Here we are again with another article indirectly related to horror movies (like the one I wrote yesterday). The reason for this write-up is the same as the other: it just sounds like damn fun! Here we go:
In the past we’ve reported on horror comics such as the amazing HALLOWEEN issues. Today we have word from writer Joe Harris and artist Juan Doe on a brand new, forthcoming one-shot comic. The subject of this latest issue is Dr. Jonathan Crane aka Scarecrow (one of Batman’s arch nemeses)! However, this particular Scarecrow will be sporting a sweet horror twist! Have a look at how Harris describes the project:
“Well, without giving too much away… I decided to tell Scarecrow’s story as though it were an 80s horror movie… with a touch of HEATHERS and various John Hughes films from the era thrown in for depth and context. I was raised on a steady diet of movies like FRIDAY THE 13TH as well as other slashers, along with higher- concept movies like APRIL FOOL’S DAY and the A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET series. I treated Scarecrow like a slasher movie threat… a masked maniac in the mold of Michael Myers or Freddy Krueger, but with a pathology known to Batman readers and let loose upon a house of unsuspecting teenage girls having a slumber party. His psychiatrist alter-ego, Dr. Jonathan Crane, has been “treating” a troubled young girl named Lindsay for her social problems and decides a MEAN GIRLS setting of queen bees and outcasts is the perfect forum for a lesson in the both the nature and the power of fear.”
Holy Slumber Slashers, Batman! That sounds like one f*cking awesome idea! The issue is called THE JOKER’S ASYLUM: SCARECROW and it will be in stores this July 23rd. The killer cover art is featured above. I’m thinking this is definitely an issue worth owning.
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