In Dayton Beach we're introduced to rebellious teenager Christina and her police officer father. He tells her not to associate with her girlfriend, Trish, who he deems as a bad influence. In truth, she's the bad influence. Not only is she a cheerleader but a drug dealer at her high school. She's pushing a new drug which is supposed to be five times stronger than ecstasy. Later, we're shown what happens when one of her customers shares some of this with his girlfriend--they both see a headless motorcycle rider, complete with a scythe, like The Reaper of Death. The sense is that this drug enables them to see this entity and vice-versa.
Christina also has ambivalent feelings about her ex-football playing boyfriend, Tyler. One minute she's saving him from getting caught cheating on a math test, then tells him to go screw someone else when he starts hitting on her. During a football game she drinks a bit too much and messes up the cheerleading pyramid. She is not happy. So when her friend Trish invites her to go to a Bikers festival with some other girls, she goes and sees something that unsettles her...
This new horror comic held my interest and I really like the idea of a street drug with supernatural abilities. I can't recall seeing that anywhere. Best of all, the book doesn't shy away from the gore--there are disembowelings and beheadings galore. And if you can't get enough of the book, it's currently being adapting into a television web series...
In Dayton Beach we're introduced to rebellious teenager Christina and her police officer father. He tells her not to associate with her girlfriend, Trish, who he deems as a bad influence. In truth, she's the bad influence. Not only is she a cheerleader but a drug dealer at her high school. She's pushing a new drug which is supposed to be five times stronger than ecstasy. Later, we're shown what happens when one of her customers shares some of this with his girlfriend--they both see a headless motorcycle rider, complete with a scythe, like The Reaper of Death. The sense is that this drug enables them to see this entity and vice-versa.
