Oni Press Salutes Eligible Retailers with Double Orders of DARK REGARDS #1 HUMAN BLOOD VARIANT!

Hear That? That the Sound of the Shockingly True and Terrifyingly Hilarious New Series by Dave Hill & Artyom Topilin Kicking So Much @$$!

Also: We Did It! Go Behind the Scenes of Comics’ First HUMAN BLOOD VARIANT Since 1977!

PORTLAND, OR (May 5th 2025) – YOU WANT BLOOD? YOU GOT IT! – Oni Press is proud to announce that retail accounts that previously qualified for the DARK REGARDS #1 HUMAN BLOOD VARIANT (1:50) will receive a one-time, 100% (that means double!) overship for this highly limited variant cover, which will be received with retailers’ weekly orders in advance of the first issue’s May 14th street date.

Some of you might be asking: What is the DARK REGARDS #1 HUMAN BLOOD VARIANT? Our resounding answer: What do you live in a cave or something? This extremely awesome 1:50HUMAN BLOOD VARIANT variant illustrated by writer, comedian and master showman Dave Hill himself … and printed with ink that contains theACTUAL BLOOD of writer Dave Hill, series editor Karl Bollers, and Oni President & Publisher Hunter Gorinson.

(Critics are saying “That’s gross! But also awesome!”)

Go behind the scenes of the comic book industry’s first HUMAN BLOOD cover since KISS pulled the same shenanigans in 1977 with this behind-the-scenes video filmed on location in New York City and a top-secret location … and then experience the glory (gory?) of DARK REGARDS #1 for yourself on May 14th in comic shops everywhere (or READ THE ADVANCE REVIEW PDF RIGHT HERE, because it rules):

From the honestly pretty impressive mind of multi-hyphenate writer-comedian-actor-musician Dave Hill (Tasteful Nudes) and breakout artist Artyom Topilin (Cruel Universe, I Hate This Place) comes DARK REGARDS #1 – THE SHOCKINGLY TRUE, TERRIFYINGLY HILARIOUS, AND ONLY MODESTLY EXAGGERATED tale of how one stand-up comedian forged a secret online identity as America’s first true black metal icon . . .and accidentally started an international incident that almost wiped Gary, Indiana, off the map!

Two decades ago, Dave Hill and his first band set out to rock their high school auditorium in a fury of heavy metal hellfire. They failed miserably. Years later, Dave has made a new life for himself as a rising star in the New York comedy scene—a career where getting laughed at on stage is the entire point and not just a tragic consequence. But when Dave’s metal ambitions are reawakened by the über self-serious “satanic” genre of Norwegian black metal, Dave creates a ridiculously hyperbolic alter ego and a band to match that, together, reignite the spark of his forgotten rock ’n’ roll fantasy. But when Dave’s internet-fueled rumors of Witch Taint—a metal band “so extreme that you must remove all sharp objects from the immediate area” when their music is played—spreads all the way to Europe, his story will spiral dangerously out of control as Norway’s most extreme black metal butchers come to reap their revenge . . . and put everything and everyone Dave holds dear in the crosshairs (of their axes, which, truth be told, don’t actually have crosshairs, but, hey, it’s a metaphor).

DARK REGARDS #1 (of 4) is crashing into comic shops next Wednesday, May 14th… and then the summer’s most unexpected epic continues with DARK REGARDS #2 (of 4) onWednesday, June 11th!

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DARK REGARDS #1 (of 4)

WRITTEN BY DAVE HILL

ART BY ARTYOM TOPILIN

COVER A BY ARTYOM TOPILIN

COVER B BY ANDREW KRAHNKE

FLYER VARIANT (1:10) BY SCOTT SUGIUCHI

ALBUM COVER VARIANT (1:20) BY BRIAN LEVEL

HUMAN BLOOD VARIANT (1:50) BY DAVE HILL

ON SALE MAY 14th, 2025 | $4.99 | 32 PAGES | FC

DARK REGARDS #2 (of 4)

WRITTEN BY DAVE HILL