Image Comics has announced Local Man creators Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley will reunite on The Princess Murders, a dark yet campy cross between fairy tales and murder mysteries debuting this December. The book, featuring colors by Brian Reber (Edge of Spider-Verse), follows a wicked stepsister and fairy godmother as they team up to pursue the killer of the princess in their life.
Fleecs describes the series as a fusion between classic animation and horror like his previous projects Stray Dogs and Feral. He explains, “Tim and I knew we wanted to make another series together, [but] we just couldn’t land on what that would be. We bounced around a bunch of ideas and nothing really sparked until Tim manipulated me by just smooshing two of my favorite things together. He said, ‘What if we did an Animated Princess Giallo?’”
He continues, saying, “Immediately I saw what this could be and, just like when I had the idea for Stray Dogs, I knew Tim and I were specifically the people who had to make this book — the guy who made Hack/Slash and the guy from Stray Dogs? With colors by the genius colorist behind Marvel’s Spinstress? That’s who you want making your Animated Princess Slasher comic.”
Seeley adds, “The Princess Murders combines our love (and hate) for fairy tale animation and whodunnit slasher horror. It’s got all of the affection and innovation that’s become the hallmark of one of our collaborations — plus lots of really twisted ideas.”
Issue #1 will be released on December 9, with a host of variants, including a polybagged NSFW cover; you can check them out below, along with an interior preview. It will arrive on the same day as the complete hardcover of Stray Dogs. In the meantime, Feral will return for its latest arc with issue #26 on Wednesday, September 23.
