IS IT HARD TO MAKE A SLASHER STORY WORK IN COMICS?
Tim – I don’t think so. I just think there’s less fans for the genre. Russell – It’s difficult, but not impossible, as has been proven. I’d like to see more people give it a try. Stefan – In some ways, yes. You lose the visceral nature of the violence, and more important that that you lose movement and sound, which are integral to the formula. You also lose the audience participation and make it a solo experience. You’ll find that most slasher comics go the violence route or the campy route. Both are considerably easier to pull off in comics than actually telling a serious and genuinely disturbing story. It’s only the latter slasher films that were really ‘fun’ – the earlier ones were considerably more serious and terrifying. I’d like to see more of that in comics. Drew – If anything you’d think slashers would be right at home in comics. They wear masks and funny costumes. In fact, why isn’t Batman running around hacking up teenagers? I like the sound of that! Move over Marvel Zombies,
