SLAYER have announced their foray into comic books. The band and its label, Nuclear Blast, has teamed with comics publisher Dark Horse (Sin City, Hellboy) for a three-part title, the first of which, Slayer: Repentless, Vol. 1, will come out later this year.
According to RollingStone.com, the plot takes inspiration from the revenge-themed videos they’ve made for ‘Repentless’ and ‘You Against You’, both of which share a story arc devised by director BJ McDonnell (Hatchet III).
“I think of the songs I write as stories,” SLAYER‘s Kerry King tells Rolling Stone.
“And if nothing else, they are certainly visual. BJ managed to string it all together so it made sense.”
The comics, however, are written by Jon Schnepp – a former Metalocalypse director who has penned comics based on that series – and interior art by Guiu Vilanova (Twilight Zone, Conan The Avenger). The debut issue sports two covers: a standard cover by Glenn Fabry (Hellblazer, Preacher) with the videos’ blood-spattered eyepatch guy and a variant by Eric Powell (The Goon, Hillbilly) depicting a skeleton pierced with stakes.
Check out the artwork and read more at RollingStone.com.