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..::Jan 6th 2004
IDW Publishing gives Silent Hill Heaven exclusive news on their new graphic comics.
IDW
Publishing have given SHHeaven exclusive information regarding their upcoming Silent Hill Graphic
Comics available from February 2004. Not only have they given us details of the first five
editions but two never seen before pages, read on for more details.
All five issues are to be written by Scott Ciencin. Art for Issues #1-2 are by Ben Templesmith.
Art for Issues #3-5 are by Aadi Salman. Covers for all five issues are by Ashley Wood. Issue #3
features a variant cover by Silent Hill Art Director/Monster Designer Masahiro Ito. Issue #5
will also feature a variant cover, with the artist to be named later.
#1 - Dying Inside
Psychiatrist Troy Abernathy doesn’t believe in ghosts or demons—except those of the
mind. The arrogant, glory-seeking doctor’s rational world is shattered when he brings
his patient, former film student Lynn DeAngelis, to Silent Hill. There they confront the
source of her seeming delusions… and find themselves trapped in a realm of very real
and unspeakable terrors!
#2
Trapped in Silent Hill, psychiatrist Troy Abernathy and his patient, Lynn DeAngelis,
fight for their lives against a hoard of seemingly unstoppable demons and monsters.
Forced to confront the murderous ghosts of his own dark past, will Troy find
redemption, damnation, or both? And who is the demon-child Christabella really after?
The mystery deepens as this blood-chilling tale continues.
#3
What could be more fun than a journey to a mist-enshrouded town where evil lives,
monsters are real, and arcane messages hold the key to immeasurable wealth and
power? For seventeen year-old Lauryn and her Goth friends, this Hell seems like
Heaven… until the demon-child Christabella arrives! The shocking fate of Troy
Abernathy is revealed and the stakes of terror are raised as the spine-chilling
tale continues.
#4
Will it be survival of the fittest—or the most ruthless—as the demon-child
Christabella and her Goth sister Lauryn go to war? The monster-filled streets of
Silent Hill become a battlefield as startling revelations are made and the souls
of a dozen innocents face damnation and worse. The explosive action and mind-rending
horror continues as the tale builds to its shattering climax.
#5
What would you sacrifice to gain absolute control over your own destiny? The lives
and souls of those who love and trust you? The future? A war rages in the
demon-infested town of Silent Hill, where seventeen year-old Goth Lauryn must make
a decision that may forever alter the course of this unholy place—and one
day loose Hell itself upon the world. Don’t miss the incredible action and
chilling terror of the miniseries’ conclusion..
*Taken from Issue #1 Dying Inside - Page 17*
*Taken from Issue #2 - Page 02*
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..::Dec 5th 2003
IDW Publishing Brings Video Game to Comics with Konami’s Silent Hill.
San Diego, CA, December 5, 2003. IDW Publishing has teamed with Konami, one of the
world’s most successful video game companies, to produce comics based on the huge
hit video game Silent Hill.
To bring this extremely popular and horrific video game to a brand new medium, IDW has
called on the services of some established masters of terror. Writer Scott Ciencin is
the New York Times bestselling writer of more than 60 novels and many comics. Ben
Templesmith, horror veteran of 30 Days of Night and Dark Days, among others, supplies
the art for the first two issues of Ciencin’s story. On Templesmith’s heels
comes Aadi Salman, a relative newcomer who will bring a fresh approach and an
outstanding, original style to the series. Covers are by Ashley Wood, whose Popbot, art
books, and many covers for IDW Publishing are well known.
“As video game fans ourselves, IDW knows just what the legion of Silent Hill devotees
are looking for in a comic,” says IDW Vice President and series editor Kris Oprisko.
“Scott’s script, as well as Ben and Aadi’s art, perfectly captures the
terror and foreboding of Konami’s video game masterpiece.”
Accumulated sales for the Silent Hill video game series have been marked at 4,000,000 units
worldwide, making it one of the bestselling games on the market.
Silent Hill: Dying Inside #1, available in February, is a 32 page, full color comic book
with a retail price of $3.99.
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..::Dec 1st 2003
IDW Publishing has provided The Continuum with a five-page preview of Silent Hill:
Dying Inside #1, the first issue of a five-issue mini-series that launches in February.
The issue is written by Scott Ciencin, with art by Templesmith.
Here's how IDW describes the book, which is based on Konami's video games:
"Welcome to Silent Hill, a mist-enshrouded, nightmare town tht will tear your soul apart.
"In the five-issue mini-series Dying Inside, readers will be treated to two complete
(and interlocking) tales of high-octane horror by Scott Ciencin. Issues one and two,
illustrated by Ben Templesmith, focuse on Doctory Troy Abernathy, an arrogant psychiatrist
with a horrifying secret, and his patienct, Lynn DeAngelis, a young woman who once escaped
this town with her life (if not her sanity)... and footage of the monstrosities who reside
in Silent Hill and seemed to be controlled by the demon-child Christabella.
"In a blazing, action-filled storyling that is rich in characterization, Troy's inner
ghost nightmarishly come to life -- and it is up to Lynn to save them both. The double-barreled
action and fear keep right on going in issues three through five, illustrated by newcomer
Aadi Salman, as the wild teenage goth Lauryn and her friends are drawn to Silent Hill by
Lynn DeAngelis' 'lost' footage.
"A mystery has been found in those shadowy images, a dark lure promising untold power
and wealth ... or so Lauryn tells her goth friends. But the truth is far more terrifying,
especially when Lauryn produces a black book of very arcane spells and uses it to take on
Silent Hill's unyielding legion of monstrosities and the twisted demon-child Christabella".
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..::Oct 2003
IDW Publishing has joined with Konami, one of the biggest international video game
companies, to bring the psychological horror of the video game Silent Hill to comic books.
IDW plans to begin publishing Silent Hill comics at the end of 2003 and early 2004 in
various formats. According to the publisher, it will work closely with Konami and "to
ensure that the Silent Hill comics will maintain the same air of anything-can-happen suspense
and outright terror that have made the games so popular."
"When the first two Silent Hill games were released, I played them straight through
without stopping, and I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of the third game in the series. I
think the world of Silent Hill is a natural for comics and I'm very happy that IDW
Publishing is going to get chance to work with Konami on developing them," said Ted
Adams, publisher of IDW. "We very carefully choose the companies we want to work with
and Konami has been on our short list since day one."
Kaz Nirasawa, International Product Manager for the Konami Corporation, added, "Konami
is very excited and pleased to have IDW develop a Silent Hill comic."
Accumulated sales for the Silent Hill video game series have been marked at 3 million units
worldwide.
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