SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2006
KING TRACTOR PRESS FIRST LOOKS
FIRST LOOK: FAMILY BONES #1
Family Bones #1 will arrive in stores in December from King Tractor Press. The issue is written by Shawn Granger, with pencils by Orlando Baez, inks by Kenneth Landgraf and a cover by Dan Howard.
Here's how King Tractor Press describes the issue:
"A troubled teen gets more than bargained for when sent to his aunt and uncle's farm for the summer. Family Bones is based on the true story of the oldest married couple on Missouri's death row, as experienced one summer by their unwitting nephew.
"Rebellious teen Sean is shuttled from one family member to the next, finally landing at the farm owned by his elderly Aunt and Uncle. There, the city boy must quickly adapt to the rigors of farm life. Sean must also adjust to the emotional and physical abuse that Uncle Ray visits upon his wife and nephew."
Family Bones #1 will be 36 pages and will cost $3.50.
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FIRST LOOK: DEVIL WATER #1
Devil Water #1 will arrive in stores in December from King Tractor Press. The issue is written by Steven Barr from a story by Barr and Danny Grossman, with art by Tielman Cheaney and a
cover by Harry Roland.
Here's how King Tractor describes the book:
"The horrific and comedic story of Henry Hill's encounters with outlaws, demons, angels, and religious fanatics in the Old West, a gang of bandits murder an old prospector who has discovered the Mother Lode. When they blast their way inside, they discover more gold than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes ... and a pool of magical water that makes the gold irrelevant. Meanwhile, the traveling salesman and inventor Henry Hill is plagued by nightmares of demons and monsters. He finds his way to the rough frontier town of Dry Gulch, where he quickly learns that snake-oil salesmen aren't well-regarded around those parts..."
Devil Water #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.50.
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