While
wandering through various comic sites and forums I came across the announcement
of the new comic by writer Montclare (Fear Itself: Fearsome Four) and
illustrator Amy Reeder (Batwoman, Madame Xanadu.) It’s called HALLOWEEN EVE and
is a one shot that will hit the shelves some time before Halloween in October
of this year. They are stressing the point that it is a self-contained,
stand-alone and not the beginning of a full series.
Let
me just get this out: Oh my Rowling! Oh my Rowling! Is it October yet?! Good
now that I’ve had my moment we can move on. So far this project looks extremely
promising. It’s going to consist of 40 pages (32 of actual storyline content,
the rest is probably an ad for a lunch box or something pointless) and best of
all its full color. Opposed to what? Not sure actually.
HALLOWEEN
EVE follows the life of surprisingly a girl named Eve. Didn’t see that one
coming, huh? The comic is centered on a young woman who works at a dead-end
costume shop. Every day she’s surrounded by masks, costumes and novelties
probably made of plastic like most are these days. HALLOWEEN EVE takes place
right before Halloween when things in the shop actually start bumping around at
night and maybe even during the day. Eve has to fight her way through and make
it to Halloween alive and not get eaten I’m assuming.
Eve is an expert costumer who seems
to be both snarky and merciless in the ability to size up others. So far I like
her dearly. In stated on the Official Press Release (link at the bottom) her
downfall is that she can’t find the kickass powers inside herself. Because of
this these little bumps in the night started to bump and come alive just to
find out who Eve really is beneath a mask of her own. From this alone I am
already hooked.
The storyline according to Reeder,
“will break your heart and blow you away.” Score! Exactly what I want 75% of
stories to do. The other 25% are Disney movies and Glee. Don’t judge! Anyways
both Montclare and Reeder have expressed immense joy over who is publishing
their little love child since all the decisions have been put in the creator’s
hands and not the publishers. For all you die-hards you probably already
figured out which publishing house it is but for every one else it’s Image who
are known to be very creator-owned oriented. With a storyline like this one that
should basically be kicking us in the face this October, hands off is probably
for the best.
My advice once October hits, run to
your local comic book stores and pester those lovable desk clerks until you
have a copy in your hand.
And
thank you Image, Reeder and Montclare! It’s not like I wasn’t looking forward to
October with all those awesome decorations, clothes and ambiance enough you
just had to give me another thing to look forward to. I swear if I start
yelling at a Time Lord to take me to October 2012 and ‘accidently’ get dropped
in the 70’s I blame HALLOWEEN EVE.
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