Superstar Horror Writer Stephen Graham Jones and Denver Post bestseller Joshua Viola Conclude True Believers
Stephen Graham Jones and Joshua Viola are returning to the deadly world of their comic book series True Believers for a frightening grand finale. The star-studded, blood-soaked, final issue features appearances by Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, Re-Animator and From Beyond stars Barbara Crampton and Jeffrey Combs, and fan-favorite musician and Bit Bot Media co-founder Klayton of Celldweller. True Believers #3 – Slashfest is available from Bit Bot Media, featuring art by Ben Matsuya, letters by Jeremiah Lambert, four variant covers from acclaimed horror artist Matthew Therrien, and a main cover by Lambert and Matsuya.
Previous issues of True Believers featured some of the biggest names in horror — iconic actress Jamie Lee Curtis, the band GWAR, bestselling novelist R.L. Stine, screenwriter and film director Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination), musician Matthew Kiichi Heafy, actor Devon Sawa, and the characters from the cult horror film Deathgasm.
After the first issues of True Believers introduced fans to the bone-chilling slasher character, Killr™and an obsessive fan who wreaked havoc at the real-life Colorado Festival of Horror, True Believers #3 – Slashfest once again pits con-goers against another masked menace who takes their devotion to the cult slasher franchise Killr™ far too seriously. But is this just a cosplayer, or someone from the past with deadlier intentions? True to its bloody roots, the issue promises outrageous kills, tongue-in-cheek gags, meta Easter eggs, and enough gore to satisfy even the most die-hard horror fan.
The brilliance of Philip K. Dick’s writing is one that has transported readers who have the luck of coming across his stories. His primary audience was science fiction but the more one looks into his writing, the audience he truly spoke to was simply human. The way he wrote human condition is what usually pulls readers into his books. His landmark work, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep, spoke of how we treat others who are different through the allegory of using androids.
My favorite police procedural movies are when the undercover police officer is so deep in, they barely know who they are any longer. One of the prime examples, is a show I’m currently watching that comes on the BBC, called No Offence. One of the main storylines follows a detective who’s undercover in a Islamic hate group. She breaks off all contact with her superiors and becomes embroiled in the group to almost not knowing what her true purpose is.
As a voracious reader of books, I have always loved private detective novels. There’s something so appealing in that world. You have people with complicated histories, who usually operate in the shadows, and though they live in the moral gray they eventually do the right thing. One of my favorite book series growing up was Robert Parker’s Spenser For Hire books, who lived in Boston and usually had his best friend Hawk watching his back. The television show was just as legendary in my mind. It starred the iconic Robert Urich in the titular role and ran for a few seasons. He exuded grit and coolness in the same breath. One of my other favorite private detectives in fiction was Bob Hoskins’ Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. His portrayal reminded me of the cool investigators of Dashiel Hammett’s books.