Here’s my chat with Shane Connery Volk about his new mini-series Prairie Gods from Mad Cave Studios.
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Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Shane Connery Volk, for the past 20 year, has been and continues to be the lead singer and songwriter for Canadian rock band One Bad Son. Shane recently released his first solo track called “Shiver”. But by embracing the full spectrum of his art, Shane has embarked on a career as a professional comic book artist with his first series the medieval noir Nottingham with Florida publisher Mad Cave Studios. The five-issue series has become a surprise hit, shattering all of the company’s previous sales records, with each book receiving multiple printings. With the success of Nottingham, Shane continued his relationship with Mad Cave Studios to publish his first creator-owned series Prairie Gods. In addition to art, Shane has written and coloured all five issues. The first issue, Prairie Gods: Race the Devil, was released across North America last September, with the collected edition trade paperback being released this May.
Prairie Gods has been compared to the intersection where The Twilight Zone meets Sin City. Each self-contained issue centers on supernatural events and characters in and around the small prairie town of Broadacres. The series will resonate with fans of Hellboy, while the shifting genres and themes will appeal to fans of westerns, crime, racecar movies, lost treasure serials, and war stories—with a dose of action throughout. The first issue features Freddy Davis, a champion race car driver, who has returned home to Broadacres. He buys the abandoned speedway intending to race against its only undefeated driver: the Devil himself.
You can discover more about Shane Connery Volk online at https://www.shaneconneryvolk.com/ and on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/shaneconneryvolk.bsky.social
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