Broken Frontier

The critically acclaimed creators of cult indie hit Western Tales of Terror are back, this time with a stark and dramatic look inside small town America, ELK'S RUN.  An 8 Issue Limited Series, bi-monthly, and in glorious Full Color, Elk's Run has a spotlight in this month's issue of Previews.

THE CONCEPT:
Do you remember your first kiss? The first time you drove a car?

How about when your friend was killed or the first time you saw your father murder someone?

John Kohler's coming of age story is unlike any you've ever read. He's growing up in Elk's Ridge, West Virginia, a once thriving mining town now cut off from the rest of the world; its secrets hidden for years. But when local police and FBI agents begin to investigate the town, the citizens of Elk's Ridge will be forced to finally stand by the ideologies they choose to adhere to, no matter the cost.

THE PRAISE:
"A genuinely creepy scenario washed in moody colors and possessing a pervasive atmosphere of mystery and genuine suspense. One of those original books that jumps up and grabs your attention."  - B. Clay Moore (Hawaiian Dick, Battle Hymn)

"Elk's Run uses evocative art and authentic dialogue to tell a story that combines the coming of age and suspense genres in a way that transcends both." – Phli Hester (Green Arrow, Deep Sleeper)

"Elk's Run is strong, character-based horror.  The kind that builds slowly and gets under your skin. Sort of like Demo meets old-school Hellblazer, and yes that's definitely a good thing." – Stuart Moore (Lone, Para, Firestorm)

"In a few short pages, Josh and Noel made us want to see what happens next, and that's a mark of a good story, well told." – Larry Young (Publisher AIT/PlaneLar)

THE CREATIVE TEAM:
Joshua Hale Fialkov, writer, is the creator of Western Tales of Terror, editor-in-chief of Hoarse and Buggy Productions, and has written for Hero Happy Hour, several independent anthologies, and quite a few critically acclaimed stories in Western Tales of Terror.

Noel Tuazon, artist, is a freelance illustrator who's done several small press books, and has worked for Moonstone Publishing.

Scott A. Keating, colorist, is a freelance illustrator and colorist who has worked as lead artist on Western Tales of Terror, and as colorist on IDW's Secret Skull, and Image's The Wicked West, to critical acclaim.

Elk's Run is available for preorder in the February Previews, on stands now, on page 306, product order number: FEB052900

For a preview of art and more information, go to www.elksrun-thecomic.com or www.hoarseandbuggy.com