Shout Kill Revel

Description

Helmina must overcome crippling anxiety to prevent a death-cult unleashing an unimaginable cosmic horror on the world.

A ruthless cult rules the land. It is believed that Helmina is their lost messiah and the darkness lurking within her will one day unleash an unimaginable cosmic horror. As that day approaches, Helmina, after a lifetime of crippling anxiety, must do more than run and hide from the cultists and her own demons to stop it. The fate of the world now depends on her.

In a swerve from our history, a fear-worshipping cult has set itself up as the new authority across the land. Their plans dance to the whims of strange cosmic entities, fuelled only by the fears forced upon every soul in sight. Many years have passed since the people yearned for someone, anyone, to help them. Those days are long gone. Any and all hope is punishable by death, not that there has been any reason to have any recently.

The Wild West is over. This is the Dark West.

Helmina was born in the centre of the uprising. Her father, the last hero who fought for hope, and her mother, who bent the knee to fear.

When hope seemed rational, one side believed Helmina to be the answer to defeating the cult dictatorship and the other saw her as the answer to their cosmic prayers. Helmina has done everything she can to avoid being either and for damn good reason… her crippling anxiety is not of this world.

So Helmina hid herself away. Her affliction is not as simple as good or bad, hero or villain. Deeply afraid of her curse, Helmina hid herself away hoping that she’ll stay lucky and be left alone, for everyone’s sake.

Unfortunately, no one’s luck is so good as to remain hidden from fear itself. Especially when it’s boiling in your veins, screaming to escape.

Welcome to the Dark West. Remain fearful.

About the creators:

Jarret Hartnell: Jarret is a comic creator living in Calgary, Alberta, where he graduated with a degree in Illustration and design from AuArts where he also teaches narrative illustration. Jarret has fully committed himself to practicing all creative aspects of making comics, including writing, illustrating, lettering and design. As a graduate from the music program at Red Deer college, he also composes scores to utilize all opportunities to express his love for telling stories.

As the writer, illustrator & letterer of his books, Jarret utilizes every tool possible to reach greater depths in the comics medium to bring you a story to experience to your core.

The freedom and intimacy of executing most roles normally tasked to a team allows for undiluted storytelling opportunities. As the writer, artist and letterer too, Jarret is able to adapt the story to suit the needs and mood of the fully realized art, including rewrites to the dialogue. As the letterer, he is able to integrate the letters into the art in ways that may not be as easy otherwise. Jarret learned a lot of important storytelling lessons with every step taken creating this graphic novel, taking the time needed to hone the story to fully represent his vision. It’s been several years of hard work for Jarret, now he is ready to share his love for storytelling through one of the most magical forms of communication.

With his mix of education, experience, efficient and expressive art style, design sense and passion for sharing heavy, weird and emotional writing, you can bet there will be some twists and turns you didn’t see coming.