Top Cow and EP1T0ME First Look: ‘The Clay People: Colossus’ extended preview

‘The Clay People: Colossus’ introduces a teenager in middle America who unleashes an otherworld of hurt onto his tormentors.

David Brooke

February 8, 2022

Announced in December, Top Cow and EP1T0ME are giving away a free digital 20+ page preview of the upcoming one-shot The Clay People: Colossus. Fans can visit https://ep1t0.me/colossus and sign up for updates and other freebies.

Check out The Clay People: Colossus preview here.

“After Rich [Leibowitz] pitched Colossus, I listened to the song and the lyrics really spoke to me,” said Matt Hawkins, President at Top Cow back in December. “My sons are bi-racial, so the story made me think; so much so that I offered to write it myself. Intolerance, drug addiction, poverty, and boredom pave a perfect storm for a revenge tale of grisly proportions!”

So what’s The Clay People: Colossus about?

Colossus introduces a bi-racial teenager in middle America who, thanks to his grandfather’s last wish, unleashes an otherworld of hurt onto his tormentors.

Check out the music video below.

This one-shot is the second project between TOP COW and EP1T0ME, the first being St. Mercy.

Top Cow The Clay People: Colossus

For more on this news, read the official press release below.

TOP COW and EP1T0ME gifts metal music lovers and comic book fans a FREE Digital 20+ page preview book of their upcoming one-shot comic,THE CLAY PEOPLE: COLOSSUS, inspired by the song “Colossus” by the band The Clay People and written by matt Hawkins (THINK TANK, SWING) and Christian DiBari (MAGDALENA).

This one-shot is the second team up project between TOP COW and EP1T0ME, the first being ST. MERCY. Richard Leibowitz, EP1T0ME’s president, said “The song means different things to different people; the more we heard it, the more we envisioned a story about an underdog with new-found, out-of-control power and the ramifications that using it would bring.”

This FREE preview book allows fans to think a bit deeper and contemplate the song and the story themselves.

In Stores and Comixology/Amazon Kindle: March 16th, 2022 (https://amzn.to/3B0rvjW)

Pre-Order Ends on Feb. 21, 2022 (https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/DEC210075)

Diamond Order Code: DEC210075

Description: A biracial boy in the Midwest uses a supernatural gift from his grandfather to push back against two older boys who are terrorizing him. In a tale inspired by the song “Colossus” by heavy metal band THE CLAY PEOPLE, intolerance, drug addiction, poverty, and boredom collide into a perfect storm of grisly revenge!