Courtesy of Oni Press, AIPT can show off character designs for Zac Thompson and Daniel Irizarri’s new four-issue series Cemetery Kids Don’t Die. The all-ages series launches its first issue in comic shops on February 7, 2024, with some impressive covers to go with the first issue.
“Zac stuffed this script to the gills with action as well as deep emotions and I’m hoping that when people see the pages, they’ll feel those hits and slashes and cutting words that I felt from the script when I read it,” said artist Daniel Irizarri back in November. “I think people aren’t ready for some of the stuff we get up to within these pages, I haven’t had a chance to let loose with big fantasy action in a long time and I’m letting all my deep-seeded shonen manga influences loose on the page, from Bleach to Berserk as well as the slice-of-life real world moments.”
Thompson added, “Daniel’s character designs are just oozing personality in both the “real world” and the videogame world of Nightmare Cemetery. You can learn so much from our teenage cast with their body language, choice of clothing and general demeanor in the designs. Similarly their character classes from the game echo their personalities in really wonderful and unique ways. Personally, I’m a big fan of Enid’s sunny design and how her clothing in the real world mirrors the mushroomy/natural aesthetic of her fungus mage character Amarillia.”
Check out the designs and the full solicitation below!
Design by Daniel Irizarri.
Design by Daniel Irizarri.
Design by Daniel Irizarri.
The 21st century sucks hard, but it’s been made somewhat tolerable by the latest and greatest media innovation to finally unseat the iPhone. Enter the Dreamwave: the first gaming console played entirely while you sleep.
Now the obsession of millions around the globe, it’s also the one point of solace for four friends whose lives have been marred by trauma and dysfunction. Together, this group of ultra-online “Cemetery Kids” spend their nights roaming the open world of the most immersive and brutal horror game ever created: “Nightmare Cemetery.” Together they seek to dethrone an enigmatic humanoid monster known only as the “The King of Sleep.”
Which was fun—until one of them doesn’t wake up . . . and finds their consciousness locked inside a horror game that is anything but imaginary. Now, the three remaining Cemetery Kids must navigate the game’s forbidden landscape to rescue their friend . . . and pray that the secret lurking at its center doesn’t follow them home.
CEMETERY KIDS DON’T DIE
Written by ZAC THOMPSON
Art by DANIEL IRIZARRI
Covers by DANIEL IRIZARRI, DUSTIN WEAVER & MORE
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