Last week in advance of the Image solicits, we ran a piece about the upcoming Image/Shadowline book “Strangeways” by Riley Rossmo and Alex Link, their follow-up collaboration after last year’s wonderful “Rebel Blood.” However, we were asked to take down the post as some issues came in regards to the title, so the post was taken down.
We can now inform you that the issue has been resolved, and the book has a new title:
“Drumhellar.”
Below, find the Image announcement and, below that, the original post we ran with our initially exclusive cover reveals by Riley Rossmo and Roc Upchurch.
Image Press Release
Image Comics recently announced the debut of an all new series by writer Alex Link and artist Riley Rossmo, titled STRANGEWAYS. This series will now be known as DRUMHELLAR. DRUMHELLAR tells the story of a paranormal detective who receives shock-induced visions that drive him to a small town in South Dakota filled with werewolves, demons and his ex-girlfriend. The first issue features a cover by Riley Rossmo and an alternate cover by Roc Upchurch, artist of RAT QUEENS DRUMHELLAR #1 will be in stores on November 6 and can be pre-ordered from the September issue of Previews (Cover A – Rossmo: SEP130495, Cover B – Upchurch: SEP130496).
Original post, August 10th, 2013
We had a glimpse of this before at the end of “Dia De Los Muertos” by Riley Rossmo and a series of different writers, but coming in November we can now debut the solicit and covers for Alex Link and Riley Rossmo’s latest collaboration, “Strangeways” from Image/Shadowline.
Having previously collaborated on the rather excellent “Rebel Blood,” which was a different sort of take on the zombie genre, “Strangeways” follows a paranormal detective as he has to deal with a barrage of strange and curious encounters in his line of work — bog-men, werewolf ex-girlfriends, demons… and then after that, it just gets weird.
Featuring an additional variant cover up Roc Upchurch of the upcoming “Rat Girls” series with Kurtis Wiebe, the plan as far as we know is for this to be a four-issue mini-series along the same veil as “Rebel Blood.” But you never know. The concept does sound like there’s a lot of breathing room, now doesn’t it?
STRANGEWAYS #1
story ALEX LINK
art RILEY ROSSMO
cover A RILEY ROSSMO
cover B ROC UPCHURCHNOVEMBER 6
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.50When shock-induced visions drive a detective specializing in the paranormal to a small town in South Dakota, he finds himself up against flesh-hungry bog-men, his ex-girlfriend, their mutual ex-girlfriend (did we mention she’s a werewolf?), and a demon that’s stolen his arsenal of psychedelics. Then things start to get weird. We live in strange times. They call for strange ways!
