AfterShock Comics have announced “10 Years to Death,” a new, 48-page ‘One-Shock’ by writer/actor Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica), and artist Cliff Richards (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”). Described as a cross between The Shawshank Redemption and The Sixth Sense, the book follows a newly hired prison guard, a recently incarcerated mass murderer, “and the death that binds them together. What happens when the murdered becomes the murderer?”
In the press release, Douglas said “this is a story born out of an experience I had as a young boy with one of my uncles and my dad. I snuck to a spot in the house to listen to my uncle relate his tale to my dad. It confused and terrified me at the time and to this day I still have a very creepy feeling inside when I tell it to people. I think it is a fascinating story and whenever I tell it people are enthralled and I want to share it with a wider audience. I hope this can achieve that.”
“10 Years to Death” will be released on September 29, 2021, and will retail for $6.99. The book will be available with an incentive cover by Michael Gaydos, 1000 copies of which will be signed by Douglas, for a retail price of $19.99. Check out the cover, a raw preview, and additional comments from Douglas below:
AARON DOUGLAS ON SOME OF THE INSPIRATIONS BEHIND CREATING THE BOOK:
“As with all of my writing for AfterShock the inspirations come from CCO and Publisher Joe Pruett who demands more stories every time we are able to find each other for an evening out for dinner. I have a laundry list of stories and I piece meal them out to him hoping that he’ll fall in love with another one and want me to make it a book. He hasn’t failed me yet.”
AARON DOUGLAS ON HIS APPROACH TO WRITING COMICS AND HOW IT DIFFERS FROM/OR IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF HIS APPROACH TO ACTING:
“For me story telling is story telling, it just takes different shapes and has different forms. Whether I am writing for TV or a Film or for a comic book the story is king, or queen. Writing is different from acting in that when I am acting I am collaborating with the person, or persons, who wrote the piece and we are sharing the creation of the character. I feel more in control when I am writing but when you are writing by yourself you don’t get the other perspective from the writer. I often find that invaluable, to be able to speak to the writer and ask questions about their vision which helps inform my understanding of the character and influences performance.”
AARON DOUGLAS ON (3) REASONS WHY COMIC READERS SHOULD PCIKUP THIS BOOK?
“1. It’s a true story and it is creepy as hell.
2. Cliff Richards is an amazing artist and he draws what is in my mind and it freaks me out sometimes. HA
3. If you present the book to me at a con we’ll have a beer and we can talk more about the story. Free beer from Chief!”
AARON DOUGLAS ON THE FIRST COMIC HE EVER READ:
“I grew up in a fundamentalist Christian home so comics were verboten for myself and my brother. I think the first comic I read would have been at my cousins house. His dad collected Archie comics so when I was about 12 years old I found the stash of comics with my cousin and I read them for hours. After Battlestar Galactica came about and I started going to conventions I would wander the Artist Alley and stop at the different comic companies and marvel at all the amazing work done by these incredibly creative people. Quite often the people would recognize me from the show and load me up with books. I would go home with dozens and dozens of books which I would read and then leave around set where they would be poured over by the cast and crew. We made a lot of fans over those years. It was a wonderful thing.”
