Read the synopsis below:
Something wicked crawled out screaming.Edith “Eddie” Miller has no grand plans or great prospects. She spends her days sleeping in and her nights working shifts at a gas station. But when her younger sister fails to come home, Eddie unearths a web of missing girls and rotting bodies. The police prove useless, so Eddie teams up with her best friend, Rainer, in a desperate hunt to find her sister. The only thing is-Eddie believes her best friend might be the Devil himself.
Son said in a statement:
“Love is a violent thing. I’ve always been obsessed with the inherent connection between brutality and beauty, and the way we express our relationships in different ways. Something Crawled Out is about two desperate people trying to save someone they love, and thus committing unspeakable acts of violence onto others along the way. I’ve always wanted to write horror that was so tied to expressions of the Final Girl trope, mixed with the active presence of the Hunter. Rather than reacting to the tragedies around her, Eddie is constantly causing devastation in her desperation to find her sister.”
“I also have a deep love for the Midwest, growing up in empty pockets in the middle of the US, where small towns are stuck between large cities. The rest stops. It’s in these spaces where this weird liminal space can exist, and you can be best friends with the Devil. Or as Eddie calls him: Rainer.”
“Working with MadCursed is a dream! There’s a ton of really nuanced expressions of love vulnerability in this story, and MadCursed expresses these dynamics beautifully. Plus, they really know how to nail having both incredibly hot characters (wink wink nudge nudge), comedic moments, and extreme, unforgivable acts of gory violence. What more could I ask for????”
MadCursed stated:
“I’ve always wanted to draw comics, ever since I was a kid, and now here I am, doing it! When Son reached out to me, I was really excited. Reading the Something Crawled Out scripts, I was immediately drawn to the devilish aura surrounding the characters. I really enjoy stories where the arc isn’t always self-improvement, but rather, self-destruction. There’s a violence in a lot of these characters in Something Crawled Out and a lot of the circumstances they face bring it out in terrible ways. And yet, despite all the horrors happening, you still find yourself rooting for them. You want them to win.”
“The characters feel real, and I got to play in a toolbox of an expressive cast who reacted to the world around them in ways we wouldn’t usually expect. Plus, I got permission to have sexy characters so there’s that. What’s horror without a little sexiness?”
“Something Crawled Out is just the beginning. There’s definitely going to be more from us in the future, we’ve got a long way to go. And that’s a promise.”
Ahead of the July 31 release, we have an exclusive and extended preview of Something Crawled Out #1 below!
