Day: August 25, 2026

Jeremy Robinson + Tiago Palma bring ‘One Zero Zero One Saves the World’ to Vault Comics

Vault will publish the science-fiction series, based on a character Robinson originally created when he was 18 years old.

A character Jeremy Robinson created more than 30 years ago is finally making his debut this fall. Vault Comics has announced One Zero Zero One Saves the World, a new science-fiction comic series written by Robinson, drawn and lettered by Tiago Palma and colored by Manuel Rodriguez. The first issue is scheduled for November.

The series follows 1001, a genetic experiment who awakens hundreds of years after a post-apocalyptic catastrophe. Confused and alone, 1001 quickly discovers that his ability to adapt to virtually any threat is going to be put to the test when he finds himself hunted by a pack of vicious creatures.

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Smash Pages Q&A | Darryl Cunningham on ‘John of the Night’

The author of ‘Billionaires: The Lives of the Rich and Powerful’ trades nonfiction for cosmic adventure in his newest graphic novel.

After years of turning his sharp eye for politics, history, science and biography toward nonfiction in graphic novels like Supercrash, Billionaires: The Lives of the Rich and Powerful, Putin: The Rise of a Dictator and Elon Musk: American Oligarch, Darryl Cunningham decided to go a different route with his newest graphic novel.

The result is John of the Night, his first fiction graphic novel, which is a wildly imaginative cosmic adventure. The story focuses on scientist John of the Night and his daughter Aysha, who are caught between a fanatical cult determined to “fix” the multiverse and Medea, Aysha’s witch-queen mother, who has plans of her own for her daughter. Inspired in part by the grand cosmic mythology of Jack Kirby, the book combines gods, multiverses, mythology and philosophical questions about good and evil with the much more grounded relationship between a father and daughter.

The new book arrives from Avery Hill Publishing on Sept. 2.

I spoke with Cunningham about the new book, the influence of Jack Kirby, creating Aysha and Medea, finding the balance between cosmic spectacle and emotional grounding, and what’s next for John of the Night.

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