
11 July 6, 2016[12] Sarah Andersen Katy Farina When GIR brings home a flea-ridden stray cat, Zim is furious, until he finds out what the cat does to Dib.
12 August 10, 2016 Eric Trueheart Layouts: Aaron Alexovich
Illustrations: Warren Wucinich		 Fred C. Stresing Zim and Dib are accidentally slingshotted into a future where Zim now rules the world.
Dave Crosland "Invasion!"
In this short follow-up comic, Zim's invasion of Earth is reinterpreted as a horror movie.
13 September 21, 2016 Eric Trueheart Warren Wucinich Fred C. Stresing Dib is abducted by aliens who think that he's Zim's best friend.
Jarrett Williams "The Sweat Spot"
In this follow-up comic, Zim steals sweat from gym patrons to use as a fuel source.
14 October 19, 2016 Eric Trueheart Warren Wucinich Fred C. Stresing Gaz helps Dib hunt paranormal creatures in order to keep him happy, so that a formula he drank doesn't make him explode.
Megan Lawton "Ghost Aggressors"
In this brief follow-up comic, Dib investigates a haunted house.
15 November 30, 2016 Eric Trueheart Warren Wucinich Fred C. Stresing "Tales of Miss Bitters"
When Miss Bitters doesn't show up for class, Dib's classmates trade stories on her mysterious origins.
16 December 21, 2016 Aaron Alexovich Cassie Kelly "Dib: An Experiment in Fear"
After Dib scares Zim, Zim becomes obsessed with scaring Dib back.
17 February 15, 2017 Danielle Koenig Warren Wucunich Fred C. Stresing Zim and Dib are abducted by a strange alien who says they'll only spare whichever of the two is the most worthy. This leads to Zim and Dib trading unlikely stories that make them look great and each other awful.
Story: Sam Logan
Art: Jarrett Williams
Coloring: Fred C. Stesing		 "Keep It to Yourself"
Zim develops a device that destroys Irken technology in order to destroy Tak's ship, but must keep quiet to avoid it activating and destroying his base instead.
18 April 5, 2017 Eric Trueheart Warren Wucinich Fred C. Stresing "Burrito King"
In an attempt to impress the Tallest, Zim conquers a burrito restaurant, and tries to convince the customers to be his loyal slaves in exchange for burritos, only for GIR's poor cooking to hamper their efforts.
19 May 10, 2017 Aaron Alexovich "Fun at Zimzoo"
Zim must hastily put together a fake zoo at his house in order to prove that his Robo-Parents have jobs. But his fake animals only get the Robo-Parents accused of being grifters.
20 June 14, 2017 Jhonen Vasquez "Floopsy Bloops Shmoopsy"
Zim creates a new monster to destroy and conquer Earth, only to be distracted by GIR's binge-watching of a TV show.
21 July 12, 2017 Dave Crosland Warren Wucinich "Merciless Monday"
An accident with one of Zim's machines causes him and GIR to switch bodies with Gaz and Dib, respectfully. Afterwards, Gaz bets Zim she can do a better job of conquering Earth than him.
22 August 9, 2017 Eric Trueheart Warren Wucinich Fred C. Stresing "The Arc of Virooz - Part 1: The Mark of Virooz"
Zim's latest plan, to blow up a Flamin' Hot Cheezos factory and contaminate the Earth's atmosphere, is ruined as GIR begins malfunctioning and keeps trying to kill him.
23 September 13, 2017 "The Arc of Virooz - Part 2: The Spark of Virooz"
Zim travels into GIR's mind to find and destroy the virus corrupting the robot, but has to navigate the madness of his programming.
24 October 18, 2017 "The Arc of Virooz - Part 3: The Shquark of Virooz"
Zim goes to the black market planet Cyberflox to find Virooz, but things quickly go awry.
25 November 22, 2017 "The Arc of Virooz - Part 4: The Ruse of Virooz"
Captured by Virooz, Zim must escape before his obsessed fan can steal his body.
26 December 13, 2017 Sarah Graley Sarah Stern GIR comes to school disguised as a new student, much to Zim's annoyance and Dib's suspicion.
27 January 24, 2018 Eric Trueheart Maddie C Fred C. Stresing In search of a supply of the element Splodium-238 under his base, Zim discovers the base of an alien named Xooxi, who's been ruling the underground of Earth for centuries. Zim then has to deal with Xooxi's boring stories while trying to escape.
28 February 14, 2018 Sam Logan Mady G The Tallest send Zim to an Irken research station to retrieve a time-manipulation device. However, he soon finds himself stuck underground, with time accelerating around him.
29 March 14, 2018 Eric Trueheart Maddie C "Darkpoop - Part 1"
After Dib accidentally spills Gaz's rare Darkpoop flavor Poop Cola, he's forced to go and buy her a replacement. This is complicated as he soon finds himself dragged into a war between secret factions over control of the Darkpoop's mystic powers.
30 May 23, 2018 "Darkpoop - Part 2"
Dib allies with Poopwatch to stop Nightnubs from summoning Poopthulhu. However, his attempts to retrieve some Darkpoop from Zim to counter the dark wizards with keeps him from actually participating in the fight.
31 June 13, 2018 K.C. Green Anthony Clark "A Hard Dib's Night"
Dib finds an oddly mutated bird. Chasing it into the woods, he discovers an abandoned carnival overrun with numerous mutant animals, which were created by irradiated ice cream.
32 July 18, 2018 Eric Trueheart Maddie C Fred C. Stresing Upon learning that President Man will be rewarding the winner of National Physical Fitness Day, Zim and Dib begin heavily competing to be the bulkiest, in order to win.
33 August 8, 2018 Sam Logan Fred C. Stresing When a corporate-sponsored invention fair is held at the skool, Zim attempts to use it as part of a new plan, only for GIR to replace his invention with one of his own, a stylized hot dog called Mr. Wiener Face. To Zim's surprise, it becomes a huge success, and he desperately tries to find a way to use it to conquer Earth.
34 September 5, 2018 Eric Trueheart Maddie C
Fred C. Stresing		 Warren Wucinich
Fred C. Stresing		 "Zim in Jail - Part 1"
Zim visits Moo-Ping 10, a private space prison where he pays to have enemies locked up. However, due to failure to pay his bill (as he'd put the absent-minded GIR in charge of doing so), Zim finds himself locked up with the vengeful prisoners.
35 September 26, 2018 "Zim in Jail - Part 2"
Zim must ally with another prisoner, one he paid to have locked up, in order to escape from Moo-Ping 10.

Collected editions

Trade paperbacks
Volume Date Collects ISBN Notes
1 January 27, 2016 Issues 1–5 9781620102930 [13]
2 July 27, 2016 Issues 6–10 9781620103364 [14]
3 December 14, 2016 Issues 11–15 9781620103715 [15]
4 August 2, 2017 Issues 16–20 9781620104286 [16]
5 February 21, 2018 Issues 21–25 9781620104781 [17]
6 September 5, 2018 Issues 26–30 9781620105368 [18]
Deluxe hardcovers
Book Date Collects ISBN Notes
1 July 12, 2017 Issues #0–10 9781620104132 [19]
2 June 27, 2018 Issues #11–20 9781620104132 [20]

References

  1. ↑ "Invader Zim is Coming Back in a New Comic-Book Series". Kotaku. February 20, 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Elfring, Mat. "Oni Press Partners with Jhonen Vasquez and Nickelodeon for New Invader Zim Comic". ComicVine. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Invader Zim #1". Comixology.
  4. ↑ "Invader Zim #2". Comixology.
  5. ↑ "Invader Zim #3". Comixology.
  6. ↑ "Invader Zim #4". Comixology.
  7. ↑ "Invader Zim #5". Comixology.
  8. ↑ "Invader Zim #6". Comixology.
  9. ↑ "Invader Zim #7 at TFAW.com". tfaw.com. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Invader Zim Comics | bluealien909: INVADER ZIM #8 RELEASE DATE:..." invaderzimcomics.tumblr.com. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "Invader Zim #9 - comiXology". pulllist.comixology.com. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "www.amazon.ca/Invader-Zim-11-Sarah-Andersen-ebook/dp/B01G7QRMLK/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1467845009&sr=1-3". amazon.ca. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "Invader Zim – Volume 1". Amazon. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "Invader Zim – Volume 2". Amazon. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  15. ↑ "Invader Zim – Volume 3". Amazon. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  16. ↑ "Invader Zim – Volume 4". Amazon. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  17. ↑ "Invader Zim – Volume 5". Amazon. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  18. ↑ "Invader Zim – Volume 6". Amazon. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  19. ↑ "Invader Zim – Book 1". Amazon. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  20. ↑ "Invader Zim – Book 2". Amazon. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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