"PROJECT 8" IS... KILL YOUR DARLINGS!

ISSUE #1 ARRIVES THIS SEPTEMBER!

Jun 15, 2023

THE TIME HAS COME!

KLC PRESS is thrilled to finally pull the curtain back on its next epic from IMAGE COMICS.

The book that has gone by the codename “PROJECT 8” for months now had its true title revealed earlier today, along with a release date for issue #1. Check out the official press release below!

NARNIA MEETS HEREDITARY IN…

KILL YOUR DARLINGS

PORTLAND, Ore. 06/15/2023 — A new epic begins from debut writers Ethan S. Parker and Griffin Sheridan, and superstar art team Bob Quinn (Knights of X) and John J. Hill (Vanish) in the upcoming series, KILL YOUR DARLINGS. This ongoing dark fantasy adventure is set to launch in September from Image Comics.
“Ethan and Griffin have crafted an incredible story that’s asked me to draw from the darkest, wildest, and most heart-breaking corners of my imagination,” said Quinn. “I’m so excited for people to finally get their hands on Kill Your Darlings, it’s easily my best work to date.”
Hill added: “Each issue gets more and more intense, everyone’s really stepping up their game here. Childhood fun and games, teen angst, monsters, magic, gore…this twisted little epic has something for everyone!”
Eight-year-old Rose loves nothing more than to play pretend in a magical land of her own creation. To her, that world is as real as our own—from her fluffy friends to the terrible evil that lurks at the center of it all. In one night, the line between fantasy and reality will disappear, an ancient hunger will feed again, and Rose will be pulled into a gruesome saga that began centuries before her birth.
“Kill Your Darlings is truly a passion project: An uncompromising, deeply personal story told just how we wanted to tell it,” said Parker. “I couldn’t be more proud of our unbelievable team, we’re cooking up something genuinely special together. I wish this book existed when I was a kid. It would’ve messed me up in the best way.”
Sheridan added: “Ethan and I have spent years manifesting Kill Your Darlings into existence. It’s thrilling to be on the precipice of finally unleashing this sprawling story from the confines of our minds. I couldn’t have asked for better collaborators, everyone is firing on all cylinders in every panel, and I cannot wait for readers to experience the book.”
Kill Your Darlings #1 will be available at comic book shops on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th:

Cover A by Bob Quinn – Lunar Code 0723IM342
Cover B by Ryan Stegman – Lunar Code 0723IM343
Cover C by Bob Quinn [1:25 FOIL] – Lunar Code 0723IM344
Cover D by Ryan Stegman [1:50 FOIL] – Lunar Code 0723IM345

And now, feast your eyes on the official, blood-soaked preview pages, showcasing one of the most crucial moments of the series:

*KILL YOUR DARLINGS* #1 INTERIOR ARTWORK by BOB QUINN

And there you have it, folks! We are so god damn excited for this one that we wanted to share a little something extra with our Substack subscribers: the FULL, WRAP-AROUND COVER ART for ISSUE #1.

Every issue of the series will feature one of these stellar wrap-around covers by Bob Quinn, as well as some very special variant covers by some very special artists… but more on that later.

We’ll be chatting about this series all summer long on KLC PRESS, so get hyped and be ready! To stay up-to-date on all things KILL YOUR DARLINGS, smash the SUBSCRIBE button below, pick the tier that is right for you, and SUPPORT INDEPENDENT COMICS!

Be sure to check back next week for even more details about this new series!

Until then…

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