Kyle Starks and Patrick Piazzalunga have teamed Those Not Afraid, a new true-crime mini-series from Dark Horse Comics.
“The title for THOSE NOT AFRAID draws from a chilling quote from pure evil, serial killer Richard ‘The Night Stalker’ Ramirez: ‘We’ve all got the power in our hands to kill, but most people are afraid to use it. The ones who aren’t afraid control life itself,’” said Starks. “If you know me and my work know I love horror but I also love true crime stuff, especially when it’s serial killers. I wanted to dip my foot narratively into that world – to step away from humor at all, to lean hard into the terrifying depths of that world and the terrifying creatures who inhabit it. With THOSE NOT AFRAID I ask the question, ‘What if two serial killers enter into a terrible competition to break the record for murders?’ If you are a fan of – or know a fan of – true crime and serial killers THOSE NOT AFRAID is going to be the book for you.”
Here is how Dark Horse Comics describes the five-issue mini-series series:
Two serial killers discover they are within reach of the state record for kills and enter a terrible competition to see who gets there first. Learn more about our awful killers, Mark Andrew Smith and Daniel Dodson, and their grotesque activities as we enter a frightening game of cat-and-mouse between killers and police.
Those Not Afraid #1 arrives in comic shops on January 8, 2025.
