Doug Wagner and Daniel Hillyard’s Plastic gets a prequel this summer — Plastic: Death & Dolls. They’re joined on their journey into the world of serial killers and depravity by colorist Michelle Madsen and letterer Ed Dukeshire.
If you missed the first miniseries, it’s about a reformed serial killer, Edwyn, who tries to stay on the straight and narrow for the sake of his true love — a plastic doll named Virginia.
“Getting to spend some quality time with Edwyn again after… well, what seems like only yesterday, really, was just so much fun,” Hillyard said. “Who would have thought that a story about a serial killer in love with a blow-up sex doll would turn out to be so loved, and get a sequel to-boot. It’s a wild crazy ride, and I’m not just saying this, but you won’t want to miss the ending.”
The new series will reveal the origin story of our favorite plastic-loving serial killer:
In Plastic: Death & Dolls, readers learn what drove Edwyn to commit his first kill at 10-years-old and how that set him on a blood-soaked path of decapitations, sporks, and dolls on his way to finding the one true love of his life…a sex doll named Virginia.
“I can’t wait for everyone to read this one,” said Wagner. “I think it’s Daniel and my best work to date. Not only do we get to play with Edwyn again (this time with him in full serial killer mode), but we get to show off our vision of the quirky and odd 10-year-old Edwyn, his relationship with his mother, and how this little guy ended up decapitating his first victim.”
Here’s a look at some interior art from the first issue:
Hillyard and Madsen have done a second cover for the first issue, while Melissa Pagluica provides a third:
Look for the first issue to arrive in stores on June 12.