‘Event Horizon: Dark Descent’ Inked Pages Preview Upcoming Prequel Comic [Exclusive]

Discover what occurred to the unique Event Horizon crew in Event Horizon: Dark Descent, a five-part comedian prequel to the 1997 cosmic horror movie launching August 20 from IDW Publishing.

Bloody Disgusting has an early take a look at three inked pages — pre-coloring and lettering — by artist Tristan Jones (Aliens: Defiance), who’s engaged on the collection with author Christian Ward (Batman: City of Madness) and colorist Pip Martin (That Texas Blood).

Taking place previous to the film’s 2047 setting, the comedian will uncover what actually occurred to Captain Kilpack and the primary Event Horizon crew as their ship journeyed throughout a nightmarish realm of torments past imagining.

“Event Horizon is one of those films that everyone remembers for a very specific reason… that scene,” Jones tells Bloody Disgusting. “On a floor stage, what that scene implies is one thing that individuals have actually solely been left to think about, and since that’s the place we’re going, it instantly takes the comedian into actually precarious floor as a creator to transcend that floor.

“What’s exciting for me is trying to find a way to take all of that stuff in the film and what Christian’s put into the scripts, and figure out what that dimension might’ve looked like based on what the filmmakers were drawing inspiration from, what effects might’ve been used, etc., if they’d had the budget to do it. It’s exciting to be entrusted with that because you can go crazy with it, but also a massive responsibility to make sure it works with the film, so it provides a really interesting challenge you don’t get all that often in these things.”

“As soon as I got the gig writing Event Horizon there was one artist I wanted to draw the book: Tristan Jones,” Ward provides. “Tristan isn’t any stranger to bringing cinematic comics horror to the comedian web page. He made his identify on the Aliens comics, however there’s one factor he attracts higher than a Xenomorph and that’s the economic gothic aesthetic of Event Horizon. He is actually excellent for this e book.

“And Pip Martin is one of the most exciting new colorists working today. Her work is fresh and exciting and unlike anything on the stands. Together their work takes the visuals of the movie to unexpected and very very cool places. You’ve never seen such horrific images look so good!”

Event Horizon: Dark Descent #1 encompasses a main cowl by Jeffrey Alan Love, variant covers by Ward, Martin Simmonds, and Joshua Hixson, a foil artwork variant of Ward’s cowl, and a sketch cowl.

Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil) and written by Philip Eisner (Mutant Chronicles), Event Horizon follows a rescue squad because it investigates a spaceship that bought sucked right into a black gap and resurfaced with a wierd new presence.

Event Horizon: Dark Descent is an element IDW Dark, a horror imprint increasing Paramount properties in comedian e book kind. Other titles will embrace A Quiet Place, Smile, Sleepy Hollow, and “The Twilight Zone.”