Writer Alex De Campi and artist Erica Henderson, the artistic staff behind the hit graphic novel Dracula, Motherf**ker!, are again with a brand new challenge. Image Comics has introduced that De Campi and Henderson are reteaming for Parasocial, a brand new suspense graphic novel set on the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The e-book is due out in October.
Here’s how Image describes Parasocial:
In the center of the pandemic, a fading genre-TV actor, contemporary from his long-running collection’ cancellation, collides with an obsessive fan at a Texas conference. When she lures him to her house, he’ll must placed on the best efficiency of his life merely to outlive till morning. Unless, after all, he’s the actual monster…
In a press release asserting the brand new e-book, De Campi and Henderson each elaborated on the story and themes of their newest team-up:
“Parasocial is a twisted exploitation thriller that will leave you never feeling safe at a convention again. It’s a deep dive into all the things we’ve agreed not to talk about in modern fandom and celebrity… with an ending you’ll never see coming,” mentioned De Campi. “Most importantly, it’s Erica’s most beautiful and strikingly innovative book yet. I’m just here to cover up some of her art with words.”
Henderson added: “Parasocial is an unsettling glimpse at who we want to be, who other people see, and most horrible of all—who we really are.”
Dracula, Motherf**ker! was a giant success for the staff each critically and commercially when it was launched in 2020, and positioned very extremely on The Beat‘s best comics list for that year. Parasocial marks the second graphic novel illustrated by Henderson due out this year, after next month’s Danger and Other Unknown Risks, on which the artist reunited together with her Unbeatable Squirrel Girl collaborator Ryan North.
The 128-page Parasocial hardcover graphic novel is due out in comedian outlets on Wednesday, October 4th, and in bookstores the next Tuesday, October tenth.
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