Reservations Recommended: BUNNY MASK by Paul Tobin & Andrea Mutti

BUNNY MASK #1 (AfterShock, release date June 9th - reserve your copy with your comic shop by Monday, May 17) Paul Tobin, writer. Andrea Mutti, art and colors. Taylor Esposito, letters. Main cover by Andrea Mutti. Variant cover by Charlie Adlard (pictured below).

     One of the perks of my part-time job is getting to read digital previews of upcoming comics. This one exceeded my expectations. Writer Paul Tobin is going for something very eerie here, that will sneak up and seep under your skin. And, if you’ve seen the art of Andrea Mutti on MANIAC OF NEW YORK then you know why he’s the perfect choice to illustrate this - very unsettling. 

     The first half of BUNNY MASK is off the wall with fearful and disturbing content. Fourteen years ago, child welfare worker Tyler Severin and his partner were on a call to investigate the alleged abuse of young Bee Foster by her crazed father Leo.That visit set into motion a chain of events that left Tyler the only one rescued by emergency personnel.  

   

     In the present day Tyler has a chance meeting with Bee Foster, presumed dead and missing but alive, healthy, and creating disturbing art. And that’s not the half of it!  

Writer Paul Tobin tells it best in these excerpts from his interview on the AfterShock website . . . . .

PAUL TOBIN ON WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT AND WHY HE’S EXCITED FOR IT TO COME OUT:

“Bunny Mask is the story of Tyler Severin, who—due to traumatic incident—uncovers and releases Bunny Mask herself, an ancient, supernatural creature, incredibly powerful and possibly evil, but the thing is…she likes him. It’s almost as if she’s imprinted on Tyler, since he helped her “hatch.” The series is about the ripple effects, or more honestly the tsunami effects, on Tyler’s life and the world.”

PAUL TOBIN ON (3) REASONS WHY COMIC READERS SHOULD PICK THIS BOOK UP:

“We’re hitting on that mixture of overt and sublime horror that I love and that I played with in my last foray into horror, the Eisner nominated Colder series. And we’re playing with the aspect of how encountering the unknown, dealing with terrible forces beyond understanding, can change someone. And I like to think that in the character of Bunny Mask herself we’ve created a character that, much in the same manner as Tyler Severin, people will be drawn to her. I think those are all elements that should convince readers to come along with us on this ride!”