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Image To Print Complete ‘Multiple Warheads’ In December
Image Comics is gearing up to release a complete collection of “Multiple Warheads” from the inimitable Brandon Graham. Before his success on “Prophet”, Graham created comic called “Multiple Warheads” that is bizarre, fantastical, and oddly honest. The original comic follows Sexica, an organ thief, and her boyfriend Nikoli, who happens to be a werewolf.
Look for “The Complete Multiple Warheads’ on sale December 4th, 2013 from Image Comics.
Official Press Release:
Before he broke new ground and shot to the forefront of the comics industry after KING CITY and PROPHET, Brandon Graham created MULTIPLE WARHEADS, a slice-of-life take on an alternate version of Russia rooted in science-fiction and fantasy. The original one-shot comic starred Sexica, an organ smuggler, and her werewolf boyfriend Nikoli, who worked as a mechanic. Out of print for years, MULTIPLE WARHEADS is being reprinted, along with a more recent miniseries, in THE COMPLETE MULTIPLE WARHEADS, on sale this December 4 from Image Comics.
MULTIPLE WARHEADS features ghosts, magic, and monsters, which doesn’t make it sound much like slice-of-life comics. But the twist is that while Graham enjoys exploring the supernatural and sci-fi elements of the world, the focus is squarely on the characters and their relationships with each other. Wild things do happen, and absurd characters do appear, but if you’re reading MULTIPLE WARHEADS, you’re reading it to see what happens to the cast, in addition to exploring their vibrant world.
“I love showing what the day to day lives of these characters who live in a world which is basically if Russian fairy tales made it into the modern age of cars and rock and roll. The more I work in the world the more I’ve been allowing myself to stray off the main path and show what else is out there. That’s always a big part of the fun of making comics for me, you can open every fictional treasure chest or book on the characters shelves to show what might be inside.”
The original MULTIPLE WARHEADS one-shot was a highly-prized and rare part of Graham’s body of work. Recently reprinted as MULTIPLE WARHEADS: DOWN FALL with new material, the original story set the foundation for the MULTIPLE WARHEADS miniseries, published by Image Comics in 2012. The miniseries depicted the further adventures of Sexica and Nikoli, and introduced Blue Nura, a no-nonsense bounty hunter thrown in over her head on a job.
“I’m thrilled to finally be able to get all of the Warheads pages I’ve done in one big book. The newer stuff was always built off of the book’s strange beginnings as a porn comic and then the slow build in a couple short stories before the color issues at Image. It’s nice to know that people won’t have to dig forever through quarter bins or buy them overpriced on the internet to be able to read the stuff.”
THE COMPLETE MULTIPLE WARHEADS includes the original adult short story, the 2007 one-shot, all-new material from MULTIPLE WARHEADS: DOWN FALL, and MULTIPLE WARHEADS #1-4. THE COMPLETE MULTIPLE WARHEADS can be pre-ordered now from the October issue of Previews (Diamond Code OCT130496) and will be in stores on December 14 at $17.99 for 208 pages.
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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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