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The Slasher's Apprentice #1

Colorist Rebecca Nalty / Illustrated by Val Halvorson / Letterer Buddy Beaudoin
Published by Mad Cave Studios
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

A blend of true crime and slasher horror while subverting the tropes. If you like movies like Scream or Halloween and podcasts like Last Podcast On The Left or My Favorite Murder, you will feel right at home.

Riley, a horror-obsessed podcaster with a slasher villain fixation, is seeking a new career path: Helping her favorite legendary slasher, The Hopton Valley Killer, regain their long-lost notoriety while learning the ropes herself.

About The Author

Justin Richards is a writer who mostly hides away in the mountains of the PNW and creates comic books when they're not busy being a parent and dog dad, working at their local comic shop and occasionally gaming. They created and wrote the hit series Finger Guns from Vault Comics, have appeared in many anthologies including Lower Your Sights and Sharp Wit & the Company of Women, and have self-published A Silent Night and Everything is Different Now with the help of crowdfunding. Their work is usually full of horror, satire, music and emotional devastation. When they're not writing they can be found playing video games, re-watching Sonic 3 or playing with their dogs.

About The Illustrator

Val Hal Halvorson is a comic book creator and horror illustrator who almost never goes outside. He is the artist for the Vault series, Finger Guns, as well as various anthologies such as Dead Beats 2, and Grimm Tales from the Cave. In addition to illustrating, he also likes to write comics and he is not kind to his characters. He wrote and illustrated the short horror comic, Pareidolia, which was featured in Panel x Panel. Junji Ito once reviewed his work positively in a video for Vis Media and he'll never stop telling people about it. In his spare time, he consumes a ton of horror media, bakes a bunch of bread, and won't shut up about 90's FMV games.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Mad Cave Studios (April 30, 2025)
  • Length: 32 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781545822173

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