About the Darvey Plunk

created by Conner Herbison
story by Michael Duboff and Conner Herbison
art, colors, cover, design by Conner Herbison
flat colors by Zoe Ledonne
letters by Micah Meyers

'Darvey Plunk' is a 100-page graphic novel about a disastrously buffoonish world leader who is unwittingly pulled into a time-traveling adventure of epically rompish proportions.

"It's great! Dr. Strangelove for 2022!" - Jeff Lemire

"I have been without hope since Groo ended. However, Darvey Plunk has come along to fill that hole! And man, that hole is stuffed tight!" - Zach Howard

"We can't let these bastards screw us around any longer!!"
- Darvey Plunk, Supreme Leader of the Provincial Territories of Allegra

Through recent years, our world has been far less than stable. Pandemics. Turmoil and violence within and across borders. Inane and questionable politics. Scrupulous characters in positions of power. Did I say violence? Right, right.

It's all been, well, rather... absurd.

Luckily, we have this wonderful concept called 'escapism' at our disposal that we - as individuals or as a collective - can tap into whenever we want to get away from it all. And, boy, do we all need an escape these days.

This story was crafted as a combination of all of these ideas. It is a reflection on where we are, and, in recent years, where we have been and maybe even where we might be headed. But don't worry: this is not an overly serious or dour affair. Like many of our favorite stories, at its heart, this story is a satire. And so, it is something that is primarily here to entertain and have fun with. It's objective for the reader to reflect is secondary (though, hopefully, still present).

In any case, the story that we present to you here is the first volume made up of a four-issue tale. Though you may think you have an idea what this is all about, or where it is eventually headed, I assure you this story eventually goes to some pretty far out places (in every sense of the phrase).

Darvey Plunk, the focal point of our story, happens to be the leader of one of the world’s most powerful nations. He is the Supreme Leader of the Provincial Territories of Allegra. Yep, it's quite the mouthful. Also, Darvey happens to be one of the world’s greatest buffoons...

How he got to this tremendous position of power is really anybody's guess. But here he is, with weapons of mass destruction at his finger tip, and only his inner circle of advisors, confidantes, and family there to help reign in his potential for all-out catastrophe.

Surprisingly, this is only where our story begins. What happens to Darvey and all of humanity from there, well, you'll just have to read to find out..