Back in 2019, actor David Dastmalchian together with artist Lukas Ketner debuted Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster. Published by Dark Horse Comics the sequence adopted former TV journalist Jerri Bartman, who returns in 1983 to her small Midwest hometown to host the native TV station’s nightly Creature Feature solely to find that her new job comes with a secret, supernatural responsibility to hunt the monsters who’re hell-bent on controlling the information and data that people eat. After publishing a second miniseries, Count Crowley: Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter, Dark Horse has introduced particulars for the third miniseries, Count Crowley: Mediocre Midnight Monster Hunter, arriving in November. The inventive workforce additionally contains Lauren Affe and Frank Cvetkovic returning as colorist and letterer respectively.
Here’s how Dark Horse describes the 4-issue miniseries:
A useless werewolf would have made Jerri Bartman really feel victorious simply a few days in the past. But this deceased beast was her buddy, and our beloved monster hunter is shocked and depressed. The return of her predecessor brings no comfort, and now there’s a ghoulish child-snatcher on the unfastened in Beloit… Holy Halloween, Count Crowley! Things are actually getting batty!
Series creator David Dastmalchian expressed nice pleasure concerning the subsequent chapter in Jerri’s journey:
“I am dying for readers to get their claws on Volume 3 of the Count Crowley saga! I am finally getting to soak my pen in the blood and guts that I’ve always wanted to splatter on these pages. Pulling inspiration from some of my favorite gore horror in the Stuart Gordon/Frank Henenlotter tradition, as well as the “Abduction Panic” dread of the 1980’s Midwest, I’ve taken Jerri’s journey to a entire new stage of horror. When readers see what Lukas Ketner has achieved in these points, their eyes will actually come out of their heads! And simply wait till these variant covers are unveiled… It’s going to be a wild experience!”
In addition to the primary cowl by sequence artist Lukas Ketner, a variant cowl by Francesco Francavilla can even be accessible for subject #1.
Look for Count Crowley: Mediocre Midnight Monster Hunter #1 (of 4) to reach in shops on Wednesday November 8, 2023.
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