9/9/2023 0 Comments Andy biersackThey are intermingled with one of the greatest evil to ever exist, the Ku Klux Klan, fighting to continue prohibition, to block women’s equality, and to covertly control society for their personal agenda. Here, the powers that be do not want change, so they build walls (sound familiar?) and institutions to avoid growth or to lock those who seek it away. Knight, serve as the evil that propels our hero into action. Every superhero must have an arch-nemesis, right? The Order, headed by Dr. Roaming the Seven Points area of Ohio, in Cincinnati, our specter arrives into each of these individuals lives on the eve of a great event wherein his presence is an asset. These are key figures throughout our tale, individuals such as Suellen, a suffragette in search of equality and voting power for women Sydney, a young African-American who wants to become a journalist one day quiet Cornelius with his political aspirations and the leather-clad rebel Owen, who embraces destruction while wearing only black. Only those who can see the truth can lay eyes on the Ghost of Ohio. Mutilated and then tossed into a river, he is now a specter, the nameless Ghost of Ohio. When he follows her to her job and intercedes on her behalf, he will quickly become a victim of murder. A young musician finds himself taken with a young, red-headed woman named Bella, who works at a sweatshop and is beaten by her brutish boss. Life is never simple and our story begins at the end of a life. Overall design comes thanks to Tyler Boss. Inside the 152-page graphic novel - which comes in a fairly standard 7 x 10 inch physical format, as well as digital - the artwork’s coloring is done by the talented Aladdin Rutledge Collar and its lettering is created by Justin Birch. Scott Tuft, known for his work on the Severed and Swamp Thing titles, wrote the comic with Biersack, while Artist Eryk Donovan, best known for his Batman creations, has created the novel’s cover. For The Ghost of Ohio graphic novel, which coincides with the album release of the same name, Biersack has created an original story idea alongside the creative team at Z2. With the upcoming release of Eden: A Skillet Graphic Novel, as well as other soon-to-be-named collaborations, Z2 Comics continues to push the envelope with their seamless integration of music and comics. Two-thousand and eighteen marked a landmark year as Z2 partnered with Japanese Metal band BABYMETAL on the popular Apocrypha: The Legend Of BabyMetal, which is one of the best-selling graphic novels the company has released. That idea led them to work with the likes of Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, DJ Paul Oakenfold, Jazz Trumpeter Dave Chisholm, and others. In 2016, Z2 began collaborating with musicians to create graphic novels centered on unique stories and exclusive music. Z2 Comics has been making a name for themselves, releasing quality graphic novels since 2012. This put Biersack back in touch with himself, musically, and paved the way for his sophomore solo release, The Ghost of Ohio, which just arrived on April 12th. In 2016, with a string of Billboard Top 10 and 20 albums under his belt, Black opted to stretch his creative wings and step outside of the confines of Glam Metal to author his first solo offering, The Shadow Side. With the band, he has released 5 albums over the past 13 years, most recently 2018’s Vale. More than likely, you know Biersack (aka Andy Black) as the lead vocalist of the hugely popular Glam Metal outfit Black Veil Brides. From the mind of Black Veil Brides’ Andy Biersack comes The Ghost of Ohio, a brand-new graphic novel that arrives Friday, April 19, 2019, thanks to Z2 Comics. There’s a myth in Southern Ohio about an apparition that seeks to live again.
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