WiHM: Hack/Slash

For this edition of Women in Horror Month in comics, I am bring up a popular long-time series from Image Comics (previously Devil's Due publishing) called "Hack/Slash"

Hack/Slash
Created and Written By: Tim Seely
Original Pencils: Emily Stone 
Current Pencils: Bryan Baugh
Colours: Courtney Via

So the concept of this comic book series is what caught my attention. The main character in the series is bad-ass goth chick, Cassandra "Cassie" Hack, who is considered to us a Final Girl from a Slasher film (the original Slasher being her deranged mother)

After she stopped her mother, Cassie becomes what you call a Slasher of Slashers. She hunts down other killers with the help of her friend Vlad, a hulk of a man who wears a gas mask and carries two meat cleavers. They go across the country and hunt and kill any serial killers in their path. The comic series even had appearances from horror icons such as Chucky (CHILD'S PLAY) and Herbert West (RE-ANIMATOR)

Although I haven't read through the series yet I will comment on the artwork (sorry Tim). The pencils from the beginning of the series is done by Emily "Em" Stone. I really liked her artwork in this series, she makes Cassie look sexy but dangerous in her own right. Even with the lead character in scantily-clad clothing, it still feels true to her rebellious character and the women's bodies are not contorted into a badly drawn cartoons.

Emily Stone however has finished her run on Hack/Slash and now the pencils have been taken over by independant comic artist Bryan Baugh

Also the colours for this series is done by Courtney Via, who I actually watched on deviantArt many years ago. It quite interesting to see her name in comics but for a very good reason, she's a damn fine artist as well as colourist. I would highly recommend checking out her original work as well as the comic work she's done.

Back to the comic itself, I've been hearing rumors on and off for years about a movie adaptation of Hack/Slash. So far Bloody Disgusting has recently accounced of Marcus Nispel (Friday the 13th remake, Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake) to be the director for the movie adaptation. Not all of his movies I've liked but I think working with something like a slasher film -without it being another remake- could be good.