We are not damsels in distress who stand idly by, hysterical, high-pitched screams issuing from our mouths while the knight in shining armor slays the dragon. We want to be our own warriors.
Hack/Slash Omnibus (volume 1-4)
written and created by Tim Seeley
Written and created by local Chicagoan, Tim Seeley, Hack/Slash tells the story of Cassandra “Cassie” Hack, orphaned daughter of the “The Lunch Lady Killer”. When her mother comes back from the dead as a “Slasher” (think of Jason Vorreheus or Michael Myers), it is left up to Cassie to stop her. In doing this Cassie, learns that her destiny is to track down and eliminate Slashers (aka Revenants) throughout the country with her partner Vlad Slash.
A throwback to late 1970s and early 1980s Slasher Films, each arc of Hack/Slash features an archetypal monster which Cassie, the ultimate “Final Girl,” must find and destroy. In an interview, Seeley noted that after watching a weekend marathon of these films, he came up with a plan to create a mythos between the film franchises based on their shared histories, locations, and rules.
Continue reading after the jump for more information on Cassie Hack, the Final Girl, and the Slasher Film genre.
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