Mike Eakins
Dark Horse Comics has been a mainstay in the industry for horror comics. Next month a new Boston based supernatural series will add itself to the roster. Heading up the new limited-run series is writer Paul Maybury (Valhalla Mad) and artist Sam Lotfi (Last Stop), both Beantown natives, introduce us to a motley cast of characters who plan to take us on a dark and murderous tour around the city (sorry, no stops at Wahlburgers). Recently Maybury and Lotfi sat down with the folks over at Paste for an in-depth look at the what went into the story and its characters.
The official solicit reads as follows:
Detective Migdalia Torres investigates a vicious strangling on a Boston subway car with no feasible leads. As potential evidence produces dead ends, Migdalia inadvertently takes in a vagrant named Yusef who may have a supernatural connection to the crime at hand.
concept art by Sam Lofti
In the interview, Maybury revealed that the idea for the series really springs from the concept that the people society ignores and turn a blind eye to bear witness to another side of the world that we in our rushed lives don’t see. In this four issue mini-series, the creative team will introduce to this world. It’s a world of kindly transit cops, an injured homeless man with dark and perilous visions and of course monsters…
LAST STOP ON THE RED LINE #1
Writer:Paul Maybury
Artist:Sam Lotfi
Colorist:John Rauch
Cover Artist:Sam Lotfi
For an in depth look at the characters and the full interview with the creators go HERE