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Stephen Graham Jones, whose latest novel, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, was featured on President Barack Obama’s 2025 Summer Reading List, and Denver Post bestselling writer Joshua Viola are returning to the deadly world of their comic book series TRUE BELIEVERS for a frightening grand finale. The star-studded, blood-soaked, final issue features appearances by Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, Re-Animator and From Beyond stars Barbara Crampton and Jeffrey Combs, and fan-favorite musician and Bit Bot Media co-founder Klayton of Celldweller. Previous issues of TRUE BELIEVERS featured some of the biggest names in horror — iconic actress Jamie Lee Curtis, the band GWAR, bestselling novelist R.L. Stine, screenwriter and film director Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination), musician Matthew Kiichi Heafy, actor Devon Sawa, and the characters from the cult horror film Deathgasm. TRUE BELIEVERS: ISSUE #3 – SLASHFEST will be available from Bit Bot Media on October 13, featuring art by Ben Matsuya, letters by Jeremiah Lambert, four variant covers from acclaimed horror artist Matthew Therrien and a main cover by Lambert and Matsuya.
“Thanks to Slash for sitting on that stool and bringing this closing installment of True Believers home,” writes Jones. “When you have a stable narrator, the story can be operatic and bloody, funny and scary, have chimpanzees and mannequins, heroism and evil: everything you might want from the last in a slasher trilogy.”
After the first issues of TRUE BELIEVERS introduced fans to the bone-chilling slasher character, Killr™and an obsessive fan who wreaked havoc at the real-life Colorado Festival of Horror, TRUE BELIEVERS: Issue #3 – Slashfest once again pits con-goers against another masked menace who takes their devotion to the cult slasher franchise Killr™ far too seriously. But is this just a cosplayer, or someone from the past with deadlier intentions? True to its bloody roots, the issue promises outrageous kills, tongue-in-cheek gags, meta Easter eggs, and enough gore to satisfy even the most die-hard horror fan.
“The third and final issue of True Believers is finally here and I couldn’t be more pumped,” says Viola. “This series has been a wild ride from day one and I can’t wait for fans to see how it all goes down. It’s louder, bloodier and funnier than ever, but still true to the twisted idea that kicked this whole thing off. Welcome to Slashfest!”
Fans can purchase TRUE BELIEVERS: Issue #3 – Slashfest via Bit Bot Media. For more updates, sign up at bitbotmedia.com for the Bit Bot newsletter and follow the company’s social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
