I hadn’t planned on revealing our monster/patient for First Incision… but then I got this sketch in my inbox this morning. And who on earth wouldn’t share it?
This is “Vlad Doe,” a vampire who refuses to tell our heroes his real name. Rather than go in a traditional direction, we decided to give him a mouth like a lamprey.
So. What do you folks think so far?
It's a sick world.
Literally -- the universe is an organism, and the creatures of myth and folklore are invading parasites, preying on the native species and disrupting the ordered systems of the world.
It's a sick world, and Dr. Vincent Morrow's here to treat it. Headhunted into an exciting new career in the black arts after his excommunication from the medical community, Morrow serves the world with both hands -- one in magic, one in medicine -- as earth's protector. Earth's Witch Doctor.
Witch Doctor: First Incision is a 16-page medical horror comic introducing the Witch Doctor universe, written by Brandon Seifert and illustrated by Lukas Ketner.
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Each issue of Witch Doctor will be accompanied by a streaming soundtrack posted here!
"EC art crossed with Buffy-funny writing. I feel better already! Thanks, Doc!" - Lea Hernandez, Killer Princesses and Rumble Girls
"The comic book I'm most looking forward to this year... Lukas Ketner's art is fantastic and Brandon Seifert's writing is fucking brilliant. I can't wait to see where they go with this book." - Mark Sweeney, colorist of Warren Ellis' Black Summer
"The kind of comics we need more of... If you're not reading Witch Doctor, I have no recourse but to seriously question your taste in comics." - Rantz Hoseley, creator of Vix!, Displaced Petsons and editor of Comic Book Tattoo
February 21st, 2008 at 4:56 pm
omg. that’s disgusting…grotesque….and full of AWESOMES!
February 21st, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Thanks man! I feel pretty much the same way. Lukas does nice work!