Bob from the Comic Book Page Podcast sent this in:
The new Hellraiser comic from Boom! hits the stands today.
The cool part is that it’s written by Cliver Barker & this is only the third time that Clive has “touched” the characters — the first with his novella “THE HELLBOUND HEART” and the second being the first HELLRAISER film. With the HELLRAISER ongoing comic series, Clive Barker returns to his signature creation.
In honor of this re-launch, Boom! has provided an exclusive 8-page “Prelude” to the comic that available via PDF:
* This is is a complete self-contained original 8 page Hellraiser story.
* The story takes place before issue #1 of the new HELLRAISER ongoing, written by Clive Barker and drawn by Leonardo Manco
* This IS NOT a preview of anything from the first issue. This is all new, all original content.
* There is no way to get this content outside of the PDF. It will not be put into print until the TPB collection.
Head over to the Comic Book Page forum for further details.
I’d be curious on your take, Damian. Manco did some great art on Hellblazer for Vertigo, and I’m liking what I see so far in Hellraiser…..
I’ll check out the download when I get home from work… I know I’ve ordered the first issue at least to see what it’s like but I’m a big Clive Barker fan and really want this to take off!