Werewolves, secret societies and a skeleton carrying around a boom box all come together for the upcoming graphic novel The Dark RoomThe Image Comics hardcover release blends action, adventure, fantasy, horror, and humor. The talented creative team includes Deadpool scribe Gerry Duggan, Angel artist Scott Buoncristiano, and Wonder Woman colorist Tamra Bonvillain.

Duggan is well-known for teaming up with comedian Brian Posehn beginning in 2013 on a Deadpool run that lasted for 45 issues, which has been fondly remembered since it ended back in 2015. Deadpool #27 even won a Guinness World Record for “Most Comic Book Characters on a Single Cover” thanks to the hard work of artist Scott Koblish, who did the art for a lot of this Deadpool run. The Dark Room is not Duggan's first foray into Image Comics either; he recently teamed up with the rest of the Deadpool team to pen a satirical look at America's war on drugs in Image's The Secret History of the War on Weed.

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As revealed by Comic Watch, a four-page preview of The Dark Room along with a trailer released by Image Comics gives readers a sneak peek at the monstrous characters and mayhem to expect in the hardcover. The McGuffin of the story is a camera that holds an undeveloped photo of the face of true evil, which could result in taking out all of New York City. Doune Mahoney, who collects cursed objects (a nice hobby that surely won't have any repercussion), is being hunted in this fantastical world for the camera and finds herself having to deal with the likes of werewolves, secret societies, blessed animals, cursed objects, and so much more in this horror-comedy. Plus she also has to deal with working alongside Walt, "the dancing bones of Times Square," who comes equipped with a boom box.

In the article, Duggan (X-Men) shares his love of working with the creative team as well as amps up the chaos featured in The Dark Room when he says: “Collaborating with Scott and Tamra has been one of the great joys of the last year.... It combines so many things I love: monsters, photography, ancient evils, a werewolf, New York City, and the skeleton of a young man that died breakdancing in the mid-eighties. Scott is going to be your new favorite artist, and if you don’t have fun with this comic, you’re at least a little dead on the inside.” The advance solicit information for this graphic novel implies that it will be the first of many future adventures within this wacky world.

Collect The Dark Room hardcover when it hits comic book stores on June 22, 2022, followed by landing in bookstores a week later on June 28, 2022. The Image Comics graphic novel is currently available for pre-order. The Dark Room could mark the beginning of a bonkers adventure that continues for many years to come depending on how much of New York City is destroyed by the end of it.

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Source: Comic Watch