Excellent news for horror comic lovers! Dark Horse has a new one coming our way from writer/friend of Fango Clay McLeod Chapman (What Kind of Mother, Ghost Eaters) and artist Andrea Mutti (The British Paranormal Society: Time Out of Mind, Haunt You to the End). Séance in the Asylum is a new historical horror series that will have you questioning what’s real and what’s not. Chapman will write the series and Mutti will illustrate, with Trevor Henderson, Francesco Francavilla, Lukas Ketner, and Jenna Cha rounding out the circle and providing variant cover art on issues #1-4.
“Years back, I uncovered an esoteric text -- The Homeopathic Principle Applied to Insanity: A Proposal to Treat Lunacy by Spiritualism by Dr. James John Garth Wilkinson -- written all the way back in 1857, and I knew within my bones, my blood, that this was destined to be a story,” said Chapman. “As a lifelong acolyte of the Fox Sisters, I've always been obsessed with stories about tapping into the hereafter. Now it's an honor to usher you through the veil and explore the other side..."
Let's take a look at the official synopsis for Séance in the Asylum.
1865. Defrauded spiritual medium Alicia Wilkinson is brought to The Ashcroft Hospital at the behest of Dr. John James Templeton. He offers Alicia a second chance to revive her once-thriving career: perform a séance amongst the patients in order to draw out their mental maladies. Alicia performs her first series of séances with the patients—including traumatized soldiers returning from the Civil War and women whose sanity has slipped through their fingers—only to realize their sessions might work all too well. What no one knows is Alicia is a fake. A liar. A cheat… So why are the patients suddenly acting possessed?
We also have not one but two cover reveals for you to feast your eyes upon: the first by artist Andrea Mutti and the second by horror artist Trevor Henderson.
We are ready to head to the asylum! It takes some time to summon the spirits, Séance in the Asylum #1 (of 4) will relay its message in all comic shops on July 24, 2024. It is now available to pre-order from your local comic shop for $3.99. Check out the comic shop locator to find your nearest shop. And for more by Clay McLeod Chapman, you can read Clay's short story “Hermit” in FANGORIA #22.
