Back in 1999, director Tim Burton and Seven screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker teamed as much as convey us a twisted new tackle Washington Irving’s 1820 brief story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Twenty-six years later, Entertainment Weekly has realized that Burton’s Sleepy Hollow is getting a sequel – in comedian e-book kind! IDW Dark, the horror imprint of IDW Publishing, shall be sending the primary situation of Return to Sleepy Hollow (which is ready fifteen years after the occasions of the film) out to retailer cabinets on October 29th.
If you want a refresher, Johnny Depp starred in Sleepy Hollow as Ichabod Crane, a police constable from New York City who travels to the titular city upstate to analyze a sequence of grim decapitations. He uncovers the Headless Horseman, a malevolent entity taking the type of a headless black rider upon a black horse. Christina Ricci additionally starred as Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter of a rich businessman who’s focused by the Horseman and who falls in love with Ichabod because the investigation progresses. Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer comedian e-book author Casey Gilly has written a narrative for Return to Sleepy Hollow that envisions “a deeper evil” that lurks within the city years later. Ichabod has now constructed a reputation for himself as a debunker of occult claims internationally. He receives a frantic letter urging him again to Sleepy Hollow to analyze a string of unexplainable murders. This reunites him along with his now-estranged love, Katrina. Together, they are going to uncover the reality of Sleepy Hollow’s origins and the roots that join all of them. Savanna Mayer, making their comics debut, is offering the art work.
Gilly instructed Entertainment Weekly, “Sometimes an opportunity comes into my inbox and I know, deep in my soul, that I will become a feral creature if I don’t get to write it. Sleepy Hollow is one of those opportunities and once I saw Savanna’s incredible art, I knew it was meant to be. I’ve always had a fascination with spiritualism, early Victorian funeral practices, and folklore, so combining them together in the world of Sleepy Hollow has made my elder goth heart so full. It’s been delightful to create scripts for Savanna and to see their elegant, refined, and beautifully gory art make the book come alive. They are truly a talent to keep your eye on.” Mayer added, “There was at all times a rumor going round about me in highschool about how I simply draw lifeless folks all time. Well, now I receives a commission to attract lifeless folks! Bones! Trees! Historical put on! I couldn’t ask for extra. Based on superb folktale supply materials from my dwelling state, I couldn’t be extra thrilled for my comedian debut. With motifs of creepy bushes, historic put on and gore, it’s a dream come true to attract Sleepy Hollow and I actually am spoiled for alternative.“
Riley Farmer, an editor on Return to Sleepy Hollow, had this to say: “We are so honored to have the ability to proceed the story of Tim Burton’s 1999 Sleepy Hollow. Fans of Sleepy Hollow, horror, gothic romance, and all issues bizarre will discover so much to like in our sequence. Casey Gilly has been placing collectively a narrative full of bone-chilling murders, tender moments, and supernatural mysteries. And Savanna Mayer captures all of it so superbly, with haunting, gothic imagery that breathes life (and dying!) into the story. Ichabod returns to Sleepy Hollow in a story that’s positive to knock your head off!“
To get a preview of Return to Sleepy Hollow art work, character designs, and varied covers, click on over to Entertainment Weekly.
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