I'm sure it comes at no surprise to those of you who follow my recounts from behind the pages, that SantA-iClause is indeed the host of our upcoming comic book series: "Twisted Holiday Horror Tales".
They all have it. I'm talking about the flagship characters of Horror properties such as: Creepy, Eerie, Tales from the Crypt and last but not least, the Movie Massacre. While the stories in these terrifying literature are painted with murky colors, the narrators always bring a palette of their own, separating themselves from the chronicles not merely as an observers, but often as comic reliefs with conclusive morals to wrap 'em up. I knew from the beginning, that THHT had to have a poster-child. There was no question about it. And once the Santa doppelganger with artificial intelligence won that audition, the choice of covering our first Holiday yarn came spontaneously. Hence the twisted Christmas tale. The characters from most of those Horror anthologies, I mentioned earlier, are destined to oblivion shortly after you put down the book. What I hope to achieve, is to create protagonists and villains equally interesting for you to stow them into your lasting memory. Now, as promised, here are few unknown facts from behind the pages. The page in front of you, was not meant to exist. At least, not on its own. Page 1/Panel One was suppose to combine the establishing shot, with SantA-iClause's introduction. However, the sheer amount of dialog balloons, made it impossible. The obvious solution was to let the account unfold on a separate sheet. Easier said than done. You see, the comics, with all their advantages, do have one major flaw. Especially, the printed material. Once you spread them open, your eyes are automatically exposed to two pages. Even if you can resist absorbing the "whole package", inevitably you might have spoiled some of the surprises earlier than they were intended. Therefore, my job as a writer is to keep the suspense high by dispensing the twists on the "verso" side (which is Latin for the left-hand page). And since TRISH already finished rendering the pages before I became aware of this predicament, all the "good stuff" appeared on the "recto" side (which is Latin for the right-hand page). Not good. So, here I was. Facing my first dilemma. Should I loose the host altogether, or go for the unprecedented: add Letters in issue #1, and at the beginning of the book, nonetheless? It was time to improvise. And improvise I did. Apropos, the man SAiC described in his opening statement... You know, the individual who harbored peculiar feelings toward his "action" doll... And conducted an uneducated experiment in hopes to push that same "non-action" figure, as far up as he could in the direction of a "non-stop action" environment... Is an honest to God, real story. Yep, I read it in a newspaper. And if you are expecting a moral too, let me warn you, I'm nobody's SantA-iClause, but I'll give it my best shot: Don't be cheap. Investing in a "real thing" is often better, than scouting Garage Sales for a suitable substitute. You never know where that "thing", might have been. There you have it. Stick around. Next: The Pencils and Complete Pages. Art / Color: TRISH ISIDERIO Story /Lettering: ATTILA KISS Publisher: SCATTERED COMICS
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8/8/2019 11:07:14 am
looks pretty nice :)
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