The Strain Returns to Dark Horse with Mister Quinlan

 

 

Renowned comics creator David Lapham (Stray Bullets, Silverfish) and artist Edgar Salazar (Smallville: Alien, Deathstroke) join forces to tell a brand-new tale about the origins of a fan-favorite character: Mr. Quinlan.

 

A vampiric abomination seeks to destroy the monster that sired him. Born as a mistake of a powerful vampire known as the Master and raised in the brutal gladiatorial arenas of ancient Rome, Mr. Quinlan must survive long enough to carry out his mission when his target begins hunting him.

 

For five years, acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and novelist Chuck Hogan have published their New York Times best-selling series of novels, the Strain Trilogy, with Dark Horse Comics producing six volumes of graphic novel adaptations. The Strain has also seen a very successful television series on FX now entering its third season premiering in August.

 

With a stunning cover by Juan Ferreyra and a 30th anniversary variant cover by Paolo Rivera, The Strain: Mister Quinlan—Vampire Hunter is a series fans won’t want to miss!

 

The Strain: Mister Quinlan—Vampire Hunter #1 (of 5) is in stores September 14.

Guillermo del Toro's The Strain Premieres Tonight on FX

From the genius mind of horror, Guillermo del Toro created a novel and comics series for The Strain with Dark Horse Comics. Guillermo del Toro originally had pitched the idea for a TV series, but did not work out resulting in creating the novel (2009) with Chuck Hogan and then the comics series at Dark Horse. The Strain would become an instant hit with comic book fans. Here we are in 2014, and Mr. Guillermo del Toro had his original vision come true to bring The Strain to television with the Premiere to air tonight on FX. From the comics series to the incredible teasers that have been on television, the show looks very promising. We have been fans of Guillermo del Toro for a long time and he has never disappointed us. He helped to bring us Mimic, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, Blade II, Pacific Rim, and has produced many Horrific films. From his list, it would be hard to believe he would be turned down originally for a television series.

Here is a little background about The Strain:

The series is a unique take on vampires. It is based on the biology of vampires, but that are parasitic creatures. What may start from a worm that gets introduced to the human bloodstream gives us the end result of becoming this vampire creature. As classic as the original Vampire story where the vampire feeds on the human is how they turn and introducing this new idea of the direct invasion of the worm entering the human body through a cut or even eye. In FX's The Strain, we will see the transformation first hand and learn more about how society will hope to fight the spread.

The Strain premieres tonight on FX at 10pm. 

Are you ready? We are definitely excited for this series. As we said, we are big fans of Guillermo del Toro and his visions in horror and from the success in the comic series and what early reviews have said the television series comes direct from the book. 

Dark Horse Announces Guillermo del Toro's The Strain: The Night Eternal

As the world gears up for the premiere of the new FX television program adapting the original novel trilogy The Strain, Dark Horse announces The Night Eternal, the third comics chapter of this ongoing vampire epic, adapted by David Lapham and Mike Huddleston.

Following the first two comics series, The Strain and the recently wrapped The Fall, The Night Eternal will begin on August 20, just after The Strain’s television debut on FX!

It’s been two years since the Master’s plan succeeded and a near apocalypse coated the world in darkness. Now able to roam freely, the Master’s legion of vampires rule the world—a horrifying police state where humans are harvested for blood. As humanity despairs, Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and an unlikely team of heroes continue their fight against extinction, all the while hoping to unlock the secret to the Master’s demise. The final chapter in the Strain Trilogy, the series that put a terrifying twist on the vampire genre, begins here.

Dark Horse is giving readers a chance to catch up on what they’ve been missing with a one-dollar reprint of the first issue of The Strain. This horrifying first chapter of the original Strain saga takes readers back to the beginning of an outbreak of diabolical proportions. On shelves June 18.

It doesn’t stop there! July will see the reprint of the entire first series of The Strain in a deluxe hardcover. This all-new edition will collect the first eleven issues in 272 full-color pages for only $29.99! On sale July 9 in comic shops everywhere.

July will also see the release of The Strain Volume 4: The Fall, wrapping up the second series. This collection arrives at your local comic shop on July 2 for $19.99.

FX's and Guillermo del Toro's The Strain Offers "Rejuvenation Pods" at SXSW

FX is bringing relief to fatigued South by Southwest attendees in Austin, Texas. The Strain Transformation Station will provide participants with the chance to recover from "the strain" of SXSW with 20-minute power naps inside custom-built Rejuvenation Pods. The pods are equipped with tablets showcasing exclusive content from the new FX original series, The Strain.

The Strain Transformation Station

· Operating from March 7 through March 10, 12:00pm - 6:00pm

· Located in the prominent downtown Austin location 419 Congress Ave. @ 5th Street

· A hostess will be on hand to book power-nap appointments in 10 Rejuvenation Pods with additional sitting area/lounge

· Appointments may also be booked ahead of time through the custom mobile site (www.thestrainpods.com)

· The Strain Vaccine (branded energy shots) will be distributed in and around the venue

· The Strain novels and special-edition comic books will be available for takeaway

The Strain is a high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll), the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.

The ensemble cast of The Strain stars Corey Stoll, Mia Maestro, Sean Astin, Kevin Durand, Natalie Brown, Jonathan Hyde, Richard Sammel, Robert Maillet, Jack Kesy, Ben Hyland, Miguel Gomez and David Bradley. Writer, producer, director and novelist Guillermo del Toro has built his career on bringing fantasy and horror to vivid life. He wrote and directed the dark fairy tale Pan's Labyrinth, which garnered six Academy Award nominations, including one for del Toro for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. The film went on to win three Oscars. Named by The Hollywood Reporter as a "Master of Horror," del Toro's other film credits include Pacific Rim, Hellboy and the upcoming Crimson Peak starring Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam and Jessica Chastain.

Dark Horse Comics The Strain Kicks Off on Geek and Sundry

WHAT: Dark Horse Comics, the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher, will be bringing Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy & Pan’s Labyrinth) and novelist Chuck Hogan (Prince of Thieves) vampire horror trilogy The Strain to life on Geek & Sundry.

 

The Strain:

When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK International Airport and goes dark on the runway, the Center for Disease Control, fearing a terrorist attack, calls in Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and his team of expert biological-threat first responders. Only an elderly pawnbroker from Spanish Harlem suspects a darker purpose behind the event-an ancient threat intent on covering mankind in darkness.

WHEN: The Strain will premiere on Wednesday September 26, 2012

WHERE: www.youtube.com/geekandsundry