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Thinking About ‘Think Tank’
Fan-favorite artist, Rahsan Ekedal, known for his work on Echos has a brand new series coming out in July from Minotaur Press called Think Tank. Ekedal is teaming up with fellow Pilot Seasoner, Matt Hawkins, to bring you a a tech-lovers dream where they plan to explore the mind of a genius scientists and his crazy gadgets. Read on for the skinny…
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Here’s what Matt said in the Image Comic Expo exclusive ashcan:
“Think Tank is basically the story about who I might have been if I was a lot smarter and my life had taken a few different twists and turns. I always wanted to be a scientist. I love Physics and Geometry. Science is often maligned as boring, but is absolutely not. A pure researcher is one of the most creative people on the planet. Living in imagination and dreaming of how to change the world. They combine the best of right and left brain thinking and come up with things like Velcro, iPods, Reaper Drones and artificial sweeteners. The stuff these people play with on a day-to-day basis would both scare you senseless and endlessly fascinate you. I love it. I hope you love it. This story is a look inside the mind of one of these researchers who is a slacker genius. The best kind of oxymoron. I hope you enjoy this art preview by the amazing Rahsan Ekedal.”
The supernatural world of Korean folk horror movie Exhuma grows larger with the arrival of prequel spinoff webtoon Maengjong this weekend, Variety reports today.
Naver Webtoon debuts Maengjong on May 30.
The series hails from Haemuri (Olgami) and will trace the high school origins of how shaman duo Hwarim and Bonggil, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun in the 2024 film, came together to face occultish threats.
The story is set to begin when “Hwarim, who has been concealing her identity following a childhood encounter with a snake spirit called Jin, crosses paths with Bonggil at their school.”
Variety notes that Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun participated in the project’s early concept stage.
“We are presenting ‘Maengjong,’ a new series capturing the appeal of the horror-occult genre, ahead of the full summer season,” said Lee Jeong-geun, Naver Webtoon’s Korea webtoon content leader. “With the high school story of Hwarim and Bonggil, who left a strong impression in the film ‘Exhuma,’ enhanced by Haemuri’s characteristic tense direction, we expect it will be a welcome work for genre fans.”
“It is meaningful that the spin-off story of ‘Exhuma,’ loved by many audiences, expands by meeting the new grammar of webtoon,” said Lee Hyeon-jeong, managing director of the film business division at Showbox, which distributed the film. “We hope it will be a fresh experience for both film fans and webtoon readers.”
Exhuma was a breakout hit in 2024, becoming the first Korean occult film to surpass 10 million ticket buyers and the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. I wrote in my review that “the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.”
The bond between Hwarim and Bonggil was one of the film’s highlights, making this prequel webtoon a must for fans.
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