Patrick Kindlon and Black Mask Team Up for There’s Nothing There and More
Some big comic news hit the Net today… Black Mask Studios has signed a three-book deal with writer Patrick Kindlon (SHIELD: Quake), whose creator-owned comic book We Can Never Go Home was a breakout hit for the company.
Per THR, Kindlon’s first comic book under the newly inked deal will be a horror series titled There’s Nothing There, co-created with artist Maria Llovet, set for release in April. The stylish horror tale centers on celebrity-socialite Reno Selleti, who joins a friend for an Eyes Wide Shut-type party mostly for the laughs, but the joke ends quickly in this hallucinatory thriller about losing yourself in the bright lights and finding yourself at rock bottom.
Kindlon will follow There’s Nothing There with a second volume of We Can Never Go Home. The third book in the deal has not yet been announced.
We Can Never Go Home, co-written by Kindlon and his writing partner, Matthew Rosenberg (Rocket Racoon, 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank), is a tale of superpowered teenage misfits on the run. The debut volume was critically acclaimed and is currently in development as a TV series at a major studio.
Kindlon, who also sings for the hardcore bands Self Defense Family and Drug Church, has been with Black Mask since the company’s launch, contributing a story to Occupy Comics and co-writing Twelve Reasons to Die with Rosenberg, Ghostface Killah, and RZA.
“Pat brings a real edge and fearlessness to his stories,” said Black Mask co-founder Matt Pizzolo. “It’s the same passion you hear in his singing, but on the page it manifests as these dangerous characters living on the fringes of hypnotically intriguing worlds. And he’s not afraid to push the boundaries, to shake things up, which is precisely the kind of approach comics need right now. Comics need bold ideas and disruptive thinking, and those are Pat’s specialties.”
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