There’s a slow but steady push in the comics market to shift away from monthly releases with some projects and try them as original graphic novels. It’s dicey for a lot of reasons but there’s a lot of potential as well, especially for those that want a complete story, or arc, all at once. AfterShock Comics has now announced their first OGN with Witch Hammer, which is coming from writer Cullen Bunn and artist Dalibor Talajic. It’s planned for a November 28th, 2018 release priced at $19.99 for the 64-page book.
“WITCH HAMMER is a different kind of horror story,” said Bunn. “In this original graphic album, we are thrown headlong into a dark and bloody mystery. Someone is hunting people down, murdering them in cold blood. The connection between the victims–they are all practitioners of witchcraft. The killer is a terrifying figure–armed to the teeth and wearing a ghastly goat mask–and he is made all the more frightening and more dangerous by one simple fact. He believes in what he is doing. Emboldened by the awful power of conviction, he is on a one-man crusade. He is pursued by a group of federal investigators hellbent on stopping his killing spree. These investigators, though, are faced with a dreadful conundrum of their own. What if the victims actually are in league with demonic forces?”
Plot Concept: Witch. The word conjures images of hags in black robes and crooked hats, standing over cauldrons of bubbling brew. But witches are among us, and we do not realize it. They are our friends and neighbors. They are our family members. They are our idols.
And someone is murdering them.
Agents Frontenac and Guinness are on the killer’s trail. But as they delve deeper into the hidden, magical world around them, they are haunted by a terrifying question. Is the killer doing the right thing?
Presenting the first in a unique collection of compelling stories crafted by master storytellers and told in the way they were meant to be told.
