MANIAC OF NEW YORK
Published by AfterShock Comics
Written by: Elliott Kalan
Illustrated by: Andrea Mutti
ISBN: 9781949028713
Price: $16.99
Ages: 16 and up
Genre(s): Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror / Crime & Mystery
Page Count: 120 pages
Format: Softcover
On Sale: October 26, 2021
Four years ago, a masked slasher began stalking the streets of New York City.
Maniac Harry is inhuman, unkillable and unstoppable. Which is why the authorities’ solution has been to ignore him, and let New Yorkers adapt to a world where death can strike at any moment. When Maniac Harry starts killing his way through the subway system, trauma-haunted political aide Gina Greene and disgraced NYPD detective Zelda Pettibone become determined to go rogue and destroy him. But how can they fight a monster when they can’t fight City Hall?
From Emmy Award-winning writer Elliott Kalan (The Daily Show, MST3K, Spider-Man & The X-Men) and artist Andrea Mutti (Port of Earth, Hellblazer) comes the horrifying story of what happens when terror becomes the new normal. A frightening, thought-provoking, sometimes funny, always timely tale of murder, obsession and urban living.
Key Selling Points
- As of this writing, Issue #1 is AfterShock’s fastest to sell out title of 2021
- Taps into the long-standing, multi-generational appeal of the “slasher” sub-genre of horror films and graphic novels – from Friday the 13th to Nightmare on Elm Street to Halloween to I Know What You Did Last Summer, even all the way back to Psycho
- According to the writer, “The original inspiration for the series was my extreme adolescent disappointment with Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, which promised a citywide metropolitan bloodbath and delivered a couple shots of Jason walking through Times Square in a bad mood”
- Splatters of political satire throughout
- Writer Elliott Kalan is an Emmy Award-winning writer from The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Series artist and co-creator Andrea Mutti is perhaps best known for his work on DC’s Hellblazer
About the Creator(s)
Elliott Charles Kalan (born December 3, 1981) is an American comedian who is the head writer for Mystery Science Theater 3000 and a former head writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He is also a comic book writer and co-host of the podcast The Flop House.
Advanced Praise
“AfterShock Comics’ Maniac of New York is a wholly entertaining twist on the slasher horror sub-genre.”
— Comic Book Resources
“Maniac of New York starts off big and strong while also providing a lot of good character material to engage with so that it feels really well fleshed out… Kalan nails it perfectly here while Mutti’s artwork drives the intensity of all beautifully.”
— Fandom Post
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