Zero-hour contracts and meals supply work is hard at one of the best of instances however new 2000 AD comedy-horror serial Portals & Black Goo provides just a little additional eldritch hazard to the perilous occupation (with out the hazard pay). Portals & Black Goo is a seven half series beginning in July 12’s Prog 2340 from author John Tomlinson, artist Eoin Coveney, colourist Jim Boswell, and letterer Simon Bowland. This prog hits UK shops and the 2000 AD internet store subsequent week – and later within the yr from Diamond for US readers.
The Rebellion synopsis for the series:
“…when the job market is extra perilous than ever, you’ll take any job that comes alongside!
“Kroy Plemons is a Devouroo supply driver, who has to overcome the obstacles and perils of working the sort of zero-hours shift that may typically be … deadly to his personal well being. From luggage of recent plasma for vampires, bloody bones for djinn and steaming viscera for werewolves, Kroy delivers it from the again of his moped – all whereas coping with a haemoglobin-intolerant vegan vampire, a self-styled vampire hunter, claim-jumping supply riders from rival service DaHunga and a lot extra!
“Portals & Black Goo is the SF horror strip with a streak of mordant humour, incorporating a cast of hunger-maddened night creatures as predators and misfits of ancient legend struggle to integrate with a tech-driven post-modern world.”
Editor of 2000 AD Matt Smith talks about commissioning this new series:
“I thought John’s pitch was very interesting, combining comedy-horror with social satire of the zero-contract culture and the prejudice a section of the populace can face, and Eoin has brought the creatures to life wonderfully, giving them real character.”
On the origins of Portals & Black Goo, author John Tomlinson says:
“I wanted to combine SF and horror in a familiar urban setting, and it all came together one night when a confused Deliveroo [UK food delivery service] rider stopped me for directions after his phone conked out. Walking home after, it struck me that they must have to deliver to some pretty scary places and people. Later I scribbled down the line ‘Hungry Horrors: food delivery for children of the night. Charnel@£1.99!’ The basic series premise for Portals & Black Goo soon followed.”
Series artist Eoin Coveney provides:
“After a number of learn throughs of John’s script, I used to be struck by the sensibility; an intriguing mixture of horror, comedy (I laughed out loud on a number of events!) and the easy drudgery of constructing one’s means in a giant metropolis.
“Big cities at night are quite intimidating, I think. The smells of rubbish and traffic fumes along with the constant noise create quite an unnerving atmosphere and I strove to capture that.”
2000 AD has been on a little bit of a roll of late when it comes to model new series within the weekly prog. Two new scifi series are presently operating – David Hine and Boo Cook’s Void Runners (which started in May’s Prog 2334), and Azimuth from Dan Abnett and Tazio Bettin (debuted in June’s Prog 2337).
Don’t neglect 2000 AD shall be at SDCC this month – with unique posters and a particular Judge Dredd hardcover.
You can even take a look at a number of pages from new series Portals & Black Goo under:
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