Dark Horse Comics Collects Guillermo del Toro's THE STRAIN
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DARK HORSE COMICS COLLECTS
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S THE STRAIN!
JUNE 8, MILWAUKIE, OR—Acclaimed
filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and novelist Chuck Hogan bring their New York Times best-selling series of
novels, the Strain Trilogy, to Dark Horse Comics with an ongoing adventure that
takes a terrifying spin on the vampire genre.
Renowned comics creator David Lapham (Stray Bullets, Silverfish)
and artist Mike Huddleston (The Coffin,
Butcher Baker) join forces in this
comic book adaptation unlike any other—bringing del Toro and Hogan’s vision to
life in a story that casts a deadly plague over the whole of humanity. The Strain Volume 1, collecting issues
#1–#6 of this ongoing series, is a horror story unlike any other!
When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK
International Airport and goes dark on the runway, the Centers for Disease
Control, fearing a terrorist attack, calls in Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and his
team of expert biological-threat first responders. Only an elderly pawnbroker
from Spanish Harlem suspects a darker purpose behind the event—an ancient
threat intent on covering mankind in
darkness.
Praise for Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain:
“[The Strain] is one of
the scariest comics on the stands, as genuine surprises await the reader at every turn of the page.
Usually, such big reveals are left to the final moment, but with The
Strain there’s almost a cliffhanger every few pages and that makes
this series a truly surprising, and enjoyable, read.”—Broken Frontier
“One of the year’s
best books. If I were to give you one bit of advice while reading this book,
don’t read it in the dark.”—Comic Buzz
The
Strain Volume 1 is on sale November 14 in comic shops
everywhere!
About Dark Horse
Founded in1986 by Mike
Richardson, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity
and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a
small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the
progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and
artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent such as Frank Miller,
Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Brian Wood, Gerard Way, Felicia Day, and Guillermo
Del Toro, and comics legends such as Will Eisner, Neal Adams, and Jim Steranko,
Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties, including The Mask,
Ghost, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Its successful line of comics
and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Mass
Effect, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Emily the
Strange, Tim Burton’s Tragic Toys for
Girls and Boys, Serenity, and Domo. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic
book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading
publishers of both creator-owned content and licensed comics material.
