SLG Publishing has announced its upcoming Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer graphic novel will hit store shelves in September.
Drawing inspiration from the original story by Carlo Collodi, in which Pinocchio remains a wooden puppet at the end, Van Jensen and Dusty Higgins imagined a dark continuation to Pinocchio’s story. Vampires overrun the peaceful town of Nasolungo, and the only one who is willing to fight them (and even believe that they exist) is Pinocchio, who has discovered that his growing nose comes in handy for impaling the undead. While avenging the death of his slain father, Pinocchio discovers the vampires have a deeper agenda than the mere sucking of blood.
This is like whipped cream on chocolate ice cream.
Artist Dusty Higgins, who created Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer, sets the tone with heavily shadowed pages matched with delightfully designed characters, such as the heavily mustachioed Cherry, the carpenter who creates a crossbow he dubs “The Monsteriminator” to help Pinocchio fight the vampires. Still, Higgins notes, “We approached the story as if perhaps Pinocchio wasn’t meant to live happily ever after. Maybe because of his ‘abilities’ he was actually meant to slay vampires. With a continual supply of wooden stakes and no flesh or blood to worry about, he’s the really the perfect weapon against the undead bloodsucking menace.”
It’s certainly a different take on fairy tales and vampires, and it may be just enough out there to work.
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Heck ya! this looks like a great idea for a comic book. I will definitely be picking this up!
What a bloody brilliant idea! Can’t wait for this!
Vamps, marionets and puppets are always a great match (Buffy, Angel ..)
But just the absurdity of actually having Pinnochio be the main badass :D
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I read it last night.
Concept A+
Execution C-