Slashermania is an upcoming comic from Freaktown Comics. The comic, which takes place at a summer camp, has not just one masked killer but 10. The project is currently using Kickstarter to raise the funds. You can learn more about the project below:
1983 – Ten masked maniacs gather in a summer camp for a bizarre contest of murder and mayhem, with prizes awarded for the best kills!
WHAT IS SLASHERMANIA?
1983. Troubled teens from New York and Los Angeles are taken to a summer camp facility to be trained as counsellors and mix safely with other people their own age. Little do they know they are being watched by an audience hungry for sex & violence. They are the designated victims for a bizarre contest of murder and mayhem – WELCOME TO SLASHERMANIA!
Masked maniacs from across the USA, Canada, Italy & the UK compete in various categories: Best Male Solo Death! Best Female Solo Death! Coitus Interruptus! Sin Punishment! Most Creative Kill! Biggest Multiple Death! The coveted Slasher of the Year award!
“And the Slashie goes to…”
Slashermania is an original graphic novel, an epic tribute to the best (and worst) slasher movies of the eighties. Written by Russell Hillman, with art by Ron Joseph, Jake Isenberg and Harry Saxon, and letters by Sergio Calvet.
THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY
For someone in their (very) late thirties, I came reasonably late to full-on slasher fandom. I’d estimate it at some time in 1989, around the time A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master was released on video in the UK (which would put me around 13). Unfortunately, my Freddy evangelist friend could only get the first 3 out from Video World, so we had to stick with those. As the years went on, I dabbled in the Elm Street and Friday the 13th movies, but it was probably Scream that got me on the road to full-blown slasher-fiend. Scream led back to Halloween, which led over to the rest of the Friday the 13th series, and then outward from there.
There have been slasher-based comic books before – all the big franchises have had their own comics at various points, some of them actually quite good. There’s also Tim Seeley’s brilliant Hack/Slash, a title I once got to work with very briefly as editor on the crossover with Halloween Man. Still, I felt there should be more, so I went out and created some.
Slashermania is my over-the-top, pedal-to-the-metal, balls-to-the-wall, bus-to-the-shops (is that a saying? Must investigate) slasher extravaganza. You want a high body-count? Fifty campers. You want psychopaths? Here’s ten.
Fans of slashers, comics, and indie horror should really check this project out. If you can’t contribute then please share the Kickstarter link on whatever social media platform you have! Check it out and support indie horror!
