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Peek Inside the Pages of Issue #2 of Eibon Press’s ‘Maniac’ Comic Book, Available Now
Available now in a Standard Edition. Signed VHS Box Edition and “Psycho Fan” Personalized Set, the second issue of Eibon Press‘s 3-issue comic series set in the world of William Lustig’s Maniac not only continues the story of sweaty slasher Frank Zito, but it also begins the cross-over between Maniac and Lucio Fulci’s The New York Ripper!
Eibon’s Stephen Romano teases the new issue, “The whole MANIAC comic series was something we really wanted to do on an artistic level. This wasn’t a business decision. We weren’t looking at demographics or whatever and saying “oh this will be a big hit!” We wanted to do this adaptation because it’s kind of a unique movie in the 1980s horror slasher pantheon. In the wake of Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN, you had all these movies that were about the victims, which is great and we love that. It’s as it should be. We need to identify with the survivors of these massacres, in order to have any empathy. But if I am honest as a writer and also as a survivor of violent crime myself, what interests me more is what goes on inside the heads of people who actually do these crimes. I don’t identify with them, obviously, but I want to know what makes them tick. To me, that’s true horror.”
“Frank Zito is an uncomfortable creation in that way. We are forced to KNOW HIM in the film, because he is the main character, and it’s not a worldview we like. So for the comic book, we take it all a quantum leap further and really get inside his head. In Issue 2, we go pretty far with that, and he meets up with his one true love, Anna D’Antoni, as played by Caroline Munro in the film. In the comic script, she is expanded and deepened and her relationship with Frank is darker and more complex. I always wondered why those two hit it off so well in the movie, and we answer that question here.”
“Of course, what the fans REALLY want in issue #2 is what we’ve been teasing for over a year now, and that’s the MANIAC VS. NEW YORK RIPPER battle. That was also fertile fields for exploring real horror, and in that case we deal more with the psychology of the victim, and how each killer perceives her. They are each obsessed with the same girl, and she is doomed of course, but the fascinating thing is both Frank and The Ripper think they are the heroes of their own lives. Everybody does. Even these sick, deranged lunatics who to all these despicable things. When you start really getting into the psychology of that, you start really getting scared. And that’s what this series is all about.”
Check out an exclusive page from Issue #2 below, and grab your copy from Eibon Press!
Issue #3 of Maniac, the final chapter, will be available in December.
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‘Curse of the Where Wolf’ Bites Into August Release With Trio of Werewolf Theatrical Screenings [Exclusive Preview]
Larry Chaney‘s hairy misadventures are continuing in the sequel graphic novel Curse of the Where Wolf from creative team Rob Saucedo, Debora Lancianese, and Jack Morelli, and its author is celebrating with a trio of horror’s greatest werewolf films.
The Curse of the Where Wolf hits shelves on August 7 from Encyclopocalypse Publications.
That coincides with the launch of a theatrical screening event in Houston, Texas, featuring a trio of seminal werewolf flicks turning 45 this year: The Howling on August 7, Wolfen on August 14, and An American Werewolf in London on August 21.
Each screening features a “werewolf in film” presentation as well as a book signing from Where Wolf author and River Oaks Theatre artistic director Rob Saucedo.
In the new graphic novel, “Being a werewolf sucks. Reporter Larry Chaney wanted to be a hero. Instead, he became a werewolf. Now, caught between incredible new powers and a desire to eat everything (and everyone) in sight, Larry must find a cure for his curse. Or die trying.”
“With Where Wolf, I wanted to tell a whodunit set in a furry convention, so the story was pretty contained within a very specific setting and genre. With Curse of the Where Wolf, I wanted to celebrate everything I love about the possibility of comic books. Curse of the Where Wolf is a funny book, in every sense of the phrase, but it’s also an earnest look at a person’s struggle to become a better version of themselves, especially when the alternative is to become a literal monster,” Saucedo says of Curse.
The original graphic novel was previously serialized as the first webcomic hosted on Fangoria before being collected by Encyclopocalypse Publications in 2023 and has already been optioned for film, podcast, and television development ahead of launch by producers James Fino (“The Freak Brothers” for Tubi, “Rick and Morty” for Adult Swim) and Charles Horak (First Date for Magnolia Pictures).
Expect Larry to find himself in even weirder situations in the 362-page full color sequel; Saucedo has provided Bloody Disgusting with exclusive art pages from the upcoming graphic novel that showcase lupine humor.
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