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#NYCC14 Donny Cates Repossess Superheroes With “Paybacks”
Spinning out of the pages of Buzzkill comes The Paybacks—a wildly entertaining ongoing series from Buzzkill co-creators Donny Cates and Eliot Rahal (Hunter Quaid). With Geof Shaw returning for art duties and Lauren Affe on colors, The Paybacks takes on hard issues with humor and will keep you coming back for more!
Having trouble paying off your superhero loan? Behind on payments for your invisible jet or suit of armor? Have no fear! Our skilled repossession team, the Paybacks, will help you transition into a new life of service to pay off your superdebt! That is, if you survive the experience…
The Paybacks is set to debut in September 2015, from Dark Horse Comics. Preorder your copy today! Donny Cates’s latest ongoing series, The Ghost Fleet, launches November 5, 2014.
Praise for Donny Cates & Eliot Rahal’s Paybacks:
“I think my favorite thing about the book is that Knight Night doesn’t ride the unicorn. Like, I think that is genius.”—Gerard Way
I briefly spoke to both Donny Cates and Eliot Rahal today on the show floor, and within a few days we’ll have some materials that will show you why this is a must have book of 2015. The character designs are brilliant, the creative team has an incredible energy and sense of humor, and the premise is staggeringly original in the world of superhero comics which quite frankly is nearly impossible to do these days.
Also if you happen to be at NYCC, be sure to get a Ghost Fleet tattoo, because if you do…
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Get your #ghostfleet tattoo at our #nycc booth 1636. Then if @doncates sees you on the floor with it on, he’ll give you one of these ultra limited #ghostfleet koozies!
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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