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[Exclusive] Read Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Strain’ #1 For FREE From Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse continue to dominate the world of horror comics with a series of mind-blowing announcements at C2E2 this year. Last year, Dark Horse released an 11-issue adaptation of Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s vampire trilogy “The Strain”, written by David Lapham with art by Mike Huddleston. Lapham and Huddleston stay true to the source material, while giving the series a very cinematic feel and a strong emphasis on character building. Together, they made “The Strain” one of the most intense horror books of the year that should be embraced by horror hounds everywhere. Dark Horse was kind enough to allow Bloody-Disgusting followers the chance to read “The Strain” #1 for free and catch up on this phenomenally gruesome series.
In the series, The Strain virus is uncovered when a Boeing 777 lands at JFK International Airport and goes dark on the runway, the Centers for Disease Control, fearing a terrorist attack, calls in Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and his team of expert biological-threat first responders. Goodweather uncovers a vampire epidemic that threatens to spread all over New York City and destroy mankind if something is not done to stop it. Goodweather quickly assembles a team to help him go head to head with the ancient evil responsible for the wave of bloodthirsty vamps, as he sets out to save the city and his family in the process.
The second story-arc, “The Fall” #1 hits store on July 17th, 2013. “The Strain” Volume 2 TPB hits comic shops this today.
Actor David Dastmalchian‘s comic book mini-series Count Crowley is one big ole love letter to the days of the horror host, centered on the “reluctant midnight monster hunter” Jerri Bartman and her adventures as both horror host and monster slayer.
Lucky for us, Jerri is set to make her return this spring with a new comic.
THR reports that Count Crowley: Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter will arrive on March 23, 2022, from Dark Horse Comics. It sounds like Jerri’s received a monster hunting job promotion since the last comic’s Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter, which our own Jason Jenkins called “one of the best damned comics currently haunting your local comic shop.”
“The 1980s-set series centers on Jerri Bartman, a once-rising TV journalist who moves back to her hometown in the Midwest after washing out of her career due to struggle with alcohol. After taking over as the host of a midnight monster show, she learns that monsters are real. Now she must take a crash course in monster hunting to protect those she loves from a vampire who is coming to town.”
“With no promise of more Crowleys, I still wrote Jerri’s story and took her further into her quest to defeat the ‘bad’ monsters while defending the ‘good’ ones,” says Dastmalchian. “Writing about her internal struggles, her family stresses, her battle to find her true, authentic, and actualized self all helped me navigate the strain of the lockdown and my depression throughout the pandemic.”
Fresh off his breakout role as Polka-Dot Man in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, Dastmalchian promised a more “stumbling, fumbling, courageous” monster hunter in Jerri’s upcoming adventures.
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