Musician and horror movie enthusiast Rob Zombie has announced that he will be releasing a comic book entitled Rob Zombie Presents: Whatever Happened To Baron Von Shock? Due out in May it will be illustrated by Donny Hadiwidjaja and Val Staples and will be distributed by Image Comics. It will be a full color, 32 page book and is set to retail for $3.99.

I’ve been an avid fan of Rob Zombie’s for years now, and his side projects have always interested me. Admittedly I have not read his first comic book series Spookshow International which introduces the character El Superbeasto, but looking over the series online it looks pretty fun. I’ve always loved the way Zombie formats his art for his albums and merch and the comic seems to have that same feel to it. “Superbeasto started as a comic book and my point of doing the comic book was to then turn it into an animated movie, because I knew that just going in and pitching it is harder. And you know, that’s why so many comic books become movies and graphic novels, because it’s so much easier to sell the concept if it’s already basically laid out completely for somebody.”

But according to Zombie, Whatever Happened To Baron Von Shock will have a less over the top feel than Spookshow International. “This comic venture is very, very different in tone for me. Instead of a crazy over-the-top monster-fest like El Superbeasto, I wanted to create something that works more on a slice of life human level . . . I really needed Baron Von Shock to be something fresh in writing and in art.” I definitely am looking forward to checking out this new series when it’s released in May!

Via The Rock Radio