MURDERVALE Or Bust!

MILWAUKIE, Ore., — It’s time to travel to the middle of nowhere with Murdervale, a new horror graphic novel by Vicente Cifuentes, to be available in English for the first time! Originally published as three books under SAF Comics, the Dark Horse Books paperback edition will collect all three graphic novels into one.

Victor and Sara are going through a rough spell. Stress from work leads to constant arguments, but when Victor collapses, the couple decides it’s time to go on a vacation—doctor’s orders! With no destination in mind, they get in the car and drive. They encounter a shopkeeper who tells them about a town so remote it isn’t even on the map. When they manage to find it, Victor starts to get the feeling the town isn’t what it seems. Worse yet, Victor’s medication is causing nightmarish hallucinations—but what if they’re real? Now, it’s no longer about making sure their relationship survives–it’s about making sure they do.

“Murdervale has been one of the works that have brought me the most joy personally,” Cifuentes said, “not only when I started to write it, but also after the years, seeing how fans keep asking me for a new installment. When I started writing the first book, I could not imagine what I was really creating, I used it more as an artistic and personal catharsis; I needed to release this story into the world.

“I wanted to tell ordinary stories, with characters that people could easily connect with, and stories that would show us their inner worlds and their personal growing. This is what I wanted to do in Murdervale, by developing each character little by little and seeing how they evolve in an environment that I’ve always been a big fan of: horror-thriller. Well, in Murdervale I also wanted to honor some of the movies I grew up with in the 80s-90s.

“Also, I looked for a comfortable rhythm for the reader, and this is why each arc starts with a similar structure in the making of the story, with the intention that the reader feels comfortable in a journey that somehow seems familiar, but that changes and provides new information every time, creating an atmosphere that catches her/him from the very first minute.”

Murdervale will be available in bookstores September 19, 2023 and in comic shops September 20, 2023. It is now available for pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local comic shop and bookstore.

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Praise for Murdervale:

“Vicente Cifuentes shows us who he is and why he has been working for publishers like Marvel and DC for so many years. His work is impeccable, with an excellent technique that gives a great atmosphere to the story.”

—Rubén Pozo Verdugo, hellofriki.com (Spain)

“We are in front of a story that can be summarized in one word: cinematographic, as it puts together all the elements you can find in a good horror and suspense movie.”

—José Ramón Álvarez García, tomosygrapas.wordpress.com (Spain)

About Dark Horse Comics 

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