Image Comics announced that J. Holtham and Michael Lee Harris have teamed to create The Horizon Experiment: Motherfu*kin’ Monsters, the fourth installment of The Horizon Experiment series of one-shots.
In Motherfu*kin’ Monsters, a nerdy Black kid from Brooklyn and his friends stumble upon demon-worshipping frat assholes trying to take over the world. What ensues is colorful chaos as “sorta” hero JJ Henry and his fam fight for their motherfu*kin’ survival and to stop this Grimoire-based evil from being unleashed. In this story, instead of having the Black characters be sidekicks and have quick deaths, as has often been the case in horror, Holtham and Harris put them in the center.
“I’m a longtime horror head. I saw Evil Dead II in an old grindhouse in Queens and it rocked my world. Of course, though, we all know the trope: the Black folks die first. I wanted to make a world that works for Blerds, Black witch girls, and all the kinds of Black folk we don’t get to see,” said writer J. Holtham in a press release. “I was that Black kid in the lily-white college town, which can be a horror story of its own. When Pornsak [Pichetshote] asked me to join The Horizon Experiment, Blerds fighting zombies was the first place my mind went. Michael Lee has been a dream collaborator. Pushing the gore, pushing the cool, bringing all the Blackness to the page. I can’t wait for people to see what we’ve made.”
“I didn’t realize how much I needed Motherfu*kin’ Monsters in my life,” said artist Michael Lee Harris. “It’s rare that we get to see fun horror from this perspective and I am thrilled to be a part of it! J penned a unique story that I got to bloody up and I can’t wait for you all to read it!”
The Horizon Experiment: Motherfu*kin’ Monsters arrives on December 18, 2024.
