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GRAPHIC CONTENT PICK OF THE WEEK: Johnny_Trouble – ‘Butcher Baker, The Righteous Maker’ Issue #3
Last week I was tempted to post a crudely drawn hand turkey for my pick of the week. However, THEoDEAD advised against it. Now most of the time that doesn’t really affect what I do, but I listened to my editor for a change. Why a hand turkey? I have no idea, but the thought amused me. Which is probably why I do most of the things I do, despite knowing it goes against my better judgment. However, this week I picked an actual comic book, “BUTCHER BAKER, THE RIGHTEOUS MAKER” Issue #3. Now, if you are willing to take the plunge down the rabbit hole, I will explain myself.
WARNING: I Have A Potty Mouth. Deal With It.
WRITTEN BY: Joe Casey
ILLUSTRATIONS BY: Mike Huddleston
“Car chases and coimcbooks are like oil and water – until now! You’ll feel the motion of the ocean when you open this issue! You’ll feel the wind in your hair as Butcher Baker races for his life! Plus, as more enemies conspire, Arnie B. Willard has a cosmic epiphany! Don’t miss it!”
There is a hell of a lot of horror comics that I am going to be spending my money on this week, and I know that you guys would probably expect me to choose one of those for my pick of the week. However, by now those of you that have read my work have noticed that I am not one to really do what most people would consider logical, and I am not about to start.
I have said it before and I will say it again, I know that this is a horror website, but I don’t care, I love horror comics but I love a lot of other types of comics too. For example, “TRANSMETROPOLITAN” was the first complete comic series I have ever owned. I loved immersing myself in the world Warren Ellis created in that comic series, and I still do. What does this have to do with Joe Casey’s “BUTCHER BAKER, THE RIGHTEOUS MAKER” you ask? Well hold your fucking horses, I am about to get to that.
You see, just like Spider Jerusalem, Butcher Baker is a character that I have grown to truly enjoy. I always admire a character that tends to go rogue, and Butcher Baker definitely meets that definition. I love characters that are chaotic, nonconforming, and do not care for authority figures, which would explain my love for Rorschach and Skinner Sweet as well.
In addition to a great main character and some really interesting villains at the forefront of the comic, the creative minds behind the project, Joe Casey and Mike Huddleston are also why this comic appeals to me. You see, both of them are fucking insane, and I mean that in the best way possible. What is my proof of this? You know the cliché “it takes one to know one”? Well, just because it is a cliché doesn’t mean it isn’t true. For instance, the arm wrestling competition story Mike told when I interviewed him a few weeks ago, (which can be found here) and Joe Casey’s interview with himself, which can be found in the back of Issue #2 are both proof of that. In summary, I love “BUTCHER BAKER, THE RIGHTEOUS MAKER” because of the story as well as the creative minds behind it. This is why I have chosen Issue #3 to be my staff pick of the week, despite all of the wonderful horror titles I could have gone with. It is an unapologetically great comic, and I look forward to owning the third installment of the series. Now that I have given you my reasons, I guess all I have left to say is…
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Comics
‘You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive’ – IDW Dark’s Next Horror Comic Will Make You Question Reality
Five friends. Four houses. One perfect life. Bloody Disgusting is excited to exclusively announce You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive, a brand new horror comic from IDW Dark.
From Eisner-Nominated writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, and rising horror artist Heather Vaughan, You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is described as a “paranoia-laced, socially-conscious, horror mystery that will leave you questioning reality, and reveal that this crafted world is more of a nightmare than the idealistic dream they were expecting.”
Phoebe Joplin has never questioned the world her parents built: a secluded community where she and her friends were raised to be smarter, stronger, and better than anyone else. No distractions. No dangers. No secrets. Until the night of their graduation.
When one of them dies under impossible circumstances, Phee starts to pull at the edges of her perfect life—and what she finds is something far more terrifying than she ever imagined.
Because this place isn’t a sanctuary. It’s a cage. And no one who discovers the truth ever leaves it alive.
Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing (Batman – One Bad Day: Clayface, Star Trek: The Last Starship) co-write the upcoming IDW Dark horror comic, featuring art by Heather Vaughan.
Jackson Lanzing said in a statement to Bloody Disgusting, “You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is in many ways a spiritual successor to our last creator-owned horror, The Principles of Necromancy – a dive into the promise and consequence of playing god with the blood of innocents. But the Hivemind book this reminds me of most is Clayface: One Bad Day. This is a deeply human story with intensely raw emotions – five best friends and their five mysterious parents, tearing one another apart for the promise of some impossible glory that’s waiting just beyond their darkest actions. We’re thrilled to be bringing this story to life with our long-time partner in crime, editor Heather Antos, at IDW Dark – and we’re particularly excited to give our Clayface fans a new, brutal and emotional horror made just for them.”
Adds Collin Kelly, “We’re deconstructing a feeling that seems universal these days; our elders have a death grip on their power, without any intention of giving it up to the generations that come next. YNLTPA is about growing up with the limitless potential of the future… and realizing how much it’s a lie we’ve been fed to keep us under the yoke of the past. Bringing this brutal experience to life is our artist and co-creator, Heather Vaughan, who brings an incredible amount of humanity to our cast. But it’s in our youthful leads that Heather’s art really shines – you are going to fall in love with these young people, even as they go through the worst experience of their lives. What we’ve all crafted together is going to be tragic, painful, but above all else, sincere – with a future so uncertain, there’s only one thing we can trust: you’ll never leave this place alive.”
“Some horror stories are about monsters in the dark. YNLTPA is about realizing the monsters raised you,” previews Senior Group Editor Heather Antos. “Working with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly on this series has been a dream in the darkest possible way. They’ve built a story that’s layered, brutal, and deeply emotional, and every issue gives artist Heather Vaughan opportunities to push the art into places that feel both haunting and deeply personal. Some horror comics will keep you up at night…this is one that will stick with you for years to come.”
The first issue of You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive goes on sale October 14, 2026! Make sure to pre-order at your local comic shop by September to guarantee a copy.
Exclusively check out the various covers for Issue #1 down below.
IDW Publishing’s horror imprint IDW DARK features comics like A Quiet Place: Storm Warning, Smile: For the Camera, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Twilight Zone, Event Horizon: Dark Descent & Event Horizon: Inferno, and more.
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