Hallowed - Comic Book
A desperate band of deserters find themselves lost in a mysterious forest, hunted not only by their sins and the religious zealots pursuing them…but the very woods themselves.
The campaign for Hallowed’s first chapter was a success on Kickstarter and I will be launching a second one sometime in 2025. Hallowed and The Direverse in general is the start of something very special and we'd love for you to be a part of it!
BUT, what is Hallowed exactly? I'm glad you asked! Hallowed is a good old-fashioned horror story set in a mysterious and haunted forest. Think Kingdom of Heaven meets Brian Jacques’ Redwall series plunged into the weird and fantastical work of Robert E. Howard’s horror.
The idea started simply as “Templars vs. Witches'' but quickly evolved into an exploration following the complicated pairing of religion and war, all set in The Direverse, a new and exciting fantasy universe home to multiple other comics and books currently in production.
Hallowed has all of my favorite aspects of genre fiction—and fantasy in particular: badass characters, strange worlds, and terrifying creatures, all bundled up and delivered in a bloody and action-packed horror story, while still retaining depth and earnest questions that reflect the realities of the world we live in. It's got the action of Phillip Johnson’s The Last God, the terror of Scott Synder’s Wytches, and the soul of David Petersen’s Mouse Guard. If you haven't read any of those—check 'em out, they're great!
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS: Civil war has ravaged the country of Metazoa as two opposing faiths crusade for the holy city of Bilateria. Broken, beaten, and starving, a band of deserters make a desperate trek across their war-torn homeland in an attempt to escape their sins and the religious zealots pursuing them. Leading them is "Knight Tearer" Flagg, a killing machine as disillusioned as he is deadly. His goal? A ship—then Terroir, a land across the sea supposedly free of war and prejudice. He just needs to get his men there, no easy task considering the miles of frozen wasteland ahead of him and the Apostles behind, a ruthless group of soldiers tasked with snuffing out heresy and executing deserters. The situation is grim, almost hopeless, when out of nowhere...a forest appears. And in the center? A curious and ancient tower. Regardless of "how" or "why," it's a chance for survival—a shot at salvation for Flagg and his men, but upon entering the woods, strange and wicked things begin to occur...
Stay tuned for more soon!
