Vault Comics Announces New Comedy-Horror Series ‘Goobers’

Goobers is a new comedy-horror miniseries from writer Cody Ziglar (Spider-Punk, Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Futurama), artist (Rick and Morty), coloured by Kurt Michael Russell (Money Shot,The Nasty), lettered by Andworld, and designed by Adam Cahoon. 

“A body-snatching splatter-fest of horror and humor, GOOBERS is equal parts Night of the Creeps, Shaun of the Dead, and Attack the Block. The story centers around Clayton Lowe as he heads back to his small Southern hometown. His new friends from grad school are about to meet his old friends from high school and discover that something may have finally changed in the town where nothing ever changes: Pine Cove is ground zero for an infestation of body-snatching alien-bugs. And now, it’s time to bury the past.”

A veritable love letter to schlocky horror. As confirmed by writer Ziglar when commenting on this new series:

“I  grew up watching ’80s and ’90s b-horror films. I also grew up in a small country town. Goobers is a love letter to both! I love being able to smash some of my favorite genres, movies, and comics together with my love of North Carolina. I also loved being able to voice the frustration of growing up in a small town and being self-conscious about what they thought of me and how I lived my life. Back in 2021 during peak covid, I moved back home for 6 months to spend time with my parents and that’s where Goobers was truly born. 

I kept wondering what made certain towns feel the same, even if there are small changes, and landed on the obvious answer: alien worms must invade and body-snatch folks. Goobers, in many ways, in just my comedic look on processing those emotions while also paying homage to some of my favorite films like Shaun of the Dead, Night of the Creeps, Get Out, and Revenge of the Living Dead.”

Lee added, with similar gusto:

“Upon my first pass of Cody’s script for Goobers, I recognized our kindred creative sensibilities and knew this would be riot to work on. This script was hilarious and heartfelt, but hardcore when it gets in the guts of the terror and action. Goobers squirmed its spiked larval body into that monster infatuation I’ve treasured since childhood. I was blessed to grow up in a golden era of mischievous little freaks: Gremlins, Ghoulies. Critters, Munchies. Trolls, Madballs. Garbage Pail Kids. Comics. Cracked Monster Parties. The monster books of Mercer Mayer. These were my muses. There’s a magic in those freaks that buried their claws into my brain and jolted my imagination to draw and create my own beastlies. Enter “Goobers”: the continuation of an obsession.”

Goobers #1 will be out this September, 2024 from Vault Comics with a very retro and cool Garbage Pail Kids homage cover