Soul Punk Studios

Soul Punk Studios was an independent American comic book publisher and multimedia storytelling studio founded in 2012 by Sam Dabbs and R.J. Harbour. Established in downtown Los Angeles, the creator-owned venture brought together the founders’ backgrounds in screenwriting, visual effects and digital compositing to develop original graphic narratives and screenplays.

Its principal publication was Road to Pandemonium, a dark fantasy and supernatural comic series created and written by Dabbs and Harbour. The project combined a story spanning Heaven and Hell with battlefield action and cinematic, computer-enhanced sequential art. It formed the core of the studio’s small-press publishing catalogue and later provided the basis for a feature screenplay.

The studio previewed the project at New York Comic Con in autumn 2012. Issue #0, subtitled Atheist in a Foxhole, preceded four regular numbered issues published between 2013 and 2014. Soul Punk Studios promoted its work through comic conventions, including Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo, and distributed signed collector copies through specialty retailers.

Beyond publishing, the founders developed speculative screenplays in fantasy and horror, extending their original storytelling into another medium. The studio’s activity centered on creating and packaging its own intellectual property rather than providing commercial animation services.

Publishing and production activity subsequently wound down. By November 2026, the studio was inactive, its website returned an HTTP 404 error, and its social presence was dormant. Its catalogue remains a record of a boutique creative partnership connecting independent comics with screenwriting.