Arriving later this month is the release of the first edition of new British horror comic book series ‘Video Nasty’, a horror comic that deals with the politics behind government censorship and media manipulation. It comes courtesy of writer Mario Covone and artist Vasilis Logios and to celebrate the launch of this cool new comic there will be a special screening of Sam Raimi’s cult classic 80’s horror ‘The Evil Dead’, one of the most notorious movies present during the whole Video Nasty phase in the UK in the early 1980’s, on 15 March The launch night will include an introduction by the comic’s author himself Mario Covone and all attendees will get a free copy of the first issue. Head below to check out the issue 1 artwork from cover artist Graham Humphreys.
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— Horror Stock (@HorrorStock) March 4, 2014You can pre-order your copy of issue #1 of ‘Video Nasty’ here.
“England, 1983. Police Inspector David Gorely must solve a string of murders whilst contending with pressure from his superiors to find a link between the killer and the recent influx of horror home videos. The race is on to solve the case before the death toll rises whilst still dealing with the burden of connecting these heinous crimes to video nasties!”
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