Chad Burdette
Scout Comics is gearing up for their new horror imprint Black Caravan with a mystery campaign set to launch their 2021 launch of a new series.
Swamp Dogs will begin with a 5-issue miniseries will beco-written by J.M. Brandt, a former
contributor to popular entertainment sites Screen Rant and The Sportster, and newcomer to
comics, along with Theo Prasidis, author of Image Comics’ The Doomster’s Monolithic Pocket
Alphabet and an upcoming TKO Studios horror series. Illustrating the book is Kewber Baal whose past work includes Army of Darkness: Furious Road, KISS, Garth Ennis’ Jennifer Blood, and currently doing art duties for Dynamite Entertainment’s Vengeance of Vampirella. Comic veteran Ruth Redmond (Deadpool, Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows, and Giant-Size X-Men from Marvel, and others) will be coloring the book, while Steve Wands (Attack on Titan, Action Comics, and Batman to Peanuts, Scalped, and Image hit Gideon Falls). a comic industry veteran with over 1400 credits to his name will handle lettering.
In a press release from Scout Comics, Rich Woodall, Co-Publisher of Black Caravan, said about the upcoming release:
“We have never attempted a mystery campaign before, but it just felt right with this book!
We are really pumped to bring this book to the people. We fell in love with the pitch… and it has so much opportunity to grow and shift in different configurations.”
Joseph Schmalke, Co-Publisher of Black Caravan and CCO of toy division Tracker Collectibles, added:
The book is everything we wanted to represent when we started Black Caravan, and the book is just screaming out for some cool figures. We have some great plans for the merchandising on Swamp Dogs. Really, this book has the chance to be the marquee title for our 2021, and something of a game-changer for us as we continue to grow.”
Black Caravan will be distributing bookmarks featuring teasers leading up to July. Bookmarks will be included in all subscription boxes for Scout Comics leading up to the release of an ashcan comic July 2021. The cover of issue 1, as well as a plot synopsis, will be revealed in July, with the book officially launching on Halloween 2021.
