8/19/2023 0 Comments Mad doctor blood island one sheet![]() The duo previously worked on another Tiki-themed book, Arcana Comics’ Koni Waves. According to Sehring, the comic book is a “movie series in the making” with storyboard styling from Sistilli and coloring and lettering from Dexter Weeks. If you like horror and a taste of the exotic, pledge if you can for some cool Tiki swag and help resurrect the mean green Filipino zombie, the Beast of Blood!”įango’s exclusives include Sistilli’s issue #2 variant cover and concept/preproduction art by Ron Randal. I am lucky to have assembled a terrific team of talented artists, writers, former colleagues, producer Sam Sherman and Yuzna. “Obviously, the Blood Island films were a huge influence on me and, of course, inspired this unique comic book and Tiki mug tie-in campaign. “I also enjoyed a taste of the exotic in Ohio with the food, drink and fun at the iconic mid-century Tiki supper club, The Kahiki,” he continues. The films made quite an impression on me as a wide-eyed kid who hadn’t seen much nudity, sex and gore at the movies in Columbus." “I was weaned on creature features at my local drive-in and on late-night TV where I first discovered the Blood Island films and their exploitation formula of the three Bs: blood, breasts and beasts. “I grew up a monster, drive-in and Tiki kid in Columbus, Ohio during the 1960s and ’70s,” says Sehring. Also expect over-the-top monsters and gore - Blood Island movies’ key ingredients. The comic book incorporates key characters from the original films and adds more jungle thrills, weird sci-fi and outlandish fantasy. From body horror to undying beasts, Tales of Blood Island will take you on a trip to a lot of stranger things in paradise!”īased in the Philippines, Hemisphere Pictures produced the notorious Blood Island flicks for the U.S. I hope horror fans and Tiki fans will be too. ![]() Artist Stephen Sistilli’s work screamed ‘Action!’… and I was hooked. “When David Sehring, formerly of AMC and the Monsters HD cable networks, approached me to become involved with the planned reboot of the Filipino Blood Island creature features, I suggested we get a comic book produced as a prelude. “I’ve always been intrigued by weird tales of zombies, monsters, mutants and mad doctors,” says the Philippines-born Yuzna. Both these colorful tie-ins will serve as a precursor to a cinematic Blood Island remake, based on a script by writers David Sehring and former FANGORIA scribe Mark Cerulli, to be produced by Yuzna and Drive-In Sanity Films. A Kickstarter campaign has just launched to bring the comics and mugs to gruesome life, both of which draw inspiration from the old Filipino Blood Island exploitation movie series.į has some exclusive cover art from the comics below, as well as the scoop from Yuzna and company. Well, this sounds like a bloody good time.īrian Yuzna, the legendary producer behind Re-Animator, From Beyond and Dagon, is collaborating on a serialized comic book and accompanying “Tiki-style” monster mug line called Brian Yuzna Presents Tales of Blood Island.
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