Matt Bors and Tristan Wright reboot The Toxic Crusaders as an adult comic
Bors writes the comic, expanding on his successful Toxic Avenger series for Ahoy Comics, and newcomer Wright does an amazing job with intricate, appealing artwork. Posted with the permission of Ahoy Comics Bors wrote on his Substack: "Four years ago I bookmarked a tweet by an artist who came across my feed — Tristan Wright, who I had never seen before — and spent half an hour digging into his work. His output was mostly self-published and small press work he wrote, drew, and lettered, and after reading his comic "Late Night Special" I made a mental note to approach him someday for a collaboration.
- ▪Bors writes the comic, expanding on his successful Toxic Avenger series for Ahoy Comics, and newcomer Wright does an amazing job with intricate, appealing artwork.
- ▪Posted with the permission of Ahoy Comics Bors wrote on his Substack: "Four years ago I bookmarked a tweet by an artist who came across my feed — Tristan Wright, who I had never seen before — and spent half an hour digging into his work.
- ▪His output was mostly self-published and small press work he wrote, drew, and lettered, and after reading his comic "Late Night Special" I made a mental note to approach him someday for a collaboration.
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| Publication time | Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:13:11 +0000 |
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Matt Bors and Tristan Wright reboot The Toxic Crusaders as an adult comic Ruben Bolling 9:13 am Sat Sep 26, 2026 Toxic Crusaders comic book — Posted with the permission of Ahoy Comics Cartoonist Matt Bors has teamed with artist Tristan Wright to create a new comic book version of the early 90s TV kids' cartoon series "The Toxic Crusaders." While the cartoon series was edgy for a children's TV show, this new comic book version is for adults and is more explicitly political, with its gross-out humor serving critiques of capitalism, environmental malfeasance, and crimes against humanity. Bors writes the comic, expanding on his successful Toxic Avenger series for Ahoy Comics, and newcomer Wright does an amazing job with intricate, appealing artwork.
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