Multi-talented award-winning cartoonist Bajun (Wonderboy, Djeliya) will return this March with his dark fantasy anthology series Monkey Meat. The titles of these five issues are: summer batch, will see the return of Ba’s critically acclaimed satirical anthology, which explores issues such as capitalism and climate change – all told in a summer magazine-style issue.
“I need this! Monkey Meat is where I get to have fun, break away from corporate expectations and rules, and come up with cartoons that are cartoony, experimental, and emotive. Hopefully they’re as fun to read as they are to draw,” Juni Ba said in a statement to Image. “This is the comic I’ve received the most requests to continue doing so far, and I’m happy to say yes. This new batch has a more underground feel. Like in the comic, you’d find dust on the floor of a meat restaurant in Senegal, Wrinkled. Dig in!
Here’s a summary via pictures:
This delicious, critically acclaimed anthology written by Ba and specially licensed by Monkey Meat is back! It is revealed that the Monkey Meat Company, known for its processed products, funded the bizarre experiments on Monkey Meat Island, turning the once native island teeming with magical creatures into a hyper-capitalist hellhole where even demons have to pay rent. Now summer is turning this place into an ideal holiday destination. Going on vacation this year? How about a hellish West African fantasy island run by a company that sells canned monkey meat? Embark on a series of new adventures that will keep the whole family entertained (and emotionally scarred)! Exotic locations, a debt-collecting forest witch and a superhero monkey suing the company that owns him. All this and more awaits our guests.
The comic will have Ba as its cover and will feature Monkey Meat: Summer Batch #1 Will be available in comic book stores on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.
