After taking a deconstructionist look at ’90s superheroes with Local Man, Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley are back in action for The Princess Murders. And this time, they’re turning their focus from early Image Comics to Disney Princesses.
“Tim and I knew we wanted to make another series together, we just couldn’t land on what that would be,” said Fleecs via press release. “We bounced around a bunch of ideas and nothing really sparked until Tim manipulated me by just smooshing two of my favorite things together. He said, ‘What if we did an Animated Princess Giallo?’ Immediately I saw what this could be and, just like when I had the idea for Stray Dogs, I knew Tim and I were specifically the people who had to make this book—the guy who made Hack/Slash and the guy from Stray Dogs? With colors by the genius colorist behind Marvel’s Spinstress? That’s who you want making your Animated Princess Slasher comic.”
Added Seeley, “The Princess Murders combines our love (and hate) for fairy tale animation and whodunnit slasher horror. It’s got all of the affection and innovation that’s become the hallmark of one of our collaborations—plus lots of really twisted ideas.”
Here’s the synopsis:
In The Princess Murders, a princess has been murdered and it’s up to her wicked stepsister and fairy Godmother to catch the killer. A Snow White Slasher! Sleeping Beauty Giallo! The Princess Murders combines the self-aware cheek of films like Enchanted and the Barbie movie and pushes them into the magical realm of campy horror.
Fleecs has been playing variations on this theme before with Stray Dogs and Feral, which both lean into the style of Don Bluth movies with serial killer and zombie tropes, respectively, as well as Uncanny Valley, which mashed up a slew of other animated tropes and characters.
…And now there’s The Princess Murders, which hits stores on December 9, 2026. You can check out preview pages and covers below.
- Cover A by Seeley & Fleecs – UPC: 70985304963000111
- Cover B virgin by Jenny Frison – UPC: 70985304963000121
- Cover C Army of Darkness Horror Homage by Seeley & Allen Passalaqua – UPC: 70985304963000131
- Cover D Sleeping Beauty Animation Homage by Seeley & Passalaqua – UPC: 70985304963000141
- Cover E Blank Sketch – UPC: 70985304963000151
- Cover F Polybagged NSFW variant by Seeley & Fleecs – UPC: 70985304963000161
- Cover G 1:50 by Suspiria – UPC: 70985304963000171
- Cover H virgin foil 1:100 by Frison – UPC: 70985304963000181
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