SRS and Tim Tyler Combine into MUST HAVE MATERIALS!

And did I not mention TIM RITTER in the headline??

It's been some time (WOW...2009) since I posted up my love for BLOOD REIGN in this Sequential Sarcophagus entry, but the power of Facebook and the internet keep on giving. Tim Tyler has a style that is all his own, and I really love it.  I also have a very soft spot (you know, the type in the skull where the weird needles pierce with ease) for the work of Tim Ritter and his TRUTH OR DARE films (and others).  SRS, the folks that have released such gems as Franco's ONE SHOT output, have thrown their hat into the newly revived VHS market with some groovy releases (which I mostly missed because I'm a broke blogger on a lot of days) and brought some of the coolest art into the market. Luckily, there will be some DVDs as well.  I don't think they are the same films as the VHS just yet, but...I really want the art on my shelf!

Take a look at this artwork and tell me you can resist these releases.  Just try.  SRS releases are available RIGHT HERE at the SRS STORE ONLINE and be sure to follow them on Facebook for all the fastest information on when and how to buy the swag you need. 

Awesome art. Amazing cinema as only Ritter can richly provide and you can even get some of the artwork on prints and shirts.  I need a PACT shirt!

CHECK IT OUT!

How cool is this? I took sights like the above for granted when I spent just about my entire working life in the video biz.  Now it makes me nostalgic.

And there is more.  A current production includes an eye patch wearing vengeance seeker.  AH...I know those well. 

Check THIS SHIT OUT!!!  Epic. Awesome!

Sequential Sarcophagus - Blood Reign

Halloween always has me picking up my favorite horror comics...you have your Tomb of Dracula, Wicked West, Swamp Thing, Sword of Dracula and other great items, but perhaps my favorite read is the (sadly incomplete) Blood Reign. Artist and series writer (with Dave Curl) Tim Tyler is someone whose work I enjoy a lot for a variety of reasons. Known more for his inking skill, he worked on books such as Dreadstar, Faust, Razor and lots of others-but when he runs the entire artistic show he just goes utterly berserk in a way that few can match. Blood Reign is a work built on enthusiastic excess as we follow the adventures of a vampiric "hero" that battles through the corrupt city of Santorini-and manages to bend time and space to drag in "The Dead Crew" as the series mutates faster than Waldemar Daninsky during a full moon! Once the lead is split with his lady Blood Reign things get completely out of hand. I was going to tell you more, but why bother-because you can read a bunch of it here!

Go read Blood Reign with commentary by Tim Tyler

But there is more...Tyler and his Fathom Press (and other variants) put out a lot of cool books loaded with concepts that really make me smile. While the books could use some serious editing (I just go crazy when I see words spelled incorrectly in comics)-all of them are fun to look at and I love sitting down on the couch and marvelling at all that ink just splattered over crazy visions that are unique to Tim Tyler and his weird aesthetic. I can't even imagine how much fun it would be to take Blood Reign, Devil Jack, The Dead Crew, Ravage, Hades and every other crazed monster that did not get pummelled into bloody pulp in the original stories!

Me and my Blood Reign piece...huge, bloody and beautiful!

But wait, there is more...DEVIL JACK was a visual continuation of Blood Reign and not only is the original series available to read online but it actually has a conclusion now. What is fun about reading this, for me, is the progression of the artists work over a decade. Still enthusiastic, still one of a kind-I'm in for anything Tim Tyler does.

Click here for BLOOD REIGN and DEVIL JACK!

And here are some other images from Tim Tylers sketchbook at Drunk Duck. Check it out-there are over 150 images... and Happy Halloween! Also, don't forget that Tim participated in the Visions of Christina Lindberg series.