Witch Doctor #2 (of 4), on sale July 20, 2011 from Skybound Entertainment/Image Comics.
Another foray into medical horror from Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Originals line! Is your baby really your baby — or is it a camouflaged monster that’s feeding on you while you sleep? An infestation of Cuckoo Faeries is spreading through the nurseries of Arkham, Oregon, and it’s up to Dr. Vincent Morrow, the Witch Doctor, to stop it! So why doesn’t he want to bother? Plus: Shark cage diving with sea monsters!
$2.99, 32 pages, Diamond order code MAY110542
This issue, I think, is a lot of fun. #1 is an exorcism story, and it owes a lot to post-Exorcist horror movies. In #2 we get to go back and play with folklore instead. Changelings aren’t something that get s whole lot of press these days, but it’s a pretty scary idea — that monsters might come in the night and steal your baby, and leave something in its place. And it’s an excuse for Lukas to draw totally amazing faeries! (Most of our stories are excuses for Lukas to draw totally amazing somethings, whether it’s monsters or big machines or whathaveyou.)