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[Exclusive] Eibon Press Bringing Fulci’s ‘New York Ripper’ into World of Comics With Upcoming One-Shot

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If you’re not reading the stuff Eibon Press has been putting out, you’re truly missing out on some of the craziest, goriest horror comics on the market today. The company has delved into the work of Lucio Fuli before, adapting his Zombie into a comic book series, and we’re excited to exclusively report today that they’re next giving The New York Ripper a one-shot!

As part of their Black Friday roll-out, Eibon Press is teasing the comic with a “Preview Collector’s Pack” that they’ll be putting up for grabs on Thursday, November 22nd at 7pm, which includes a preview poster for The New York Ripper as well as a sample of the comic’s official soundtrack on vinyl, a “Fulci Lives” sticker and a 15% off coupon for the upcoming comic.

Eibon’s Stephen Romano explained to us…

“We’re always trying to do cool new things for our fans, and things we really like, too. Since we announced MANIAC VS. THE NEW YORK RIPPER, we’ve had so many requests for a Ripper solo comic, and so we’re cooking up a special one-shot issue that will be both a prequel and a sequel to the classic film! It’s going to be a major blood bath in the best Eibon Press tradition, and it will even have an original SOUNDTRACK to accompany the mayhem! The whole thing is already shaping up really well, but we have a lot on our plate, so it won’t be out for a while.”

“We’re really excited about it, though, so we wanted to give the fans a taste of what’s coming, in time for the holidays. So as part of our Black Friday rollout, we’re offering the NEW YORK RIPPER COLLECTOR’S PREVIEW SET, which is an amazing poster of Pat Carbajal’s art from the comic and a sample of the soundtrack album on vinyl flexi-disc! Remember those flexi-disc things? They’re actual vinyl records, bu they’re thin plastic ones, with art on them. They used to come in magazines as promo items. We think those are so cool, so we cooked up one for the RIPPER preview pack. It’s a picture disc with art from the comic, just insane, over-the-top stuff. You get that, plus some other cool collector’s stuff with the set. When we do stuff like this, we’re always trying to come up with something WE would really like, and WE would really want to add to our collection. And we’ve got some other cool Black Friday stiff coming too. We’re announcing that in a few days. We’re also celebrating the close of out MANIAC comic series with issue three, and so we wanted to do something special for that too. Be very afraid.”

Check out the contents of the special preview pack below!

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Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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‘Witchblade’ is Getting Resurrected This Summer in New Comic Series from Top Cow and Image Comics

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April 18, 2024

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Witchblade, the popular comic series that initially ran from 1995 to 2015 and launched a TV series, is getting resurrected in a new comic series from Top Cow and Image Comics. It’s set to unleash heavy metal, black magic and blood this summer.

Look for the new Witchblade series to launch on July 17, 2024.

In Witchblade #1, “New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini’s life was forever fractured by her father’s murder. Cold, cunning, and hellbent on revenge, Sara now stalks a vicious criminal cabal beneath the city, where an ancient power collides and transforms her into something wild, magnificent, and beyond her darkest imaginings. How will Sara use this ancient power, or will she be consumed by it?”

The series is penned by NYT Best-Selling writer Marguerite Bennett (Animosity, Batwoman, DC Bombshells) and visualized by artist Giuseppe Cafaro (Suicide Squad, Power Rangers, Red Sonja). The creative duo is working with original co-creator Marc Silvestri, who is the CEO of Top Cow Productions Inc. and one of the founders of Image Comics. They are set to reintroduce the series to Witchblade’s enduring fans with “a reimagined origin with contemporary takes on familiar characters and new story arcs that will hook new readers and rekindle the energy and excitement that fueled the 90’s Image Revolution that shaped generations of top creators.”

Bennett said in a statement, “The ability to tell a ferocious story full of monsters, sexuality, vision, and history was irresistible.” She adds, “Our saga is sleek, vicious, ferocious, and has a lot to say about power in the 21st century and will be the first time that we are stopping the roller coaster to let more people on. I’ve loved Witchblade since I was a child, and there is truly no other heroine like Sara with such an iconic legacy and such a rich, brutal relationship to her own body.”

“The Witchblade universe is being modernized to reflect how Marguerite beautifully explores the extreme sides of Sara through memories, her personal thoughts, like desire and hunger, in her solitude and when she is possessed by the Witchblade. So, I had to visually intersect a noir True Detective-like world with a supernatural, horror world that is a fantastic mix between Berserk and Zodiac,” Cafaro stated.

Marc Silvestri notes, “This is brand new mythology around Sara, and I can’t wait for you to fall in love with her and all the twists and turns. Discover Witchblade reimagined this summer, and join us as we bring all the fun of the 90s to the modern age and see how exciting comics can be. I can’t wait for you to read this new series.”

Witchblade#1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, July 17th, for $4.99 for 48 pages. And it’ll come with multiple cover variants.

  • Cover A: Marc Silvestri and Arif Prianto (Full Color)

  • Cover B: Giuseppe Cafaro and Arif Prianto (Full Color)

  • Cover C: Blank Sketch Cover

  • Cover D (1/10): Dani and Brad Simpson (Full Color)

  • Cover E (1/25): Marc Silvestri and Arif Prianto, Virgin Cover (Full Color)

  • Cover F (1/50): J.Scott Campbell (Full Color)

  • Cover G (1/100): Bill Sienkiewicz. (Full Color)

  • Cover H (1/250): Line art by Marc. Virgin Cover, Inks (B/W)

Witchblade #1 will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.

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