SDCC 2024: AHOY Comics Brings Some Toxicity To San Diego With It’s ‘Toxic Avenger’ Panel

This year AHOY Comics are bringing author and cult film director Lloyd Kaufman of Troma and The Toxic Avenger fame to San Diego Comics Con for a very special Friday late afternoon panel, as well as comic creators Matt Bors (Toxic Avenger, Justice Warriors), Mark Russell (Second Coming), Tyrone Finch (Deadweights), Melissa F. Olson (Project Cryptid), Juan Castro (The Wrong Earth), and writer/AHOY Ops guy Stuart Moore (Captain Ginger).

As well as the panel guests fans will be able to get the opportunity to grab a con-exclusive ashcan edition of The Toxic Avenger #1 by Matt Bors and artist Fred Harper. And here’s how the idea of a new Toxic Avenger comic first came about… at last year’s show, as recounted by Bors:

“Last year at Comicon I approached Lloyd Kaufman about an idea I had to revive The Toxic Avenger as a comic book. This year, we’re on a panel together to talk about the new series as well as all the abnormal mutations we’ve developed since our last meeting. We’ll be showing a preview of the story I’m making with artist Fred Harper, where teenager Melvin Junko, his bullies, and the whole town of Tromaville find themselves knee-deep in toxic waste. A mysterious corporation Biohazard Solutions linked to the spill has the town under strict quarantine and definitely has everyone’s best interests in mind, just trust them.” 

AHOY Editor-in-Chief Tom Peyer added:

“There’s a sweet spot in pop culture that’s my favorite place to live, where high ideals merge with low trash and genius melds with drooling idiocy. It’s in the anti-cynicism of old MAD magazines, the righteous settling-for-each-other that still drives The Simpsons, and the grossout fights for a just and unpolluted world in TOXIC AVENGER. For AHOY Comics to join forces with Toxie is an honor we don’t take lightly.”

And, Kaufman himself comcluded:

“Toxie loves comic books—but only the most fantoxic when it comes to the books he licenses! Since it is known that AHOY Comics are at the top of the mop, we are all honored and overjoyed: Michael Herz, the TROMA team and I rejoice!”

So, if you’re interested, check out the panel at 5pm-6pm on Friday 26th July, in Room 28DE. Full details below:

AHOY Comics Gets Toxic!

“AHOY Comics has made a name for itself on the comics scene with its acclaimed creators, witty satires, and commitment to bold and risk-taking storytelling. Join author and legendary director Lloyd Kaufman (Troma), comic creators Matt Bors (Toxic Avenger, Justice Warriors), Mark Russell (Second Coming), Tyrone Finch (Deadweights), Melissa F. Olson (Project Cryptid), Juan Castro (The Wrong Earth), and AHOY Ops guy Stuart Moore (Captain Ginger) for this can’t-miss panel discussion about the future of the publisher that asks its readers to expect more. Get the scoop on exciting upcoming projects like award-winning writer Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows’ sword-and-sorcery satire Babs; Pulitzer finalist Matt Bors and Fred Harper’s take on Troma’s Toxic Avenger; Tom Peyer, Jamal Igle and Castro’s epic multiversal satire The Wrong Earth; Russell, Bryce Ingman and Peter Krause’s gut-bustingly funny superhero parody My Bad; the star-studded, cryptid-packed anthology series Project: Cryptid; and so much more!”