GOAL: ADDING EXTRA VALUE TO A HOME CINEMA RELEASE

 

The ENTER THE DEVIL one-shot adapts the classic horror movie "Enter the Devil", directed by Frank Q. Dobbs in 1972, in a 12-page black & white comic-book.

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Home cinema distributor Massacre Video commissioned me via Sparkle Comics to make a comic-book adaptation of the film "Enter the Devil" for a release they were preparing. The goal was to release the film in a Blu-ray/DVD combo in a slipcase, containing not only the movie but also its comic adaptation in a pocket-sized comic-book, adding to the release an extra value that permited a higher price and led the edition to become highly collectable.

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I scripted, pencilled, inked and lettered all the interior pages. I also illustrated the cover for the comic (it was colored by Nae Ed). I had full freedom to do so with the only premise I had to compress a 75-minute film into 12 comic pages. Massacre Video provided me with a digital copy of the film to do so.

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The success of the Massacre Video edition of "Enter the Devil" led Blood Scream Comics to release the standalone comic one year later in a regular comic-book size.

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Click SAMPLE PAGES in the above menu to see some interior art of this and other comics.

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