Si Spurrier & Christopher Mitten Reboot King Arthur in Rampant Swine

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Si Spurrier & Christopher Mitten Reboot King Arthur in Rampant Swine

Si Spurrier and Christopher Mitten Reboot King Arthur in Rampant Swine #1 from Ignition Press, out in November <a href="https://comicvibe.com/2026-ignatz-award-nominees-announced/” title=”2026 Ignatz Award Nominees announced”>2026

Article Summary

• Si Spurrier and Christopher Mitten reboot King Arthur in Rampant Swine #1, a savage new Ignition Press series.
• Drawing on Culhwch and Olwen, the story sends Arthur’s brutal court on a myth-soaked quest through monsters and magic.
• Spurrier promises a gore-drenched, subversive Arthurian fantasy blending The Green Knight, Conan, and The Northman.
• Rampant Swine #1 arrives November 25, 2026, with colors by Brennan Wagner and covers by Mitten, Joëlle Jones, and Mignola.

Si Spurrier and Christopher Mitten are to reboot King Arthur in their new creator-owned comic Rampant Swine #1 from Ignition Press, out in November 2026, telling us that Britain’s history is forged in blood, mud, magic, and monsters. Mate, we’ve all watched Horrible Histories, we know…

Rampant Swine #1 by Si Spurrier and Christopher Mitten
Rampant Swine #1 by Si Spurrier and Christopher Mitten
Rampant Swine #1 by Si Spurrier and Christopher Mitten

Rampant Swine #1

(W) Si Spurrier (A) Christopher Mitten

In a Britain forged in blood, mud, magic, and monsters, the legendary King Arthur is a brutal warlord surrounded by his knights who are every bit as savage, strange, and legendary as the world they inhabit. When the young knight Culhwch arrives at Arthur’s fortress pleading for help in completing 39 impossible tasks assigned him by the giant Ysbaddaden to win the hand of his beautiful daughter Olwen, he and Arthur’s warriors embark on an incredible quest of giant slaying, monstrous boar hunting, and magical treasure theft, as they battle their way through a dying age of myth. But beneath the bloodshed and barbarism, something isn’t right. Because every great legend has a story beneath the story—and King Arthur was never meant to be this kind of hero. Behind every legend is a true story, and it’s often much bloodier than imagined. Ignition Press is excited to announce Rampant Swine, a savage and subversive reimagining of an Arthurian legend in the tradition of Conan the Barbarian from Si Spurrier (Minotaur, The Flash) and Christopher Mitten (Hellboy, The Autumn Kingdom). November 25th, 2026

“I’ve been itching to get my hands on King Arthur for years. He’s had it too easy for too long,” said writer Si Spurrier. “Rampant Swine is mine and Chris Mitten’s hallucinogenic, gore-drenched, resolutely horny take on the oldest Arthurian myth there is: How Culhwch Won Olwen. Our intention throughout has been to impale every cliche, slaughter every assumption, piss on every lazy monkish trope and have an absolute fucking blast while doing so. Rampant Swine is a historical fantasy full of self-knowledge; a tale which is annoyed by the toxic virtue-signaling of its own official version, retelling itself in a more mischievous spirit. It wears its fictionhood like armor. It slithers between the epic and the intimate, the mundane and the miraculous, all drenched in the visionary beauty of Chris’s ethereal pen. For those who loved The Green Knight or The Northman, those who thrill to the smart savagery of Conan or Red Sonja, those who delight in the interweaving dance of fact and myth, this book is relentlessly beautiful, charismatically violent, and utterly unique.”

“I’ve always loved Si’s work, his talent and how he crafts a story,” said artist Christopher Mitten. “We worked together about fifteen years ago on a story for Myspace Dark Horse Presents and it was such fun, so to get the chance to work with Si again all this time later, and on a story like this, a story that’s pretty much dead-center of both our wheelhouses, is a great feeling, really something special.”

“At Ignition, we strive to push the boundaries of what narrative comic book storytelling makes possible, and what Si and Chris are doing with Rampant Swine is the pinnacle of that ethos,” said Editor Ian Shaughnessy. “Si takes material that many will find familiar and makes it something completely new—he’s rewriting the archive, transforming the traditional rules of what stories get told and who gets to tell them. Simultaneously, Chris is doing the best work of his already prolific career, bringing new life to this classic story with unexpected designs, thrilling action sequences, and stunning set pieces. I’m so excited for readers to experience what Si and Chris have been cooking!”

Rampant Swine #1 by Si Spurrier and Christopher Mitten

Rampant Swine #1 by Si Spurrier and Christopher Mitten

Rampant Swine #1 by Si Spurrier and Christopher Mitten

Rampant Swine #1 by Si Spurrier and Christopher Mitten

Rampant Swine #1 by Si Spurrier and Christopher Mitten

Rampant Swine #1 by Si Spurrier and Christopher Mitten

Rampant Swine #1 by Si Spurrier and Christopher Mitten

Rampant Swine #1 by Si Spurrier and Christopher Mitten

Rampant Swine #1 will be available in comic shops November 25th, 2026 from co-creators Si Spurrier (Minotaur, The Flash) and Christopher Mitten (Hellboy, The Autumn Kingdom), with colors by Brennan Wagner (Grendel: Devil’s Crucible, M1: Monster Racing League) and letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Minotaur, Poison Ivy). This issue features two open-to-order covers from series artist Mitten and Joëlle Jones (Catwoman, Lady Killer), along with a 1-in-10 retailer incentive by comics legend Mike Mignola (Hellboy).

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