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It's a Blunderful Life

Classic Artist Dave Simons Joins Dynamite's Army of Darkness

I love Bruce Campbell and (obviously) really enjoyed the Evil Dead/Army of Darkness movies.  I keep buying the comics but I have to admit, they're not always that great.  There's quite a few that I've bought and just never read.  I want them to be good.  I think that's why I keep buying them.  I know I shouldn't be buying them just because I like the franchise.  If the comics are meeting my standard, I shouldn't be supporting them. 

I do have to say that an Army of Darkness Christmas special could be great.  It seems so obvious that I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet.  I can already imagine the wackiness that this issue will have.  Hopefully I won't be disappointed. 

Who doesn't want to see Ash mix it up with Santa?

Dynamite presents their first ever Christmas Special... this time with a twist as we send Ash on a Christmas adventure the likes of which the world has never seen! Will Evil Ash destroy Christmas? Can Good Ash stop Evil Ash from ruining Christmas? Is there really a Santa? Find it all out this December in a 40 page one-shot by writer James Kuhoric and classic Marvel artist Dave Simons!

Everyone loves the holidays, right? Wrong! If you've ever worked S-Mart retail in December, you know it's a special hell filled with something worse than Deadites.... dumbass holiday shoppers. And when the Necronomicon gets a hold of some classic holiday entertainment, it send Ash through a voyage of twisted Christmas visions that beat him senseless and initiate something deeper in Ash. "It's a blunderful life" for everyone's favorite big chinned Chosen One and this year he's going to face something tougher than Deadite Santas and zombie elves. He'll find a piece of his soul that was swallowed long ago.....

AoD Writer, Jim Kuhoric summed up his collaboration with Dave Simons and the upcoming AoD one-shot, "When the folks at Dynamite pitched their ideas for an Army of Darkness Holiday Special, I was excited to finally get to tell a different kind of story for Ash.  Finding out that Dave Simons, who worked on Tomb of Dracula and Ghost Rider during their classic Marvel runs, would be doing the art was what really sealed the deal.  Ash's Christmas Horror isn't what you expect.  Sure it has lots of Deadites, geysers of blood, and ridiculous situations, but it's much more than that.  This story gives us a rare look at the human side of Ash, explains why he hates the holidays, and gives him a chance to find out if there is any room left in his hard heart for compassion.  That and he ends up transformed into a one armed boomstick carrying Claymation holiday character.  Merry freakin' Christmas, eh?"