Our pals at Silver Sprocket sent over some art from the upcoming Bloody Mary by animator Nick Winn. Although it features vampires, it’s not exactly a horror story – it’s a story about dating and romance! But there are also vampires:
Maria can’t wait to sneak out on her date with Evan, the cute boy she’s been crushing on. But their evening out gets sidetracked by Evan’s cousin, who just needs to stop for “ten seconds” at The Stake — a vampire club. Is the night ruined, or can the irresistible beat of house music help Maria have a change of heart?
This is Winn’s first graphic novel, but he credits radio jazz, fighting games, Dragon Ball Z, Schoolhouse Rock and Disney Comic Zone episodes as his influences. Nothing but the best!
Here’s a little preview – the book comes out on November 13th.
Silver Sprocket’s Kyle sent over a couple other previews of books in the spirit of the season:
Within these pages, Ashley Robin Franklin leads you through the corridors of the uncanny in eight horror comics that are just begging to get under your skin. Whether set in the arid desert or the rain-soaked forest, these stories reveal the fallibilities of flesh that lurk just beneath the surface. A strange desert flower offers an intoxicating balm to grief, a group of friends invoke an old tale by the campfire, and outside a remote farmhouse, something miraculous and terrible falls from the night sky. Bodies are found, lost, celebrated, borrowed, haunted — and irrevocably changed.
On the Friday before Kate’s 30th birthday, she convinces her friends to go back to her hometown to celebrate. The plan: break into an abandoned house and hold a séance, just like she did in high school. As the friends join hands over the ouija board, an unsettlingly real scream splits the air. What started as a fun way to relive their punk adolescence before accepting the weight of adulthood turns into a night of fleeing bloodthirsty cultists. Can they find a way to get out of the suburbs alive?
