Ever wonder what an alien invasion is like from the perspective of the alien? You can find out this November in Benjamin Percy and Raúl Fernández’s Egg Hunt.
Mad Cave Studios has announced the new four-issue science fiction/horror series from the duo, along with colorist Giada Marchisio and letterer Micah Myers. The story starts on Easter Sunday when something falls from the sky — and it’s not the Easter Bunny or the second coming.
Percy said the series grew out of his desire to approach the alien-invasion story from an unusual direction.
“I’ve always loved stories that find a fresh way into a genre by experimenting with form,” Percy said. “In Egg Hunt, we’re reinventing the alien invasion story by changing the standard point of view: we’re always the alien. From the first page, when we observe an egg hatching from the inside, everything we learn about the characters, setting and story comes from what the alien witnesses. There’s a lot of Spielberg and Carpenter in this story, the influences ranging from E.T. to Halloween, as an uncanny force trespasses on a suburban environment. Raúl Fernández took this visual constraint and ran with it. He brought this world and its characters to life, especially Piper, and can make your heart hurt in one panel and race in the next. I loved working with him.”
The story begins when a mysterious visitor crash-lands in the woods surrounding the picket-fence suburb where young Piper lives with her mother, Tina, and her unpleasant stepfather, Don. As Piper’s family begins to fall apart, she forms an unlikely connection with the strange creature that’s every bit as frightened and confused by this new world as she is.
“It’s been my privilege to be part of a project as unique as Egg Hunt,” Fernández said. “Ben created a sci-fi horror romp filled with mystery, conspiracies, and government operatives so rich I HAD to be a part of it. If we add the cutest character in comics, EVER, and, well, a ‘lovely’ creature who’s the center of our story… here’s my advice: just sit down, relax, and enjoy the ride with this very special series. It’s been my honor to be the artist on Egg Hunt, and now, dear reader, is your time to enjoy it!”
Egg Hunt features a main cover by Martín Morazzo, shown above, with variants by Cully Hamner and Valentine De Landro:
The first issue arrives Nov. 18.