AfterShock Comics has announced a new series that will be starting in a few months with the addition of You Are Obsolete to their growing list of strong titles. The book is set for a September 18th, 2019 debut and the cover artwork from Andy Clarke is to the right. The series comes from writer Mathew Klickstein, his first for AfterShock, and artist Evgeniy Bornyakov. Lauren Affe is on board working the color design and Simon Bowland is lettering it.
“The series can best be described as CHILDREN OF THE CORN…but with cell phones instead of religion,” said Mathew Klickstein. “A contemporary, technological twist on the classic “scary children taking power over the adults” story that we’ve seen in CORN, VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED, Cronenberg’s THE BROOD and the classic TWILIGHT ZONE episode, “It’s A Good Life.” Lyla Wilton is a young, disgraced journalist who takes on a strange assignment that she hopes will get her back into the limelight. She arrives in a quaint and fairy-tale like village on an isolated Eastern European island and discovers there a peculiar cast of characters not unlike the kind seen in the original WICKER MAN.”
“Lyla quickly discovers that the children of the town have an eerie power over the adults of the community who are frightened of said kids, particularly their murderous “killer app” that, yes, kills off anyone over 40 when used in their direct vicinity. Lyla, who clearly reveals herself as having a bevy of personal problems — including alcoholism and substance abuse — has trouble getting out of her own way and figuring out whether what she’s witnessing is an important story she can be the reporter of to get her career back on track or a true danger zone that she needs to flee from immediately. If I’ve done my job, at least some readers after going through the series will stomp on their cell phones and deactivate their social media accounts.”
Plot Concept: A disgraced journalist is called to cover a mysterious story on an isolated European island. As she investigates, she discovers the children have taken control and are somehow killing off all adults by their 40th birthdays. Now, she must discover the truth behind the killings while staying on the good side of the children’s harsh leader…or she’s next.
