Dark Regards, (Paperback)

<b>SOMETIMES YOU BREAK THE INTERNET--AND SOMETIMES THE INTERNET BREAKS YOU! AT LAST--THE TRUE STORY OF THE VIRAL HOAX SO INSANE IT COULD ONLY BE TOLD AS A COMIC BOOK!</b> <p>From the honestly pretty impressive mind of multi-hyphenate writer-comedian-actor-musician Dave Hill (<i>Tasteful Nudes</i>) and breakout artist Artyom Topilin (<i>I Hate This Place</i>) comes 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! </p><p>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). </p><p>Collects <i>Dark Regards</i> #1-4.</p>

• Dark Regards, (Paperback)
• Author: Oni Press
• ISBN: 9798894880242
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-03-24
• Page Count: 112