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HUGE Crazies News! Full Preview As Top Cow Announces 4 Issue Comic Prequel Plus Motion Comic Plans!
There’s just something about Overture films upcoming remake of George A Romero’s grossly over looked “THE CRAZIES” that has me expecting great things. Maybe its the gigantic marketing campaign, or the fact that Timothy Olyphant has very rarely been a let down in even the worst of roles, but whatever the case the aggressive marketing just took a huge leap forward. Inside you’ll find the full details on Top Cows’ huge plans to release a 4 part prequal comic starting as soon as this Wednesday! “The Crazies tells the story of a sheriff whose small town of Ogden Marsh is infected with an unknown toxin, turning the residents sadistically violent. The sheriff and a small band of friends and family, including his pregnant wife, must somehow find a way to avoid the bloodthirsty masses while escaping from the town.”
John Geddes of the USA Today writes,
“The four comic books, produced by Top Cow Productions and American Original Press, will come out in two-issue installments on Feb. 17 and 24. Written by industry rising stars Ivan Brandon, Josh Fialkov, Brian Reed and Marc Andreyko, the comic book tie-ins present deeper preludes to some of the events depicted in the film.”
In addition to the actual movie, there will also be four comic books, digital motion comics, a Facebook game application, an e-mail game and an iPhone application based on the film. Here’s what USA Today is reporting,
The digital-motion comic version of The Crazies , co-produced by Starz Digital Media, will be available on Feb. 23 through iTunes, Playstation Store and Amazon Video On-Demand Store.
In addition to digital and traditional comics, the movie has also tapped into social networking and mobile devices to spread its campaign of horror and hype. A free Facebook application is available called The Crazies Tower Defense . Produced by Starz Digital Media and Merscom, the game’s goal is for players to put up defenses around Ogden Marsh to prevent attacks from the infected citizens.
The iPhone application, Beware the Infected , allows users to “crazify” their own photo portraits and insert those altered images into “wanted” posters. There is also an interactive game called Battlemail which allows users to become one of the infected characters from the movie and challenge their friends to a battle via e-mail or Facebook.”
Here’s a first look at the mini-series coming from Top Cow over the next few weeks…
THE CRAZIES #1: HOPMAN BOG
“The exclusive four-issue prequel to the upcoming blockbuster horror film THE CRAZIES from Overture Films begins here. Meet Rory Hamill, aka ‘Patient Zero’, the first victim of a pathogenic rage that will change the world as we know it. Something is wrong.”
ISSUE #1 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 17th
THE CRAZIES #2: DWYER CREEK
“The raging pathogen continues its vicious course of destruction as its origin is slowly unveiled. Bill Farnum, a mild mannered husband and father battles a slow descent into rabid craziness. What chance does an average family man stand when the monster inside is revealed?”
ISSUE #2 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 17th
THE CRAZIES #3: BLACK POND
“Water and terror flow downstream to the banks of Black Pond and the spookiness of the town morgue. Charlie Finley, proprietor of said establishment, is a good and decent man – until confronted with the limitless rage of a biological pathogen.”
ISSUE #3 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 24th
THE CRAZIES #4: OGDEN MARSH
“It all comes down to this, the fourth and final issue in this exclusive prequel to the Overture Films release THE CRAZIES. Terror and destruction has finally come downstream to the small town of Ogden Marsh and panic is spreading faster than the pathogen.”
ISSUE #4 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 24th
Comics
‘You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive’ – IDW Dark’s Next Horror Comic Will Make You Question Reality
Five friends. Four houses. One perfect life. Bloody Disgusting is excited to exclusively announce You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive, a brand new horror comic from IDW Dark.
From Eisner-Nominated writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, and rising horror artist Heather Vaughan, You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is described as a “paranoia-laced, socially-conscious, horror mystery that will leave you questioning reality, and reveal that this crafted world is more of a nightmare than the idealistic dream they were expecting.”
Phoebe Joplin has never questioned the world her parents built: a secluded community where she and her friends were raised to be smarter, stronger, and better than anyone else. No distractions. No dangers. No secrets. Until the night of their graduation.
When one of them dies under impossible circumstances, Phee starts to pull at the edges of her perfect life—and what she finds is something far more terrifying than she ever imagined.
Because this place isn’t a sanctuary. It’s a cage. And no one who discovers the truth ever leaves it alive.
Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing (Batman – One Bad Day: Clayface, Star Trek: The Last Starship) co-write the upcoming IDW Dark horror comic, featuring art by Heather Vaughan.
Jackson Lanzing said in a statement to Bloody Disgusting, “You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is in many ways a spiritual successor to our last creator-owned horror, The Principles of Necromancy – a dive into the promise and consequence of playing god with the blood of innocents. But the Hivemind book this reminds me of most is Clayface: One Bad Day. This is a deeply human story with intensely raw emotions – five best friends and their five mysterious parents, tearing one another apart for the promise of some impossible glory that’s waiting just beyond their darkest actions. We’re thrilled to be bringing this story to life with our long-time partner in crime, editor Heather Antos, at IDW Dark – and we’re particularly excited to give our Clayface fans a new, brutal and emotional horror made just for them.”
Adds Collin Kelly, “We’re deconstructing a feeling that seems universal these days; our elders have a death grip on their power, without any intention of giving it up to the generations that come next. YNLTPA is about growing up with the limitless potential of the future… and realizing how much it’s a lie we’ve been fed to keep us under the yoke of the past. Bringing this brutal experience to life is our artist and co-creator, Heather Vaughan, who brings an incredible amount of humanity to our cast. But it’s in our youthful leads that Heather’s art really shines – you are going to fall in love with these young people, even as they go through the worst experience of their lives. What we’ve all crafted together is going to be tragic, painful, but above all else, sincere – with a future so uncertain, there’s only one thing we can trust: you’ll never leave this place alive.”
“Some horror stories are about monsters in the dark. YNLTPA is about realizing the monsters raised you,” previews Senior Group Editor Heather Antos. “Working with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly on this series has been a dream in the darkest possible way. They’ve built a story that’s layered, brutal, and deeply emotional, and every issue gives artist Heather Vaughan opportunities to push the art into places that feel both haunting and deeply personal. Some horror comics will keep you up at night…this is one that will stick with you for years to come.”
The first issue of You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive goes on sale October 14, 2026! Make sure to pre-order at your local comic shop by September to guarantee a copy.
Exclusively check out the various covers for Issue #1 down below.
IDW Publishing’s horror imprint IDW DARK features comics like A Quiet Place: Storm Warning, Smile: For the Camera, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Twilight Zone, Event Horizon: Dark Descent & Event Horizon: Inferno, and more.
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