Caitlin Yarsky teamed up with Darkish Horse Comics for Dwelling Hell, a darkish trendy fantasy story centered on Jerome Jameel, “a loving father and husband who additionally occurs to be a demon”: “He’s fled his former jail of Hell to reside incognito on earth as a bartender, hiding in plain sight. Jerome is set to remain out of bother, however when he kills one in every of Hell’s most vicious bounty hunters in self protection, he inherits the job of infernal bailiff, searching down his personal type. Jerome quickly faces a variety of historical deities and monsters, from the human-eating ghosts often known as Jikininki to psychopomps like Baron Samedi. However with each act of betrayal, Jerome loses just a little extra of his hard-earned humanity.”
Together with a 5-page preview you may learn proper now, we caught up with Dwelling Hell author & artist Caitlin Yarsky to study extra concerning the upcoming sequence:
Within the first concern alone, you determine such a wealthy mythology for the world of Dwelling Hell, that I am dying to study extra! What was the inspiration for this sequence and may you discuss the way you discovered a house for it at Darkish Horse?
Caitlin Yarsky: I’ve all the time been fascinated by mythology and folklore world wide, and by trendy tales that incorporate them in a relatable method. There’s additionally one thing actually enjoyable a couple of monster-of-the-week throwback as a result of it makes the universe extra expandable and modular, but in addition permits for a bigger story arc inside it.
It is a story about demons and monsters, however it’s deeply rooted in a narrative about household. What are you able to inform our readers concerning the household on the heart of Dwelling Hell and why their story is so necessary to you?
Caitlin Yarsky: It may appear cliche however I took quite a lot of inspiration from my childhood and buddies I’ve had in numerous phases of my life. I had a fairly uncommon childhood, raised largely by a single dad who was a singer-songwriter and an energetic guardian that I acquired together with rather well. My household speaks fluent sarcasm and quite a lot of our group texts are lengthy strings of improv meant to make one another chortle. I spotted not too long ago that I hadn’t seen quite a lot of household dynamics like this in books I’ve learn, and thought it will be one thing comparatively distinctive I might carry to the story.
Are you able to give us some perception into your inventive course of to develop these characters and creatures?
Caitlin Yarsky: I handled the “monster-of-the-week” demons the identical method as the primary characters. I needed to painting themes of “othering”, of alienation and bigotry towards any teams designated as outsiders. So by giving a glimpse of the demons’ private relationships, pasts and their roles in human society, it emphasizes the way in which Hell is actually demonizing them so as in justify searching them down. I additionally needed the primary character to be a form of anti-hero, as a result of a “good” particular person feeling trapped into doing one thing horrible provides some nuance that makes writing him extra enjoyable and attention-grabbing.
What sort of tease are you able to give our readers on what they will anticipate over the sequence’ first 4 points?
Caitlin Yarsky: Prepare for extra fights with demons from world wide, household secrets and techniques popping out, love and sacrifice. And Pants the canine being the dumbest, sweetest sidekick ever.
Are you able to give our readers a handful of suggestions of movies they need to watch to get them prepared for Dwelling Hell?
Caitlin Yarsky: Right here’s a mixture of movie/television that impressed this sequence: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Triplets of Belleville, the Iron Large, and Coraline.
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Dwelling Hell #1 (of 4) arrives at your native comedian guide store on November sixth. For extra on Dwelling Hell and Darkish Horse Comics, go to: www.darkhorse.com
