This Halloween season, comic book fans will have a new reason to howl with excitement. Esteemed comics journalist and writer Zack Quaintance (Death of Comics Bookcase) and rising star artist Anna Readman (2000AD) are teaming up for the Texan werewolf grindhouse comic book miniseries, Macabre Valley. Joining Quaintance and Readman on the title are seasoned comics colorist Brad Simpson (Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man), Eisner-nominated letterer Becca Carey (Exquisite Corpses), and celebrated designer Jared K. Fletcher (Paper Girls).
We have an exclusive look at the cover, as well as an excerpt from the upcoming series, which you can read at the bottom of this article.
But first, check out the full synopsis:
Set in Texas, Macabre Valley is not just about the carnage delivered by a clerically-collared lycanthrope on the loose, but also about the death of the local news itself. In the comic, a young reporter gets a job covering the night cops beat at a newspaper in South Texas. When a Border Patrol agent is gruesomely murdered, our hero must untangle a violent mystery with a beloved local priest and a werewolf at its dark center.
Check out the limited series’ cover exclusively on Dread Central!
A Kickstarter campaign for the horror miniseries—which was initially previewed in last year’s crowdfunding smash-hit, Death of Comics Bookcase, Vol. 1—will launch in mid-September, with an early pre-launch page that is up now so that folks looking to score the comic can be notified when the campaign goes live.
Not only will the 30-page issue #1 be available to back, but for those looking for an extra bite, additional exciting tiers of rewards will include a variant cover by artist John J. Pearson (In Bloom, Mindset), an exclusive collectible Macabre Valley postcard, prints by Tony McMillen (Attaboy) and Raul Allen (Dune, Secret Weapons), a comics journalism 101 Zoom class taught by Quaintance, and more.
Fans will also be able to get their paws on a limited and numbered black-and-white artist edition, where readers can see all of Readman’s gritty, detailed inks in their full terrifying glory. The campaign is slated to be fulfilled by Halloween so that readers will have the perfect scary story to read on All Hallows Eve to get into the spooky spirit.
“Right after college, I spent five years as a newspaper reporter in South Texas, a wild place filled with news and legends,” said Quaintance. “I was in way over my head. It didn’t go well, and it’s always felt like a bit of a horror story to me—so now we’re taking my real life experiences and crafting a fantastical, monster-filled version of events. Fortunately, some of the most talented folks in comics have joined me on this project. By doing the comic through Kickstarter, we’ll be able to do the book our own way, with all the twists, gore, and gritty terror this story demands. It’s going to get bloody, y’all!”
“I’ve always loved the stoic romantic notions of Americana and the Southern Gothic,” said Readman. “From the melancholy notes of Townes Van Zandt to the pensive prose of Cormac McCarthy, the weird world of the Southwest has always been alluring to me. So when Zack sent me the script to Macabre Valley it was an immediate yes. Plus, drawing tattered cowboys is always fun!”
Macabre Valley #1 is currently in Kickstarter pre-launch, with the full campaign slated to begin in mid-September.
Read an excerpt from Macabre Valley below!
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