The specialized portal Bloody Disgusting and the producer Storm King Productions have announced a publishing collaboration. The new imprint will be called John Carpenter Presents and will be led by Sandy King from Storm King. The main focus of this initiative will be the publication of comics within the horror genre, expanding the filmmaker's creative universe.
Editorial production like a movie set 🎬
The process behind this publishing imprint follows a methodology similar to film production. Sandy King will act as showrunner, overseeing creative direction and story consistency. The teams of writers and artists will work under this unified concept, developing story arcs and characters that can expand into different formats. This approach seeks to transfer Carpenter's characteristic visual narrative and atmosphere to the graphic medium.
A guaranteed scare, page by page 😱
With Carpenter involved, it's likely that the comics will include very specific instructions. Imagine the script margins with annotations like here the typography must bleed or this panel needs a synthesized accordion in the background. It's a great time to be a colorist, but a complicated moment for the letterer, who now must emulate the suspense of a soundtrack with simple text balloons.