Matt Kindt's New Comic SPY SUPERB Features Oblivious Main Character

Bestselling cartoonist Matt Kindt and colorist Sharlene Kindt have been working on a new comic, Spy Superb. The story revolves around Jay, a useful idiot for a secret organization who sends him on missions without him even realizing it. But when Jay picks up the wrong phone with the wrong secret intel, Russian hit squads and elite assassins are after him. This leads Jay to believe he was a sleeper agent and is really the “spy superb”. His complete obliviousness may be the only thing keeping him alive through this story. Kindt says:

In Spy Superb I wanted to explore a character, the idea of a very average person who is under the belief that he is utterly exceptional… …There is a scientific term for this--The Dunning-Kruger effect--a person who insists they possess knowledge and skills that they obviously do not. What if a super spy was suffering from this? Well…they would of course be a…SPY SUPERB. It was actually really hard for me to keep this character alive past issue #1… there are hit men after him…a super assassin who kills only with rock, paper, and scissors… and a real super spy working in the shadows of our “hero” who may actually be the real spy superb. It feels really great to be drawing a new book--and I’m beyond happy that Sharlene Kindt (Dept. H) is painting it. It’s definitely the most ambitious collaboration we’ve ever had.

It sounds a little bit like a Mr. Bean kind of situation. Spy Superb will be released next January with Dark Horse Comics.