“In a world the place hope rides the rails, each cease may very well be your final…” Out there this January from Mad Cave Studios, we’ve got your first have a look at KILL TRAIN, the forthcoming “adrenaline-pumping dystopian horror sequence” written by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs, that includes artwork by Martina Niosi, colours by Simone D’Angelo, and letters by Becca Carey. We’ve got all the main points on the brand new sequence, preview pages, and a have a look at covers from Skylar Patridge and Alison Sampson.
Synopsis: To regulate the inhabitants explosion that almost crippled town, New York has instituted Kill Practice, a randomized, extermination program the place designated subway trains are picked at random, and all of the passengers are slaughtered by the tip of the road. On this not-so-distant future, we meet Vanessa, a struggling single mother within the midst of a nervous breakdown, who discovers that she, herself, is on a Kill Practice. Now, for as soon as in her life and with the whole lot to show, Vanessa decides she’s not happening with out a struggle.
“Kill Practice is each probably the most psychotic and, paradoxically, probably the most private factor I’ve ever written,” stated sequence author Olivia Cuartero-Briggs. “The essential idea got here to me in a dream a few years in the past, however when it got here time to stipulate the story, I used to be going by way of one of many darkest moments of my life. I might have run from it, I suppose. I might have drummed up some cool, thrilling plot with a personality I plucked from my creativeness, however that is not what occurred. I used to be unhappy and offended and determined. And so, as a substitute, I poured each little bit of my very own rage, frustration, and devastation into this story, and by the tip of the define – which I wrote virtually solely on the Eurostar from Paris to London and again once more – I felt utterly and completely validated. Penning this ebook modified me. It helped me heal, and it jogged my memory what I am product of. I cannot wait to share it with the world.”
“Engaged on Kill Practice is one in every of my greatest work experiences!” stated artist Martina Niosi. “Olivia’s story is immersive and lets the reader empathize with the characters as a result of it reveals us emotions, fears and difficulties that many human beings have in widespread however are sometimes hidden. Kill Practice as a substitute guides us by way of these emotions with a rising suspense, exhibiting us each the darker facet and the braveness to go ahead. I attempted to precise this vortex of feelings with my drawings that developed together with the environment of the story and located completeness with Simone’s colours. Kill Practice’s result’s undoubtedly the work of a wonderful group that has made the creation of this comedian ebook a second of development, reflection and enjoyable and I’m certain that the reader will discover and revel in it.”
“Coloring Kill Practice has been and is an ongoing shock, as a result of the story is stuffed with very enjoyable palettes to make and I am certain readers will recognize the darkish and introspective tones of the story,” stated colorist Simone D’Angelo. “Particularly the darkest moments that the protagonist goes by way of that Martina was in a position to interpret effectively and of which I hope I’ve given justice by way of coloration. I realized lots engaged on this ebook. I am unable to look ahead to folks to learn it.”
“Fasten your seatbelt, this practice stops for nobody.” One of many first scares from Mad Cave Studios in 2025, Kill Practice #1 (of 5) shall be obtainable in comedian ebook outlets on January twenty second.
Cowl A by Skylar Patridge
Cowl B by Alison Sampson
