"At the center of the Mojave Desert, at the crossroads between hell and gone, lies Barstow." Daily Dead readers know Rebekah McKendry and David Ian McKendry from films like Glorious and All the Creatures Were Stirring, and we're very excited that they're launching their first comic book series with Dark Horse Comics! A 4-issue horror comedy comic book series, Barstow #1 will be released on November 20th, and we have an exclusive preview you can read right now. Featuring art by Eisner Award-winner Tyler Jenkins, with letters from Justin Birch, I was immediately sucked into the town of Barstow and its mysteries while reading the first issue, and I can't wait to read the rest of the series.
“As avid horror comic book readers, we are elated to be working on our first comic book series with the legendary Dark Horse Comics,” said the McKendrys. “This whole experience has been a dream come true!
“We first had the idea for Barstow while traveling very late on Sunday evening from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. We fell in love with the wild stretch of road between the two cities, especially the area surrounding the Mojave Desert and all the towns in between. Though we used the name Barstow, our town in the series is an amalgam of all the quirky desert ‘burgs we have encountered in that area.”
"Get ready for Barstow to possess you this fall; issue #1 (of 4) will be released in stores on November 20, 2024. It is now available to pre-order from your local comic shop for $4.99."
To keep up with Barstow and other horror comic books from Dark Horse, visit the official Dark Horse Comics website.
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Barstow #1: "Agent Miranda Diaz is in this godforsaken land on the trail of a missing agent. He’s a man she’s never met, and yet her name was the only clue he left behind. Something dark . . . something demonic . . . lurks beneath this oddball town, but can Miranda unravel the mystery before all hell breaks loose?"
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