THE VOICE SAID KILL
Cover A by Vanesa Del Rey (art) and Emma Price (logo/design)
Cover B by Christian Ward
Cover C by Tula Lotay
THE LOUISIANA BAYOU.
GATOR POACHERS PROWL THROUGH FEVER-DREAM FORESTS.
A moonshine matriarch sneers and a lonesome park ranger cradles her belly.
and in the swamp a hateful man feasts on fungus and prepares for war.
THE VOICE SAID KILL is a unique Cajun crime thriller in four supersized chapters, from award winning creators VANESA DEL REY (Black Widow, Redlands) and SI SPURRIER (Step By Bloody Step, Hellblazer).
Issue #1 drops July 23.
Surprise! Hot on the heels of A MISCHIEF OF MAGPIES, another graphical curiosity is disgorged from the spursphere.
Odd one, this. But beautiful. Easy to forget I got my start as a crime novelist, and I’ve been dying to get back to a less overtly fantastical narrative.
Plenty more to say about this book in the next few months. For now, you’ll find the core announcement over at Gamesradar/Newsarama, and here’s a little snippet of the inevitable creator-polish they use to gild the lily:
“I’ve waited years to make this book,” said Spurrier. “The story arrived in my brain fully formed—that never happens. This perfect, self-contained spiral of murder, moonshine and motherhood, steaming with Cajun chaos and swamp spice. What’s taken so long has been finding the right artist. In my view, the key power of the comic book medium lies in taking something outwardly familiar and infusing it with a sort of transcendent magic. In Vanesa, I’ve found the most exceptional expression of that transformative sorcery. What’s emerged is this visionary, impressionistic fever-dream, which elevates a hardboiled crime thriller into a psychedelic bayou epiphany, unlike anything I’ve ever written or read.”
“The Voice Said Kill asks the reader to step out of their comfort zone and into the darkness that lurks in the shadows of the Louisiana swamps and in the hearts of men,” added Del Rey. “I want this book to send you on a transcendental journey as if you were tripping on mushrooms in the real jungle. I can say that my own mind has been transformed, making this book possible. So please enjoy the trip, and don't forget to call your mother.”
Cover A by Vanesa Del Rey
Cover B (1:25 incentive) by Christian Ward
Cover C (1:50 incentive) by Tula Lotay
THE VOICE SAID KILL #1 (of 4) will be available at comic book stores on Wednesday, July 23: