Dead Men Tell Tales: Freaktown Comics Launching Retro Horror Anthology on Kickstarter
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After an 18-month absence from Kickstarter campaigns, FREAKTOWN COMICS bounces back with a new title, marking a return to the realm of horror - DEAD MEN TELL TALES.
Inspired by early seventies contemporary British horror cinema, especially the portmanteau films of Amicus, DEAD MEN TELL TALES is a 150-page retro anthology graphic novel featuring ten great artists based in the UK. And one from Spain - because what's a seventies UK anthology comic without at least one Spanish artist?
Dead Men Tell Tales features ten tales of terror, along with a wraparound story that links everything together, and is priced at £15 for physical copies or £10 for digital downloads.
The Kickstarter campaign will run from 23rd August, and is looking to raise at least £2000.
So, if you like early 1970s contemporary British horror cinema, such as From Beyond the Grave, The House That Dripped Blood, Theatre of Blood, and Death Line, this could be the book for you. And if you don't, you may still find something to enjoy. Or you could buy it for a friend, if your friends are a bit strange.
Dead Men Tell Tales is scripted by Russell Hillman, with art by Sergio Calvet, Elliot Balson, Phoebe Marshall, Jim Laverey, Izzy Hatherell, Maria Radulescu, Yaya To (JU5T), Bevis Musson, Dave Metcalfe-Carr, Cai Howells and Adam Balson, letters by Sergio Calvet and additional colours by Harry Saxon.
You can sign up to be notified when the Kickstarter is live here.
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