Bug Wars creators Jason Aaron (Southern Bastards) and Mahmud Asrar (Conan the Barbarian) are continuing their miniature insect conflicts in Bug Wars: The Coming of the Wardoom. Described by Image as a series that “…feeds Honey, I Shrunk the Kids through a war grinder and marinates it in Conan-flavored myth and mayhem,” the new chapter begins in August 2026.

“Six months after the Yard ran red with insect blood, uneasy peace is shattered as ancient enemies rise from the Woods, corporate extermination forces close in, and Slade Slaymaker is dragged back into a brutal world where roach knights ride, squirrel armies gather, and survival means choosing your side in a war no human was meant to fight,” according to the synopsis.

The first arc in the Bug Wars dark fantasy series introduced the overgrown yard of the Old Slaymaker House. While the neighbors gossip about the property and children challenge each other to go there, Slade Slaymaker knows it as the last tie to his father, an entomologist who was consumed by his own creatures. Slade’s older brother Syndey remembers what happened to their father and wants to kill the bugs, and a disagreement between the two leads to Slade being shrunk and pulled into the Bug War.

“Your favorite man-eating bug comic is back for another adventure, one that’s even bigger than before, with new heroes, new villains, new bugs and new exotic locales in the Slaymaker family’s backyard,” Aaron said. “I’m so grateful y’all have made this series such a success, because I seriously think there’s enough story here and enough of a fantastical world to explore that I could write Bug Wars until I’m worm food. May we all live to see the dew.”

“So excited to be back for more Bug Wars and this time there’ll be more than bug juice spilt. Hope you join us for the madness,” Asrar said.

Bug Wars: The Coming of the Wardoom #1 features cover A by Asrar and Matthew Wilson, cover B by Christian Ward, cover C (1:10 incentive) by Nicoletta Baldari, cover D (1:25 incentive) by Juan Ferreyra, and cover E (NSFW variant) by Babs Tarr.

The new arc begins on August 19.