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There’s a new kind of horror story coming from Dark Horse, as TexArcanum looks to meld Yellowstone and The X-Files.
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Not really a publisher to shy away from trying new things to shake up horror themes, Dark Horse Comics has what certainly looks to be an interesting new title on the way. Hailing from “television writer and producer” Christopher Monfette, as well as artist Miguel Martos, is an original mini-series dubbed TexArcanum.
What makes it notable? It’s an easy question to answer, as the title is a trip through the haunted American southwest, and stars a “cowboy arcanist” according to the publisher. How’s that for original? Said mystical cattleman would be Avery Belle by the way, a dude who’s on the hunt for terrors that are billed as both “unfamiliar” and “American”.
So if you’re looking for something new to dive into, TexArcanum just might hit the spot.
America is a melting pot for the unknown. Ghosts and gods, angels and demons, horror stories and tall-tales, they’ve traveled from across the globe to collide here in the rural Heartland… and cowboy arcanist Avery Belle has spent a very long lifetime among them. When a centuries-old land feud escalates into the supernatural, when two warring families threaten a low-country apocalypse, only Belle can unearth the truth. TexArcanum is Yellowstone meets X-Files, Elmore Leonard meets Stephen King, horror-noir in the mystic Mid-West.
“Avery might wear a cowboy hat, drive a pick-up and talk with the dry wit of a Middle-American noir-PI, but he travels through pockets of culture and folklore that are seldom explored and yet the very definition of this country,” said Monfette. “American horror is too often defined by Western European scares – vampires, werewolves, Victorian-style ghosts – and the truth is that this country is made-up of communities who’ve brought their own unique folklore along with them. I created TexArcanum as a way to mash-together unfamiliar mythologies in the sandbox of the American heartland. A midnight drive through the middle of nowhere. The vast, empty plains – the oil derricks and wind turbines – the small towns and tourist stops – these are places with secrets and magics and wonders to hide. My hope is that TexArcanum offers a platform and a character that myself or future writers with far more diverse backgrounds than me could use to tell the kinds of genre stories I’ve really never seen but desperately search for…”
Dark Horse Comics press release
TexArcanum #1 (of 4) is heading to shops this July 23rd. Pre-orders are available now via your local comics shop.
