Cherry Bomb Comics LLC has been operating beneath the mainstream for years — quietly accumulating mythology, developing a dedicated readership, and building a creator-owned dark fantasy horror universe with the kind of serialized continuity that only exists through sustained, deliberate work.
The Brooding Muse Universe is not a new arrival. It has history, continuity, and an established underground readership behind it. What’s expanding now is the reach.
At the center of the catalog is Dollhouse! and The Powered Book One — a psychological horror graphic novel built inside a larger interconnected mythology and currently slated for a July 2026 release. It doesn’t function like a standalone. It reads like an artifact from a universe that was already in motion before you arrived. Because it was.
The Book
Set in a ruined, lawless landscape where power has collapsed and something far older has taken its place, Dollhouse! follows a rogue unit known as The Country Club as they’re lured into a sealed structure whispered about only in fragments. Violence here isn’t incidental. It’s remembered.
At the center of the myth is Blackhand — a masked figure bound to the structure itself, wielding a rusted sledgehammer with ritualistic intent. Not a villain. Not a slasher. Something closer to consequence. A force that operates by rules this world no longer controls.
The narrative carries parallel conflicts and an interconnected mythology working just out of view.
The story implies, from its first pages, that this is one front in something that has been accumulating for a long time.
The Publisher
Founded by writer Zack Slattery in 2022, Cherry Bomb Comics LLC has spent years cultivating a
creator-owned horror mythology built on serialized continuity, collectible physical media, and slow-burn psychological storytelling. The imprint occupies the space between prestige horror and underground punk — drawing tonal lineage from Clive Barker, early Vertigo Comics, and the atmospheric discipline of cult horror cinema.
The Brooding Muse is an expansive graphic novel universe exploring dark fantasy, existentialism, and psychological horror.
Built for mature readers and collectors who want philosophical weight, layered mythology, and a dark fantasy horror universe with the depth to reward long-term engagement.
Not a Launch. A Signal.
Dollhouse! doesn’t arrive demanding attention. It exists the way things with real gravity always do — grounded, deliberate, and becoming harder to ignore. Those already inside the universe know what it is. Those arriving now are finding something with years of mythology behind it.
Creative Team
Writers: Zack Slattery and Max
Artist: Hernan Gonzalez
Letterer: Nicolas LepkaAbout Cherry Bomb Comics LLC
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