
Darkish Horse Books proudly groups up with author Jason McNamara (The Rattler) to convey you the neo-noir thriller, Previous Tense. A chilling futuristic story exploring our ever-evolving technological world and the struggles of sustaining private privateness. McNamara is joined by esteemed indie comedian veterans Alberto Massaggia (Hotline Miami: Wildlife), who did the ink and pencil work for the graphic novel, and colorist Paul Little (Bomb Queen), with cowl artwork by Alberto and Sonia Harris (The Bounce).
Ashley is a tour information at PAST TENSE, an organization that sends digital camera drones into the previous to view historical past’s most wicked occasions. When Ashley discovers Silas Inexperienced, an unknown serial killer working prior to now, she begins internet hosting “unique” excursions of his murders. The one downside? Silas remains to be alive within the current. And when he learns of his newfound infamy, he’s impressed to come back out of retirement to make Ashley his closing sufferer, now and without end.
“To me, horror works greatest when it displays real-world considerations,” says Jason McNamara, “if we have now a contemporary bogeyman, it’s our lack of privateness. I wished to couple that with my fascination with unsolved mysteries. What if we might ship a hidden digital camera again via time, to not change historical past, however to view it because it really occurred?
I imagine that we, like Ashley, would finally stumble throughout a secret greatest left undiscovered. “
“Ashley is simply that type of character that I like to work on,” Alberto Massaggia says, “She’s sturdy and cussed, with a touch of cynicism as a result of, a bit like all of us, she has to undergo the challenges of life that change into extra sophisticated day-to-day. And when every little thing will probably be in opposition to her one other time, she has to make use of simply these options to face the misery and the ache that stands out in entrance of her.”
The Previous Tense commerce paperback will probably be in comedian outlets June 7, 2023 and bookstores June 20, 2023. It’s obtainable for pre-order for $19.99 on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at your native comedian store and bookstore.
Reward for The Rattler:
A darkish and compelling thriller that holds a horrible and psychologically charged secret at its core, “The Rattler” is a improbable effort in giving me flop sweat whereas I learn a comic book.” — Multiversity Comics
“I’m grateful to know {that a} graphic novel can nonetheless hold me on the sting of my seat with each panel.” —Nerdlocker
“McNamara hauntingly explores simply how straightforward it’s for good folks to go dangerous.” — Publishers Weekly