You’ll Do Bad Things is one of the most highly anticipated new comics hitting this year. Coming from Tyler Boss, with art by Adriano Turtulici, the March-debuting series is pulp horror at its finest. And in advance of the comic book’s release, Image Comics has released several pages of penciled and finished artwork, along with Boss and Turtulici’s commentary.
“I wanted our first scene of the book to be a kill,” said Boss via press release. “Something that sets the stage in no uncertain terms that we’re making a slasher comic. But part of the fun of that is playing with the audience’s expectations.”
Continued Boss, “Trying to get a jumpscare in a comic is hard because most readers tend to scan an entire page briefly as they turn to it. That said, I think Adriano did an incredible job here of selling the terror in this first glimpse of the killer. The reader asks themselves ‘where did that guy come from?’ and as they turn to the next page, realizing he must have been in the car even when Ronny was in there. How long was he back there, waiting?”
Continuing, Turtulici commented on page six where the killer gets out of the car. “I chose this solution for a different perspective of the sequence to keep the tension high,” Turtulici said. “We’ve just witnessed a murder, and I liked the idea of introducing our killer as if he’s still hungry, still craving for more. I hope it creates an unsettling feeling. The story is just beginning and the danger is far from over. Also, this is one of the pages we did for the pitch—I felt it wasn’t the right moment to be too subtle or suggestive. I wanted each page to hit hard, to set the tone of the series.”
In the series, per Image, “it’s been ten years since the release of He Came in With a Smile, the true crime smash hit that chronicled the brutal murders committed by the Nursery Rhyme Killer. But in the decade since its release, its author Seth Holms hasn’t produced another title. He wants to write a story with a happy ending, but every time his fingers clack across the keyboard, it always ends in his character’s death. Worse yet? These tales of blood and barbarity that flow so freely from Seth’s mind are starting to happen in real life.”
You can check out You’ll Do Bad Things 31 in full when it hits stores on March 26. Check out the full list of covers for the first three issues of the six issue series, below. And click on the images for larger versions.
With an FOC date of Monday, March 3, You’ll Do Bad Things #1 (of 6) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, March 26:
- Cover A by Tyler Boss — Lunar code 0125IM323
- Cover B by Adriano Turtulici — Lunar code 0125IM324
- Cover C (1:10 incentive) by Jenna Cha — Lunar code 0125IM325
- Cover D (1:25 incentive) by Marcos Martín — Lunar code 0125IM326
- Cover E by Gigi Cavenago – Lunar code 0125IM803
You’ll Do Bad Things #2 (of 6) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, April 30:
- Cover A by Tyler Boss — Lunar code 0225IM439
- Cover B by Adriano Turtulici — Lunar code 0225IM440
- Cover C (1:10 incentive) by Michael Walsh — Lunar code 0225IM441
You’ll Do Bad Things #3 (of 6) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, May 28:
- Cover A by Tyler Boss — Lunar code 0325IM404
- Cover B by Adriano Turtulici — Lunar code 0325IM405
- Cover C (1:10 incentive) by Joshua Hixson — Lunar code 0325IM406
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