James Tynion IV, Marguerite Bennett, Letizia Cadonici, and Jordie Bellaire explain why it isn’t always a good idea to pursue Odin in their upcoming nine-issue Image Comics series of the same name.
“Marguerite and I have been talking about this story for years,” said Tynion. “It all started as a text conversation about a group of white supremacists we’d seen a story about online, talking about their faith in Odin, and then we started talking about what the real norse Odin would do with these idiots if he had the chance. It felt pretty immediately clear that there was a mean and brutal horror story in it and we wanted to tell it together.”
Odin begins when an intrepid journalist goes undercover to write an expose on a group of Neo Nazi punks. When said punks travel to Norway to commune with Odin, all included get a lot more than they bargained for out of the experience.
Bennett said, “The dread, doom, and desolation is truly unrelenting. We are on a death march through the frozen bowels of the ninth hell. If you’ve been feeling burned out or jaded, I hope this is the needle that pierces to the core: the injection that opens your senses back up to the wonder and horror of God.”
“Working with the Tiny Onion team is just wonderful. I’m so lucky to be on this journey with these amazing people,” said Cadonici. “And working on James and Marguerite’s script is extremely easy, which is how you understand that they are great writers. They’ve created an incredible cast of characters, each with their own personality, and I’m having a blast bringing out the essence of each of them.”
Check out Alex Eckman-Lawn’s main cover for issue one below (in stores on May 4) and stay tuned to Conskipper for all of your horror comic news.
