[2] Stokoe had said he planned to publish at least 6 volumes of Orc Stain, which at the current rate of collection comes out to around 30 total issues.

An orcish war chief, The Orctzar, has unified an unusually large army in the south and is pushing north.

The protagonist, One-Eye, is an unusually intelligent northern orc gifted with the ability to locate the weak point in any object and use it to crack it open.

"[5] Hypergeek stated that "James Stokoe has created a wonderfully bizarre new world for this story, which he has brought to life with his amazing artwork.

[7][8] Stokoe was nominated in the Best Emerging Talent category in the 2011 Doug Wright Award for Orc Stain Volume 1.