Wednesday is the biggest day of the week for comic book fans, but March 12th is a bigger Wednesday than most for us here at GoComics.
A lifelong comic book fan, GoComics manager of product development Harold Sipe is the guy who sees to it that hit comic books like Bone, Elephantmen, GODLAND, TMNT and more make it to your mobile phone. Now Harold has taken his love for comics to the next level - he's written an excellent 5-issue comic book series called Screamland, the first issue of which lands in comic shops on March 12th from Image Comics.
The series follows the present-day lives of legendary film stars Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, the Werewolf and Dracula, all one-time A-listers who were discarded by Tinseltown with the rise of CG special effects. After decades of clinging to the last threads of their celebrity, the monsters have been offered a film project that may put them back on the Hollywood map.The pitch-perfect art for the series is provided by Kansas City-based artist Hector Casanova (The Lurkers, Midnight Album).
We'll have more info on Screamland in the next few days, leading up to its Wednesday release. In the meantime, check out these links:
- Newsarama interview with Sipe and Casanova.
- ComicMonsters.com interview with Sipe.
- ComicMonsters.com also has this very cool article in which Casanova discusses his mixed media approach to character design on Screamland, with lots of images.
- Get Screamland wallpapers for your mobile phone here.
- Screamland profile on MySpace.
I read Screamland # 1 and I enjoyed it the art and story both were fun. Being a big fan of classic horror movies I think made it even more enjoyable. I'd highly recommend it.
Posted by: Richard Vasseur | October 13, 2008 at 04:03 AM