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Check Out Dark Horse’s Prometheus/Aliens/AVP/Predator: FIRE & STONE Sampler!
This is something that is available over at the Dark Horse website, but I couldn’t resist. These are easily my four most anticipated titles of the fall, and after you dig into this sampler you’ll understand why. They’ve tapped some of the best talent in the industry to come together and reinvigorate franchises that have terrified many for years.
GET TO DARK HORSE NOW and preorder these bad boys.
Keep your eyes glued to the site in the coming months. My coverage will be relentless.
A quest to salvage a lost ship sets in motion a saga sprawling forward and backward through time, with a universe of horror drawn to one world—and a fantastic team of writers and artists have gathered to tell the tale. Spread across four different titles, with a final chapter coming from Kelly Sue DeConnick, Fire and Stone starts here, in four intro chapters from the first issues of Prometheus, Aliens, AVP & Predator.
Joshua Williamson and Chris Mooneyham are going to give us the best PREDATOR series ever by the looks of it.
- Writers:
- Paul Tobin, Chris Roberson, Chris Sebela, Joshua Williamson
- Artists:
- Juan Ferrerya, Patric Reynolds, Ariel Olivetti, Chris Mooneyham
FOC for Prometheus is 8/18. Order it using this: JUL140053
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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