Dark Horse Comics hosted a panel at Phoenix ComiCon in
2015 and it was on my personal must attend list. I was excited to attend, but became much more
excited to see how passionate all of the writers and artists were about their
individual projects. Alex de Campi was
promoting “Archie vs. Predator;” Drew Edward Johnson talked about his book
entitled “Midnight Society: Black Lake;” and Rafael Albuquerque gave us all
insight on his creation, “Ei8ht.”
Writer Paul Cornell and artist Tony Parker were also part
of this panel. When Paul Cornell start
to talk about his book, it felt like everyone’s ears perked up. He spoke with such passion and energy. I figuratively thought he was going to jump
out of his skin explaining the premise to “This Damned Band.” I had to know more. I listened to Paul talk about how this story
takes place in the 1970s and centers around a rock band on tour. He talked of myths that rock bands from the
1970s worshipped the devil but the difference is, this band does!
Tony Parker, the artist for “This Damned Band,” was able
to give more insight and what he used as inspiration for the drawing style of
the comic book. The cover art actually
look like tour poster. There are very psychedelic
themes used in this book as there are stage shows, drug use, dealings with the
devil and more. Tony said he had never, “…drawn
so much coke” in his life. Sold. Just take my money now please.
Unfortunately for the attendees of the Dark Horse Panel
at Phoenix ComiCon, “This Damned Band” was not available. That changed this week.
I made sure “This Damned Band” was in my pull box at my
local comic book shop. I just got done
reading it and so far so good. It’s a
nice introduction into the characters as it starts out like a documentary. You get to see the band on stage, backstage
and also get to see what they’re really into.
This is for adults only as it is about a 1970s rock band that meets the
devil. Sex, drugs, rock n roll, and some
crazy artwork when the mushrooms kick in(in the book, not mine).
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