Penny Dreadful, Volume 1

The hit Showtime TV series is presented in comics for the first time

Written by the scriptwriters of the hit Penny Dreadful TV show - Krysty Wilson-Cairns and Andrew Hindraker

Featuring Vanessa Ives (Eva Green), Sir Malcom Murray (Timothy Dalton) and Sembene (Danny Sapani) the story recounts the events that led up to the explosive first season of the show.

This prequel reveals the terrifying events that led Vanessa to try and find her missing childhood firend, Mina Harker, and exposes the true nature of the vampiric monsters infesting Victorian London. Beautifully realized by Louie De Martinis, and written by the show scriptwriters, this collected edition takes the reader on a heart-stopping journey into the supernatural realm.

Royal Scottish Academy alumna, Dewar Arts Award Recipient, and Oscar Moore Foundation Scholar, Krysty Wilson-Cairns has just finished her first feature ’Prophets’ a high concept black comedy, and has two shorts in post production.

Louie De Martinis is the illustrator of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, part of Showtime’s PENNY DREADFUL Collection, and MADNESS a miniseries / graphic novel published by Titan Comics. Release: 2016. In addition to illustrating comics and novels, De Martinis has also worked in the animation industry, providing development art and storyboards. He got his start as a layout artist on the animated feature Heavy Metal.