Last week, AHOY Comics announced that, in celebration of its fifth anniversary, a new 13-part prose series will be released throughout its titles this year. The series, titled Partially naked came the corpse!will begin with an episode written by Grant Morrisonwith future installments from writers, including Marc Russell, Alex Segura, Torunn Grønbekk, Bryce Ingman, Carol Lay, Carrie Harris, Hanna Bahedry, Audrey Ryer, Kirk Vanderbeek, Lisa Jonte, Stuart MooreAnd Kek-W. Each episode of the series will include an illustration of Jon Proctorand today Rhythm is pleased to offer an exclusive first look at Proctor’s works for the first two prose plays.
The first installment of Partially naked came the corpse! will appear in September Project: Cryptid #1.
This is how AHOY describes Partially naked came the corpse!:
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…is a thirteen-part epic that kicks off with an extra-long first episode from bestselling writer Grant Morrison, whose many award-winning comic books include JLA, New X-Men and Green Lantern, and whose debut novel Luda was released last year to great acclaim. The series will debut in PROJECT CRYPTID #1, the first of AHOY’s new fall titles.
Over the next three months, PARTIALLY NAKED CAME THE CORPSE! will sneak in and out of all regular AHOY titles, as well as fifth anniversary specials THE WRONG EARTH: WE CAN BE HEROES #1-2 and new title DEADWEIGHTS #1. Finally, in late November, PARTIALLY NAKED CAME THE BODY! will culminate in CAPTAIN GINGER: THE LAST FEEDER #1, the first of another two-part anniversary series.
Prose features have been a staple of AHOY Comics releases since the publisher launched in 2018, with each single-issue release including at least one piece of prose and accompanying artwork. It’s only fitting that AHOY would want to highlight this aspect of his line as part of his birthday celebration, and take the opportunity to both publish his first serialized prose story and showcase the work of writers both from the typical AHOY stable and who are new to the publisher.
Check out Proctor’s artwork for the Grant Morrison-written first installment of the AHOY prose series, as well as Bryce Ingman’s second chapter, “The Barker and the Blonde,” below. Seek Partially naked came the corpse! to be published in September Project: Cryptid #1.
