Oni Press has announced that Dark Regards #1 – THE TRUE STORY OF THE VIRAL HOAX SO INSANE IT COULD ONLY BE TOLD AS A COMIC BOOK from the mind of multi-hyphenate writer-comedian-actor-musician Dave Hill and breakout artist Artyom Topilin – will feature (not even kidding) a highly limited,1:50 HUMAN BLOOD VARIANT cover illustrated by Dave Hill himself … and printed with ink that contains the ACTUAL BLOOD of writer Dave Hill, series editor Karl Bollers, and Oni President & Publisher Hunter Gorinson.
Stay tuned in the weeks ahead as Oni Press documents the process of producing this extremely unusual variant cover through its various social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky for the benefit of future comics historians.
Then: Buckle up because this book is coming in like a screaming eagle to comic shops everywhere on May 13th! From the honestly pretty impressive mind of multi-hyphenate writer-comedian-actor-musician Dave Hill and breakout artist Artyom Topilin comes Dark Regards #1 – THE SHOCKINGLY TRUE, TERRIFYINGLY HILARIOUS, AND ONLY MODESTLY EXAGGERATED tale of how one stand-up comedian forged a secret online identity as America’s first true black metal icon . . . and accidentally started an international incident that almost wiped Gary, Indiana, off the map!
Two decades ago, Dave Hill and his first band set out to rock their high school auditorium in a fury of heavy metal hellfire. They failed miserably. Years later, Dave has made a new life for himself as a rising star in the New York comedy scene—a career where getting laughed at on stage is the entire point and not just a tragic consequence. But when Dave’s metal ambitions are reawakened by the über self-serious “satanic” genre of Norwegian black metal, Dave creates a ridiculously hyperbolic alter ego and a band to match that, together, reignite the spark of his forgotten rock ’n’ roll fantasy. But when Dave’s internet-fueled rumors of Witch Taint—a metal band “so extreme that you must remove all sharp objects from the immediate area” when their music is played—spreads all the way to Europe, his story will spiral dangerously out of control as Norway’s most extreme black metal butchers come to reap their revenge . . . and put everything and everyone Dave holds dear in the crosshairs (of their axes, which, truth be told, don’t actually have crosshairs, but, hey, it’s a metaphor).
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?! Dark Regards #1 will not be denied when it lays siege to comic shops everywhere on May 13th with Artyom Topiin, Andrew Krahnke, Scott Sugiuchi, Brian Level and the ultra-special HUMAN BLOOD VARIANT that will be spoken of in whispers by your future descendants.
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