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Enormous #8 Smashes Into Stores This September
215 Ink has announced that Enormous #8 will arrive in stores this September. This second chapter of the explosive survival series’ second arc sees a world of change. There’s still plenty of Kaiju like beasts roaming in the world, but there are plenty of other evolutions roaming about too!
If other series are about the post-apocalypse, than Enormous is about what comes next.Tim Daniel and Mehdi Cheggour follow Ellen Grace as she leads the only remaining North American Search & Recovery Team through the deadly giant monster infested streets of Phoenix. It’s now being developed as a television series, so this isn’t something you can afford to miss!
Check out a preview below, as well as the full solicit information. Take those preview codes to your local comic shop, and be sure to pre-order!
ENORMOUS Vol.2 #2
Episode 8 – The Future of the Race
The Sonoran desert has proven to be a death trap for Ellen and DJ as they scout for the location of an abandoned Titan II missile silo. They’re close to finding the shelter, but in a world dominated by giant monsters, man is still the most dangerous beast.
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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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