Next month Image Comics and Skybound will release I Hate This Place #5, the final issue of the first arc of the supernatural horror series from writer Kyle Starks, artist Artyom Topilin, colorist Lee Loughridge, and letterer Pat Brosseau. Ahead of the issue’s final order cutoff next Monday, Skybound has released an unlettered preview for I Hate This Place #5. The publisher has also revealed that the series will return for another five-issue arc at an unspecified time in the future.
Here’s how Skybound describes I Hate This Place #5:
The girls have finally left the woods you’re not supposed to go in, but they’re still not safe. They’ll never be safe on Rutherford Ranch, and they’ll never be able to leave it.
In a statement accompanying the preview, writer Kyle Starks spoke highly about the work of his collaborators on the series, and teased what’s to come in the book’s second arc:
“I’m so proud of these first five issues and the tremendous work Artyom, Lee and Pat have done to bring Gabby, Trudy and this awful, awful ranch to life,” said Starks. “They’ve done such incredible work that it thrills me to be able to announce that we’re coming back with another five issues of I HATE THIS PLACE where questions will be answered, dangers will be escalated, and nothing gets any easier for Gabby and Trudy on Rutherford Ranch. If you’ve enjoyed the ride so far things are about to get crazy.”
Check out the four-page preview, as well as the variant covers featuring the censored and uncensored alternate title of the series, Fuck This Place, below. I Hate This Place #5 is set to arrive in stores and digitally on Wednesday, September 28th.
