Dynamite Entertainment has announced an October launch for a new Alice Cooper seris rom writer Rodney Barnes and artist Edu Manna.
Here’s how Dynamite describes the book:
« Alice Cooper is no stranger to comic book fans as the iconic rocker has been popping up in the four-colored pages since the seventies. But in this new tale of terror, legendary rock acts are being attacked by demonic forces and Alice starts to notice some of his own fans happen to be…undead. »
According to Barnes: « The forces of evil are looking for a different entry point to dealing with the forces of light. The conflict is driven by envy on the musical front, but there’s something more insidious beneath it all. »
DThe writer/producer of The Boondocks, My Wife and Kids, and Winning Time: The Story of the Los Angeles Lakers was well aware of Alice Cooper’s music.
« He used to come on a lot of talk shows and such and was a prominent figure on the radio stations my mom listened to, » Barnes said. « She bought a lot of Alice’s albums and I listened to them. School’s Out, I’m Eighteen, and No More Mr. Nice Guy stand out as tracks I dug. I was also attracted to his look and stage presence. »
Among the crew of cover artists for this series is Barnes’ frequent collaborator from their comic series Killadelphia, Jason Shawn Alexander. Plus, Stuart Sayger and Andrew Mangum join in, along with a photo cover of the bombastic lead singer and a blank cover so fans can get original sketches done. All of these covers will be cardstock.
Cooper is an American rock performer whose career spans over 50 years and who specializes in a theatrical stage show that features pyrotechnics, guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, and dueling swords. His forays into the realm of comics go back nearly just as far too, starting with a special release from Marvel Comics in 1979. He co-created the graphic novel The Last Temptation with writer Neil Gaiman and artist Michael Zulli, and has been featured in two series to date with Dynamite, with one pitting him against the Chaos! universe of characters.
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