Monday, April 17, 2006

Uncle and Aunt Serial Killers

"Bizarre Comic Book Based On True Life Elderly Serial Killers Released


King Tractor Press is releasing the first issue of Family Bones in May 2006. The first in an on-going series based on the Copeland murders."

Promo by © Erik Wilson


The story of the comics book tells us about a city teen named Sean who ends up having to live in the country with his uncles for a whole summer... And those two are Ray and Faye Copeland, the famous elderly serial killers!
Here is the complete press release for this: PRWeb

Seams like a good idea! Look they give us a page to enjoy from the 1st volume (the page #4):


You can see other pages in the King Tractor Films page (the first set of links I give you below...).



Useful Links:

King Tractor Films Press: here and here
Paperback Readers Review
Review on The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page
Silver Bullett Comics Review
The Mistery Of The Haunted Vampire - Living with serial killers



If you care to read about the true story behind the comics here are some useful links:

Crime Library - Rare Breed
Blog Of Death - Faye Copeland
Serial Killers A-Z - Ray Copeland
Bizarre Magazine - OAP Killers

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Dark Animes: Karas





This appears to be one hell of a release! Hope you like the sneaks as well as I did...

For now I'll have to leave you with some previews. I promise I'll write something about it after I see it!







Some press comments about this anime:


"Top 5 most anticipated anime of 2006" - Anime Insider

"... Impossible to tear yourself away" - Newtype USA

"Anime's Batman Begins" - Anime Insider


You can download a PDF version of the press release here: Karas' Press Release




Interesting Links About This Anime:




For the DVD / OVA (6 Episodes):

Official Site (English)
Official Site From The OVA (Japanese)

AnimeDB - Karas, OVA
Anime News Network - Karas, The OVA
Anime Web Turnpike - Review on the release announcement
A review on Eat My Brains



For the Mini-Comics version:

Dark Horse Site (with preview)
IComics Review

I guess it will turn out to be really something!