Oni Press has introduced their newest graphic novel in PLAGUE HOUSE #1, the primary challenge of a tense four-issue ghost story from acclaimed author Michael W. Conrad (Surprise Girl, Double Walker) and 2024 Ringo Award-winning artist and musical savant Dave Chisholm (Miles Davis and the Seek for the Sound), coming to comedian outlets in all places in April 2025. In it, a trio of eclectic ghost hunters – Jacob, the holy man, Holland, the skeptic, and chief Del, the believer – discover haunted locales, hoping to show the existence of the undead and exorcize malicious spirits.
“I swear I noticed a ghost as a baby, floating in the lounge of my household residence,” says author Michael W. Conrad. “I wasn’t dreaming. The person bobbed within the nook looking at me, wordlessly pleading for assist. Plague Home is about answering that decision, and discovering the true nature of hauntings, imprinted recollections, and the calls for locations could make of the residing.”
In PLAGUE HOUSE #1, the story kicks off when the trio senses deep ache left within the wake of a criminal offense, a fairly grisly quadruple murder on the McCabe Home. As Orin McCabe sits in jail, Del learns from his household’s ghosts what it’ll require to cleanse the house of their stressed spirits…
“I’ve been a fan of Dave [Chisholm]’s artwork for a really very long time,” stated Conrad. “It’s been a delight to convey him into this corrupted place, and watch him dwell within the darkness. I hope he comes out of it okay, and I hope the readers perceive the risks this guide presents to us because the creators, in addition to to these daring sufficient to hitch us in its pages.”
What’s nifty about this comedian is that this would be the second work we’re seeing out of Chisholm, the 2024 Ringo Award for his graphic novel Miles Davis and the Seek for Sound, that isn’t concerned in a sort of comedian guide depiction of musical paintings (CANOPUS was his first for Scout Comics). Recognized for his superbly drawn imagery that blends synesthetic music and colours, Chrisholm will probably be making an attempt his first ever ghost story in PLAGUE HOUSE.
“With Plague Home, Michael flips the haunted home trope on its head in a extremely intelligent, chilling method that instantly obtained me hyped to deal with the visuals for this guide,” stated Chisholm. “I’m drawing, coloring, and lettering this factor, and that permits me to dig into a few of these comic-centric structural or formal concepts that present up within the music-based work that has turn out to be my calling card. Music and horror…they’re actually comparable, proper? Identical to in music, correctly telling a horrific story is all about timing! The weirdest factor is, although – you realize, placing these pages collectively takes lots of time. It could actually actually isolate an individual, and your thoughts can wander and drift, type of placing you right into a meditative state. After which, after I come out of that state, I’ve seen issues round my studio have moved, have been misplaced, or unusual objects simply present up on a bookshelf or a desk. I’m beginning to suppose that there’s extra to Michael’s script than meets the attention…”
Oni Press has been a roll with PLAGUE HOUSE being the second of 5 genre-colliding initiatives revealed int he months forward.
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PLAGUE HOUSE #1 (of 4)
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL W. CONRAD
ART & COVER BY DAVE CHISHOLM
ON SALE APRIL 2025 | $4.99 | 32 PGS | FC
