LITA
FORD GETS IN THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT WITH MONSTERS,
EVIL
BUNNIES & A BLOODY MESS
The
Gillettes' Webcomic Available Now; Full Comic Book To Follow
Just
in time for Halloween, Lita gets covered in blood, fights zombies,
and escapes evil…. bunny rabbits? Yes, those are the scenes going
on in the Queen of Metal's first foray into the world of comics.
First
up is Lita and her family - husband Jim and sons Rocco and James
Gillette -- in a four-panel, full color adventure webcomic where
8-year-old Rocco is dreaming about evil bunnies coming to get him,
only to wake up to find that a fiercer danger actually lies ahead for
this rock and roll family.
The
webcomic, available now at www.myspace.com/whambangcomics, is just a
tease to where the real action goes down in The
Gillettes: Family Business
comic book, which is out just after Halloween via JLRG Entertainment
and Wham Bang Comics. The 24-page, full color comic book has Lita and
her brood fighting their way to a concert by battling zombies, which
were created through an ancient curse by a supernatural mastermind.
The dead, soulless and impenetrable-to-pain zombies can only be taken
down by extreme force or decapitation and that's just what Lita, Jim,
Rocco and James set out to do.
“Halloween’s
always been one of my favorite holidays," says Lita, whose first
new album in 14 years, Wicked
Wonderland,
is out now, "and what better way to spend it than on the pages
of a comic book covered in blood and fighting off zombies with my
family?"
The
creative team behind the comic book -- fourteen-year-old comic scribe
Jake Tinsley and veteran Manga artist Jason Dube -- love to tell
these kinds of horror stories. "Zombies are icky, they're gross,
and they're dead," Jake Tinsley said. "They're really kind
of spectacular."
JLRG
and Wham Bang Comics have released some finished artwork to give
readers a taste of what the final version will be like. This art
sample includes some color pages, some black and white pages, and a
four-panel of The
Gillettes webcomic
-- published primarily on the Internet for promotional purposes --
which teases readers with a short hint of the zombie story. This will
mark young Jake Tinsley's 21st published webcomic. The
Gillettes: Family Business
will be Jake's seventh published comic book. He was 12 when his first
comic was published.
Fans
can also get a glimpse of the promo The
Gillettes: Family Business,
which Lita also plans to sell on tour starting in November, on the
back page of Jake's Amber
Hagerman Deserves Justice: A Night Owl Story,
which is in stores on October 28.
Meanwhile, Wicked
Wonderland has
been heating up metal and hard rock radio with such scorching rockers
as," Crave" a duet with husband Jim, "Piece (Hell
Yeah)" a strip club anthem and the slammin' "Scream 4 Me"
which is sure to excite the senses.