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In comic book stores today is a new spin-off of the Gargoyles series published by SLG Publishing. GARGOYLES: BAD GUYS is a six-issue bi-monthly limited series in black and white. Who are the Bad Guys? Five of the toughest villains in the Gargoyles Universe: Hunter – member of a Scottish family of gargoyle-slayers; Dingo – Australian mercenary and charter member of the deadly Pack; Matrix – a nanotech hive-mind artificial intelligence that came very close to destroying the Earth; Yama – a Japanese gargoyle who betrayed his own clan, and Fang – the mutate who would be king. Take this quintet of felons and force them to work on the side of the angels. It may be hard to believe, but these Bad Guys are the best hope we’ve got! Gargoyles series creator Greg Weisman is the writer, with art by fan favorite Karine Charlebois. Covers are by original Gargoyles lead character designer Greg Guler, colored by Stephanie Lostimolo. Bad Guys: Time to fight fire with fire!
Series writer and Gargoyles creator Greg Weisman explained the history of Bad Guys: “Bad Guys was originally developed as a television series for Disney in 1996 by myself and the late Gary Sperling (a story editor on Gargoyles)," he said. "We made an animatic reel to help sell the series to Disney, but they passed. We’ve shown the reel every year at the annual Gathering of the Gargoyles convention, and it’s always been a big fan favorite. Now, finally, the Bad Guys’ story can be told.”
The 24-page, black and white premiere issue of Bad Guys by Greg Weisman and Karine Charlebois is in stores today, and will soon available at SLG Publishing's website, www.slgcomic.com.
SLG Publishing also publishes Gargoyles, a bi-monthly comic series written by Greg Weisman. Both Gargoyles and Bad Guys are Disney-licensed comics.
