Coming Soon From Z2: ‘Yungblud Presents Twisted Tales Of The Ritalin Club 3: The Funeral’

by Richard Bruton

The third volume of singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Yungblud‘s Ritalin Club series comes out from Z2 Comics in October

Yungblud Presents Twisted Tales of the Ritalin Club 3: The Funeral – Cover Art by Annapaola Martello

More tales of super-powered outcasts rebelling against sinister boarding schools and more as Yungblud and Z2 Comics combine once more for the third part of The Twisted Tales of the Ritalin Club.

Yungblud Presents Twisted Tales of the Ritalin Club 3: The Funeral is co-written by Ryan O’Sullivan and features interior art from Annapaola Martello and Vasilis Lolos, with covers from Martello and Butch Mapa and acts as part of the cross-media experience following Yungblud’s single, “The Funeral,” released in March.

Yungblud Presents Twisted Tales of the Ritalin Club 3: The Funeral – Cover Art by Butch Mapa

Just like the first two volumes, The Funeral comes from the mind and imagination of Yungblud, the genre-bending Brit musician who’s become a cultural icon as well as a rocker, part of a movement to encourage people to be distinctively themselves and proud of it.

The Funeral follows up the adventures of Yungblud and his super-powered Ritalin Club in the first two books, where they broke free from Blackheart’s High School and faced off against the horrors of Quarry Bank University, saving the world from the Mangaverse in the process.

It’s now two years later and Yungblud’s dead … except no-one knows how. Without their talismanic leader, the Ritalin Club have disbanded, just when their old foe, The Spreading Darkness, has returned more powerful than ever. It’s up to Zombie Joshua to get the band back together … every member. Living or dead.

Yungblud Presents Twisted Tales of the Ritalin Club 3: The Funeral – Art by Ethan Pope

These powerful graphic novels serve as a mirror to my own journey as an artist through a medium I absolutely adore. The previous volumes chronicled my battles with authority, identity, and self expression. The Funeral, like its musical counterpart, grapples with the idea of self acceptance, belonging, and finding peace with your own insecurities.
— YUNGBLUD

Yungblud continues to be one of the most singular, confrontational voices in the pop culture landscape. As soon as we launched Twisted Tales, I knew that his story couldn’t be contained in one volume. This is a glorious middle finger of genre fiction. We’ll continue to publish them as long as there’s a story to tell.
— Z2 Publisher Joshua Frankel

Yungblud Presents Twisted Tales of the Ritalin Club 3: The Funeral comes out in October 2022 in both softcover and deluxe clamshell formats, including a hand-signed edition of the book, four prints, and CD.

You can get hold of the book where comics are sold and from the Z2 Comics website.