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Riley Rossmo Gets Really, Really Bizarre In ‘Drumhellar’
We’ve been eagerly anticipating a new book from Riley Rossmo since his departure from “Bedlam” a few months back, and today Rossmo finally announced his next work will be “Drumhellar”. The book sounds all kinds of crazy, and it’s exactly the kind of story suited to Rossmo’s style. The artist tells USA Today that he spent a week in the rural town of Drumhellar to find inspiration for his new horror story.
During his week’s stay, Rossmo collected reference imagery, interviewed locals and sketched concept art. The result is the story of Drum, who is “drawn into a series of bizarre happenings in and around local, rural communities, which range from the paranormal to the existential to the criminal. Drum is easygoing especially in light of the phenomena he experiences.”
Head below for some more details and the cover art. Look for “Drumhellar” #1 in shops on November 6th, 2013.
According to USA Today, “Drum who travels throughout America visiting small towns with the spirit of a grad student named Harold in a ghost cat, solves the various problems that follow him, ends up in South Dakota and in the first arc comes in contact with dinosaur ghosts, his ex-girlfriend, their mutual ex who happens to be a werewolf, spooky and stretchy bog people, psychedelics, diners and peacocks.”
Rossmo explains his reasons for venturing to rural Canada for the story, “I feel like there is something special about rural communities. Out of necessity these communities are tightly knit. It also seems that there is a greater sense of community pride. Whether it’s a small farming community or an artisan community, there’s just something different about the rate life transpires at.”
He continues, “In Saskatchewan, a lot of towns take pride in “world’s largest” things — moose, pierogi, truck, hockey stick. It’s strange for a town to take pride in a giant concrete hockey stick, but neat. As well in Drumhellar, I wanted to capture the space and openness of the prairies. There’s something magical about all that open sky.”
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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