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| Jae Lee Cover |
By:
Nicole D’Andria
Doctor Herbert West, H.P. Lovecraft’s reanimator, will be
staring in a Reanimator mini-series
written by Keith Davidsen and drawn by Randy Valiente. The mini-series will be four issues long and
will be published by Dynamite Entertainment.
As a fan of the Reanimator
movies inspired by the classic H.P. Lovecraft story, I’m looking forward to
seeing mad scientist Herbert West get into some trouble with the undead… and
the living too of course! I’m not surprised he has gotten his own mini-series
since West has been a longtime character in Dynamite Entertainment, appearing
in several of their series such as Hack/Slash,
Army of Darkness and their crossover
series The Prophecy.
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| Frances Francavilla Cover |
Nick Bartucci, CEO of Dynamite Entertainment, agrees. He
commented that “Reanimator is finally going to realize its untapped
potential… Herbert West has been a perfect foil during his crossover
appearances in Army of Darkness titles, but we're finally
giving him the spotlight he's due. Monsters and zombies, Voodoo priests and
druglords, this series has it all! Fans are going to love the creepy, sinister
mood of this book, perfectly conveyed by Randy Valiente in his interior art and
captured on covers by Lee, Francavilla, Seeley, and Mangum! Watch out, the
horror hit of 2015 is here!"
The mini-series features Dr. Herbert West returning to New
Orleans. He is continuing his work bringing the dead back to life. Davidsen
introduces a new character to assist Dr. West – Susan Greene, a pharmacologist
interested in West’s work. But her fascination may lead to her undoing as
Greene and West become entangled in Haitian Voodoo and Elder Gods. I’m
interested seeing how West treats his new female partner since his usual
partners are male.
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| Tim Seeley Cover |
Writer Keith Davidsen mentioned the reason for
incorporating Susan Greene into the story: "Since
West is an amoral character, we need an 'everywoman' character that the
audience can identify with, and that's Susan Greene. She's a little bit lost, a
whole lot curious about West's experiments... but ultimately, she's a good,
likeable person. I think it's a fun twist on the premise from Doctor Who,
that the Doctor needs a grounded Companion to serve as his moral compass... but
in the case of Reanimator, we see that Susan feels the seduction of
casting her ethics aside."
Artist Randy Varient comments on the character of Dr.
Herbert West and his previous experience working on Army of Darkness/Reanimator, “I like working on Reanimator because
of the atmosphere and the tones of the characters and stories. I have been
interested in how the brain works and Dr. West is an interesting psychopath,
pure intellect without emotion. Also, I am a big fan of H.P. Lovecraft. I did a
couple stories many years ago with Dagon and his other sea monsters, and I
realized that I have this fascination of drawing tentacles and creatures and
creepy stuff. I like organic elements on my drawings, and Lovecraftian stories
fit that well. It's kind of strange, but sometimes his characters give me
chills when I go swimming -- you know, tentacles might come out of the water,
or a creature could pop out in front of you. It's scary as hell."
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| Andrew Mangum |
The Reanimator mini-series
will begin in April 2015. Get ready to move your dead bones!
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