— A Personal Note from JONATHAN BALL of THE EYE COLLECTOR —

What would you get if H.P. Lovecraft stole the Ice Cream Man‘s van and crashed it into Morrison and McKean’s Arkham Asylum? THE EYE COLLECTOR, the strangest book on the stands, where a cosmic horror grants your secret wishes in exchange for your eyes.

Our backgrounds as creators are just as strange and diverse as this series. We just released the graphic novel Last Breeds with Gungnir Books, Chomichuk has previously drawn the bestselling Apocrypha: The Legend of Babymetal, we’re about to release our illustrated horror novel The Princess and the Dragon, which was recently made into a minor motion picture, and separately (but altogether) we’ve previously published dozens of novels, illustrated novellas, kids books, graphic novels, a stageplay, and other oddities like a collection of plays that are impossible to produce without murdering the audience.

Chomichuk used to run his own comic store, and knows how hard it can be and how important stores like yours are for the overall health of the industry. That’s one of the reasons OUR BOOK WILL NEVER BE LATE. We made the first 12 issues already! They’re done. Unless the truck crashes or the printing press bursts into flames, you will get THE EYE COLLECTOR on time every month.

We wanted THE EYE COLLECTOR to be another world and to achieve a massive scale to the storytelling. It begins orbiting the Moon, as the monster of the title is reminded that humans are alive. It moves into a small child’s nightmare home life as he has to save his best friend from his dreams. It expands and expands its world until a spider goddess made of metal and desire enslaves a city and covets another world.

Scott Snyder has been a big supporter of the book, having instantly understood what we’ve been trying to do. Here’s what he has to say about it: “No one else is playing with the comic book medium quite like The Eye Collector. This daringly original work demands to be in your pull lists, so come aboard this ship before it takes off. The destination must be seen to be believed.”

Best wishes,

Jonathan Ball, PhD