Geof Darrow’s Eisner and Inkpot Award-winning Shaolin Cowboy celebrates 21 years in print this year, and to honor that anniversary, Monkeys Fighting Robots is proud to announce that Dark Horse Books will be collecting all of the essential stories in a brand-new collection, THE SHAOLIN COWBOY: BEGINNING OF THE END RESULTS—21 YEARS OF BLOOD, SWEAT, AND CHAINSAWS.
The hardcover book will include essential Shaolin Cowboy stories for all fans of Darrow’s brilliantly detailed artwork, including the issues that started the Shaolin Cowboy saga, as well as long out-of-print stories. It will be available in bookstores and comic shops on December 9th and 10th, 2025, and is available for pre-order right now.
About the collection:
Collected in this special anniversary deluxe hardcover edition are The Shaolin Cowboy: Start Trek and the long out-of-print fan-favorite Bourbon Thret comics from Comics and Stories, originally published in France by Moebius’ publishing house Ædena. What lies ahead are more than two hundred pages where every single panel is a work of art. You can look at these pages for years and always find something new in the details.
Showcasing the essence of the Shaolin Cowboy over the last two decades, this commemorative and epic publication is a truly stunning must-have collection of art for Geof Darrow fans everywhere, also featuring coloring by Lovern Kindzierski (Start Trek), Alex Wald, Pete Doherty, Nicole Thenan, Yves and Jean-Jaques Chagnaud, Isabelle Beaumenay, François Boucq, Gérard Bouysse, Gaetano Liberatore, and Mœbius and lettering by Doherty.