In this Boing Boing exclusive, a supremely overconfident barbarian boy is schooled in the arts of hunting, gathering, and fleeing—by his own prey.

Zack Giallongo is an illustrator and comics artist. His graphic novel Broxo is full of adventure, and his original comic Ewoks: Shadow of Endor is a must-read for Star Wars fans. He's also done an issue of Adventure Time and illustrated the comic version of Ian Lender's The Stratford Zoo Midnight Review does MacBeth.

Here's a sampling of some of his sketches.

#broxo

A photo posted by Zack Giallongo (@zackules) on Nov 11, 2014 at 8:08pm PST

A kid wanted "realistic Groot".

A photo posted by Zack Giallongo (@zackules) on Aug 8, 2014 at 10:07am PDT

GASP

A photo posted by Zack Giallongo (@zackules) on Nov 11, 2014 at 8:48am PST

Thinking of throwing some color on this.

A photo posted by Zack Giallongo (@zackules) on Jul 7, 2014 at 9:47am PDT

Murder She Comicked

A photo posted by Zack Giallongo (@zackules) on Mar 3, 2014 at 6:32pm PDT

Minotaur #inktober

A photo posted by Zack Giallongo (@zackules) on Oct 10, 2014 at 3:35pm PDT

Tell 'em Large Marge sentcha! #peewee #inktober #largemargesentme

A photo posted by Zack Giallongo (@zackules) on Oct 10, 2014 at 7:07pm PDT

A photo posted by Zack Giallongo (@zackules) on Aug 8, 2014 at 10:38am PDT

I got boids on the brain.

A photo posted by Zack Giallongo (@zackules) on Apr 4, 2014 at 1:12pm PDT

Cowboy Curtis was my favorite.

A photo posted by Zack Giallongo (@zackules) on Nov 11, 2014 at 5:43pm PST

Yay! Boston Comic con!

A photo posted by Zack Giallongo (@zackules) on Aug 8, 2014 at 10:57am PDT

MeCAF commission for a super fan!

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Zack Giallongo's Broxo is compared to Shadow of the Colossus, Bone, and Elfquest. For sure, if you put those into the shaker, and pour the mix over dry ice harvested from a spooky Celtic backwater, you'd get something much like this excellent graphic novel. But Giallongo's debut is no imitation. It's a a tight, gorgeously-illustrated journey of its own, a story of zombie-chopping action, homesickness and deeply-felt loss. Read the rest