Malaka Studios Trifecta

Seemed like a good time to update everyone on the most current news from the three Malaka Studios books I edited for Juan Torres and crew. Nancy is doing well in trade, all four issues of Suicide Forest are out, and Drums pick up this May. Hope everyone is checking out these great titles.
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Available NOW in Stores!

NANCY IN HELL TRADE PAPERBACK
IMAGE COMICS / $12.99
Story: El Torres / Art: Juan Jose Ryp & Malaka Studios

The hit, mature-readers, gore-fest that's the story of a girl gone to Hell is now collected together in one volume, with a gorgeous new Ryp cover and a never before published short story.
Nancy was a cheerleader with a great life: captain of the football team for a boyfriend, good friends, and some occasional habits that didn't really hurt anyone, even if they weren't strictly legal. But that all ended after an ill-fated camping trip that started as the best weekend of her life, and turned out to be the last weekend of her life. Now she's in Hell, and whether deserved or not...she's getting out!

   

SUICIDE FOREST
4-Issue Series / IDW / $3.99 / Available NOW!
Writer: El Torres / Art: Gaby Hernández / Edits: C. Edward Sellner
Just outside of Tokyo lies Aokigahara, a vast forest and one of the most beautiful wilderness areas in Japan… which is also the most famous suicide spot in the entire world. Legend has it that the spirits of those many suicides are still roaming—haunting deep in those ancient woods.

This series from the creators of the acclaimed The Veil examines the lives of Alan, an average worker from Tokyo and his rather unhealthy relationship with Masami, and Ryoko, a forest ranger who recovers the suicide victim’s bodies from the woods. We discover that behind Ryoko’s unconcerned surface lies a secret, and these three lives will be forever changed by the darkness waiting for them in the Suicide Forest.

Coming Soon to Comic Shops

DRUMS
4-ISSUE SERIES / IMAGE COMICS / $2.99
DIAMOND ORDER CODES: #1: MAR110519 / #2: APR110501 / #3: MAY110506
#4: Pre-Order in June

Writer: El Torres
Art: Abe Hernando & Kwaichang Kraneo / Covers: Raul Allen
32 Pages / FC

In our world there exists an ancient religion with many names and many disguises: Candomble, Palo Mayombe, Santeria... Voodoo. FBI agent Martin Irons is sent to investigate the sudden deaths of an entire gathering of followers at a ceremony, an assignment horrible enough before one of the mangled corpses rises and leads him on a sinister path. A new horror story with possesions, santeros, zombies... all set to the thunderous boom of drums!